John McCain (DL 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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.. , f ff ' ,wwf ' f ' W' f 2 ' W ' W W FRONT ROW: MR SIMPSON, RAU, HARVEY, FERRU, CU5UlPg, BROWN, SOWINSKI, DIXON. SECOND ROW: KAUTZMAN, MERRIMAN, KOCH, MILLS, MC CUAIG, CH N IELSEN FRONT ROW MR COLLINS OROSZ JONES, BUNCH, MAC COURT SELESTINO SI-IEEHAN SECOND ROW: CHIEF MARES, MATTHEWS JEFFRIES PADGETT FALCONER, NIXON, BURGESS MR NORTON THIRD ROW CARRINGER, SIMON, FRYE CSCHOMAKER HANSON PARKINS CHANDLER, CHIEF JOHNS N As USS John S McCain left Pearl Harbor for her last cruise as a DL OI D1v1sion's leading characters Cand do we mean charactersj included LTJG Charlie Tuna Norton CIC Officer LTJG Mike The Plunderer, Collins, Division Oiiicerg Mares, RDCQ and Johnson, RDCS, who, although acting as Chief Master at arms, was always ready to give a hand in '6combat . Cracking the whip over the electronic technicians were ENS Tom HSatch Simpson and Nielsen, ETCM. On the way over to WestPac and from Yokosuka to Yankee Station off Viet Nam the radarmen' were very busy in combat with ASW exercises, gunnery shoots, and communication drills. Once on station the pace slackened to the routine job patrolling our assigned area and tracking and reporting all radar and ECM contacts. A break in the monotony came when McCain was called upon to deliver shore bombardment in support of operations ashore in Viet Nam. Since CIC, shipis nerve center, is directly involved with plotting targets and communicating with the spotter, this was a very exciting and rewarding day for the radarmen. Playing a big part in the success of the gunfire mission were Burgess, RD2, Beat, RD2, Schomaker, RD2, and Orosz, RD3. The ETs, however, performed a most thankless task. -They are responsible for maintaining the equipment that the radarmen use. This, of course, led to a lot of good-natured recriminations between the RDS and ETS. The ETS were always certain that the RDS didn't know how to operate the gear, and the RDs were equally positive that the ETS didnlt know how to Hx it. One of the highlights of the cruise for the division was winning the ship's softball tournament held in Subic Bay. After sustaining a Hrst round loss, the OI Division Plunderers defeated the Second and Fox Division Tigers in the final game to take the championship- Senior Chief Johnson came through with some outstanding pitching Cfor a man of any agej, Schomaker swatted four over the fence lead the league in home runs, and Jacky Jones made some unbelievable plays at third. Throw Hard to Harvey did the catching when he ,co get time off from the constant confusion known as Radio Central. In Sasebo three members of the division made a big hit in the entertainment circuit. Chick Chandler, One Beer MacCourt, and Animal 0 7 2 ' ' ' Frye, all third class radarmen, played some wild rock and roll at one of the local cabarets. Reported the Animal I guess they liked us-f they kept jumping around and screaming. , p The division had several men honored by advancements and commendations during the cruise Chief Mares made the big jump from' chief to senior chief. Harvey, ETN3, advanced to ETN2, and McCuaig, ETR3, advanced to ETR2 Parking RDSN made third class, an Schomaker and Orosz were awarded good conduct medals. In addition, Schomaker was given a letter of coinmendation prior to the ship in Sasebo. ' . 'r' 'ir ffm' I it pr' 'fi' In Nl ,Wu 4 4 5'