John McCain (DL 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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, . 1 FRONT ROW BAILEY SHEROKY GEORGE PITTS DENTON, ROOT, ORLANDO, HUTTE. SECOND ROW MR BACON MCCORMICK HALL ROGERS, SEARLE, OPLIE, STOLL, DEVITO SMITH M I NOWAK CHIEF RANGEL MR BYERS. THIRD ROW: CHIEF HULL CHIEF KELLY SMITH LI WILSON FAASS CARSON, O'CONNOR, BROWN, CHIEF PHIPPS TETREAULT MEYER 06 Zcaceccwz OC Division approached the 65 66 WESTPAC Cruise with some apprehension due mainly to the large number of new personnel in the division not the least of whom was Sneaky Pete himself However under the guidance of the few oldtimers in the division, the communl- cations gang managed to hold up pretty well These veterans of the last cruise showed infinite patience and wisdom with the rookies HS the latter gradually became acclimated to the rigors of WESTPAC The Quartermasters under LT Charlie Tuna Norton found themselves pretty fat as McCain left Pearl Harbor-they actua1lY had four watch stander The addition of Root SA and Searle SN not only eased the load it also doubled the QM strength. George, QMSA, known for his quiet voice and mild manners on the beach, and veteran I. P. Brown were the other QMS and with the new strikers S0011 progressed to a three section watch-a rarity in OC Division. Overseeing all quartermasters was Chief Hull, who seemed to live 011 the bridge. The Chief could always be found on the wing of the bridge taking a fix or in the pilot house plotting one. ' The PN! YN section of OC, led by Chief Rangel, did an excellent job in WESTPAC. With inexhaustible patience and ma1'1Y h0UfS of hard work, they always managed to keep ahead of the mountains of paperwork. Pizarro, PN1, athe whipn, veteran Devito, and rookie Sheroky made up the rest of the ship's office group. Carson, YN3, another experienced hand, kept the operations oiiice in fine trim through' out the cruise, in spite of a little water. ' The signal gang, responsible for the ship's visual communications, was another mixture of old and new. Under the leadership of Bailey, SM1, the signalmen showed much improvement during the cruise. Alfa Alfav Randolph and Billy Joe Crawford soon had their sections molded into workable teams. Veterans Wilson, SMSN, Meyer, SMSN, Gutting, SMSN, and Smith, SMSN, were also Of Sfeat help as the ship began the cruise. It wasn't too long, however, before Faass, SN, and Tetreault, SN, were holding their own. , The radio gang likewise did a commendable job. The WESTPAC communications requirements had more than doubled since the last cruise, so that the RMS approached the cruise with mixed emotions. Senior Chief 'fDoc Kelly did an outstanding job keeping McCain communicating. With his assistant, Chief Phipps, he quickly isolated the major problem areas and implemented solutions. Of g1'Caf h?1P to the ChiCfS Were the two veteran Supervisors, Hutte, RM2, and Stoll, RM3. In spite of being in port-and-starboard sections for the entire cruise, they managed not only to do their job well, but also to keep morale high. Denton, RMSN, and Leekity, RM3, the third radio' man chiefv were responsible for the busy and extremely important task group common net. McCormick, CYN3, Pitts, RM3, Orland0, RM3, and Rogers, RM3, were FOX men, and deserve much credit for keeping the missing numbers to a minimum. O'Connor, RM3, Hall, RMSN, Nowak, RMSN, and Smith, SN, worked many hours and t d l't 11 . Ype iera y thousands of messages for both ship and staff. Highlights of the cruise for OC were: Yokosuka, our first port of call: Subic Bay, where the OC sneakers', were robbed of the soft' ball championshipg Sasebo and all the Christmas trimmings, and Hong Kong, where Denton finally got SOme.1iberty. - 7 7 9 7 ' J 3 9 9 7 ' 'Q 3 2 , , , - J-Q 7 9 7 7 ' 0 f 0 . . . , , . . . . . . N - ,, . . 7 ' 3 ' CC ' 75 ' GC ' 97 CV . ' c 0- 1 3 5 7 i 3

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