King (DLG 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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IF YOU DON ' T THINK WE ARE SiCROSS THE EQUATOR YET, JUST WHAT HAPPEN TO YOUR HAIR? CAN ' T READ OR WRITE, BUT YOU SURE CAN TYPE GOOD. FAMOUS LAST WORDS, I ' M NOT GOING UP ON THAT STACK VVA IT Tl i.L THE OLD MAN COM FJ- OUT ON THE WING OF THE

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y y, -, il i FRONT ROW-METCALF, J, H; ACOSTA , R. ; FISHEfi, J.L.; TYLER CO,; WEISHEIM ,O.R . ;GR1MES ,G .A. ;ANGSTEAD , J.L. ; LOEHR, A.E. HEDGES , L.W. BACK ROW-TROUT , H . D . ; ENS RUSH ' , MCM INN , C . M . ; WEASMA , R . A . ; GREEN, E. L.; ARMSTRONG, 1- , ' , JOHNSON, W. T . ' , BIGGER, W.E. BENSON ,B ,L . JROYBAL ,E .A. ;WHITSON ,J.A. ; THURBER , M. W.; LTJG THE KINGS CIC GANG WAS BORN IM TWO LOCATIONS . ATTHESHIPYARD, WHITSON AND WEASMA WERE SPENDING THEIR DAYS RUNNING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE SHIP, VARIOUS SHOPS , AND OUR TEMPO- RARY HEADQUARTERS OF CHIEF TROUT. ATTENDING VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN SAN DIEGO. THINGS SEEMED PRETTY WELL ORGANIZED UNTIL THE ENTIRE CREW AS- SEMBLED IN BREMERTON AND MOVED A- BOARD, ALL HANDS SPENT BUSY DAYS TRYING TO RUN DOWN MISSING ITEMS AND TYING UP LOOSE ENDS IN PREPARATION FOR OUR PRELIMINARY ACCEPTANCE AND BUILDINGS TRIALS , W ITH GREAT EMPHASIS BEING PLACED UPON NAVIGATION . THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS IN PUGET SOUND WERE QUITE TRYING AND INCLUDED AN O ' ROARK CALLING CONTEST IN WHICH NOONE VOLUNTEERED , BUT MANY CONTESTANTS WERE ENTERED. IT LOOKS LIKE GREEN WAS THE WINNER HANDS DOWN, IT WAS ABOUT TH I S T I M E THAT WE LOST FRIEDENSTAB FOR A SHORT STINT IN THE HOSPI- TABLE. HE DIDN ' T DO SO BADLY FOR HIMSELF, THOUGH WINNING 800 DOLLARS IN A PU2ZEL CONTEST, THfc. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS WERE UNEVENTFUL , AND TH E SUCC EEDING DAYS WERE FILLED WITH PREPARA- TION FOR SAN DIEGO AND OUR SHAKEDOWN CRUISE, THE MOST EXCITING AND OUR SHAKEDOWN TRAINING CRUISE. THE MOST EXCITING EVOLUTION IN SAN DIEGO WAS THE UNANNOUNCED MERCY TRIP SOUTH WHICH LEFT A FEW OF US ON THE BEACH WITHOUT TOOTHBRUSH OR RAZOR, IT WAS A HECTIC TWO DAYS WITH THE FIRST DAY BEINGSPENTTRYING TO GET THEM OUT, I THINK THE SCHOOL STAFF WAS MORE CONFUSED THAN WE WERE, IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE ONLY TIME THAT OUR ASSISTANT DIVISION OFFICER, MR. RUSH , WILL EVER BE ABLE TO MUSTER IN WALKING SHORTS WITH A GOLF CART , AFTER IT V AS OVER WE WERE ALL CONVINCED THAT LIFE ABOARD SHIP THOSE TWO DAYS WOULDN ' T HAVE BEEN TOO BAD. ON THE 14 OF FEBRUARY WE WERE UNDERWAY FOR OUR SHAKEDOWN CRUISE MINUS FRIEDENSTAB WHOM WE HAD TO LEAVE BEHIND, WE WELCOMED ABOARD CHIEF THURBER UPON OUR ARRIVAL IN PEARL, THUS INCREASING OUR NUMBER TO 22. THAT IT REALLY WAS A SHAKEDOWN WAS BEYOND DOUBT WHEN WE STARTED TO GET UNDERWAY POR LOCAL OPERATIONS IN PEARL. THE SHAKING WAS MOST APPARENT IN THE AFTER END OF THE SHIP. SOME OF US WERE A LITTLE DISSOLUSIONED TRYING TO SEE THE SOUTH PACIFIC FROM THE BOTTOM OF DRY-DOCK . BUT WE MADE UP FOR IT BY ATTENDING POLLYWOG OR SHELL BACK MEETINGS. POLLYWOG DAY WAS A BIG SUCCESS AS MOST SHELLBACKS WERE SOUNDLY DRENCHED BY THE FIREHOSES. INTIATION DAY SAW THE RADAR GANG REPRESENTED BY SEVERAL SPECIAL CASES. PROMINENT AMONG WHO WAS OUR CIC OFFICER, MR, ESTOCK, WHO HAD BEEN CITED FOR LEADING A POLLYWOG RE- V.OLT, EXCEPT FOR A FEW SORE POSTERIORS AND SEVERAL SUN- BURNED CRANIUMS, THE RADAR GANG IS BACK TO ITS NORMAL ROUTINE OF COLLECTING. DISPLAYING, EVALUATING AND DIS- EMINATJNG COM T INFORMATION pvT CH FF Tn--T you t kn Nfw

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J i )( r ' Vi! o c FRONT ROW-LTJG BRONS ; TAYLOR. J.R.; HUTCHISON, J.L.; MAR- TINEZ, R. J. ;|VIERRITT. J.J.; LUCAS, M .D. ; TUPPER, R. BACK ROW-GARRETT. R.G.; BUXMAN , L.W.j SHAGENA» M.J.; HOWE ,D.R. ;KLIPPLE , H .W . ; BOLEY, B.E.; PAULSON, H . L . , LOTH K .R. THE I AS MUCH SPEE WHETHER IT IS A CW SIGNAL, A VOICE CIRCUIT . SEMAPHORE OF FL OFTHE OC DIVISION ARE THERE TO SEE THAT IT IS HANDLED PROPERLY Ai ACCURACY AS POSSIBLE. IN THE NAVAL SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS IS THE VOICE OF COMMAND EFFECTIVECOMMUNICATIONS ARE VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF A MODERN NAVY. AND AS MEMBERS OF T U.S.S. KING, WE ARE A MAJOR FIGHTING UNIT IN THE MODERN NA VY ,OF t 9r, 1 . THE COMMUNICATIC S-i-STEM HAS TWO MAJOR AIMS : ONE TO SERVE COMMAND AND SECONDLY TO AID ADM IN I STRATI ON . CI MUNICATIONS SERVES COMMAND WHEN IT CARRIES BATTLE ORDERS FROM A FLEET COMMANDER TO I SUBORDINATES , FORWARDS DOCK INC INFORMATION FROM HARBOR CONTROL TO AN ENTERING VESSEL , DELIVERS A STORM WARNING TO ALL SHIP IN THE GENERAL AREA. IT AIDS ADMINISTRATION WHEN 1 CIRCUITS AREUSED TO HURRYTHE MOVEMENT OF SUPPLIES, OR TO ARRANGE FOR TRANSPORTATION F A DRAFT OF MEN . COMMUNICATIONS IS BASED ON THREE BASIC PRINCIPLES, RELIABILITY, SECUR AND SPEED; AND THESE PRINCIPLES ARE FOLLOWED CLOSELY ABOARD THE KING . THE RADIOMEN AND SIGNALMEN MAKE UP THE COMPLEMENT OF OC DIVISION .ABOARD THE KIN WITH A TOTAL OF 19 BODIES IN ALL. LTJG J.C . BRONS IS THE DIVISION OFFICER, HE IS ASSISTED I RADIOMAN CHIEF TUPPER AND SIGNALMAN FIRST CLASS GARRETT . ALTHOUGH THE OUTWARD APPEARAN or JOBS BETWEEN THE TWO RATES OF RADIOMAN AND SIGNALMAN MAY SEEM DIFFERENT. THE RESL IS EFFECTIVE AND RELIABLE COMMUNICATIONS, RECENTLY WHEN WE WERE CALLED OUT ON A RESC MISSION TO PICK UP THE SICK SAILOR OFF OF THE MERCHANT SHIP, VOIC E COM MUN ICATIONS WERE EST A LISHED WHILE WE WERESTILL ALMOST A THOUSAND MILES AWAY FROMTHE OTHER VESSEL. THIS W, ACCOMPLISHED BY THE USE OF NEW GEAR CALLED SINGLE SIDE BArJD. THIS LONG RANGE VO COMMUNICATIONS ENABLED THE DOCTOR ABOARD OUR SHIP TO TALK WITH THE PERSON ATTENDING 1 PATIENT ON THE OTHER SHIP AND GIVE ANY AID THAT HE COULD UNTIL WE ARRIVED AND THE MAN A TRANSFERRED TO THE KING. WHILE OP RATINGWITH OTHERSHIPS, THE DIVl SION PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE MANE :RS THATARE CARRIED ON. FOR EXAMPLE; WHILE O N PLAND GUARD FOR THE U.S.S . MIDWAY ON AY TO PEAR, THE SIGNALMAN WERE USING FLAG H 3ISTS TO INDICATE WHEN WE SHOULD TURN A WHAT DIRECT ON THE TURN SHOULD EE MADE. THE RADIOMEN WERE CONSTANTLY IN CONTACT O WCIRCUITANDI fRAFFlC PERTINENT TO THE DAVSOPtR TIONS WAS PASSED OVER THE CIRCUIT. RA iS THE RESPO NSIBLITITY OF SETTINl UP AND MA NTAINING ALL THE COMM UN 1 CATION ' -■REOUEN lEDEDABOARD ' HIP, ANDALSO FOR SEEING THAT THEY ARE PATCHED TO THE PROPER PI-ACE , WHET BE CIC OR Tl- DURING T HE MONT OF JANUARY THE KING PROC E53ED OVER 600 RADIO AND VISUAL MESSAG CLUDED IN OU R DAILY TRAFFIC ARE PERSONAL ABC ARD SHIP ARE ENTITLED TO SEND TELEGRAM HICH ARE HAND LED BY RADIO. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE WATCHES, ALONG WITH THE FIELD DAYS , ETC . THERE ARE ALSO A f HINGS THAT Wl LL CAUSE A LJIUGH EVERY NOW AND T HEN. IF ITS NOT SOMEONE SHOUTING SIGN EN, YOU ' RE BE NGCALLEDSY FLASHING LIGHT :OFC OURSE THIS IS USUALLY DONE AFTER THE LI GNALHAS8EEN ELSECALLINCAND TELLING RADIO THEIR TRA ITTER DOESN ' T WORK iWHEN IN ACTUALITY THEY H EARl. THERE IS ALWAYS THE DA ILY RIEEING OF EACH THER ABOUT SIZE, LOOKS, LOVE LIFE. CRWH VER CAN BE FOUND OUT ABOUT A PERSON THAT CA -1 BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE WH ROUP. IT ' ST |S AMOUNT OF CLOSENESS THAT MAKES OUR DIVISION A GOOD ONE AND A CLOSE K ' THEIR MESSAGE READS