Knapp (DD 653) - Naval Cruise Book

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Routine GQ 1030 hours on ye good ship KNAPP, steaming westyto ain that bountiful eastern coast of the states, and sucfdenly across steaming decks and through drows C0m 6DB sounds: C1ang! Clang! Clang! Cla-nF'?,A1l ds, man your General Quarters sta- honsylinds uicken to the call. ....... . Some off the men, having stolen the preceeding few moments for the ever welcome 40 winks and well-wom dreams of home, are shaken from their private little worlds to perform vital duties to the nerve center of this Eghting ship. Far back in the ship, the ET's leave the chow chamber and pass forward to watch over various electronic devises. F i F i PIEPHO bids a fond fare- well and produces the ever present popcorn. In the compartment, Sleepy JOHNSTON is living up to the tag, and bemoaning his unjust fate. Kaz' KACZMAREK rolls to his feet and bounds back to his station in the after-steering control room. 'Canvas-Back' SCHAEF ER bounds out of the ba with a glad refrain, usually a muffled 'UCH' and gro es his way forward, toward the bridge, being slowed lfxy the very efHcient damage control squad, who always seem to close all hatches just before he ets there. ......................... . g Tourist CURRIER, our Hampshire mailman, iis roused from his sack, time after time, to take his is roused from his sack, time after time, to take his In the center of the ship, in emergency radio - the supplement to Main Radio - Hums', HUME and Lover LYNN DUNN profound vast theories in the field of electronics, DUNN usually wandering to thoughts in his journey of no return. In a darkened Combat Information Center, the nerve center of the ship, the Radarmen bend to their tasks under the watchful eyes of their leader, Skid ROW. Knives MAHER links C. I. C. to the Bridge, while -joey JOHNSON holds radio communication with the rest of the ships in the formation. Stupe BRAKEN, Hood GACLIANO, Scoop CORNE- LIUS bend their ears to all incoming radio hot poop, recording it in dog-eared logs. BRAKEN gets car- ried away and records the latest capitalistic faults from Radio MOSCOW. Mac MCCARTY and Combat F reddie LEARNED doodle with their little grease encils, supposedly recording all data concemingl all aircraft - bogies and friendlies - supplied em via sound powered phones by JOHN- STON, huddled over the air search Radar console, while Dangerous Dan STAVERMAN helps and hinders the tuning of the surface-search Radar. Tex SCHOENFELD does his best to wear out the range Crank of the Radar repeater. On his immediate le t, we see Baldy PIPER lounging on the DRT. K He prefers to be known as Iiml. With the aid of Tex , this infallable young man declares that the Isle of Capri is moving west at a speed of ten knots. Q.Atten- tion, Reader - the isle of Capri will arrive in Nar- ragansett Bay on 15 March 19052. An insistant buzz sounds from CHARLIE 'West of the Pecosi' ET- TLiNG in the counter-measures room inquiring, as always, You guys got any mud up there? On deck toward heaven are the ears of the ship, main radio. Amid the crazy mixed up noises of this sanctum, is heard the babbling of G1mg Ho CER- RATO, conqueror ot the Korean hills, dreaming like DUNN of his nearing last mile to matrimony. Q2 minutes of silence, Pleasel LINEBERCER, alias Needle and KRYSAN, the two foundlings aosorbed from the tender F RONTIER in IAPAN, intently copy incoming code. Red-Eye HO WIE MEN DLER brews his home style coffee, and all present grab the too few cups, leaving Red-Eye with the empty pot. THENE, having also missed a cup, edges care- fully away from that transmitter which he swears will bite any intruding hand. -fWonder whyl? Shaky HURTE, MATHVI, and BRYSON, the un- holy three, having hashed over past escapares, listen wide eyed to the underworld ventures of Shep,' Qthe Denver Hoody SHEPHERD. Vitamin GORDON oversees his charges and aids his boy Babysan CANNELLA, usually lost in various publications, while 'Kazukev KACZOR, sits dreaming idly of his more glorious army days. Tne Yeoman, usually our pen pushers, also take positions, Eddie', EDWARDS forming the link be- tween the bridge and Damage Control Central squads. ZIMMERMAN vaults to his place at the forward 40MM Directors, while FRED ADAMS scrambles up to the Hying bridge to assist in Machine Cun Control. Don HAUCK controls the speed of the ship as BALLINCER, also on the bridge, relays information to and from the Engineering spaces. The Bridge, the eyes of the ship, is usually in orderly confusion. Kandy KANDARIAN and DlX relieve each other at the helm. Under the all know- ing glance of HALEN, little chief of the tribe of Quartermasters, and by Chief LEAKE. Ken SNELL spots signals by long glass while Whitey WHITE and one SebastD SEBASTIANI seem all thumbs as they bend on flags to be hoisted to the yardarm in recognition or signal. Doug DAY is busily finding the meanings of all these crazy rags, in various pu- blications, as BYRNE attempts to make order of disorder in the ships logs. Mayor', MCALPIN is charged with the fore-part of the bridge, directing or receiving signals by light. There you have 'em, fighting routine but still able and ready to keep the s 'ps nerve center func- tioning by controlling every move the KNAPP makes - Lots of moving, lots of controlling and lots of work! ll Y iv