Knapp (DD 653) - Naval Cruise Book

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The E-I Division The time 0600 - a1l,s quiet, then from the bitch box comes a faint tingling whistle and tne soft mel- low voice of a bos'n mate fReveille - Reveillel UP all hands, heave out trice up. 0601 -athe Pattef of dainty little pinkies ihit the deck and. Beer Bucket TAFT our bright-eyed and bushty tailed master-at- arms is up waking his brood. So tly poos in ouij ear, Get up and get the hell out.. Doorknob jOHNSTON arises, glances into a mirror, sees .h1S black eyes and remembers the 3 charming soldiers he encountered last evening. F oggy. KIEPEIR s1tS on the edge of his spacious inner-spring meditation on the foreign movie he saw last evening gfnothing like The Outlawl 0615 - stumbling along in a SCTIII state of consciousness is Woody singing fence: 111 love with Amyl That muttering sound is 3D DOLAN grumbling about going back to Aurora for ood. 0630 - that whistle again, announcing break- Fast is now being served in Watch for Chow, then back to ye old nest for some restv. 0300 - quartGrS for muster and inspection. Standing before before us is that smiling figure of humanity, Chief Stoneface BRYANT. Billy the Kidv WHITFIELD Saunders up and calmly announces that he is turning brown baggerv in April. 0815 - glancing up the deck we see the ramrod of the department, Spider BLAU- VELT, better known as Mr. B. With him are his able bodied assistants. No. 1 is D. W. DAVIS his man Friday', and fair haired boy. He is a tall hungry looking rebel, a trumpet player by trade, and last but not least is Uncle TOM MITCHELL. One of the boys from the old school, felementary school that is, and still looking for the Gillette blade he lost that caused him to be expelled from the 4th gradel. 0820 - now comes the dreaded word - Turn to Com- mence Shipis Work. xA mad rush is started for the joe pot and a good seat for the bull session that will ast most of the morning. It starts out with cars, bars, and women - mostly women. Hey KLEINHOLZ, put on a fresh pot of joelv 0900 - you take a stroll back to the shipfitters shop to see what can be leeched and kill time while looking busy. WHEELER who is thinking about the coolie', problem for his Rick-a-shaw business in Baltimore, doesn't even move. Little ROGER HOSKINSON canlt figure which Shore Patrol brought him back last night. I don't know ROG, I was ashore myself. fNothing to leechl so back up on deck where we get cornered by Chet KIT 'ILE and, finally, talk him in Coiprnan School so ne can practice self when he gets discha.ged. 1000 - In the ml. j j room Snuify,' NOFPS fthe little dearj is Wald ln' a Kimono for the boys. JACK ASPLUND a:50gel1n, Kr1rKi1A'1'1ricK sir rrur-sing a cup of joe ,lo lflj a couple of good hangovers, while theyldigcgg wil .-cuss that cab driver they had last night Rand DOMINICK and GAHAN side b side .n'theljlar have just decided to take up figflting drunks fvaf career. 1100 - Knockoff ships work Qnow we fri to goldbrick on our own timel. 1130 - chow d avi for tae crew NO! NO! not corned beef again OX? ban tank ve need a smorgas bord for da gwidii fellal. 1300 - turn to, continue ship's work. World he says, Should we tell him? Afternoon and mornl ing al same samev. 1330 - Kee Kee HUFFMME had to leave his nest long enough to grab a plunger. and go up to the head to earn his pay. 1400 - DAVE MACNAMARA dreamed about falling from Chicai go's Wrigley building and woke up home sick agairl' 1500 - the cal went out in the after fire room uffresli pot of joel . After the stampede 3 men reported tai' to goin sick bay with critical injuries. LESTER fSt,-ingbeanji HASS spent the rest of the afternoon trying to figure? out why the Navy wouldn't make bibbed overalls al regulation uniform and wishing he could drink coifee. 1545 - the Captain passed the word that he was leaving port at 0600 in the morning and all handsg that plan to go along had better be aboard. 1600 -. liberty commences for the Port section to expire ati 200. Now where to get the loot to go see Bahysanl1 once more. SPELL and C. SMITH are going to sees r that the exchange rate for confederate money is on, the abeachn. When the liberty party departs all will? be quiet and the rest of the evening will be spent writing home and watching a movie, George Rafi. in Dry Dockf' 2200 - taps, taps lights out, all handS2 5 turn into your own bunks. 2230 - aSI1OWS1l1O6S,,C0mC5i back loaded and tries to give judo lessons to an upf right locker and took a terri5c beating for his efforts. No all is quiet. The only voices you hear are mum' bling and slobbering voices coming from IONES 31151 Tyrone ALEXANDERS all night slop shvf-A Whats that he said? He said pass that wine jug fmdl shoot 9'p5! Oh well - another day and only 178 to Soi A r ,nf F

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The Engineering Department These hundred-odd men must be of strong cha- racter to emerge from the depths and answer to such calls as Snipes and Blackgangn without flinching, but remember that this is not common clay. They represent numerous rates and are molded into Eve basic groups, BT's MM's ShipHtter,s, A gang, and Electricians. Besides getting you there and back , which is too Often taken for granted, the boys attempt to pro- vide and maintain whatever comforts can be jammed into 376 feet for 300 men. This is not an easy job when one considers there are 300 men waiting to offer suggestions. The maintenance and creative work may vary from replacing the element of the chief's toaster to finishing the Spud Locker or any other UHEINEALTN. Damage Control and allied personnel manage to keep busy during regular hours, but it is during GQ that these people really shine. If the hull con- tinues to grunt and groan their work may be become more important as the weeks pass. ....... . It's a big department with varied people doing varied jobs but not so big or varied that the Black- gang spirit can be penetrated. -Alh- Z Q 1 if

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