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' w '- if ' ' 'Q .wgggg :L-:',Q,.4.... :. ,.-,..J.......,-.f- W - . '. f.-Lu.'1Ef, gf' USS LEXINGTON ICVA-I6I, FLAGSHIP FOR COMMANDER CARRIER DIVISION ONE, AND AIR TASK GROUP ONE- WESTERN PACIFIC CRUISE MAY, I956 DECEMBER 7956 EGENED R K5 N951 Q95 X 1 WN ew URW S K 1 Alexander Salley Heyward, Jr. was born in Columbia, South Carolina, on April 22, 1908. He entered the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis on June 15, 1926 as a midshipman from his native state. He was graduated and commissioned Ensign on June 5, 1930, and through subsequent promotions attained the rank of Captin, to date from September 1, 1948, having served in that rank CtemporaryD from February 1946 to January 1948. His Hrst duty station was on board the battleship USS CALIFORNIA After being designated a naval aviator in 1932 he served succeeding tours with Observation ONE B Fighter Squadron 3 the latter embarked on the USS LANGLEY and later on the USS RANGER During the early period of World War II after extensive duty with various patrol squadrons he was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat V for exceptionally meritorious conduct as Commanding Officer of Patrol Commanding Officer ALEXANDER . HEY ARD,JL, Captain, USN Squadron 73. In 1944 he became Chief of Staff for Fleet Air Wing ONE where he participated in the Okinawa campaign for which he was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of the second Legion of Merit. Captain Heyward later served as Exec of the USS ANTIETAM, instructor at the Naval War College, Assistant Chief of Staff with ComAir Pac, and CO of the USS TIMALIER, a seaplane tender. In October, 1952 he was sent to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations where he later became Assistant Director Fleet Operations. It was from this post that he came to the LEX. Married to the former Miss Virginia Nicholson of Camden SC the skipper has three children and a grand- daughter He was relieved as Commanding Officer by Captin John W Gannon on Oct 4 1956 . ' 7 5 J 7 J 7 2 ' -7 , . ' ' ' ct 77 ez - ' - ' ' an ' - THE SKIPPER with his men at a YMCA party in Bremerton. Not an unusual occasion, he visited men often. W.. ....-aww--my-qv ...NW S Q 2 ls 1 is l n 1: ER S1 I f 1 li .L Executive Officer GEORGE H. CARTER, Commander, USN l CDR Carter with Senator Jackson of Washington. Executive Officer Cdr. Carter Was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota on July 24, 1913. He attended the University of North Dakota, entered the Navy in 1936 and had served aboard eight carriers including the ESSEX, YORKTOWN, RANGER and SARA- TOGA prior to the LEX. He is the father of seven children. He Was relieved as Exec of the LEX on June 15, 1956, to begin duty at the Industrial College in Washington, D. C. ED RD H. EILER, Jr., Commander, USN X 6751 1 fs! , .,.. ,,..Q3 .1 CDR Seiler giving an order in civies. Born in New Orleans, still his home, on Aug. 13, 1918, Cdr. Seiler graduat- ed from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1939, began career on old LEX QCV-25, became naval aviator in 1942, later skippered Patrol Bomber Squadron 207, progressed to Exec of NAS, Norfolk, then assumed present duty on June 15, 1956. He has tour children and tvvo nicknames. Captain Gannon Was born on April 10, 1909 in Ashley, North Dakota and entered the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, with the class of 1931 and was subsequently commissioned an Ensign and assigned his first duty on board the USS TEXAS. He served on board the carrier USS SARATOGA and in 1943 was Com- manding Officer of Patrol Squadron 203 which fought in the North Atlantic campaigns. Highlighting this wartime duty was a tour as navigator on the present LEX which was then fiagship for the famous Task Force 58. After leaving the LEX, the skipper became Executive Officer of the USS CAPE GLOUCESTOR and remained on board throughthe end of the war. In 1952 Captain Gannon received his first sea command when he took over as Commanding Officer of the USS FLOYDS BAY. Later, he joined NATO,s SACLANT staff as Operations Officer. Captain Gannon came to the LEX from the Military Application Division of the Atomic Energy Commission. He relieved Captain A. S. Heyvvard, Jr. as Commanding Officer on October 4, 1954. Commanding Officer J OH W. GAN N ON Captain, USN INFORMAL portrait of the skipper in his in-port cabin. Commander Carrier Division One ILLIAM L. ERDMANN, Rear Admiral, USN Rear Admiral William L. Erdmann Was born on Novem- ber 18, 1902, in Greensburg, Indiana, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1924. After being designated naval aviator in 1928 and serving aboard cruiser USS CINCINNATI, battleship USS OKLA- HOMA, carrier USS SARATOGA, cruiser USS LOUISVILLE, he was attached to various air patrol squadrons until 1942 when he joined the staff of Commander Third Fleet. He took command of the escort carrier USS MATANIKAU in 1944 and at War's end Was Commander Air Sea Rescue. More recently, Admiral Erdmann was Commanding Officer of the carrier USS LEYTE and NAS San Diego. In 1952 he was named Commander of Carrier Division 14. Admiral Erdman became Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and Administration at NATO's Southern Europe headquarters in 1953. On April 21, 1956, he took command of Carrier Division One. He is married and has a daughter, Patricia Ann. Chief of Staff Carrier Division One WILLIA L KABLER Captain, USN Born September 24 1908 1n Roanoke Virginia Captain William L Kabler graduated from the Naval Academy in 1929 was designated naval aviator in 1931 served with squadrons on the LEXINGTON OKLAHOMA and LANGLEY Won Navy Cross as skipper of seaplane tender HERON from 1940-1942 for aiding the defense of the Philippines and the Netherlands East Indies. After Washington duty, he Was navigator aboard the TICONDEROGA during the Leyte invasion, same year became Exec of the ENTERPRISE and took part in the South China Sea, Ivvo Jima and Okinawa operations. He has also been Naval Attache at Ankara, Turkey and Aide to the Asst. Secretary of the Navy for Air. He was Commanding Officer of the RENDOVA and the KEARSARGE. ABOUT THIS SHIP In March, 1776, the Marine Committee of the Conti- nental Congress bought the black-hulled, yellow-trimmed Baltimore brig WILD DUCK to meet an immediate shipping threat by the British. She became the first LEXINGTON when her name was changed to inspire her crew to equal or excel the spirit of the farmer- Minutemen 'I of Lexington, Massachusetts who participated in the young country's early bid for freedom. The second LEXINGTON, was commissioned in 1826 and saw long service as as part of a peaceful Navy. Her war experince was received when she became part of the blockade of Mexican shipping off the coast of California during the war with Mexico. In 1861, the third LEXINGTON, a gunboat converted from a steamer, was commissioned and assigned to aid Union land forces in maintaining control of the lands along the Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee. On one occasion she turned certain Union defeat into victory by her close shore bombardment of the Confederate forces. The fourth LEXINGTON CCV-2D authorized as a battle cruiser, was converted to an aircraft carrier in 1922, and commissioned in 1927. The USS LEXINGTON CCV-25 and her sister ship, the USS SARATOGA CCV-2D, were the first aircraft carriers, other than the experimental carrier LANGLEY, built by the United States. On one occasion in 1930, CV-2 supplied electricity for the city of Tacoma, Washington for one month during a water shortage. From the first exploratory days of World War II to her final hour, the LEXINGTON fought valianty to stop the Japanese advance. Attacks on Alamaus and Lae preceeded the Battle of the Coral Sea where she was lost on May 9th, 1942 from two torpedo and many more bomb hits. The USS LEXINGTON QCV-16D, commissioned in 1943 under Captain Cnow Admirall Felix Stump, dedicatedly avenged her predecessor. In 21 months in the combat area she destroyed 372 planes in the air and 475 more on the ground, she sank or destroyed 300,000 tons of Japanese shipping and damaged nearly 600,000 tons more, ship's guns shot down 15 planes attacking her and assisted on 5 others. With air groups from other carriers, she sent three aircraft carriers to the bottom along with a cruiser 5 her planes struck at Tarawa, Kwajalein, the Marianas, Palau, the Philippines, Truk, Bonins, Formosa, Okinawa, and Japan herself. In all that time, she received but two hits. In 1947 she was placed out of commission in the Pacific reserve fleet in Bremerton, Washington only to be transferred to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for conversion in 1952. On August 15, 1955, the USS LEXINGTON redesig- nated CVA-16 and modernized with steam catapults, an angled flight deck, and interior changes for improved habitability, was recommissioned with Captain Alexander S. I-Ieyward, Jr. as Commanding Officer. The LEX that went down. CV-2 in a massive launch. ABOUT THI BOOK In presenting a work such as this whichihas consumed the time and efforts of many talented and industrious people and for which you have parted with several of your well- earned dollars, it was deemed fitting to offer a few words of explanation on what the book contains, and what, unfortunately in some cases, it does not contain. The initial aim of this book is to provide' you with a souvenir of this cruise on the Lexington. Should the book succeed in this aim as far as you personally are concerned, no more needs be said. But it is felt that more can be said because the book has been designed with more in mind. Though these books are called Cruise Books, the cruise itself is not the important thing. The fact that strangers, men from everywhere, have been put together for a short time to do an important job-your job-on one of the most complex, ingenious and magnificent machines ever devised in the history of man-that is important. What these men do, how they act, day after day: the com- monplace, the daily job with its monotony, its laughs and its accomplishments 5 the people on the job. The crew is the story of the cruise. That is why it is hoped you will look upon this not as a 'Q Cruise Book, but rather, as a Crew,s Bookf, ' The volume is divided into three parts: PROLOGUE, ALL THE SHIP AT SEA and TRAVELOG. The PRO- LOGUE is exactly that: a resume of the rebirth of the Lexington, her early trials and travels, and the preparation for this cruise. The second section examines the daily work of each divison, and thus, each man on board. It treats the commonplace as the uncommon, and it tries by so doing to give each of you a better understanding of what the other fellow does. The third section of the book, TRAVELOG, presents a pictorial review of the new countries and cities that the ship visited. A word here about omissions. The book is not all- inclusive, it is a sampling, a surveying Gallup poll rather than a national election. It cannot hope to capture the countless personal thoughts and actions you must have experienced. If you feel you were slighted or overlooked, then accept a sincere apology. No slights were intended. Finally, the name of this book is ICHIBAN. It was not chosen facetiously. A Japanese word, in itself symbolic of a cruise to the Far East, ICHIBAN literally translated stands for 'Q number one. This is a first cruise and this is the first cruise book. The concurrent other meanings of the word to the Japanese, however, seem to be yet more Htting: the beginning i'-it is, indeed, a beginning for the Lexington 3 'Q the Hrst, the highest, the best. .. -a bit presuming, perhaps, but pride in our ship could accept nothing but the bestf, Ichiban, then, is the symbol g it is hoped the book can approach this standard which the ship is setting every day. QV' Q A machine is given men ancl comes fo life affer eighf years of silence. She sfirs, machine ancl man, and fesfs her new-found youfh. Sfrengfh again is hers, and power She leaves fo win again the glory. FIRST AERIAL photo shows LEX side by side with MIDWAY, SHANGRI- BUILDING 50 at PSNS, headquarters for the Bremerton pre-commisioning 4 NM -wav LA at Bremertorfs Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. This was summer. detail. Other officers and most men took training in San Diego, joined later. l l The first look was a long one. It had to be. Your eyes couldn,t take her all in at once. Not just because she was bigger than you expected, but because she was half hidden by cranes and scaffolding and cables and crates. Even though she still belonged to the shipyard, you bought her on the spot. There were two separate pre-com- missioning details, one in Bremerton, the other in San Diego. At PSNS were most of the exprienced engineers and men, who helped the shipyard and 1 ' 0 iT? BRARY A NAVY P DEPTT ' v TX? themselves by learning the LEX literally from the keel on up. Administration headquarters were established in a whitewashed frame house with the entrance-way of an Old South summer home. Somehow the old building lent its atmosphere to the people who were there making friends that would last a cruise, and the first nucleus of a crew was formed under its roof. In San Diego during June and July, multitudes of men came directly from boot camp to the grinder A' barracks area on 32nd street to begin training courses in Navy schools at the Naval Training Center there. Officers were few 3 an Ensign was the Chief Engineer. Here Lexington men received their first division assignments and went through the complex processing procedures necessary to make them a part of the ship-on paper-as well as in person. ln July, the San Diego detail embarked on two carriers, the HANCOCK and the PRINCETON for one week's train- ing. This was the first time at sea for almost ninety-Hve percent of the Lexington's San Diego detail of 1,400 men. Their second sea voyage began later the same month when those men with- out cars went aboard the ESSEX to make the cruise to Bremerton. They arrived at Puget Sound on August 3 and took that first, long look at their ship. On August 8 the new Lexington got her Hrst crew. fl at Q f.:eu :.' r 1 3 After Years of Silence Dead Load on the Catapults-A Whish, HQLLOW but heavy load simulates launch, starts down. GREY BLUR of metal as load is constantly accelerated. CHIEF GUNNER IENNINGS IN SHIP SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE LOCATES HIS PLANS AIVIID THOUSANDS OF BLUEPRINTS OF LEX A Blur, A Thud, and an OK . . . . . HURTLING off bow, lOO mph. SWAN DIVE by load is graceful. 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Mi ,Q , ...ni CAPTAINS WIFE gets first piece of celebration cake as Wardroom party gets underway with punch, cookies, much chatter. i '2 63 Q fs w f 0 ' 1,3 ma .f ze, 'Z V K 1 'T V 1 ?' iw: ' f ' X fo? I Eff rg. J a rf Z. Q! w f . Ln' Ship And Shore Champ INTRAMURAL HAM has ball stolen as he poses in midair for obliging photog. COACH LEHMAN and teammates admire trophy just received for Winning PSNS Ship 'n' Shore D softball tournament. Second trophy Qlovver rightl not as shiny, but tastier. WINNING RUN for Lex in final game against Yorktown scores on Wild toss to catcher and wild slide by Minuteman. Lex team had only half- day practice before tourney. 1' - - , -x - -,MM -..W ,..fW-w....x-'-X -,,.,w,Wu.....4L.-M M....,A.,.A..,-1 M A... AQ,m,M , , f - , . .,,. . - TN., , . , HIP WITH WHEELS urs oclded Aboard ex ea les or San Dre o I L GSL Rd' xf 'g, 'i' 5 With her first group of guests of the Secretary of the Navy aboard, and her flight deck looking like a well-heeled Used Car lot, the LEX left the rainy land of Mount Rainier for the sunnier climes of Southern California, arriving on November 8 at berth Oboe-Peter fthe new alphabet was not yet in effectj. Marching Bands and majorettes greet- ed the ship in a production slightly smaller than an Esther Williams ex- travaganza, but the biggest hellois of all were given by wives to their men, most of whom had beeen separated for four whole days. BIG HELLO for hubbies was typical of this welcome type of greeting. G , ! ' 4' 5 BIG HELLO for bachelors in the ettes was welcome slight for crew man- shapely forms of local school's major- ning rails to eyeball twirling batons. Arrives Nov. 8, Ship Gefs cr California BIG HEll0 BIG HELLO to San Diego from Lex sponsons, where sailors awaited the is obvious from jam-packed gun tubs, the word for liberty call. ..s:s.-sa , -ts-fy -arm. ssL.aw,4m ,..., sv f..,, ,-,- . . ,, W f y , , , ., , GLISTENING CUTOUT sign procaims days for the other shipls, ferries in the the season's greeting to folk of North harbor. Many rnen took advantage of Island, and at night, her island svvathed holiday leave. in f-nlmpwl Iighrs the Lex honored holi- GREEN GRASS FOR CHRISTMAS Coils Xmos Hos Everything But Snow N0 REINDEER, kids, Santa landed aboard the Lex in a Cougar. 18-ft. tree lighted hangar deck for holidays. Men lived it up on New Yearls: first air ops ahead. NX X HOLIDAY ENDS LEX LOADS FDR LAUNCH WINGS FOLDED, a Douglas AD Skyraider is lowered aboard by San Diego crane. AN EXPECTANT MONDAY MORNING Gracefully the huge cranes swung the first planes the new Lex had ever seen onto her flight deck. Her hangar deck was jammed with men and equipment which were unfamiliar to a great many of the crew. The holidays were most definitely overg everyone seemed excited over the idea that the Lex was finally going to perform the operations for which she had been designed and constructed. Then, on a Monday morning alive with expectancy, the Lex pulled out of San Diego to begin her first week of carrier qualifications operations. CDR. GEORGE DOUGLASS, Air Boss of the Lex Qrightl and co-pilot Cdr. Worley, VS-23. LATE AFTERNGON shadows string rushes down the thin track to become across flight deck as SZF 'iSentinal first plane launched by the new Lex. Air Boss Picks S2F Sentinel For Historic Hop The first launch and landing of the new Lexington was postponed three times on the afternoon of January 9, 1956. As the day wore on, it looked. as if the Lex flight deck would have to wait to get its christening. But around 1700 the okay was given. Commander George, M. Douglass, Air Officer, was to have the privilege. For his co-pilot he chose Commander C.C. Worley of VS-23, the squadron that he had skippered before coming to the Lex. His plane was a Grumman SZF Sentinel, an aircraft used primarily for antisubmarine warfare and one which would ordinarily never be operated from the Lex. It was the personal choice of Cdr. Douglass: the pictures on this page record the events which began air operations of the Lex. PERFECT TOUCHDOWN FOR SENTINEL AND AIR BOSS AS NUMBER ONE ARRESTED LANDING IS LOGGED IN HISTORY. BREMERTON REVISITED MILITARY MISH-MASH seems to amuse Wives who gather on hangar deck to register for the afternoon's cruise to Bangor. Some 400 Wives and relations of officers and crew members made the cruise, saw Where and how men spend their day. l TURNABOUT on hubby corpsman who usually is on the giving end of that needle. GETTING CLIPPED by Wife is not new, but this method doesn't hurt the Wallet. Af Bangor Wives Go, Other Dynamite Arrives 1 I I , P E E ,I f I I I I II 'I M M Nam G.,-,vw ... V For one Day I 'S A MAN'S 0RI.D NOT EXACTLY BABY'S CRY, BUT NOISY ENOUGH SILI-IOUETTES NOT OFTEN SEEN ON BOARD STAND OUT IN SHARP CONTRAST AGAINST PACIFIC SKY WAVES TAKE EUSMANS HOLIDAY LOVE IT GALLERY OF GALE VIEW LEXS TOP eHow W I 4 . A , ' I N AA .I . - 91 I A A w e ' A 1 A X I www 4 , - ' 'li 1 , , , . . WIVES WAVE GOODBYE FROM NEW VANTAGE POINT. GUNNERY SHOOT DRAWS EAR-PLUGGED CROWD CHOW TIME WITH NO DISHES FOR THE IVIISSES OR POTS FOR POP ww , f fi! .fa gnu 9 2. , f , 571 :1 'Wi 1 f 'fl ia-Zh 4' V .aff K A , in 12 Four AE of Effort Lex Reodies for Cruise AID for Free China organization comes aboard Lex, f1rst combat ship to carry reIief bundlesg ship delivered in Japan. AIRCRAFT ARE LOFTED EASILY ONTO THE FLIGHT DECK ...,..,,,... . f ... -- MW LE HA A BALL Cclrnivol, Cor Help Navy Relief On May 18, 1956, the Lex had the weirdest hangar deck in the Heet: turtles were racing, roulette wheels were spin- ning, and balloons were busting all over the place. The scene was the Lex,s first ship- board party, called handsomely the 'Q Navy Relief Ball and Carnivalf' From AirPac came a dance band, from San Diego land vicinityl came the girls to dance with, from the ingenuity of the crew came carnival booths with their games of chance, from England came a beautiful, red sports car, a Triumph-3, and from Hollywood came lovely Rita Moreno to find out who won it. A record 3 3,000 was turned over to AirPac for Navy Relief as a result. CDR TITUS BRANCHI ORGANIZER OF CARNIVAL, AND WIFE IN PRIZE CAR. WINNER DONALD E POOLE AM3 DISDAINED CASH, TOOK CAR. WHERE IS HE? PUZZLED, Rita Moreno looks for holder of winning stub. Lucky sailor was on liberty, missed dance with Rita, auctioned off, dance brought 325 for Navy Relief. iv ,ff AIRPAC BAND GIVES WITH THE SOUNDS, COUPLES MAKE W CZ ,, ww Wf M 110' 0: I ifi. f at nga 'ff , f W 2' ,. ' 4+ 2ff? 7-yjwf, Rfk? 14 ggi'-Q -a,, .J 2 A 5, '23 I 1 ' ,a . . is 9.4 lxl ' , ff., 4, if z 433 wi ue, ww , 2: 1' Kg, a w f W V dwg, vekg.. A 'V Q 4. 'A.,sQ ' m 1' . , ' ,Q 1,1 y 'g 'Ji' I I Jim- 1 ff 9 ,G 4,9 v NV .54 gs ,J as fie 1. lfgf, ,, ',, V41 ' af .. K ., a+ X' Huff, A , , f ,A gf km x 4 Ayr? UI' ,f 5 Q pf gf - if ,, - f I iigff .fc rg ' If Q I fm , 5 iv wr fp, I 32, , Iv 1 I e ff? . fi f 1 fe 5 ,fs , 5 ENTERTAINING TRIO, GAY, BONNIE AND LINDA FAREWELL TQ ARM Monday, May 28- Cruise Begins Goodbyes were swiftg gangways don,t Wait. At 0800, lines were Cast off, and the Lexington left statesiden for a cruise that would last six months. f K7 ,' , afmj ,4 -X fy 55 :Q ,, ,flff ,4 fy ,, -ff, , ,f K, ,fn 5 ff fqf x f ,f ,f4.X ,w ff. 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Q-Ng-,-A .pf-,1 .A -n exingf0I'L C6,1!'A'I6 vo --Q- The Best Floating Football Fields V-I' All-American The 889-foot teakwood Hight deck of the Lexington is almost as long as three football fields, but they don't play games there. What they do, however, requires the fantastic teamwork and strength of headline-making All-Americans. Pushing and pulling the large planes as if they were miniatures, parking them in inches of space, keeping the endless flow of flight deck traffic moving in perfect pattern, V-l's men grunt and groan to their goal: a ready deck. LCDR W.J. KOSTIK LT. W.E. GILDOW CWO2 M.D. HARDMAN PIVOTING THE FRONT WHEEL OF A JET, WHILE PIVOT, PU l'l, AND PAINT N. up SK X IRRITATED PAINTER glares when band stops on White stripe he has painted many times before, will paint again. LCDR R. LYNN LCDR D. HINDES PLANE FROM PIVOT-MAN'S VIEW SHOWS NOSE WHEEL TURNING PLANE. NO CLEATS, but digging like pro- fessional bloekers, V-1 men spot their plane. RARE RELAXATIGN during lull MULE DRIVER ' d l - 7 motorlze pane in fight ops is enjoyed in the shade of puller, drives with vigor, relishing his , the island. comfort. Top row: A. Horn, D.L. Sowell, D.E. Cloghessey, A. Turner, R. Fuller, J.E. Isitt, V.A. Holmes, M.C. Moore, J:A: Townsend. Second row: J. Conley, W.D. Hardin, F.D. Calloway, Jenkins, M. McHenry, E.E. Van Buskirk, J.M. White, W.J. Odum. Third row: C. Grant, G.A. Herald, A.J. Parrish, M.N. Blake, G.P. Logan, D.V. Jensen, H.R. Hickey, G.O. Bradley, K.L. Lewis. Fourth row: A.M. Firre, F. Turner, A.J. Utsey, E.L. Alberman, A. Caife, R. Strickland, R. Knight, J.H. Wilson, W.H. Lechle. Fifth row: G.E. Lee, D.L. Gilbreath, R.L. Millette, T.N. McCourt, Gaston, W.J. Fhomason, M. J. Benbow. PLANE DIRECTQR, like football HIGH UP outside Pri-Fly, Window coach even to Whistle around neck, Washers View traffic flow on flight deck Watches Workout as men practice for that is like the busiest street, seldom speed. quiet. Top row: L.G. Hudson, C.G. Mcjunkin, R.W. Atchinson, E. Van Tassel, H.R. Hornsby, J.T. Roberts, C.L. Sansom. Second row: NJ. Joshua, E.W. Phillips, F. Andrews, W. Dunn, F.D. Taylor, M. Garadine, R.R. Hamilton, M. Finch, D.T. Ingram, D.D. Isbell. Third row: D D Cilnntrirk, CAT. Brooks. D.L. Van Valbenburg, J.P. Kinnison, D.F. Bray, J.G. Day, R.M. Joyce, D. Carleton, R. Tingleff. ft .! . Nw' t,.sy.:.mrm.,.uA...mv-fw.Xf.r+fsaQA.. f.mw.t....1xv.mmm.AM.,LWi.M.v,. . v-v . . -. I BRIDLE CATCHERS IN ACTION DURING LAUNCH AT PIER THE MEN The men of V2 make the adjustments and settings for each launch or landing that mean safety or disaster for the pilot and his aircraft they hook up bridles and holdbacks and they disengage arresting wires within inches of searing jet blast and whirling prop spin they clean and lubricate repair and maintain check and re check to keep the Lex keep em flying, and flying safely. STANDING BY, READY T0 PUSH THE BUTTON THAT LAUNCHES. THE LAUNCH- THE RECOVERY PURPOSE-The value of today's carrier lies mainly in the range and striking power of the aircraft she carries. An indication of her readiness is her ability to put those planes into action and retrieve them-the function of her catapults and arresting gear. The speed, efficiency and safety with which this is accomplished is the measure of her crew: the Lex consistently attained the 20 second launching interval and the 25 second landing interval throughout the cruise, and as this book went to press, approximately 5,000 launches and 6,500 landings had been completed without serious malfunction. The Lex is fitted with the most powerful and modern catapults and arresting gear of any comparable carrier in the world today. THE CATAPULTS-Performance figures for the type C-11 Mod. 1 steam catapults are still classified, but it can be said that they are capable of launching far heavier aircraft, at higher airspeed requirements, than the planes being developed for carrier use today. The tremendous capabilities of the catapults was dramatically demonstrated when the Lex, under calm wind conditions, nonchalantly tossed its entire air group into the air-from AT to AD- while tied to the pier at Yokosuka. THE ARRESTTNG GEAR-What catapults can launch, the Mark 7 Mod. 3 arresting engines can stop. They are designed to bring a 60,000 pound aircraft, with a deck speed of 105 knots, to a safe, smooth stop in approximately 70 yards. This is the equivalent of stopping a 3,000 pound automobile which is travelling at 540 mph. y 1 :Q Q '. x 5-1 x W4 -.. wi igufx. N fx Q ix 1 xy! M. E X yw . Wk. W M Qi 'xx LF: K 'N 4, f -,.4, X r-.gg ,Im ,M A L N. ,V - .ul NX .Q X.. xl .. N . FIT: -.., N fgl .144 .s...Q x .. . . h 1- 1- FLATTENED TO THE DECK, THEIR BRIDLE HOOKED, V-2 MEN GRIT TEETH AGAINST ROARING, REVOLVING JET. O I The splll' second before the . . . STOIC CONTROLMAN ARCS HAND TOWARD BUTTON AT MOMENT CATAPULT OFFICER WAVES PLANE DOWN DECK -4 'M' -Q-1+-ff, -.1 ' ., ,Mffgiiv wx ffw , W ' , . x U x 47f,, X! M i1 A-6' , f. .. f. 1 f f , ' A ff 2 I f 4, ,O M ,fff f 7 - - f Jn .7 -.-v-Mew , - f .v . :,V, , , Q , .f ,f -we W ff T3' 'ff 'F' L.-, , Z' ,f.,:fl. f X I . ' , ' ' Q 37' X ' n,f.Y,,.. M-, I , , X W J fu f, ffm. X f. f J 7 . . . V. . --l .'.,.-. . ,bv QW .. -N Y, . ,S .Mm ,.,.,mn1nM, .. .. k,.. ...W g X ' W H gf V-A N . E N 1' nf? 4 xx 9. A x ix ge? 5 1 sm.: aff, , X,,,,mh' H LCDR F.C. WILLIAMS LT. G.E. RUSSEL l LT. J.C. HUMPHREY cwo p W.L., Kumz ENS. F.L. JENNINGS Top row: L. Early, L.E. Bottoms, C.E. Brintall, D.W. Brown Second row: E.W. Brunelle, J.E. Bumpers, M.L. Callahan, J.W. J.W. Carter, H.L. Cavalier, V. Chernick, R.E. Copeland, W.G Daywalt, L.A. Dennis, J. Dosher, L. Earley, J. Featherstone Third row: J.E. Franks, M. Garret, E. Green, G. Haught, G Henderson, H.M. Hodges, D. Hollifield, C. Holloway, D. Jackson H. Jones, I. Koeritz, L.E. Lavell. Fourth row: F. Merideth, R Morris, J.F. O'Connor, G.K. Osburn, J.E. Patience, E.A. Perea J. Plude. BULL SESSION between Catapult Officer Qrightl and Asst. Cat Off. during launch lull. IN THE SHADE of a Cutlass, one of Catapult crew relaxes where he works. Qld, GREASING WIRES, arresting gear crewman gets ready for the next re- covery. X ' 'gba 1 Another First: BARRIER LANDIN PLEASING PATTERN OF PLANES SURROUNDS OFF-DUTY CREW Top row: J.W. Pollard, W.E. Potter, G.W. Potts, G.N. Pursel, C.V. Rendon, L. Rocha, D. Rodriquez. Second row: RJ. Rosengren, E.C. Santelie, D.L. Scott, W. Shroyer, D.C. Smith, F.G. Smith, J.W. Smith. Third row: J.E. Sta Maria, M.E. Sutton, D.G. Tilley, S. Torres, W.D. Tucker, D.G. Webb, J.E. Wells. Fourth row: L.D. Winter, K.E. Wood, A.N. Moody, R.C. Wright, AJ. Whitschick, L.J. Zobb, R. Ward. EVER-WATCHFUL eye of plane spotting location. Normal parking pro- director keeps plane moving to new blems are tougher on hangar deck U 1 'ii aw fr because of obstructions and terrific jet roar echo. INDOCR PARKIN LGT Parking problems in the biggest city seem' mild in comparison with the hangar deck of the Lex during flight quarters. That is, itls a problem to the outsiders who scratch their heads in wonder, but to the men of V-3, it's all in a dayis Work. Theylll put a Banshee in a spot too small for a Buick, and its done Working under the pressure of speed. THE SIGN on the ear says No Riders, but the cameraman hopped on the sled anyway to get this unusual View of being dragged over the hangar deck. Driver is not quite sure this is right. TENSION on the tie down IS tested for safety by V 3 crevvman THREE MEN ON THE WING WHISTLE BLQWS, chock falls around Wheels and WHISTLE BLUWS, men come run plane is stopped, but the chock man must be fast. ning, it may be an emergency. 5 6 5 f LT W.R. AYERS Top row: N.C. Pursel, F.D. Davis, J.W Hull, C. D. Reeps, L.M. Prevost, C.R Kostman. Second row: R.D. Edigo, W Ford, J.H. Lawrence, W.S. Cook, AJ. Ciuffi W.F. Mundine. Third row: H.W.Shockley J.M. Dennis, W.H. Marshall, R.A. Hocutt G.D. Cornman, L. Chapman. Fourth row G.D. Simpson, G.W. Schockley, R. Lucas, J.L. McDonald, J.R. Batchelor, D.E. Minier. .,, ,,. -.,..,............,..1-,:.,.,- m,.....,.,,:.. .,- - ,...-.,ff f,L.,,.,..--rw-174.171----1-f-f-ff .1-pf-. , . . f'-:--ff-f1-1-14-w-1-1-f-Nf-:.f13-:--,f,1.-f.,.,7,f,..,..,,-,-,.,..,.- . - . . . - - Mb AQ vs Y ,ffl I 1 I E I I i 1 , f u 5 I I a I I 1 f ,V 11.59, fn, 'ff ' 'Q ,f, HCJSES ARE RED Black hoses mean the red Jerseys are around V 4 s What ll you have? boys keep the V1tal fuel for the ship s planes flowing at a record rate lt s not as simple as f1ll1ng her up 7 KC 7 77 . . , 7 ' CQ ' 75 at an ESSO station, though, different planes reguire different blends of fuel, and itls up to V-4 to get the right mixture. I-IARDLY MOST accessible fuel tank get a chance to lie down While cn the receptacle in the World, but V-4 men iob, a most envied position. FURIOUSLY TWISTING valve, V-3 crewman starts gas streaming into planes ianks. .1 .-. V. . Af- .--.,w..: vi, ---- ff 'f'-rvvv-fr-.w -:--v ff ' A., ,rl --in H ,7,,.,,,,-,...,-Y.....,, -,...,,q..f,,.........,-.............1-..,- . V, ,, ,.,- -5 4 A f sun 3 ff I I 4:2 ,J it M f'fff'5 fy A , AEIW' V , ,. g Q f , ia ' 1 .,, ,:.,. vfqfwff '3 . gd V, fn..-W -fn-fl . X 7 . I 4' , I , f We f f f 2 f f' . Q, J, v man.. 'af N GN , , M 4'-Z my 7 ww , f , 4 - 1 if x my 4 5 .u ,Q ,f x iw .au..,,-.V .x .1 -4, m NJ xx CHCARP JAMES cliagramming fuel- ing stations during AV gas refueling. FIRE WATCH standing by in case of trouble, fueling goes on hangar deck. CLOSELY WATCHING gas pump gage, sailor insures steady flow of gas to aircraft. The Inevitable Request: FILL 'ER UP! CHCARP J.W. JAMES MUST-BEa-hole-in-there-some-Where expression on face of momentarily per plexed gasser. AND FILL THEY DO Wax ff J X Top row: V.M. Burrough, T.K. Huie, lVl.B. Hooks, G. Lott, P.F. Heath, J.A. Delgado Second row: E.L. Allee, H.L. Touchette, H.R. Lemaster, R.L. Hilburn, J.A. Hinson, A Galindez. Third row: J.T. Hill, CJ. Haman, J.H. Jones, C.R. Smith, W.E. Pursey, C McDar1iels. Fourth row: A.R. Lyons, G.E. Kaiser, V.D. Kohl, W.R. Templeton, R E Mancillas. . 'f SLIM, POINTED NOSE OF SPARROW GUIDED MISSILE AS IT WOULD LOOK TO ENEMY AIRCRAFT. LTJG G.E. PEARSON THE GUIDED MISSILE Lex First In Fur East With Sparrow V Y H , ,, Y .Y ,W, 4, Vw V --.5 ,H -- .-. . .-.,.-.iv-..w,,. ,.,., -.,..,T,v.,,,,1.,,,:,,,,.,,,.,,,.,:,,,T,,,Ai.,,,H,:F.,,,,:,i,,:,1,7.,.f,?'.,.,,,f...v,v-7-. 2--4,-.....,. ,, . . .,..3.,,.,.,.... ...,.'....,....,.... ...,..-,,,-,.f,i.,7,. ,V-rf. -1-.--,-' - .A -:'f,L..f..,,....,.,, .,,,.-'M .-.,...,,,,.,.,..,. M, ,t -...:,,Tv....,v , - -- 1 , .' ' W I N 1 l 1 , f r i 1 1 2 1 L 1 E V v 1 7 n K I x I I BOMBS AWEIGH V-5-0 Packs Aircraft With Power Punch Except for reconnaisance and photo flights, the aircraft which fly off the Lex would be useless Without the ordnance supplied to them by V-5-0 division. V-5-Ois primary mission is to insure the prompt and safe delivery of ammunition and explolosives to the air group, and to supervise all arming and de-arming of aircraft. Some of V-5-0's more important equipment includes the bomb cranes and skids, the upper stage bomb elevators, the ready service magazines and all of the handling spaces. 1 ww-rf NJN' ,,,.,..,.u -v ,,,-N fan ' film-i Arg. Mn' qu ? f I rw ,, , Z: '79 ',,,f-WH I.. vw' V ' 2 ,gf ' ,ka J f 1 C n wiwww VM, X - ' f f ,ff f 7 Z 4 n n vw 14 ff-f if Top row: J. O. Amundson, W. G. Miller J.L. Norred, W. Fay, LD. McCann, R.L Workman. Second row: M. Tripplett, C.L Carr, R.G. Sinkay, R.E. Hicks, K.F. Phelps Third row: L.G. Gansemer, BB. Anderson F. A. Wyatt, W. D. Stubbs, R. L. Voyles D.R. Magee. mv-Q--:1--by-fe' n.9ur,-m-.gr1f1:nf,n- ON THE MEND ELECTRIC CABLE HOOKED UP TO JET IS READY FOR THE JUICE. ENGINE GIVES HIGH WHEEZE AS JUICE TURNS IT OVER. , ff, ,, Top row: H.O. Hilke, R.E. Grimes, LH. Gillespie 'Second row: LE. Kenefick, T. Reather, LT Brownell, C.L. Randall, D.E. Poole, ER. Goin Third row: L. Davis, B.L Gregory, LA. LaCorte L.D. Doyle, LR. Reeves, A.H. Hibbert. Fourth row: E.E. Dunbar, R.C. Copeland, G.B. lVlcDade LE. Thomas, A.L Hansen, Gibson. .... l ' mwfwf- www 'V ' wl,f , , f if 3,M..:.?.?3-..,M..M-..,., n..f.--..-...-.........--. .... -.-....-..-. .... - .... w? .,.. ,.....----l.-.-. .... i-1.-,,,,-,A,-,,-,,,,,,,,,,,v-,h V -M --mm I -W Y -pkwp Y.---Wh-V Wm--.mm ?-My -U -TI -7-M Www-M . RV ., ,m'5 ,k ' 3,1 M X M N X. X X X mfgiif-.M . s 1?-.,13'.5.....' X , .. , . -, 'gfjil.f,45, ff X 1 - ' 1 1 '21 . - - ' : K' 'fn V, SEQ - -G: TT . l.,.. 4 Ph5?'.iff'-':'fx'- 'f . 1:1 1 mi , T. fL.g.,...gkc4:,fa, , , ' g,,...m.,f:5-1, I ..z.E-.-1, H-5 -rx S ' k Q ii . ZFX 2. P , 1 ' q-:.AL,-xsm: ' . musk..-11 ,f f ff:---'3v'fi.1f , 1 ' Ziyi. Gif:- 25211 f -V ' .b ,. , rw. K, ' 1 . f f ' xx, mf , . . ,f , ' V, 'CDR. TITUS 'BRANCHI - .Gunnery Officer N -. ,.L.'.. ',L Y--7,w M- ,7 g V WA 'M' i Y '- 1 -uziwn qa -an-E, --viii ...-nick. .ff9A... png- Y l .Mart ,, U.. .,,, A f, lf -se f 'fl 'V K K K p , on DECK Z l ll i V 1 1' Ll il al ls li l . l l I 'Tl l gl. I tl li' lli 1 5 l i LCDR R.P. REGESTER l 72 K. :pl DOUBTING ONLOOKERS DUCK AS NOVICE HURDY-GURDY HURLER GIVES ALL DURINGVPRACTICAL FACTORS TEST. TOSS MISSED. T First Three Gunnery Divisions Make Up Deck Dept. Deck seamanship is possibly the oldest Naval skill still in use in today's modernized fleet. Riggings and knot- tying and lace-like fancywork offset the rugged, heave and ho on the mooring lines and high-lines and the adroit handling of the all important fueling at sea operation which gives the Navy much of its vaunted mobility. Much of deck Work is everyday scrub- bing and polishing and chipping paint that was put on a few Weeks befOfC and Athen painting it all over agaill Visitors comments on the clean, sharp appearance of the sleek hull Warm the barnacles of the hardest bosunis heaft- The fact that a bosun has a heart at all is often debated among just-chastened boots who firmly believe their anatOmY consists of a large marlin spike aNd coils of ten-inch manila. ANCHOR MEN COME FIRST The First Division has the men who control the two huge anchors Which bulge from each side of the bow. They clean and paint the first third of the ship's interior and exterior and they man the gun mounts during General Quarters and Air Defense. Gone are the days when they were the wettest and coldest men on board any ship. Today's First Division on the LEX is safety sheltered from gales and spray by the hurricane bow which covers its major space, the forecastle. LTJG R.J. CARR IGNORING MEN STRAINING ON CROWBAR TO PRY UP ANCHOR CHAIN, FIRST DIVISION MAN CTHIRD FROM LEFTD PAUSES AND POSES -U, ---- ,U -- .-VT. Aw. Y--0-4-V f .-t,.u.,.-v.f.,-.t.,..r.,.-.,-.,.,..,,..A..-.,.,.,.., .-.,.,q,q..fZ 3 A :Z , JW, --FVY A ,E ,. 7-7. WV- -Y -v---h VU- In - ----vu Y . ., 'N x ., , . ,A A -N. .Lk 'QMW 5 f INTRICATE WEB of fringe and pompoms decorates bead oi Working craftsman, 6 yftirv 59400044 a'4bA'b.'b4 4' 4 if vffiiy 7 ww W iv'O,' W W SAIL LOCKER houses sewing machine, miles of canvas Q5 . 9244 . CONSTANT POLISHING of brass ' W' cap tan helps keep foo sle gleaming ,Z Top row: V. Galloway, B.H. Davis, LL. Wingham, G. Newman, K.H. Lang, F.L Jedliska, C.E. Mitchell, H. Foster, P. Zamora. Second row: A.R. Abeyata, T. Warren, LA. Ross, F.A. Borsuk, LT. Knoz, A.A. Baker, G.R. Godfrey, V.N. Lee. Third row: C.D. Livinghoodd, A. Doe X L.E. Eaton, LW. Fitches, LA. Swinford, V.W. Fletcher, T. Groft, H.Y. Hubbard, D.D. Hambleton. Fourth row: H.L. Collier, O.H. Rhyncs B.A. Jenkins, T.R. Young, D.C. Garza, L.H. Huff, R.L. Daigle, R.L Morgan. SECCND TO NONE Working high-lines and hoses, handl- ing the looks of the LEX amidships, inside and out, the Second Division provides a most important link in the system which keeps the LEX supplied with fuel stores movies and men. A high line transfer looks dangerous even to those who stand onthe gallery catvvalks and Watch but to the man going across that gulf of white Water it seems to rival one of the trials of Hercules The sailors of the Second make it look easy and a glance at them before making the trip serves to reassure the passenger that he is in the finest of hands PS They haven't dropped anybody yet NO AVIATOR he his Waving pad- dles indicate how much or how little the lines should he let out or heaved in. GALLERY CATWALKS lined With those safely out of the Way of the fueling operation who like to watch the LTJG'J. 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'Nxt WT' f x Q wx S w m il f Z 5 X 1 vX X1 Xs is x ' , li ' ' --gs, Q ON BOARD THE SKIPPER'S GIG ON INSIDE looking out, two Second uses gig to make omcial calls on other Division men who work on the gig ships and for transportation ashore keep it spotless and seaworthy. Captain when the LEX anchors out. i SEATCOVER with ships name is carefully put in pltce for skipper's approval. Top row: D.A. Hamilton, J.R. McPerhson, E.F. Rothenay, J.E. Johnson, K.D. Stutts, J.D. Roberson, C.A. Potts, G.R. Ladain, LF. Gandy Second row: C. Brown, T.P. Littleneck, LL. Rigdon, A.G. Vaughn, B. Rel, J.D. Brown, W.H. Wiley, P.D. Boudreaux, J.V. Thompson Third row: L. Segovia, F. Bylsma, R.J. Dimes, R.G. Molina, V. Martin, D.L. Smith, F.A. Coronado, C. Riley, J.L. Baker. Fourth row K.L. Pressley, B.,T. Odum, E.P. Marciniak, C.F. Mayhugh, W.R. Rouse, W. Myrick, P. Pratt, S. Sheriff, J. Marry. Top row JL Ruiz MU becxsteacl L 1 lunupopo LL Rector JF Padget WW Plant Plant FR Roper JG Remstra RW Beaman W L. Politte Second row: J.W Reyer C.L Luons, R.W. Martin, R. Padilla J R. Pettyjohn, V.E Martin, B.L. Bradley LM Castro D P Phillips Third row ' D.E Cantwell F N. Madrad, H D. Raitz J W. McAfee, D Snyder R. Stegall, J E. Bennett BOATSWAIN MATE 0F THE WATCH The Qfficer of the Deck's most important right hand man can be the Boatswain Mate of the Watch. Keeping every man alert and aware in this all- Deck Petty Officers Run Bridge Watch important center of the ship's activity While running the daily routine over the ship's loudspeaker system is a major operation that is illustrated here by BM2 R.L. Barry of the Second Division. My Watch has been set, sirf' , Mustermg the Watch Watch yguf Course! U Memories are made of this , 4 , W.. .,,, l , Yeah, yeah . . . sure, sure l 'J Q W il I ' K XXI!! ' v UNDER THE SPREADTNG flight deck, Third Division high-line stands. TOWING SPAR LOOKS TINY FROM THE AIR, KICKS UP BIG SPRAY FOR PILOT'S STRAFING PRACTICE, HERE READY TO BE TOWED. UPERMARKET SHIPPERS LEX Dubbed SmdIIIooy Supermarket , Third Division Handles Busiesi' High-Line LTJG F.B. HASTINGS From shampoo to shinola, Whatever the 4' smallboys I'-destroyer-Want, the Third Division sends them over the husiest high-line on the ship. The supply department breaks out the goods and the men on the fantail deliver them. And the third Division keeps up the back third of the ship, mans gunmounts for GQ, after fuel- ing stations for the countless fueling and refueling operations. ENS. J.D. WILLIAMS PATTERNS of metalvvork and manila provide interesting backdrop for action. MOOD expressed through silhouette of sailor caught in brief moment of rest. FANTAIL DANCE Pictures present ballet-like scenes of action during high line operations on the fantail. ACTION of boatsvvain mate seemingly has him conducting operation like a symphony. ATHLETICS in- volve moving from level to level, balancing like a cat. , - ,' f ' l than fou th TABLEAU grouped around winch on the fantail shows made over 200 hlghlmettfaps ers m ess I mon S . - - - - ' ' ions. concentration necessary for perfect transfer. Third Division received Captains congra ua Top row: P. Rivera, A.D. Rambo, J.D. Dornka, W.E. Robertson, W.Y. Gagne, AJ. Gayer, L.W. Mitchell, W.A. Koch, BJ. Harlow. Second row: J.H. Stephens, J.L. Martin, W.W. Hix, O. Hernandez, B. Boyd, R.G. Young, R.E. Gray, JJ. Ellis, L. McCollum. Second row: C.A. White, B.W. Townes, C.L. Franke, R. Baity, J.W. Morris, J.M. Twitchell, G.E. Williams, R.H. Douglas. .. -:x fmfx ,, , ' . ff -ix , U f lf. I :gary X f Z 0 X 3 f ' K l S Www-tw ggx W X 2 N .. fi' K X WRX! ,, f 4 .M M UW ,A f -744, if ZW.. N f 4 ,,,,, X kv - ,..,,,,,,,m , ,Q Xff, N 1- Q K- 4 X NW 4 4 ... ... ,M , , I Us .s f N 1-mf. ' Rh A 4 W Q f J, 4 f,...M fx X 5 fi 1 X P xx 5' X gig gm . 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The Lexington has both five-inch and three- inch gun mounts, the five inchers the most commonly installed gun on US Navy ships, and the three's the more BATTERING RAM-style, Fourth Division men clean out the bore of their three-incher modern. Replacing the 40 millimeter mounts used in the last war, the automatic three-inch weapons are more accurate and more deadly. Un the LEX, they are kept in perfect fighting trim by the men of the Fourth Division who also man key positions on these mounts during GQ Air Defense. LTJG P. BRUCK FIVE INCH gun crew watches trailing smoke from life- size drone aircraft, victim of the threes. Competition is keen between crews, arguments usually follow each ukillingf, KITCHEN SINK, unusual cleaning space for gunners, would be used in battle-feeding men on mounts. r L i 5 I i Top row: M.D. Jorgenson, L.L. Ward, 1.1. Tittle, W. Morales, BJ. Brown, P.M. Berge, F.B. Meadows, R.P. Duvall, J.C. Ferrell. Second row: P.L. Seller, T.F. Baker, H.C. Hurt, D.L. Russell, PJ. Claassen, L.W. Severin, D.B. Watson, R.B. York, R. Guillory. Third row: DJ. Knowles, L.C. Godwin, F.C. Valencia, L.B. Bogart, W. Morales, J.L. Martinez, C.E. Bostick. FIRST LOADER loads projectile. PGINTER elevates and depresses gun. TRAINER moves gun right and left. CARE AND FEEDING OF THE FIVES 5th Division Men Cuddle Mounts Like New Babies LTJG H.V. MARTIN Some of the Fifth Division men Who Work with the delicate mechanism of the five inch guns on board undoubt- edly Would bring screams of anguish from their Wives and great discomfort to themselves if they ever tried to change a diaper, but let them near one of their fives and clumsiness disappears, replaced by tender and loving care. These gunners know the life of the LEX could possible someday be saved by the routine maintenence Work they do every day so they treat the mounts like a first born. And those fives are some babies! Tx . RADIO CONTROLLED TARGET DRONE READY FOR LAUNCH. GREASE-COVERED gunner makes certain everythings in shipshape, sliding order. NO BRACES needed for this baby's teeth, but a little polish will never hurt. . Oh, That Cosmoline Sparkle! I CWO3 C.E. SISK W'fw w-W ,M , FUZE-POT receives projectile, sets nose-fuze for proper detonatlon' Top row: R. McCutcheon, R.D. Farmer, R.M. Johnson, RJ. Young, R.L. Deich, PJ. Longie. Second row: I.R. Bentley, LE. Blankinship, R.W. Giddens, D.R. Read, L.C. Young, J.R. Olson. Third row: F. Ugarte, C. Montoya, L.C. Wrancer, F.V. Pansano, R.E. Williams, W.E. Ray. Fourth row: I.L. Wallace, D.G. Pasola, B. Dean, F.T. West, L.E. Brown, L. Warren, H.C. Robinson. Fifth row: W.A. Hobson, B. Davis, W.T. Shelly, J.E. Gonzales, J. PQVVDER CASE already in position, Cuellar, H,T, McGill, Hrst loader drops projectile, gun is AFTER FIRING Spreadbingered ready' loader slams home another powder MENACING POSE IS STRUCK BY SAILOR WITH NEWLY CLEANED SUB-MACHINEGUN, ONE OF ARMORY'S HUNDREDS OF SMALL ARMS THEY SIT ON THE POWDER KEG The general who once shouted Q' Keep your powder dry! would have run out of breath if he were instructing todayls armory men of the Sixth Division. Besides powder he'd have to add bombs, shells, projectiles, and rockets to his list because thatis wh ENS. R. ROGERS at the LEX keeps in her magazines, and the men of the Sixth carry the keys. Safety-conscious Cand who can blame them?j gunners wouldnit allow our photographer into the magazines for fear a flash bulb would set off a bigger Hash than was desired, however, the ship,s ms weapons are stored provided armory where all the small ar a good background to catch the men of the Sixth at work in their arsenal. Their powder is always dry, unless something sets off the automatic sprinkling system in the PISTOL PATTERNS magazines, something that general wouldnit have thought of. SMALL ARMS K 4? X, 'XX ww-. L BLINDFOLD test in reassemhling. 45 gives cigar chomper chance for practical ioke. BELTING AMMO for machinegun is fed into machine in armory by sailor. LINE GUN is checked before firing nylon line to ship alongside for trans- fer M A C H I N E G U N bore is inspected and l sights alligned. l Top row: D.L. Flint, D.H. Baewea, C.N. Chambers, LM. Chapko, B. Emery, W.A. Thaashea, AJ. Trahan, C.H. Watkins, D.E. Dick Second row: J.T. Foss. P. Galicia, F. Gomez, M.E. Hammond, B.L. Heathco, R.E. Seawyight, J.A. Walker, E. Washingyon, D.D. Ditter Third row: L.H. Jone, D.W. Kenney, G.R. Meraz, G.A. Page, K.A. Pratt, C.L. Roberts, D.L. Russell, C.E. Strange, C. Wright. PROBABLY A MISTAKE, but back a fevv pages it looks like it took four Whitehats to do the same thing this Marine is doing here. Oh, yes: hels cleaning the bore on a 3-inch. CAPT .G.M. REITZ ...0R CN It is secretly believed in some quarters that the Captainls Orderly, a Marine, is the real power behind the throne, fOr Whenever something of moment occurs on board, the Word is immediately passed for him. The quarters in which this fallacy is secretly believed, is, oddly enough, the marine berthing compartment. This extreme amount of pride in his detachment makes the marine stand out as an individual on the LEX. And he is indeed an individual to be reckoned With. He is the keeper of the brig, he is the aforementioned STRETCHING THEIR LEGS ON A YOKOSUKA DOCK, IST LT. D.Z. BOYD THE SEA. orderly for the skipper and also for the execg he guards strategic areas of the shipg he mans athree-inch mount on the fantailg andwhen the Very Important People come on board for a visit, he puts on one Wonderful show. He's got a brace on his shoulders, a shine on his shoes and Wrinkles in his ching occasionally, he smiles. He is a nice guy. We like him. MARINES PRACTICE CLOSE ORDER DRILL PRIVATE PRESSING shop for guards perfectly groomed for all cere marines only help keep orderlies and monies as Well as daily duties. Relieving Watch and passing Weapon p undergoes careful scrutiny of Corporal of the Guard. Captainls Orderly, the Q' secret leader. ,Av ,,,,,.-- .W , V -'nv ,ff-. -, - .vf- .4:..,,..-...L.wf-.::f..:d,a....-TA-SU.,A-V--lea:-4 .- ,, -UV ,C -Uri ' .- .-'-'?fW'ifv'- i , , .. . . . -- . . .,,..,..-,,- ....- -Y-if-3---f f--- e--Q-f-r.-:-G -:-:1-1fn1-f114e7w-,1..-..---..vT-,- -v-..-... , sis DRESS UNIFORMS ready at all times for the toughest inspections by the most Very of VIPS. Top row: J.F. Cavanaugh, LB. Dempsey, F.L. Etler, C.S. Ezell, LB. Froning, F.D. Hartung, G.T. Haynes, J.E. Huffman, FJ. Kollar. i I Second row: R.T. Lenzie, J.T. Lewis, P.C. Martindale, D.O. May, F.E. McCloskey, R.M. Miles, MJ. Mullen, G. Nichol, D.D. Parker. Third row: A. Phelps, R.L. Reid, N. Roberts, L.C. Roeske, D.F. Schenk, CJ. Eason, R.A. Reick, S.A. Gaskell, J.C. Jarrett. Fourth row: C.A. Mitchell, C.H. Riley, R.E. Roe, L.M. Sprague, C.E. Adams, C.S. Taubenheim, J.S. Thomas. Fifth row: A.L. Watson, P.D. Ancil, C.R. Baxley, R.P. Cadwallader, W.L. Watson, P.D. Ancil, C.R. Baley, R.P. Cakwallader, W.L. Cartothers, T.L. Collins, LE. Concik, A.D. Decker, G. Delgado. ll 7 SPRING COVER on fantail three- inch loudly announces its keeper. FATIGUE UNIFQRM cannot destroy effect of excellent allignment as Marines file by rv- ..eeeooo .Sr Top row: C.H. Schmidt, P.F. Seelentag, G.C. Shineovich, J.W. Slow, R.L. Smyth, C.J. Sweet, F.K. Thompson, VV,O. Victory, L.J. Waikart Second row: W.R. Wilson, M.G. Zapp, EJ. Huffsmith, J.W. Lofton, R.D. Moore, S.A. Swanson, G.E. Tarr, R.H. Tichenor, D.A. Wood ' ' ' .R. H . F th row KJ. Horjus. Third row: LM. Rosevear, B.C. Moyer, J.L. Lund, G.D. Ray, I H. Lyons, B.H. Bale, j.S.Garm1re, W usson our M. Krieger, J.C. Becker, E.A. Dyer, J.A. Prince, C.H. Rattan, R.L. Stearns, G.A. Seeling, B.D. Hulsey. l i l PIP' , ONLY HUMAN eye in huge forward director peers out to check his monster machine on a fine point. DOWN HATCH, inside director, two firecontrolrnen stare at scope for target LITTLE TUBES MAKE THE BIG BCQM f' F Division Electronics Aims for Direct Hits 4 t 4 .4 F l l LT. J.D. MCMAHON LTJG E.G. SPAR SURGEON WITH SCREWDRIVER probes electrical anatomy of radar. I 5, l Z 4 I i ENS. L.H. LARSON ENS. D.E. JONES The death knell for sharpshooters of the turkey-gobbling Sgt. York type was sounded years ago with the perfection of offshore naval bombardment, but never has marksmanship been so com- pletely removed from the hands of the havvkeye as it has today with the continuing development and improve- ENS. E.T. POYET CWO3? DALTON ment of electronics equipment WhiCl1 seems to do everything but talk the enemy pilot into flying a little closer. Tubes and Wires and scopes and antennae in an endless tangle have been boxed and tied with as blue ribbon of oscillat- ing light which slips itself around the target as surely as a noose. .4 as vw. , 9, Ah f' 'D 0 ,P 7 ' ffl 4 wif' f Wifi Vi 13.3 Wil? , M7 4 R v M, Q J' I. .4 1 . A 1 , 4 ' 'k wr hw fx Z4 Init. ,,gufAf1 . . if .rf ff x Q My . ,bt , nw, ' gvlgy. 3, 3 sv A .44 .V I ex? - f 4,, . MY 'fy' x 1 In , I, I 3 , fl ,. In 1 4 ,, my wap ' ! 1 sv , s. fff Jr 1 A.. A f W 4 'wg IW, 17? .V is '15 5,5 f S e V 4 5, .. , , an xw 1' f Q A OWN. ., Ui 1 Mbna, VW.. , , W,.,,.Q,. X , ,f , A E W WR W f f f A Q Q, A W ga 7 'S My if M , V-4U ' ..- 4,,,, X I A'x,,f Z 'f MQW L y ' wi 5 I W , MM W f f fx fm , 5, ' D f, . X ,QM.f.,'fQ4.,,yv NK ,, 'ow fs-,X 1 Q M W 0, Q 1' ' QMS f XL Q N ,N I, JZWS : 'X Ns-rx f sW?4fWFwmw fff f xxfiiffw rw y ,. fwxfxfsu nm ' I Q, fs, ,X 1 4 f E , 4- fy Q ' ,f tg, x v X Qhwyfg ' , 1 , f Xi .QW ,X ' rx 'Z ' ,rifik X f y f hw X N 4 5 J Nm' K z A ' 5 is vff ,5f'71 X SAK f , ' PM 'MX 4 5 W f K ' pk Q I H ,, G ,ff . ,4 ' j 1 ! 2 4 X' 4 Q i V X X f ,f V I , -1 ,y X X 1 . B Q , ? QW? Z X A NOT SO HECTIC IVIUIVIENT IN GUN PLOT E K 9 Top row: H.A. Setzer, R.B. Swobodzinski, W.E. Gamble, T.F. Alexander, A.P. Olsewski, J.R. Symonds, L.E. Carpenter, EH. Shoffield, EG. Shower. Second row: R.H. Brautigam, W.H. Bunker, R.S. Marko, J.A. Booker, R.D. Coutler, P.L. Hannum, W.L. Tinnian, J.L. Fothergill, W.L. Fowler. Third row: D.C. Kelly, J.S. Hackenberger, T.S. Fitzsimmons, J.S. Hollingswood, W.H. Hagler, B.G. Weaver, I.A. Quakenbush, W.L. Lowrey, LF. Butler. Fourth row: AJ. Watts, R.E. Trapp, W.T. Dunn, E.W. Williams, J.M. Martinez, C.P. Magana, B.C. Steffen, W.M. Newby, R.J. Wilcox. Fifth row: R.O. McEwen, W.C. Ihrke. Q INDUSTRIOUS TO A FAULT, W DIVISIONQCHIEF IGNORES POLICE GAZETTE COVERQQGIRL, CONTINUES MY DOG HAS FLEAS . W DIVISION ll Ichiban Explores The Unknown Popularly known as the Whispering Division because of their studied avoidance of shop talk when among outsiders, the personnel of this division are not very well known to the rest of the crew. Their security consciousness is often the subject of jest. One CPO from W was asked if he were not afraid to sleep in the CPO bunkroom lest he divulge some secret information by talking in his sleep. He replied that he always slept with his elbow in his mouth just to prevent that happening. Actually, W division is only slightly more involved with the problem of security because their daily work requires the use of classified publications and equipment pertinent to the storage and readiness of special weapons. Men of ratings normally found in Air, Operations, SUPPIY, and Engineering, in addition to a few gunner's mates, somehow found their way to W. This cosmopolitan group came aboard as a team, and it is expected that they will be relieved by another team when the ship has completed a full training and deployment cycle. Not much can be said about the 'vork performed by this division in their Exclusive Area shops, but in addition to that work, watches are stood around the clock, underway or in port, The division is probably best known on the ship as the team to beat in the ship,s intramural volleyball tournaments. Since reporting on board, the team has been undefeated in tournament play and has come through one tournament as champs. LCDR PW KELLY LTVL HARRIS mo Co STARBUCK ENSJE REED cwos RS FOSTER MOMENT high excitement grips W Division they shrug it off as everyday occur rence X X my AFTER HOURS Work is normal routine. CLASSIFIED pamphlet disguised as crossword puzzle book is decoded by man happy with his Work. Top row: P.T. Callahan, Q.E. Ward, JJ. Swartz, L.T. McCe11an, J. McCo11am, J.N. Cummings, W.C. Butzine, C.K. Sa1man,G.L. Bulons Second row: R.D. Pruett, RJ. Lyons S.C. Stoner, D.H. Shipman, E.C. Baker, R.J. Quinn, W.A. Dupea. 1-. I rx-34 . 1- 'lliifx-. -V ' '46, f, , . fm. A V1 ' 'E ' Zi . .V-ll 7 w .. 1 . , , '. 1. - 'f.3 405 if' - '1' lf' ' ' , 19,6 .,5f,,5,,v7M'muQ: W .. , 7. ,.M',.--V , '54, Q., - ..--. - ,lL-'.:- Q 'v- '.. fl' x f-ffq.- 54'. '371? -,ef ' ' , MM. A , ,J.v.,Y,...f-V., K ,., I -3-5vA'.,' 'r - A 'v --.v . Iwj- ,'a.: l71k-.f,.4 1, , ,,,5.,: iillvrl A ' -5.: . 5-', L'- . 29.-. J N 'Un' -. 1 ' ,, . ' ,4 .nh 4. sw , aku ., -1 . A ., -An J A-. - v '.:, A 1' '77'?1n'JfZsnAJ- H '1 2.-in' I, tW,:'.-1-'.fA,fql,a',v:: ' 595 ', -. 5, ' NEI H wf- ., rn, -. .W 1 sf- ly, fappla- . 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TATUM REFRIGERATOR NICE IN SUMMER PRECISION VVORK for machine shop gang standard procedure in Hlling 1ps requests. if Q ff SAMPLING liquid oxygen with spoon for gag shot, he ate it. MAN WORKS AMID PATTERN OF MACHINES WHICH SURROUNDS HIM Top row: R.C. Hyde, S.S. Wormsley, J.R. DePevv, F'M. Heidelberg M.E. Killman, M.P. Moore, WJ. Bugler, J.R. Davenport, Knight Second row: L.W. Davey, Yarburough, G.A. Wells, N.C. Kluthe B.N. Brown, E.G. Lane, C.E. Owens, R.G. Wielage, G.R. Vaughn Third row: G. Bodnar, E. Blair, R.A. Bruderer, L.C. Lovelace D.R. Brooks, C.E. Miller, R.H. Plath, Carlson, JJ. Burns. Fourth row : C.E. Davis, J.H. Bailey, E.L. Dodge, R.L. Cameron, J.L. Saffell Bromenschenkel, H.L. Cook, Mashek, F. Rivera, MJ. Stith. 7 SPINNING WRENCH in machine shop. Division also handles hydraulics, ship's boats, emergency Diesel genera- tors, oxygen-nitrogen plant, Diesel fire pumps, laundry, others. Top row: J. W. Goins, A. R. Rice, B.E. Corwin, Hammenstrane, J.R. Aldridge, T.F. Mangione. Second row: H.E. Boyce, J.M. Pittman, R.W. Linder, R.F. Powell, Oster- miller, D.W. Swope. Third row: Scott, JJ. Elmore, Verdoorn, Gandy, J.W. Lowery, McCaig. Fourth row: W.G. Morgan, S.D. Hill, R.E. Odle, AJ. Schmolke, Peet, W.O. Todd. Fifth row: G.G. Belanger, R. E. Lenz, J. Cox, Vancleave, G.W. Riat, F.W. Covello. Sixth row: LM. Pitzel, R.L. Byers, R.L. Egner, J. E. Meetze. Seventh row: W.L. Taylor, C.R. Engstrom, Cunningham, G.R. Vogel, Wasserburger, Gauthreauthx. Eighth row: D.D. Carroll, P.A. Roberts, H.A. Kambat, H.C.Brumf1e1d, J.D. Johnson, W.R. Martin. Ninth row: LH. Hains, L.D. Dowdell, C.E. Keller, J.B. Johnson, J.W. Thompson, Thompson. POLISHING TEAM keeps 'TAD Divisionis spaces, machinery in top- notch appearance. VALVES and more valves are opened and closed countless times every day. LTJG D.R. TOWERS ENS. L.W. MCDONALD TORCH IN HAND, Division boiler- Lex's eight huge boilers that produce tender is about to light off one of the the steam that propels the ship. BCIL AND BUBBLE Fire Burns, Boilers Bubble, Lex Moves Back in Shakespeareis time, the daily activities of the Lexis firerooms certainly would have been the product of witchcaft, but today we know it is just the product of a hard-working bunch of men called B division. At the beginning of this section on the engineers of the Lexington, they were called The Men Who Make the Difference. The 'L difference i' is actually manyfold, but primarily it refers to the difference of the Navy-ships-to any other military organization. This difference is mobility. The Navy can move, the others canlt. A landing field, no matter how large, or great its potential, is permanent, being permanent, it is constantly vulnerable to attack. The aircraft carriers of todayls Navy owe their existence to only one factor: its ability to move, to attack a target, and twenty-four hours later attack another a thousand miles away. The engineers-the men who make the ship move-are indeed, the men who make the difference. The men who make the steam that makes the ship move are the boilertenders of B division. They work in the hottest parts of the ship: the four firerooms that generate the steam for the power plant of a city. Their steam gives electricity and fresh water and that all-important mobility. MORE VALVES than men on the ship, or so this fellow Who keeps them polished must think. Main Steam Reaches 600 lbs. Pressure At 850 Degrees WHITE-FACED, DRENCHED BOILER-CLEANER EMERGES INTO LIGHT. CLOSE WATCH IS KEPT ON SALINITY INDICATOR WHICH REVEALS SALT CONTENT OF WATER BEING TURNED INTO STEAM. 7 T - -1 x ' Top row: R.A. Gay, F.H. Mietchen, A.L. Baker, R.C. Miller, A.O. Walls, C.F. Santini, Thurtle, R.H. Smith, H.R. Olsen. Second row' Lefton, J.R. Looney, H.M. Crummer, RJ. Leist, S.F. Leene, R.W. Scott, R.D. Senkint, M.F. Krueger, Schoenfeld. 71. l A 1' CRAMMED lN tightly against pipe lines, man reaches for-another valve. 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Woodwork is an integral part of their knowledge, but the job they do that affects more people on the ship is just plain keeping the the Lex afloat. LCDR H.R. RIDGE ENS. P.M. BARBA ENS. J.G. SEEBOLD CWO3 F.D. VAN RHEEDEN JIMMY VALENTINE had nothing on safecracker from R, savior for combination losers. HARPO MARX Wig from Wood MEN FROM MARS rig helps fire- shavings helps liven Work up for this fighters in drills for that dreaded busy carpenter. possibility. HOT SPOT GLOWING AND SPARKS FLYING, WELDERS AT WORK ALL OVER SHIP ARE REMINDERS OF R, THQSE ODD- OBS CARPENTRY on the flight deck is necessary to smooth out any bumps that might hurt. MICROMETER reading for those exact measurements brings frown to man behind cage. MASK UP, LIKE KNIGHT AFTER JOUST, WELDER TAKES A BREAK. Perifs of a Pl'pefiH:er: PIPEFITTER PREPARES FOR JOB ON DRAIN UNAWARE OF CAIVIERAIVIAN, AID mwwy N I .. N ,gyfykfs f- . X ,ms up f, w,sq,s ,, , K 41 is I X 4-N 4 H S , ,T 5 . it,, fi I-. s .S Top row PH M111ar DL Harnett EJ Beaudoln MC Frost CE Bllhngsley C ATVIHG MR Kuchan JL EW1DgS BG Cape Second row BJ Ackerman W M Anderson ,TM RGHVIS TG Sheppard LG Freeze R L Clark OT Whltehead H D M111s Thlrd row V O Parton L M Cooksey F R Kanayal C W Elckmann J R Patterson I E N1ChO1SOH E E Youmans C G Peters T J' Martmez Fourth row F T Lorenzen E J Brown CT Pace FB WZERIDS EV Swlft NJ Mlnshew M Armlso TS Beebe G Gore AWARE NOW HE GETS WET CAIVIERAIVIAN GETS PHOTO AID GETS GOING CIRCLES OF LIGHT surround dry pipeitter as he measures diameters for another job. Top row: L.A. Scherf, B.R. Walker, R.C. Morton, K.R. Mitchell, J.F. Michell, W.L. Turberville, J.L. Elkins, R.A..Amour, M.E. Schwald. Second row: J.A. Esson, H.J. Klifman, R.M. Carrie, HJ. Miller, J.M. COX, A.L. VanEsson, F. Jaime, R.C. Turner. Thlrd row: C.L Hornung, J.A. Andrew, J.L. Helms, J.E. Horton, D.L. Kremer, S.T. Reed, L.L. Mitchell, W.D. Cobb, R.B. Butler. ON SCAFFOLD, METALSMITH WORKS ON SHIP'S EXTERIOR DAMAGE CONTROL CHARTS REQUIRE CONSTANT CHECKING. Top row: H.A. Tendick, E.R. Turner, H.O. Thorsen, M. Principe, P.A. Elwess, V.T. Anderson, P.A. Lipe, M.G. Horning, M.S. Fronczak Second row: R. Norton, E. Mitchell, C.D. Miller, L.K. Rose, G.E. Fadorf, C.A. Hedrick, BJ. Walker, C.D. Short, E.L. Bryant. Third row D.L. Raleigh, J. Schiavoni, W.H. Wilbanks, I. Menz, T.E. Hall, W.T. Boyer, EJ. Valdez, Marbut, Crosby. ' .-I li. ' ' ii: M Division PCWER IN I , I , I l I u. . I I. I If I I I1 il FE, .11 I I ali 'I THEIR HAND I I .,, , I 1. I If I I, Nl LT. J.B. CAMM ENS. E.S. BOTTUM ENS. M. CHANG CWO2 R.L. SEACHRIST REIVIOVING FILTER WHILE DRIPPING SWEAT I The power of 150,000 horses, the power of light the ready to change it just as quickly. The throttlemen know power of the very motion of the ship itself, through her that the turbines which drive the four shafts via gigantic Ili, four giant Hfteen-foot screws-this power is literally in the reduction gears will answer their throttle because they them- If hands of the men working every day in the hot depths of selves, along with the rest of their division, are responsible li the LeXington's enginerooms, the men of M division. for them. They know too, that the electricianis lighting is M division men are the throttlemen who give the ship also their lighting because they service the turbines that I l whatever speed is decided upon on the bridge and then are give the power to the generators to change to electricity. , POWER ACTUALLY IN HIS HANDS, NI DIVISION- SAILOR STRAINS WITH NIONSTRUUS VALVE CONTROLING SHIP'S SPEED, POWER, LIGHT. l 1 I l I NAVY SNIPES DONT FLY GR SHGOT Webster says a snipe is, any long billed limicoline bird... 7' and Na shot, usually from a hidden positionf, Well, the Navy has news for him. To a Navy man a usnipen is the affectionate nickname pinned on anyone who works in the engineering depart- ment. No one is quite certain how the tag originated, but it sure has OPERATING VALVES seems seri- CHECKING lube oil sample, making ous to this sailor holding one of the certain machines run smoothly, Chief bigger ones. okays them. Top row: M. Sziriski. Second row: D.D. Darneal, G.B. Yarbrough, A. Krieglowa, E.G. Anderson, B.D. Gilmore, F. Moore H.D. Zediker, E.N. Meldrum, J. Tougas. Third row: R.G. Wold, E.E. Bruner, F.A. Tharp, D.O. Overfieid, G.A. Gathman D.D. Edwards, D.F. Overfield, G.R. Hooker, A.E. Rhoades. Fourth row: V.L. Barnes, A. Lamell, A. Smith, Crosby, L.F Oharra, J.H. Sharitt, D.C. Blythe, C.L. Ballew, M.B. Escharcegh. Fifth row: W.L. Hughes, PJ. Cox, E.L. Parker, R.K. Klassy V.L. Tate, R.L. Love, LS. Msingale, J.G. Crawford, I. Etherridge. Sixth row: R.L. Anderson, M.C. Crain, L.V. Kern S.W. Breiner, R.C. Ward, H.G. Ward, H,A. Kendrick, N.R. Larson, R.P. Taylor. stuck, ask the snipes. E THROTTLEMAN Watching his turns, THE INEVITABLE gab-fest occurs noise makes loudest shouts a normal keeps ship going desired speed, no even in engineroom Where tremendous conversation, noise doesn't affect taste more, no less. of good coffee. Top row: D.L. Gills, C,L. Bentley, R.E. Dickerson, J.E. Healey, H.G. Fuqua, H.F. Clark, W.W. Taylor W.H. Webb, G.G. Grone. Second row: W.W. Carpenter, E.R. Thompson, RJ. Muncy, A.S. Jones, G.W. Spilloway, W.H. Coates, C.A. DeRosier, D.P. Moore, D.L. McKevitt. Third row: J.L. Young, R.G. Eastman, F.X. Saenz, K.D. Julian, B.H. Gommel, P.M. Berger, H.L. Schultz, J.A. Cole, C.N. Wood. Fourth row: J.W. Cook, W.T. Carl, E.R. Rich, E.D. Bell, O.J. Dunaway. Fifth row: W.F. Mattix, C.D. Jones, C.A. Russ, J.P. Farrell, A.J. Rizzardi, J.G. Aldridge, K.L. Werth. Sixth row: J. Orsi, E.R. Albo, W.W. Masters. fn W f Wifi ,A WM, f gf fffwif 'f f. 0 hi!!! ff f f X. ,W f 4 , VI Wy! vffglf ,ff f xx x With E, It's ALWAYS Light Up Time LTJG J.A. SLADKY ENS. J.A. HARDGROVE CWO3 M.J. CAGLEY NO BULBSNATCHER, only E division man from lighting shop replacing burned out hangar deck bulbs. Top row: W.L. Ressler, G. Speckhart, G.R. Gasser, C.M. Logan, EJ. McLaughlin, H.M. Crary, R.E. Yergeau, L.P. Williams, N.R. Timpa Second row: J.D. Schwab, C.C. Hurson, Harris, C.E. W.nnon, J. Kelleher, Nolen, D.M. Schwartz, D.J. Morrissey, F.B. Dickens, G.L. Schwartz K.A. Hemberlin. Third row: E.L. Zeher, EJ. Marx, G.W. Winslett, W.E. Watkins, B.R. Ledbetter, AJ. Sopkowiak, E.M. Zagar, H.G. Duty W.T. Pippin. TESTING BATTERY in battery shop, spark across clips, passes test. Top row: D.N. Whitter, J.D. Tenney, L.L. Brewer, J.A. Rodgers, E.L. Brown, R. Sage. Second row: G.L. Elliott, Prescott, L.D. Jennings,'G.L. Eisert, L.C. Stacy, J.P. Grant. Third row: R.N. Carter, R.D. Wolfe, L.P. Williams, LE. Jones, K.E. Gebhart, E.1. Wagner. Fourth row: G.D. Lazzaro, G.E. Johnson, D.R. Shurts, H.D. Moran, C.R. Sullivan, P. G. Zabawa. Fifth row: J.R. Morris, T.W. Bates, P.I. Campa, R.G. Dillingham, R.D. Rose, W.P. Allan. Sixth row: R.A. Phillips, R.E. Austin, W.C. Hess, T. H. Parks, H. M. Rich, l. S. Duncan. Seventh row: R.W. Davis, G.T. Swogger, H.T. Hainault, L.A. Moody, J.A. Elliott R.A. Young. Eighth row: C. Moore, G.A. Johnson, C.H. Harley, M.C. Kempf, J.D. Lollar, R. A. Nastold. Ninth row: R. A. Conley, G. Whitharn, R. E. Coburn, L. Terrazas, R.J. Lamm, R.E. Lail. 7 ROW OF BATTERIES ONE OF MANY IN BATTERY SHOP SHIPS PHONES UNDERGO CONSTANT CHECKS BY IC GANG. MAIN SWITCHBOARD CONTROLS LIGHT AND DARK ON SHIP Top row: C.W. Dunn, G.K. Betton, M.K. Sharp, I.H. Adams, R.Q. Yabut, E.K. Pillar, P.L. Clark, H.G. Green, M.B. Reotutar. Second row: S.A. James, W.F. Goldsmith, D.G. Thompson, D.F. Dale, J.P. Podkonyak, A. A. Jacobs, D. N. Burgin, W.L. Martin, E.W. Nelson. Third row: W.R. Kennedy, E.L. Leppeck, D.O. Cisney, T.H. Moen, H.G. Shaffer, J.R. Treaph, W.C. McChesney, B.W. Bigelow, D.E. Evans. Fourth row: D.P. Blais. . IIXISPECTICDIXIS ? GUI! ,u, .hit X X Q s 9 I ff? ' -311.4 Mxw 5 xv QQ? gr I' r ' - a - - ,.,, ,, . ,. 1 i : 1 .Wy I5 'ff Z I -1. . M4w'?', ' . ' . ' f A 1 M 1 - vmkwlr V , ,V N , ., W Scope of PI W 4 GZ' my Q UP AT DAWN, OA'S CHIEF JONES TAKES FIRST LOOK AT DAY'S WEATHER AS FIRST LIGHT BREAKS OVER VAST SEA. LTJG T.J. BOHMAN WEATHER BALLOON aids in making forecast by transmitting data atmosphere. IT'S KIND OF A DAY I I I I In Herb Shriner's home town, he tell us, folks canat talk about the Weather because they don't get much of it, but when they do get around to the subject, all they can I say is, It's kind of a day, ainit it? Mr. Shriner,s home I town ought to spend one of those days at sea, then they'd I have something to talk about. The men who do the most talking about it on the Lex do so because it's their job. The OA division's aerologists make Weather forecasts that are used for planning by ship and air group. HAND ANEMOMETER gives force of wind, is used every 15 minutes during air ops. MINUTE SCALE readings, plug Weather broadcasts via teletype go into forcasts. OA's Nickname: Weather Guessers The joking nickname of Weather Guessersv Which has been pinned on the boys of OA is a bit unfair. By proven statistics, they have been right over 75W of the time with their fore- casts, not bad just guessing One of OA's complaints: their phone rings once every three minutes during the Working day with requiests for odd information like what the Weather is like in Coronado at 5th and Orange St. EIGHT-FOOT diameter of Weather up by mouth usually balloon 1S inflated balloon dwarfs man trying to blow it by compressed gas Man finally did it LEX AEROLOGIST, Lt Cjgj Bohman confers daily with the Captain over his charts. Top row: F.L. Jones, M.B. Scherbarth, E. Harbin, B.L. Daugherty, R.L. Whitney, F.B Giebel RR Petrin HE Sladek PC Randle Second row: F.L. Olsen, J.W. Faucette, B.F. Hodges, A. Toll, B.H. Gentry, R.E. Weedin, J B Unruh R P White TUBES, From record players to radar, if itls electronics equipment it is up to the men of OE to keep it Working. They- 've got all radar except the fire control radar on the ship. TV tubes, big LIKE WATCHMAKER OE's men must be skilled with delicate tools, steady hands. WITH MINIATURE camera, the brains of OE discuss Captainls TV debut. TUBES, TUBES ! tubes and little tubes, that's practically all you find in the ET shackw Where the OE men hang out, they say even their coffee is vacuum packed. LT. P.M. MCCLUSKEY CWO2 P-K- MOWERS BIGGEST UNCLASSIFIED TUBE IN THE HOUSE GETS THE ONCE OVER. Top row: V.V. Popov, D.W. Platt, G.M. Youngberg, E.D. Schneider, R.N. Killough, R.A. Clark. Second row: J.C. Mendiola, H.C. Wood, J.R. Winter, O. Stevens, J.A. Orite, R.Q. Ludd. CAPTAIN HEYWARD talks to crew via ship's closed-circuit television pre- pared by OE division, Speech to non- rated men about ship,s purpose, duties while in West Pac. Was given after direct talks to Petty Officers, was highly successful. TOD row: EA. Hannan, C.G. Scott, R,A. Hoffman, R.L. Southerland, 1.1. Reed, W.E. Murray- Second row: B. R. Lafitte, C. Hernandez, J.G. Neil, D.W. Mitchell, F.C. 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'Www WEIRD EFFECT of photo acheived by plotter behind board High in the island structure, squinting in the bright sunlight, surface and sky lookouts scan designated sectors of the sea and air through powerful binocularsg down below, in the darkness of the Combat Information Center, men from the lookout's same division watch the radar scopes, their thin fingers of flourescence scanning the same sky and water. Both of these jobs are performed by the men of OI WELL-LIGHTED CIC is sight seldom seen, only when ship is in port. division, whose equipment is the guard and the vanguard of the ship. Besides keeping track of ship and air contacts which are not connected with the Lex, CIC is the home of the ship's air controlers, the men who are in constant vocal and visual Cvia radio and radari contact with the ship's own air group directing them after take-off, to the target, and back into the landing pattern. LT. Tw. HARRls LT. w.L. HUGHES LT. J.c. GOFF me R.v. ALTHEUSER LTJG LR. LEHMAN LTJG. LE. GANS '1 J 'l 3 A PAPERWORK BEHIND the consol and in front of it LCDR W.C. HARTUNG CDR. ASBURY H. SAllENGER Air Operations Officer THE PLANNERS In an adjoining cubbyhole to CIC, the planners of Air Operations stare into, through, and around their own plastic board While making out the next dayis flight plan, scheduling COD flights, trips with the helo, and in general, all the Hying operations of the ship. Top row : E.B. Phillips, R.G. Shepard, G.S. Armstrong, W.F. Phillips, V. Giandiletti, A.J. Hendrix, R.L. Williams, L.H. Longshore, R.A. Metcalf. Second row: J.R. Harrington, R.W. Dotson, J.E. Murphy, F.H. Wichert, G.L. Van Cleave, O.L. White, W.H. Haglund, D. Puihnburger, B.R. Odneal. Third row: J.M. Knierneyer, LA. Bales, LE. Taylor, R.D. Crowley, P. Morris, B.A. Cole, W. J. Edwards, R. E. Kindred, M.gD. Bernal. Fourth row: B.J. Bell, C.L. Luck, S.D. Hicks, J. A. Gibson, C.F. Sanders, H.1M. Tullis, D.N. Bozung, R.W. Rick. MOST FAMILIAR scene in combati- the sailor and the A scope looking for the blip that means action. RELAXED PHYS- ICALLY, lookout keeps a sharp Watch for surface, air contacts that the bridge must know about. GUARDS AND VANGUARDS POSSIBLY best arrangement of coffee cups on ship is in ECM room, scene of many lively session like this. Top row: B.J. Mosely, E.G. Webb, J.R. Trotter. Second row: C.J. Friesenhahn, H. Salge J.C. McNulty, W.R. Berry, C. Washington, BJ. Harris, P. Sigala, E.W. LaFontaine, J.W Robinson. Third row: K.B. Bass, M.E. Bolinger, E.C. Hinds, TJ. Mowat, G.H. Lucas M.D. Bernstein, P.A. Orloff, D.M. Miller, L.M. Wimberly. Fourth row: J.P. McGuire, D.W Larson, J.W. Robinson, J.L. Camdbell, W.K. Jones, J.E. Nelson, B.L. Meyer, R.L. Young. LEX PHOTOGRAPHERS CHECK CLIPS OF MOVIE FILM AFTER PROCESSING IN LAB'S PORTABLE MOTION PICTURE LABORATORY- LT. RJ. wooLEY LTJG J.A. SLATTERY cwoz H.L. CLARK Naval historians someday will he scrutinizing the Work of many of the men in the photo lah of today's Lexington- The lah is a fantastically Well-equipped place, and the amateurs who often drop in are rightfully envious. Air Intelligence and Photo Interpretation are a part of the Work outside the labg inside work includes the proces- sing of aerial film shot by the air groupls ph0tO Pilots! providing the PIO with pictures of shipboard doings: recording unusual action on the flight deck where they man three stations during flight quarters, making accident reports of materiel that failed, and taking and prOCCSSiUg practically 95W of the pictures in this book. ICHIBAN'S PORTRAITS CHECKED WHILE DRYING AERIALS, A CRITIC I I I AERIAL CAMERA READIED FOR USE COFFEE WILL BE READY IN MINUTE F'fA.L ,f 4 K X . 40 X 1 fy? in 'C- LIKE A TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR ENTANGLED IN LEADS, OR DIVISION SAILOR WORKS QUICKLY TO SET UP CIRCUITS TELETYPE MESSAGES aren't the only types handled hy OR. The post office works overtime many a night to make certain the men on board hear from the ladies at home. THEY CALL IT THE WIRELESS But 0R's Radiomen Know Better THOUSANDS or :moss QAT RIGHT? sn up couNn.Ess RAmo NET5- K e -.x.f, -3 as 1+ xx, v :EH '3 Six' 555 ,af'5 .U 4 . - 1 ,rff xl x fffsf 'Vff s 5 ,fi .21 - z f f 7,5 , ,W ff ' , i l l I 1Wfi f ' 1W 2 f , 2 Y . Z 2 I , 2 . 1 I H f 'F 3 'N L! T ,..4 ',,,' A.. 49 '91 Communications, The Link The importance of the chain of command to a military organization has often been emphasized, the major link in the chain of command is forged by communications-the system Where- Picked up by radio... by messages to and from military organization are sent and received in the fastest possible time with the most amount of accuracy. OR division does this job for the Lexington. . . the message is typed, passed on . . . LCDR W.A. MACKEY LTJG C.E. ROGERS , - 5 , f , I ' fiyffif we aw, l f s .. A 7,4 4, oi fi - Q7 Q ' A ' if 3?QZ1,fl1f4'5 i L. 'nz-an ' I V 9 'gig-, V jzyrzf I - L 4 - ,f 5+ is , ,, V, Q 1 5 I if I I .eye 4 I ir' 1 7 1 s 1 ' 1 ff l f 2 , ,fr J- , or If W X v , , V V 'Q V, 7, 4 ' A ,-,, 5 , In - I , w A RQ: . H .f ' ff M r., . . . through slot to CWO . . . f it . X lx s X 5 2-so ct, .jk D E - . . . . is broken, if necessary, . . . . . . typed for routing. . . . . . delivered to interested parties. Top row: A.C. Barnes, G.B. Moore, W.W. Rosier, E.P. Soliai, G. Petrovitz, R.L. Davis, A.C. Davis, C.E. Case, j.F. Purri. Second row: W.E. Dail, J.H. Sasser, R.P. Barton, K.D. Bigbee, A. Lewis, D.F. Schoen, E.M. Backues, J.T. Chancellor, H.D. Morris. Third row: .l-W- Rogers, R.L. Del-Trank, G.L. Branam, C.C. Spampinato, J.F. Chenette, M.G. Huffman, K.E. Peterson, D.D. Hick, W. Peavy. Top row: R. B. O'Dell, A. C. Zogg, R. N. Brewer, T.X. Cahill, W. A. Gasswint, R.D. Johnson. Second row: J.W. Ronald, R.E. Jensen, W.D. Calhoun, LE. White, E.A. Barela, j.G. Amador. Third row: P.W. Smith, MJ. Bagby, H. Miele, EE. Vollrath R.G. Bonorden, A.K. Smith. Fourth row: K. O. Rood, Z. Kendrick, Adams, Meyer, Fifth row: Sfahr, Ireland 7 Dodson, Fritz. P.E. Blum, R.L. Long, L. Fisher. 2 LTJG S.B. WILSON ENS. J.A. BARBER,JR. ENS.R.F.SCHEUERMAN ENS. C.E. MOON, JR. ENS. S.C.SCHELLlNG CWO J.W.STROMSTEDT f9 jM12' THE SIGNALMAN, SYMBOL OF VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS, PRACTICES THREE HOURS EVERY DAY, STRIVING FOR SPEED Semaphore, Blinker, And- THREE HFOXTROTSH A WEEK SIGNAL BRIDGE SCENES SCREAMING ABOVE roar of flight deck launch, signal's hlinker team puts out message. WATCH scans other ships for flag hoist, blinker activit- ity. Semaphore, flashing light, the yardarm blinkers, and the Well-Worked flag hoist are the main means of visual communications. OS division is made up of the men who utilize these communication methods. The signal flags, are used so much they Wear out before they are ever Washed. Foxtrot U flags, which indicate that the ship is operating aircraft, last two days during normal air ops. UP SI-IE GOES as signal team sends out flag message to the entire task force. BRIDGE CALL- ING, Watch in signal shelter gets message right, fast. In the bunting locker Cat rightb, OS sewing machine Craftsman' turns out the Foxtrot il flags by the dozens. Flags are Whipped to shreds by high winds necessary to launch and recover the aircraft. The signal gang are among the first people on the ship to know What's going on, are often sought out by spreaders of mess deck intellig- ence ', to give the correct information, which they usually know. Top row: E.A. Dearing, H.H. Moore, J.H. Sandifer, W.1-I. Schmidt, K.A Klocke. Second row: E.E. Mason, H. Davis, G.L. Frizzell, R.E. Strine, J.N. Lynch. Third row: E. J. White, T.E. Jordan, R.W. Fronsman E.L. Gaddis, L.C. Egland. Fourth row: R.G. Harris, T.H. Eubanks RQS. Hallberg, L. Logan, I.A. Bates. , sw ? gust.. BLINKER PATTERNS on half opened, huge twenty-four inch searchlight 5 . 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' 6Oig,Q K b C665 fy l xx NAL 3 gnu UTTQSGL NM A' FE A XX I KN ., D 6135 Q 0 4 J-N XF' F' My Gig' I QJQTEQ Q-439 km xr Y X W E . 052+ V X J, 4' qfilf Oqiiwgf f Q 5 NJ Q XW I xf?,?Q w X 9 1f LA C: ' w m X A Lffwfvw , h F Y J W' Q-,-,-2' Cffzl' X ' 53, ,M I D it ,LQ f I A, YW E123 A -W4-1 . M R f-ff iv X 5? 1, f XZX MQW LW III Q , ix f- , f f X XG f ' I , , A 5 ,X K ?.....,-..---- K bt! 5 ff ' Z 11-.:... '... :1 f - X Q X A E Q XX - E VQVXQX i x ,AJC r V ' i f I f' e A22 -A xy, my 'Ea ziflwfx I V w 1 Q Nm' X f Y 47 'Sw I Mm WA 1, - -' ,f WM N' vfxsami' -9 ' 51 x x: -- Y-114, b l Q H- tx fi s 13 - V X LEAWZWJ Q. N. sl , Ng X . 5 .L., Xxwil 'N Q-3 .xv X QP, S 6' 4 r I 1 I i if I R 1 I 1 l 1 1 1 W r w N r K x i s r 1 r 1 r i n Tires, Tools, Poperclips, ond 15 SNOW SHOVELS LCDR J. C. DINKEL GENERAL STORES ISSUING CAGE, SCENE OF MUCH SIGNING LTJG W.J.HENNESSY ENS G. W. MEAD The storekepers and aviation store- keepers of S-1 division stowed, issued, and accounted for 135,000 pounds of soap, enough toilet paper to stretch halfway across the US, 2,000 aircraft spark plugs, and 65 miles of masking tape among the 3 million dollars worth of general and aviation stores which were issued in the first thirteen months after commissioning. Qnly one thing puzzled the SK's: what to do with the 15 snow shovels. The Akis monthly issues of avitation supplies ran well over a quarter- million, 320,000 in months for the tires and tubes of one type of aircraft alone. EVEN A bellows in stock, doutbless to help keep the home fires burning. 'x qs ,,,, W I ii in 'I 1 1 I I PATRON'S LOOK IS DETERMINED. I 5 I K 2 ROLLS OF ELECTRICAL WIRING TAKE UP LARGE CORNER OF BOYS IN BACK ROOM DURING BIT OF SHOP TALK Top row: J.E. Bartlett, J.W. Peters, SJ. Dagle, B.D. Toliver, D.W. Gloss, D.D. Byerly, D.F. Arnzen, L.G. Souza, L.W. DeLaet. Second row G.F. Boyles, N.G. Hagerman, R.L. Kennan, D.C. Aebisher, R.W. Kendall, C.E. Slovek, D.G. Visek, DJ. Theriot, G.B. Owens. Third row JJ. Roy, R.D. Schwartz, H. Browning, W. Wong, Berndt, W.E. Conner, H.P. Traylor, C. Romero, TE. Baughman. GSK. FIRST LOOK AT LEXINGTON STOREROOM AMAZES ALL. QUARTERLY INVENTORY HAS TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL GSK STOCK. Top row: P.A. Sims, M. Yates, OG. Peters. Second row: L.S. Combs, 1.1. Breaux, 1.E Laird, 1.L.Tay1or, L. Mobley, C.L. Moore, 1. Matanane, W.E. Coham, P.L. Ornellas Third row: K.E. Drone, R. Fisher, 1.R. Kessenger, D.D. Hafer, W.E. Ruth, T.G. Spencer 1.1. Brass, D.E. Brynildson, K.W. Cummins. H -f X , ', , as 39 -7 OVEN'S VIEW OF BAKER HAPPILY REMOVING COMPLETED PIE. ..AND BUTCHERS, MESS COOKS, MAA'S TOO The average Navy man's stomache may not have received the reknovvn of the Army,s publicized paunch, but itls well-cared for, nonetheless. The men who do the caring, cater to one person: the hungry man. Well-schooled in the BUTCHER AT WORK BEFORE THE BOATSWAIN'S LONG CALL. sciences of nutrition, meal planning, I preparation and service, the cooks, CWO2 S. VOLCHKO butchers and bakers of the LeX,s SAQ . . . division put their best food forward in every meal. MESS COOK MUSTER AND INSPECTION IS CONDUCTED BY DUTY MESS DECK MASTER AT ARMS AN HOUR BEFORE CHOW. DRESSED FOR WINTER, ONE OF MANY MESS COOKS IN WORKING PARTY, HELPS TO BREAK OUT IN REEEER MESS COOK MAKES the most out of day's Working party by sampling. his load. FLOURED HANDS on butcher as he prepares breaded Veal cutlet for 3,000 mouths. THE CYCLE OF TH S-2's Hours Begin Two and a half hours before reveille the duty cooks and bakers begin a day which for them and the rest of S-2 lasts Well past normal quitting time 'l for the remainder of the ship. The preparation before and the cleaning up CAMERA-SHY baker spots photo- grapher, drops bread, truth: photog's aid tripped him. REE SQUARES Early, End Late after each meal are undertakings only, a mother of fifteen would begin tg comprehend, the variety of the menu, though, would be beyond her: 37 different Ways of serving beef and veal, 22 for pork, 14 for poultry, and 65 different deserts. fm . BUTCHER TOSSES fresh-cutlet into huge stainless steel tureen. HAPPY ONION-peeler defies tradition, remains tearless through 500 onions. .hah-F'5 ' EGGS T0 QRDER on Sunday brunch keeps cooks busy staring at countless yolks. DGLING OUT the chow, server heaps outstretched tray with day's meat ration. Top row: H.T. Daniels, C.T. Bell, R. Verinsky, L.W. Cooper, L.R. Lowry, R.L. Gilmore. Second row: R.L. Legget, O. Kinard, R.A. Villalaba, H.D. Savage, R.A. Lundberg, G.A Lemoine. Third row: BJ. Jensen, B.P. Parham, AJ. Stringer, H. Cole, D.D. Hoffman D.K. Young. Fourth row: B.D. Browning, J. Evans, J.W. Washington, R.W. Tessier W.L. Peters. HARD-WORKING mess cook strains high to stack hundreds of freshly- Washed, very hot, coffee cups. Top row: H.H. Voll, J.H. Hollis, DQR. Carmen, HS. Skidmore, W.R. Jones, C.R. Harrris. Second row: F. Kelly, JJ. Andrien, R,H. Council, J. Johnson, D.L. Rohlfs, E. Vigil. Third row: B.D. Youngblood, G.A. LeRoy, LS. Walker, J.L. Mount, W.R. Buckelew, LR. CRQWDED, CLAMQRQUS Chovq Stillwagon. Fourth row: H.W. Clark, C.E. Miller, J.R. Boothe, T.E. Sparks. hall during noon meal is filled with hungry men Satiating their pangs with HOW SAI LORS EAT: . . .often and welll me ga W -1, 1 V' it tl SALAD BAR is next stop after the main chow line for those Wanting assortment of fresh greens, tasty noon meal. Sailors can get as much dressmgs' as they want, as long as they eat it allg they do. SATISFIED CUSTOMER, ARMS LOADED WITH GEDUNK, PAUSES FOR HAPPY CHAT WITH S-3 DIVISION'S STORE OPERATOR THE LEXINGTO -HILTO SLEEPY CHIEF drovvses during haircut in modern, well-lighted ship's barber shop. LTJG J.S. PETERSON Complete Hotel-Like Services From S-3, Except For Maids The bogus hotel title used above is not very for from actuality. Sn'1allboy', destroyer sailors even call ships like the Lex floating hotelsf' this analogy is greatly strengthened by a look at the Work of a single division: S-3. It's barber shops give 200 haircuts a dayg the tailor shop does 1,500 press- ing jobs a vveekg the laundry Works 25 hours a dayg the Cobbler shop repairs over 100 pairs of shoes vveeklyg and there are three Wonderfully compact stores Where Kodaks and Kleenex are sold at a tiny markup, profits returning to the crevv via ship's parties and the like as decided by the Welfare and Re- creation council. REMODELED ship's store number one sells top name products at Whole- sale prices. ff' BEHIND SPINNING buffers S-3 cobbler keeps Lex sailors Wellheeled. . . . And No Service Charge TAILOR SHOP handles 225 minor alterations each Week, 75 majors. in WEIRD MACHINE puts the crease in the khaki, is not button crusherf' NOT EXACTLY glamorous, Betty handles the clothes of 3,000 working Furness-type Washing machine, but it men and gets them just as clean. ,T T it f 'f-.Y Top row: CPO Reeves, RJ. Smiley, R.L. Baker, D.M. Williamson, R.B. Chavez, G.D. Morris, J.L. Red, R.L. Snyder, J.W. Ebernart. Second row: H. Villaneuva, E.H. Hicks, R.B. Postell, B. Dequiroz, H.H. Baker, E.R. Hatten, R.A. Young, B. Ratzsky, J. Molina. Third row: R.N. Olsen, H.S. Foster, B.G. Rush, G. Fugh, ER. johnson, C.R. Thames, E.M. Greer, I. Hanks, N.O. Vella. ICE CREAM machine gushes forth, ready for use in sundaes, rnalteds, bellies, H GEDUNK H A strictly Navy Word that sends includes ice cream, candies Qhard and men running to the fountain and to softj, fruit juices, cookies, nuts, and the dentist, GedunkU on the Lex even pork and beans. EMPTY HANGERS ON THE INCOMING RACK MEANS DAY'S WORK IS DONE. Top rowg J.L. Miller, R.V. Baquera, A. Renzo, R.M. Baer, P.T. Smith, P.L. Ellis, H.S. Gonzales, T. Martinez, W.R. Childs. Second row: R,H. Luzzi, R.L. DeWalt, LE. Pearson, H. Graham, E.G. Parnell, W.J. Kocurek, R.W. Calloway, LA. Doan, P.L. Abbrozzuse. Third row: B.C. Dixon, R.W. Henry, E.C. Hayes, C.R. Richardson, G.B. Frampton, J.L. Bixler, R.L. Manglona. WAITING LINE GLARES AS SAILOR, CRADLING GEDUNK, HEADS FOR HIS COMPARTMENT PARTY. 5, 4 x ,Q I. :wif - ' -u .,,, QW, - 'O' Q X C C 'X- : Yr'l 523-'5+'Iw b2o ':U'zo ,'6'.Q9..0t5'4 pA:r f -...a,:,. I Vkyr p .,'0'i, .,,L ' A ,,., ,. 2 .tf-2323. Qnoci C' 0' 1-77'f'f . -4- A tee ww M J' , ,ow ,Ns ,O 0- arm .Q .Q W N ,.,,a-'uw -wiv -14-N ,Lib 5 0 mfr C v : ':r4N ,Q nv ,,'Q4 4-f ,Genie ww at o '. F., 9 , ,WW I 4 K NN s 'X ' dv, N --N.. ,NM- OLD FA TIIFUL Pay Day Brings Slighf Pause fo Work For Everyone Bur rhe Dishursers of S-4 THE PAY LINE IN THE MESS HALL. 1 K ENS R.H. FJELDHEIM BLACK-SMUDGED index fingers itch to hold their cash after long Wait- A.A. Martinez LJ. Becker, H.C. Vaughan, L.S. Carter, L. Hultman, R. T lwo, L.E. Mettler. ONCE EVERY FIFTEEN DAYS, A REWARD. THE RECORDS ARE CHECKED AGAIN. J-W. Long, W. Hall, K.E. Andrew, H.O. Timnick. X m 'x w 1 nv. .Yin D f P' Q ' Y 1 . W S 4 1. lp MORE THAN HALF a million dollars a month are paid to Lex men. 9 l l l l GLEAMING COFFEE SERVICE AND MAN WHO MADE IT GLEAM, READY FOR THRONG. READY FOR General Quarters drill rest of crew, stewards have vital assi n- ? g steward goes about daily job. Like ments during GQ, STANDING BY at their tables waiting for junior off1cer's early Hrst RU LERS For the Officers-- A Tower. ENS A.H. STONE Most officers look upon the ward- room as either an ivory tower or a White Tower. The first, a sort of retreat from routine, the second, a place for the important cup of coffee and the meal-time breaks. But to the steward's mates of S-5 division, it is their place of business. Here, most stewards perform the bulk of their duties. They set the tables and serve the meals that are prepared by the cooks of S-5 in H shining galley one deck below, and they keep it clean. Other stewards are primarily concerned with caring f0f the officers rooms. S-5 is well aware that a happy officer means a lot tO the entire crew of the Lex. f H x 'W -z e,x 5? 2, xxx f f x 2 ,Y : .V N x 5 it YQ .X .QQ ,, N I V vf APNQ' xk X fm' ,f ' I 'F h , . N A K: 1 V4-x , ii wx. , - gl I X TWV ' Ls 'mn 4, w sq mf. .. WIZV Qfffll, 71 ' .-32' V - 1' f,.- ,ft NN fx 1 s 1412 4.6 , fs wth- ' .Sv ,V ,.:1.4,,r sq 45. ,1 .2-fc s x z A- ag 44 4 'sg 1 f' 4 v V Q 3.21 J 0' 14211 ' Va-5 . fl Z' S I .., af X fc f , - , f - , , , .L afvzww F. ,Jaw ,,,.,.f..-,,,, .,, N., 1 4... x- ' ' 2 if x he f- . FLOURISH FOR FOOD BACKING THROUGH door from pantry to main Wardroom, steward carries tray to his table with flourish. STEWARD'S MATES Wait beside stacked plates for food that will be served that meal. Shining Silver, Smiling Brass WwM,N....X- 4 i Top row: G.S. Alino, B. Abray, M. Ballera, V.F. Blanco, W.F. Byronq, E.R. Cabales, R. Carey, Z. Concepcion, A. Davis. Second row: i W.H. Davis, W. Green, G. Hamilton, J.M. Hurtado, J.P. Javier, R. Marcelo, D.L. McClain, D.O. Moore. Third row: L. Morgan, LF. Rosario, l C.M. Sanchez, F.V. San Luis, D.T. Saquilayan, M.J. Santos, V.U. Sy, RJ. Tiong, C. Tuazon. Fourth row: R.F. Villaneuva, I. Wade, P. Felix, J.S. Sarayno, H.A. Strawn, W. Taylor. -ng,,Qg.IY llvlllllill Officer BOWEN, JR. Ox 1 , X , -W -- 4.,...-....- -.,,, . -, -i.....,.. --...-,,..,,.q-fn......4 3- .- L n I ff, CDR KARL R. WHITNEY Medical Oflicer ldetnchedl CAREFULLY MEASURING his mixture, technician fills out prescription. OPERATING ROOM technician checks gleaming surgical instruments. Big Three of H Division's Dolly Work: SHOTS, SICK CALL AND SURGERY The Medical Department on the Lex meets every person on board at least once at year. The occasion: to give shots. H division's major time-consumer is the twice-daily sick- call from sick-call patients put all the divisionis talents to Work, X-ray technicians, lab men, pharmacy tech- nicians, and the skilled Workers of the operating room combine to give the best in medical care. LT D.H. DPLLARD LT E.M. NICHOLSON ALL THE INGREDIENTS OF ANY HOSPITAL SICK ROOM: THE CARD PLAYERS, THE 120,000 RED NOSES ln the Hrst year since recommissioning, some 8,366 patients have been logged in for receiving treatment from the Lex's sick bay. The common cold was really com- mon on the Lex, for during that year 120,000 APC's were dispensed. If you had a headache, you were one of 51,000 who receivied an aspirin. 19,000 band-aids were wrapped around as many cuts. Of the eight thousand-odd patients, 530 of them were admitted to the sick hay ward. SUBDUED LIGHT, WRINKED PAJAMAS up at one of the two daily sick calls. D BARE FEET THE FACES tell the story of men Medical facilities on the Lex are equal not feeling exactly right as they line to those of a town of 4,000 WELL-WAXED deck of sick bay passageway could rival the cleanest shiniest hopital corridor in appearance 0, M-, ,,,r ,A , ,,i,,,m,m rms., Routine-And the Unexpected s1cK CALL pa- tients confer with doctor, get diag- STRETCHER WAITS for rescued HOSE, aid- man overboard, 'copter had him back aboard in 3 minutes. FLIGHT DECK corpsman ready for flight quarters emergency. Top row: J.B. Doss, F.B. Flynn, RJ. Walker, J.R. Bryan, R.D. Carpenter, D. Longello. Second row: G.E. Ramirez, L. Wolk, R.F. Colavechio, W.R. Bolton, T.W. Gibson, J.R. Harris. Third row: J.E. Lovec, J.L. Marti, B.E. Shields, E.N. Ward, P.G. Kunz, E.D. Anderson. Fourth row: K.C. Anderson, W. Payer, D.O. French. LAB TECHNICIAN Working OH doctor,s orders prepares bacteria slides K s I 1 E I I i I 1 s J IOOKING FOR THE PICTURE OF THE TOOTH THAT NEEDS WORK, DENTAL TECHNICIAN SCANS X-RAYS BEFORE APPOINTMENT. Whether it comes after that first bite into a creamy Milky-VVay, or while downing an ice-cold beer, everyone knows that the painful twinge is a sure invitation to sign up for a trip to the men of D division. Chances are your problem won't be anything new to them, and if it is, theyire equipped to handle it anyway. During the cruise, more than 10,500 varied types of dental treatment were LT P.E. ZEIGLER administered. LT v.R. BACINO IN PROSTHETICS lab, new teeth OTHER SKILLS are displayed by D PRELIMINARY CHECK, prior to are made to replace the old. division corpsmen during breaks. doctorls work is made by DT- NO DIFFERENT ON SHIP ,I L I AT LEAST DENTIST IS CONFIDENT. OPEN MOUTH, WARY EYES ARM REST GIVES MORAL SUPPORT7 NERVE DEAD- ENER KILLS PAIN, BUT THIS MAKES HIM FEEL BETTER. I I 4 i I 5, II II II Ia THREE HANDS FIT FRAME FOR LATEX OPERATING DAM. I I I 4 , I 1 , J I 3 I GRATEFUL THANKS D. OPERATION PROGRESS- ES EASILY. liska, S.B. Snodgrass, KJ. Dowdy, G.L. Thompson, , fti Ramlow, T.L. Coleman. UNDERWAY R AND KLEX While Mosf Relax, Some Work THE TAGE IS SET ...And No One Gets The Hook Once in a While the exhibitionists on board get together and help entertain the rest of the crew. These programs are called Happy Hours, though the shows usually last longer than that. Gne particular show, held to select the LeX's reprentative to the All-Navy talent show, presented ten entertaining amateurs and a hilarious MC with hilarious, stolen material FOUR THINGS ON STRINGS CAPTIVATE CRITICS, CREW, WON CONTEST, FINISHED FOURTH IN FAR EAST TOURED HOSPITALS FOR RED CROSS y ,,f I I if In Q I n X 1- n 1 w N up L fu 1 Special Recreofion For New CPO's In Chief's Mess -A .: f TIDN Eyes -, x QQ 4, 11 X all o L , 4' f f , , -Q. X f V, f Q, W f ' 1 ' ,X-Am W X . 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CHRONOMETERS IN case give Grenvvich time within 10 seconds of World-Wide signal. 185 Top row: L. Shoby, E.R. Strange, C.A. Saunders, J. C. Borja L. G. Even, R.A. Voss. Second row: J.D. Bruusard, J. Komar, B.G. Decker, R. Huerta, EJ. Saure, K.E. Steele. Third row: L.C Rademacher, B.L. Johnson, R.H. Forrester, R.F. Kellogg, W.B , Sawicki, R.E. Nelson. Fourth row: D.G. Pierson, J.A. Weber. l P1 ' ENTERING PORT, quartermasters Q N A V 1 G A T Q R relay constant How of bearings to HIMSELF taking UaV1g3f0f- gr one of three daily i sun lines prepares to mark. LIGHTED PLOTTING board makes it easier to get important pin-point accuracy. , 136 U ? x 9 2 5 az 7 II 4 i. I I I I I I I I I i I I I I I I I I I u r v ! P' LCDR R.J. FARMER LTJG D.C. FENTON LTJG D.G. MARKS CW03 H.I. WELLS CW02 H.E. BARKHURST THE PLAN OF THE DAY, THE RUN OF THE SHIP Mony Rofes, Many Jobs On the ship's radio station, KLEX, one day, an announcer commented, 'Q The USS Lexington is brought to you through the courtesy of the Admin. Deparmentf' He was not far from the truth. Certainly, on paper, the entire ship is run by the men of many rates and many jobs of X division. In the adminisistrative office, the miscellaneous is mimeographed, the Plan s E E 1 PERSONNEL PROBLEMS, enlisted records are ironed out at personnel office. 188 of the Day produced, the legal office runs the ship's disciplinary procedures, the education and training ofnce is the center for processing the crew's ad- vancement in rates, the personnel office is the individual crew member's filing cabinet, the captainls office is the correspondence center, the PIO office, runs public relations, the print shop lithographs ship's publications, the MAA's enforce the rules. HOT NEWS story on the way out or bad news from Photo Lab on way in: the PIO. PRACTICED, UNMOVING ex- teriors of legal office personnel are here in evidence. 54 X ' X f if if MM W s., f Q Vf iffygfsf jf' WV, , s fc, , T I X v X , , X f X4 ll I I' 4 . l 1 5 'X J ' 7 1 1.I, T P A 3 fx. . liul . ,ft M64 rV,L,' VV - I Q A '. - T F. ,lg L P f ' ,,,. ,P fl I 7 ,'ft f sarr 9 fsfsst 3 ff CAP'IiAIN'S OFFICE reviews manual which cross-references a previous reference. BOOKS LINE bulkheads of education and training office, Lex culture center. SETTING TYPE by hand in print PRINTER PULLS off first copy of shop Where signs, pamphlets, rosters, of new job. Plankovvners certificates etc. are made. were made here, CHIEF MASTER-at-arms in a friend- ly chat with sailor about unsquarecl White hat. X Div sion' rates include yeomen, personnelmen, iournalisfs, and lithographers. I FISHING POLES fill athletic gear locker along With bats, balls, foils and fins. Top row : G.F. McDan1e1, J.O. Nelson, F.I. Beck, K.W. Tombleson, D.G. Young, R.A. Dutcher, J.H. Whilhite, MJ. Stansbury, C.W. Fleming. Second row: H.T. Courchaine, F. Godina, F.E. Graham, S.N. Enos, O.H. Coats, J.V. Warner, S.M. Ellens, K.B. Attaway, G.W. Shephard. Third row: R.R. Carrier, A. Hernandez, T.A. McKenzie, J.G. Hardie, D.H. Moak, J. Hernandez, P.D. McNally, L.L. Wells, F.C. Svoboda. Fourth row: Etoain Shrdlu, J.R. Drayer, O.H. Bateman, CJ. Barnes, D.A. Chronister, W.A. Ward, E. Morales, W.N. Brennan, R.D. Ruiz. LIBRARY IS also a place to get away from the normal routine with the latest magazines, pleasant surroundings. SHIP'S LIBRARY, run by chaplain's yeomen, contains books for every type of literary taste. Top row CE H111 J Robinson IC Benn EE Lewis J Jones Q McAllister Second row C Hawley HJ Steffanoff RW LaFaVre RW Morin BA Olson O Luckett , , Fourth row H Kennedy JA Rodriguez K Benson C Mitchell LD Goettsche JR X Prgyldeg Vqf-led Simon. Fifth row: N.L. Roberts, J. Thames, w. wiiiiamsoh, R. Nichols Reading Materials I THE STAFF of the ship,s news- paper, 'Q The Musket, yock it up over pin-ups and Qvbad jokes. Q' Musket I' remains the Q'Bi-Monthly Miracle l' to to the men who somehow meet their deadline without ulcers. Third row: wo. cox, ER. warli, A.Bf Roberts,,R.L'. Whitney: A.C..White,7 c.A. Rossohl 1 ,p-no .J-I HW .ii 1 A, P 'G f Y! fi , Q' 1 Q 5 fm , ' W 1 ff W f gn B' wf w Q 7 QM ,. 2 f.. 4 WM .sn Y,,.f,f -14.15 -Q 41W 71 , UV' ww mf f . M00: X y X wwf! I-:fr 1 ,i. A Raw X ywxty W in H A, 1 A T 1 5, I ff, Z I 1 COIICGTTS. CREWMAN OF the Admiral,s barge stands stiffly with boat hook at salute. Admiral uses barge for official calls. On June 28, 1956, Rear Admiral VVilliam L. Erdmann, Commander of Carrier Division One, and the officers and men who make up his staff came aboard the Lex for the second time, this time to stay all throughout the Far East deployment. Nineteen officers and 53 enlisted men make up the staff for an organization that commands two other carriers beside the Lex. Most of the enlisted men fill administrative billets because of the immense amount of paper work connected with the job. X2 CARDIV ONE band rehearses on hangar deck, much to pleasure of men working there. Band played several THE FLAG FLIES HIGH By way of proving exactly how much paperwork is involved, the men in the Flag Office had a cake baked to celebrate the one millionth sheet of mimeograph paper that they had run off over a period of a month and a half. Early in the cruise Admiral Erdmann assumed command of Task Force 77 5 at various times it included such other carriers as the WASP, ESSEX, YORKTOWN, and BON HOMME RICHARD. COLD LOOK on leader's face is directed to trombone man who just hit a clinker. IN FLAG plot, main headquarters for the staff's strategic planning for operations, two Commanders view overall situation. CDR BRAINARD TMACOMBER CDR EARLE C. GILLEN CDR ROBERT R. DUPZYK CDR LOUIS W. FISCHER Y VYVY IICDR EDWARD M. VOLZ CDR HARRY NIcCLAlIGHERTY TOP ROW: LCDR E.E. SCHNELL, LCDR G.K. WILCOX, LCDR G.W. BERRIAN Tl-uno ROW: LT w. H. SOMERVILLE, LTJG T.K. CHAMBERLAIN, me 1.5 MAC CABE. Foulm-I ROW: LTJG C. DICKINSON, ENS D.M. GUNN, ENS W.P. DOEDERLEIN. SIXTH ROW: LCDR D.J. JOHNSON, LCDR C.B. KLOMBIES SECOND ROW: LCDR F. G. MOODY, LT J.A. GULLEN, JR., LT R. P. SMITH, S. K. MOUSKY. FIFTH ROW: ENS E.E. ROONEY, ENS A.D. BAETA, ENS- ' I5 I Q , I I BARGE COXSWAIN awaits Admi- ral's arrival knowing all is ready. An OOD about the Flag: When you stop To Think, it's I ,lTop row: R.W. Campbell, C.H. Robbins, A.T. Ebron, W.J. Loux, J.A. Arnold, A. Vahratian. Second :row: J.C. Mefford, W.G. Case, DJ. Faircloth, D.J. Buse, L. Rillera, G. Cabral. Third row: A. Daos, 1R.R.Dacumos, F.A. Lumaghi, C.S. Legaspi, J.A. Achenbach, R.G. Haun. Fourth row: R.E. Wyatt, kind of Funny having 'Jehovah' right under your feet . . . if ZA.D. Pendley, A.T. George, RJ. Fangman, J.F. Aquiningor, A.E. Kerr. Fifth row: D.E. Palmer, Q, Strain, R.A. Deatrick, R.G. Carr. 1 . Top row: J.H. Condon, A.C. Baza, N.L. Maier, H.M. Bryant, D.L. Gleason, S.M. Sanders, C.R. Geyer, E.L. Lormand, R.I. Saden. Second rrowz R.W. Dixon, L.M. Schnell, H.T. Neecham, J.H. McIntyre, G.W. McClung, E.R. Grable, R.H. Meredith, D. Napeal, J.D. Berreth. Third I ow: C.l, Caskey, D.W. Felt, R. VanHoose, S.V. Stamps, R.G. Przybylski, R.R. Rafferty, G.H. Smiley, Hardiman, B.P. Abara, H.A. Gillet. I I J' 'x .4 ,I II I.- l VVWI - XWZWI , I l I if -' 'R Iii If II 'I in ,I1 5 I H, I I I 'II ,, :I rs rI If ir I .I II I II II II I I I I I I is If Il nf II 53 If I1 I I I I x 2 I r P E v R , B E L E i I , li, 5 4 1 w. S. X 4. i 1 K 1 I W V i x L 9 I I 1 I P 1 X l r A Neither Rain, Sleef, Snow... -VF-52 VF-52 served their first tour on the Lexi in 1946 as VBF-5. After operating as the jet transitional train- ing unit in 1947, their designation became VF-52. In 1950 Sea Lancers 'i iievv the new 'Q Panther in the first I Navy jet fighter mission against North Korean troops. In all, VF-52 made three deployments to the Far East during the Korean confiict. For operations during this period the squadron Was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. An all-Weather jet squadron, VF-52 pilots, flying the F21-1-3 'tBanshee, get OH the deck to carry out missions when other planes stay down. TOP ROW. LCDR. C.N. SEAVER, LT. W.J. HENNINGSEN, LTJG H.J. HITES, ENS. D. D. CHAVEZ, LTJG C. R. MC- DONALD SECOND ROW LTJG JH THOMPSON ENS B C SPRAY ENS LC CAMPBELL LTJG RW CAMERON LTJG P N SONNENBURG THIRD CDR. LAUGHLIN BARKER C0 VF-52 ROW LTJG G W MILLER Top row JR Warner RR Field JT KOZH6Sk1 NF Vanderpol DC Allen WA Baum r V111e ga t WK Belong1a LA Boone BI Brake Second row: C.A. Brewer, J.R. Brooks, F.L. Burkhart, W.K. Caldwell, G.M. Cannon, D. Contreras, R.F. Costanzo R,G, Crook. A fix Q' f :Q 4, , A-vi .Q Q Z -1. vw 5 w fx? 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THE SUNDOWNERSH K Fighting One-Elevenf, skippered by CDR Glenn A. Medick, a former combat submariner of World War II, and assisted by the Exec, CDR. Howard C. Lovegrove, has maintain- ed the high proficiency and spirit for which it has long been noted. Founded early in World War Il, VF-111 gained its nickname The Sundowners 'i at the famed Marianas K Turkey Shoot where its pilots set records for downing Japanese planes. VF-111 established even more records during three Korean combat tours and accounted for the hrst officially Navy-killed MIG of the confiictg there at the finish, they participated in the last combat mission to be flown. The squadron won the coveted 1955 ComAirPac Jet Safety Award and has continued with an outstand- ing record of aircraft availability and flight hours during the present tour aboard the Lex. YY - N , . A. ,,. -,. ,-,.,,...-L .. ,, ,.. ..,- if ,- --W I LJ M13 ll' I f f lids Img. I ff' sf fi f 7.1 76 WN L ' -xr f' V,-K . , f ' 6 A, ,. gi. 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J ,wi f , f If Z4 57.-, 43,1 ,I if , f gi ' 'N A ,Wg , . f A - '27 , ,V L 1233 x Chww JM N' 7., ,X , S ,, ,ff WXZN AW . ,N T ' fZ'fMf swf fjff., X , ,ff 'W f M ,W WWWAW if '?Z7 ' 21,2 574 J ff ,Y,,f A! X X 'X X X 4 CDR. GLENN A. MEDICK A CO, VF-II'I FIRST ROW: LCDR. H.C. LOVEGROVE, JR., LT. R.C. BELL, LT. D.E. BRANDENBURG, LT. P.E. O'OARA, LTJG D.D. SCHAADT, SECOND ROW: LTJG J.R. MONK, LTJG R.G. THOMPSON, LTJG D.L. MARTIN, LT. J. B. MORIN, LT. J. P. MILLER, THIRD ROW: LTJG A. E. DERBY, LTJG R. G. BROWN, LTJG N.E. CHAPMAN, ENS. J.T. MILLER, LT. L.E. NELSON, LTJG A.L. JONES, FOURTH ROW: LTJG P. C. CANUP, LTJG L.H. PETERSON, LTJG M.D. HELFER, LTJG E.C. CRAIG, H.L. LAUNDRY, FIFTH ROW: LT. J. B. DOBBINS, LTJG J. F. WHEELER, LT. R. E. LANDIES. 2 I 1 w 1 ff' w i 1 wr M u I HE RD THROUGH THE LA D O I I I I l l I I I I 1 IN THE SHADE OF AN F7-U, A PEEPHOLE AND THREE PEOPLE KNIGHTS WITH CUTLASSES The Black Knights 3' of Attack Squadron One-Hundred Fifty-One are led by Cdr. K.H. Cu Salty UD Moore, Jr. and co-piloted by Lcdr. 'Q Dixie 3, J. Mays. Shifting from their weary FQF Panther's in early 1955, they announced the arrival of their high-strung FTU-3 Cutlass U with the roaring blast of their afterburners. The new aircraft gave VA-151 a new mission as Air Task Group Oneis jet attack squadron, and in this capacity, both ashore and adoat, Q' Black Knights 'I have established many 'qfirstsf' Throughout the present cruise, pilots and maintenance crews have worked long and hard to keep their tempermental mounts airborne for the successful comple- tion of their numerous, intricately- planned, hard-hitting strikes. FIRST ROW: LCDR D. J. MAYS, JR., LTJG W. J. REGAN, JR., LCDR. T. P. f CONROY, LT. E. A. CORBETT, ENS. W. C. ZEEB, SECOND ROW: LT. L. J. DENEY, JR., LTJG C.G. LARSEN, LT. H. R. CRANDALL, LTJG K.E. BEHNKE, l THIRD ROW' LTJG D T BUTLER ENS JE HOWE l, 1 v J i .3 . ti -i I I r I ll' LCDR. ROBERT H. MOORE, JR. I CO, VA-IST li up , R l 205 T. ,, X Top row: C.F. jones W.A. Van Horn L.E. Mason D.A. Robertson R.J. Mullins L.F. Clawson N.V. Johnson G.A. Scott R.R. Trautman Second row: J. Corona G.M. Sperry C.L. Boyd R.C. Heindil H.D. Mattes J.F. Smith J. Zimmerman W.J. Trader. Third row' J. Ahlenslagee D.F. Mclntraff W. Strohm W.J. Crocitto L.R. King J.L. Reason R.W. Stevens R.L. Brown C.W. Looney. Fourth row HD Watson L.C. Provencher J.A. Barrett JJ. Dailey W.A. Shadburn H.D. Travis. fray' Top row: V.A. McNeW, W.F. Feucate, W.R. Fredenburch, J.A. Kettenhofen, C.A. Sayre, S.R. Bryant, J.D. Chaney, R.Conne11. Second row E.L. Cook, R.G. Drake, J.E. Hodge, G.H. Hogue, R.L. Holscher, L. Howard, G.A, Kolk. D.R. Losey, J.L. Martino, T. McFarland. Third row J.V. McKenney, C.W. Myers, W.R. Ochu, H.G. Posey, G.R. Smart, C.B. Smith, D.R. Tolman, A. Washington, C.C. Lescult. Fourth row Posey, Parker, DJ. Kohnke, M.A. Denninger, E.C. Martowicz, J.E. Tudor. ' . I QW XX X X X N X . , S R X A XS ii. XX PAYLOAD FROM PRDPS TOP ROW: LT. R.F. DUNN, LTJG. L.D. HARDWOOD, LTJG. F. E. MCKEAN, ENS. T.A. FELLING, LT. CG. BARLOW, MIDDLE ROW: LT. J.E. WILLIAMS, LTJG C.B. HAWKINS, LTJG. LC. ANDERSON, LTJG W.J. WHITE, LCDR. R.P. MCHUGH, BOTTOM ROW: LT. M.A. PEELE, LE. N.E. DE PUY, ENS. A.P. HAGMANN, ENS. L. J. MARSHALL, LTJG B.G. LIVELY. CDR. ROBERT B. GIBLIN CO, VA-T96 CDR. RODNEY F. SCHALL XO, VA-196 Top row: D.C. Ruh, D.B. Stewart, K.C. Wearin, G.L. Ashford, E.W. Wearin, R.L. Clapper, R.W. Fering, P.W. Rittenhouse. Second row: J.L. Hellum, R.L. Busby, E. Dolphin, R.F. Koch, R.C. Smith, B.E. Ellenburg, B.L. Fielder, C.H. Liedholdt, P.R. Young. Third row: O. Lary, D.A. Sorenson, H.B. Wilson, J.L. Wright, E.K. Will, C.M. Butler, G.M. Hicks, N.G. Webster. M.W. Garrison, Fourth row: G.R. Lundquist, R.L. Collette, R.E. Atwood, L.E. Chase, R.F. Parzino, E.P. Fitzgerald, R. Self. r The only all propellor-driven squad- ron operating from the Lex with the air group are the 'Q Yellow Devils of VA-196. Their aircraft, the Douglas AD-6 'QSkyraider,', is the workhorse of the air group being able to carry its own weight in bombs, rockets and machinegun ammunition. The squadron is trained to carry out bombing, strafing, rocket-tiring, recon- naissance, search and rescue, and anti- submarine patrol missions. A fine safety record includes the Com-AirPac Safety Award for over 10,000 flying hours and 1,200 carrier landings. Top row: K.C. Orbin, T.A. Webb, JA. J0lly, J.E. Williams, LE. Ginsberg, R.F. Darnell. Second row: RJ. Wilson, R.M. Osburn, J.M. Greenwood, RJ. Eiche, G.H. Baker, W.L. Zeebuyth. Third row: G.G. R. Reali, R.P. Janes, J.A. Mead, B.B. Nooner, IT. Boyd. Fourth row: W.E. Keefer, R.W. Montiel, E.E. Wright, R.O. Fowler, R. I. Amundson, A. M. McDonald. Fifth row: C. F. Buckely, R. H. Miller, G. F. Huelter, R.L. Tuckfield, R.P. Bailey, R.L. Taylor. Sixth row: LW. Wittstruck, E.E. Schmidt, E. L. Ranck, J. Fulkerson, M. Zatezalo, G.L. Hayzlett. Seventh row: V.H. Roman, R.D. Slomkowski, D.B. Gomes, J.A. Avram, R.F. Hopkins, E.N. Stafford. Eighth row: W.C. Thompson, E. Morris, T. Bur- rows, A.L. Blevins, CJ. Culbreath, A.L. Adams. Nineth row: P.W. McDaniel, R.F. Schmeizer, R.T. Slomkowski, T.L. Russell, D. Consonnery, J.C. Holder. 1. il Ea 'i l I I l l LCDR. o.R. LTJG D.N. I Mc lNTosH FRYBERGER an i I 9 I g I 1 Z i 2 i LTJG R.V. ENS R.E. ZIMMERMAN MACDOUGALL 2 WEATHER EYES Airborne Early-Warning Squadron 11's mission includes scanning the 5 z skies with powerful radar to detect 5 approaching enemy aircraft, providing , anti-submarine protection, relaying , radio transmissions between ships and 1 distant aircraft, and making weather ,I reconnaissance and ferry flights. f, The all-weather flying capability of 2 this detachment has been utilized ex- I A tensively under all sorts of flying conditions, with the results that a record 800 hours and 230 carrier landings have been made, accident free. iff 214 .QW-V UNDOUBTEDLY THE SILLIEST PICTURE IN THE BOOK IS THIS SHOT OF OVERALLS REPAIRING PLANE. Top row: W. Whaley, R.P. Benoit, E.R. Crawford. Second row: J.H. Dickey, G.E Ellis, C.W. Knox, R.S. Lyon, J.C. Harrison L.B. Horton. Third row: G.H. Jetton R.D. Randall, C. Stafford, J.H. Tomlin, J R. Turner, B.D. Wallace. Fourth row: F Walsh, K.D. Williams, Willis, E.E. Wycoff L.W. Yarbrough. CAKE FOR THIRTY YEARS CAKE FOR 4,000TH LANDING CAKE FOR I,000 CATAPULT CAKE FOR 5,000TH LANDING CAKE FOR PARTY CAKE FOR 6000TH LANDING The Biggest Of Them All Detachment Hotel H of VAH-6 secondary mission is to act as an in- fiies the Navyis largest and heaviest flight refueling tanker. operational bombers operating in the The Lex was the first carrier to Pacific area, the AJ-2. They are an leave the states with an AJ detach- all-weather, high altitude, long range, ment aboard as part of the air precision bombing aircraft. Their group. LT. A. R. WISTL LT. J. F. MOORE LTJG E. Z. HAWKES LTJG LG. SIMPSON ENS. S.D. WHEELER .M Top row: C.H. Bast, W.R. Stewart, R.E. Sullivan, D.R. Satteriield, LC. Williams, R.W Busch. Second row: R.L. Davidson, G.E. Frimann, W.J. Saddler, J.A. Yost, D. Acuna Third row: J.B. Nelson, H.K. Arnold, D.J. Weader, E.E. Clay, Ghee, W. Cashon Fourth row: A.O. Douglas, R.E. Nichols, R.N. Lavow, O.N. Thurman, S. Horlick, Johnson EYES WITH A MEMORY Flying unarmed, sleek new FQF-SP Cougar ,' jets, detachment Hotel of Light Photographic Squadron Sixty-One serves as the eyes that see and the brain Which records for the Heet. These photo-pilots provide the reconnaissance vital to the success of fleet intelligence. Troop movement, airfield activity, flak traps, strike damage-these and more are camera targets the carrier-based teams stand ready to shoot for careful analysis and evaluation back aboard ship. Detachment ul-Iotel,s capabilities increased when detachment K' Delta U joined them from the WASP in September. LCDR. V.N. BROWN LT. T.C. MAUNEY LT. D. G. LYTLE LT. R.S. TINSLEY LTJG F. A. BAUSCH i i Top row: 1.D. Baikie, R.F. Tellas, 1.1. Ritchie, M.P. Tull, L.S. Kegley, G.O. Robinson, R.H. Davidson, R.H. Miller, 1. Benson. Second row: H.D. King, R.C. Barham, U.B. Perkins, Fawcett, 1.1. Novak, C.1. Brannock, L.B. Knoblock, S.E. Elder, L. Armstrong. Third row: L. Roberts, G.W. Van Zandt, C.H. Huff, 1.L. Mullen, 1.1. Rhodes. v ' -- HISTCDRIC FIRST The first air-to air missile team in West Pac and the first in the Navy to complete a deployment aboard a carrier, VX-4 detachment Hotel '5 took the first historic step in bringing a series of new deadly Weapons for aerial Warfare, which will revo- lutionize the concepts of tighter combat, into daily operational use. LCDR. L.D. VENABLE LCDR. M. A. ESMIOL LT. L. P. MORGAN LT. W. MOHLENOFF Top row AG Siebecke LL Lannors VA Nicholson KE McDaniel RL Engle RM Williams, C.Z. Cline, TR. Kennan C.R. Whitney Second row JP Hunt CR William GR Galloway DS Willey WD Luttrell ER Moore, J.E. McKenzie, F.,G. Moore. Third row: ,... '01 1 QA, 1- a ffifffw v I , n.- 0 WR VZ . X f Z ,W- W , .Mm W f MMJY f Hb, ., , Q I . , 424 f-'52 MW . ., f A ,ya-W ff ,ff f. 7397 , W Q s ff : f KK 3 1- ASW! 2 Q W .WWW un f uv if X wax if .Sf ff 3 I ,0H.,..,- ' ' K f .W 1 - m GREEN FLAG FOR TAKE-OFF IS POINTED SKYWARDS, THE WAY IT LOOKS TO PILOT. ANGELS AND HDW! Lifeguards, messengers, all-around workhorses of jobs of every decrip- tion, the helicopters and men of Helicopter Unit One perform a job, the Value of which cannot be measured. It seems difficult, indeed, as you look at the angel hovering above the Lex's Wake or chopping the distance between ships in a task force to a minimum, to imagine a Navy Without them. Utilitarian, vastly important to the Welfare of today's pilots, fighters in their own right as sub-killers, and just plain handy to have around, the uchoppersv and the men who Hy them and maintain them Work on call during all daylight hours. They ,seem to thrive on it. K ixgt X .W f QW J-4 da' A WQX SWQW X W V,S,Nw Q W 4 , UTZQWQW Nglf y xi NZ Q A WEN fwzmw vf 1, ,f ...,...,,, P01113 f xx Kswy WMS X VXA, V X eff? MQX gf ,J X MW, WSWS W MN XWWN KMMOWW0- W f , J f f f Q ef 9 1 W Whgys gfw A7 vw x ,. 'M' TSW fyxZXWj if 696155 M WW Ly f S 0 QWSQ- ff Qmw fw W , EM gg NM ww, x X Q32 Wf V ny! Mx J X . szghwfv dywawtg wa W ..- ff f f,A ? I 5, if Q 5 Yf , ,gil A fm 5: ',,V, Q . ni, .- : 1.435 , , 9 ,, e - -A fi MQW QQ www 'w-f ., v X X a 'Rf gixx Q ML X N W' f y Mm H A . , , . 1 I XWQWX XQNQQQ , ' .Mk - 4 , ww K ,wwnvNsm1:w.w . svw , ww 4, - K- ,, ' 'Nh' , lfwxfk-R:Q:5:ss':.N W, . L..-X lrmti GMGRU 1 LTJG LTJG G.B. GREGORY F.J. FERRAZZANO STAFF ATG-l The staff of Air Task Group One primarily concerns themselves with the ponderous paperwork of organiza- tion and administration so obviously necessary with such a large and diverse group to account for and plan for. Commander of the entire Air Group, CAG,,' is Cdr. Charles D. Fonvielle, Jr. CPO i LCDR W.A. SKON LCDR A.W. LEWIS LCDR J.D. GAY LTJG J.D FRAZIER P.C. SUGHRUE Dill , lif U .. QE 1 s i ivy 1 gal l 'ii lzflli 'Pun' PM lglil ' ew- wir , W l ,E ' H2 if li ps ,I 1' la all Zhi 2 f. U ri ff i lm i f 1 i QV 25 elm l ,gg u- l. i fel: ' fxx -. T3 Q 1, Q. Q .NJ j fa . .-' ,.. 1.x XV 4, 441' .E if-1 . Q E , ,X 1 3,2-, eq' .E INA . . . fo see fhe world, And whof did we see ? We sow fhe seo -mon lond os well. The seo of new faces, waves of new sounds ond sighfs ond smells. The globe, shrunk by wofer fronsporfofion, becomes fhe playground-bozoor of eager men of liberiy. 22 ALQHA NUI KAU-K0 Thus the Lexington Musket 'i heralded a Big Hello from the Lex to Pearl, palms, sand and sun, the ship's first stop on her first cruise. Ofhcerls Wives at Ford Island returned the Welcome by meeting the Lex at the dock' These hula girls of Waikiki may have hailed from Cincinnati, but their friendliness was in the traditional Aloha spirit. Not so salty sailors who expected to find jungles and half-clad natives were surprised. Modern HaWaii's only half- clad natives were those Wearing bikinis. Waikiki Beach, guarded byzthe huge, brown Watchdog mountain, Diamond Head, and splashed by the Waters of an irridescent emerald sea, offered surfing, sailing, swimming and sunshine,. Kala- kavva Avenue offered Don the Beach- comber's, Lau Yee Chafs, the Orchid Room and the big banyan of the Moana. KN .NX F iii- Y NO PALM-STREWN VILLAGE, HONOLULU IS .MODERN METROPOLIS OF ISLANDS, OAHU'S CAPITAL THE BLOW HOLE, WHERE SURF POUNDS VOLCANIC ROCK IT'S A LONG WAY TO CLIMB THE GREEN HILLS 229 N X kk XS ks ff 1 HV ,ff 2 hff M 1 X fff fwh f f-CQ! f ff ff .-. 2 ' efwwx SUN VVORSI-IIPPERS SVVARIVI TI-IE BEACH-LOVERIS IVIECCA, WAIKIKI, POR A DAY OF BASKING TOUR-TAKERS PAUSE TO PAY I-IOIVIAGE TO ERNIE PYLE, NOTED WAR CORRESPONDENT ,-.Y If Q8 fFWiSQIWiI'!dl2i6?W I? Ml ESM I I TIL IN COMMISSION I I II I :I If III li 2625 i, I I I I v SUNK IN THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, THE BATTLESHIP USS ARIZONA STILL FOLLOWS MORNING AND EVENING COLORS. 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V1 F 4 ny ,., 6 5 K THE PATIO-FRESH AIR AND BEER 4 JUDO LESSONS TO JAM SESSIONS Vendor-Free Veranda A great place to start a Japanese liberty - so great that many never leave it -is the Enlisted Men's Club. Deservedly billed as the best EM Club of the Seven Seas, it offers everything from hot baths to hair oil, from a filet mignon to a free movie. For the thirsty sailor there are four drinking spots, for the hungry sailor a restaurant and a snack bar. Dancing partners, judo teachers, a yen exchange, a shipls store, library, barber shop, recreation facilities, and a theatre are all available in this Yokosuka landmark. WHERE THE ELITE OF .THE FLEET MEET TO EAT, AND DRINK, TOO, l at THREE FOR THE ROAD .5 Stoic shopkeepers stare unmoved by spontaneous expres- which, unfortunately, many believe to be the real Japan g sion of good Will and cheer by three convivial shiprnates this it is not. But what it is-a surface attempt to copy who break the boundaries of Souvenir Street and head for unknown American entertainment forms for the benefit of X new territory on the open road. unknovving Americans-for what it is,then, it can be enjoyed l The street they leave behind them is a sailor's landmark and appreciated. ll R 241 l all ,J , ,romeo of p p p W ynwwwwftzi TEA FOR TWO THOUSAND Lexls Hrst anniversary on 15 August saw over 40 maidens from Japan's finest families serve traditional cere- monial tea to a flight deck full of photographers-Working press and relaxing sailors. EARLIER IN Week, Lex gave party for Yokosuka school kids and orphans, seen here climbing aboard Cougarg Yokosuka Mayor returned hospitality, planned tea party. D STAGE ON FLIGHT DECK T0 WATCH AND TO DRINK CEREMONIAL TEA. SAILOR GLEAMS WHILE ACCEPTING BITTER, GREEN TEA FROM GIRL. ' A ' WHILE NEWSREELS GRIND, SKIPPER CUTS HUGE ANNIVERSARY CAKE. 4 f f 4 4, f n im., , X --i2'gffiQ3?i5rS3 W , ,Q , -v . g., ' fl ,a-ya :L 5.4 , 1 ,,,,f X1 Wi: f.-agen-Yi J, ga W :fb X W f V 1 x u P 14 L 4' X X l w X , M , M M b M ,Lg X. 12 ,1 'Ev , v W' w 19 if SH' fm' - 4, - ,Aa KAMAKURA CITY 0F SIIRINES The faded splendors of Kamakura, one t11ne capltal of Japan stlll attract thousands of v1s1tors every year Gnly a short tram r1de from Yokosuka here stand temples and the Great Buddha, remmders of a past 1n Wh1Ch Japan s dehcate culture was being formed. 2 X 4 1 A , an ww 'Dv MVK ff? Q,-v ? 45: 1'- la. vw 1 f www. W ff. f yw 1,94 wr ff 'wwf , iwl' Q 4+ Nw: X ,,,. K- - 'Ki-Qi 4, I fi ,fx 4 M: M if ,f ' J 4X 4 WK 1 A xk,, , XI, Q X bn 1 f. r- YN JN , ,ff Q X W. S?'?X1f SX? .Q . serv -1 ' . f ' MW 13? H5 Y A f .rx Hx A. S' N X ' A 1x.5M- X 5 4X Q S5f xQxix-Y I ir ' Vmf fi ivfxil s V ' ' X7 5 X.., :Mak A 5 Q gsiwr' Q -w .r 'eff f lx :sq 5. fi 'V' Q S5 Q43 it Vw. 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W N 17 f ,pus A ww X 1-PQ, YM-L w-ffl: M ffm, Mfg 9 'Wm 1- in 1 W Q Q 1 ,QW w w V .a 1 11 'Vw iv W! 1 ,Q-QL. THREE HUNDRED GIRLS DANCE IN MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA PRODUCTION AT POPULAR KOKUSAI 250 SAMESAN SOUNDS ENCHANT SAILORS BLOSSOMS AND lanterns decorate Asakusa. Tokyo shopping district. i Emil? K mv THE PINWHEEL, ENTRANCE TO THE GREAT HARBOR KCDBE Gateway To Cultu re FRDM T0llR , ' A BETTER UNDERSTANDING 1 ml, NARA TOUR OFFERS PLEASANT PARK, SEVERAL PAGODAS UNLIKE MOST STATESIDE ZOOS, YOU FEED THE ANIMALS. N I ,ul L1 -HW V! 5 ,i N H 252 CULTURE GLEANED FRDM DSAKA, KYOTO AND NARA TAKARAZUKA CELEBRATED THEATRE Japanese men have their Kabuki for Japanes girls rely on Takarazuka for their theatre and leave vvresting alone. As a matter of fact Wrestling is out of the questions With these girls for they are dedicated artists to the Takara- zuka company living in dormitories there and studying the dance While giving two shows a day. 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Built from the earnings of a patent medicine, Tiger Balm Gardens is the showcase of the Far East-a Disneyland of statues, pagodas and gradens. Like characters in a fantasy he grotesque figures trace the history of the Chinese from several hundred years ago. It is a never-never land Where those with cameras were rewarded with unique subject matter, and a memory not soon forgotten 5 i The thin strip of sand that means romance and pleasure All over the world. -Wonderful Waikiki. Hawaii's fame-the perfect climate for relaxation in the sung the tropical colors you can almost inhale: Honolulu's shoppingg Waikikfs priceless nightlife Cthat always has a priceB And the most beautiful sunsets in the world fks ,.. 55 . ,fa f frf' ,A a . mf, me Q D -5.- 'f : 2 ,..,. ,., , , , w gay. f .x v ,Q , 5 . L L x Ns F ' .A ,Al vp- uf ilk- fi ' ' ,-1:15 4: ' Yi tif 1 ,,,-...,,,-,.,.,,,, ,-,K , , V-M, W.. ,M ., Q N, - .4M,,f..X..,. -.-,,- - ,.-,..,, W , .............- .,1..., ,.-.fwnihg B..-..4,-... Mi:-.v- x H 1 All japan- In the majestic shadow Of Mount Fujiyama, The eternal bond With Nature. The ancient plow in soggy jields -The multitudes under neon lightsg The paradox of progress and tradition mi w V w b 5 ' w. v- 'J I -ff? Q.. rail 4- lv da -! , '-,:,..' '- .v fri-:5 I Z iff? - 3 9 'wg Q' ' . 1 .uh . , , - ,,.. , .arf f' ff , V -ga N1 . l . w '- G ' ax ' .jp H. ,3 , 1 9 sn' 63 my -s:'?..f-fiiwx ,..,. np'-f QW' X ff' I5 fl Q, I .M 1 V ! I W i V The traditional color and rite of the japanese tea ceremony on the flight deck of a modern aircraft carrier The Lexington celebrates her first birthday with an unusual and a glamorous tea party. I E F 1 L I I V 5 'ff '12 V Y V . ' 1 -1 If 3 V The color of personality in the landscape, on the angular conjines of the sideslreets, And in the faces of Hong Kong's hawkers and huddled masses. an W it ' , Q Nm ! l 11 :WWI H Q QQ' 1 Y' ns veg 1 . HH ,. 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SY, ,W , , Q, - -,-,. .. ,, ,., , ...,., - --,, 1... ,.,..--.+-d:nhtL,.:..z4g...-.-.,---.:12-..:f-1..-,-.---fws..f- -mm., Am- ET OFFICERS IiET 'THEIR HAIR DUWLN AND TAKE stiii iiiiiirinmi For Esther Williams it's been a long, long cruise-12 years thus far-and during that time she has been stolen, restolen, shaken, jostled, and her name has been brandished in witty repartee by officers of four navies. Estherj' is an enlarged photo of the glamorous film and swim star, bearing the inscription, To George, with all my love and passionate kisses. The original owner wrote the words. Since 1944, when she was purloined from an Australian ship by the officefs of a U. S. ship, she has graced the wardroom bulkheads of ships of the U. S., Australian, British and Canadian navies. The LEX became host to Esther in Yokosuka on Oct. 29, when Ensign Ming Chang combined the daring of Jones and the cunning of Farragut to win her for the LEX. Dressed as a Japanese yard worker, Ensign Chang boarde dthe USS BOXER and pilfered the prize from a chaotic wardroom Hlled with smoke from some smoke bombs Mr. Chang just happened to have set off. With BOXER defenders in pursuit, Ensign Chang hurled Esther into the harbor waters, where she was retrieved by LTJG's Wilson and Rogers in a waiting LCM and carried to the LEX. Twice officers from the submarine SEA FOX managed to get aboard the LEX, attempting to make off with the trophy. But the LEX's happy new owners foiled both attempts, and as of this writing, Esther is secure and guard- ed in the ship's wardroom. Under the Esther rules, the LEX cannot take her out of the West Pac area, so she wonlt see California with the ship. RESULTS OF KANGAROO COURT IN LEX WARDROOM. THE PLANNERS AND THEIR PRIZE-LTJG C.E. ROGERS, ENSIGN MING CHANG AND LTJG S.B. WILSON. 27 7 4. . mr MQW f x x0 ' 4. ,ff f sf -4 mi . 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