Lexington (CV 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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our flyer, and the destroyer boys eat ice cream and get a whiff of fresh fruit. It is in the tradition that for every airman picked out of the drink', the carrier pays tribute in gallons of ice cream. All Navy airmen have a soft spot in their hearts for the destroyers. In Navy lingo these tough and doughty ships are affectionately dubbed cans,', they do all the mean and many of the heavy chores of a task force, and they are known for dishing out and taking punishment out of all proportion to their tonnage. The imposing, awe-inspiring array of Naval vessels now assembled in this quiet sector of the Pacific is evidence of how much the fleet has grown since Pearl Harbor. Aircraft carriers dominate the picture. Great CV's, sister ships of the Lex, CVE's, escort carriers, and off on the horizon the gaunt, unmistakable silhouette of the Sczmzfoga, a sister ship of the old Lexington. Not far from us rides another grand old war bird, the big E, the Enterprise. While meandering around on the flight deck getting pictures of the boys lolling around, play- ing games, sunning themselves, the Captain's voice comes barking from the bullhorn telling me, and incidentally all hands, there is a good picture to be had if I can get to the fantail in a hurry. I sprint down to, and along, the full length of the hangar deck, dodging around and under planes, arrive breathless at a hatch leading to the fantail where I bump squarely into F rank Morris. Morris, war correspondent for C 0ZZz'er's Magazine, is breathing a little sharply himself. When he heard the Captain's message he concluded that where there is a picture, there is also apt to be a story. It was a good try but we both muffed it. A destroyer had come in to deliver a pouch of secret mail, but the maneuver had been quick and so smooth that when we got there it was all over and the destroyer was already heading for somewhere else. There are not many methods of taking things easy on a carrier, but we try all of them. Reading, studying, sleeping, poker, and in secluded corners maybe a nice little crap game. Sometimes it is sit and chew the fat, and sometimes it's just plain sit. Any two men that are not doing one of these things are sure to pull out their pocketknives for a game of mumblety-peg.

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