Los Angeles (CA 135) - Naval Cruise Book

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Assigned to the ship on temporary additional orders While operating in the Far East, l-lU-l Division plays an important role in shipboard life. The helicopter aboard is a HUP-2, or helicop- ter, utility. lt is used for many duties that vvere formerly performed by destroyers such as making daily guard mail trips while in task force to each ship in the force. Besides this they are used for air-sea rescue. The vvhirly-bird is used for gun spotting, cargo carrying, aerial photography, mine spott- ing, and even taxi service. The duties of the l-lU-l Division include maintaining records of flights, keeping the 'copter in A-l shape and flying as crew members. . x gg R. E. COURTEAU, D. E. HAUGEN, LCDR.J. R. KRONE, F. T. BAUGHN, W. D. HAWTHORNE

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The daTe was l5 February l955. The place, iusf ouTside l-lonolulu. The USS Los Angeles was carrying The Tour-sTar Hag of Admiral Felix B. STump. There were special meeTings and briefings in Flag F'loT, in The Admiral's cabin and in The vvardroom vvhere high ranking officers from many separaTe commands had gaThered To vviTness The work of our division ..... Special Weapons. Then There were The many Times The hangar spaces were resricTed. The exacT work of The G and W Divisions musT remain a mysTery, buT a few general Things may be menTioned. We were making some environmenTal sTudies on The condiTions in The hangar area. Those long cables were recording vibraTional shocks To deTermine if The hangar area is suiTable for The sorT of Work we had To do. We kepT conTinuous readings of TemperaTure and humidiTy daTa ThroughouT The cruise. lSingapore was iusT a sukoshi hoTTer Than Manilal. The imporTance of our work can be inferred from The TacT Than The average Navy Time Tor The personnel in our division is ll.7 years, much of which was spenT in specialized Technical Training. f TWV ff',l Gil '.r.s 2:.f'. 5 fm 3 few X? i Ls xii ' T T .i.. 45 T . . . sl I WE . ' Pr- 4 - AT-'Vw R Q 6 , XTIQDY x 0 . 5' ' I ' 'ak e i S 3 ' X y : Q 1 0 XX lx J w N an D, , i FirsT Row: R.J. LEFEVRE, M. F. BOOS, W. A. DAGDIGIAN. x, '. ' ' second Row: vv.vv. vvEAvER, LT. E. W. FRAKER, LCDR.O. D. HUGHES, H.B. MARKS. J' ' Third Row: Hu. TRUDRUNG, sc. HILE, vv.N. JOHNSTON, H. F. Norms.

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