Lowry (DD 770) - Naval Cruise Book

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L pracfice. Below lefi' is a bunch of 'rhe boys peering our on fhe wafer. Could be for any number of reasons bu+ probably someone spo++ed a beer boHle floafing by and now +hey're making befs as +o where ii migh+ have originaied. a Below righl' is an evening shof of Mounl No. 44 fhrowing some lead. Aboul' +his fime +he Lowry 'ik IQ' Here's Brown again. Whaf a man he furned our fo be-or did Lee wani fo immorfalize fhe only lime he ever benf on a signal? On lhe righf is Lf. Roberfs of Sky For- ward. He says if was a liHle rough geffing under fhe Flag bag wi+h fhe big helmef on during condi- fion I-Easy buf he usually made if all righf. Of course noi righl ai lirsl' buf only affer considerable 4 was beginning 'ro hang up her record for being one of The besf shois 'ro ever go 'rhrough San Diego. We really began fo raise parficular hell wifh The sleeves and drones 'rhey sen+ us +o pracrice on. Yes, looking back fo shakedown is when we really earned a repufaiion for gunnery, and from fhen on we never fool: a back seam' +o anyone, where i+ was concerned.

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A+ Pearl Harbor Caplarn Marlin was relieved commanding officer by Commander E S Miller who had accompanied us from lhe Srales We all haled +o lose Caprarn Marian Hed been a good skipper and ihe experience he had piled up while serving on deslroyers for I5 years had cerfarnly slood us rn good sfead and helped lo make us lhe line ship we were Top lell rs fhe whole crew on fhe forecaslle awamng for ihe order Fall rn ai quarrers and fhen The rnspedron would begin A+ 'rhe rrghl' IS L+ Kelly s O Division gefhng fherr usual well done af rnspechon Below lefl Thafs Ensrgn ngels wrlh hrs l0O mission Below righl. Capfain Marhn and Caplarn Muller are crash cap a+ lhe 'Far end Theres no 'rrouble a+ all inspechng rhe Isl Drvisron You can see Edwards spolhng Moran Pe ron Mrlnes Morley Hampson Sfell Shaw Ryan Roy Sybel and NelSOI1 Hauan Hoi Todd Tay or and Mrrra

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F i t E i 3 2 y , E 1 5 1 I I l l x . 4 .4 1 l i 'z 1 l l 1 1,1 f This is ihe crew of No. 42 wi+h ihe 'rhree lime winner of l'he Purple Hearl' lrhe whaleboall looking on in 'Phe background. No. 42 was- 'rhe pride and ioy of Holbrook who swears he would have married 'I'he gun if she could have cooked. Here s Ll. Lall and Lf. Kelly ssfhng on lhe dlreefqr, They are undoubfedly lying 'lo each ofher aboui rhe old days in rhe Solomons or arguing like hell' as lo who had fhe nexl wafch. Clabough is siH'ing on fhe sidelines in his usual exuberani manner, The direcror, more fhan any orher perl of 'lhe ship, was the scene of many a bull session on assorfed subiecis wifh never a conclusion reached. Here's 'lhe slack ZOMM group. a none foo pleasan+ place for a general quarfers sralion. Seemed .85 rhough 'rhe engineers look some sor-I of 'riendlsh delighi in wai+ing un+il everyone was on slalibn and +hen emi++ing large gusrs of oily smoke, sool. and olher obnoxious maHer. In shorl order eve Y' one in fhe viciniry looked like fhe end man in 3 minsrrel show. In addi+ion, i+ seems as +hough H19 Wfnfl is always windier, and fha rain is diff? ramuer when you're siHing our here in The mldds of nowhere,