Lunga Point (CVE 94) - Naval Cruise Book

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WD. X CHANG He was just a six weeks old Boot when he re ported aboard for.duty on 14 May 1944, but he rapidly advanced himself in rate to the point that he was rated K9 gc before we got under way from Astoria on 5 june 1944. In spite of the fact that he was one fourth German Police and three fourths Chow, he carried himself with the pride and dignity that would do justice to the snootiest canine in the American Kennel Club registry. Chang was a sailor from the start. H rapidly mastered the technique of climbing the many ladders around the ship, was the first one to get to the flight deck when General Quarters was sounded, and the first at the head of the chow line when chow was piped down Furthermore, the roll of the ship never bothered Chang, even on that long Shakedown Cruise When in port, Chang never left the vicinity of the after gangway, which was his Sentry Post, that is, he didnit at first. Finally, as he grew rapidly, and the 'fcall of the wild beck oned to him, he jumped ship at North Island one day in- August 1944, but when we returned from a ten day cruise, Chang was waiting for us at the dock from which we had departed He went to Captains Mast and was given ten days in the brig on cake and wine and the punishment at first seemed to have the proper effect However about two weeks before we de parted on our business trip he jumped ship again at North Island Undoubtedly he had a girl friend near there because he hid himself so well that the results of six different searching parties from the ship looking high and low around Dago Coronado and North Island were to no avail It was therefore with a genuine feeling of sorrow throughout the ship that we had to give up the search for our first mascot Chang a Plank Cwner and a Shell back Chang had gone completely A W O L We have a feeling however that Chang re grets his action now because a number of the crew have received letters with the information that Chang IS still at North Island waiting for the Lunga Poznt to return When he does re turn he will get more cake and wine but we will all welcome him back because he 1S st1ll our Mascot

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'X R SCC llX Having given up our seareli for Clhzing, and knowing that it is very bad luck to go lo sea without a dog for a inasciot, we set about to get another HShip's Dogfi XfVe visited the clog pounds in Dago. Coronado, and National City, as well as the S.P.Cl.A. kennels in those places, but could not find a dog suitable for the Lzmga Point. Finally, a Sergeant of the Coronado Police, whom we had enlisted in our futile search for Chang, felt so sorry for us that he gave us his own dog, a pedigreed Scotty, whom we ac- cepted so readily that we even forgot to ask his name. What we wanted was a dog, and we wanted him now, because we were getting underway that afternoon on our business trip. just thirty minutes before we got underway, , . c:Scotty reported aboard for duty, promptly making love to one of Bosin Luck's beauti- fully decorated posts on the Quarter Deck, and eyeing his new surroundings with doubtful misgivings. Such a sudden change of sur- roundings in the life of a gentleman dog! Scotty was not the sailor that Chang was, because, for the first two weeks, he could not take food or water. How he lived we do not know. He was without doubt the most un- happy looking creature we have ever seen on four legs. He simply could not comprehend all the strange noises on the ship, nor could he understand or appreciate the constant roll of 176