Napa (APA 157) - Naval Cruise Book

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Ufficel-A FIRST ROW, left to right: Lt. fjgl D. D. Watkins, Lt. Joseph Fennerty, Lt. H. C. Carpenter, Lt. Comdr. J. O. Bracken, Commander, R. W. Harris, Captain F. Kent Loomis, USN, Lt. Comdr. R. VC. Lynch, Lt. Comdr. E. duPont, Jr., Lt. Comdr. L. R. Schroeder, Lt. J. C. Senter, lst Lt. C. N. Jackson, USMCR, Lt. M. W. Eckel. SECOND ROW, left to right: Ensign G. A. Bush, Ensign J. T. Ronian, Ensign D. F. Cebhardt, Ensign B. W. Read, Lt. M. Ashby, Lt. ijgl B. B. Wiese, Lt. fjgl D. A. Liercke, Lt. E. R. Zaworski, Lt. W. C. McCutcheon, Lt. A. E. Danzero, Lt. fjgl G. B. Higgins, Ch. Carp. W. T. Morris, USN, Ensign W. D. Taylor. THIRD ROW, left to right: Ensign D. T. Ray, Jr., Ch. Pharm. C. L. DuBose, USN, Lt. Qjgl W. T. Howard, C.P.C. E. Ballard, USN, Ensign H. R. Damon, Ensign E. F. Scott, Lt. M. Glazer, A.P.C. E. O'Neal, USN, Ensign H. J. Strand, Lt. fjgl P. Smoot, Ensign C. F. Piper, Ch. Mach. P. J. Cornmesser, USN, Ensign E. S. McDaniel. Not in picture: Lt. M. P. Corriveau, Lt. R. P. Gill, Lt. fjgl M. Baldwin, USN, Lt. fjgl W. Lewis, Lt. Cjgl W. E. Morris, USN, Lt. fjgl L. Sigunick, Lt. fjgl J. J. Willces, USN, Lt. fjgl T. E. Winchester, Ensign J. J. Burke, Ensign J. H. Hopkins, Ensign J. E. Shifller, Ensign H. F. Soule, Ensign C. F. Tobin, Bos'n S. Chicka. 67

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'mrs avr is APRIL 1945-1245 Pearl Harbor again. Moored at berth B-17. 1335 Commenced debarking prisoners of war. 14100 Completed debarking prisoners of war. 1425 Com- menced debarking prisoner of war casualties. 1500 Com- pleted debarking prisoner of war casualties. 46Woe is me. States out. This is official. 1545 Ambulatory patients and Marine guard detach- ment transferred from ship. 1730 Commenced loading provisions in No. 2 hold. 18415 Completed loading p1'o- visions. APRIL 1945-1145 Cap- tain F. Kent Loomis, USN, reported aboard for duty. Radarmen to Fleet Service School for 3 weeks, Officers to Signal Officers' School, Gun Crews to Waianae AATC. 5 jo ' , 6 V X all Ufficel-A FROM Wardroom to Quarterdeck to Wardroom to the sack to muster to the sack to work to Sick Bay, the unchanging course of life follows its laborious grind. In the true spirit of cooperation, the Shipis Management fights with the Departments and the Departments with the Divisions and out of the tur- moil Lieutenants make Ensign and Ensigns rise to JG. Itis who and what you can do, and for how long that counts. If itfs a Commander-it's an insult, if it's an Ensign-it's a mistake! g From pillar to post or from more barsto less,the work of the day drops in somebody's lap. So, MChip paint, Heaven save me,'7 and back to my rack to complete the twelve hours muster broke up. Itfs a solace and joy to know what work is and to master that function with all possible ease. Three hours a day and ten out for lunch and then Club 0110 is open for business. Our club is like that in the stories you read, where brains are relaxed and tensions eased. Fours, Queens, One-Eyed Jacks and a King with an axe will do more for tinsel than that brass cleaner. You can win, if you're lucky and thereis plenty of spirit even if the color is missing and the flavor is rough. The Mess bill arrives and so aptly termed, uIt's robbery 179 uIt's brutal and more than that, it's a lie ll, The laundry comes back with collarless shirts and the buttons are missing and the pants seams are split. The decks are all rusting, weire too sleepy to see and the liberty s canceled and thereis no stock for the trip Oh' the misery we carry and nobody knows, all steaks and no bacon, all sack and no zest. In volleyball, tennis, softball and craps we lose all our skivvies and tarnish our culis. We, proud through it all for dammit, weive impressions to make and a code to keep up. It's a hare. life that calls us, WI'he Thus we stand first on the list, first at the gang- way and first in the eyes of the advertisements of the nation Who ever saw a Lux, Ponds or an Inter- national Sterling ad without a ubarw? t Q' 1 1 . I X? ! , l Q 9 J ' Call of the Sea.

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.Io APRIL 1945 - 0951 Underway from berth to en- ter dry dock. 1038 Bow passed sill. 1120 Ship in position. water being pumped from dock. 1200 Back on keel blocks again and destined to stay here almost two weeks until damaged part of hull is completely rebuilt 'to orig- inal specifications. A 23 APRIL 1945 - 2300 Bishop, D. J., AeRM3c, re- ceived aboard for duty. From now on we can have weather reports made to order. 27 APRIL 1945 -Robi- chaux, E. J., Slc, while en- gaged in organized recrea- tion fbaseballl at ball field, twisted left thigh while run- ning, causing a muscular strain to left leg fNo. 25521 and was treated wi'th Methyl Salicylate and heat lamp. fOnly the Medical Depart- ment knows what No. 2552 means, we hope lj 1920 Bear- isto, J. R., Sgt., USMC, re- ported aboard for assign- ment to Transport Quarter- master. Lt. Jackson now has staff 'to defend his office against raids by Ship's Of- fice yeomen. e l . QF ' in-3 PEARL HARBOR, T. H., April 10, 1945 With hundreds of wildly cheering WACS perched on the superstructure, the first annual Napa Napa Paint Chipping Contest was run off yesterday afternoon. As expected, the Second Division made a runaway of the event, which was pronounced a huge success by Lt. Bracken, who compared it favorably with sporting events held in Baltimore. r Due to the large number of expert paint chippers, two teams were entered by the Second Division: Castlebury,s Commandos representing the Republic of Texas, and Sanders, Pacific Razorbacks upholding the good name of Arkansas. These teams finished in that order, the winners setting a new 7th Fleet record by chipping 100 sq. ft. of boat deck in 12.13.1. A last minute entry, composed of officers from California who had failed to get oH the ship last Christmas, came in a strong third, having had plenty of practice on their own teeth. The event was run off very smoothly, with the exception of a brief disturbance caused when the Engineers tried to enter a team equipped with a mechanical paint-chip- ping machine, complete with fan, over-the-side disposal chute, and jo-pot. When the judges pointed out that labor and time-saving devices of this nature are un-navy-like, the snipes, peace-loving fellows that they are, retired in perfect order. Napa Napa! ON BOARD U. S. CARRIER, PEARL HARBOR, T. H., May 20, 1945 Near riot features first defeat of the unbeaten Napa hoopsters. Going down to their first defeat in ten games, the Napites fought a tough fight, but the flight boys were a little too rugged. Well trained and in the pink of condition, at least their noses were red, the Napa Napa boys were a little too over- confident. Normal Napa intramural rules were not ac- ceptable to' the high flying boys. They were accustomed to contact from a distance. Accidents will happen, though, and the carrier ace is still trailin' the Napa hot shot. It has been suggested to the Napa team that hand-to- hand combat is a separate sport. Coach Gebhardt has re- plied, 'LYeh! in da women's game, but we ain't no sissiesf' RICHARDSON FIELD, PEARL HARBOR, T. H. May 18, 1945 Full of high spirits and Schlitz, the '6N,' Division piled into a shipward bound P-boat this afternoon, victors over the Engineers, 4-3, in the crucial game climaxing the Napa softball league program. Low in spirits, but full of Schlitz, the snipes followed, brooding over the cruel fate that dropped them in the rolling Hawaiian dust after leading the league parade all season. D A play-by-play account of the game will be found else- where in this issue, along with the ship's office plan for maximum leave and liberty in the States Suffice it to say here that the play as usual was fast errorless and of major league caliber that the beer truck as usual was late and that the two teams parted the best of friends That s the Navy way after all The treatment given to the umpire behlnd the plate who lost the count with the score tied bases loaded and 3 and 2 on the batter may have seemed severe to some but this IS war and the morale of the men IS lmportant Friends of the umpire may V1Sll him ln sick bay tomorrow The softball season lS over Now for the Battle of Seattle' l - . l 68 . I a B I I I