Nicholas (DDE 449) - Naval Cruise Book

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fy! ,1 Top Row CL to RD: J.N. Davis C,J, Tittlebach, N,G. Baake, J.W, Trantam. MIDDLE ROW: W.O, Mallory, J .T. Shook, M,G, Smith. Bottom Row: R,A. Blake, R,D, Herndon, W, Theriot. Top Row CL to RD: D.P. Gardner, S.J. Balbach, R,C, Lester. Middle Row: G,M. Morrison, E,J-, Hunger, L,G, Southworth. Bottom Row: R,D, Fliss, M,J, Curton, K,A, Miller. if f

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. ,, f, zmf ww Top Row CL to RD: K. Buckley, D,J, Hill, W,G, Franklin, A,E, Siter. Middle Row: R,L, Poser, G, Jensen, G. Bush, Bottom Row: T,C, Abrams, L,D, Benedict, A.J. Houghland. B Division Getting ready--ORI--sorry about that--54 superheater--one day late--Aloha--trans- it--Midway and Guam--pounding--what's Yankee Station?--standby For 27 knots-- faster--standby for i0--Kaohsiung--mail? ---casrept--53 boiler--trisodium--Gomp- ers--fuel oil--boil it out again--'isn't Franklin married yet?--new MPA--break him in--Black Cat--evil ,spirits--37 days --mai l--underway--watch your auxi lliary --black out of one--smoking lamp is out- -phantoms--O longapo--Aloha Cbari--the gate--go in pairs--Charlie Brown--NSAR --what's PIRAZ?--Reeves--Bonnie 81 Clyde--expect to steam at lO knots throughout the night land dayl--Firesides --gnrep--line up the whistle--break away -- 3 again--showers--no showers--PMS --MDC--water--more feed--you're drag- ging steam--transit--Okinawa--Yoko-- yard birds--comshaw--superheater header --liberty--when the work is done--cold iron--set safeties--lift--seat--pop--sim- mer--600 hours already--roll those tubes --watersides-- punch tubes--new CMAA--our own chief-- tough S.P.--mast--hydro to 95l--sat--un- sat--light Fires--special sea and anchor detail--Subic--Davis--East End--53 again --Yankee team--if you think we're smok- ing, look at the Connie--29 knots--4knots --ASW--secure superheaters--midwatches --blow tubes--you're smoking black again- -unrep--one hand For the ship--Hong Kong- -muster all restricted men--RAR--Suzie Wong--stay out of trouble--9:00 liberty, sometimes--only Five days--shift boilers-- secure main--light Fires--standby to an- swer all bells--NSAR again--the buoy--lO knots--more water this'time--iunks--noth- Ing else--unrep--one hand For yourself-- only I5 days--what are we doing here?-- Qun line--Vung Tau--they don't shoot back --anchor--bang--l200-rounds--how many hooches did we hit--anchor again--head for home--52 stack--only two days in Subic --who cares--we'll make it--last transit-- homeward bound--Aloha! ?

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Top Row CL to RJ: M,G, Moore, S,R, Thomas, K,W. Manning, M,K, Weaver, T.J Wincek. Middle Row: G,C. Sampson, A,K, Mueller, H,J, W11shusen, W,E, Dugan Bottom Row: E,J, Darsey, D,L, Bishop, J.S. Price. Division The Devil contracted the Navy For a new piece of hell, T He named it the Engine Room and he named it well. Said the Devil, We need to populate this maze of steam pipes. We'll make 'em hot, sweaty, and greasy, and we'll call 'em snipes, They don't have to be smart, l'd prefer them dumb, l'll teach them to live on hard work and rot-gut rum. Four on, eight off, with too little sleep to catch, Thinking about the next port, the next iob or watch. But after their hitches are through, they know damned well, They'll sure go to heaven, For there is no greater hell. T