Noa (DD 841) - Naval Cruise Book

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ff ' P76830 dmd swf' he vs' L , up ane 1-Uli an 2 U Karlskrona! 'dd' X The town of Karlskrona wishes its A ' , merxcan guests heartily welcome ith 1 a warm hope that ygu will have a good tlm e in our naval port. Bleklnge is mostly known by 't I 1 s natural lovellness. Karlskrona is a summer town and the inhabitants are, very see-minded. We have the real 'cruising wa,- ters ju st for sailing. The t own has obout 33 000 hahifn f' . . and another m ed The Mayor took nart In another tour of msoectlon on W ne Escorted by Cant. R. E our abo the destroyer USS N0 be ed oak an W 0 adrmrn nava S d t Dra t We Crew e e Destrviiritxr? clgbllcc :cd IS nog' s

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B IIIVISIII lsf Row l fo r: Marfenies, Vincenf, Bar- ringer, Chief Carr, Mr. Cooper, Chief Mai-fi-nef, Ruvio, Doherfy. 2ncl Row: Daulfon, Coppins, Phillips, Sfevenson, Hockenbury, Taylor, Bunney, Gore. 3rcl Row: Hodneff, Runclall, Bullock, Dean, Dingus, Johnson, Jackson, Godwin. 01712 Jim ' B is for Black Gang and somefimes we're black. B is also for Beggerly, Boilers, Eilges, Blowers. Burners . . . 'rha+'s why fhey call us 'rhe B Division., Someiimes, on long days. we see The lighf maybe 'rhree fimes a clay . . . for chow. The weafher is consfanf where we come from . . . hof and muggy. You mighf say we're chemisfs ofa sorf . . . we Turn oil info sfeam. lvl is for Machinery. . .should be N for noise. We gof Turbines, generafors, fhroffles, pumps, sfrainers, sepa- rafors and-many ofher noisemakers . lf you gef fired of your leisurely, quief life up 'rhere on deck drop down fo fhe engine rooms for a liffle acfion, a liffle conversafion and a liffle of fhe besf coffee on 'rhe ship. lf 'rhe boiler boys are chemisfs fhen we're magicians . , . we furn sfeam info mofion . . .fop fhafl Q M IIIVISI-ll Isf Row I fo r: Hangen, Kane, Chief Hopkins, Mr. Black, Shulfz, Mudcliman, Cihy. 2ncl Row: LaHa,ie, Davis, J. B., Perse-ghin Sfroup, Haclley, Gilliland, Kar- pacs, Messeinier. 3rd Row: Welichko, VanHorn,' Hagen, Mayer, Fern, Goos- man, Lawrence, Richards, Davis, J. .L

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v .45 THE Klll UA Al ltlere is fhe frip we've been looking forward 'ro . . . a look af rural Germany from fhe ship , . . a neaf frick. The locks leading fo fhe canal gef crowd- if Enfeflnq fhe canal . . . easy does if. Typical rural scene. ed and we receive a friendly nudge from fhe Benham. The canal grows narrow as we meef large ships going fhe ofher way buf we squeeze by . , . quarfermasfer, answer fhaf dip! , . . Families work- ing in fhe fields sfop fo wave us on pasf more farms, under fhe beaufiful bridges, around bends and finally on fo fhe locks af fhe ofher end of 'rhe canal. !One of many bridges. Leaving fhe canal.