Oriskany (CV 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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CDR T. W. Hillis Navigafor AVIGATION Department knew exactly where the ship was every minute of the cruise. On the bridge, officers and quartermasters took point fixes every 30 seconds while at sea. CDR Hillis, the Navigator, matched the famous Bowditch all the way from Mayport to Izmir, and back again to the States. During the first half of the cruise, LT DeGroote served as the ship's first assistant navigator, to be succeeded by LT Tennes on the return trip. ENS Drake was first junior division oHficer, followed by ENS Barnes. Title of Saltiest Sea Dog on the bridge went to Chief Windrem, with his rakish chapeau and bifocals. On the cruise, Windy added to the knowledge of mariners by noting that the star, Denebola, could be observed during daylight, a fact unknown to man prior to this cruise. Around the coffee mess, Jimmy Fitzgerald was known as a cool man with the wheel in a rough sea, chess-playing Jimmy Spahn as a source of nautical knowledge, Texas Lt. E. Tennes Assistant Navigator Slater as the foghorn who could be heard on the foc'sle without the aid of phones when entering port, while of Bob Bowser it was said, HNext to the Captain comes Bowser. Unlike other divisions, Navigation often enjoyed staying aboard as much as going ashore while in port. As a result of two visits to the French Riviera allhands in the division now have one overly-developed eye. This came from fas- cinating hours on Long Glass Liberty. No one told us why, but Navigation also included the Shipis Band. Under the direction of Chief Musician Flip- pen, the band rendered military honors, played at cere- monies and receptions, and gave out with be-bop and swing for the crew after noon-day chow. The nineteen musicians voted their shore duty at the Merchant Seamen'S Club in Naples best in the Med. In addition, they had H combo working at the Scandinavian Club in Genoa, and many of the guys usat ini, with French musicians in clulJS all along the Riviera. 3 . .

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N Division THIRD ROW ileft to Rightkz G. E. Nadeau, QM3: L. F. White, QMSN: J. R. Freehan, QMSN: N. G. Woods, SN: D. W. King, SA: R. M. Bansfield, QM2: A. J. Richter, QMSN: G. A. Wingard, SA: R. A. Klein, SA: F. D. Waltz, QMSN: R. Bowser, YN3 .... SECOND ROW fleft to Rightj: D. Wilson, QM2: C. Thompson, QM3: J. F. Astley, QM2: D. H. Watson, SN: J. B. Kane, SN: S. Slater, QM2: M. w. Perkins, SA: J. D. Phelps, QMSN, P. L. Gfeller, SA: H. M. Rainwater, QMSN: R. E. Vance, QMSN .... FIRST ROW fleft to Rightj: W. E. Walls, QM2: J. E. Fitzgerald, QM1: ENS J. P. Barnes: LT E. Tennes: CDR T. W. Hillis: ENS R. F. Drake: R. W. Windrem, QMC: J. N. Spahn, QM1: J. A. Creighton, QM3 .... Missing when picture was taken: J. C. Green, QM1. S If ' JN? fY f N - Q . l V it . J R K hvS..A'55,.m..Q. - -L f , I 3 A X , The Navigation Bridge, secure from spray behind plate glass 150 feet above the water, served as home to the savviest and saltiest sailors aboard the Oriskany. There CDR Hillis read the stars, Cap- tains Lyon and Lambrecht paced a watchful way, and Chief Wirldrem cocked a snook at terra Erma. . , f , -4 .,,m,,,,, ,,,f..,' .J . ,V . 2 , ff - . ff ,,,..,y., Wwf Q , , x 5 iw . ,..,f ,f f lg 4 ga ,Wg g , f K 4 A f f ,ff