Princeton (CVA 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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L ii A X , I i I w N F i 1 . r wrestling with a mile of mooring lines ,fr 4 Yokosuka's buoy No. 10 bucks in defiant resistance l A FirstDll s i t . ' s . . L,,.,.f' 1 ' forward Deck' Seamanship Main Battery g ' I ' l'4Scott, B. W., 2nd section, lst Working the hook, unloading 100 pound .' division, USS Princeton, a flour bags occupied his next two hours. At 1, name and a number to the Bureau of Person- 0730 he finally had some time off as the 4-8 2' nel, one of ninety-three men of the lst Divi- watch manned the transfer station while N c sion, but as an ordinary seaman, vitally im- HlO11gSide the ammo Ship. 1000 meant the portant' to the Opeiatiqns of the Princeton, tanker would be refueling the Princeton and I-Iisijob isn't glorious like a pilot's nor drama- Our Weary tired Sailor had to help load 70 T tic like a radarman's. Sometimes the sea- bags of mail, 40 54-gallon drums of Oil, 6,000 ' matfs task' takes guts, sgmetimes it takes pounds of freight, and movies. All through r stamiiigg his Watches can be boring, his day at noon, just in time for chow. 1300 means gi dreary, his nights sleepless but without him SWeeperS and the cleaning station on the lf , 3 the Navy hash't 3 bagkbone, forecastle. 1330. . . Man all stations for gun- V ' 3 l Let's Consider this man'5 day, Eight Sep. nery exercises . . .up to mount 52 where the ig E tember is typical and the rest of his division gunners have been busy getting ready for the ' did exactly as he did. He had the mid-watch, three hours of intensive AA firing. Now a U four dreary hours at a gun station. Going condition III watch again, the first dog. just ' oHf watch didn't offer any help for his drowsi- an ordinary day. Pay: 38 cents an hour. No EL Cf ness because he had to go to chow and stand complaints, morale excellent. That's the lst f fo by the forward transfer station at 0500. Division of the Princeton. gym First Row: H. C. Strominger, R. F. Hatch, 1. N. Bar- high? I rett, Ens. R. A. Chalmers, I.. fnj Zoltanski. Second ffhir' - almost every day is the Fourth of .luly in the combat zone ROW-' F- W- FW, C- A- Wilson: T- UU Tefmmef QSM as thelforward five inchers speak their lines ggrfieqfordonf C' L' Hana D' E' Brungafdtf M' C' ypukg l I u

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f f f MW W- .vm iw Lcdr. John Sawula, Gunnery Officer A warship has power of offense, but must be equally concerned with its defense. A carrier's planes are her offense, her guns are de- signed primarily for defense. The gunnery department is a carefully trained group of men who can man instantly all anti-aircraft batteries to guard the ship against attack. The lives of the crew and the safety of the ship are in gun- nery's hands. Eternal vigilance is the price of safety. Constant readiness demands endless drill and practice. All guns must be maintained in top condition. Look- outs scan the skies. Powder maga- zines must be inspected and main- tained. The men of the gunnery department are the ship's life in- surance. 4 When not at their battle stations, housekeeping and seamanship evo- lutions, painting, chipping, scrub- bing, mooring, docking, make the day of a deck hand short. Odd jobs, menial tasks, expert AA lir- ing, transfers-at-sea, the front and back porch Qforecastle and fantailj, and liberty boats are all the respon- sibility of the Gun Boss and his CICW. .ff Lt. J. B. Rechen, First Lieutenant Lt. C. E. Tufts, Air Defense Officer Ens. R. B. Cameron, Gunnery Depart- ment Administrative Officer

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