Princeton (CVA 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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32171 ,fi ' r FY y A,,, 'li- QW I 1 s Y I 4 r I 1 4 E' gi 1 ark After Deck Seamanship The second division of the ' J Gunnery Department has two major functionsg they man the after five- inch guns, and are responsible for deck seamanship on the fantail. The division is alert at all times to train their big guns and to keep them in readi- ness. Deck seamanship on the fantail includes several important contributions to the ship's teamwork. First of all, the men of the division rig for highline transfers be- tween the Princeton and other ships. It's a neat bit of seamanship to handle the lines for safe transfer of men and valuable afternoon of firing means evening of work W X4 X wi s fr.f ff Main Battery material from one ship to another. From the firing of the shot line to the fastening of the stout Manila high line itself, skill and knowledge to the utmost degree is required. Next, these same men maintain and operate liberty and life boats, including the officers personnel boat. Finally, the job calls for less glamorous but very neces- sary chipping and painting. The fantail gets rough use, in fact, the men are sure that at the moment they get the deck freshly painted, the fateful words will come, Now man the after transfer station! So they paint it again tomorrow. k Cl' us Sullivan Ens johnson Ens Berry Ens McBurney, Ens. Butcher, Eads Sin First Row: Meadows, Trobough, Shoema er, iiss , , . , . , . Peiger, Britton, Parren. Second Row: Demoss, Ford, Dodd, Forbes, Holt, Rush, Roycraft, West Milton, Smith, Morsey, Easterwood Garrison, Pillard, Mikkelson. Third Row: Box, Wilding, Elie, Wilson, Dendy, Morris, Billington, Peck, Meyer, Lechner, Hooper Bennett, Speck, Karnes, Swingle, Boisseranc. Fourth Row: Helquist, Bakker, Hebert, Wesley, Quackenbush, Goss, Mashburh Sawyer Moody, Camugnaro, Sharpan, Sominers, Nipper, Quillen, Bradshaw, Schell, Garcia. f

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I 1 V the officer s ' iaunch is lowered for a swim in another brand of seamanship is demonstrated as Yokosuka Bay line handlers secure the Princeton to Piedmont Pier Q ff A f X Miz Q4 .4151-2 I Webs, '- f aaaa is 'sf X3s-vW' ' U!! Wfwfimi-K -ff? 5 We 5,7 ,fy ,,,,, I 5,:.,.,.. Y There for a minute I thought I sawa face in that p0rthole!,' ' less skill-more time fantail transfers require skill, timing, and teamwork I82 I -

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I wr, W-,,,,,, ,.,.,., NL. . , . :V - . . 9 destroyer-makes starboard slde as third duvlslon sailors show first class seamanshlp r,rr t rr.r...rr..,. , ,,,, ,sss,s ., W... , .W f . .. 1 S 'W' Y, may ,,,,, Wyffzss arf V, , , ,,,,., we .xx ,fff ,si f 4, 4 YNY.. f xM,ita,,i .V ,,,vfWf.. +Qf f'f!f'fs is M Wifi X-ssiwferf. ifff'W,f,W'Wf 1f!Wft5s.S?'Vr W iff' A3 55:1 - .wwfwf Q sf if to q -Q... 5 ' ,mf . f ' 1 5 sssf f 9 The Third Division, aptly called the terrific third, has good reason to be a proud and happy division. From an untrained crew which came aboard in Bremer- ton has developed a closely knit, well-trained organization which is best recognized for the records established at the forward burtoning and fueling stations. Cognizance of their abilities for excellence was acknowledged by ComAirPac when they set a new fleet rearming record, with the USS Alstede, handling 156 tons of bombs per hour. Their duties are not confined solely to replen- ishment and refueling details, they are also res- ponsible for the quarterdeck, the forward gang- way, No. 2 motor launch, and the forward 4Omm. battery. 'Although the latter is the ship's secondary battery, it is the third division's primary concern, as can be attested by the num- ber of sleeves downed during the many firing exercises. lst Row: C. W. Culy, D. 1. Hamilton, J. D. Landon, I. B. Clark, D. R. Hyde, T. T. Trujillo, L. S. Federico, E. L. Steger, LT fjgj H. N. Martin, H. C. Sandell, A. C. Winton, G. D. Morse, W. S. Federico, D. I. Shea, P. N. Gallagher, G. E. Taylor. 2nd Row: j. R. Bailey, R. L. Hyde, W. W. Rowe, I. j. Rak, W. G. Lynch, D. R. Perryman, C. S. Dickison, j. R. Grader, D. L. Campbell, M. Booth, W. H. Issenmann, H. R. McLucaS, R. R. Vaughan, M. R. Scali, F. Ceballos, A. F. Brown. 3rd Row. W. E. Madden, R. C. Perkins, B. H. Grijin, G. C. Feazel, F. Sommer, D. jefferson, G. I. Bailey, W. H. Washington, J. E. Considine, R. H. McKenzie, J. I. Dobbs, H. E. Burge,'j. j. Scully, D. j. Manness, R. C. Mabery, I. M. Scott, P. H. Thomas, R. H. Tolman, D. E. Eberhart, E. j. Dambley. 4th Row: R. E. Crowl, P. L. Barlow, T. A. Hernandez, C. B. Harbach, j. N. Catsban, C. R. Grant, j. H. Freeborn, F. I. Dufrene, F. I. Anstett, P. G. Cupis, C. E. john. Li