Randolph (CV 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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-we s s burned. Syzmanslci and Keene were seriously burned, This was a horrible blow. Again fhe ship sef ou'l'. This proved fo be our lag warfime cruise. Sevenfy-six days af sea under warfime condifions off fhe coasf of Japan never once found fhe members of fhe deparfmenf napping. ln spife of a de. plefed crew, sorely overfaxed equipmenf, and long hours on dufy, fhe deparfmenf afforded consfanf and con. finuous communicafions. The men had been excellenf and devofed in fheir worlcg fhey were qualified in every respecf. The officers had been fhoroughly frained and qualified. ln facf fhe deparfmenf had shown ifs worfh. lfs warfime record sfands as a glowing credif. There were ofher services rendered by fhe deparf- menf fhaf are worfhy of credif. The Dawn Aler+ , lafer named fhe Sea-V News , was published daily even fhough in warfime condifions. The fremendous volume of money order business done by fhe posf office under Lf. Kinney and posfal clerln Ryan and his cohorfs, is fhe envy of fhe fleef. Hense's space saving mail rack is being copied by fhe fleef. The prinf shop produced a picforial series of papers fhaf give a record of our cruises and will be lcepf as memenfos. Our deparf- menf has confribufed much fo fhe welfare and morale of fhe ship: Marfine fafhered fhe carfoon Randy and ofhers fool: an acfive parf in fhe acfivifies of fhe ship, an example of which is fhe facf fhaf K-I won fhe bond selling confesf. When fhe men refurn fo civilian life fhey can be proud of fheir warfime record. Cerfain memories and anecdofes may sfand ouf, such as: Gerolsfein's musical accompanimenfs in fhe prinf shop: Lilly Dache's haf sfyles as worn by Tessagliag fhe fales of Marner, Wyllis and Tumosa abouf Japan: Panzer's cigars: and fhe re- sourcefulness of Boofhe af finding food and painf. To fhe men of fhe communicafions deparfmenf, you have deserved a well done. ', W, ,if '

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'ERS X X Y v s ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT The Engineering DeparTmenT commenced iTs organiza- Tion and Training aT The precommissioning cenTer in New- porT, Rhode Island, and laTer aT The shipbuilding yard in NewporT News, Virginia. Several weelcs in advance of The remainder of ships company, The engineering personnel were senT To The NewporT News shipbuilding yard where The Randolph was being fiTTed ouT, To allow The officers and men an opporTuniTy To become familiar wiTh The inTricaTe engi- neering planT, and To seT up The necessary organizaTion for running iT. The engineering compIemenT aT commissioning was approximafely five hundred men, of These abouT 80 per cenT were green and inexperienced. IT was only Through numerous insTrucTion periods and Tours of The pIanT headed by The old Timers, and hard worlc and sTudy by The new hands ThaT The deparTmenT was able To Take over wiTh no sTrain. Long hours were spenT by all hands in sfudying The planf, delving inTo machinery prinTs and insTrucTion books, and worlcing on deparf- menTal organizafions. The officer organizaTion on board for commissioning was: Engineering Officer, E. W. Wolfenberger, Com mander, USNRg AssisTanT Engineering Officer, J. M. I-lill, -