Randolph (CV 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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loss of fuel oil or feed wafer sucfion. The M division ran fhe main engines wifhouf serious mishap, alfhough af ' f' uousl for fiffy, sixfy fimes fhe ship was underway con in y days or more. The E division did excellenl' work in mainfaining ship's lighf and power, felephone sysfem. d all elecfrical ' ferior communicafive equipmenf, an in apparafus. The A division also worked many hard hours in operafing and keeping up ifs auxiliary machin- k ll fhe hich include' The evaporafors fhal' ma e a ery w . wafer used aboard ship, fhe ice machines, sfeering gear, elevafor machinery, emergency Diesel generafors, ma- O I I I d chine shop equipmen deck machinery. During s'rrike days, fhe engin if ouf below deck, due nof only fo fhe hof engineering buf also fo fhe suspense of waifing and nof know- spaces, ing iusf whaf was happening fopside. More fhan once fhe word would go ouf over fhe P.A. sysfem, Bogies al' fwenfy miles. A few minufes lafer if would be, Bogies h f fen miles Then for one reason or anofher l' e an- a . nouncer would be called away from fhe speaker and no come in concerning fhe ap- f, air condihomng machinery, an eers liferally sweafed more informafion would proach Bogies. Affer minufes of waifing anyone on fhe engineering felephone circuif was likely fo hear a fense ' mark Well where in h - - - are fhe bogies now? voice re , Credif should be given fo Smokie , fhe smoke weigh who, from his sfafion fopsi fs of vifal concern such as reporfing de, could keep fhe men below informed of even enemy planes, making crash landings, or ofher even-tg fhaf we never gof fo see. On VJ Day fhe engine . Since commissioning dafe fen mam-hs ers could really fake pride on a job well done ' fhe ship had been propelled over approxi- previous, mafely 90,000 naufical miles, almosf equal fo 4 fimeg around fhe world! lf is wifh deep regre b ded wifh a nofe of sadness. On fhe refurn frip fo e en 'fhe Unifed Sfafes from fhe war zone, Comdr. Fred M. Officer, was faken ill wifh pneu. 1' fhaf fhis brief narrafive musf Larson, fhe Engineering monia. On Ocfober I3, l945, fhe enfire ship was shocked and saddened fo learn fhaf he had passed on. Comdr. Larson was a loyal and inspiring Naval officer. For his meriforious service as Engineer Officer, he was awarded fhe Bronze Sfar Medal. His family and friends ' ' ' ' f his can indeed remember wlfh pride his loyal service or Navy and his counfry.

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GUNNERY DEPARTMENT Everybody was unhappy a+ Newporl, harrassed by an endless rouline of processing , drills, muslers, happy hours , classes, chils, divisional reassignmenls, saluling, and a+'l'emp+s 'ro find somefhing inleresling 'lo do on liber+y. Bur in every one of Those bolhersome ifems we were learning 'ro be sailors. Ou'r of 'l'he bewildering mass of brand-new bools, survivors, and ve'l'erans of a hundred kinds of duly, moslly on shore, 'lhere emerged 'Phe ouflines of deparimenls and divisions. One faint, skelch in parlicular began 'lo look like The embryo of an anfi-aircrafl ballery. Loading drill for lhe 5 38 men, ma'l'hema'lics for fireconlrolmen, shooling a+ Price's Neck for auiomafic weapon crews, and seamanship, from square knofs fo paravane rigging for everyone-all fhis we endured, siudied, and more or less absorbed. On Sepfember lb, 'rhere shoved off, in a hurry +ha+ was nol' as snafu as il looked, a parfy of l3O men under BM lfc Cogburn lwho always lhoughl a liberly was worlh a ra'l'e any dayl and 8 olilicers, for a 3 weeks' cruise on 'lhe USS Wyom- ing's Floaling 5 school. Aboul lhe same 'lime fhe direclor-compulor leams began 'lhe firecon+rolman's never ending elilori 'ro know as much 'rrigonomelry as 'lheir machines do. Down a+ +he ship +here were fhe people who knew ihe score bes+. Ll. Cdr. Lasall had come from being Fire Con+rol Oliicer of lhe Essex's firsf and 'lhe old York- +own's lasl cruises. Wi+h Chief Bolling and Ens. Sechrisf, bo+h old York+own fireconfrolmen, and wilh Gunners 'LI'