Renville (APA 227) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN W. W. BALL Commanding Officer LIEUT. LEON KASTER Executive Officer ANY years have added their stores of understanding since I first set foot upon a deck as a seamang but I have not found until these years of War so real a need for the unlimited cooperation of others. From you of the RENVILLE it has been spontaneous. A living spirit of shipmates to the end . . . that we may all share in the victory. , This has been your loyalty to men in war, so continue coura- geous and give your vigorous support to shipmates in Peace. Well done! xv. xv. BALL captain qoy, UsNR

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S WITH any United States Navy ship, the official history of the RENVILLE is found in her log. Here are recorded her daily positions, courses, speeds, and major activities of an official nature. But the crew remember events and personalities that are beyond these, and at the same time include them. Though by no .means complete, the following phases of the RENVILLE'S service may be considered representative-five mile- posts typical of her career and of those of her officers and men. She was a new ship, and as such underwent the tribulations of shakedown. This successfully accomplished she put to sea, and symbolic of her recent tasks was the Shakedown some eighty percent aboard experienced on crossing the equator. -It's , Q aw K 1 4 4' 3 me ri an established nautical custom that all slimy pollywogs who have never been south of zero latitude prove their worth to King Neptune,Davey Jones, and company g and those who have, known as shellbacks, were more than glad to assist. His Highness was represented by the senior shellback, Chief Machinist Rogers, who viewed the proceedings with an inactive disdain, and Davey jones by Lt. Q Saltus, who did not. Ably administered to by