Renville (APA 227) - Naval Cruise Book

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f. Y-IJ TV? IST IVISION .f 'X r if Back Row, Left to Right: Wilson, J. J., SA, Aguilar, B., EM3, Roya, L., SN, Pierce, C., SN, Ward, M., SN, Foreman, L., SA , Richardson, F., SA , Jacobsen, C., SN. Middle Row : Ens. G. Murphy, Division Officer , Gwaltney, D., BM1, Beck, D., SA, Hutchins, T., SN, Wright, R., SN, Peterson, O., SA, Mowles, L., SN, Greedy, J., SA, Front Row: Mayfield, F., BM3, Blacksher, G., SN, Mizell, D., SA, Trumpeter, J., SN, Morton, C., SN, Capps, P., SA. THE DECK Lieutenant Charles Halsey Q LT C H. HALSEY Jr. is a native of Decatur Illinois and a graduate of the U. S. Naval was the USS RANDOLPH KCVA-15J in the Mediterranean. His next ship duty was the USS DOUGLAS A MUNRO CDE-422D home- ported at Pearl Harbor He later served on the staff of COMSERVPAC at Pearl and re- ported aboard the RENVILLE in January 1960 He has been the RENVILLES First Lieutenant for nearly two years Mr Halseys wife and two daughters reside in Imperial Beach, California A - if Academy, class of 1953. His first assignment 1-253 . 4 . 3. , l . The deck department is the backborne of the. Renville, for no matter how favorable other conditions might be, without the deck depart-2 ment no boats would be launched, no cargo, unloaded, no guns fired, and no Marine couldt start his journey to the beach...i.men man: ,f its booms and hatches, boats, davits and gunsu Upon these men the Renville depends for many. things from higlining to chipping paint. Har-g dest working of any department on the ship ini terms of muscle power and sweat, the deck department often toils while most of the ship, sleeps. The winches hum until the last piece. of cargo is loaded: ammunition in 51 hatch,l gasoline in 152, stores in 1173 and 54, vehicles ing 55. The morning brings no letup, for the deck? department's work is never done....lgall0nSt of paint were used on this cruise just to keepl the weather decks painted. Maintenance can'i2 wait until the weather's fine or the sea is calmli the rigging needs slushing every week, C022 cylinders must be tested, hull reports must ll-92 turned in. The work goes on and on. . The largest division in the deck force ISM, J First Division withlmen. Originally HH even larger unit, the month of August saw the formation of a new Division, 1-A, which in' corporates some of First Division's personnel. 35 well as those in the former side cleaners. These two divisions have the responsibility of fully half the ship: from just aft of her superstructure. to the tip of the focsle. ffl ,J ig 4