Renville (APA 227) - Naval Cruise Book

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translated into wtzsfie, fb? Sitfmfl slit! hi UU the watcl: for visual Slirillfll-4 UP lllf' Slim- l'lUi!Sr semaphor. Hashinsf lislilf NUIIUN tt't Nfl' 'ittillilllilllil must be a master of them all. lo the signalmcn also falls the job of rendering honors io passing Ships, gf shifting colors , of knowing how to code and decode signals. One deck below lies Combat Information Center, the right arln of the officer of the Deck Under- way. On the radar screens come a perplexing chaos of blobs, bugs, and fuzzy shapes. Are they ships? Planes? Fish? Land? A nearly submerged reef? The Renvilleis highly efficient radarmen will tell you. Most unique of all CIC,s functicns is boat control. Combat becomes the eyes for Wave Commanders during the ship to shore movement, directing each group of Papa Boats Precisely to its destination. Chief Clock maintains Without the ET's, our CIC would be nowheref, Truely the dependable performance of all the complex and varied elec- DEPAR TM Ensign Lawrence Robinson tronit- equipment gn the Renvme lies in the hands ol Chtcl Warrant Officer William M, Curry and his lflcctronic Technicians. Not only in Combat, but in radio as well, the ET'S find themselves faced with problems that are never the same- llas the RF oscillator broken down, 3 resistoi' burned out, or is it merely a worn out tube? Call an ET! Operations Department is also responsible for shipboard training -for everything from a lecture on Hrst aid by the shipfs doctor, to a rehearsal for Operation VVarm- Up involving every division on board. A vast amount of effort is exerted by the Department's Officers to keep the Renville provided with up to date pub- lications, instructions. On board under many locks and keys are top secret con- tigency plans to be used in event of a major catostrophy. Unending vigilance insures that, regardless of circumstances, the Renville Will always be at the right place doing her part to keep the world free. mm 'w ' HFWM? iii'f' M I rl A 3 .4 't P 1. t' . I M f Q .Q I a . if i .t.t. I Q 'J if Y .. W a Hack Row, Left to Right' Wines. M.C., RM2g lloyne, RW., RMSQ McDonald, A., SNQ MCCOY, W-I-, SN: Bllmgardner, D ID, RMSNg Kalziiirilmlnui, MpRgKp' SM25 Faulkner, VV.'I'., RM3. Second Row: Ensign P. Polites, Assistant Cqmmninirzgitifins Omrztfiq Trott, fl. G., SIVICQ Skiens, R. L., SM3g Cramer, D. M., RlVI3i Patton, R. D RMT Schmidt I' RMK Nowicki A I RMC licntenant III Cottfried Communications Officer. Front ., ,,k ,-Ik., ll -, Qt., J,45 ,,.1 , . Row: Verble, D E, RM3, llqrn, R. E, jones, D., RM3g Melovich, MJ., RMSNQ Kapaku, M. R., SM2. All . .....-..Lg.....4.-..a.,aa..l.:4f4a .4 r1nmzzxa'4 s V

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.. g 0 1 t. .er.'i'rfi .f'ri.iif, 5 .,,. - ia 7 . wi N v IWW z ' i Back Row, Left to Right: Lambert, J., ETN3g Shields, W. P., ETR3g Spence, R. A., RD2g Snyder, R. R.. ETN3g Hawley, J. H., RD2. Second Row: Ensign J.M. Browning, Division Officer, Byrd, F. D., 'SNg Fowler. D. R., ETN3g Smith, J.L., RDS, Comfort, W. J., ET1g Klock, RF., RDCAQ CWO W. M. Curry, Electronics Material Otiicer. Front Row: TIBBS, K. C., RD3g New-house, D. 1., ET2g Abbett, P. R., ET2g Krenik, L. M., RD2. LCDR Smith joined the Navy in August 1941 as his Wife and four children in San Diego. Cali- apprentice seaman. He arrived at Pearl Harbor fornia. His hobbies are golf and music. just in time to be on the reception committee for To the Operations Department falls the joi' the Japanese attack on December of collecting, evaluating. LIH5 7th aboard the USS TANGIER disseminating, combat. tacticai CAV-SJ. After spending most of and operational information. 1942 in the South Pacific, he pas- sed the competitive exams for the Naval Academy Preparatory School and in June 1943 entered the Aca- demy. After graduation he savv duty aboard USS NEW JERSEY CBB-62J for 1.5 years and then a year with the Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes. For the next twelve years, he served in 3 different submarines inter- rupted by a tour of shore duty at Treasure Island and with the Much of this work falls to tilt radiomen, the electronic teclisii- cians, Combat Information Center. and Chief Trott and his signal men. Every second the Renville is in VVESTPAC the Coininunicatiorw Center is manned. Uver alll? teletypes come weather l'CPUl'1f typhoon warnings, coded orders. IJCDR Stuart S- Smith even notices of new inenibers in the families of Renville sailors. Radiomen monitor telegraph lqeYS Insurv Board in San Diego from where he in radio central around the clock. Messages are reported to RENVILLE in December 1960. written up, logged, and routed minutes after thctt A native of San Francisco, he now lives with are received. Q

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