Rich (DD 820) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 12 text:

Roysfer SA Tonkin SA Whalin SN Harraman SA Dunbar SA we iz.. You Do It This Way says Jones BM3 First Division Well! Now there's a smart looking U. S. Destroyer. What's her name? This is a typical comment as U.S.S. RICH steams proudly into ports all over the world, and the reason for it is lst Division's long and diligent work. Besides this though, they give new Ensigns hair-raising rides in the boatswain's chair, retrieve practice torpe- does, run the liberty boat, and perform intinite number ot other duties without which the ship could not function. Look Out For Those Fish Hooks Ray SN, Makes A Fender

Page 11 text:

FIR T DIVISIO '75 ,J Hughes BMC ww Rau Z9 BMSN Riley SN Ensminger BM3 Dunnigun SN Flaherly S f N law Griflen BM3 Richardson SN Sfaplelon BM3 '13 N 9,-1 Wiedl SA Garrett SN Kelly SN Boker SN Millcs SN V15 Erkman SN Sfurdivanl SN 6 Diclcey SA Knipps SN

Page 13 text:

S C0 Il DIVISIII sl of FQ Hamilton GMG2 Abshire GMG2 Perhach FT2 Hetchler FT2 Kllsch FT3 PCS 4-and-' Weeks FT3 Anderson SN Bias SN Nash SN Nelson FT3 New guns come and go, but what keeps the old reliable 5 f38's trom fading away is the second division. These guns keep shooting straight and tast because two well trained teams, the F.T.'s and the Gunner's mates, are constantly on the iob performing planned maintenance on World War Il equipment. Thanks to these men, RICH has earned the gunnery E tor 1965. To Make t Work, You Have To Mockles GMG3 Prince SN Reid SN