Rich (DD 820) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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

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F0 DIVISIID ii Robinson GMI , Johnson GM2 Yoder GM3 Orthouse GM3 15, C2 , , ' Z' H 'X E Checking The Babies Contrary to popular belief, Fox Divi- sion is not an animal farm composed of foxes, birds, bassets, or boomers, lsome names often referred to by the men of the division.l Rather, her dufies are maintaining and firing our main Anti- submarine weapon, the ASROC. Also, Fox Division is required to find the enemy by use of SONAR, a complicated piece of equipment which performs, flawlessly, thanksito the diligent work of the men of FOX. Sauro TM3 m-...f.-1.-.L4..4J..: A Y ' 'Thin Williams SN She'll Run Now N- i 4'