4.-,- A -5 5 x N-Aw 4 ,X I 55 I E z Y 3 2 i Q 5. 1 3 if 1 il 5 B J: fi' 1 H k 6 xl gf ib- i -m 9 1 lv I . A L - N ii The fam, of 7-Le fzoclmesfefz 0149 Lek 1955 Tout 06 Dafa, gn flue wafets of flue wesfehn paci ic FIFTH FAR EAST CRUISE U.S.S. ROCHESTER FEBRUARY-AUGUST 1955 Tuesday, February 8 Departed Long Beach Monday, February I4 Arrived Pearl Harbor Monday, February Zl Departed Pearl Harbor Tuesday, February 24 Anchored oft Midway Friday, February 25 International Dateline Thursday, March 3 Arrived Yokosuka Saturday, March 5 Departed Yokosuka Monday, March 7 Arrived Keelung Saturday, March 12 Took on Admiral Pride Monday, March l4 Departed Keelung Wednesday, March l6 Arrived Subic Bay Friday, March ,'l8 y LeftfSubic, Arrived Manila Monday-, March 21 A 5' - Departed- Manila Wednegday, March 23 P 8 75, Arrived Keelung Friday, March 25 . Departed Keelung Monday, March 28 Arrived Yokosuka Thursday, April 7 Departed Yokosuka Saturday, April 9 Arrived Keelung Saturday, May 7 Shifted the Flag to EL DORADO Sunday, May 8 Departed Keelung Wednesday, May ll Joined TF77 Wednesday, May l8 Detached from TF77 Replenished at sea Saturday, May 2l Arrived Yokosuka Tuesday, May 3l Departed Yokosuka Thursday, June 2 Arrived Keelung Friday, June 3 Departed Keelung Enroute TF77 Saturday, June ll Arrived Keelung Picked up Boy Scouts Sunday, June l2 Arrived Okinawa, Swim Call Disembarked Boy Scouts Monday, June I3 Departed Okinawa Tuesday, June l4 Anchored Keelung for 3 Hours Underway for Hongkong Thursday, June 16 Arrived Hongkong Wednesday, June 22 Departed Hongkong Thursday, June 23 Anchored Keelung for 2 Hours Underway to join TF77 Saturday, July 2 Arrived Yokosuka Saturday, July 9 Departed Yokosuka Enroute to join TF77 Saturday, July 16 Arrived Keelung Tuesday, July 26 Departed Keelung Friday, July 29 Arrived Yokosuka Saturday, August 6 Departed Yokosuka Monday, August 22 Arrived Long Beach PRODUCTION AND LAYOUT Tom W. Mitchell PRINTERS Dai Nippon Printing Company In Review, the story of the RocHEsTER's fifth trip to the Far East, entered the planning stage when the ship arrived in Yokosuka on the 3rd of March. The editors of In Review have had two main objectives. These are to portray the day- to-day life of the 1300 officers and men that go to make up the crew of the ROCHESTER and to show a little of what the sailor sees when he sets foot ashore in the various foreign lands which the ship visited. The latter goal is a rather diffi- cult one to fulfill due to the rapid changes in schedule which were made necessary by the ship's changing committments. The ship did not vi-sit as many different places as she did the year before and as a conse- quence we had to devote more pages to shipboard life. After a lot of preliminary planning, the larger general articles to be included in the book were decided on. The next step was to draw up photo- graphy and writing assign- ments so that the two would fit together and complement each other. Then, after the pictures had been taken and the articles prepared,.the two were plotted on layout sheets and caption-s written. It was at this stage that the work was shifted from the ship to the printing company in Tokyo. At the printing company the book's interpreter translated all of the editors' instructions into Japanese before sending off large batches of copy, color and black-and-white photographs to linotypists, hand type fsetters and engravers. Special art- work and headlines were de- cided on in conferences with the printing company's artist. Soon all the component parts that go to make up a book started flowing back, at first just a few at a time but later in large quantities. Engraver's proofs were in- spected, copy corrected and sent back for another proof, color work checked and artist's draw- ings approved before being made into line cuts. The next step wa-s pasting up the master dummy. Each corrected line of type and every piece of artwork had to be pasted into place on the original full scale dummy to be sure that everything was the correct size and would fit in exactly the right place. As soon as each page of the master dummy ,Was pasted, checked and OKd it wa-s sent to the compositors who made-up the forms for printing, duplicating in lead and zinc and copper all that was on the pasted dummy. The actual printing of In Review took ten days while the timeiconsumed in making en- g1'HY1Hgs, setting type, making- UD 111110 pages and performing all the other work that has to be done before the presses can start turning was about a month. EDITORS Robert E. Morris I N R E V I E w Galen Cockel Tom W. Mitchell When all the pages had been printed they were transported to the bindery. The large printed sheets were folded to make pages, trimed evenly around the edges, gathered into the correct order, sewn and bound into the covers which had previously been given a coat of clear vinyl plastic. The completed books, after another inspection, were inserted into their individual cases, crated and then, the day before the ROCHESTER left Yokosuka for the return trip to Long Beach, delivered on board. The pro- cess of turning an accumulation of ideas into a finished, durable printed book was completed. The job of editing In Review was performed by three people, LTJG Robert E. Morris, LTJG Galen Gockel and Tom W. Mitchell. Most of the articles were written by Mr. Morris and Mr. Gockel. Layout was by Mitchell. LTJG J. C. Swilley contributed the article on Japan, LTJG C. E. Natter and ENS J. B. Dawson gave much aid in the preparation of the article on the Engineering Department. LTJG W. A. Jacobson wrote the article on the ET's. The black-and-white photo- graphs appearing in this book are in the main the work of Thomas J. Giddens and Tom Mitchell. A-ssisting Giddens in much of the lab work were Ray Cheely and Seymour Husserl. Ship's journalist John W. Mullin also helped out with photography as did Cooper, PH1, of the Seventh Fleet Staff, who is responsible for the cover photograph. Up in Tokyo the ship's re- presentative at the printing company was Tom Mitchell. Working under him was the book's interpreter, Mr. Masa- toshi Ueyama, upon whose efforts much of the success of this book is due. In addition to his function as a translator he also retyped copy, checked engravings, pasted up layout sheets and acted as general trouble shooter when anything went wrong. The representa- tive of DAI NIPPON Printing Company, at the time the con- tract was first drawn up and also in later negotiations was Mr. Koichi Yamada of the Business Department of DAI NIPPON. His assistant Mr. Juzo Sonehara handled the actual de- tails of coordination between type-setters, engravers, print- ers and other sections of the DAI NIPPON establishment. Art work, especially the draw- ings appearing in the Ship is a Small Town section, are the creation of Mr. Snsnmn Miya- zaki, consulting artist for DAI NIPPON. The editors of In Review sincerely hope that you will enjoy having this book as much as we have enjoyed preparing it for you. Firri-i FAR EAST CRUISE U.S.S. ROCHESTER FEBRUARY-AUGUST 1955 WHY WE CAME A short study in geo-politics gives emphasis to the reasons that have made necessary the concentration of American Sea Power in the Western Pacific. Ltig Robert E. Morris's article concerns the mission of the Rochester while she is a component of the Seventh Fleet. Highlights of the last ten years of history in the Far East from the files of Pacific Stars and Stripes. COMMAND Thumbnail biographies of the Commanding Officer and the Executive Officer and a composite photograph of the Rochest- er's Senior Officers. The Rochester was the flagship of Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride, Commander of the Seventh Fleet. FORMOSA An intimate look at the island stronghold of Chiang Kai-Shek, written by Ltig Galen Gockel and including three pages of color photographs. The crew of the Rochester is treated to a Chinese show on the fantail. A BOOT COMES ABOARD Over one third of the crew of the Rochester were iust out of boot camp when the ship left Long Beach. In Review fol- lows one of them during the process A visit to the young republic iust ten years after the liberation of Manila. 46 BOATSWAIN MATE'S DAY It starts at dawn, continues till dusk, for the oldest rating in the Navy. 49 COMMUNICATIONS Getting the Word takes many forms on a modern man-o-war. 54 How a Rochester father learns of the birth of his new daughter half a world away. 56 THE BIC PUNCH The reason for being of the Rochester lies in her guns. 58 SEA COINC MARINES The Marines add color to ceremonial oc- casions. 62 LAND OF THE RISING SUN Ltig L.C. Swilley's brief observations on Japan- the gaudiest bazaar since Baghdad -are supplemented with three pages in full color. 64 SAILORS FOR A DAY The Rochester plays host to 57 Boy Scouts. 7l A SHIP IS A SMALL TOWN A maior combatant vessel in today's Navy takes with it all the necessities, as well as some of the luxuries, found in the average small town. As the author points out, the main things still lacking are women. 73 of orientation. CETTINC UNDERWAY Men ,from every division on the ship make up the Special Sea Detail which is responsible for getting the Rochester safely in and out of port. WHAT MAKES THE ROCH CO How the Engineers use Steam to propel the Rochester wherever she is ordered. The iobs of the five divisions in the Engine- ering Department and the functions of Damage Control. Two pages in color photographed by Tom Giddens. 34 COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER In a dimly lit compartment close to the bottom of the ship, CIC keeps an unending radar vigil. PARADISE IN TECHNICOLOR 24 A WEEK IN HONCKONC A brief description by Tom Mitchell of the fabulous port which the Rochester visited in June. Rochester sailors go on a shopping spree. 84 81 28 AS You WERE X In Review presents o miscellaneous collection of color and black-and-white photographs. 87 OTHER DEPARTMENTS Quartermasters act as OOD secretaries, drivers, as well as clock setters and chart keepers. 39 Electronic Technicians combine skill and training to keep radar and radio equip- ment in commission. 44 40 Corpsmen aid ship's doctor and dentist in looking after the crew's health needs. 45 Rochester and Seventh Fleet Staff talent get together to put on the ship's first Hawaii, America's iewel in the Pacific, as Smoker in Keelung 48 seen through the cameras of Rochester DIVISIONS C eW'membef5 on IIbe'lY- ' 42 Pictures of the divisions which make up the THE PHILIPPINES complement of the U. S. S. Rochester. 93 The following members of the crew have color transparencies reproduced in In Review: R. E. Turner, R. C. McPherson, J. S. Smith, Vodjanski, B. J. Dobbs, L. F. Cheely, LTJG R. M. Jentsch, LTJG G. Gockel, ENS V. J. Hansen, ENS R. Nielson and LTJG J. E. Lucas. Prize winners from the ship photo PHOTO CREDITS contest are all included. Other color photographs are the work of staff photographers Giddens and Mitchell and 7th Fleet photographer Cooper. Through the courtesy of Mr. E. C. Powles, manager of the Shrirolab in Tokyo, his color transparency of Hongkong harbor is reproduced on page 81. The black and white photo- graphs on page 6, the map on page 7 and photographs on pages 64, 66, 67 and bottom of page 70 were obtained from the files of Stars and Stripes through the courtesy of Mr. Richard Larsh, Feature Editor of that publication. ORMOSA-not much bigger than West Virginia, a beautiful island in the Western Pacific, if you can see past the squalor of the small villages, but thousands of miles from California and even more than seven hundred miles from- Yokosuka. Not much to quibble over, you might think at first, but for at least two big reasons you'd be wrong. The first, which is simply a matter of what some people call geopolitics, is Formosa's loca- tion, and the second, a part of the fabric of spirit and determination which is one of the strongest remaining supports of Chiang Kai-Shek's govern- ment, is the fact that Taiwan is the last outpost of Free China. Chiang can retreat no further. It's as simple as that. You may read of world politics, ideological war- fare, and mutual defense of common principles, but they all mean the same thing. They add up to simply stated but infinitely complicated problems which makes it necessary for thousands of Americans every year to come to the Far East. The interests of the United States extend now throughout the world, and wherever they are not safe there must be a Navy ready to fight for them. The location of Formosa is a vexing matter of concern to Americans, and not just because so many of us do not like the fact it is so far from home. The island is about half way around the world from the United States, right between the two strongest free nations in Asia, Japan and the Philippines. That it remains friendly to us and to ,. ,L V, ,, ,,,. them means that vital sea and air lanes stay open. If Formosa falls the com- munists will have a base situated di- rectly between their strongest Asiatic enemies. From Keelung, Kaoshiung, . A V . and Taipei communist planes and ships could harass trade routes which now keep Free Asia strong. From Formosa an enemy could pincer Japan with two claws-the one, northern Korea, and the other, the un- attractive island where we spent so much time in the spring of 1955. From Formosa he could threaten lines of supply which strengthen all of south- east Asia-Indochina, Thailand, Burma. From Formosa he could look west to the mainland, confident that it is just a matter of time-and not much of that-until he has all of Asia. Q He could turn and look north to Japan, south to the Philippines, west to the mainland, and eventually east to Okinawa, only three hundred miles away and vulnerable. Okinawa, the last prize catch of World War Two, is the free world's most important small island base in the Western Pacific. Formosa's location is one of its biggest defenses. From Okinawa-and the communists know this-the mainland is an hour's jet-ride away. With For- mosa in his hands he would be prepared to do something about the situation which must give him such concern. But turn it around a minute. Look at the situation from a positive point of view. Look at it the way the com- munist leaders on the mainland see it today. Formosa stands seventy five miles from the fortresses of China, a FULL I-IONORS are rendered to Vice Admiral Pride as he returns from a conference in Taipeh. The quarterdeck was kept busy with the constant How of arriving and departing oiiicials who had business with the Admiral and members of his staff. The port city of Keelung looks like this from o nearbzf hilltop. Mist and rain were the usual oocurwnce during shi7o's stay in Formosa. In Threatened Pacific Waters, tlwe Seventh Fleet Stands Ready to Carry Out American Foreign Policy poised stronghold from which the com- munists can be attacked at any time. Chiang's troops await only the word that now is the time to return to the s. ' Q 1 . 1 'ir b X M N -r- w 1Nx , homeland, and the communists know lg I I fi: fi'v ' 0 I I' this. To protect themselves they must ,q,,,,,,.e, EP ' t ' keep armies and air wings close by. They must keep elaborate lines func- tioning to supply those armies and planes. How much more he would rather have his strength in a position to force the issue in southeast Asia or Korea. He must feel frustrated as he watches his enemy's supply lines flow- ing unhindered while his sea ports are bottled up, his interior lines of com- munication lying open to attack. From Formosa the free world looks on him at close range and sees his movements, his build-up positions of strength, his plans. It is not surprising that he has X.. L-:uni 'Bl announced he must take the island. And that's where Free China enters the picture. To millions of Chinese on the mainland Chiang's promises to keep up the fight, to return to the mainland, are the principal source of hope. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 3Q1lll' r NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTRY in downtown Taipeh is the focal point of Nationalist ' ' ---ig !.1--.---l-- - A --ti-n..n..4L1.Q4-L war effort. Here ardent leaders constantly plan for the push back to the mainland. TEN YEARS UF HISTORY The years from 1945 to the present have been packed with painful change for the free peoples of the Orient. The Communists stepped up their war effort upon the surrender of Japan to the Allies and by 1949 what was left of Chaing Kai-Shek's battered forces were retreating to the island outpost of Taiwan. The Korean war was next on the red time- table, lasting over three years and ending in a draw, followed by the conquest of North Vietnam. Next came the amphibious invasion of Ichiang, making the Tachens no longer tenable and forcing their evacuation. IT WAS 1945 and the United States Marines received a wild welcome as they landed at Tientsin, China as conquerors, ending Japanese domination of the area IN I954 Indochina was partitioned forcing anti-communists in the Northern half to flee to the south by any means available Some trudged south with their entire households in tow. Others boarded U. S. Naval vessels, their faces reflecting both fear and hope AS THE R.OCHE.STER was heading to. the Far East, the Seventh Fleet was evacuating Nationalists from the Tachens, off the coast of Communist China. Underwater demolition teams preceded the amphibious craft into the evacuation area, as the Chinese waited --TGDAY THE' UNANSWERED QUESTION 1'emains--Will the U. S. aid Chaing's government in the defence of the Matsus and Quemoy? Vice Admiral Pr1de's Seventh fleet stands by for orders while the Nationalist government continues preparations to defend them at any cost Q 'Ti wx.. Xr --- THE MIGHTY ROCH RESTS IN HER NEW HOME PORT OF KEELUNG, SERVING AS THE SEVENTH FLEET FLACPSHIP Why We Came Chiang's armies train only seventy five miles away, and their daily object is getting one step nearer the trip home. There is still hope on the mainland. If, then, Formosa is the largest single morale factor for Free China and her friends on the mainland, what of the rest of Asia? For the other nations Formosa is an experiment in the ability of the United States and her allies to stand up to communism. Thus far-and we might as well admit it-we haven't had much luck. Korea was a draw, and to some of the Asians who watched the conHict, a sell-out. Indochina was a communist victory. To Thailand, Burma, and Indo- nesia, the advance of communism is an immediate problem of immediate con- cern. How best can they cope with it, they are asking themselves. Should they compromise voluntarily to save themselves from a war which could only end in burned earth? Should they defend themselves, and if so, with what? Should they rely on the protec- tion of the United States, and if so, how valuable would that protection be in a showdown? Right now they are waiting, stalling for as much time as they can get, sitting on the fence, wait- ing to jump whichever way they decide is most advantageous to their national defenses. If Formosa stays free then the small nations will realize that the United States means what it says and that it will back its word with power, if that is necessary. 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'P'P -viY-- -v---,-,, -v4 v A, -Li - x Q ..., ,, 'bmw OPERATING IN FAR EASTERN WATERS The Midway and a can fill 'er up during task force operations. The Rochester waits her turn from astern. Refueling at sea is always intricate and absorbing-- an operation which demands the utmost in deck seamanship. Q 7 CCONTINUEDI Pacific. Of these the most important is Admiral Pride's Seventh Fleet. And of the Seventh Fleet the most important operational unit is Task Force 77. The ROCHESTER'S job in the Far East is to train, and the best place to train is with the Task Force. During the Korean conflict TF 77 was a con- tinual force cruising oi the mainland, launching strikes at the enemy troops ashore every day. Since the truce the job of the task force has shifted. Now it conducts intensive training all over the Japan-Okinawa-Formosa area. Exercise by exercise, day after day, the ships of the revolving task force plan for the battles they may some day be called upon to fight The ROCHESTER, like other ships, joins the force whenever she can, Whenever KEELUNG CLUB IS ESTABLISHED FUR THIRSTY SAILIJRS Facing the prospect of endless weeks in Keelung-a prospect which did not exactly elicit cheers from the troops-the Captain and various Seventh Fleet officials ac- cepted Nationalist generosity and established the cosmopolitan and internationally famous Keelung Club. The ambitious venture, designed to offer the American sailor marooned in Keelung a place to recreate, was located in a three- story building owned by the gov- ernment, and which was used by the Japanese for a similar pur- pose during their occupation of Formosa. Initially subsidized by the ship's Recreation Council funds, the club ofered corn pressings for fifteen cents a throw and featured three bars, a dance floor for those who ivere able to corral the local beau- ties, and the Seventh fleet staff musical combo. operational commitments permit her to be in the area. Into the wind and out of the wind, steaming in company with carriers and destroyers, she gets the chance to limber up her equipment and participate in mock actions which come as close as possible to the real thing. New ideas can be tested, new systems evolved. New men get their sea legs and a thorough familiarity with their jobs. Old hands learn new details of jobs they thought they already knew perfectly. Under the theme of training, though, there is always the thought that the task force is ready. If, while the ships conduct maneuvers, the need for their services should arise, they are there. In a matter of hours they can be at almost any trouble spot in the Orient. And the communists know this. With the task force practicing at sea an amphibious landing in the Pescadores is diflicult to envision. Complete con- trol of the seas belongs to the free nations, and without a navy to force the issue with Task Force 77 the enemy can do little. Here, then is the reason we came. Not only to protect the interests of the United States in the Far East, but to improve our ability to protect those interests, the ROCHESTER has come half way around the world. Ready now, more ready tomorrow, waiting- that is the position the Navy has been assigned. It will be years before we can tell how successful the President's policy in Asia has been, but we can hope that our Far East tour of duty has been a contribution to discouraging communism in Asia and strengthening our friends there. M., .... - -23:5-1 1. mmm.. A afar'-' ' radii-N - Mew T 'fsfzfwmgar . . i A 1 i - ., frfii v - ' . gr L-ww j -Q '- ' T 1 ' t i s ' V M. .E 3,-Q v M . .,g.- ,. . . fm--1.f..,.qu.1Lz,,4fw ,,. -- ,,,...,,, up 4 V, g ,Mean M . A , , ,,.L,,,.:,,..a.AT,f: WwTZ,2. 4,F2wV an ' 'ft'L4..4Zw T -L-is L. A COUGAR IN THE LANDING PATTERN flashes by the Rochester as the Philippine Sea lunges into the wind, waiting to recover her brood of flying chicks. Operating with six carriers during tour in WestPac presented the ship with new challenges. f .,ts :born luly 17, 1908, in Marion, Alabama. : appointed to U. S. Naval Academy in 1926. :four years a member of the mid- shipman wrestling team. commissioned lune 3, 1930. : early sea duty: IDAHO, LEXING- TON, DALLAS, BULMER. :1934-1937, aboard the BULMER, With the Asiatic Fleet. :shore duty at Annapolis, 1937- 1938. :reported to the cruiser SAN FRANCISCO in 1939, in which he served throughout most of the War. :Navy Cross and Presidential Unit Citation, Battle of Guadalcanal, 1942. :Legion of Merit, Battle of Cape Esperance. :1944-1946, Bureau of Ordnance, Washington. :Commander Mine Division TWO, then on the staff of Commander Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet. :staff, General Line School, Mon- terey, California. lstaff, Commander Mine Force, Pacific Fleet. : postgraduate study at the National War College, Washington. :skipper of the FREMONT QAPA- 54 . :Chief of Staff to Commander, Blockading and Escort Force, Pacific Fleet. :assumed command of the ROCH- ESTER on February 4, 1955. :nine engagement stars on his ribbons, which include Pacific Theatre, American Theatre, Asi- atic-Pacific, Korean Service, Navy Occupation, United Nations, Ko- rean Order of Military Merit, Ulchi with Silver Star, in addition to the Navy Cross, Legion of Merit, and Presidential Unit Citation. Captain William W. Willbourne COMMANDING OFFICER ' .M EXECUTIVE OFFICER ,f Q 1' I f vagw, f Commander William K. Rogers : : :born on October 25, 1915, in Haddonfield, New lersey. : : :football and basketball player in high schoolg graduated with hon- ors, 1933. : : : appointed to U. S. Naval Academy in 1934 by Senator W. Warren Barbour on the basis of a com- petitive examination in which he placed first in the state. : : : commissioned with Class of 1938, U. S. Naval Academy. : : :early service aboard IDAHO, O'BRlEN, HILARY P. IONES. : :aboard O'BRlEN when she was torpedoed and sunk by a lapa- nese submarine in December, 1942, exec of HILARY P. IONES. : : :exec of the HUNT, his third destroyer duty station. : : :first command, the ALYWIN, later to receive the Legion of Merit for his exceptionally meritorious conduct against lapanese forces. : : :still another destroyer, again in command, the TINGEY. : : :WEST VIRGINIA as Gunnery Officer and acting exec. : : :Naval War College, Newport, for postgraduate study, and then for duty on staff of the General Line School in Newport. : an command of the BENNER, for which he received a letter of Commendation from Commander Destroyers Atlantic Fleet as a result of his ship's placing first in the Battle Efficiency competition. : : :became exec of the ROCHESTER on luly 6, 1954. :::eight engagement stars on his ribbons, which include, in addi- tion to the Legion of Merit, Am- erican Defense, American Thea- tre, European Theatre, Asiatic- Pacific, Philippine Liberation,Navy Occupation. it -1 5 ,! '-f- I Am'11A.U-'PTI-.xT'T 'W 'jg,,,f '4-.,,i MMF 44 ZF Ralf L X395 XX.. 3 -vm.-In SLN iw.. r ,. S-' my ?v,:,,, . -T ' - ' . . ..- ' i ' V It F , -W 'A V W 'V -4.3 I r- r ' KF L I -A SENIOR OFFICERS - 7 nf LCDR farnes M. McCaskill . LT QMCD Donald R. Burlce, . X Front row, left to right: Y A LCDR CCHCD Richard A. cahflf CHAPLAIN NAVIG ATOR fr. MEDICAL OFFICER M LT CDCD Waller N. Iohnson Back row, left to right: LT Richard A. Olson CDR Wallace L. Talbot,lr. LT f. D. Easter LCDR John W. Fietsch LT Robert I. Radcliffe LT William L. McGonagle LT Jackson E. Vereen LT Arthur E. Thompson CDR Leland N. Burnside DEN TAL OFFICER f LCDR CSCD William G. Varney SUPPLY OFFICER COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER OPERATIONS OFFICER DAMA GE CONTROL ASSISTANT ENGINEERING OFFICER MAIN PROPULSION ASSISTANT FIRST LIEUTENANT ANTI AIRCRAFT OFFICER L MAIN BATTERY OFFICER GUNNERY OFFICER E 1 l fi i wfffm 4194! F ' x 9 nl' fm! N W .V p xi if Maul W 12 X5 'RN I I VICE ADMIRAL Alfred M. Pride n u I Born in Somerville, Mass., on September 10, 1897. uunAttended Tufts College Engineering School until he enlisted in the Navy in 1917. nu:After a year and a half as an enlisted man became a naval aviator With the rank of ensign. nllDuring the 1920's served abroad the USS ARIZONA, LANGLEY and the LEXINGTON. COMMA NDEB -f .V Rochester Becomes Flagship For Third Time Since 1950 The ROCHESTER steamed to WestPac last Feb- ruary to become the flagship of Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride, commander of the Seventh fleet, and his staff of 240 officers and men. It was the third time the three-starred flag of Commander, Seventh fleet had flown from the ship, and marked the second tour of Admiral Pride aboard the ROCHESTER. . . . . The admiral and his staff performed their assigned task of formulating the defense of the Formosan area aboard the ship from 3 March to 8 May, when they shifted to the USS ELDORADO. During this time, the ROCHESTER was not as much a cruiser at it was a floating office and base of operations for the staff. The ship had been torn up and reassembled to accomodate the avalanche of personnel and materiel which marked the staff's arrival. Ship's officers had to move to sickbay to accomodate staff oflicers. Ship's company men had to double up in living compartments to make room for the men attached to the staff. The duties of the staff were many. Operationally, they had to keep track of virtually every ship deployed in WestPac. Whether the problem was one of replenishing a Task Force or transporting Boy Scouts to Okinawa, it was the responsibility of Commander, Seventh Fleet to have the right ships at the right place. It was similar to a gigantic game of checkers, permitting ships to move from place to place in West Pac Without concentrating too many of one kind in one spot or spreading them out too thin. Granting yard availability and suf- ficient liberty and recreation to each ship were other problems which made operational planning difficult. Another responsibility of the Seventh Fleet staff was that of intelligence. It became necessary 'to know what was going on behind the bamboo curtain and evaluate it, so that proper American foreign policy might be formulated and so that the Seventh fleet, which was committed to the defense of For- mosan waters, might be better prepared to perform its function. A large part of the staff was comprised of com- munications personnel. The ROCHESTER's radios and other communications equipment were placed under direct control of the staff, and extra com- munications gear was installed to accomodate the heavy traffic which the staff brought with it. The communications requirement of an organization with such diversified and far-reaching interests was one of the greater changes wrought by the advent of the staff. Administratively, the staff performed many of the same duties as any ship's company. There were boatswain mates to coxswain the staff boats, yeomen to handle the vast correspondence required, per- sonnelmen to handle the men's records, photogra- phers and journalists to look after the publicity needs, and supply personnel to fulfill the logistic demands of the staff. Plans were made to rip up the ship months before the staff arrived and rebuild the office spaces which it required. For eight weeks at Long Beach Welders, painters, pipefitters, electronics specialists, carpenters, and many other yardworkers cut, chipped, chopped and burned the ship on almost every deck and then put it back together again according to plans and specifications received from the Seventh fleet staff early in the fall of 1954. The ROCHESTER emerged from the shipyard in late January, fully outfitted to take aboard the com- mander of America's strong right arm in the Pacific and his large staff. I I I Was Executive Officer of the SARATOGA when World War 11 broke out. I I IBecame the first skipper of newly com- missioned BELLEAU WOOD in March of 1943. I I IReceived a Letter of Commendation with Ribbon and his ship the Presidential Unit Citation. I I IAppointed Rear Admiral in March 1944 and given duty of Commander, Air Control Unit, Amphibious Force, Pacific. I I I Awarded Legion of Merit for his part in the planning, staging and execution of the assault and capture of Okinawa Shima. IIIPGGCG time commands include Carrier Divisions 2, 4, and 6, Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Commander Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Md. I I I Assumed command of the Seventh Fleet with rank of Vice Admiral on December 1, 1953. SEVE TH FLEET A Primative Land of Constant Conflicts Assumes a New Role as Chiangps Last Qutpost Formosa -The word was only a name to the crew of the ROCHESTER before the ship sailed for WestPac in February of 1955. It was the name of an island which lay somewhere off the coast of China. It was a name which appeared on the front pages of stateside newspapers during the days that the ROCHESTER was swinging to an anchor in Long Beach harbor. It was that and little more. The 1955 cruise of the ship in Far Eastern waters intro- duced the sailor to the island and brought into focus the country and the people which the name Formosa represents. For it was during the months of March, April and part of May that the island's principal harbor, Keelung, was to be the adopted home port of the ROCHESTER and the home- away-from home for the ship's complement. From charts and maps, the sailor learned that Formosa for Taiwan, a title which is preferred by the government and the peoplej is a fish-shaped island 200 by 50 miles in size and lying, at its closest point, only 75 miles from the Chinese Communist mainland. It is separated from the continent of Asia by the Formosa strait, which contains the Pescadores islands. Together with various offshore islands, Formosa and the Pescadores constitute Nationalist China, with its capital in Taipei, the only liberty spot outside of Keelung for thirsty sailors. It is from Taipei, a bustling city with a population ap- proaching that of St. Louis or Cleve- land, that Generalissimo Chiang Kai- Shek runs the affairs of his displaced government. It is from here that the Nationalist government prepares its plans to reclaim all of the mainland for itself. Geographically, Formosa is a very interesting island. The name, is de- rived from the Portuguese word for beautiful and the island lives up to its name. A cross-section of the island from West to East would reveal broad plains and gently rising slopes for 35 miles, or about two-thirds of the way across the island. Abundant rainfall plus the flat terrain makes the western portion of the island well adapted to farming. Here industrious workers may be seen utilizing every square foot of ground to produce rice, tea and a variety of vegetables. In this area another of Formosa's primary natural resources-coconuts, which no ROCHES- TER sailors had a chance to see--are picked and prepared for market. Many are exported to countries all over the world. Flying from west to east across the island, ,an observer would notice that the ground rises sharply about two-thirds of the way across, being topped by a mountain range that compares with virtually any in the United States. This range, which runs the entire length of the island from north to south is dominated by Niitaka Yan CMt. Morrisonh, 12,940 feet in height, about the same as Mt. Fuji in Japan. For such a short range it contains an unusually high number of peaks above 10,000 feet which are the first indication of land on the radar scopes of the ROCHESTER as it approaches from the East. The drop from densely wooded, extremely verdant mount- ains to the East coast of Formosa is very steep and abrupt. The terrain falls in a series of cliffs and sharply-inclined mountainsides and plunges into the ocean only twenty miles away. A small sample of this rugged country was seen by many ROCHESTER sailors in the area around Keelung. CCONTINUED ON PAGE isp CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S STATUE STANDS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TAIPEI - V f .mf ,jx-jvfrggg xi 'fL' '33 if QL. x , .,, . V. 5 S 5 . , ,, ,, WMA , I t N Nxt A dug N 9 0 - ' kg Q X , . -- - I Y Y 19 'XF' 1 -I , .wg 7' , ,,, , -1- ' A .gf A - V f 4 11 4 b V ,H 12 , '- gli N' . ' - .-5. V '. -.4 u 56 - 1 1 f A f wt ? - 'S A I hi R. 'Z' - ,wx , ' A 1 3 M' . N 1 ' 1 A , ,. .I Q., F--f , 5 It-zip 'Sill 5 i1i'.2sfQ:,. .... 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These terraced fields are one reason the Formosan uses an ox and a primitive plow-instead of modern but heavy and unwieldly farming gear. The history of Formosa is rich and colorful even for the Orient. If one were to listen to local mythology, he would learn of the following tale of the island's beginning. It seems that some dragons who lived at Five Dragon Gate near Foochow on the South China coast slipped out to sea. Under the ocean bed they traveled due east for a hundred miles, and then, in a holiday mood, they stopped to frolic. So violent were their contortions, that a chain of mountains was created where hitherto there had been only a vast expanse of the Pacific. From these mountains, proof positive of their origin, belched the fire that had sprung from the nostrils of the monsters. The highest and most majestic of their creations-Mt. Morrison-was hurled directly astride the Tropic of Cancer, a phenomenon fortunate for successive generations of navigators plotting their courses. After their astonishing high-jinks the dragons curled up and went to sleep in the slopes of the hills, emitting, upon occasion, a warning snore or two to disturb the head-hunting inclinations of a most unpleasant set of natives. Until about 1600 the island was recognized as the haunt of pirates. Japanese pirates had their headquarters in Keelung at the same time North America was being dis- covered by Columbus and his fellow European adventurers. The island remained solely a sanctuary for maurauders until 1623 when the Dutch moved in, capturing the Pescadores and moving later to Formosa itself. Dutch rule was harsh and oppressive. The principal products at this time were sugar and rice, on which the Dutch attempted to levy a heavy export tax. In 1626 the Spanish landed at Keelung and established the Fort of Santissimus Trinidad. A permanent Spanish colonial . in .r.,........-..........-..aa.r D LA ' L., LONGSHORENIEN SHOW THEIR PASSES to officials before reporting to work handling cargo on the dock in Keelung. government was established with a Fort San Domingo con- structed at Tansui, near Taipei. At present this same build- ing is being used as the British Consulate in Tansui. In 1662 a modern-day Chiang Kai-Shek by the name of Koxinga fled from China in the face of a Manchu invasion from the north and established himself as the ruler of For- mosa. A year later Keelung was attacked and captured by Q17 n Lf- .M M.-' i. - ff ' 1 - 2. V . ff, . . J . - I s- ,. 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The period 1824-1854 might be termed European contacts renewed since the colonialistic expansions of the Western world brought European and American trading ships to Formosan shores. In 1849, the same year as the Gold Rush in California, Americans visited Keelung, examined coal mines, and suggested developing Keelung as a coaling station. This however met with opposition, even from the very learned people of the island, who thought digging into the ground would disturb the dragons lying beneath. The importance of Formosa in Far East trade is indicated by the recommendation of one American trader that southern Formosa be seized and colonized as a measure of security for the rapidly growing U.S. trade in China waters. British, American, German and French businessmen established trade in tea, camphor and sugar and went to great expense to develop the production of those items in Formosa. Com- petition with stateside sugar production became so great that the California Legislature placed an extremely high import tariff on Formosan sugar, virtually shutting off that trade. Formosa was one of the causes of an undeclared war between China and France in 1884. The French set up a complete blockade of the island's ports. On August 4 of that year, three French warships in Keelung reduced forts in the city to rubble. French marines landed and took possession of the city. After a year's stalemate a treaty was signed, part of which stipulated that Formosa and the Pescadores were to be evacuated by French troops. Upon hearing this news the Frenchmen on station were overjoyed, over 700 had died at Keelung, mostly of disease, and were buried there. About this time China developed a progressive policy on the island, improving it wherever possible. With the purpose of making Keelung a great harbor, work began on a railway to link it with west coast cities. Designed by a German engineer named Becker, the Keelung-Taipei railroad was completed in 1891. About the same time a cable was laid from Tansui across the straits to the mainland, linking Formosa with the world's telegraph system. Later a tele- phone cable was added. CCONTINUED ON PAGE 221 1 I r V Y f W I 4 . V i , w 1 W , , A 1 1 I Y A- . ,JA . :JA JM, . , 4 J La , ... 'ifhuuif 1,,. f 1- am., V. 1. 4 N J ' fm. --f--3:5 .gh j Q31 A , f L' A: , ,f.... ,- 4 ,135 ., ..q- -nv .Qu iq,-. '53, , ,A ..f , I 'S . 1, ' , f -F 1 -.N ..n.. my-17' X ima, . .L i .un 4 1- W iff' 5. 'J ' -A-. 'if' gr I A A' ' - EE Z 1 nn u n .Q ,A In lil 5 .' '::A:i5fli.,:'t?:4?'17 5471 ' .'i iw' 'J l 47 iq -- .f5'Z'?ifTf,-:T-Vie: ' Ma .N id -f 'Q' f Z,'-gl, , A , ' W 'ff75f3f f' ,N- ,,,w',.1'flfiw-I 4 5 'Viv lu. -We .-k'L,f aw f Y i .I I 3 'I'rIlKII PRIZE, ROCHESTER PHOTO CONTEST, R. E. TURNER, X DIVISION ,gui BEER 4 H5232 FORMCSA The last important stage of the island's development before World War II began with the Chinese-Japanese War of 1894-95. At the treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895 Formosa was ex- cluded from the terms of the armistice. In fact, an ill-fated Republic of For- mosa was set up with these words: The literati and people of Formosa are determined to resist subjection of Japan. Hence they have declared them- selves an independent Island Republic, at the same time recognizing the suze- rainty ofthe Sacred Tsing Dynasty. Six days later however a group of Japanese transports assembled off Agincourt island near Keelung and landed. Northern Formosa was in a panicky uproar, looting and setting afire of government buildings by mobs, together with the Japanese advance from Keelung to Taipei forced the death of the ten-day old republic, and the beginning of a long Japanese reign over the island. From 1895 to 1902 unorganized but open Formosan-Chinese resistance to Japanese rule resulted in seven years of bloody war and suppression. Right up through the second World War the picture on the island was the same- 9 4 -A-We -- . x - as organized revolt against the Japanese breaking out at regular intervals. The Japanese, however, did add to the economic standard of Formosa, introducing technological and ideo- logical advancements. During World War II Formosa was used as a Japanese air base and as a marshalling-place for troops and materiel. The postwar fate of Taiwan was determined in November 1953 at the Cairo meeting of Chiang, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill who decided that the island and the Pescadores would be returned to China upon cessation of hostilities. In 1949, Formosa attained its present strategic importance when Chiang and the Nationalist government were forced there and Taiwan became the last non-Communist outpost in a country which was once an important Allied power. Because President Truman committed the United States to Formosa's defense, and because the Communist government had stated that it would liberate Taiwan without fail, the American Seventh Fleet was ordered to patrol the Formosan strait on June 27, 1950. In performance of this task the ROCHESTER made its 1955 cruise to WestPac. To the casual American observer, the people of Formosa were a strange mixture of the quaintly primitive and the astonishingly modern. While their fathers trudged along behind the family oxen, Formosan girls were working in the International Club or the Harbor Bar, jitterbugging and mambo-ing better than most of their round-eyed sisters in the United States. Many of the taxi-dancers in Keelung and Taipei have pursued their business in such mainland cities as Shanghai, Canton, and Tsingtao, migrating to Kaosiung in southern Formossa, and then to Keelung when the United States began making it a Naval port. The influx of the American sailor and his money into Formosan cities has brought about changes in the every-day life of their inhabitants. The little children peddle Wrigley's gum, Lucky Strike cigarettes and Hershey's chocolate and are faster in converting from Taiwan yuan to dollars than most Americans. The souvenir merchants, the pedicab drivers, the prostitutes, the police and the telephone operators had to speak English well enough to out-barter the sailor in any financial transactions. Although Keelung was scarcely a replacement for Long Beach, or even Yokosuka, as a home port, the ROCHESTER's visit to the beautiful land was a novel and interesting experience. 2 WX' ' 1,4 saga! gang... NTERTAINMENT is one of the sailor's biggest problems. Far away from home, sometimes in ports which make Cannery Row look like a paradise, he wants something to while away the off hours. Usually the answer is the movie, Cards, writing letters, reading. But these things get old. That's why a show on the tantail is such a hit. It is different. The one the ROCHESTER has in Keelung in May was really different. The entertainers who came to put on a show for the men ol' the ship were all Chinese, a group of amateurs not unlike our USO entertainers, people who were simply f:ontrihutin1l what they could to their war ehiort. lt they wffwf aniate1,iir'wi, they were f'ei't2lilil.V ilfiflfl fHWf+ ililltf acrobats pulled people to the edge of their seats. and then when they settled back the singers brought them np again. Actually the singers were rather poor as vocalists. But they were good looking, and that meant a lot too. Behind it all there was a reminder ot why we were there. The Master of Ceremonies, a Chinese lieutenant colonel. introduced one girl by explaining that she had promised to marry the first man xi ho steps toot on the mainland. The war which seemed to he tar away to R0t'lflESTER sailors was a matter ot instant 4-ont-ern to the inen and women per- forming, lt was their homeland they had lost. and a lot ot' us had not thought ol' it that may liei'oi'e, REQUEST PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD, SIR. AND TI-IUS THE NEW BooT BEGINS HIS SEA-ooINo CAREER. uNctASSlFlED S ROCHESTER CA'l24 .s. - 5 Lhi 8091 MAY x95 1 D DEFERR5 STER I SS ROCHE WDM. coIIIcRuDESP'iC0 I USS HENDERSON l U . EG wa IIINSTA SDXAFRQII I ues EPPERSQII ESTSE IIIF01 l3iShtWIIIxNMEN N 2922361 IIOTPL SEINFPIO 85 X GOWN?-S QN D97 MGRUUESPAC PERSO 4-4,11 XNDC X TWO T0 HENELEQSS X VANXNIEN 00 NNED D 719 ca tar SA tltt X X EPPERSUN iii' cAizA Ai LBEA X va ONE EACH 0 ROCHESTER AT SDIEG0 REGO Ia ElGHTl:-EN T 1 SD new A X DELREP i5 Ttitil 0OD,,f' 0NINl,f-' Ii- PER5,,f OPERXE CAPX-Z'!EllNECl,f U WS UNO Q: W ' NAYISS NAlL tnttlfml foam 19001f9t 0115091 For more than one fourth of the ROCHESTER's crew the 1955 trip to the Far East was a brand new experience. About 325 of the men who manned her in WESTPAC had never been there before. Mostly seventeen and eighteen years old, they have caught on quickly. Where before there was a look of awe at much that went on aboard, now there is a nod of familiarity when someone mentions Yokosuka or Formosa. They have sea stories and souvenirs, and their dungarees have that they've-been-to-the-laundry-dozens-of-times look. But it was not always so. The story of a new recruit reporting to the ROCHESTER starts almost as soon as he steps off the bus or train at training camp in San Diego or Great Lakes. Back in Washington personnel experts are constantly reviewing the Navy's manpower situation, and in the fall of last year they saw that the Pacific Fleet needed men badly. While the recruit was marching on the grinder or attending classes, messages about him were going from the capital to the commanding officer of the recruit camp. The boot would not have understood them if he had seen them. The one which started him on his road to the ROCHESTER said HFURAS COMCRUDESPAC, which is the Navy's abbreviated way of BOOT saying for further assignment by the Commander of Cruisers and Destroyers in the Pacific Fleet. When he was about half way through his training the boot came to the attention of some oflicers aboard COMCRUDESPAC'S iiagship in San Diego harbor. He was theirs for further assignment, and they had the job of deciding which of the ships they are concerned with needed his services worst. Last fall one of their most serious problems was the ROCHESTER, allowed draw mattresses, when to report for muster, what would be expected of them their first week or ten days aboard. Except for the few who had been to sea before, all the new men were assigned to the I Division for a week of tours and lectures scheduled to get them acquainted with their new home. They had much to learn and not much time to learn it. They heard about Navy law, what they could do aboard, what they could not do, what oppor- tunities the Navy offered them for over 1100 men, below allowance, losing more daily, and scheduled to sail for distant duty shortly after the beginning of the year. To meet her commitments she would need men, and lots of them. So ten by ten by twenty the men were allocated to the ROCHESTER-a certain number of fireman apprentices, a certain number of seaman apprentices, some graduates of Class A schools, some skilled in particular fields: Aboard the ROCHESTER the boot was the principal topic of conversation long before he showed up. As the messages Of the 325 new men who reported aboard the ROCHESTER during the fall of 1954 an overwhelming percentage were new recruits. Of these men most received their recruit training at San Diego, though Great Lakes was also re- presented. A large percentage-about one third-came to the Navy from southern states. About twenty percent enlisted for the term of their minority. More than eighty percent were under twenty years of age, and over fifty percent were seventeen and eighteen. The average boot had completed his sophomore year in high school before enlisting in the Navy. education, what the maximum range of the ROCHESTER's batteries isg they saw the turrets and mounts, the engi- neering spaces, the superstructure, the bridge, radio and radar rooms, plotting rooms, equipment which makes the ROCHESTER's guns fire. They met officers who told them about ship's re- gulations, church services aboard, the history of the ROCHESTER, and standing watches. They learned not to stamp out cigarette butts on the deck and not to waste fresh water. They found out what liberty they could expect. kept coming in and the total number grew, division officers made mental calculations on how many they might expect to help man battle stations and keep routine work going. Petty officers smiled as they thought of extra help in keeping the ship clean. It was good to know that the tight manpower situation was about to be relieved. The job of assigning men to depart- ments and divisions within the ship is that of the Executive Officer. Working with figures and tables of personnel requirements, he mapped out a plan for dividing the men who were to report. ,e Everyone was short, but fire control ' .Q technicians and radarmen were needed the most. Thus F and OI divisions R were to have first crack. Gunnery was short, critically undermanned. Engi- neering needed men. They were slated to receive their proportionate share of the recruits. The Training Officer was given the job of setting up an indoctri- nation program for the new men and planning interviews which would be the basis for assignment of each particular man. Before the new sailors started showing up heads of departments knew how many they were to get. Everyone remembers the first day he spent aboard the ROCHESTER. For those of us whose first ship she was it was a bewildering experience. The recruits arrived by twos and threes, tens and twenties, usually in the late evening. Sitting on a foggy, cold dock in Long Beach they must have wonder- ed what was waiting for them. They were greeted by men who told them where to stow their gear, where to -f .35 While they were seeing their new home the Training Officer and chief personnelman were going over their service records, trying to fit individual men to the chart dictated by the needs of the ship. Which of them would make the best radarmen, which the best machinist's mates? Using information furnished coNnNuso ON PAGE 27 'facie' Q, . t. WEEKLY MEETINGS with the Executive Officer give heads of departments and their assistants a chance to hash over some of the problems concerning the draft of new men. Various requirements are discussed and decisions as to placement of men are made. 0 E ABU RD my--' ff TTC LOTS OF PEOPLE tell him many things. IN THE PERSONNEL OFFICE his record is WHAT, AGAIN? His sea-bag is The MAA helps him square away his gear. checked and he gets his new liberty card. given a check for completeness. to W. I I I I I A I I 1 I I . 4,'?f,.,flv!,,a I S ,V K aaa r 4 I g . s I I LECTURES BY OFFICERS consume a lot of his time during the Legal Ohicer, the Chaplain, the Training Oiiicer, the Chief the week of indoctrination. He listens to the First Lieutenant, Master-at-Arms, and many others tell him about the ship. is I s II I EM- . ! I ' -Q53 .. L. . WL-,'.g'V:.ft2 I I V, ' ra i I KV., -,a ' N- . 1 1 X 4 W-fl. I , f .ff E: ff V 3 A I QI ' I I , ' ' A T . L! ' 4 , 4. 5 I . A NEW DIVISION OFFICER, and a new job. His new petty olhcers now begin the i training that will make him a real part of the ROCHESTER's crew, doing one. of the jobs that keep the ship moving. Shortly after his permanent assignment is made, he reports to the Training Oliice, where he gets a Seaman's Manual and signs up for his first Navy correspondence course, In the course of his Naval career, if he takes advantage of his opportunities the boot can advance up the ladder to chief petty officer or olhcer level, II II it 1 . I I 3 l I .V.,N.-...- ONE OF THE FIRST STOPS for the new man is the post office. He files a card to help the postal clerks deliver his mail to him. ,J 4 THE TRAINING OFFICER'S JOB is to fit each man into a division, using the Exec's needs-of-the ship list and the man's preference as his guides. SHORTLY AFTER REVEILLE THE FIRST MORNING IT'S SCRUB-DOWN B 0 0 T from the recruit training camp and scores recorded in the jackets, the inter- viewers got a rough idea of the direc- tion most of the men's interests would take. When each man was called in he was asked his preference. In about three fourths of the cases it was pos- sible to assign men where their personal preferences led them. When permanent assignments had been made, about two thirds of the new boots were in the gunnery department, learning the jobs of boatswain's mates, gunner's mates, and iire control tech- nicians. About one seventh were assigned to the operations department, where they began training to be radar- men, radiomen, telemen, signalmen, and electronics technicians. Approximately the same number went to the engineer- ing department, striking for the nine rates in the A, B, E, M, and R Divisions. The remainder were assigned to supply, navigation, administrative, and hospital divisions. From I Division to a permanent divi- sion is another big step. There were petty ofiicers to meet and a new divi- sion oflicer to know. They were assigned their cleaning stations, battle stations, watch stations. They began learning the trade they had been train- ed to work in. For men who went to deck divisions there was the first intro- duction to the holystone to remember. For men who went to engineering there was cleaning of iiresides to learn. Piece by piece and bit by bit they picked up the tools of their trade. Now they are old salts. Most of them mark their first anniversary in the Navy about the time the ROCHESTER pulls back in to Long Beach. It has been quite a year: from home to recruit camp to the ROCHESTER to the Far East and back to the States, and the first enlistment is only one fourth over. Some of them are seamen and firemen now, some will be competing for third class ratings in February. The group has already distinguished itself. Before the ship left the United States one new recruit was singled out by Rear Admiral Smoot, Commander of the Pacific Fleet Mine Force, for his outstanding appearance and military bearing. Admiral Smoot observed Donald Bosshardt, a hospitalman striker who had been aboard only a few months, while he was on the Long Beach Naval Shipyard grounds. Others have been singled out by heads of departments and the Captain at inspec- tions, by officers of the deck on watch, by their division ofiicers. New men at mast have been few and far between. This fall they will probably be loung- ing about on deck some evening when a new group of recruits reports aboard. Then for a fact they will be old vets, sea daddies with stories to tell, smiling wisely when the topic of conversation shifts to Keelung. Then the story of the boot will be finished. ...Q xr,..Tx - . -F l X 43' 4 I v . , 4 f X ffa X f X X 7X f X f X X w uWf:Zf X xwfw, I , I f ,vffyqr WIJCV H ff 044 f ,fi fi: ff f , ,ff , ' if f' , ,ffff,.,v,,yw. , ' , jvcXy,44!g7-f,77f f'. . I fl , I X, ,QM , W ft g fd QL, ' i if ' 2' V, 523. X f 'WWW Q -L ll ff B Now Set The Special Sea Detail i GETTI s l i r 1 4 i l 4 1 1 i I i i W, GETTING UNDERWAY involves such Completely unrelated tasks as setting up radio receivers, tuning transmitters and getting off the sailiii diary, which includes all of the last-minute changes in personnel aboard the ship. V 1 -,,,,,,.,-N. .,...,,,,. .,,,.,c,,.... .-.-. ,V-W ' My X 4 . Jfffif' . ' f.mfC. 'fff , .mp if ff' X 'iff Q .f fffftff . W!wVwW fwwnwff v MZ, DERWAY USUALLY THE LAST BOAT brought aboard is the.OlVIB, kept in the water until the latest possible moment in order to make any last-minute runs to shore with mail or personnel. SHIP is never busier than when the word is passed, Go to your stations, all the special sea, anchor, and mooring details. Getting underway involves work for almost everyone, whether the ship is leaving Keelung for a day, to return the same afternoon, or starting the long trip back to the United States after a tour of duty in the Far East. It is an interesting time and even to the old salts an exciting one. The ROCHESTER, like other ships, uses only the best talent she has when she gets underway. A ship is scarcely ever more vulnerable than when she is entering or leaving port, and constant attention must be paid to every detail. Navigat- ing in close waters is diflicult and often hair-raising, handling taut, heavy lines can be dangerous, and an anchor at the end of a chain is a deadly weapon if anything goes wrong. Getting underway is a time for doing everything right the first time. The special sea details, set forty five minutes before the ship leaves port, are made up of as many men of experience as the ship has. Each of them must know his own job and the job of the sea details as a whole. The quartermasters are ready to take bearings to fix the ship's position, signalmen are watching for other ships, radarmen keep a close eye on their scopes to double-check what others see, deck hands work with lines and the anchors, and in the enginerooms men stand by to answer orders from the bridge. Everything goes according to a tight schedule, one move following the other almost automatically, each paving the way for the one that follows. CONTINUED ON PAGE so U X? fyff' f , 7 ,, f ' fif vhvfn ffiifkffy 4 ' ff iff! 7 uf wr .ff . . ff, ' 73,74 ,f , ifza . ff ww? If ' y 1. , 4 Vf... , ,, f WX .WW 4 f y 4 fi Mi? BRINGING iN THE BROW is one of final jobs before moving out. In Yokosuka this is a routine task, in Keelung it can get hectic when the cranes, vintage 1920, refuse to move. U nderway CCONTINUEDD The focal point when the ship gets underway is the open bridge, connected to all other control stations by an eleborate network of sound-powered phones. There the conning officer-usually the captain or the pilot-receives reports, makes his decisions, issues his orders-the orders which start 17,000 tons of cruiser moving in the right direction. To assist him on the bridge by supplying a steady stream of information, the captain or pilot has the ship's navigator and his team of quartermasters keeping a constant second- by-second plot of the ship's position. He has the officer of the deck and two junior officers under him to tend to more routine matters, check bearings on contacts and distances to land or other ships, and relay the orders of the conning officer to the helmsman and engineroom. He has a phone talker who puts him in constant touch with all the main deck The Anchor Detail ----- THE SHlP'S BOATSWAIN keeps his eye on all details of handling anchors. MANNING THE ANCHOR WINDLASS MACHINERY CONTROLS is the job of these men who Walk the anchor out or heave 'round when it is being weighed. 3 1 ANCHOR'S in sight, sir! And the hoses are trained to clear it of mud and sand. Links marking every fifteen fathoms of chain are checked as they arrive on deck and those that need it are painted, I CASTING OFF LINES is a more complicated job than it might seem at first glance. Certain lines are left to the last to keep the ship from drifting into dangerous waters. at, h -4, ar Li THE ROCHESTER'S ANCHORS weigh eight tons apiece, and it takes many men and a lot of machinery to drop and weigh them. In Keelung, getting underway means first unmooring from the dock and then weighing anchor. f sa Ili: FROM THE BRIDGE comes the word, 'I Secure the anchors for sea. When two stoppers have been passed to completely insure safety the bridge will order, 'IPipe down the fo'c'sle. X , WW W ,,-, , W ' ' ' f' f i W Wm ' H BQTQG 'U 'X ff ' I - W 1 I 4 .aw-a . E 1 s,i,r.y.,y aw., mpyzfilyvf --we rfng.,,,-NW vga HANDLING LINES is hard work. It takes coordinated teams to heave 'round or pay out line at the proper rate. Working together they are able to help the conning odicer man- euver the ship. Using the lines along with the engines and the rudder he can put the ship in the best possible position. ONCE THEY ARE ABOARD all lines must be stowed properly for sea. Keeping all the mooring lines in excellent condition is one of the boatswain mate's most important jobs. NO JOB IS MORE PRECISE than navigating a ship in close waters. Navigator and quartermasters get constant fixes of the ship's position in order to recommend courses. EVERYTHING IS DOUBLE-CHECKED when the ship gets underway. In the pilot house men watch gyro repeater and engine order telegraph to make sure no one mis- understands what the bridge has ordered. I ON THE BRIDGE transmitting the cap- tainis speed orders to the engine room is the man at the annunciator. At slower speeds the engines can be used to turn the ship more readily than does the rudder. U CCONTINUEDQ line handling and anchor detail stations. Another connects him with engineering spaces, steering control points, damage control central and the other stations concerned with the maneuvering of the ship. A third gives him a direct line to CIC and the lookouts, from whom a steady stream of information flows to the bridge. A fourth is manned to give him communications with the signal bridge. Below, in the pilot house, are the men who actually steer the ship and carry out the orders from the bridge. Throughout the ship at other control points are dozens of men watching dials, checking the strain on the anchor chain, making sure radios are operating properly, seeing to the details of the evolution. The modern navy has become less nautical in many respects as new equip- ment changes the seaman's language from salty to technical, but the sea detail is one of the places where the layman can still hear pure sea-going terminology used. The special vocabu- lary used to give orders to line handlers and steersmen, to the engines and to men manning the anchor windlass machinery has changed very little in centuries. Today's sailor, like his predecessor, must know instantly that Come left handsomely means to do so slowly, but Come left smartly means bring her around fast. Reports of the strain on the anchor chain are given in a stand- ard phraseology which tells all the facts the conning officer needs to know and burdens him with no useless infor- mation. Engine orders are issued in a standard, nautical form, the wrong phrase might easily lead to confusion and a tight situation in restricted waters. The special sea detail is one of the most important assignments a sailor on the ROCHESTER can have. He has to work with the rest of the men manning all the sea detail stations and, most of all, he has to do his job right every time the first time. IN THE AFTER STEERING ROOM, keeping up on all engine and course orders, another group of men waits, ready to take over instantly if a casualty should occur to any equipment. 5 . xiii? 1 T ifffffiit 1 ,Z STEERING THE SHIP during sea detail is done by most experi- enced helmsmen. In close waters half a degree can be an important difference. Orders come down through voice tube. . - i if JI ' ai? . if 5, F. I ALL HANDS not on watch are at quarters As other ships pass honors are rendered ,I rj? 171 - 3' f , 55 I 'Alix SIGNAL BRIDGE IS A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY AS PENNANTS ARE RUN UP CAPTAIN AND PILOT keep a close ,mis ,Da -Sli grp. -. 4. . ik:-A-, , , A ny? ,A xr H, J G ' -ara, N , ai.. .-2 ' 9 M V Aiwv up 1 + V'.v my Y ' V .F li! .. ,, ,,,,., f i 'I ' si5Tff11z+f 1 f Q f la- ,,.Lf '..,.. V... 4' -Q-e-'W ... W. I A -- -'-n..,,.-.X , ...Q L, . , , - ,g-::- ,a.- -A ,I '-3-, J., M H p WM - -rg.. s ., ' ii 9 , ,,..i-l,,,lfQ....fi.., check from the Wing of the open bridge. 2. 15. 1 1 . .x , f M, F -I . . qw ,WV f, I , :.,'3'1 w-nqxg, . e 'M w- '-' if f A . wx., . ,nr--.M -Q Q A 5,732 g ,V--A Y Y ,f L, .amy ,L . - avi' I, A, M , ALL LINES ARE CLEAR and the ship begins to pick up OUTSIDE THE OUTER BREAKWATER the pilot leaves the speed as it glides toward the inner breakwater ofthe harbor. ship via a Jacobs Ladder which has been rigged over the Extreme caution must still be used, however, as there are side and returns to shore in his own boat. The word is passed, always the many small boats scurrying around the harbor Now seciirethe SpecizilSea Detail, The underway watch is set. OIL' KING transfers fuel oil from one storage tank to another. His job is to see that boilers are constantly supplied with fuel oil and that it is properly stored to keep ship on an even keel. PROPER PRESSURE of steam being generated in boilers is main- tained by regulating supply of fuel oil and air. Continuous control is needed to meet the varying demands for steam by ship's turbines. What Makes the STEAM CYCLE MANUFACTURES PCDWER TO TAKE SHIP WI-IEREVER SHE IS ORDERED IVIACHINIST'S MATE lines up feed water to main feed pumps. Af- ter steam has performed its work in the turbines it is condensed back into water and returned to boilers to complete steam cycle. R. The transformation of the ROCHESTER from an inert mass of steel into a moving, breathing, man-of-war is the job of the Engineering department. Whether the task is fixing a fan or a 40,000 horsepower main engine, the responsibility belongs to the engineers. Shown on these pages is a simpliied picture of how the ship, by converting water to steam and back into water again, is able to provide all the power to run everything from the four giant screws to the flickering movie projector on the fantail. This circulation, commonly called the steam cycle, takes place every minute of the day, at sea or in port. Sea water is the raw material from which all the ship's power is manufactured. It is supplied to the evaporators and is heated there by steam tubes until it itself is turned into steam. The steam has escaped from the salt and other - E i REGULATING VALVES control flow of sea water to evaporators where it is distilled by heat of existing steam from boilers to make more feed water .as Well as drinking water for crew. img: . 4 I . I l I I BOILER TENDERS CHECK on operation of a main boiler feed pump. These pumps deliver water to the boilers where it will be gen- erated into steam which will be used to provide power for turbines. Roch G impurities which it originally contained, which remains be- hind in the evaporator. This brine is pumped overboard. The steam formed in the evaporators is now condensed into water-pure enough not only for drinking purposes, but even more critical, for use as feed water in the ship's four boilers. Under optimum conditions the evaporators will produce up to 40,000 gallons of fresh water over a 24-hour period. Although this figure seems exceptionally large, one of the engineers' big headaches is daily consumption which, in hot weather, often exceeds the output of the evaporators. The fresh water thus obtained is stored in one of the many fresh or feed water tanks which are located low in the ship thereby giving it stability in rough seas. This water is taken directly from these tanks when required for use in cooking, drinking or taking a shower. Water used cconnwuso ON PAGE soy TEMPERATURE of main engine bearings is recorded and checked ev- ery hour to insure proper operation. Messenger of the Watch takes these and many other readings, keeping close check on equipment. .ga .. X yy-1 1.1 S LEVEL OF WATER in boilers must be watched continuously to insure that water is kept at an optimum level for steam genera- tion. Too high or too low a level can endanger boiler operation. CHIEF OF THE WATCH supervises throttleling of main engine steam which has been generated by boilers. The man with the head- phones is the main engine throttleman who steps on the gas in answer to commands which come down from the OOD on open bridge. 'i 4 -Q., I ,, li ELECTRIC SHOP is center of operations for men of E Division. Here equipment is overhauled and repaired. Spare parts are stocked for many different types of gear. FIRESIDES, tended by B Division personnel, are hot places to work, especially when the ship is steaming in areas around Formosa and the Philippines. Temperatures soar far above the 100 degree mark. lla D l il T l. 1 I r k . 'I 1. l i 5 5 E'-1. . GENERATOR WATCHES, also an E Divi- sion Function, are stood in Hrerooms. What Malces RUCH Go MNT., for steam production in the ship's boilers must be further treated by chemicals, since a boiler requires purer water than the human stomach. Proceeding in the steam cycle, the feed water is pumped to one of the four Babcott and Wilcox express-type boilers and is circulated through tubes inside the boiler. Into the bottom of the boiler is sprayed fuel oil which mixes with air and ignites, providing extremely hot temperatures. This heat rises through the boiler and heats the tubes through which the feed water is circulating, producing steam. The water is heated so quickly that it flashes into steam which is led from the boiler at 600 pounds per square inch pressure and anywhere from 5000 to 8500, depending on the ship's operational requirements. Fuel oil gases continue to rise out of the boiler and pass out of the stack. When dark smoke belches from the stack fa mortal sin for any Engi- neering watch ofhcerb the mixture of fuel oil and air is too thick, and adjustments must be made at the bottom of the boner. A The ROCHESTER, incidentally, when filled to capacity with fuel oil, carries about 750,000 gallons of oil-enough to propel her from Yokosuka to Long Beach at 20 knots non-stop Can occurance devoutly to be wishedl or around the world at five knots. After the steam leaves the boiler it is ready for use in the main propulsion equipment. It now passes into one of the four main engine turbines, which, through reduction gears, turns the propeller that drives the ship through the water. Each of the four main engines can develop approxi- mately 40,000 horsepower and represents the heart of the propulsion machinery. Steam from the boiler is also used to drive the main electric generators-each rated at 750 kilowatts and together capable of supplying a small city with all the electric power it needs. Many other uses are made from steam formed in the boilers- from pressing clothes in the tailor shop to operating many of the ship's auxiliary pumps and their machinery. Eventually all the used steam is directed back to one of the condensers, where, upon rapid cooling by sea water, it is condensed to fresh water again and is ready for recircula- tion back to the boilers. The steam cycle is then ready to begin anew. The engineers are divided into five divisions. B division is assigned the responsibility of the operation and mainte- nance of the boilers and associated equipment. This division, Ship can generate enough electricity, to AIR COMPRESSION UNITS found in B Division spaces provide the compressed air used for Completely supply a fairly large CIIZY' many purposes throughout ship. Boiler tenders also handle fuel and water storage. one of the largest aboard, is also responsible for the handling and stowage of all fuel oil and fresh water. M division, in turn, maintains all the main propulsion and related machinery. The E division has charge of the electrical power systems on the ship and maintenance of the interior communications system as well as the ship's gyros. In performance of their duties, E division personnel are scattered all over the ship, maintaining such items as the battery in the captain's gig, the sound-powered phones of CIC, the movie projector in the mess hall and the gyro repeater on the bridge. A division provides the operators of the ship's steam heat systems, hydraulic machinery, refrigeration equipment, air conditioning systems, diesel engines and many other items of auxiliary machinery. The fifth engineering division, the R division is re- sponsible for the other primary mission of the department- damage control. The mission of damage control boils down to doing everything possible to keep the ship afloat... preserving her watertight integrity before battle and during battle. The HR division is composed of metalsmiths, pipehtters, carpenters, and damage controlmen. During peace the division functions mainly as Welders, repairmen, carpenters and general builders. They also inspect and repair any discrepancies in the hull, decks, bulkheads or hatches which tend to destroy the ability of the ship to stay afloat should she be subjected to torpedo or bombing attack. The Damage Control assistant, normally a full lieutenant, should know the number and use of every compartment on the ship and the location and purpose of every damage control fitting. Fire main systems, vent systems, sprinkler systems, auxiliary means of access and repair party procedures must be second nature to all men associated with damage control. Theoretical damage control involves the application of principles of geometry and physics which aiect the stability of the ship as heavy Weights are moved about topside, as free water enters the ship, and as the ship rolls and pitches with the sea. It involves such terms as Hmetacentric height, and 'trighting moment. No part of the ship is exempt from the scrutinizing eye of the members of the damage control team. QCONTINUED ON PAGE :sap MACHINE SHOP and emergency diesel generator rooms are just two of the spaces where A Division personnel work. They also handle refrigeration, air conditioning and hydraulic equipment. -YY l W I .' I -4- ., Q: 1 I - 1 :wg , li . ' -. my: L J . Wit' .L A- 'r 'l .I . ' I I I -: A , f 'M . .4 ' 1 A 51 . ' 2-4, 1 .w , x. 'Q if if WW' Q... n 5 DAMAGE CONTROL CENTRAL NIAINTAINS CHARTS OF EVERY HATCH, VENT AND SCUTTLE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE SHIP REPAIR PARTIES are trained to combat ra- dioactivity should atomic Weapons be used. R qCQNT,p A-W During General Quarters repair parties are scattered throughout the ship, under the direction of the Damage Control Assistant down in D.C. Central. These repair parties are comprised not only of damage controlrnen and other members of the R Division but also first aid teams from Sick Bay, assisted by stretcher bearers and phone talkers. Repair Parties can be anywhere in the ship in minutes, fully equipped to cope with any type of trouble which should develop, be it fire, Hood, explosion or even atomic radiation. EXTENSIVE SOUND-POWERED PHONE SYSTEM is maintained and controlled by I. C. electricians who man Interior Communications switch board located in D. C. Central. i v -vs PLOTTING COURSES and fixes of the ship's position becomes second nature to quartermasters who must work in the chart house. r 1 2 for .si-fl: In 5 . . 5 FATHOMETER is used by members of Navigation Department to measure the depth of the water in which Rochester is sailing. BY MEANS OF an azimuth indicator quartermasters take bearings of objects within sight of the ship. Sextant in used to measure the angles between the horizon and the moon, sun, or a star. QM's Act as 00D Secretaries, Drivers As well as Glock Setters, Ghart Keepers The age of science has changed the Navy in many ways, but perhaps the man least affected by the atomic age is the quartermaster. His equipment, to be sure, is better and more precise, his charts are more detailed and complete, he now has loran and the fathometer and radar to help him. But all in all he is doing a job as old as the sea itself. We don't know how early man found his Way on the sea. We know that shortly after recorded history began he was using the stars to guide him from place to place across endless stretches of water. The sailor of 1955 knows more about the stars than the native of the Pacific islands thousands of years ago, but he has found no better method of navigating than by using the celestial bodies. Quartermasters today- just as their predecessors in Admiral Dewey's Navy-get out their sextants in the morning and evening and take the angles to known stars. From these angles they are able to locate the ship's position on the earth. Time is the quartermaster's other major concern. Down through our Navy's history it has been the quartermaster who has been charged with the responsibility of synchronizing the ship's chronometers, winding and comparing them daily. On their accuracy all his celestial observations, as well as many important ship's functions, depend. And traditionally the quartermaster has been the right- hand man of the officer on watch, helping him record the events of his watch in the log, checking on details of ship's business and reporting to the OOD. The quartermaster's is the basic job of a sailor. He is the man who knows where the ship is going, how to get her there, and when she will arrive. 1-WW -- .513-pf --'--.x-.-.,.,,,, -sxxcu AIRYPJ, Connery -PLUSQC f5L1i AMPLIFYIl5lGA :Nz-'o, IS Pzorrsn BY MEN wno Musr wnzrz BACKWARDS o AT NF RMATI , K, p. I . :- ' Combat Information' Centerfvtheg. eyes and ears ofthe ship. 'Find the palestf men on the ROCHESTER and you will have found the radarmen, inhabitants ' of the dank, dark hole known ,familiarly 'as combat. N , C -5 ' u Assembled .in combat are all the ship's search radars, many of the ra'. scopes and a' jumble of radio - circuits that often amazes the uninitiated. Any object-that passes 'the' radar horizons of the ship will be displayed in combat, 'be itat mountaintop, a buoy, a sampan, aa iet, or an aircraft carrier. Correctly interpreting.-and analyzing ' the small dot of light on the scope is one of the' fundamentals of theradarman's job. - a 1 ,- ' , ' Perhaps the greatest accomplishmentyfor a watchstander in CIC' is making sense- and' order out of 'the seeming chaos- caused by many radio circuits, squawld'boqzes,,soundw- A telephone talkers 'and various' veicesfg: V the be ever, rlvlf -vw- of words which do not appear in any civilian dictionary must become firstunature to him. . ' To become a 'good watchstander in combat one must understand task forcektactics, the- rules 'of maneuver-- ing, man overboard procedures, radar navigating, the ,fundamentals of ,fire control, all visual signalling, espe- cially flaghoist, the problems and capabilities of ships unlike his such as carriers and destroyers, thegman- euvering board, the DRT, the princi- ples applied by radio personnel, re- plenishment at sea, the joe-pot and the grease pencil. 4 B One of CIC's primary functions during task force operations is the control of any aircraft which the task force commander may assign to the ship for control: All CIC watch officers must learn a new language which both they 'and all pilots will understand. A 0 When steaming with the task force the men switch into a port-and- starboard watch- -six on, six off. Q At general quarters, the small hole down on the fourth deck is filled with 45 bodies, including seven officers. Watches in combat are interesting, and when operating with the task force, extremely busy. An .efficient CIC should know all, see all, 'and tell all about any object on its radar or any station with which it has communications. - .7 C fa if ' . Copying the many voice circuits and transmitting N, to the various units of the task force are part of the extensive com- munications func- tion of CIC. Com- bat is able to transmit and re- czive hon more t an t ree ti 'es as man netslgas Y , .does the bridge, ' Q N ENTE iCombat is the GQ station of the opera- tions officer, who evaluates all infor- mation received in combat, whether it be radar, radio, visual or derived from other elec- tronic means, and advises the cap- tain during battle. 4 I X. ' 3 .J H : V 7' 51 , v 54,4 I at f ,Writ . The special sea detail team takes a fix-a-minute when the ship is entering and leaving - port. By taking radar ranges to- prominent landmarks, com- bat can make recommenda- tions for course changes, can track moving ships and can keep the bridge informed of ranges to the anchorage and other necessary information. Solving maneuvering board problems are part of the ' routine of the watch. Radar- men must be able to solve for the course and speed of a ship, and be able to com- pute its closest point of. approach by regular ranges and bearings to it. S . , 4 K -X Ke , wil, n lx HI Y KVM VM ,,,tQ,,,- . HAWAII'S BLUE SKIES form a backdrop tor one of the island's famous palms. Most of Oahu's vegetation is tropical. 'il V F' M- ' I . I LOCAL NATIVES POSE FOR PORTRAIT HONOLULU AND DIAMOND HEAD LIE AT THE FOOT OF THE HILLS OF OAHU BELOW: Waikiki Beach stretches before the famous hotels of Honolulu, providing a playground of swimming, sunning and boata ing for the thousands of visitors who flock there in ever-increasing numbers. RIGHT! The Rochester lies moored in Pearl Harbor where the ship's company got a chance to investigate the charms of the nation's very popular, modern and valuable possession. JI X H I , A E VN? gf- A iii I' I- LiAls v: .,', J?'41r7X'Q5P' A yng . A N , 3. ,iw 4, ' n.n::Q If0720lllIll,S elegant waterfront is framed from the east by low-lzfzngizzg frees. ad' Wy aradi Hawaii, America's tropical jewel, was the first non-con- tinental soil seen by the ROCHESTER after having departed from Long Beach eight days before. This chain of resort islands would have remained just a beautiful, tucked away paradise had it not been for two factors, its productive soil and its protective harbor. The islands provide the world with virtually all of its pineapple and the Western hemisphere with most of its sugar and coconuts. Pineapples are raised in Hawaii with as much care and attention, as corn and wheat are in the States-and in fields just as large. Not only on Oahu, but on all the other islands of the chain, Hawaiian gold is carefully cultivated, making it the big business of Hawaii. A RAINBOW DIPS behind one of Hawaii's rich pineapple fields. Many of the island's days include both a light drizzle and bright sunshine, making rainbows a trademark. eehnioolor The harbor which is referred to only as 'fPearl throughout the Naval service has an interesting past. It was once held sacred by the native population and was thought to be in special favor of the gods. Today, it is very much in the favor of the United States Navy. Here is the hub of our Pacific operations, and surrounding the natural harbor, one of the most comprehensive shore establishments of the Navv. It was nearly 70 years ago, and before the annexation of Hawaii, that the Navy was granted the right by King Kalakaua to establish a coaling and repair station in the Pearl river. In a strategic location on the route to the East, over the years Pearl became a gathering point for the various Pacific commands. Supporting installations of every kind gradually made their appearance. Among the early establishments was a submarine base among whose com- manding officers were present Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Currently ComServPac, CincPac, Commander 14th Naval district and the Hawaiian Sea Frontier head the list of activities. Liberty in the islands was luxury. Honolulu is modern enough to be a Southern California metropolis, but is still rich in native local color. It was comfortable enough to offer the ROCHESTER sailor all the conveniences he wanted and colorful enough so that he could shoot up rolls of film using the native population or the natural topography as subject matter. The visiting sailor played the part of the tourist with admirable success. Lolling at Waikiki, sipping Singapore Slings at the Royal Hawaiian or Surf Rider, or sampling Don the Beach- comber's rum concoctions, he made the most of this paradise isle. Life would not be so easy, nor the climate so pleasantly moderate until the trip back, and that was many tedi- ous months away. l , , I , f 4 I fi ELECTRONIC gear is highly sensitive AROUND THE CLOCK ET's are on call and demands constant care by technicians. as equipment must be kept in constant use. MODERN MAGIC ' vg.. l f, 5 X . Nr X , 7 E , f 3- ! f A, H' 1 Q f X ' i. T N T . ,g X X AJ' 1 X X i Q i T TRANSNIITTERS AND RECEIVERS are also the responsibility of electronic technicians. They also service all radar gear in Combat and throughout the ship as well as antennas. Q- 'f-2'-2e2:-11.:a- ::,-2.-i-f'-are-15 .1 X. X. X, X X, X Having trouble With your low-range genesteralator? Your klystron hyper- bolis is out? You need a new light bulb? Call the electronic technicians. In the modern, complex machine that is the atomic-age Warship, electronic equipment taxes the tongue as well as the ingenuity of this comparatively unique group of specialists. They are repairmen, they are technicians, and more often than not, they are magicians. A transmitter stops transmitting, or a radar no longer radiates, and here they come, loaded down with Dr. Zarkov's Handy-Dandy Cruiser Kit, and presto! -there you are. What they do and how they do it are the results of highly specialized train- ing afloat and ashore. lt is training that will be invaluable to them in later times, and is indispensable to the Navy at all times. Theirs is the responsi- bility, as the book puts it, for installa- tion, maintenance and technical repair of all electronic equipment assigned. These words cover a multitude of headaches but the ET's have just the kind of aspirins needed. They occupy a singular place in the operations department. 'l'hey're not required to track aircraft, sit on a circuit, or sound off on a voice radio net, though they can do all of these things. Theirs is the background job, the unheralded, up-at-all-hours-of-the night job. When the air-controller loses his radar picture, or when the OOD loses his voice radio in the middle of a fast carrier task force, it's then that the ET's come into their own. At sea they're hard at work in a maze of test equipment. In port they're high on the mast, checking antennas. When the ship in neither at sea nor in port- that's when they get their rest. They are technicians, specialists, doctors, detectives, trouble shooters, steeple- jacks, and on occasion, very good guessers. ff 4 -ff' ' , f f , ' f f f 'f,.fA7y,j'ff7W Z'2-9' -' 1 , ',f f 7' 'df'-' .f.,'V ' 1' - , . , 'itgj f , Q ,.,V -.QQ 3 ,.a,- 4.j,ggzg,,',a-,'. 1- - f--'-4-' 0 1-V -V -M f , ,.,- '..,m,:,ff .,-as X, .X , ,X .. .V X X XX . 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Prompt action and quick transportation to Yokosuka resulted in outstanding results. The Medical department came into its own with dramatic impact during Task Force 77 operations when one of the Marines began suffocating as a result of a collapsed lung. The ROCHESTER had been detached for shore bombardment with other cruisers and destroyers. As the doctor worked through the night, the ship steamed at high speed toward the carriers in order that helicopter transfer of the patient could be effected. A special radio circuit was established so the doctor could discuss the case with the doctor of the U.S.S. ORISKANY. No sooner were Dr. Burke and his patient on the carrier, than they were whisked into a waiting AD which took off and headed toward Okinawa. As soon as the mercy plane touched down at Naha, shore-based corpsmen were waiting with an ambulance, and the transfer from a detached cruiser to the hospital in Okinawa was consummated with less than ten minutes delay en route. The doctor was back the next day, making a carrier landing, with the report that the patient was out of trouble and recovering. The waiting list in the dentist's office indicates a little less glamorous, but no less time-consuming task-the job of keeping the molars of the ship in shape. The latest in dental equipment and three qualified corpsmen provide ex- cellent service to the crew. MEN IN WHITE .dl e ' ' 'f . Rx ,.... , ip . su- N K ,wx l F ,ak- rl CLEANING TEETH is job of dental techni- cian, leaving dentist free for other work gi 1 I-I we ' - -x, ff V fm, Q CORPSMEN aid ship's doctor in wards and treatment room as Well as in pharmacy. im.. 1 ,I ,tic I.. 'F THE ROCHESTER GLIDES past Corregidor, the island guardian at the entrance to Manila Bay, and an historic battleground of the Second World War. The Philippines AFTER TEN YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE A YCUNG REPUBLIC GROWS IN STRENGTH m - -.gf . -pry ,A-M51 ' 13309-I4'gx, -S .A c . ., A , 1f.h17fLiegq,7-.ggi ' sl-,. A -- . W-frfflw 'FFS I 1 . Aw .ALA ...nm 'I A Manila and Subic were our first Oriental ports after arriving in Kee- lung. The ROCHESTER's week in the Philippines brought the hottest weather of the cruise, even though we arrived during the third week in March. From the ship Manila reminded many of Long Beach, with its sun-washed white buildings along the coastline and the hills rising in the haze of the distance. Typical tourists, the crew took in many remnants of early Philippine history as well as many monuments of World War II. The old walled city, founded by the Spaniards before 1600, attracted many. The University of Santo Tomas, located within the walls, was founded by missionaries in 1605 and occupies a building constructed in 1601. Tours arranged by the Chaplain took the sailor away from the city and into the hills where he could get a good View of one of the best harbors in the world, and one of the most famous spots in American history. The United States gained title to this highly prized archipelago after the Spanish-American war at the turn of the twentieth cen- tury. Commodore Dewey's famous battle of Manila Bay was the turning point of that war. MANILA fr m the b y reminiscent of the ship's home port, Long Beach. TYPICAL native huts sport In 1935 the United States formed the Commonwealth of the Philippines, with the promise at that time to later grant the islands their independence. During World War II the islands suffered heavy damage. Reminders of it are evident to this day in the Walled City which is largely unrestored since the bombings. Innumerable half-submerged hulks of ships are visible in the harbor presenting a hazard to navi- gation and to the liberty boats shuttling to and from the Fleet landing. On July 4, 1946, just 17 months after American troops had pounded their way back into Manila, the Philippines were given their independence. Since that time the new nation has rapidly grown in stature, especially under the leadership of their vigorous president, Ramon Magsaysay. LEAVE IT TO THE NAVY! The troops meet Filipino movie stars on a tour inland. thatched roofs and perch precariously on stilts. Birds and animals live below. The officers found that the water in the Army and Navy Club pool was cool and that the drinks at the Air Force Officers' Club were cheap Csometimes freej. Among the crew, the old salts indoctrinated the tender SA's in the mysterious ways of the Yellow Bar and many other not-as-famous attractions of the night. The Filipino people were unlike any other in the Orient. Clean, literate, proud and independent, they had the puzzling quality of being fanatically Christian and openly immoral at the same time without letting one standard interfere with the other. All in all, Manila leaves the impression that the infant republic is booming, and will soon compete on its own terms with other nations of Southeast Asia. MANILA BAY IS CALM FROM A VANTAGE POINT IN THE SURROUNDING HILLS V 1 . .A , , -mixer. ' ,- . ' in. , ' 5' - .. .f-wr f V .1 I 1 1 . A . S.. 'i si xA,4xC1Q,5L?A .,.- A A ' L wa A . k is is ' xr. 'if51.::,- , . .. . lgwlgq. W K . QV I I I 17 R f it i'p,,, 4 ,,,.TW.gjp ' f - Q fr wax., I if' ff l . 'f- ' W . 3 - f , H-mf ,af f . . - . ...A-1 l1ip's Personnel Provide llwn Entertainment At lloehesteris First Smoker oi the Year The ROCHESTER's first smoker of the year was held the first time the ship was in Keelung. It was a continuation of a Navy tradition that in modern times has seemed to falter. Boxing matches and music formed the center of the original smoker. In recent years the entertainment has taken a more musical than pugilistic turn. With the aid of the Seventh Fleet band, talent from the ship's company kept the audience amused with songs and danc- ing and guitar playing for an hour and a half. Usually, however, nowadays a smoker isn't called a smoker at all. Some people with guitars get together and a small one is started. Or someone puts some records on a player and five or ten people gather around to listen. Wherever and whatever it is, the reason is the same: the need to relax after a hard day's work. THE CROWD WAS LARGE AND THE LAUGHTER LOUD THROUGHOUT THE SHOW N dA.. THE BAND WAS A MAINSTAY IN EVERY ENTERTAINMENT SHIP'S PERFORMERS WERE OF A DOZEN FINE KINDS 4-ll I, 54, 'X .xr-- 'X ROCHESTER BRASS 'thoroughly enjoyed the show from start to Hnish. Perhaps most popular of all with the crowd was a young fellow with a Spanish guitar, a boot named Luis Macias who had the audience screaming for more of his songs. I- oatswain ate lt Storts ot Down, Continues tlll Dusk For the Oldest Rotung In the Novy AN ANCIENT PRACTICE, HOLYSTONING WILL LAST UNTIL THE ITHIN the past twenty years or so, the Navy has added a lot of new-fangled electronic gear to its ships and created many spe- cialist ratings. No matter how specialized the Navy becomes, however, its oldest and most versa- tile rate will remain unchanged-that of the boat- swain mate. Versatile is the word to describe a good boatswain mate. His territory extends from the eyes of the ship to the crane-the men under him comprise the largest force on the ship. The boatswain's day starts immediately upon the veille and sometimes even before, the BM of the watch passing the Heave out and trice up. sounding of re because it was word Reveille. B 0615 as the word Turn to. Scrub down Y a - weather decks. Sweep down compartments and VY A DUDDIIIUIL I UR lvvvvhl- .Y-v.-v dump all trashi' is sounding through the spaces, the boatswain mates of the deck divisions may be seen trudging up the ladders, shepherding their bleary- eyed seamen to the scrub-down hoses, brushes and squeegies. Thus the early morning ritual proceeds and the wooden deck is ready to bear the load of another day's heavy traffic. If a scrub-down won't do the trick, the deck seaman's favorite pastime-holystoning-is em- ployed to keep the deck smooth and white. The BM establishes the grating rhythm of stone across deck, and the troops keep time, much to the annoy- ance of some officer yet abed, about two feet below. For it is the appearance of each deck area which is the basis of competition among the various divi- sions. A white and spotless deck is the pride of each division BM. f- ...Qim in s ,. HK M5 if, an f fi I r, I an DAWN FINDS BOATSWAIN MATES supervising a scrubzlown of their weatherdeck areas. The Rochester weatherdecks are divided into seven sections, each deck division has its area of responsibility. ww Al.. KNOCK OFF WORK is piped at 1130 When the weather allows it sunbathing is a popular activity during the noon hour and a half .Dmxm pn! v' R MORNING ACTIVITIES generally include chipping and painting in a never-ending battle to keep ahead of rust and corrosion brought Boatswain Mate's Da Painting waterways, hatches, stanchions and gratings, polishing the topside brightwork, painting and polishing the belowdecks passageways and keeping the deck gear lockers filled with coffee cups are part of the every-day routine of each division's boatswain mates. Some of the BMs are responsible for specific items of the ship's rigging. The forecastle, with its associated machinery, offers problems with which the boatswain mate must be familiar. In anchoring, mooring, or getting underway, the anchor, along with the chain and the anchor windlass, require years of experience and proficiency of the deck force. Eiiicient and safe rigging of the ship's two motor whale- boats demand the close supervision of the BM. Once in the water, boat crews must be provided and often include rated boatswain mates or leading seamen. HIGH LINE TRANSFERS are a common occurance when ship is with the task force Both cargo and personnel are transferred in this Way I gi xx K. - ,a,,,,,,.. ,.., ... , , .. , W... . , ,, ,A . , 4 , ,V . V,,,, il., IVV, , A ' , . 1 ' 1 ff if ' 1 ' . , f ' iff C ' I ,f ' . , ,jzig K A ML? V , ,V , VL V ' 'i s f, ' ' V Q, -, ' I , f ' 7 I 2 .ff , Mx-- R ,N ' ' f .V . , V I b ff was I 7 V , 1 I Yr 'L A 1 ff I ,r,,, f Lx I x f s H, 2 f V ,X I W - as . say.- I I . 'H ' P is W 'ry' - - 51, arts, Q--. A ,,.........-,-- w r ' , ,- Q I H Y' ' ' ' Y - 'X X . . f 1 N , g Q h - kk 7 I - f C . pg H A II I K F' fig Xpwlzl , 'A I . Y X .L . K , x i N., I I r i i Elhllk about by salt spray. Paint Locker soon becomes a familiar place to deck seamen. There is always time for a coffee break however. Skillful operation of the ship's crane is required when loading or off-loading large, heavy items, such as boats and ammo onto the fantail or into the hangar. The setting of the special sea, anchoring, and mooring detail marks the beginning of concentrated activity on the part of the deck force. Well in advance of going alongside a pier mooring lines, fenders, heaving lines, grapnels, Stoppers, chafing gear and tackle must be broken out by the divisions handling them, under the supervision of the boat- swain mate. Awnings must be rigged, brows must be secured, ladders must be dropped into the water. Once the lines are doubled up, they are nnished off by securing the frapping and rigging the ratguards. I Refueling and replenishing at sea pose extra problems for our hard working and versatile boatswain. He must know the smallest details of the various rigs for transferring personnel, refueling, transferring ammunition, and replenish- ing at sea. At these times his responsibility is great, for I ag . - ' I ' 5 THE DAYS OF SAILS ARE GONE in the U. S. Navy but boats- Q wain mates must still know how to measure and to sew canvas. I l LIFELINES are periodically inspected and those showing signs of wear are repaired or replaced. Canvas covering prolongs life. THE AFTERNOON may rind boatswain mates busy with such jobs as preparing fancy work to dress up quarterdeck and other places. PAINTING STILL CONTINUES, however, day in and day out to iight the effects of salt water, a job which can never slaken. A source of irritation to jOOD's RAIN OR SHINE there is always plenty to do for boatswain mates and their strikers. When squalls come up gun covers and hatch hoods must be put in place. Awnings, for protection from both sun and rain, are rigged prior to entering port. At sea, deck division personnel stand Watches as lookouts as Well as at the life buoy on the fantail. Dummy at left is used for man overboard practice to see how fast the duty life boat can get into action. lllllllIlllllllIlIllIIIlllIlllIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIllIllIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIlIIIIIllIIlllIllllIIillIllIllIIIIIIllIIllIlllIIllIllllIIllIllllllIIllIIIlIIllllllllIIIllIHIIIIllIIIIlIllllllIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIlIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIlllIIIllIIlIllllIllIIIllIIIIIIllIlllllllllllllllIlllllIIllllIIlllllIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllliliilllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllll III! Six Boats Keep supplier of work and worries for every deck division, cause of trouble for the engineers, but a welcome sight at liberty call---these are the ship's boats. The workhorses of the harbor when the ship is anchored out, six boats are the property of the ROCHESTER, each one maintained and manned by a diferent deck division. Two thirty-footers, two motor whaleboats, an ojficefs motor boat, and the captain's gig comprise the complement of boats aboard. When anchored for any length of time, the trafic to and from the beach is so heavy that additional boats, fjqfyfooters from nearby boat pools, or LCMs from neigh- boring ships, must be borrowed. The Navy places a great deal of emphasis on smart boat appearance, and expert boathandling. Snappy move- ments and sharp attire by the boat crews Busy on Runs to Beach and Back 115 landings create a favorable impression Coxswains of gigs and barges must be 5 ofthe ship they represent. ROCHESTER boat crews are manned by deck seamen and prospective boatswain mates as well as rated BM7s. They are chosen from their deck divisions on the basis of seamanship and boat handling ability. A boat coxswain must be many things. In addition to being a good boat driver, he must be a diplomat, keeping the number of passengers in his boat below its maximum complement, regardless of the rate of the sailor who thinks the boat can take just 4' one more. He must be a combination navigator-cIair- voyant when it comes to picking his way through the alnzost-solid fog which frequently enrelops the Long Beach area. Traveling at the slowest speed through dense fog, he has to distinguish among the various sounds of the waterfront and pick his course by ear. familiar with the many traditions and E honors that are attendant upon the pre- sence of captains or flag officers embarked in the boat. Promptness and correctness of various boat signals are the earmarks of experienced boat crews. The coxswain must be a combination boatswain nzate-janitor, keeping the boat which is his clean, painted, and polished, a never-ending ,ight against salt water and soot, to say nothing of the refinery snzog that blesses the Southern California coastline. The coxswain is the unsung hero, the patient propeller of boats who works late into the night, taking his buddies on the beach and then delivering them back later in the evening. But tomorrow will be his liberty night, and he can take a busman's holiday, riding as a passenger into the beach. IlllllllllllllllIIIIlllIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIIIHIIIlllIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIHIIIIIIllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIlIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllll IlllllllllIIllIIIIIlllllllIllIllllllIIIllIllllIllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllll Boatswain Mateis lla the safety of his men and of expensive equipment depends on the eiiiciency and alertness of the boatsyvain mate in charge of his station. In addition to being the jack-of-all-trades and master of most in matters of deck seamanship, the boatsyvain mate has another important duty in the watches he stands-in the deck shack in port and in the pilot house underway. With his bosun's pipe , the symbol of authority, secured around his neck and tucked in his jumper pocket, the BMOW rules the IMC, passing the word to the remotest portions of the ship. Proficiency in rendering honors and ceremonies is like the frosting on the cake, completing this being we have been investigating, the boatswain mate. Piping various dignitaries aboard and over the side, supervising the sideboys, and knowledge of quarterdeck etiquette, both routine and cere- monial, are part of his duties as a ivatchstander. When a staff is aboard the ROCHESTER, he may aid a harried OOD by acting as his head spy, spotting and recognizing various departing and arriving admirals and captains. No rate in the Navy teaches a man more about a ship, nor produces a more versatile sailor than that of hbosun mate. iq. FUELING AT SEA, especially at night, calls for lots of experience as Well as brute muscle-power. Gunnery Oiiicer watches operation. s .., r li? A S ,,,X.. f,-ii, 1 Lf l 5233 mary ! LETTING GO THE ANCHOR is another job which takes skill and know-how. Anchor can be dangerous Weapon unless handled properly. A W IT TAKES MANY MEN from the deck divisions during Special Sea Detail whether the ship is to moor to a buoy, alongside a pier, or anchor out. Jobs include tending anchor buoy, heaving lines. THE BASIC MEANS OF NAVY COMMUNICATIONS IS DIT-DOT MORSE CODE, Back in the Old Navy, so we are told, getting the word was a simple matter indeed. The boatswain's mate piped his call on deck and other boat- swain's mates throughout the ship picked up the cry and passed it down hatches, into living spaces, from top to bottom of the ship. The word from the outside, infrequent and short, came at mail call. That was it. Today's bigger, modern Navy has a much bigger problem in communica- tions. Rapid passing of the word to each ship from the seat of government and from command centers ashore and afloat began with the introduction of radio equipment a long time ago. As the equipment has become more complex so have the problems which arose out of it. Today's Navy has certain ships whose major function is communica- tions alone-communications in sup- port of complicated, detailed operations which require instant contact by a commander with dozens, even hundreds, of units and stations ashore and afloat. In the ROCHESTER the average sailor takes the word for granted. He gripes when he doesn't get it, but in general he is better informed than the sailor of any other Navy, past or present. He can read the Plan of the Day, which will tell him what the ship expects to do for the next twenty four hours. He hears the loudspeaker, which tells him what activities are scheduled for the next hour or two. He has radio receivers in the mess halls for com- mercial broadcasts. When the ship is at sea a daily world news sheet is mimeographed and distributed. He gets mail regularly, at sea and in port, with rapid delivery by air and sea. The part of the word he does not see and does not get may effect him just as much. This part is the traffic load of official messages processed in the radio rooms aboard every Navy ship. Messages telling of supplies available, wire notes concerning pro- spective movements of the ship, reports on gunnery exercises completed, orders to take a new course, scheduling of future yard periods-these and hun- dreds of other topics are covered in the endless flow of messages through the hands of the communications personnel. During a time of heavy operational commitments-for instance, the Iwo Jima exercise of April, 1954- coNTiNuEo ON PAGE 57 The Job ot Putting Out cinoI Receiving The Word Is Accomplished In Mciny Wciys Abocird the Rochester fi 'YY Q ti -6-'F O F fr 4' . it rl? ti QUIET AND QUICK, semaphore flags are used whenever the ship is close enough to the addressee on a message. One of the oldest methods ot Navy communications, semaphore today ranks high on the list of most reliable, most secure, and fastest. WATCHING night, signalmen keep an eye for orders from task force commander. Visual methods are used as often as possible. THE FLAGSHIP, day and Shand-...Li OFFICIAL MAIL is another source of the word. Administrative messages, let- ters, orders, and packages are sorted in the Captains Ofiice for routing. 3 SIGNAL FLAGS, today backed by the voice radio, were once the only means avail- able of sending tactical orders to ships. WITHIN THE SHIP the Word for the day comes out each evening in the Plan of the Day, prepared by the Executive Offi- cer daily to keep the crew informed. ,, f 4 if :Vw , ,TQ T72 2 ,V ,fo 4.1 ff 1- ' i ,f 'gr ww 4 WW - mp V, 1 I I if il! . .!. I. 1,2 . 4-w,,QiW K About Sandra Lee COMMUNICATIONS O at I IT TAKES ALL KINDS . . . The complicated process of spreading news of all types consists of such widely separated tasks as setting up a transmitter for operation at sea and typing the stencil for the world news sheet distributed daily to the crew at sea Radio Speeds Message To New Rochester Father Some men see Navy communications at a close-up. Ensign Read R. Nielson, who himself works in communications aboard ship, was one. His daughter Sandra Lee was just a few hours old when he got the message telling the news of her arrival. The method by which he got the word is almost unbelievably complicated and yet extraordinarily quick. As soon as the baby was born, his dad telegraphed the new father telling him his baby was a girl, how much she weighed, and the general condition of both women in the Nielson Ncsssmw family. Had his wife been in a Navy 9,35 hospital authorities there would have xl N i taken care of the message for the law new mother. ,RQ The wire went first to the Navy 966 A Communications Station in San Francisco, I wmv iifgmin Gm eww where communications personnel cut a tape ,abs-.tiwsgsosrs was all of its contents and fed the tape into a tele- W 16 ,mils type machine. From there it went through J??5x0X0FxxlNQ'50 a chain of Navy shore stations, eventually p Gogszkitse W QI arriving at the one from which the Rochester Ii, aol' was at the time receiving her traffic. The s message, received aboard the Rochester, was about five or six hours old. Hasty zap. Across the radio supervisoras desk, through a WQHIW cw' efslli check by the communications watch officer, in to the ,-. i'i1iG4NIs5 C.. ,win WW' II 'T e tt' 'L Q30 69 , x WW at ,xl .LQXS COMMUNICATIONS several hundred messages a day are received. When the staff of a Fleet Commander is embarked the average daily total runs into the hundreds, and a period of international tension may send the figure soaring above five hundred in a twenty four hour period. The ofiicial traflic of the ship is pro- cessed in a variety of ways. There is, first, what the Navy calls CW , simply dit-dot-dit Morse code. There are voice radio, teletype, flashing light, sema- phore, facsimile. For each method of transmitting and receiving the official word there must be qualified operators, each one of them an expert in his field. There must be men to write up what is received, men to route the message board throughout the ship, men to check the authenticity of all that is received and transmitted, men to repair the equipment when it fails, men to set up the transmitters and receivers properly to meet the needs of the ship. Communications becomes a continuing process of checking and rechecking, sending and receiving, writing and running off copies. For the ROCHESTER the end product is quick delivery of all messages con- cerning the ship and her crew. For the Navy as a whole the result of good communications is reliability un- matched anywhere else, security and speed which permit top Navy com- manders to talk to one another around the world in a matter of minutes. write-up man, and out to the addressee by messenger-that completes the chain. And the nervous father who got it, quite under- standably, probably never gave a thought to the line of people standing behind him who made the message possible. Navy men can also use official facilities for other types of important personal busi- ness. The Red Cross sends messages to the ship Concerning the welfare of depend- ents at home. It is all part of the job of the Navy7s communications system, whose three watchwords are reliability, speed, securityf, it sf Five Inch Guns are used against both air and surface opposition. Babtised in the flames of World War ll, they proved them- selves again during the Korean conflict. SECOND PRIZE ROCHESTER PHOTO CONTEST VODJANSKY USMC TH BIG PUNCH The' Full Impact of a three gun salvo when the eight inch rifles swing into action can only be captured by those who are witness to the potential destruction of their power. .N i V -4 il . L .Jw . ,, '1E , 'f 975 ' ',C ,W , 'l l 1 i E 4 , i THE DREAM OF EVERY GUNNER and tire controlman, an F6F drone splashes into the water of the blue Pacific after having become a victim of Rochester marksmanship. Drones are remote-controlled. FIRE CONTROL technicians job is an intricate one which demands intelligence, scientific aptitude and very specialized training. - Tl-T THE MANY PROBLEMS which are presented by fire control directors and other topside equipment are solved in plot, located in the bowels of the ship, an other-worldly array of switches, dials, cranks, knobs, levers and other apparatus. HE reason for the ROCHESTER's existence lies in her guns. The primary mission of the ship is firepower and to this end she has been constructed as a floating gun-platform bristling with 41 barrels designed to rain tons of metal on any object threat- ening her or forces friendly to her. The science of delivering shells to the proper spot at the precise time is one that has developed into a fantastic maze of circuits, electronic parts, gears, cams, levers, optics, radar, fuzes, hoists, powder, dials, lights, buzzers and bells, the name and purpose of which must be mastered by gunner's mates and fire control technicians. The thousands of factors which enable a gun to be placed and a shell shot from it are a far cry from the early gunnery methods when the barrel was fixed to tire only on the beam and the ship had to be maneuvered to present its guns to the target. Many of the guns were muzzle-loaded, and a flame applied to the powder in the breech was its method of firing. Defense against opposing shells was inadequate until the Civil war, when the Monitor and the Merrimac bounced shells off each other's metal hides. The goal of all gunnery operations is greatest accuracy at the longest range, combined with a rapid rate of fire Whether the target is a fast enemy jet or a gun enplacement slowing down an amphibious landing, greater range Big Punch CCONTINUEDD of the ROCHESTER's guns will enable it to stay out of range of the enemy's own guns. The range and rate of fire are the responsibility of the gunners mates, loaders and handlers. The ac- curacy, as well as the range at which accuracy is acquired, are dependent upon the fire control technicians and the intricate gear which they maintain, repair and operate. This sounds like a task for many men. It is. More than half the ship's complement is attached to the gunnery department. The work is divided up among nine divisions, each of which has a specific sphere of responsibility. The first three divisions take care of the big rifles, the eight-inch guns which are the ship's power against surface targets, whether they be on the beach or enemy vessels. Almost 7000 pounds of destruction can rain down on a target fifteen miles away when the ship lets go with a nine gun salvo. Blowing up a bridge or sinking an enemy ship with the big guns demands the knowledge and the skill of many men. The transportation of the shells and powder from the bowels of the ship into the breech requires muscles and ex- perience. The mulehauling of the pro- jectiles, the loading and unloading of the hoist and the ramming of the pay- load must be done safely and quickly. The speed with which this is performed determines the rate of fire. A proficient crew means quick destruction of the target. The guns are normally positioned by personnel entirely separate from the turret crews most of whom have no idea what they re firing at or even which way the turret is trained The guns are laid by fire control personnel often hundreds of feet and many decks away from the busy act1v1ty of the turret Sometimes its done optically sometimes by radar Nevertheless there are always many factors which determine the precise aiming of the barrel The wind the ships course and speed the targets course and speed the age of the barrel the tem perature of the powder the tendency of the bullet to curve like a baseball and many other factors affect the laying of the guns Each problem must be figured precisely and IS much simpler against a surface target than against one traveling 500 miles an hour through space Each one must be figured in stantaneously giving the ship time to start shooting when the target is at maximum range This IS the task of the electronic, mechanical and hydraulic marvel known as fire control The five inch mounts are the medium sized Jacks of all trades These versa tlle weapons are used effectively against , i ' 4 'Ns - f-X THREE-INCH MOUNTS ARE SNIALLEST on the ship but nevertheless are complex combina- tions of gears, cams, cables, hydraulic lines and mechanical linkages, have lots of punch. .,. 1 , if v , 9' V FIVE INCH LOADING DRILLS are held in loading machine room dally to keep gun crews in practice Dummy projectiles are iemoved from the hoist and then thrown into Ag., g , VV .rfgjk V 1 V' , 'Vf V , f..,- 1 t'.h , - who are spread throughout the ship, L gf s . -.vu Yi I ..L1- A,-, . ' , 1 v l 1 . u - . I . . , i . , t fx? 7 , . 1 2 ' ' ' 7 ' . D W D 3 . - - V f .5 I VV 7 1 DURING A LULL, a three-inch crew waits for orders to swing into action during AA exercise off Okinawa. Being completely exposed, three-inch guns make the most noise the breech of the gun, followed by the cartridge, after which both are rammed home by the mount captain. Process is followed for both left and right guns at the same time IN THE TURRETS, bags of powder are loaded into breech of one of the eight-inch rifles, following the mass pro- jectiles. Rammer then does its job and breech block is closed. A. , ' v . 1 l 1 . .M .. . . . ,, N. .fa ,X I- ,gm .Z iz.. either surface or air targets. The mounts are maintained and manned by members of the fourth and fifth divi- sions. When used against surface targets, their problems are exactly the same as the turrets. When used as an anti-aircraft weapon, however, rate of fire becomes a matter of life-and- death, and furious activity inside each mount becomes routine action. The hoists are kept humming, trying to feed the hungry mouths of the guns up above. The problem of correctly placing the AA guns through fire control is an extremely complex one. A plane travel- ing at 500 knots is making almost nine miles a minute. Incoming raids must be detected by CIC and acquired by the fire control personnel long before the planes come into visual range. Extreme altitudes and violent maneu- vers on the part of air targets make the AA problem that much more difficult. The three-inch guns are the babies of the Gun family, in size as well as age. They have the highest rate of fire and are used almost exclusively as AA weapons. These are the unprotected guns of the ship, mounted in tubs along the sides. Rapid loading is again a vital part of keeping the target under constant fire, thus reducing his chances of inflicting serious damage upon the ship. The three-inchers are manned and maintained by the sixth and seventh divisions, with the Marines manning two of the mounts during General Quarters. . The actual firing of the guns is, how- ever, just an end-product of endless administrative work on the part of gunnery personnel. Numerous daily, monthly and quarterly checks must be made on each mount and turret, and logs and reports formulated from them. The life history of each piece of gear is recorded, including all illnesses it has developed and all repairs made. Each gunnery shoot and competitive exercise requires hours of paper work before it can be evaluated. It is necessary that the ROCHESTER carry just the right amount and type of ammunition allow- ed her, so she will not be caught short during an important mission. This is just part of the white-collar work involved in shooting the ship's guns. Another important administrative phase is training, both on-the-job and on-the-beach, which must transform each man into an efficient fighting unit, whether his billet is passing am- munition or making the numerous periodic checks of fire-control gear. No department must be so diversified in fulfilling its missions than the gunnery department whose realm ranges from the .45 caliber bullet to the eight-inch shell, and also from the crane to the anchor and all points between. 62 fi ill ,Z ,A A I 1 ' - 5 . , ,, ..., , - M , , h 1 H -1 f w--,',.f ' , 'Sn 51 is 3'E ff'I , K' , I 1 E ...f wg, V, V : of I it . f ' in fm I ' I - s - MP hi -4' -44, .' ,fb ' ' ' , I ? 1'f:'1'-Wfrl ' 1 ...Tis 'W' I' - ' 2 ,w f r-- ii 1 . ' ' 1 I. '.' . I i, -3 af I , M-. W...-,. . ' - -..,. ' , 1 ' u..,, -ww ' tx5.,,,,,,, up I '1-P ,5g:,,, . gfftei T4 if L y , A 2 A gr: 1 I ,- - -w.,,,,. , ,W 'I , , - V 9, ,,.,,,. 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The Marine guard, in its full dress uniform, is an integral part of honors and ceremonies rendered to visiting flag ofiicers and various other dignitaries. Outside of presenting an impressive appearance during special occasions, the Marine detachment performs a number of other specific functions. As a result of their extensive basic training in infantry methods they furnish a large part of the ship's landing force, should a raiding or spotting party be needed on the beach. The Marines also provide internal security for the ship, performing the duties of sentries, corporals-of- the-guard and orderlies for the Captain and Exec. Mem- bers of the detachment also provide gun crews, manning mounts 31 and 30-10 during general quarters. To keep their trigger fingers trained, the Marines make periodic trips to shoot the various weapons which they possess-most of the weapons normally assigned a rifle company plus .45's, machine guns, mortars, and oven bazookas. They also serve as instructors to fam- iliarize the sailors with the more basic weapons. To fulfill these duties, forty enlisted Marines and two officers ride the ROCHESTER. Administratively and MARINES INSTRUCT SAILORS IN INFANTRY WEAPONS , I ,Z I .1-s,,,, f. ' g 5 h fi. - . -- T L. ,J L L ---A CORPS logistically, the Marines have their own little empire. They handle their own personnel records and maintain a system of supply completely under the jurisdiction of the Marine Corps. In this manner the detachment is completely independent of the ship and would be able to make the transition from shipboard to shore-based duty more smoothly, if such a transfer should be necessary. Enlisted Marines are sent to a five-week course at a sea school located at one of the recruit depots. At this school, they are instructed in such subjects as naval customs and traditions, gunnery, honors and ceremonies, ship nomenclature, and others. To be selected for sea duty, they must present an excellent appearance in uniform and have a perfect conduct record. The Ofiicer- in-charge of the detachment has the prerogative of sending ashore any man who does not meet these standards and to requisition a replacement from the nearest Marine activity anywhere in the world the ship happens to be. The two officers of the detachment are a captain and first lieutenant. Collateral duties normally assigned the detachment commander are air spotter, shore fire control party officer, brig officer and security officer. PIECES GOTTA BE CLEAN MARINES FIRE NEAR KEELUNG TO KEEP IN PRACTICE 'TP' xll5f MHI4'4 I , 5' I g Q Rai THE GUNNERY SERGEANT holds classes in use and assembladge of one of the Marine weapons the 60 mm mortar. Most equipment assigned is the same as that issued a normal rifle company SHINING SHOES IS A RITUAL FOR ALL MARINES .- g,,w,,f ' , gQ '-ns.. - 3f 'r,.. -n I w l . are ,,., , . tai S I l 1 i T1 if l l H135 Jw 'ww Q3-. i l i 1 1 l I I l . 5 5 Dai Nippoii, as the Japanese call tlieifr' eoiwitry, is a laiicl of little people, little lioilses, little automobiles aiicl little alleys. 'U' in ID' 1 lb 4 1.2-1.hu QF llicemsilig .buh i'How much you speak? grinned the little old man, spin- ning the yo-yo again. The green and red plastic toy glowed brightly and blinked out as it returned to his hand. Une fifty, said the sailor firmly. He turned the yo-yo over examining the embossed trade mark. The old man whined. No-o-o-o. I make no money. You speak best price, best price. O.K. Best price, two hundred yen. The old man moaned, drew his breath noisely through his teeth-and began wrapping the toy. Dai jobu, dai jobu, he said, smiling as he pocketed the money. The sailor did not see the smile, he was engrossed in the sights, sounds and smells of the gaudiest bazaar since Baghdad: the oriental phenomenon called Japan. Stretching more than ten latitudinal degrees off the coast of Korea, the archipelago of Japan, its four busy islands pinnacled by the snow-capped Mt. Fuji, offers the tourist the most fascinating combination of sight-seeing, entertainment and shopping to be found anywhere in the Far East. From foo with its iriaj 1' incu. l'i'l aitistiv to Xokosuki it. llleys bu:- tling with nam ti id to the sophisti- cated Tokyo the uoilds thiid lirgest city qpopulation 1.8 niillionh Jipin with hei xiiiety of endeavors and fee-kino' pleasure and piofit. With the exc ption of Hokkiido the 1lO1th61U-m09t islind where the uinteis ale severe Jap-in s xxeithei is inclined to be temperat --often humid. 'lhe ming eason Clate spiing and early summeib discourages travel but i in- dispensable-the total pioduce of the faimlands provides only seventy-five percent of the staples required for the nation's eighty million people. The Tokyo area gets the lion's share of the seasonal downpour, but otherwise enjoys or suffers approximately the same temperatures and humidities as Washington D.C. Mark Twain's l- scription of the American capitol's Weather Calf you don't like it, wait a minute. J is no less applicable to that of Tokyo. For the sportsman, the streams of the Hakone district around Mt. Fuji offer trout fishing, while the forests there are happy hunting grounds during boar season. Climbing the breathless twelve thousand feet of Mt. Fuji for Venerable Fuji, as the Japanese sayl is a thoroughly satisfying if exhausting sport. Scaling the mountain has religi- ous significance for the Shintoist who The street outside the main gate of the base in Yokosuka is always very 111 S-I. L51 ...v - Q V 1 - ' ' ii l st l KX t . c L. 1 - , f K 1, s 1 '. s my . vtr '2 Q' Q K X 1, 1 ' '.' ' 2 K s 1 ' , z 2 . 7 , ,E . . K. C gights is an attraction for thousands Q D K. . . . . Q , n X, c , L, A C A . - - , ' C 'S ' 1 ' Q I t D , . - , , S , k . . C . . . . . . Q a L 4 K L 7 1 1 ce - ! 1 l 1 believes it requisite for salvation. Every nation's history has been called colorful, but the adjective has seldom been used with greater accuracy than when describing Japan's dramatic past. As in so many ancient civilizations, the pre-historical period of Japan is a mix- ture of legend and mythology. The Sun Goddess, Amaterasu, assisted by nature-spirits called Kami, raised the islands of Japan from the sea and, in the fashion of the angelic decorators Sailors and sz-11001 f'11iIa'1'e11. fake' Hzozfsaizdfc of 11l'C'fIlI'l'S of Dai Hutszi rrcry year. .uni r Y'mt' '. gg, , - In N- I 'H 'gags' M'-I ' -X .??1v:-fr wwiffv gig Zi' Yokosuka- is a maze of little' Iiavlf alleys. If fakes two r'1'1fi.s0s fo the Orient to get to lfnozf' them. x N x' 3 QE? x www, X Q ' . XQ3- fQXiAXf x' fl xx . M N' -Q ,A ,Af v ' V X.-wks, xl., f 4- .F 6 xxi . F5 f -fa -fix +,l ' ' x '.:'1l-L-' , f ' A ff ' W ,N -gu gg W wg fbi A fn .mm g , . ,faail ' ' :.P Q '7 a I zlwm, - 57,13 Qf-,sw .V 9 ,f f 2 ff! Y ff 40 i if gd A WH -ar ! Yfiiiifitfs N 1 ' X A .Z Z M! 5 ,W Q, 4? f ,W if gy ,,,,.Mw1 , 9 , 5 , Q. K-- ' af A ., Wu' , z Q ' 1 1 Z 2. f 4,3 :W N . i 1 i ' 2 J 5 JE 2 'giirs 'X 9 ii 5: 1.s,, I ,Y i I, SQT2 1 jg :Q I ,J in-+R, , r. TM FL' I ,,,. ! T Jenin .f if Q.- : f -. .,.N.A f 4 SCOUTS HELP A FRIEND STUDY RADAR SWEEP. CIC TOUR WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF THEIR TRIP TO OKINAWA ILOR FOR Rochester I-lost to 57 Boy Scouts For Trip From Keelung 'ro Ckinowo You really think you know your ship, right down to the small details, until a twelve-year-old destroys the illusion by asking you a question about something you had never noticed. That's the experience the crew of the ROCHESTER had when they were hosts to 57 American and Chinese Boy Scouts and their troops supervisors. The boys were guests on a two- day cruise from Formosa, their home, to Okinawa, scene of the 1955 Far East Council Boy Scouts Summer Encampment. The boys boarded the cruiser on the morning of 11 June While she Was anchored in Keelung, Formosa. Preparations to receive the youngsters were begun several days earlier. A living compartment, vacant since the recent departure of the Seventh Fleet staff, was set aside for the boys' use. Special Watches were instructed and posted to make sure none of the Scouts wandered too close to the lifelines. Pamphlets containing general information about the ship were stacked and ready. Volunteer escorts had shined their shoes and the ship was spruced up. But no one Was quite prepared for the arrival. Carrying Indian masks, bananas, flags, knot-tying exhibitions, cameras, Formosan soft drinks, baseball caps, and a surprisingly small amount of clothes, they all saluted the national ensign and the oflicer of the deck as they came aboard. Commander Rogers greeted them at the ladder and took them to meet the Skipper. C T CCONTINUEDJ .i l INSPECTING EVERYTHING, Scouts decided that engine rooms are too hot, a motor launch would be swell to have, driving a ship is easy. From that point the boys took over. The petty officer escorts, one assigned to each five boys, helped them stow their gear below. Tours of all the major spaces on the ship took up most of the afternoon. The Scouts, asking questions by the dozen, led the escorts from the bridge to the enginerooms, from the anchor windlass to the crane on the fantail. Guides were frank to admit they went to spaces they had never seen before, though their average time aboard is more than two years. Major points of interest were the pilot house and the Combat Information Center. All of the Scouts wanted to take a turn at the wheel, and the sight of the radar scopes in CIC kept them occupied for a long while. It was only a few hours till the boys began turning up with white hats cocked on the backs of their heads and an ice cream sundae in one hand. 1 Divine services on the boys' second day aboard were well attended. Chaplain Cahill conducted Catholic mass and general worship on the mess decks. The boys left the ship after lunch on Sunday. Their guides, tired but smilin helped them get their gear into the shore v F l 55, boat. After the Scouts rendered honors to the ship as they 'X left the side, the scorecard was totalled. For the navy, the ROCHESTER, and the sailors they had met, fifty seven new young friends-and for the scouts, a good time all around. 2 1 I X s ga- 1 ,7-I I ' ' ! ' teenth century and continued until 1616 when the shogun, viewing' trade as a prelude to conquest, expelled the westerners and adopted a policy of complete isolation from the occidental world. To this policy the Japanese rigidly adhered until 1863 when by show of American naval force in Kuri- hama Bay, Commodore Perry reopened the country to western trade and thought. The history of Japan from this date is a story of fantastic industrial pro- gress and territorial conquest culminat- ing in the tragic Second World War. In spite of her two million war dead fexclusive of civilian casualtiesj, the leveling of her largest cities, the igno- miny of defeat and occupation, Japan. in the brief ten years since the war, has reached and surpassed the indus- trial and economic peaks of her linest pre-war hours. The Japanese are an industrious, optimistic people. This element of the national character is striking' when compared to the plodding day-to-day attitude so evident among' the For- mosans. Though custom does not permit them to show their feelings, they are incorrigilily sentimental- literature, radio, television and moving' pictures are crowded with lzmrfsazinl- ftozccrs stories. They are eagerly friendly, highly sensitive to insult. almost childishly naive, with a frank curiosity that lmorders on prying. Courtesy is a national virtue that reaches an art. One-third of the Japanese calendar is taken up with festivals in various parts of the nation. The boisterous Kamakura Spring festi- val CC'herry Blossom festivalj has an insouciant carnival air that can be matched only lay the Mardi Gras in VENERABLE FUJI DONIINATES the scene lfuji View Hotel where many Rochester sz .u.. 4 ,,,,,,,rr,c , niggas.-r -. .pb Aa T' f s,.:s1gf4ss ' 'Y' Q vs THE GRAND TORII OF ETA JIMA RISES 53 FEET ABOVE THE INLAND SEA from the facade of the their RRR leave. 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HONMACHI district of Yokosuka, like every district of every village in japan, has its own festival twice a year. EBISU, one of Shinto's seven lucky gods, brings back a tai fish to his people. Tai fish is eaten only on happy occasions. MIKOSHI shrine is carried from house to house in a small fishing village. Shrine bearers drink sake at each stop, stop often. I9 1 xr, In i..2f. rn Cl ce-F , . VJ A A ! n?.1 ' Q, ig'-fig If Z B un 8 as xx U' Mardi Gras in its wilder moments. Kyoto's stately Giovz festival celebrates the harvest with dozens of three-storied, gold-and-red carts mounted by orchestras and chanters. In addition to these and several other national celebrations, each city has its yearly festival with portable shrines precariously maneuvered by well-sakied citizens, children's choruses, ac- companied by samisens, bells and drums, singing to kimono clad revelers-the Japanese give themselves to holidays such as these with an abandon seldom seen in western societies. Set apart from other Japanese cities by its cosmopolitan air, Tokyo is a delightful hybrid, hardly oriental and not quite western. The old city, levelled successively by the earthquake of 1923 and the bombs of World War II, has been rebuilt with amazing speed after each razing. The Ginza, Tokyo's shopping street, would be hardly out of context in any occidental city. Yet, as though the hurry and clatter of the big busy streets were legally banned from it, the maze of alleys leading off the main shopping avenues is quiet, almost secluded. Here, the Tokyo lady will be seen in the many small smart shops, shopping for her best kimono or carefully selecting a new bowl for her next tea ceremony. The ultimate in seclusion is achieved by the inns found in this district. Built around a tiny garden, the inn, with its hot bath and quiet courtesies, provides a refuge from the madding crowd. Dominating the Ginza is the mammoth Kabuki-za, the national Japanese theater and purportedly the largest legitimate theater in the world. To this theater, finished with peaked roofs and carved and lacquered facade, the Japanese throng to see the rigidly stylized and elaborately costumed productions of Kabuki, the dance-play. Tales of the samurai, knights of old Japan, provide the subjects for most of the Kabuki repertoire. No one can say that he has lived dangerously until he has experienced a Tokyo taxi ride: Eye hath not seen nor has it entered into the mind of the novice to conceive the horrors the Japanese cab driver has in store for those he chauffeurs. Sinuating through heavy traffic at daring speeds, braking to neck-wrenching stops, he maneuvers a Volkswagen with the aggressive confidence proper only to drivers of Mac trucks. Every intersection offers a new thrill: the street crossed without at least two disaster-avoiding turns of the wheel is rare indeed. Miraculously, preoccupied pedestrians and absent-minded cyclists clear a car-width as the taxi hurtles through, its horn squawking indiscriminately and ineiec- tively. In a Japanese cab the horn is as requisite as the motor-and seems to be integral with it. Tokyo is not a sight-seer's city. Apart from the Imperial Palace, Kabuki theater, Diet building and Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial hotel, there is little to dazzle the eye of the westerner. The charm of the city lies in its ceaseless and contagious vivacity. Offering the best of western and eastern cultures to a demanding public, Tokyo is never without dozens of excellent alternatives in entertainment. -. wif . - z ' fs.-2-fe. 1 me --wa . J '32, 4 'i 42, xg 41503955 ff wane- -s Li H rw , W pr-infer' :E ,W T l lf. I , O . NX- , wif I p Q1 ' I I R ' ' Zn- 1 i -A ' S n , l I f 9 Mllllllllll gi, Bli x 4 'I . ' I -,,. 9 A SHIP IS A SMALL Town PRESSER works in ship's laundry, man- gles omcers' and chiefs' khakis, linens. COBBLER tends to soles and heel, keeps shoes of over 1000 oiiicers and men repaired- f, W1 '.'. -,.- fl Q i',',',x:uu. is Qlsviwl PRINTER runs off mimeograph press news and offset office forms and phamplets. LEGAL Assistance Oiice gives free aid to any member of the crew who needs it. in For as long as we have records men have gone to sea. Noah was the first sailor we know about. He left port with a barge containing two of everything. The modern Navy goes at the problem in a diierent way, perhaps, but the principle is the same: each ship that goes to sea must be suflicient unto itself. She must be able to operate relatively independently for extended periods of time. Noah knew this. He took his food, his shelter, his means of livelihood with him. Today we take stores, supplies, means of entertainment, means of manufac- ture, but we merely acknowledge with- out putting the thought into words, that we haven't really come so far from Noah's day, after all. R It's a rather comforting thought, in a way. In spite of all the improve- ments that men have made since the ancient Phoenicians traded around the world they knew, we Still have the same fundamental problems to deal with. We aren't so completely separated from our forefathers as we might think. We still must supply our own needs at sea. The ROCHESTER, like any other ship of any other era, is a community by her- self when she leaves port. ' Today we have improved on Noah and the Phoenicians and our prede- cessors of the eighteenth and nine- teenth centuries in some ways. The ROCHESTER takes with her to sea things her men take for granted which would have been unheard of luxuries just a few years ago. Beds are one simple example. Most of the chiefs on the ROCHESTER started their Naval careers sleeping in hammocks, Fresh food is another. Hardtack and beans were no idle joke to sailors ofthe nineteenth centuryg they ate food which was not perishable, meat which was well salted as a preservative. The Navy ship of the line in 1955 'makes room for a lot of items which the old Navy considered not only unnecessary but a complete waste of space and energy. We who go to sea today actually live in a small town almost as self-reliant as a small com- munity in the Midwest. If the Bureau in i f Ti 2. y S ,ef Xv ,jf l BANK W 2 J? f i ...e 'L i 12. f s lil X . my he l m 9' f- E - f 1 s if p lean !- --H opp lp Q D aQTlY4 4 X SQA X 71 Y f f f ' W ' fe e EE' t '-Z fffifvmf-1'r It vi: H 5 I I ' --+- t in 1, f i E ' 2' gg' NV - - , , Fai 1.57 I-jj' M I A i BUTCHERS must Work odd hours, usually from a little after mid-night until sometime around mid-morning to prepare meat for use by the galley. BAKERS, divided into two shifts, turn out over 8500 loaves of bread in a month as well as cakes, pies, and other assorted types of pastry. 14 v.-1-uupuu-:lil l nl11l1ll A li I ' A' o HOTEL L Ei' f , K I ,rx ' .imc in 'f 4 . mf Ei' IEE! Eiii l IH 'iIliii55iiIFF'iIlE'!lQfiliiii In . - N Bufnchgg ' ilQ5l i ' IEE t Daily Herald i t :uri HI! E m -fn' U-Q , -ee lellllflllllmlll 2 i . I Jil. frail J I . - 1 i w 5 e Q g... BEFORE AND AFTER meal time are also busy periods. Stewards set up warclroom messes. Back in the galley there are always kettles to scrub. ! 2 E 3 'i w l 2 fi E 24 STEWARDS care for three messes, Captains, Oiiicers' and Warrantsl Cook- 2 ing, serving and cleaning staterooms and the Warclroom occupy their time. ' 'r 4 3 -mlm l if Q2 -U ff 'c iw 325 M s it-A r' I LT Ill hh - :ce Cream 6' 'nuff .., l lgnml IX y 'dia C elack5?.+11 elseiE f .. T ' . 1 I JJ 3 I Eze 2 , n E 'el my I ' ,MX , fs Q If l ' '4' 'qs KCONTINUEDJ of Personnel ever comes up with a way to take Women with us the problem Will be totally solved But until that time We will have to content ourselves with a Wide variety of luxuries Our laundry 1S one example. It does the Washing for a thousand people a Week Thats a lot of scrub- bing to get done We have a barber shop which 1S bigger than most small town shops-at least from the stand- point of the number of chairs if not from that of space We make ice cream aboard We sell cigarettes and soap-even four hundred day clocks and Wrist Watches. There 1S a cobbler shop to mend shoes a tailor shop to press clothes a store for cloth- ing We have TV sets and radios copies of late Weekly magazines' news- papers At night there are movies On board a modern ship there is a man Whose Job corresponds to just about every magor kind of job you can name in the civilian world We have butchers bakers plumbers machinists carpenters repairmen of every sort. There 1S a sheriif and a force of deputies The Legal Office offers as- sistance to anyone who needs it The Chaplain conducts services daily per- haps not with stained glass Wlndows for a backdrop, but the meaning is the same. Salesmen, servicemen, skilled labor- ers, foremen-we have them all. They make our Water from the sea, cook our food in huge quantities fone thousand pounds of potatoes in a day, for ex- ampleb, keep the ship clean and pre- sentable. There is a doctor and a dentist to take care of those who are ill. There is also a group of men who make sure the electric fans keep run- ning. All of the jobs are irnportantg they all contribute to the self-sufliciency of the ROCHESTER. Self-sufficient in one sense, yes-we can say We are that. But in another sense We are not. It takes a huge shore establishment behind us to keep us that way. Everything from the hair tonic the barber shop uses to the anaesthesia the doctor gives in an operation must be brought aboard from the beach. an ta at sea indefinitely if need We c s y be, but we must in the course. of our travels meet up with the replenishment - ak--A '5 2 CLERK in Ship's Store sells everything from cigarettes to watches. Store takes orders for Japanese merchandise acquired through Central Purchasing when ship is in Yokosuka- 'Sb f, . ' ..g , 1 is l LAUNDRYMAN performs vital but very hot job of keeping crew in clean clothes. MEN'S CLOTHING, although not by Brooks Brothers, is for sale in Small Stores. 'L 5' AV p ' K N .,,,,.,.,... N i - -Y .- .. f ' fs lf! l l l p .ME.TALSIIp OJ? A 5 0951. Damn 'Elia iii' I 5 '-WIQL 1 I:--1 W i- - f- , i 61 Mfg hi. i , ISSUE ROOMS stock all of the many different types of equipment and supplies needed aboard a heavy cruiser. PROFITS of the ship's store and gedunk are tallied in store oftice and then turned over to Recreation Council. 'ig-Ivapgs V ,- -1 'fe ' lx fi 5 I , 'fy 'Y ' fx GEDUNK, the navy term for soda fountain, manufactures and sells ice cream. Candies, cookies and soft drinks are also sold for those with a sweet tooth. CENTER of activity for the supply department is the supply ofhce Where, if you have a signed and valid 307 requisition, you can order almost anything. s ihix ....1il.... , A L+ i f f i - .. g 4.- T o ' uou il G . PM X I 5' Ing william ffnbfbepg 1 I W V rn .V ,ac f - 75 gg fi e at-. V s - ' i n Li i .33 1 Q , '. U i' 1, ' El. I 6 fl i ff- ..2'ei e'1Q '5Q 2, -- If ' . ' ' . 1 V ' new 830244 BARBER SHOP boastlng four ohalr SSTVICS, shears a thousand heads a week, 1S most busy on the day before personnel inspeotion SHERIFF and h1S deputies, known as M A A s 1n the navy, perform the same functions of law enforcement as would thelr counterparts ashore Like any similar establishment in a small town on land, the ship's store and the soda fountain sell their wares for a profit. However, this profit goes not to the proprietor but to the funds of the ship's Recreation and Welfare council. The money is then spent, upon the ap- proval of the Commanding Officer, for such purposes as providing the maga- zines found in the crew's lounge, pur- chasing the lillies which graced Easter services on the fantail and buying the television sets found on the mes-s decks. The recreation funds also subsidized the publishing of In Review. Another use of the recreation funds 10 is maintaining and adding to the equip- ment of the Athletic Gear Locker. Any member of the crew of the ROCHESTER can sign out sporting equipment from the Gear locker. The custodian of the Athletic Gear Locker during the 1955 cruise has been Radarman First Class O. W. Bartholomew. Q g 'IF' Q MENS WEAIZ - A s- - fi ,! A-CQ A E 3 - - A A Q,P1l-455k ffl - 1-i8RARv -7 , - ,J :'!.:'!E' is dp iiK f l1A1F 'Hitt' 1' 2.215 lim' I 'lilil ' ' iiii W E I L- 1 ' . I N! I ! 'il i' ' gy ami - MONEY and its related problems are the concern of the Disbursing Omce which holds pay day twice a. month and can also act as a bank. Ship is a. Small Town ships who keep us going. The service fleet, these ships are called. And they are just that. One of the oilers who supplied our fuel in the Far East during 1955 sports a sign on her stack which brags, Say When. It's an expression of their pride in the ability to keep the fleet at sea and in action as long as need be. They can deliver what we want where we want it when our operations permit us to take it. The GRAFFIAS and the ROCHESTER transferred over one hundred tons of stores in less than two hours while doing twelve knots and heading toward a position which the task force commander wanted to reach. We topped off on fuel after a full power run in the space of minutes. To rearm after a shore bombardment exercise was the matter of less than an hour. That's Where we have Noah beat. He had to bring the cows. We leave the cows at home and count on other ships to bring us the meat and the milk. Today we operate confident in the knowledge that when we need logistic support we can get it, anywhere, anytime, any amount. We are seldom disappointed. Our relative independence gives us our biggest fighting advantage: maneuverability. Since we have no need of touching down as often as our predecessors we can go further, stay longer, and deliver a bigger punch while we are there. And that means, in the long run, that we can get home sooner. Who could ask for more? LIBRAIQY occupies one section of crew's lounge and stocks late issues of leading magazines as well as both fiction and non-fiction books. CHAPLAIN CONDUCTS MASS DAILY, SERVICES ON SUNDAY 45 ..f.'Vwk'4l YV M - R db K Eprgq-n nfl Y l Q O aggge- LHIW' U A1 Rf , Q , ,J - fi Plumber f i gaulllglif Eli ' LAUNDRY ll llllllllllllm J -- D 5- ,mllIlIlIilE !-I-lp I ----, lllll if L!! 1-- MII I Wi'i'f2iFi'i SHOPS located about the ship are many and varied. Members of the R D1v1s1on work - in the Shipfltters Shop and Carpentry Shop where they Weld, out and bend metal and pipe and build things of Wood. Eleotrician's mates have a battery locker and electric shop. There are also a machine shop, electronics and Ere control work shops. fi? :wig , ANSCO COLOR BY E. C. PONY LES, SHRIROLAB, TOKYO, JAPAN THE ROCHESTER SPENDS 'mills I M fx: . 'A '-sf jjj . gilt, -.. 111. 5 5 i i N 555'-fe 1 AW in owg W9 On the other side of the island, overlooking Repulse Bay, lies a large castle-like stone structure of close to eighty rooms. It is the home of a Chinese merchant, reputedly the second richest man in the Colony. He is reported to have nine concubines, in addition to his wife. This a part of Hongkong. Close to the top of the peak, in a small white bungalow smothered by flowers and greenery live a middle-aged British civil servant and his wife. He and his wife have spent most of their lives outside the homeland of England. They belong to the Hongkong Country Club and on Sunday, if the weather is nice, he likes nothing better than to play 18 holes of golf over at the club on the peninsula, beyond Kowloon. He too, is a part of Hongkong. Down in the Wanchai District, just a few blocks from the landing where boatloads of American sailors disembark upon the city every day, stands one of thousands of all-alike tenement dwellings. The building is five stories in height, with 28 iiats on each floor. There is a water spigot on the first floor, but this is only operative for four hours a day F FISHING HARBOR IS A MAZE OF INLETS, BAYS AND ISLANDS WHICH MAKE NAVIGATION A CHALLENGE TO EVEN WIEKW IIONGKOIIG during the dry season, which lasts for six months out of the year. On the third floor of the building live another Chinese couple. They fled to Hongkong in 1949 from their home in Shanghai when the hordes of revolutionists carrying the banner of Chou En-Lai were about to engulf the city. The man and wife, with their nine children and his two widowed sisters, share their one room flat with another family of six. He is fortunate enough to be employed as a carver of ivory. He learned the art while serving an apprenticeship to his father, who had been taught the same thing by his father. He dreams someday of going back to his home in Shanghai, he does not consider Hongkong his real home, although he would not even attempt to guess how long it will be before he can make the return journey. Although he does not realize it, and would not believe it if he Were told, he is even more a part of Hongkong than either his millionaire countryman in the castle or the British civil servant living high up on Victoria Peak. When the ROCHESTER pulled into Hongkong for the second time in as many years she too became a part of one of the most unusual, one of the most extraordinary cities, in the world today. The problem that is Hongkong in 1955 is a direct result of the state of international affairs in 1955. Hongkong exists both because of these and in spite of these. The hub of the British Crown Colony of Hongkong is a hilly, rocky piece of land, some ten miles long and four miles wide, Victoria Island. It is separated from the mainland of China by a strait of Water known as Lyemum Pass, at its narrowest point only a quarter of a mile wide. Just inside the pass is Victoria Harbor, one of the world's best, and the reason of the colony's being. In 1843, as a result of the Opium Wars, the island, then all but barren of people, was ceded to Great Britain by a thoroughly crushed Chinese Emperor. Following that, in 1861, China gave up a further plot of real estate, Kowloon, on the tip of the peninsula which Victoria fronts. Finally, in 1898, China was forced to lease for 99 years the rest of the peninsula plus a few surrounding islands, all in one package, making a cresent- shaped shield of depth around the main island and harbor of Victoria. This today comprises the territory of the colony-a patch forty miles wide and thirty miles deep. As the colony grew in territory it also grew in wealth and importance. The British, historically a sea-going people with ccommueo ON PAGE 845 REAL CHINESE CHECKERS absorb two members of Hong Kong's more sporty set on a sidewalk in front of their home. -LJ' 34 N.. .. il - 14 -v-w..,,.,w 'ink .1 MOST EXPERIENCED SHIPHANDLERS ' I .Ji HONG KONO'S ANSWER to stateside tenements is this assortment of sampans crowded together in the harbor. Each boat is the home of an entire family. I--. N , , ,- ' V. e Z.. 'Q , :xnxx ,'u:x4!'-xv . xi-34-. N2 ' . 11 E33 -W! my CHILDREN ARE THE SAME throughout the world regard- less of the Color of their slain or the slope of their eyes. f-al ,ZF Wg . .-61,2 ff ., - . .-5 ' . Y' if 2? 1' 'SF' I f 'Rib -. t. s ff I L, 'r-1 Yi..-I Sm: 'ff I , -Sl'-Q - rv. I 1, fi qs 7 X XX if A., My , 1 I X X, f, QQ A I 'MI 5. My , fu, Nm 'SI CATCHING AND SELLING fish provide Work for many of the natives. Fish hang to dry outside a floating restaurant. fir A E 'R fre A M Sstlgfr' -'I' was Q W ass :iw NNN Qu A f X - - as HONG KONG is an open money marketeethe visitor can pay his bills in greenbacks, Hong Kong dollars, or yen, if he wants. 8 ' 1 A I 1 I 4 -lf VIL . f - MOST ROCHESTER SAILORS were resigned to the fate of leaving Hong Kong broke. Buying jewelry didn't help things. TAILOR-MADE SHOES, often of excellent quality, at- tracted the dollars of many sailors as well as ofiicers. J n .XI Sk. . ' -e-4 rf' -nur i , -4 FINEST ENGLISH IMPORTS and quality merchandise were phrases which merchants applied to every bolt of cloth- N LQ , Jn? x 1 uf J If . ,vm . GOES 0N A SHOPPING SPREE result of causing most sailors spending every cent they can lay their hands on while buying bargains that can't be passed up. Suits, Chinese tailored but of British material, were the most popular item for ROCHESTER crewmembers, followed by hand-made shoes, leather-goods, ivory-ware, camphor and teak furniture, silk and brocade, jewelry and carvings. It takes finesse as a bargainer, and close inspection of the finished product, to do business with a Chinese merchant, but most of the crew thought they had come out pretty well when the ship left. Another attraction to many was the free beer that went along with the fittings. Aside from the shopping, other ac- tivities indulged in during the ship's week in Hongkong were swimming at X4 ..,,........?---.- . RICKSHAW DRIVERS SIT with their vacant vehicles in the heat of the day, unconcerned with the passing panorama. 4 W I it 1 l A e V I 5 . . l .. 'z i if ' 'K 1 gf NOTHING WAS TOO GOOD for the American sailor as he shoppedeefree beer, free cigarettes and free shoe shines. Repulse Bay, riding the tram up to the top of Victoria peak and eating. Hong- kong has a great variety of restaurants, from the floating junks out at Aberdeen to the plushy Parisian Grill. Many people tried Baked Alaska at Jimmy's Kitchen or the ice cream concoctions of the Dairy Farm, and the adventurous had a taste of Peking duck and other Oriental delicacies at Pei Lai Hsun. The end of the week found most sailors broke but contented and the pos- sessors of several boxes of loot buried back aft in the lower extremities of the hanger deck. 'QW4 s TIQER BALM QARDENS, perched on the edge of a mountain overlooking the harbor, depicts ammals and Spmts from Chmese mYfh0lOgy. Statuary is mostly made of plaster of paris. Garden is owned by the family of the inventor of Tiger Balm, an oriental cure-all. Wowewowa Asiatic nationalism appeared again, this time the Japanese variety, and on Christmas Day of 1941 the Imperial Japanese Army sailed across the Pearl River from Kowloon and began their occupation of Victoria. Trade, of course, was again cut off. The popula- tion dropped from over a million and a half to 600,000 in a little over a year as most of the Chinese residents found things were easier on the mainland. The fishing fleet was for the most part demolished, public services were neg- lected and the harbor became choked with rubble. Europeans who had not had a chance to flee spent the war years confined in the Bag , as Stanley Camp came to be called. Hongkong bounced back after World War II. There were troubled times at first. The old-time British Empire was being rent asunder as India, Ceylon and Burma all announced their independ- ence and for awhile many onlookers thought Hongkong would follow too, but by 1949 trade was back to an all- time high and with prosperity things looked bright once more. Trouble was just around the corner, however, with the advent of the 1950's and the Cold War. After the entrance of Red China in the Korean conflict a U.N. embargo on trade with the communists was thrown up, at American insistence. In the last few years, since the Nationalists were ejected from the mainland, one of Hongkong's biggest problems has been its refugees. They have come, over a million strong, by all manner of ways and from all parts of China. Most of the old Shanghai European colony can now be found intact in Hongkong. The colony, found- ed on trade, had no way of supporting the masses of Chinese which descended upon it but the problem is being allevi- ated to some degree by the development, for the first time, of light industry. Many of the refugees were skilled workmen whose knowledge of their crafts had been handed down from father to son for centuries past. Also, fortunately, a large percentage of Shanghai money arrived with its own- ers, rich Chinese former landlords, war lords, ex-generals and merchants. It is said that there were more millionaires in Hongkong in 1949 than there were in New York City. Much of this money has now been invested in traditional Chinese industries such as furniture carving, ivoryware, lace and brocades so that today Hongkong is both manu- facturing and exporting what in former years it merely transhipped. Today Hongkong is a potpourri of people from all over the world. Chinese make up over 95 per cent of the popula- tion but they themselves are of various and sundry types. The largest group are Cantonese from the neighboring province of China. But interspersed among them are northerners from Shantung and Shanghai and from Peking. Hindu silk merchants, shot- gun-toting Sikh bank-guards, MalayanS, Portuguese-Chinese half-breeds from the nearby colony of Macao, all make up the passing kaleidoscope. Hong- kong today is also the center of'Nat1on- alist and red intelligence operations and battalions of espionage and counter- espionage agents clandestinely swarm in and out of the colony. l I i Hongkong today is thriving, in spite of a great reduction between East- West trade caused by the embargo of strategic goods. What the future holds in store for the colony is, however, filled with uncertainty. Hongkong S defenses could not last long against an all-out attack. Even the British will admit that. Should the reds decide that a free Hongkong should no longer eX1S'C, t a itula they could certainly cause i S. C D ' tion. However, Hongkong IS Just abous the last gateway to the Western Worl remaining open to the Chinese conf- munists. And the reds must certain Y lize that an attack on Hongk0Hg rea - - could not help but drive Great Britaln even closer in its ties of friendshlp Wlth the United States. V b un The future of Iglongkelggnlglagt feast' certain but for 6 Dfe ' ' business is booming. The ROCHESTEIS n crew was fortunate enough to spe . . d , k th , hustllng, crowde , 1 wee in IS i Colonv a last strange yet fascinating .v . outpost of the bygene era of an empire that spanned the globe. as you WERE In the following section is grouped together a random collection of photographs, anne showing nuidents winch happened during our stay in the Far East and others merely portraying what happens aboard ship after xvorknn: hours are connneted. One of the main preoccupations of officers, chiefs and enlisted rnen ahke hsthe subjectcn food. iFeu'other factors adectrnorale to such a degree as does the daihfrnenu. fknd one of the irst things a saihn'looks for xvhen going ashore in a strange lanclis a change in diet be M sonuefresh coconut or fruhzor a connnete rneal in the best restaurarn,in towvn. Cribbage and reading niagazines nithe hninge are both success- fulivays to wvhne axvay the evening hours wvhen the ship is out at sea. 'K ll Gu flue wax' ovefz fo wesf pac we 'mn info some sfofzmxl weaflfnek. lneafz Wliawanl gslana we anclmofzea fo' lef oufz escofzfing Besffwnlefzs fzelguel. Gne 06 flue local qooneml 8635 i us a visif , fu-Y w ce we wacfe . ofa oises ana fe ffm ica sea ma e cz eaufi u com inafion. Qt Bianlf sif foo well will: some 06 flze new lxoofs. i ' ,1 abs . lj i 'HJ 1 Q 2 9 ' 3 Pa I L l 3 al . JW? P L l I1 lv l ly ' 1 ' ,,F,-:KU ri g: W: Y' M x One Sufze wan, og cooling ogg fo have Swim call ovei fhe sioe. The lgasfesf wax, fo -W . ur nspecfions afze ffzaoifional on gafufiaaxi vnofznings. pare ofzeams. N 1' l wa.. ' 5,7-,,,,,,.a,N. V .JK .Y I 'wi i eno One Qlvle Qlvle is fo shoof fhe ozone GLUI4. no one has fhoug o a wan, fo malze chow lines lgasfefz fhough. elo awaxis an an fence when gnafzfefzs was Souno'e9. R v . . '1 Game? . V 1 A L On afzmeo 'fofzces Dani we Lmelo genefzal visifing. we wefze quife Populafi wifla ow: gapanese kzienos. Qfzoups o6 school cfailo- 'zen filzeo fo loolz us ovefz. Guo no one evefz fufmeo oown out ice cfzeam, eiflzefz. 5 1 , 4 072.025 Q' 1 A: Q W M If f ,,. H Q-, fzuaezg qum I r Cfmehican naagazhaes gef a lol 06 Qeliglmfeb affenfion. -gy? 1' fi 'W ,gp-N Qmn ii 'bf Hind! 1 Sw L , H, ,. 1-. in -- f.g - -Li.-. .ix ,A ,f Y- .4 ,Q 9 v .un vu... , 1 4:k1i5Q.v4i:yiQfiQk . is kim W' fi .. . q 5 A 1. , :H ,ff ,, , ,-f-..5L.t, . Q T' Q, 11. xx.- 'Is' Division 2 Division Fronf row, left fo righf: L. G. Georqe: A. Smith, B.J. Bunchg D.G. Ulness. C.K. Newsome. Second row, lefl fo righf: F. E. Wacaserp A. Cizekp D. E. Hunfp C.E. Dawleyg LTJG J.E. More- landy ENS A.A. Evansg J. H. Matrox: J. Verkerkeg W. H. Thien. Third row, lefi fo righf: R.L. Shepherd: C.E Thomasr C. E. Murdock: W. L. Horak. E. Brannon. K. E. Archerp J. T. Dorsow: T. A. Cooperg L. H. Pierce. Fourth row, leff fo righi: J. R. Gosrnyerg B. H Goody B. G. Colffmanz C. W. Blade L. Z. Peeplesg J. T. Mcliimg R. A. Dunn J. A. Hanesg W. H. Wallace: F. L Shromek. Fronl row, lefi lo right F, F. Hlxrir, f,..F Flurrlz, FQ. L. Jhlrrrnrr, P F .luclfzorig F. Jwunr lfl. Pruii, P H. Flaricocig G. Pool, H. Purvisg L. T. Guzle. Second row, lefl Io righl. V-I. L. Hansen. G. S. Goularlg C.A. Ledbelter, L. A. Bakery L. N. Vlfhire, Bl-ACQ LTJG J. E. Lucasg VV. R. Price, GMCg D. C. Johnstong B. J. Beansg D.H. Briggsg D.W. Marsh. R.I. Field. Third row, lefi fo righf: L. D. Hanseng K.C. Kelleyg A. L. Zimmermang J. F. Storkg J. A. Givensy S. W. Dixsong G. L. Burkeg J. R. Verbiskip W. L. Man- gumg E. D. Murphy. Fourfh row, lefl' fo righf: P.J. Sayosp E. Ri- chardsong D. L. Hendersong J. R. Duclcworthp l-l.K. Loomang J.T. Holsleinp J.A. Campbellp J. R. Brimg P. Demeferg J.J. Flefcherg J. A. Malone. AF QF 3 ' Division Fronf row, leff fo righf : F. G. Guilloryg P. B. Barrishy W. R. KlUil'l7 K. Ledfordy E. Duganp J. B. Taylorg C. D. Jones. Second row, leff fo righi: N. E. Padgeifg D. D. Dowleyp A. Allawaifp C. L. Jerrson, BMCg ENS C. F. Pickensy M. Dmytro, GMCg R. R. Kilpatrickp J. L. Jacksong O. W. Muellery J. W. Brasher. Third row, leff fo right: F. L. Davis. C. M. lversong D. C. Huletty J. D. Mount. C. M. Duncan. J. H. Pale: W. G. Rock, J.W. Girteny L. Evonsy R. H. Kuenle. Fourih row, lefi fo righi: M.E. Cox, L. C. Heussg A. Por- tilloy R. E. Kohelp A. A. Jamison, C. W. Godwing W. G. Ellisp B J. Dobbsg R. E. Mayfield. ' 1 -3? ,xiii 0 4 . 'F' P W -ua 7 5 S. K Q W1 M' rf HY 4 , f -N ' 7 I 1 - . ' Q i I 5 l 5 Q Q X M Q - M K 'I 1 , ' V: , f GTM f QA , , , , T JVM, gg 4m..QW -. m, , A V J' J .4 iw' I ww -AV f S f - 'V is 'Q' M54 7 ' Division Fronf row, leff fo righf: A.J. Loyedp M. A. Wolkerp L. S. Dos4 Tolg M. A. Korfontoy ENS G. E. Schmidfg C. E. Burns: C. L. Covo- nohg E. L. Hebert. A. B. Moore. Second row, leff to righf: D. D. Pflumy R.R. Kirbyp H. Bakery H. J. Ferguson: R. B. Morenog J.B. Borcog L. E. Ungery J. R. Johnsony A. Thigpen. Third row, left fo righi: D. L. Poskinsy G. A. How- kinsg H.M. Springerg F. T. Rim- mery P. O. Belloy L. J. Kootsg C. N. Horpery R.C. Porrp S.R. Mogdoleno. ....m.3f.. . 7 ' Division Fronf row, leff fo righf: J. R. Wright, J. A. Truesdellp E. R. Reesep K.M. Tuckerp B.B. Fowbushp A.J. Gerlh, GMC. ENS D.B. Lundy H. M. Horlp E, T. Morlong W.L. Hug- hesg CJ. Willlomsg P. C. Fischefll. Second row, leff io righi: D.D. Beeryy S. B. Molzohng T. W. Wollsp W. G. Toylorp F.D. Porkerg D. P. Jonesy E. B. Kelleyp E. H. Crlddlep R. J. Lcikeg G. A. Howkinsg J. N. Smith. Third row, leff fo righf: J.VV. Gregoryg R.C. Leeg E. E. Mother- shedp J.P. Phillips: CR. Groyg S. E. Clingeng S. Albcmog R. J. Trofosy V. D. Broisherp F. T. Sfcnfordg B. J. Johnsong W. Gold. Fronf row, leff fo righf: CAPT J. N. Pietip SSGT J.A. Link. Second row, Ieff fo righf: J.O. Boxferp F. R. Bryong J. M. Codenog E. R, Blnningy W.F. Povelkop L. K. Lomozzop E. Jones ' ' - ' ' D E. Pt p J.J. Hoguep G.W. Watkins H.H. Belts: R. E. Westery E. E. Wilson. Third row, leff fo rlghf: P. A. Rileyp R. M. Roethlerg A. Krokovskyp W. A. Nunn, G. L. Morfin, . e ers CW. Phillips. Fourth row, left fo righf: D. K. Blonchordp J. R. Gnogip R. H. Wo ssmurhp R. L. Elyy J.C. Grilfiny J. F. Overtong T.G. Huelsemonn. ,y .. . ..... fsfrw XV-, 4 1 X f . , A l , I ff. K A x F Division Q Front row, left to right: C. A. Olingerp P. H. Douphiniasg G. L. Bieberg R. M. Barkhurst, GMC. CHGUN E. M. VViIl- hoytey LTJG J. L. Helveyg E. V. Cameron, BMCQ M. R. Hulffordp M. S. Brill. Second row, left to right: R. M. Spears. O. L. Williamsp M. A. Follettg J. Rigonip VV. P. McConnell p B. G. Page. A. L. Selovery F. E. Brummitt. Third row, left to right: J. E. Gonzalesg R. D. Pizerg J. C. Howard 7 R. D. Clifton. E. L. Collingsp M. K. Kins- manp K. C. Mcllroyg G. S. McDonald. C. J. Waclow. K MESS COOKS Front row, lefi to right: C. H. Morse R. Mosesg VV. Gaines. E.J. Scotty J S. Smithg J. H. Freemong M.J. Jones R. W, Hilberig J. F. Garyp J. VV. Smith Second row, left to right: R. S. Bone witzg B. R. Ganftp L. R. Sowderg R. W Marlowe: E.B. Kellyy T. A. Knighien J.J. Armendarezg D. L. Martinez: J.J Povlilcg P. E. Shermang F. L. Hopper. Third row, left to right: L. S. Hazel- woody Csfifilillg RE. l'lSGil'lp D. E. Madseng D.N. Josling EE. Wynn. J. W. Mullin, D. L. Allred. B. E. Holli- fieldp F. J. Durham. Fourth row, left io right: P. Lorettog L.G. Youngg M. K. Josling D. Carpenter, K. Afolavop C. S. Candelariag H.D. Adkinsg T.J. Mayop L. S. Sirourg K.K. Hiltle. F Division Front row, left to right: E. P. DeCloed1g V. C. Kagyy K. J. Delaney, FTCp ENS V. F. Welshy S. D. Dodge, YNCg L. E. Rawlingsg VV. B. McKinney, Second row, left to right: F. D. Bebenseeg R. L. Maynordg H. A. Elsnerg J. D. Deming. D. E. Madseng G.D. Mc- Gill Q M. F. Kcrrerp R. F. Thompsony T. B. Eogle. Third row, left to right: L. Cabreray E. J. Scotty L. E. Palmer. VV. W. Wakemang C. L. Warlingg R. M. Laningg M. E. Weathersg VV. C. Weller g R. E. Williamson. -eff! ,da 5 ,haf , MK WJ ..- .X -5 1: . K f f' W ,. f J ph iv g' -. P' f ' U OR Division Front row, left to right: M. C. Einertsong M. A. Schoener, D. E. Youngg K. R. Peovlerp C. Zelinskyg F.J. Espinoza? H.Cv. Fosterp N.E. Lecthley. Second row, left to right: D. F. Shouldersp J.W. Gciroutre, RMC: ENS V. J. Honsonp LTJG J. P. Jonesg LT R. A. Olsonp LTJG R.B. Hooky ENS R. R. Nielson, M. Kingg W.E. Pirr- mon. Third row, left to right: B. Eosterwoodp R. F. Seehctery L. Hollingsworfhy R. A. Brooksg QD. sregcu, JC. Deen. E. J F, Surtocep R. E. Saxony V. L. Mockisonp R. G. Turpen. Fourth row, left to right: W. J. Jen- ningsp A. R. Juorezy J. L. Riviereg M. E. Mc:Millong W. R. Seutterg L. F. Cheelyg J, L. Mooreg LB. Morting R.X. Honnog J. W. Wolf. 4 -and' H Division Front row, left to right: D. R. Solomochop A.D. Grohrn, HMCp LT. D. R. Burkeg HE. Collierp R.N. Wood. Second row, left to right: G.S. Lowe. E. E. Murphy, W. L. Comerong L. T, Sylvoniog W. E. Ledbetter. Third row, left to right: C. R. Brown, R. A. Smifhg D.A. Bosshordtg D.E. Coile. N Division Front row, left to right: J. A. Tuc- ker, T. Sondovolp E. A. Thunborg, B.J. Wogesy E.T. Redfieldg R.A Sutlifi, Second row, left to right: W. A. Powellp J. M. Kinncird, QMC LT J. M. McCoskilIg ENS L. R. Creo- mery G. Evonickg R. W. Roswold Third row, left to right: E.L. He- fieyg L. A. Zellgertg K.E. Leisp S.E Kellerg L. A. Spicuzzo. ,J ff A V -nz, .rw L lj!- , 0 . U f :M W -. Yvff' vans: .. ,Q .I 'hue 4 ..- o V a ffl , ' r va 461' X '56- 'E Q8 Q ef 1. 515 f . . ,Q TV-K -wwf ' . v ,W f W N1-x - A , Q T9 A v 'L 1 '- I -. fm 94 :im , A. FV '- 'H-. 'Gu- I! S-4 Division Front row, left to right: RV. Dormiclo: H. Fields: R. Pearsorip B. Jackson: T. Williams. Second row, left to right: W. Robinson: D. Pinoy T.G. Littleiohn, SDCy ENS AB. Nel- sony O. Morris, SDC: G. Hermano. Third row, left to right: H. Anderson, H. Duvall, M. Manneyp B. L. Benneftp C. Bellg C. Daniels. .3-if l i X Division Front row, left to right: M. T. Kiglvt: VV. H. Hardwickg CHSCLK J, H. Feganp LTJG H.E. Howell. L.E. Maddox, PNC. J. F. Miller. R. E. Turner. Second row, left to right: R. W. Buttkep R. Herrerag J.W. Mulling C.E. Hudginsp L. E. Basler, Jr.p J. G. Dampfg G. P. Jones. Third row, left to right: D. E. Sondgrothp G.M. McDougleg C.D. Lonningg R. E. Dowdg J. S. Smith, K. W. Bird, S. Husserl, Jr. M. A. A.'s Front row, left to right: SF. Hollandg P. L. Gillespie. F.C. Side bottom, BTC. H. L. Waldon. Second row, left to right: G. L. Holt B.W, Wrightp C,R. Drake. 1 A if Q 2 N J 5' f ff F .'4 . K- ' fr.. ,, , ,..,.,,A. .....f, Q Fronf row e fo right T neck rn n u r I VN. Tnor VN P Goodn L Saroea T H Evans R L Coo er usa Second row Ieff fo rrghf R M Moore D L VMI e e ee L VN Maaers M Godfrey M Muske R G Busch C C Clam: :rd row leff fo rlghf C r c er IC rr e 36 evv r D Decner VN AIrlnoH R D Mathews G Evans W E Alexon er Se lers WL Tarter 'l -UI' . 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