Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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gg. M .Wg 1v MU, 'Lf' 'ir' if f'-1' 'Xi 6131 Hamm, 8 A . LI gg-, V ' '--'fl Wi ' . I f , FirsT Row lL-Rl -Claus, H. B.: Ross, W. T.: Galgan, F.: Guddahl, B.: Cobb, C. D.: Mulez, J. F.: Cory, D. E.: Reeves J. M.: Grusz, W. S.: Rock, B. M.: Neal, C. E.: CourTney, R. H. Second Row-Main, R. A.: Sfark, P. E.: Lyford, M. E.: Jones, M. G.: Kelly, E. F., GMC: LTJG. C. Z. Hanus: Moseley, E. L., BMC: Brown, C. O.: Mockmore, R. R.: Famularo, J. P.: Summey, W. D. Third' Row-GosserT, G. C.: Vernon, M. B.: Bilborough, A.: Eva, R. W.: Cooper, T.: Pokorslzi, J. F.: Gandy, R. V.: Gorman, J. J.: Carroll, J. P.: Coloiay, J. W.: Kail, J. E.: Lowery, W. R.: Bellor, B. P.: Gideon, J. R. Ordinary? Any diTTerenT Trom The liTe a seaman led TwenTy-Tive, or one hundred years ago? Perhaps. The same seas, The same liTe, The same crowded condiTions wiTh Too many men in Too small an area, The consTanT TighT To keep The ship aT a maximum oT preparedness. Somehow every organizaTion, group or division oi men always develops iTs characTerisTics, iTs own ways, iTs own sense oT balance in The job ThaT's To be done, regardless oi The many Times iT has been done beTore or The number oT people ThaT live iT Today. Take 75 men oi diTTerenT raTes and Trom conTrary backgrounds, give Them The porT 3 inch baTTery, a malOF porTion oT The SALEM deck space, The responsibiliTies oT being members of a modern large combaTanT ship and The SixTh Division is in exisTence. lT has iTs own paTTern, life, and sense of sigulariTy. Six 3 inch mounTs, wiTh Their corresponding ammuniTion handling rooms, comprise The bulk of The division's gunnery work. IT was The long hours oT repeTiTious mainlrenance, preparedness and Training on The parToTguf1nGVS :J ...

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