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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T T . -.1 sl V ii . T le' . 'Wi -34 13 'v v . J T 1 em ,ly 4 I K 1 1 v- V ,,,, ,. 'r FirsT Row lL-Rl -McCarThy, W. D.: GilberT, F.: Miller, l.: Lauder, R. O.: Haley, F. M.: Pierce, L.: Hall, L. E.: Haley, : , R. G.: LiH'erio, P. A.: Lenville, C.: Hall, E. R. Second Row-Schuck, L. G.: Sims, L. M.: PresTon, E. G.: TraneTzke, B.: Jerome T. C.: Tarasiewicz, W.: LTJG. W. O. Glass: ' TiTTel R C GMC' Wunschel C Suchy D' Dufresne E A K ll E L cl , , . ., , , .: , ., , . .: ey, .: an on,'J.A. Third Row-Vezina, G.: Saeli, J.: Donahue, C. J.: C d, .: . ' onra W Cook, J H., Cohen, M.: Kauffman, M.: Kaliszewski, R.: Creek, J., WlnTlow, H.: Chrlsfen, E.: Sherrill, A.: Rockwell, D. J.: Hendrickson, R.: McKay, J. D. l T i if fi . T , T T 70 The eyes oT The ouTsider, The SevenTh Division is buT one oT The divisions aboard ship wiThin The Gunnery DeparTmenT, ThaT has iTs parTicular guns and ship's spaces To mainTain. lT is guiTe apparenT, however, To The men , 5 in The SevenTh ThaT Their connecTion wiTh The division enTails much more Than merely doing a required job. T Number One moTor whaleboaT is Their boaT. The sTarboard Three inch anTi-aircraTT guns are Their gUf1S. The sTarboard amidships sec:Tion oT The ship is Their parT oT The ship, and OT course The Navy 'E's wiTh Their hashmarlKS were earned by Them. i i The SevenTh Division has losT, in recenT weeks, many oT iTs old hands. IT also has many new Taces among ITS 5 5 A personnel who have noT Taken long To Tind ThaT They are by now an inTegral parT oT The division. The newer men. Q aTTer all, Tind liTTle diTTiculTy TiTTing inTo The divisional organizaTion which is relaTively unc:omplicaTed. l 'X T I Tl : l Qi I . T 's ll rl I l f if ,. TE 5 T Ei' f' , . 1 - . -