Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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The gang this year ist-lconics many new laces, Hepa-ating from last year there are hut 15. 'llllt'l't' is an addition ol about 35 new scope joclaiesf' 'llhc gang also welcomed Iilltl Arnold Olson from instructor duty at the class A school in Norfolk. Chief Olson seems very pleased with his new as- signment as a Salemile. New faces also feature jack Thomas RD2 from whom much is expected from his prowess as a softball pitcher. Jack's divisional training program has already made superiors beam. lVlo0ndog,' Teter and his Rhythm S4 Bluesi' platters can be heard at all hours on the new phonograph purchased by the division. An outstanding welcome was given to Dominic Ullom who follows family tradition. Domls grandfather and father retired as CPO's. One brother was recently advanced to RDC and another brother is a HM2. An uncle is a Lieu- tenant USN. SKUNK HUNTING Among the oldtimers there are plankowners John Brillhart RD1 and Bill Farrell also RDl' iiliasliii Ed wielser HDL Tom ENS Fay. and ENS Molthen seem quite pleased with the iilrlrst with the News Heaney' Chuck Stahl' iibpalllqiii MC' relatively new CIC team. Farewells were said early in the Eldowney, and so on. uBrando,, Hazelrigg still is drawing - , . . cruise to Mr, Lavercombe and Mr. Doody whose efhciencv chuckles with his character cartoomng and praise for his and guidance svill long be remembered by all hands. status board work, now being understudied by 'Hondo,' O,Mohundro. Ron Barufli is proud of his new stripe. and Most of the men hail from New York, with the l'Creat 'lWeatherman Gordon AGI fared well in the recent PO. Statew of Pennsylvania aclose second. Massachusetts, Illinois, exams. Michigan rank in that order. 4'Colonell7 Dudley and 'lliehl' A 'llsz' ' Yr ks .Sf l. LT Tolson, Division Officer and CIC Officer being capably Cdmrl li we rm ml mumec assisted by LTJC Lavercombe, LTJG Doody, LTJC Sharpe. Eff L0l1g', RD-3 HUMOR AT THE DRT f kj

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W as 3 fi at' Q af 0 if P X5?g?:w.I'S4-f 'X A ' J ' i awail, . . , ff fl, if Q , a J A i 34 if u si, - I 5 Q, 'Q , e me X as EXECUTE The OS Division, known to all hands as the Hsignal gangfi is the hardworking group of 'GSkivvi-wavers that serves the ship and aids the flag in visual communications. Though the first duty of a good signalman is to be a top notch lookout, his is also the job of communicating visually with flashing light, semaphore, and flaghoist. Reliability, security, and speed are all essential to the business of communications, and those principles fall as listed in order of their importance. To some people the signalman is seen as a man wearing a pair of binoculars, holding a message board under one arm. a fiaghoist hallyard under the other, recording a message with a pencil between the toes of one foot and peering through a long glass all at the same time. So it goes . . . while there are times of quiet on the signal bridge, there are also times when the bridge is really busy. The signal gang, aside from being a functioning unit of shipboard duty, is also a group of individual characters, new men constantly turning up to replace the old, There is a team spirit in this gang that is evident not merely in their duty, and in such evolutions as inspections and shipwide competi- tion. This spirit of unity goes right to the beach when the boys go over during their well earned liberty hours in the DRILLS Med. To play ball or toss a few down. Last year they boasted a record of not one shore patrol report during the entire Med. Cruise, and it is that standard which every man in the division endeavors to maintain during work hours as well as during recreation, and which makes a man proud that he is a part of the signal gang. Robert W. Heywood, QMI 'FULL SPEED AHEAD-DAMN THE TORPEDOES' f xi y. 'af 1 'M iw B i 11? ' f'f'ZfTff1rf L ' -'I-'- W K n in a Q71 fl 573 ,.-, - 5 I