Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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am nf A -- gs 1 08 DI ISl0N ff i BACK ROW: Keaser, SN, Mosliier, SN, Sluriale, SN, Jones, OM3, Spring, SN, Kella, SA, Hines, OM3, Adlcins, SA, Blanlord, OM3. MIDDLE ROW Bianchi, YN3, Heywood, OMI, Campbell, Williams, Lange, OMC, Friedman, OM3,Gayl1ar+, YN3. FRONT ROW: Jacobson, SN,Tl1omaS.SN:SGf1 Maflm SA, Kershner, SN, Hodsollan, SN, Marlin, SA. l 3wfA, 'L I Ph.. ffm-H'

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,414 TOP ROW, Leff To Riglwfz Hamer, J. W.: Misclwlce, D.: Bealon, M. J.:l-laner, l-l. W. SECOND ROW: Taylor., W. C.: Ernriclw, R.: Sanlos, J. L.: Bullerfield J. J.: Malarclnilc, A.: McNally, W. J.: Zoll, J.: Miner, M, E.: Labbe, D.: Burke, D. J.: Josf, O, F.: Malanda, E. J.: Cauclnon, E. A.: Slwipp, F. L.: Mc:Fann C. R.: Oaudio, W. O. FIRST ROW: De-lame, F. A.: Owens, R. Fl.: Crouclw, O. R.: Pieper, B. C.: Roslin, l-l. A.: LTJG Calrwill: LTJG Blackwell? LTJG Chamber lain: LTJG Scoll: Tesler, R. L.: Coolce, K. O.: Connelly, I. D. FRONT ROW: Hazelwood, W. E.: Newman, Fl. UR DI ISIUN