Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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My NunTh duvusuon IS unique as Tar cluvuslon ns concerned. You wall noT Tmd The Ship's OrganizaTion Book, buT They uTe exTensiy1ely To my appearance. They unsung heroes oT any ship-The side cleaners. In porT you will Tlnd Them In Bosuns on sTaqes suspended over The snde oT The ID small punTs worlunq on The waTer llne or belT. Their worlcung day sTarTs aT sunrise and aT sunseT. AT sea, They are busy renewing Their and gear, worlcinq on The ship's dress canvas any number of oTher odd jobs Thar Turn up. hours are long. Their lnberTy Tlme shorT and seamanshlp aloll1Ty excellenT NINTH DIVISION - SIDE CLEANERS

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E SHANLEY ENS ERWINE NS RYAN ENS HOBBS WiTh spaces exTending Trom TorecasTle To Tan- Tail, The small-bore baTTery is lcepT consTanTly on The go, repairing and checking-ouT Their elec- Trical and elecTronic eguipmenT in order To main- Tain Their excellenT shooTing record. The Tive-inch baTTery spaces include The slcys and Their associaTed ploTTing rooms. Five-inch personnel have The Two-Told iob oT soluTion-Tind- ing Tor boTh surTace and air TargeTs. By consTanT aTTenTion To uplceep and repairs on Their gear, The Tive-inch gang manages To seT up a good num- ber oT hiTs during gun Tiring exercises. The main baTTery Tire conTrol sysTem consisTs oT Two SpoTs and Two ploTTing rooms. The resulTs oT The comprehensive mainTenance worlc per- Tormed by The boys in The Big EighT can be seen in Their squared away spaces. The excellenT record oT hiTs by The eighT-inch baTTery is in large parT due To The slcill oT iTs Tire conTrol gang. As would be expecTed, Training plays an im- porTanT role in The daily acTiviTies oT Fox division personnel. LecTures, Tilms, and on-The-iolo repair worlc all assisT in Teaching boTh peTTy oTTicers and sTril4ers The inTricacies oT Tire conTrol and in malf- ing Fox division ready whenever an Adex or sur- Tace shooT comes along. CWO KLOSS CWC ROSSITTO 27 CWO MC ROY CWO HUDSON gnu-

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T wsion is The smallesT division. n?EsTed men and Two piloTs The om in long hours To l4eep The adsl To go. 'ae sTaTT as l clo, my TanTail is Tram morning Till niqhT wiTh all ice my copTer has pulled piloTs es Tram The waTer, Tive Times iT odor on emergency missions To 1 3+ has made innumerable Trips gun spoTTers and personnel operaTion oT The FleeT. ghTx miqhT well be The MoTTo f Tor alThough iT is small, iT is and The SixTh l3leeT. LT HENKE LTJ6 MABRY