Samuel N Moore (DD 747) - Naval Cruise Book

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V - . V- .-mnm.,g,. .f The howlin storm outlived the morn end then began to die. Each tired msn disclosed his hand. He knew the reason why. It was not Fate nor Fear nor Hate that brought the Sammy nnrougn,, but guts snd work end the Will of God and this feet each msn Knewx No one spoke the speaker broke the silence of the night. HAttention all hsndsv the Ceptein snid. His voice-was strong with might. . NThe storm today was no chi1d's play and each msn did his pert. I'm proud to soy that in every way you had the ship at heart. Brave deeds were done end these are somenw And then he nemed a few HBut I can see, end youfll agree, God's help has brought us thru. Now join me men and we will send our thanks to Him up There, So each men bowed and suid aloud the words of the Lordis PrayefQ nmuH.siHNniWivci, , 1,esmi, 4,,r M,nu,,m.iWMm,,,MNM,WM1g,iA1,init c PkPkPifP+fPkf40k2iffkfifPk2kPkPlf ------By Lieuta fr. A. KERNS, Mc, USNR. an-,' W' .gg- ! .X tt ' . ' Wg ' i ff A Y ,,,j, - I , Wu , 'nl 1: ,, 4 ,.....v..... -....sf., ...A , 0-N ,-,xN,,,,o,.,A, I mn.. A .nh .N ,- ...Q .. -Q--M...-aug.-..........,,,,.,.,.,.--h mm, ..15.. ,R 4 9 ., 'L ,, A gg. , s is? 1 -itfxii L ' lis'E'l3 , ' ' 114.55 N - gr, 1.1 ' , ff , ,. . 'L . -my -wiv 'f f- --r -, A, .. - --V ,M W , Y ,A , ,.-...K 1' iff' it

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. -l..-Y..-eil, vv, c JUNE5. 1945 -BHG-76-if-X-X-I-J!--R-if-X96-DHHGQG lwas 8 quiet night and the Sammy's right to make a steady roll, And every Mack had hit his rack, his share of sleep to toll. . we had heard the warn of a coming storm That another was soon to break our boom With a crash it came, the spray and the The Sammy pitched and a seaman bitched, The director crew looked out at the blue and a mighty rain, and a gale of 90 but each man had faith and had turned to miss the blowQ was something we didn't know, peri Q in hera weve appeared. The torpedo deck became a wreck, and the motor whaleboat sheared, In a moment another, the first wave's brother, hammered at LE, A bulkhead gave and the mighty wave filled stateroons with the sea. Two men were penned in a darkened den twixt the head and 105. They heard a shout from someone without, HCharlie, are you alive?H He picked from the deck amidst the wreck a rod with which to pry, A And then he heaved and the men were freed, ne longer trapped in to die. The word was passed and the Captain asked Repair 2 to They worked like mad mith the gear they had and every The Lieutenant steeledyfrom a snlinter shield the meta The mattress supply whether wet or dry was stuffed'in 'with.a mighty lunge the Sammy plunged and NChipsU had bear a hand. station was manned. l to breech the gap. the leaking crack. smashed his leg. A Pharmacist Mate heard of his fate and set about snlinting the neg, The storm raged onhv The skinper conned. A quiet man was ho. - . With calm resource the Ceptain's course was always into the sea. The radio whined. A floating mine was adrift An explosion was heard and a shudder occurred In his usual tone he took the phone and asked VA valve has blown and there is shown, no damagen was in those mountains of green, that startled even he. - his men to report. the retort . while down in the gloom of the engine room the blowers had gone to pot. Amidst sweat and heat and blistered feet brave men kept boilers hot. Not one, but some of the men succumbed to the heat of one eighty five. - They were carried above by a shipmnte's love for fresh air to keep them alive But through it all, by sweat and gall, the turbines continued to go. An enginecr's hand was sought by each man to show how much we owe. It was the fate of the Bo's'ns Mate fhile working with the pumps, To smash his head on the overhead. Got a three inch gash, not a lump, Another man get out of hand and went out on deck to Two jackets for friends of his, I guess, but almost A wave attacked the depth charge rack and an ashcan Three men on a line braved the foamy brine to throw rl' fcontinued next pagcl rf 1, retrieve, get permanent leave. went for n ride. it over the side. X

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