I i K uf Q i J P -4 P1 6 1 f I r 4 s 1 x i fh W J 1 n il' .E 4 I ? . S v '7fzei ighfing Si0I'y. .. ayzzw y Shootin ' Ei-ff Q5 D AR Tfifw ' LIBRARY r Ai'V'AA 'A4 'q ' y gg A complete review of the history of the U.S.S. Shea jr 30, cmd the thrilling part she and her valiant crew played in bringing about our greatest victory. 7 - ,A-X my-, gi --.f Q U.S.S. SHEA CDM 301 QfkK9 , TABLE OF CONTENTS u History of Commander Shea ......,...... ....,........ P age In Memoriam ...................,.,...........,........ ,..A....,.... P age Lt, Commander Baldridge ,..,........ ............, P age Commander Kirkpatrick .......,..,,...............,,, ,..r......... P age Officers and Men of the USS Shea .......r.r........... Pages Officer Pictur-es .......................,....,............. Pages 8, 16, 17, 19, Executive Officers ......,.....,......r......,..,.................,,,................... Page Biography ofthe Uss shes ,...,. P-ages 10, '11, 13, 14, Candid Camera Shots ..,...........,...,.................... Pages 12, 3'8, Damage Photographs ....,.......,,,......,....... ..,. ......,,........ P a ges 15, Poems-Shootin' Shea and Youth ...........,........,...... Page Messages from Officers ..................,...,,............,....,..........,,... Page Action Photographs ..........,..,............. ,.,...,...., P ages 21, 41, War Diary of the USS Shea ........,.,. ,..,..,,..,.. P ages 22 Itinerary CMapl ,........................,..,... ............. P ages 24 BOX Score ,............ ............. P age 2 3 4 5 6-7 27 'Q 16 45 46 18 20 47 -23 -25 26 Congratulatory Messages ,....,.................,....... .,....,..,., P age Radio Gang and Medical Department .,.......,........ Page Chie-f's Story .....',...,..,....................,,,...................,.,,..........,............,. Page Mess 'Cook's Story and the Barber Gang ......... Page The Radio Technicians and Sound Gang ......... Page Storekeeper Gangs and Yeoman ...,........,...,.........,... Page Carpenters and Ship Pitters ...... ,........... P age Quartermasters ...........,............. ..........,, P age Radar Gang ..,.,....,..,..,..,,,,.,..........,...,........................................,.... Page Second Division and the Gunnery Gang ..,...... Page Fire Control Men and Minemen .......,.,......,................ Page Engineers Story ....................................i............... ............ P CIQG Electrical and Commissary Groups .........,..........i... Page First Division and the Signalmen ............. i........... P age The Staff .......,...........,........,.................................... ............ P C196 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 36 39 40 42 43 44 48 if tv if if I l Mrs. I, I. Shea of Arlington, Massachusetts, was sponsor of theidenstroyer I'1CII'l'led in 1'1O1'lOf of her husband, the late Commander Iohn Ioseph Shea, USN, who also served in World 'War I. On March 22, 1941, Commander Shea reported aboard the U.S.S.- WASP for flight duty and was officially reported missing in action on September l5, l942, while serving aboard that vessel, when she was torpedoed and sunk in the South Pacific Ocean. He was awarded the following: American Defense Service Medal with Bronze A Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal - Solomon Islands American Theater Area Campaign Medal , Q, NAVY CROSS with the following citation: For extraordinary heroismlwhile serving aboard th USS WASP f ll I e . . . o owing attack on that vessel by enemy1 Iapanese forces. Leaving the 'comparative security of his own station, Lt, Commander-Shea, disregarding the danger from flying debris, smoke, flame and frequent heavy explosions of ammunition, personally directed the fight against fiercely raging fires on the flight deck. After the water pressure failed, he expended the remaining CO2 in a further desperate effort to extinguish the fire in a ready ammunition locker and was leading out another hose when a terrific -explosion occurred. His courageous devotion to duty in a valiant attempt to save the'WASP was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. Few Americans will ever forget Commander Sh-ea's letter to his 5 year old son, Iackie, which said in part: I miss you more than anyone will ever know. It is too bad this war could not have beentdelayed a few years so I could grow up again with you and do all the things I 1 d p anne to do when you were old enough to go to school. Fighting for the defense of our country ideals homes cmd h , , onor is an hono cl d t h' h D ddy has had to do before he can come home and settle down with you and mother r an u Y W lc Your G If I don't get back . , . Remember, don't ever be a quitterf' -f2l- THESE - WE SHALL NOT FORGET The war against Iapan ended on May 4, l945, for -some of our shipmates., for on that day they gave their lives in order that the remainder of us might live to see the day of final victory over the enemy. No written nor spoken word can begin to describe the magnitude of their sacrifice, for they contributed the m-ost precious gift of all-their lives. We have missed them, for they were our friends and shipmates, but we have the small consolation in knowing that they died as heroes die-fighting for their country's honor at their 'battle stations. I We shall never forget the faraway isle of Okinawa-not because of the hardships and dangers we faced there--but because each of us left comrades there. To them we owe a debt which we can never pay, so in recognition of our debt, we humbly dedicate to them this story of the SHEA. ,. HOOD, Henry M., Ir., Lt, ligl, Borger, Texas BARKER, George Lyman, S1fcCRMJ, South Weymouth, Mass. HANSON, Robert August, GM2fc, Iamestown, N. Y. BEHNKE, George Henry, Slfc, Fargo, N, D, HUTTINGER, Ioseph Anthony, Solvf3fc, Cleveland, Ohio BELL, Ralph Tovane, F2fc, Stantonsburg,lN. C. IANSOONE, Frank Arend, MM2fc, Milwaukee, Wis. BEMENT, Robert Edfwin, SM3fdCTD, Torrington, Conn. BOISIOLY, Harvey Anthony, GMSXCCTJ, Methuen, Mass. BOLSTAD, Saunder Martin, FC2fc, Stady, N. D. BOYER, lack Tinker, SKlfc, Marlow, Oklahoma BREWER, Harold Henry, Flfc, Falls City, Neb. BROWN, Iohn Victor, SCZXC, Bridgeport, Conn. COUNTRYMAN, R D , S2!c, Lindale, Ga. CRAIG, Richard Lewis, BM2fc, Valley Springs, S. D. DOSS, Paul Iames, S'2fc, Charlestown, Ind. ESPOSITO, Arthur Cnj, Slfc, Schenectady, N. Y. FLAHERTY, Thomas Henry, RTZXCKTJ, Los Angeles, Calif. FREY, Ralph Iacob, SoM3fc, Allentown, Pa. GOODALL, lack Lee, Slfc, Omaha, Neb. GREENE, Claude Burwell, Ir., SZXC, Valdosia, Ga. KERLEY, Charn-old Allen, Bkr2fc, Lupton, Tenn, KUNZE, George Robert William, MMZX c, La Coate, Texas LEWIS, Willie Collins, Sr., St.M2fc, Birmingham, Alai LITTLE, Earl Edward, GM3fc, Hayward, Calif. LOWRY, George Francis, Flfc, Portland, Ore. MANN, George Washington, Ir., S'2fc, Starke, Fla. MILLER, Alfred Francis, S2fc, Baltimore, Md. MORGAN, Iames Pafford, S2fc, Alamente, Calif. NUTTING, Standford Lee, BM2fc, Oakland, Calif. PHILLIPS, William Henry, Slfc, Dallas, Pa. ROWLAND, Iohn Allen, RdM3fc, Louisville, Ky. VITELLI, Rocco Louis, S2fc, Holmes, Pa. WAARA, Cyril Alexander William, RM2fc, Hancock, Mich WALLENBECK, Herbert Lee, Ir., Slfc, Buffalo, N. Y. -ISI- I E. F. BALDRIDGE I Liezzzfemmzf Commander, U. S. Navy The present Commanding Officer of the SHEA is Lieutenant Commander E E B ld 'd U o I. . a ri ge, . S. Navy, of Annapolis, Maryiland Appointed to the U S Naval Acad l934 , . . emy in , he graduated and was commissioned as Ensign. on Iune 2, 1938, and reported on board the giant aircraft carrier SARATOGA for his first tour of sea duty. After this he served successive tours of duty in destroyers in the Atlantic Fleet. After serving successively as Engineer Officer and Executive Officer of the U.S.S. TERRY 'CDD-'5fl3l in the Solomons Campaign, he was assigned Command of the U.S.S. PREBLE CDM-201, later assuming the additional duties of Commander Mine Division One. Lieutenant Commander Baldridge has been awarded two Bronze Star Medals. The first from Admiral Bull Halsey for his services in the TERRY when she participated in th E 1 e mpressi Augusta Bay assault, l Novem'ber 1943, at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, when two heavy air raids were beaten off The second Bronze St M . ar edal was awarded him by Vice Admiral T. S, Wilkenson, Third Fleet Amphibious Force Command f ' er, or services rendered as Commanding Officer of the PREBLE when that vessel successfully entered an enemy mine field off the Palau Islands 13 S on eptember l944 and rescued 96 survivors from a sister ship which had struck a mine and was sinking. In. addition, he wears the American Defense Ribbon with a bronze letter A for operations against the Germans prior to Pearl Harbor, the American European and Pacific The t Rb , aer i' bons, the latter with four stars, and the Philippine Liberation ri'bbon with two, stars. MESSAGE TO THE CREW OF THE U.S.S. SHEA ' The SHEA has impressed me from the first da I . - Y SGW her as sa ship with a fighting spirit. Long before I knew I would ever be her Captain, I went on board and looked her over from st t em 0 Sfeffl, Or 'df tb 'd t b'l . Sh th f' t 2200 tonner I had seen and I looked her over out of cu ' 't n rom rl ge O 1 ge e WGS e Us riosi y. The SHEA wa t P l th h h S t after being hit. I didn't know where or how she had been hit I stopped S G em en' on er Way back to t e tu es - ' CI memb f th f I r and asked him, What happened to the SI-IEA? His repl ' - err? - e Crew Q ter had looked at the damage y was classic. I-le said, S , 1 ' 1 knew she had that old never-say-die spirit, for he did not say We were h't b lr We rammed G Baku bomb' BY thls h . . . . , ' 1 Y CI BCIICCI bomb or A Baka bomb hit us. He p rased his answer in a way that indicated the aggressive spirit of the Sl-IEA The man for whom the SI-IEA was named heroically gave his lit f 1 . . . . e or hi 1 i I ' - aid down theirs in the bitter struggle As long as there S Colm ry and many of the SHEA S Crew 1 k 1 ewise r are oceans to sail th ' ff - living monument to their memories, can e SHOOTIN SHEA cmd her Crew W111 be G E. F. BALDRIDGE Lieutenant Commander, USN Commanding, U.S.S. SHEA fDM30l -1 4 fm r f C. C. KIRKPATRICK Commander, U. S. Navy Commander Charles Chili Kirkpatrick, who was appointed a midshipman from the Navy-at-Large Iune Sfl, 19127, and commissioned an Ensign Iune 4, 1931, holds three Navy Crosses and the Army's Distinguished Service Medal. The Navy Crosses were awarded for his outstanding work as commanding officer of a submarine which completed highly successful war patrols in Iaipanese home waters during the months that followed the outbreak of warf In addition to other varied duties during his naval career, Commander Kirkpatrick served as aide and flag lieutenant to Fleet Admiral Ernest 1. King from early 19413 until Iune 29, 11944. From that assignment, during which he was made Commander on November l, 19413, Commander Kirkpatrick reported on August 32? to Staten Island, New York, to take command of the U.S.S, S1-IEA. 'ilrifrir Shipmates of the Shootin' Shea:- This little book is to be our reminder of the hours and days We have spent together. Since time began, a Man-of-War has always reflected the hearts and minds of the men who ride her decks. You must be justly proud for you gave your ship a Fighting I-le-art. From all walks of life you came aboard with vigor and vitality that never failed in times of stress and strain. To you-to those we left behind-my thanks and appreciation for your cheerful cooperation at all times and your intelligent performance of duty. ' Q i J C. C, KIRKPATRICK. 1 Commander, U. S. Navy. ..f51.. THESE ARE THIE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE U.S.S. SHEA Cdr. Charles C. Kirkpatrick' Lt, Cdr. Elward F. Baldridge Lt. Cdr. Willard Y. Howell' Lt. Cdr. Thomas O. Marshall' Lt. Richard B. Fowler' Lt. Benjamin F. Stapleton' Lt. Richard L. Greiner' Lt. Edward R. Frisby Lt. George L. Dibble' Lt. Robert N. Greenfield Lt. Wayne E. Dorman Lt. Cjgi Orland H. Ellis' Lt. Cjgb William ini Kuyper' Lt. Cjgi Henry M. Hood At Okinawa. Killed -in Action, 'k ABNEY, Jack Wesley, WTlfc ABSALOM, Julian Arlin', SK2fc ADDISON, Claude Arthur, Slfc AMBESI, Anthony Dominick, MN3fclTI ANASTASIO, John George', MMIfc ANDERSEN, Norman William, CM2fclTl ANDERSON, Robert Richard, S2fc ANDREGO, Tony Michael, Slfc ASHBY, George DeWayne ', SIfclRMl ARCH, John Francis, MMIfc ARY, William Lewis, CFClAAllTI AUGUSTINE, Howard Arthur, Slfc AUVIL, Dale Elmer, Flfc AYERS, Boyd Rucker, F2fc BABB, Victor Lee, CRMIPAI BAKER, James lnI', StMlfc BARKER, George Lyman, SIfclRMl BARLETT, Ralph Edward, Flfc BARRAU, Albert John, GM2fc BARRETT, Mervil Richard, WT3fciTl BATES, Joseph Leo, RdM3fc BARWOOD, Edward Russell, Slfc BEACHAM, Clinton Edward, GM2fc BEADLE, Edward Richard, MN3fc BEATTY, John Webster, Jr., Flfc A BEBEE, William Ward', S2fc I . BECKER, Chalmer William, GM3fclTl BEHNKE, George Henry, Slfc BENNETT, Harold Wayne, Ylfc ' BELL, Ralph Tovane,F2fc BENSLEY, Raymond Howard, Flfc BEMENT, Robert Edwin, SM3fclTI' BERRY, Loyd C ', CMM BIRCH, Arthur Daniel, S2fc BIRNBAUM, Samuel, lnISlfc BLANCHARD, Charles W , F2fc BLECKE, Kenneth 'WilIiam, SlfclFCOI BLOUNT, Willie lnI', St3fc BLL E, Robert Lindsay, SC3fc BOISJOLY, Harvey Anthony, GM3fc BOLES, Jerry Joseph, F2fc BOESSEL, Henry William , S2fc BOLOGA, Lee lnlFIfctWTI BOLSTAD, Saunder Martin, FC2fc BORSHAY, Samuel lnl CEMIAAI BOUDRIE, Harley Joseph, RT3fclTI BOWEN, George Hershel, Flfc BOYER, Jack Tinker, SKIfc BOYLAN, Charles lnlWT2fc I BRACKEN, Thomas James, Jr., F2fc ' BRADLEY, Joseph Paul Lee, StMIfc BRECHTEL, Frederic Earl, 'FC2fc BREWER, HaroIdiHeriry, Flfc BROCK, William Lee, S2fc . BRODEUR, Edgar Felix, EM2fc BROWN, John Victor, SC2fc BROWN, Luther Floyd, SIXCIFCOI BROWN, John Rowland , MNIfc BRYAN. E P , Jr., CMMIPAI BRUGGINK, Dale WesIey ', S2fc BRYANT, Wallace Preston, Slfc BURGE, George Elmer ', OM2fc BURGENER, Dwight John W. ', S2fcIRdMl i , 'A' Lt, fjgj Robert I. Iohnsoni' LT- UQI lohn W. Markson' Lt, Cjgi Fred I. Manor' Lt. 'fjgi P. Dean Graham' Lt, Cjgi Harold E. Carlsonk Lt, fjgl Charles B. OWGRS Lt, ljgi Donald E. Barnier Lt, ljgj William H. Barnes' Lt, Cjgi Donald W. Love' Lt, ljgi William H. Blaser Q Lt, fjgj W, Lawrence Moore Lt, fjgj Iames A. Young' Lt Cjgi C. Richard Calk-ins Lt, Cjgj Norman C. Healy 'k iz ik' if BURK, Ray Newell, CMMlPAl BYERS, Brandon Excell, Slfc CAINES, Harry RoyaIs ', RT3fC CADDEN, Joseph Aloysius, CMM CALHOUN, William Morris, OM2fclTl CALLICUTT, Earl Flem, S2fc CAMERON, Percy Staire, WT2fc CAMPBELL, Paul Warren ', StMIfc CANAZZI, Thomas Michael. Slfc CARRIGAN, James Edwin, OM3fclTl CARSON, James Vernontk, F2fc CARROLL, Thomas Francis, SoM2fc CASE, Robert Lewis, SoMlfc CASBIER, Noel Elwood, GMlfc CASCIANO, Anthony John, Y3fc CHEATWOOD, Edley Wadda, GM2fc CHRISTENSEN, Merlin Eugene', F2fc CLAVIN, John James, RM3fc CLEAR, George William', Slfc COCKRELL, Eugene Chester, Blfc COHEN. Bernard lnl Slfc ' COLE, William Wesley, FCO2fclTI CONWAY, Roger Clement, MaM3fc COOPER, George Henderson, Jr., Flfc COOPER, Paul ini Slfc ' CORBITT, George J , Flfc CORDELL, Orville Eugene, RM3fc COSGROVE, Ray Dennis', F2fC COTTON, William James, SF2fclTI COUBAROUS, Steve Nicholas, Jr., Stlvllfc COUNTRYMAN. R D , S2fc ' CROSS, Harold Thomas, Jr., .BMIfc CRAIG, Richard Lewis, BM2fc CUMMINGS, Francis John, Flfc COWARD, George Latham ', MM2fc CRAWFORD, 'Perry Eugene ', F2fc CURRY, Benjamin Franlclin ', S2fc DAILY, William Henry,iBMlfc DAVIS, David George ', S2fc DASHNAW, Francis Eugene, S2fc DAUGHERTY, Carl Fredericlc, S2fc DAVIS, John Bernard, Slfc DAVIS, Milton Myers, Slfc DENNEN, Philmore Harold, FClRl3fc DeSTEFANO, James lnl RdM3fclTI DiDlO, William Patsy, F2fc I DINGLE, Leo Ross, S2fc DITRICK, Gilbert Bradley , CPhM DIX, Michael Frank, RT2fclTl I DIXON, William Pearson, CBMIPAI DOJACK, Joseph Anthony, RdM3fc DOK, John Leonard, OM3fclTl DMETROSHKOl Alex lnlf, MN2fc DOMKE, Harold lnl SC,Ifc , DOSS, Paul James, S2fg DOTY, Robert Eugene, MNZXC DORWART, Noel Siggins', QM3!C DREW, John Swain, Jr., MM2fclTI DUNCAN. George Alexancler', S215 DYAL, Ernest Gene, Slfc EASTMAN, Frederick Ellsworth FlfClMM, EICHELBERGER. J if Q, ECO ENGLE, Donald EiiDgCeh13 Y, SMlfc 3!cITl Men who have come aboard since May 4, 1945. -itil- Lt, fjgy George D. Godfrey Lt. l jgj Edward R. Lewis Lt, fjgj Ralph A. L. Bogan Ens. Charles O. Spencer Ens., Roscoe N. Miller Ens. Arthur S. Brown Ens. Leo i1'1'I Fisher Eng, Robert E. Hampson Ens. Walter Kirchner Lt, Iohn S. Silva' Lt, ljgi Kenneth Hodge Lt, fjgi Iames Barnhill' Lt. ljgi Leon Walsh' ELLIS, Leo Francis, RdM2fc EVINS, John WiIIiam', SIfclSMI ESPOSITO, Arthur lnl Slfc FARRY, George Washington, MoMMlfc FANGER, Donald Wil-burt, F2fc FEEZOR, Melvin Eugene', SC3fc FELTON, Robert Eugene, Slfc FETCHIK, William Edward, SF3fclTl FINCH, John Chris, Slfc FINCH, William lnl Slfc FISHER, Norman Compton, WT3fc FITZGERALD, Edward lnl Slfc FLAHERTY, Thomas Henry, RT2fclTl FLANAGAN, Horner Hogg, Jr., MN2fclTI FLYNN, Charley Daniel, Jr., S2fc FREY, Ralph Jacob, SoM3fc FROENDHOFF, Harry Herman, Jr., SoM3fc GARNER, Carl J , S2fc GIBBONS-NEFF, Grellet lnl OMIfc GILLESPIE, Altred Johnson, S2fc GILLHAM, Buel Max, RdM3fclTI GODWIN, William Otwell, Slfc GOODALL, Jack Lee, Slfc GRAMICCIONI, Angelo lnl Slfc GREENE, Edgar AIIen', FC3fc GREEN, Jett lnl S2fc GREENE, Claude Burwell, Jr., S2fc GREER, Burnard Ray, GM2fc GRIFFITH, Thomas Herbert, GMIfc . GUNNELL, Jack Howard , S2fc GUTHRIE, Olyn James', SC2fc HALL, Howard Ruthtord, StM2fc V HALL, Robert Jewell, SSMB2fciTl HANSEN, Eugene John, SM2fc HARRIS. Clyde Oste-en, S2fc HANSON, Robert August, GM2fc HAUS, Charles Proctor, CoxlTI HASELOW, Gene' Lawrence', F2fc HELM, Paul Edgar, Slfc HASSINGER, Elvin Eugene', S2fc HAUSHER, Dominic Anthony, Jr. ', OM2fc HICKS, Lester Lee, Slfc HILL, William Henry, MMIfclTI HITCHCOCK, Arthur Leroy', MN2fc HOFFMAN, Hugh Howard, Jr. SIfclYI HOLBROOKS, Thomas Jetterson, S2fc HOLLERAN. George Joseph Flfc HOLZWARTH, Robert Junior ', S2fc HOLLOWAY, Jewell Less, S2fc' HOPPE,'CarI R , F2fc HORAK, Edward Thomas, FC3fc HOUSLEY, Guy Lee, BMlfc . HRASTICH, William.Christ FCIfc .. HUBBARD, William Hustace lII', RdM3fc HUDSON, Earl Mason ,Slfc HUFF, Bennie Lee, StM2fc HUNT, Zeb Vance, F2fc HUTTINGER. Joseph Anthony, SoM3fc INGRAM, Herm lnl FIfclEMl JANSOONE, Frank Arend, MM2fc JARRELL. Joseph Albert, Cox JACOBS, Richard Moss , SIfclRdMl JOHNSON, Louie Houston, FC2fc JAMES, William Whileford, Jr. ', SFIfc JONES, James Carl, FIfclEMl JONES, Winslon Davis, Jr., RdM3fclTl JUDSON Ernesl Waller, EMIfc KANE, Eugene Francis, GM3fclTl KANE, Guy Lee, RM3fclTl' KAPERAK, Theodore Michael, Slfc KATZ, Leon A , SKD3fclTl KAUFMANN, Peler Frederick, Slfc KEAY, Donald Everell MNIfclTl KEITH, Ralph Dal'ron ', S2fc KELLER, Edgar Warren, F2fc KELLY, Donald Ralphi, S2fc KELLNER, Dewey Edward, SoM2fclTl KELLY, Billy J , RdM3fclTl KERLEY, Charnold Allen, Bkr2fc KIRK, Raymond Charles , Slfc KISER, Carl Edward ', RM3fc KNUTESON, Kennelh Thomas, RMIfc KNAUS, James Richard, GMIfc KOELLIKER, Edward Michael, FC3fc KROLL, Clarence Henry , FCIfc KRUGER, Raymond Edward WTIfc KUCKLICK, Thomas Joseph Slfc KULHA, Donald CharIes :, S2fc KUNZE, George Roloerl William, MM2fC KYLE, Donald William, MN2fclTl LADNER, Clillon Edward, S2fC LANDRUM, John Raymond MMIfc LANGLEY, Charles M. ', S2fc LANKOWSKI, Edwin Irving , F2fc LABORDE, John Tillman , GM3fc LASITER, Thomas CaIvin ', F2fC LAUDENBACH, Arlhur Herman ', SC2fc LASH, Kennelh David, MM3fclTl LEE, Charles lnl, Jr., Flfc LEE, Harvey Thomas, FIfclWTl LENZE, Anlhony Salvador , S2fc LEO, Sabalino Dona'ro ', MN2fc LEOCE, Frank John , S2fc LEONESIO, Reno lnl S2fc LONG, William Leo, FCO3fclTl LEWIS, Willie Collins, Sr., S'rM2fc LOVE, Samuel Reed, S2fc LITTLE, Earl Edward, GM3fc LIEBENOW, Donald William , S2fc LIPPMAN, James Pauli , S2fc LUENEMANN, Herberl John, EM3fclTl LOWRY, George Francis, Flfc LUSK, Roberl' Eugene, Slfc LYNCH, Edward Charles GM3fclTl LYNCH, James Edward, FCO3fclTl MAMALIS, Peler John, S2fc MANN, George Washinglon, Jr., S2fc MARTIN, Alfred Ray, S2fC MARTIN, Edward Websler, S+2fc MacPHERSON, Ellis Bryan , EMIfc MAIONI, Ralph Joseph , S2fc MARTIN, James Willie , S2fc MARVIN, Roberl Jamelslk, S2fc MASON, Joseph Richard, S2fc MAXWELL, Russell Morl'on , SKDIfc MAYS, John Pershing, GM2fclTl MCARTHUR William Roberl RM3 c ' , . f MQCLENDON, Allred Thornlon, RdM2fclTl MCDONALD, Lee Roy, Cox MQDONNELL, Joseph Francisx, S2fclSCl MCDONOUGH, Carl Lawrence, S2fc McDOWELL, Paul Juslice, Flfc McDOWELL, Marlin Thomas, S2fc MCFADDEN, John Palrick, SKIfc MCGEENEY, Louis Dennis, Slfc MCGAHA, William Earl, SC3fc MCGOWAN, James Edward, Flfc MCSHAFFREY, Charles Edward, Slfc McTIER, Curlis lnl S2fc METCALF George Marlon, MNlfc MICHR, Edward Samuel, CWTIAAI MILKOWSKI, Daniel James, FIfclMMl MILLER, Alfred Francis, S2fc MILLS, Joe Luby, Jr., SF3fclTl MILLER, Edgar Joseph OM2fc MILLER, James Manford ', S2fc -, MOI-IRING, Joseph John, EM3fc,lTl MISSELL, Joseph lnl Jr., S2fc MORICI Jerome Charles, M M3fc ITI MOORE: John William, szfc MOORE MOORE , Earl Francis , Cox Raymond Francis ', SCIfc MORIO, Roberl John, SIfclGMl MORGAN James Pallord, S2fc MULLINAX, Chesler Loyd, Slfc MURAKOWSKI, Arlhur Raymond Flfc MURRAY, Norborne Melvin, Slfc MYATT, Early Alslon, Jr. SIfclFCl NELSON, Chrislian Henry, MM3fclTl NUTTING, Slanford Lee, BMZXC NUTTER, Edward James, CMMIAAI NEWBERRY, Mall lnl szfc NICHOLS, Dale Richard, S2fc OBRINGER, Fred Vic'ror ', FIfclEMl O'DONNELL, Alberl' Bruce , FC2fc OGLESBY, Joseph E , CSMIAAIITI OLIVER, Garland Benlley S2fC OLSON. Joseph E , SoMIfc OLSON, Waller Bernard, Slfc ORLICKI, Donald Francis, MM3fclTl OVITT, Morris Edward Jr., MM2fclTI PAFFORD, Thomas Arlhur, Slfc PAGLIARO, Perer Henry, PhM2fclTl PANARO, John Thomas , CWT PARSONS, Donald Warren , PhM3fc PARKER, Harry S , RTIfclTl PATTERSON, Jack lnl F2fc PECK Frank Ernesl, Jr., GM3fclTl PERKINS, George Knighl, Jr., Slfc PERREAULT, Richard Leonard, Slfc PESENTI, Alberl' Angelo , GM2fc PESTANA, Manuel lnl Flfc PHILLIPS, William Henry, Slfc PHILLIPS, Irwin Marsh , MMIfc PIERCE, Willard Ellon, CPhMlTl PIKUL, Slanley Joseph, Cox POMROY, Roberl Charles ', S2fc POPO, Anlhony Silvesl'ro ', S2fc PRATT, Rodger Earl, CMNIAAI ITI PRESKAR, Marlin lnl WT3fclTl PROCHNOW, Alexander George, COMITI PURICELLI, Joseph Ernesl, Jr., SIfclFCOl OL lNN, James Edward, Bkr2fclTl RACKARD, Aron Lee F2fc RANSOM, James Monroe? BM2fc REDDINGIUS, Langdon lnl, Jr., SoM3fclTl REEVES, Lawrence Arnold, Slfc REIFF, Alberl Lewis, Jr., WTIfclTl RHEIN, Roberl Eugene, MMIfc RHOADES, Harold Woodrow, MMIfclTl RICHARDS, Francis Slephen, S2fc RICHARDS, Byron William, Jr., GM2fc ROBB, Millon Wayne , F2fc ROPSKI, Cheslelr John , SIfclRMl ROWLAND, John Allen, RdM3fc SANDERSON, Russell Kennelh, EM2fc SARNICKI, Waller John, Y3fclTl SASHER, Charles Richard ', F2fc SCHACK, Frederick Evold, Flfc SCHILLING, Leonard CIemence ', S2fc SCOTT, Edward Roy, Ck3fc SCOTT, Ted lnl S2fc SEBESTYEN, John Charles, Jr., CCS SHELLY, Carl Anl'hony ', CBM SHREVES, Hugh Alberlx, S2fc SICIGNANO, Eugene John, SC3fcITl SILENGO, George Carl, EM2fclTl SIMINO, Oliver Glenwood, F2fc SIMMONS, Fred ROIDGFTT, OM2fc SLUSHER, Claude Conley, MM3fClTl SLOAN, James AIberl ', Slfc SMITH SMITH slvllrrli SMITH SMITH SMITH SMITH Arnold Eugene, Slfc Clifford John, Jr. ', SoM2fc Julian Lul'her ', Slfc James Henry, Slfc John William, S2fc Slanley John, WT3fclTl Wilfred Douglas Slfc SOEHNGEN, Joseph William, Mlvlsfclrl Men who have come aboard since May 4, 1945. +I I7 ll - SORACE, Salvalore John, MM3fclTl SPEZIO, Vile lnl SC3fc SPOYER, Eugene Millon, EM3fclTl SPRUILL, Milford Foresl, OM3fclTl STANER, Darrel Allen, Flfc STANLEY, Auslin Mil'chelI , Slfc STANTON, George Bevis, MMIfc ST. CLAIR, Willard Jackson :, CEM STEPHENS, Harold Lamar , Cox STEVENS, Coy Waller, Slfc STRESKY, James Werner, RM2fC STRUCK, Allen Frederick ', RdM2fc STEWART, Melvin lnl RdM2fC STROCKBINE, George lnl S2fc STRONG, Orlo Slanley, Flfc SULLIVAN, Lewis Harold, Slfc SWINEY, Billy James, Slfc SZOLLOSY, John George, MM2,fclTl TAKACS, William George, MM3fclTl TARANOWICZ, Mallhew Slanley, EM3fc TAROUINO, John Richard , WT3fc TEMPLEMAN, Wilbur Edwin, Slfc TERRY, Willard Fred, Flfc TERRY, William Onice, Slfc TESTA, Peler Joseph, MM2fc TEW, Jimmie Derword, S2fc THIELE, Roy Henry, S2fc THOMPSON, Edmond Ray, S2fc THORN, Charles Slhaley, MMIfc THORNBERRY, Virgil V., Jr., FlfclMMl THORNTON, Slanley Francis, PhM3fc TINSLEY, Perry LeRoy, Flfc TIPPET, Paul Ernesl, Jr. , SCIfc TODD, James Everelre, S2fc TORELLI, Alberl' Angelo, S2fc TUCKER, Carl Winlred, Slfc TURKOVICH, Chrislie lnl WTlfc TURNER, Roberl Sullon, MN3fclTl TWARDOWSKI, Arlhur Frank, Slfc UNDERHILL, O J , S2fc UPDYKE, Charles Roland , F2fc VAN BUREN, Charles Waller , S2fc VAN COTT, Waldemar lnl II, Cox VAIL, Frank William, Slfc VANT HUL, Harold Nelson, CoxlTl VEES, Edward Raymond, CYITI VENO, Roberl' Edmund, Slfc VERRILL, Roland Francis , WT3fc VITELLI, Rocco Louis, S2fc WADE, James Alberl, Slfc WADE, Sam lnlx, S2fc WAARA, Cyril Alexander Wm., RM2fC WALKER, Dudley Hugh, Y2fc WADE, Harold Kennelh, Slfc WALL, William Bledsoe, Slfc WAIDE, Joseph Nicholas, MN3fc WATERS, Joseph Haynes, BM2fclTl WATKINS, Sylvesler lnl ', S2fc WATSON, Hugh Francis , S2fc WALLENBECK, Herberl Lee, Jr., Slfc WEILER, Francis Slark, SM2fclTl WEIANT, Milford Julianx, GM3fc WETMORE, Duane Kirk , F2fc WARWICK, James Mallory, F2fC WESTERHOLM, Oscar Alberl, CoxlTl WHITE, Charles Mareenus, RdM3fclTl WILKES, Duward Saxon, CGMIPAI WILLARD, Roberl William, WT3fc WILLIAMS, Dean Raymond, WT3fclTl WILLIAMS, Donnis Wilson, EM3fclTl WILLIAMS, Harry Alexander, WT2fc WILLIAMS, William Russell, RM2fc WILLIAMSON, Joseph Millon, Sr., RdM3fc WITHROW, Kenlon Lewis, SK2fc WOLOSHUK, John Frank, S2fc WOODBY, Keirh 'L , Slfc WOODWARD, Raymond Thomas, RM3fc WONG, Arlhur Sun , S2fc YAGATICH, John Edward, FIfclMMl YANKAVICH, Edward James, WT2fc YATES, Waller Franklin, S2fc YONCE, James Truman, Slfc ZIROS, John lnl ElvllfClTl GFFICERS Lt. fjgj Henry M. Hood Killed in Action Lt. Cjgl Iolmes A. Young A Lt. Cjgl O. H. Ellis LT- ligl P. Deon Grdhom Lt. Richard B. Fowler Lt. Richard L. Greiner fl8J- I . I LT. COMMANDER T. O. MARSHALL, Ir. The present Executive Officer of the SHEA is Lieutenant Commander Thomas O. Marshall, Ir., U. S. Navy, of Americus, Georgia. Lieutenant Commander Marshall was appointed a midshipman from the Third Congressional District of Ge-orgia, on Iune 15, 1938, and was commissioned an Ensign on December 19, 1941. From early Ianuary of 1942 until Decem- ber of 1943, he served on the U.S.S. ELLYSON fDD454l, in the North Atlantic, during which time he participated in the invasion of French Morocco in November of 1942 and served with the British Home Fleet based at Scapa Flow. While on the ELLYSON, he successively held the positions of Torpedo Officer, Gunnery Officer, Navigator and Executive Officer. He was Gunnery Officer of the SHEA from her commission- ing on September 30, 1944, until he was made Executive in August of 1945, during which time the SHEA participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa. Lieutenant Commander Marshall, while Gunnery Officer of the SHEA controlled the gunfire of the SHEA when she shot down 6 enemy planes in the space of ten minutes, thereby earning for himself the nickname Plane-a-minute- Marshall . For this feat he was recommended for the Silver Star Medal. ik ii? 'ik MESSAGE TO MEN or THE si-IEA: ln the life of every man there are a few high points which he likes to remember always. Such a point in my life was the period which I spent as Gunnery Officer of the SHEA during the occupation of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. During that trying ordeal, when the desperate Iap was lashing out with his fanatical Kamikazes, the men of the SHEA stood to their guns, smashed his planes, and finally took the worst he could give - and came back. Your spirit, courage, and teamwork was in the best tradition of this great nation of ours, And, I shall allways believe that we would have shot down the BAKA, too, if it had not been hidden by the smoke. LT. COMMANDER W. Y. HOWELL Born 6 October 1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Appointed to U. S. Naval Academy from State of Utah in 1935. Gradu- ated 1 Iune 1939, reported to USS, COLORADO as junior WGD officer in communications. Reported in December 1939 to San Diego for CFO SI-IUBRICK fDD268D as communications, torpedo, WGD officer. SI-IUBRICK spent several months on neutrality patrol in Gulf of Mexico, made four training cruises with organized naval reserve divisions, was transferred to the British at Halifax in November, 1940. Reported to U.S.S. BERNADOU CDDl53l in Culebra, V. I., as Engineer Officer. BERNADOU cruised to Argentina, made invasion trip to Iceland, was in North Atlantic Patrol with allied convoys. Credited by Secretary Knox with destroying a German U-boat about a month before Pearl Harbor. Made invasion of North Africa 8 November 1942, going aground in Safi Harbor to disembark American Rangers. Ship awarded Presidential Unit Citation for action. He led volunteer party which boarded shipping in harbor, Awarded Silver Star Medal. Reported in spring of 1943 to CFO BRADFORD fDD445l as Engineer Officer. BRADFORD took part in occupation Baker Island, raids on Wake Island, Gilbert Islands, occupa- tion of Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, raids on Truk, Pontape, Palau Islands, Kavieng, New Ireland, Hollandia landing. Reported Iune 1944 to CFO SHEA. TO THE MEN OF THE SHEA A ship is fabricated with steel plate and rivets and cable. But as the cold metal is reworked in the crucible of battle with the sweat and blood of the men who fight her, the ship is transformed by strange alchemy into a living, pulsing being with a soul and character of her own. I feel a part of the SHEA, and know she forms part of me. To the brave shipmates who died defending their country, to the officers and men who will carry on the splendid spirit and record of a splendid ship, I offer a respectful and affection- ate salute and sincere wish for Godspeed , -I 9 I-- i t f giaylgapfp af ifze Zfcgng. f W By JAMES E. T. CARRIGAN, QMSXC d t New York by American workmen and manned by - ' ' ' f' ht' h' , constructe a ' Thls ls the Story of Q typlcfxlhignlnierlciiinosicgef gdfghesrddj from every section of these United States and from every walk of stout-hearted, courageous men o ig p LD f t. 1 The SHEA is CI proud Shi . a ion ' D, life, and moulded together as one of the finest crews ever to challenge an f51'19Tf1Y'O our U I , ,T f h. - d d' t d t th' centur old fi htin traditions of the U. S. Navy, proud of its heritage and Q1OfY1f1g nt 1 S record O GC ,leve elccfe 0 9 Y g 9 . . - m l fhowA ments. This record is the portrayal of the fierce determination of angered American manhood one examp e o merlcans ' ' ' ' ' ' t d t th ' working as a team overcamethe savagery and tyrCII1HY Of 9f19mY CIQQTGSSJOT1 to Cfld 1U bflflglflg VIC OTY Cm Peace O elf home and their loved ones. Our crew was a con-fident group for we were under the able leadership of a man who knew his business-C'om- mander C. C. Kirkpatrick, He was a man of wide experi- ence and his every act and command inspired heartfelt con- fidence in his men. His was the rollicking, humorous, caustic leadership of the born seafaring captain-colorful, authentic, kind and knowing. There were a lot of friendships cemented and a lot of headaches absorbed during the pre-commissioning days and many of us had some wonderful times, Certainly semi-shore duty aboard the gravy train was never more pleasantly remembered. Of course, lots of work, too. Many were be- ginning to develop a fondness for this life. at sea . Then came the dawn of awakening. ff-fats off to M.G.M.l We've shared many Now, boys, this is IT , but this was our first HIT . Then came the Hshakedown cruise . Yes! We'd heard ofihurricanes, tempests, typhoons, Northeasters, but jointly wefllwswear this was the super-combination of all Neptune's evil conglomeration. From bilges to bridge, from after steer- ing to Pilot House, nowhere to be found was a man unre- sponsive to the terrific lashings of that sea. ln plain English 4just one big flock of rail birds, bucket seeking donors and never saw so many go on such a rigid diet so unanimously popular. Believe it as written, that to go through the rigors of the HSHEA s'hakedown took a great deal of the will to survive. Remember the terrific wave that smashed up so many .of ouriboys 'on the foc's'le on October 25 and had every one aboard almost believing the ship split in two. .Result the drills, GQ., GQ. and more G.Q.? Fire drills, collision drills, abandon ship drills, firing to starboard, to port, pressure, pressure, training, training-headaches, back- aches, stomachaches and bruised fingers and toes. lt was rugged, it was.tough going, it, frankly, was Hellish, but somehow we did come through it and on reflection we do know now that it was a very important contributing factor to the efficiency of one of the most unbeatable and formidable combinations in the service of Uncle Sam. T'was a weary group -of sea-farers that manned the SHEA as she- steamed back into Norfolk after that shake- down. We now were a seasoned crew, who knew now the rigors of ocean going, the strength and majesty of power nature had invested in the depths of the great seas. Even Norfolk looked good to every man and in every mind there was the thought that we would soon be on our way to the performance of the big job that .was to be done on the far side of the world, many thousands of miles from the homes we all loved so dearly. The awed feeling of fare- well that grows in a man was gnawing its way into each of our hearts. When the rumored news of a four day leave came as an official announcement from the Exec, a happy sigh and a smile from all welcomed the news, To most it Offered the opportunity to say good-bye to their dear ones for a while, to -i 10 some forever, to all of us a last vivid picture to carry in our memories during those trying, fear-filled and dull, monotonous years at sea. Goodbyes are always difficult, this one the most arduous of all. Many minds harbored the hope that we might get a break and be around at Christmas, but this was short lived. Few can forget that day in December when the Captain called his men to the fantail and in his crisp, dramatic fashion spoke these words: This is lT . The significance of these words we know. The task is at hand, we are prepared and we're going out to do it and do it well. We are a fight- ing team on a fine ship and we're going to show those laps what Americans are made of. Soon we were underway and an overjoyed crew was so surprised when they discovered we were to make New York our first stop after leaving Norfolk-only a one night stand but perhaps our last liberty in the U.S.A. Needless to say, every-one who had liberty made the most of the chance. Few who were ashore will forget that brief respite among the lights of little old New York. - Early on the morning of December l5 we set sail on our first major assignment, which was escorting the huge new aircraft carrier BENNINGTON safely to Panama. lt was a new type of work, fraught with responsibility and a reveal- ing new experience. ,Our task, other than seeing that the BENNINGTON had safe passage, was multifold. When the chicks took off and came home to roost it was our duty to stand by ready for any unforseen happening or accident, such as planes crashing in-to the sea an.d rescuing pilots from the turbulent seas. The relentless watch for attacking submarines and mine hazards made BE ALERT the watch- word. I - ' Our only stopon the route to Panama wasat Guan- tanamo Bay. in: Cuba, where we refueled, This was the scene of the first' accident we witnessed. One of the planes from the carrier dove into the sea and the plane sank in a matter of seconds. Fortunately, the pilot managed to escape from his ship and the SHEA steamed to a successful rescue. lt was a thrill packed experience, The voyage from Cuba to Panama was routine with the regular morning and eve- U'i1'1Q' G-Q-S Orflcl left ailasting impression with us of the power of Uncle Sam's air-field afloat. ,For most of the crew it was first sight of the 9th Wonder Qf the World, the Panama Canal, Here in its tropical set- Ting- lies this great modern miracle of engineering ingenuity. Here is man'sQ greatest conquest over nature, the American, Completed Work which so many for years had dreamed GPPUL attempted and died for. Few will not remember the Tf1CIJeSfY of the Gatun Locks, the Gaillard Cut and the Mira- 1 ' A killed technicians guide ships like boys f3CfY11'lg.Vtt1tl1 bath tub sailboats. And few forget that first qste of l1'beflY lfl the Republica de Panama. The many , the enchanting tropical moon, the flores Locks where s odd Purchases we made F . verdant shrubbery, the gorgeous flowers and the gay qtmos- phere. Do you still have that lottery ticket or remember the hundreds of peddlers? The posted Tips on how to behave on liberty and where to go posted on the 'midship's bulle- tin board. That was a masterpiece. It was a novelty-, for here it was almost Christmas and we were strolling around in whites perspiring quite freely, Our escort duties were renewed now with the safe- guarding of the RANDOLPH, another large carrier. Com- menced now one of the most lonesome and bluest weeks ever experienced. Many sad hearts and lonely men were sailing on the SHEA on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Understanding shipmates never question red eyes or damp- ened pillows at a time like this. However, everything was done to further the renewal of our spirits- a swell Christmas dinner, the group sing of the Christm-as Carols, gift cigarettes for all and a stalwart at- tempt by each individual to make everyone's A Merry C'hristmas . It was on December 26 that a man was lost overboard from the RANDOLPH and though a thorough search was made, we were una-ble to recover him. Every day was a busy one and time passed swiftly. Exhiler-ating news!! We were to arrive in San Fran- cisco in time to join in the celebration of New Year's Eve. We did. fPeriod.l Somehow l believe that it had some- thing to do with the end of the war. Why? Nearly every per- son in Frisco joined in a sincere bottoms-up toast which usually included these words: Here's to the end of the war this year. We knew this, definitely, side liberty for Lord knows how long and said our goodby to the good old U.S.A. that New Year's Eve on Market Street, the hospitality of the Pepsi-Cola center, the intriguing ulaissez faire of the International Settlement and the respect we developed for the people of this Frisco area because of their was our last State- open arms reception and the courteous welcome they gave to us, Here was a tingling recollection of our great country, exemplified by one of its great cities, which was to lend us courage and fortitude in troublesome days which came soon after. But our happy days on the beach in Frisco were short lived and on the 4th of january, 1945, at ll:45 a.m. we passed under the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge and steamed out into the great Pacific on our way to our great adventure. A short distance from the Calif-ornia coast we held rendez- vous with the USS, MARATHON and the U.S.S. MENARD and took over our duties as ocean escort to these vessels. We were on our way to Pearl Harbor. The voyage to Pearl was uneventful. However, we con- tinued our daily practice drills. A fighting ship must keep its lfighting edge and must be prepared for any and all unforeseen events, Most of us were awaiting anxiously our first glimpse of those beautiful pearls of the Pacific-the Hawaiian Islands, In our minds we held the fascinating picture created by songs, story and those multi-colored travel folders expounding the many wonderful features of these romantic isles. We were anxious also to see the scene of the lapanese perfidy. We arrived -on january l0th. Our first views of Diamond Head and the island of Oahu held much promise in the fulfillment of our fondest hopes. ln the har- bor of Pearl Harbor we could still see the remnants of ships that had been smashed on that fateful d-ay of December 7, l'9l4l. fl l We wondered what was in store for us now. How long would we stay in Pearl? How much chance would we have to enjoy the scenic beauties of the islands? We began to get an insight into the terrific might of Uncle Sam's mighty naval arm, There were hundreds of ships anchored here, ranging in size from small landing craft to huge dread- naughts. Here we saw the mightiest arsenal in the Pacific, which had been created in the few short months since the infamous Iapanese sneak attack. Never a group of sailors were more anxious for liberty than were the men aboard the SHEA. It materialized eventually fand we don't mean those 1600 to 1800 streamlined jobsj into a chance to see s-ome of the natural wonders of the islanfd of Oahu, Busses were provided for the men and we certainly enjoyed our first glimpses. None will soon forget the majestic grandeur of the Blow Hole, the mighty cliffs where the great battle for t'he possession of the island was fought, the awesome beauty and simplicity of design of the internationally famed Mormon temple which sat in among the foothills. Who can forget the first impressions created by the Hula dancers with their swaying rhythm and the langorous beat of the Hawaiian ukuleles. Waikiki Beach with its long stretches of glistening white sand, its fascinating surfboard riders, delightful swim- ming facilities, the n-ative fishermen who waded out into the water with seines and nets to make their catch, set in a background of clear cloudless skies is a memory we will long cherish, Many of us swore we would return some day as civilians to reside in luxury at the Royal Hawaiian hotel. Most of us were amazed at modern features of the transportation ser- vice and it was here we really found out that Uncle Sam takes care of his boys overseas. All our liberties were afternoon sessions because of the dimout. We did manage though to become acquainted with quite a few place to go. You will recall the Alexander Young Hotel, Trader Vic's, the Pearl City Cafe, and the many other little interesting spots we managed to discover. We did do pretty well on those abbreviated liberties, In retrospect, we would like to pay our tribute to one of the best org-anized Naval Supply Depots in existence, for they really gave us service in Pearl. The Ship's Service facilities there were very interesting places to visit inasmuch as they offered a fine variety of souvenirs and merchandise-the best we've seen yet, Our stay here was a fairly long one, but the days passed swiftly for we were busy making all final altera- tions and adjustments in preparation for our moving into the forward area . Most of the crew were sent to various schools on Oahu for a last minute brush-up to bring them to peak efficiency in their particular ratings. lt was here we depermed the ship for the long voyage ahead. It was here also we underwent our final session in night illumina- tion and night spotting, tracking drills, radar jamming exer- cises, shore bombardment by day and by night, and went through innumerable hours of night battle practice which was to stand us in good measure later on. We expended th-ousands of rounds of ammunition and the deadliness of our fire was becoming a source of great satisfaction to our Captain. Someiof us growled and griped at the pressure we were put under in the constant repetition of drills, firing and practice sessions but that satisfied knowing twinkle was in the eyes of Captain Kirkpatrick when he told us we were shaped up at last for the task ahead. Here we did our last practice minelaying in the Pacific. 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We loaded up with supplies, filling our magazines to the 'brim with powder and projectiles, made a final check-up of all equipment, sent frantic messengers for those almost forgotten items at NSD, gorged our fuel tanks to capacity, and were ready to set sail late in February for those distant waters where the unknown strength of the enemy lay await- ing our offensive action. We felt we had burned our bridges behind, We were all keyed up and ready for anything that might come our way. All our preparations and all our training had been for the forthcoming events. We were anxious to get the job done. Already it seemed to most of us that years had passed since we had last seen our homes and families. Putting an end to the scuttlebutt which had us going to every port from Delhi to Kiska Cone mess cook was giving odds we were going to Chile and Domke, the ship's cook was offering even money we were going direct to Tokyo Bay and drop anchorl the Skipper announced that our destination was Eniwetok, in the Marshall Islands. At the time we were in company with the U.S.S. SPRINGFIELD, one of the newest light cruisers afloat. Again our job was to protect her from any unexpected attack from submarine or enemy aircraft. Few know and appreciate the protection an security which the destroyer's presence in its complement lends to the larger ship. The SHEA is proud of its many messages received from the larger ships telling us how grateful they were for our protection and our atti- tude h-as always been-OK, fellows, we may be small but we're mighty. In company with the SPRINGFIELD we zig- zagged, and I do mean zig-zagged into Eniwetok. It was our first sight of one of the atolls of the Pacific. One glimpse through our binoculars at the men stationed there made us say a silent prayer of thankfulness that we had joined the Navy instead of the Army. What a dreary, God-forsaken, sand-bar in the mid-dle of nowhere and incidentally a very important place to Uncle Sam's Navy, For here emergency repairs could be performed and here was one of the most important of Uncle Sam's company owned fuel stations in the Central Pacific. Eniwetok was a welcome oasis for here ships of the fleet dropped in for a much needed drink . Garrisons stationed here should, in our opinion, receive a medal for each and every month they endured protecting this outpost. From Eniwetok we went to Ulithi, in the Western Caro- lines, where we joined one of the greatest armadas ever assembled. Here again we met many of the ships of our mine division. Ulithi is actually just another atoll in the Pacific which, contrary to the many romantic tales of his- torians, offers few, if any, attractions. We caught sight of the natives occasionally through the binoculars but we were barred from any contact with them. We had heard of and seen pictures in LIFE magazine of the beach parties on these far flung beaches, but here at Ulithi we celebrated our first holiday for thirsts , We went to Mog-Mog with cold beer, we arrived at Mog-Mog with warm beer and we celebrated our arrival with hot beer. Really, it wasn't much of a party but it seemed good to have our feet on solid ground again. It was relaxing to search for cat's eyes among the shells on the beach and many of the more robust tried, in vain, to ascend the numerous cocoanut trees as Darwin claims their predecessors did. It was here that we had our first taste of lapanese at- tack methods. While witnessing a movie on the foc's'le two -I 13 Iap suicide planes broke through our vanguard and made a successful suicide on the U.S.S, RANDOLPH. The flash of the explosion seared into our minds the seriousness of being prepared and on the lookout every minute of every hour. Shortly afterwards the scuttlebutt had it that something big was in the offing. The Iwo lima campaign had just been successfully terminated, and the other islands in the Vol- canos and also the Bonins were getting a real pounding from the bombers. The Ryukyus were likewise being brought under pressure from the long range bombers, so the big question' now was here, for the ship was reconciled to the fact that it was to be in the next operation. Some thought the operation might be in the-Volcanos, more felt that the Bonins would be next invasion objective. Few predicted the first operation would be in the Ryukyus, and when the Skipper let the boys in on the secret that the SHEA was headed for Okinawa, it was something of a surprise because few if any of the fellows had ever heard ofthe island. Having viewed at first hand the tremendous floating might of the U. S. Navy there at Ulithi, where not only Task Force 58 was anchored, but the entire Fifth Fleet, with ships dotting the horizon as far as the eye could carry, it was with a feeling of great security that any operation was con- templated, for could any opposition anywhere be found which could cope with the gargantuan display of naval might just witnessed? But the boys were a bit d-isillusioned, be- cause on the morning of March 19, when shoving off time came and the force began to form up, there was the SHEA in the midst of all the smaller ships, Being a part of the Pacific Mine Fleet, this advance armada, or Peanut Task Force , as it came to be regarded, was to go into the Okinawa waters and clear the way of enemy mines for the tremendous landing force which was to follow, the greatest landing yet attempted in the Pacific. If the crew lost some heart with the realization that the ship was not to operate with the big fellows, as everyone had hoped, the foreboding weather did nothing to hearten any waning spirits. Even the elements seemed to portend that no good was in store for these little fellows. The day dawned accompanied by a minor tropical storm and the fellows who only the preceding day sweltered in the equatorial heat of Ulithi were chilled as the wind increased in intensity and beat the rain which was now falling in torrents into a thick salty spray drench- ing and blinding any whose stations were topside. It seemed that even the heavens were in tears in anticipation of the venture and the wind in sympathy was whipping the sea into a wall of invisibility. The little ships were tossed about as rafts as they sought to emerge from the anchorage onto the swelling sea and looking back on the ships as they filed singly through the entrance that morning for what fate none knew, it seemed that listening closely could be heard the doleful dirge sung by the wind as it whipped the spray from ship to ship. But the exit was accomplished without mishap and forming up began. So limited was the visibility that most of the forming had to be done by Radar. Trying to find the guide that morning was almost impossible with the sea a continuous mass of ships and too, the gang with very little experience in this sort of CIC work had great difficulty. The Skipper was calling for a range and bearing to the guide every 30 seconds it seemed, and the boys could not tell the guide from any of the hundreds of ships or one of the atolls. But one lesson was learned-when the Skipper called for an R and B to the G, he meant to have it, or Woe unto him who failed. Finally the group the SHEA was to be part of got underway-a formidable group of ships, the TERROR as guide, two oilers, six DM's, twelve DMS's and about a dozen each of AM's and PC's. ' 1- 31 l l 1 1 1 l ll ll it ll 1 1 1 1 l l l 11 1:- Q1 .1 1 l i P 1'1 1 l1 51 3. Milf f il Ll fl 1 l 1 ,l il .1 i 11 7 l 1 .l .1 r 1 1 '1 Y l The five day trip to Okinawa was uneventful except for a couple of floating mines which were destroyed and one snooper attack by a lap Reconnaissance plane which skipped out in a hurry 'before coming within range. The weather had cleared by the third day, when the mass refueling at sea occurred, and then to Okinawa. lt was a very interesting exhibition this refueling. The Sl-lEA had been refueled at sea' from the RANDOLPH one time before, but to see all the small ships line up alongside the tankers for their drink much as if it were a regular filling station routine was quite novel, - The sight of the shoreline of Okinawa and the smaller islands around it on the morning of March 23 was one to be long remembered. For the first time since leaving Pearl some natural beauty was looked upon. The islands were verdant with foliage and the -areas under cultivation all blended in with the colorful foliage to make a beautiful landscape. Especially were the Kerama islands beautiful in their peculiar rock formations. Precipitous and rustic, there was very little to be seen of cultivated crops-it had more of the park aspect and you wondered if you might be in the midst 'of some national park. Having been among the desolate, colorless -atolls for a few weeks, this sight of greenery and life was welcome and the thought of war and its desolation was afar. A chronology here of the action around Okinawa in which the Sl-IEA participated would be superfluous. But life in CIC was very much alive and attuned to every exigency. The boys soon became so accustomed to contacting and tracking real bogeys that it soon became almost common- place. On the various watches it became something of a sport as to who would pick up the first bogey reported by DELEC-ATE or one of the other pickets, or to develop and report a bogey of their own. TANTALUS soon became very well known over the voice circuits as a can who always seemed tolbe where things were the hottest but always came out intact. And indeed it did seem that the Sl-IEA was get- ting more than its share of luck, as day after day the re- ports continually came in of this or that ship was knocked off, some damaged, many sunk, ships that had worked with us often, or who had relieved us from the very duty in which they had been hit or being sent to relieve some ship on station where it had been hit, And the SHEA was all the while amassing her score of lap kills. Nerves were always tense in Comibat when the laps would start their attempted suicide run and more than once the boys felt that this must surely be their time as they watched the target steadily approach on the R-scope and then disappear with the mini- mum range, only to hear that welcome signal from the Skipper at the last moment, Splash another . The experiences on the various Radar Picket stations were many. None will soon forget the small sweep unit with which the SHEA worked in all pre-invasion duties. Wild- flower Four was a terrific unit of fire power, four AM's, the Sl-IEA, and prudent 8, the PC. There was all the maneu- vering, forming, changing positions and turns as if it were another TF 58, with corpens, rogers and wilcos filling the air, sometimes so thick that a private circuit had too' be used so the ether would not be too cluttered for use by all the other ships in the area. But PRUDENT was the blacksheep, Bring- ing up the rear in cruising formation, PRUDENT eight didn't understand all the corpens and commands from the SHEA, which was OTC, or was trying some private maneuvers of her own, because she was always out of formation or get- ting into a tight spot through some attempt of taking a short- -I 14 out to get into position. ln keeping the summary that was the headache, Where was PRUDENTT' The Skipper got quite a kick out of the PC and many was the laugh in CIC at the answers from PRUDENT to questions put by the Skipper as to why she was in her present position and how she got there. The Sl-IEA did not draw in all the picket stations, duty on each was about a week in duration or until necessary to come in for a drink . But those the ship was in all proved at one time or another to all be hot spots for trouble, and the only time duty on any could be classed easy was when the weather was bad, for the laps did not come down when visibility W-gs poor, Every return to Kerama for refueling and ammo was anticipated as a time when some relief could 'be enjoyed from the constant vigilance necessary out there. But always it was found that the anchorage there was a favorite target for the laps at night and almost nightly some ship was hit there, on two occasions the laps coming 'almost directly over the SHEA to hit the PINCKNEY on one night and two nights later getting the TERROR. The inevi- table was coming nearer and nearer even though it began to seem the SHEA had a charmed life and that luck would continue to bring us in safely from every station. 1 Butit came. That morning of May 4 on Rp l4 will be for- ever remembered by those who survived -the tragedy. Hav- ing been at GO most of the preceding night, the boys were just finishing breakfast and settling down for an hour's sleep when the call: to battle stations came again, The morning was bright, the sun was up and was delightfully warm, the sea was as a lake in its glassy smoothness, but the slight haze which had not yet been cleared by the morning sun brought visibility to dangerous minimum, And that was the SHEA's undoing. The boys in Combat had been right in the forefront of every 'action up to this time, and it seemed only natural they should be likewise here. All contacts had been developed by CIC and the director coached on to all tar- gets, the sub contacts had been plotted and the ship conned to the point of contact all on information which had been received and correlated by ClCg much of the radio work over the voice circuits was handled from Combat, and the Skipper had spent so much of the time there studying the targets and plots, and so much of the ship's goings on had been discussed and planned there, that it seemed in the natural course of events for it to be knocked out first. Shortly after Snapper had made visual contact with the lap Betty which was lurkin-g close by and had intercepted with the CAP and had made the splash, it happened. All felt that with disposition of the Betty the immediate danger had passed. But out of the haze came the Baka which had apparently been launched from this same Betty. It crashed in its tre- mendous speed into the starboard bulkhead at the spot where the forward bulkhead of CIC separates it from the Sonar shack and Chart' House, So sudden was the approach that only the 20's could be brought to bear on him and then only for two short bursts, The target appeared on Radar and was identified enemy but so swift was the approach the ship was hit before the Director could be brought to bear on him. ' ' That fateful dC1Y1 May 4th, l94'5,'will live forever in the memOI'Y of every man aboard the SHEA. Thirty-five fine Americans went to their last reward as the result of the explosion of the Baka Bomb. It was surprising to note how Well organized the different departments of the ship were and how smoothly they functioned with no confusion what- SOeVer, Every man pitched in, offering his assistance fC0nlinued on page 161 31- . f 3 f E fConfinued from page 141 wherever it was needed. Special tribute should go to the men who, w-ounded themselves, lent a helping hand to those more seriously hurt. In this paragraph I think it is fitting to pay special commendation to the Medical Department, who really proved their true worth and 'courage in. the hardest of tasks. Lt. fjgl- Iohn W. Markson and a small staff actually performed many miraculous, life-saving feats on this day. Words do not suffice to describe the scenes and the many acts of heroism which occurred on this day of catas- trophe aboard the SHEA. This is one occasion when the adequacy of man's ability to express himself thoroughly is found lacking, After doing everything within human power in the care of the wounded by proper treatment aboard the ship, many of the men were transferred to hospital ships, where more complete facilities were available for their treatment. ' The SHEA, now a crippled ship with a heartbroken crew, slowly plied its way to the so-called grave yard at Kerama Rhetto. None will forget the days and nights of defenseless horror as we lay in the grave yard undergoing repairs. 'All will remember the constant rat-tat-tat of rifle fire as the crew, on edge, sought to stave off the attacks of many suicide swimmers. Also, we will always be thankful for the smoke boats and for the heavy artificial clouds of pro- tection which they created around the battered ships in the grave yard. Here at Kerama Rhetto there was no time to do much thinking for any of us because there was so. much work to be done. Oil and water flooded compartments had to be cleaned up and as much of the damage removed as possible and the ship made ready to get underway back to a regul-ar repair -base. Our hats are off at this time to the repair ship and its crew who did so much to hasten our de- parture, We certainly were glad when the day came when we could 'leave this infested spot and the threat of the Iapanese planes and suicide swimmers. Soon we were on our way, limping back to Ulithi, then to Eniwetok. It w-as a great treat for all of us' when the message came through over the wireless instructing the SHEA to report to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for repairs. This was 'indeed a fortun-ate assignment and the h-owls of joy that went up from the men on the receipt of the news must have been heard in South America. Our journey continued to Pearl Harbor, thence to San Diego, which was our first view of the States for quite some nd what a wonderful feeling it was. I don't think it time a is necessary to describe our activities in San Diego, other than to say we all had a very wonderful time, Panama was our next stop and we enjoyed our liberties there also. We would not divulge the story of Panama here and its recrea- tional facilities 'but shall save said tales 'for our favorite sea st-ory sessions, The feeling of excitement and pleasure which came upon us as we entered the Delaware River, the entrance to Phila- delphia, can hardly be described. It seems as if they had been awaiting our arrival to release a tremendous flow of events. Philadelphia welcomed us in a manner typical of the Quaker City, with cordial hospitality. Things started to move sofast that it was hard 'for us to keep up with them. First, we were assigned to sub barracks as our residence, then in groups the men began to go on their leaves to visit their homes. Then came the startling announcement of the atomic -bomb, the rumors of peace, and finally the big news we had all been waiting for, the final surrender of Iapan- the job was done, thank God it was over. Soon our days in the Navy Yard were over, followed by the usual test runs and shakedown tests and we were on our way to Portland for further training exercises. Our assignment for Navy Day, October 27th, l945, was to Bath, Maine, Here for almost a week, the ship Was on dis- play to the public and thousands of visitors came to see the shootenis't ship in the Navy, We wish to express here our heartfelt thanks to the people of Bath for their wonderful re- ception and pay special tribute to the manner in which the U.S.O. of Bath arranged for our reception and made certain that our visit was a very, very pleasant one. We really en- joyed their fine New England hospitality. Many changes are taking place aboard the SHEA at the present time as the personnel of the ship is slowly flow- ing 'back to civilian life-the point system is gradually break- ing up our old fighting team. We know that the SHEA, a ship with a Spirit, will go on its way to protect our country against all dangers and will be in th-e forefront in the gallant quest for peace through preparedness, May the GQ gong be silent forever! I . i 1 Lt. Cjgl W. Lawrence Moore -I 16 4 1 1. LI- flgl GSOrge D. Godfrey 1-1 OFFICERS '93 Lt. Cjgj Iohn W, Mcrrkson Ens, Charles O. Spencer Lt. Cjgb Fred V. Manor Lt. George L. Dibble Lt. Cjgl William Kuyper Lt, Og? Wllllcrm H, Bcrrnes -4171- 1 THE SHOOTIN' SHEI-X CTO the Tune of The Martins and the C'OYS l Gather round me, chillun, while l tell a story Of a shootin' fool up Okinawa way, Of a ship that had the bogies Burnin' up. like nickel stogies Yes, my friends, l'm speakin' of the Shootin' SHEA. Chorus: Oh, the good old Shootin' Sl-IEA, Goesllblazin' on -her way. If you don't believe it, total up the score. And s-he sure c-an burn the britches Off those yellow fyou know whatl - She can do it and she's coming back for more. Nlow they sent her out one bright and sunny mornin' W'h'en the yellow-bellies tried a bag of tricks, But the Sl-IEA swings into action, In ten minutes and a fraction She'd depleted l-lirohito's planes by six, Admiral Ke-lly needed ships to save his transports From the dirty lousy Kairna-kaze mofb So they started radar pickets Knocking red balls through the wickets And the Sl-IEA was on-e selected for the job. 1 I t 3!l H CO5 IJ So like Casy Iones they handed him his orders, A And they sent her out to take an B P screen. She was sent to do a solo Too damn many miles from Bolo Oni the good old hot-spot hijinks calls fourteen. Now it seems there was a yellow bellied Betty Hanging 'round and saving face for Tojo's team And the Sl-IEA alert and ready Started raising hell with Betty Whten a Baka Bomb busted thru her beam. There's a great day coming just around the corner Whlen the fleet will drop the hook in Tokyo Bay, When Iapan is 'forced to send her Unconditional surrender i And among those present you'll find Shootin' SHEA By Captain Beecher, U.S.N. .. Qf5'f:f'ii5Q3fj? ffegsmsgis siieai... .sa case--ff: f YOUTH gt tl www-f ixf The earth is mine with its towering. mountains lt The sun is mine! lts streaming flame ll lll ln bl-ood-red arc above the horizon ln glory e'er brightening shall blazon my name. it ll 'lr iffy? My strength shall measure the might of the ocean, lt The fiercest e-lements will I dare: I l I . fl lll pluck the wings from the swift flying eagle gt' And glide, ever glide through the depths of th-e air. ll 'llj CO1'f1IT1CfHCler lohn I. Shea, U.S.N.l rl CNovember, l9'l7J .Q ll ll. 11 . J 'E?ig?g,-, is ,iggjjjig-V 1559 W- A --f-. erg glii jggigsijwrs-li gk a125i.,,iiilgeE::i 1:3 l18'l Lt. Cjgl Hcrrold E. Carlson Ensign Leo Fisher Lt, Cjgl Donald E, Bm-mer Ens. Arthur S, Brown Lt. Cjgl C, Richcrrd Calkins Ensign Walter Kirchner i Left to right' Ens Kirchner Lt, Cjgl Kuyper, Lt. H, N, Greenfield Left to right: Ens, Hornpson, Lt, Cjgj Bogofn LT U93 YCLJUDQHEUS- BTOVGUI EUS. Miller- Ens, Spencer, Ltr Greenfield, Lt. fjgl Bczrnier --I 191- Now HEAR THERE MEN: A supply officer in his work comes to know the crew as well as anyone else on the ship. For my part, I feel the crew from the first days of pre-commissioning on, has been CI bunch of swell guys. I have en-joyed knowing you, working with you, supplying you-and especially drinking with yiou.-Lt, fjgj Robert I. lohnson. Doctor's Statement It has been a genuine pleasure to serve with such splen- did shipmates as the Officers and Men of the SI-IEA. My sincere thanks to you for your high degree of cooperation with the Medical Department at all times, but especially on 4 May. Many lives were saved by your intelligent and rapid assistance to the wounded. Our tributes should be saved for those men we left behind at Okinawa. May we never forget their sacrifice and promise that we will not permit another war in our lifetime.-I. W. Markson, Lt. Cjgb fMCl. My first impressions of the U.S.S. SI-IEA are very favor- able from the Captain down-everyone is congenial and cooperative, That always makes for a happy and efficient ship. There is a saying in the Navy that the two best ships in the Fleet are the one you just left and the one you are going to, In my instance, that has proven to be correct.- Robert N. Greenfield-, Lt. When once more a free man-a civilian-and asked what I did during the war, I shall feel proud to say I served on board the U.S.S. SHEA, To me it will bring memories of a fighting ship and a crew with a true fighting spirit, and real guts under the most trying circumstances,-George D. Godfrey, Lt. fjgj. , - My adventure on the high seas has been more or less exciting-what I mean is, that it is more exciting when one arrives at a new place in their travels and sees new lands that we once read about in books and which seemed so far away. It is less exciting when we settle down to the routine of keeping the ship going night and day to our next destination. I came aboard about three months after the SHEA was commissioned and at once I liked the SHEA as a ship andthe men of the crew, The technicians and myself, after a short while, came to have faith and trust in the radar and radio equipment. These inanimate objects gave little difficulty and helped us to ferret out the laps either in the air, on the surface of the sea, or under the sea -Qday or night, I feel the ship has the finest technicians to be found anywhere. A I , Roaming a newl place and: meeting new people will long be remembered. From Hawaii to Okinawa was filled daily with adventures too long to enumerate and filled with a multitude of details that linger long in one's memory. Again, it shows how one's life can be shaped by men and ships- so that story goes, everyone his own.-Charles B. Owens, Lt. fist. I . I reported to the SHEA after serving about 2112 years in what I thought was the dangerous Amphibious Force. My work th-ere kept me on board transports the majority of the time, so I was very green to destroyer ways. The coopera- tion of the men and petty officers of the Second Division, and the rest of the crew, made my duties on board the SHEA a lot easier and much more pleasant than I had anti- -I 20 cipated. As I said before, I thought the Amphibious work was about the most dangerous, but I changed my mind while we were on Radar 'Picket Duty. I have really enjoyed working with the men and officers of the Shootin' Shea , a name well-fitting the ship and her crew.-Iames A. Young, Lt. Gigi. Q-- We who have been on board the SI-IEA since she first got underway, have had a lifetime of experiences. We have had fun, and we have had our share of Hell. What has always pleased me most was the speed with which the ship became a fighting unit. In a matter of a few months, inex- perienced officers and men from all over the United States were ready to carry the fight to the enemy, and were pre- pared for the Navy's toughest battle, Okinawa, We got hit, but we trounced the laps good first and stayed in there fighting until the end. I will always look back on my cruise on the SHEA with the greatest pride and satisfaction. I am grateful to have been part of such an organization.-Richard L. Greiner, Lt. Now that the fighting is over and the main topics of conversation are n-o longer general quarters and suicide planes, I can truthfully say that I am glad it is over and that I have enjoyed my experiences on the SHEA. I regret that all of us are not here to live the peace that has been so gallantly won by our fighting men in all branches of the services. Insofar as the Engineering Department is con- cerned, it is my opinion that every man can be justly proud of a well accomplished task. As the records stand, the black gang has always supplied the necessary power fperhaps with a small amount of smokel and, considering the acute lack of experience during the first months after commissionin-g, has accomplished a remarkable job. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to each Engineer for his efforts and cooperation, and to say that my d-uty on the SHEA has been pleasant and interesting and there are many incidents that will long be remembered, -P. Dean Graham, Lt. fjgl. Now that it's all over, I mean it when I say I wouldn't have missed it for anything-and I wouldn't want to go through it again either. If you will send seventy-five cents to Red Carrigan., my under-cover man, I'll put you down for an UCIVUUCG COPY of my autobiography called Down by the Head, or The Memoirs of a I. O. , and there you can read all about life on the Dirty 30 , I'm sorry all the boys didn't come back with us and I want to express my appreciation to our men who helped fight the enemy in World War II, but particularly to the C Division of the SHEA, a finer group never lived. I hope everyone on the SHEA has a long life, health and happiness. I Now some advertising. Remember, I'm the only lawyer in the United States who has his own ambulance, so I can't be accused of chasing ambulances. If we could 'live it over again, I'd do things a little differ- euntly. For instance, over the door of the sick-bay I'd have Q Slgn painted reading Let Nature Take Its Course, Painless Markson, Proprietor, hours llUU to llO5, take -3 APC's and repo? back atul3,0U '. On the door to the after-officers coun- TFY, d paint Sleepy Hollow , which phrase I must qdmit I plqgimized from Ll- figl Kuyper, who is certainly a man grill'-9' lfl CI glass house and throwing stones, if I ever saw te. Now go to your stations all the s ' ' , , . pecial sea detail . I lc, Im shoving off, but I still out of habit say to my wifesmulclir- mission to leave the ship, Sir? -Orland H. Ellis, Lt. Q 195. 1- , w A I r Y L v i 1 1 P N 9 if I I, 'I r I 4 .V I t S I it .4 J. if 'S Qr 4 tt ,. 9. 32 5 gp il . g. i fl if 'l 'l li I it it tl l r 4 Y I I l ,if WAR DIARY OF THE U.S.S. SHEA fDM3Ol See Pictorial Chart on Pages 24 and 25 SMJB 19 March 1945-Underway from Ulithi Atoll, Western Caroline Islands, in company with a Task Group of approxi- mately 45 ships. 23 March-At approximately l500, destroyed floating enemy KD mine off port beam by exploding it with gunfire. Went to General Quarters twice that evening when enemy aircraft approached the formation, and opened fire during the second call to General Quarters. 24 March-Arrived at our destination, Area Victor-One, C21 where we patrolled while the AM's of the Sweep Unit swept that area with negative results. 25 March--Again in company with Sweep Unit 8, we swept 13D Area Able-Nine with negative results with the excep- tion of one floating mine which was destroyed by a PC of the Unit, At the end of the day's sweeping, we planted four buoys marking the extent of our s-weeping operations. 26 March-Assigned to Rfadar Picket Duty, we proceeded to C41 RP Station '25 miles east of OK. for daylight patrol and CSD then to a Night Patrol Station off Taka Banare, Oki- nawa Gunto, for night patrol. 27 March-At approximately 0100 we went to General Quar- ters anld durin.g the course of the next 2112 hours we were under attack by 6 to 8 enemy aircraft in four separate attacks. The second attack made by a single CSD plane dropped a torpedo off our stbd. bow which we eluded by using full right rudder and maneuvering at approximately 27 knots. The fish passed close astern and was later seen to explode in our wake. One-of the planes in the third attack passed close aboard UD on our starboard bow with a red glow eminating from , its stern and a few seconds later a large puff of smoke andflame was seen about 4,000 yards off our port quarter. This is believed to be the first blood drawn V from the enemy. We proceeded to a Patrol Stationioff 181 Yoron' Shima,.Okinfawa Gunto, for an uneventful day- light patrol and that evening were orderedfback to the Station of our previous night's engagement with the enemy. Upon arrival to' relieve the U.S.S. MORRISON 191' s CDD 5591, we foun-d her making a depth charge attack on a sound contact. We relieved the MORRISON- and after making three excellent runs, lost contact. 29' March 1945-W ent to General Quarters four different ' times during the day and night- upon approach. of enemy aircraft but none of them closed the formation and n-o firing took place. The day was spent operating UID with Sweep Unit 8 in a mine area some 65 miles southwest of Okinawa lima. Withdrew on night retire- ment. 30 March 1945-Again operating with Sweep Unit'8, we spent Klll an uneventful day of minesweeping. ' '31 March 1945-At about 0330 we fired one 9-charge Depth Charge pattern on a good sound contact which later was determined as non-submarine. Proceeded inde- KIZJ pendently northward to determine our location and direct the Sweep Units in the day's minesweeping 031 operations. Night retirement, on southerly course. 0500-U.S.S. ADAMS hit 2000 yards port beam oflShea. f-l 22 I April 1945-INVASION DAY. Upon being detached from duty with Sweep Unit 8, we proceeded independently and reported to Commander Transport Screen for duty. f14J We were assigned a patrol station some 5 miles south of Ie Shima, quite some distance from the actual center ofuthe landing operations on Okinawa Shima.. This fl5l daylight patrol was uneventful with the exception of a lapanese pilot sighted in the water close aboard on the starboard side. Before we could reach him he had sunk from sight and evidently drowned. We went to General Quarters only twice on this, the day ,of the Invasion of Okinawa, once during the early morning and again in the late evening. We opened fire both times on enemy aircraft but with negative results, the planes turning away and opening range rapidly. With- drew on night retirement, in company with ComDes- Ron. 2. 2 April 1945-Patrolled during daylight hours in a station C161 7,000 yards eastward of yesterday's patrol station. We had only one air attack which occurred in the early morning and after firing upon it, the enemy plane opened range rapidly. Night retirement in company with ComDesRon 2. 3 April 1945-Late in the afternoon rendezvoused with Task C172 Group 51.1, consisting of approximately 20 Army Trans- ports, and proceeded to a waiting area about 225 miles southeast of Okinawa Gunto. 4 to 13 April 1945-During this period we were patrolling in company with Task Group 5l.l in the Waiting Area. 15 April 1945-We then proceeded out of Kerama anchorage USD and arrived at our assigned 'Patrol Station, B-l7. 16 April 1945-While still patrolling B-17 in the early morning we sighted a small boat adrift, which turned out to be a native Iapanese type of boat very crudely con- structed. Later that morning we proceeded at flank 'speed to Radar Picket Station No. l to assist the USS LAFFEY which was under heavy air attack and re- fl9l ported hit. En route to RP l we were attacked by a group of-8 enemy planes and within the short span of ten minutes we had splashed six and with the aid of the USS HARDING shot down aseventh. One of these successfully suicided into the HARDING, causing considerable damage and injurying many men. We stood by and took aboard five injured men whom we immediately transferred to a hospital ship in C201 the Transport Area. We then proceeded to RPI, 17 April 1945-Patrolled in Night RP l and then proceeded to f21l . RP l for Daylight patrol. Combat Air Patrol controlled bY US Splashed one enemy plane during the day, 20 April 59451-We were relieved of RP l late in the afternoon C22 an proceeded to the Northern Hagushi Beaches where l we were assigned to Screening Stqtign 13-13, 22 April l945+After We proceeded to Screening Station B24 and shortl' - Y gleffafter Went to Gefleffll Quarters when enemy air- f23l Dlcdlnewerd clmtqcted' -We Opfgned fire OH Q 0105319 Cm Cf though hit and disintegrating, it maneu- PFOViSiOH-iI1Q Ship in the Transport Area 1.- vered toward the ship and only by rapid evasive maneuvering on our part, we eluded this member of the Kamikaze Corps . The plane crashed into the sea close aboard on the port bow, so close that the entire Ship WGS splashed With large amounts of water. The ship and topside personnel were also subjected- to con- -siderable amounts of gasoline, parts of the plane and pilot as the plane passed overhead. 23 April 1945-On orders from CTG 51.5, Donald Pryor, CBS, C247 war correspondent, was taken aboard for our next duty cruise, to be aboard a Radar Picket under real combat conditions, and we shoved off on a n.ew assignment to RP No. 4, where in the late afternoon we relieved the USS BROWN. C257 25 April 1945-Possible sonar contact and one unidentified -surface contact proved to be false an.d the only action of the day was the destruction of a floating enemy C267 mine during the morning hours. The SHEA became OTC when the PUTNAM was relieved by the USS BAUER 'CDM 267. 27 April 1945-After an uneventful day we were relieved in the -late afternoon by the USS COWELL, and proceeded at flank speed for Hagushi Beach, but night fell before we had rounded the northern tip of Okinawa and, as usual, the laps were out. A heavy attack occurred during which we were at general quarters practically all down the west coast ofthe island. Off le Shima we were blanketed by enemy planes but in the dark- ness came out un-scathed, but the USS TALBOT CDD 3907 was hit by two planes very close aboard and we were ordered to stand by the TALBOT for assist- ance. Upon word from the TALBOT that she did not require any assistance we had further orders to replace C287 her in her inner screen station, A-3-6A. Shortly before midnight the area was cleared. C277 28 April 1945-In the early hours we went to GQ when an enemy aircraft approached. Evasive action was com- menced, cruisin.g at various courses and speeds, but in some manner the plane came in undetected to a very close range and dropped a single bomb which ex- ploded about 25 yards off the port quarter, causing minor damage to the fantail area and wounding one man superficially. We fired on another as he ap- proached with negative results. At dawn were re- lieved by. the USS SPROSTON, another DD, and we C307 proceeded to the Kerama area for emergen.cy repairs, after having put Mr. Pryor, the war correspondent, aboard a boat for his return to the EL DORADO. At Kerama refueled and anchored near southern entrance. At 1930 an enemy suicider came into Wiseman's Cove undetected and crashed into the USS PINKNEY CAPH27, a hospital evacuation ship anchored 1,500 yards off the port bow of the SHEA. Later we fired a few rounds at another approaching bogey. About midnight all was secured. C297 C317 30 April 1945-Some bogeys again closed the area before dawn but no attack materialized as the anchorage was completely blanketed with smoke. The rest of the day was uneventful, allowing the ship's personnel to provision ship and continue work on repairs. 1 May 1945-During the daily pre-dawn suicide attacks. one lap plane slipped through the screen into the anchor- age and crashed into the USS TERROR, aboard which was CTG 52.2, the mining command. It was anchored close aboard us to port. C327 3 May 1945-Reporting to CTG 51.5 for duty, were ordered to relieve the USS ROBERT H, SMITH CDM 237 as fighter C337 director ship on RP 14. This was the .most distant of all the picket stations from Okinawa, being approximately 7!5 miles northwest of the island. At noon sighted ships on the picket station and relieved the SMITH. In com- pany with the USS ,I-IADLEY CDD 7747, the OTC, and the usual complement of small fellows, started patrol. -I 23 C347 As usual, the laps came down in their dusk attack and we had several contacts, but none closed the station to firing range, and after a numberof general quarters all seemed quiet. Shortly before midnight orders came for the ships on the station to close the island and resume picketing in a new area 20 miles from Point Bolo on a northwesterly bearing. 4 May 1945-During the shift to the new station an almost C357 C367 continuous alert was stood as the laps were in the area in great numbers, and the radar screens were showing more enemy contacts than had been seen at any one time. Few came close enough to fire on. One came within firing range and drew the fire of the ships with questionable results. However, the SHEA sighted one visually as it flew down. the length of the column and opened fire. The plane turned rapidly and opened range and it is believed it was damaged from our bursts. At dawn reports came of a large attacking force of enemy planes from the north. We were now on the new station and visibility had been excellent at dawn but began to diminish as a smoke h-aze cov- ered the area. Reports of ships in our vicinity- being hit and sunk continued to come over the circuits and we were at general quarters again very early in the morning. The USS LUCE CDD 5227 was sunk just north of us and the SHEA took over her CAP division and they were dispatched to intercept the approaching raiders to the north. 08-29 USS MORRISON CDD 535.97 reported sinking, sent us her planes. One plane was sighted visually and the SHEA was in readiness, all guns manned and trained, and the ship maneuvering at 30 knots. At about 0900 .a Betty was seen shot down at six miles on the starboard beam, but almost immediately thereafter a lapanese piloted robot CBaka7 was also sighted at 500 yards closing on the starboard beam at a speed upwards of 4450 knots and in almost the: same instant crashed into the bridge structure, entering the sonar room, traversing the chart house, passageway and hatch, and exploding at water level. The damage was tremendous, both personnel and ma- teriel. One officer and 34 men were killed by concus- sion., shrapnel, burns and shock, and ll officers and 80 men wounded in varying degrees. Fires raged throughout the superstructure, several compartments were flooded and the forward magazines were in great danger until flooding was effected. The ship was ren- dered almost totally inoperative except for the engi- neering spaces and despite loss of all firepower, gyro, radio, radar and electrical installation, was able to proceed under her own power to Hagushi Beach where the dead and wounded were transferred, the deceased for burial on Okinawa and the injured to the hospital ships in the area for evacuation. In the late afternoon the ship, although seriously crippled and with the spirits of all survivors saddened over the fate of so many shipmates, came to the anchorage at Kerama and tied up alongside the USS TOLMAN CDM 287. 5 May 1945-Ship's company began task of clearing debris C377 -and getting the ship back in some kind of operation through repairs that could be effected aboard. During afternoon got underway to go alongside USS OCEANUS, the repair ship which was to make the necessary major repairs to render the ship seaworthy. 6 May-15 May 1945-Duringthis long wait for the completion C387 1- of repairs the daily routine was very regular. The crew did a herculean job in cleaning the ship of the results of the explosion, salvaging what was usable and surveying that beyond repair. The OCEANUS of that ship worked really turned to and the boys almost n.ight and day with their torches, welding arcs, hammers, etc., all oblivious to -alerts which were called as the almost incessant day after day the laps tried to sneak into the anchorage and nightly came to harass everyone. But after these interminable, harrowing days and nights it finally came about that the ship was discharged as ready for sea and the long trek home, and on the morning of May 15 left the area in company with the convoy, designated TU 51.299, for Ulithi, with the SHEA as Screen Commander. 33. f ' PvcxET ay' SVA-non 36. I .SE ,Lil 35, LZ SL 23, 22. :UW 251' fe. Q Q ' Q Q if Q ,bi-livin? waz. KERANQA .V4, J RHETTO A AW! 1,2 .z MN 2. I 1 I QV? 5 35 'fri ' o -S !QE 6H 'A G f- Q' U V gf' M 5.354 9 . T ! , 801.0 Q 8 Q-Qi 6. ' X 0 2 .SC Jr Q O Q10 2 IHA ' 38. WAR D FUR 1 lr . ,. .1 1 1 1 4 ' 4 1 1 I jzflzi, f ........... 1' iz, 1 ' ' A 11.. ,...W-1 ' . 1 1 .,,,.....::. -rfz 1 g. a 1 -, . 1 4 kcai incc cccncic cicc if . Ag 4 Q BOX SCORE+DAMAGE TO ENEMY AIRCRAFT 1 1 Time Location Type Plane and Degree oi Damage Weapon Evidence 2315 3123 S.E. of Okinawa Not sighted. Possible damage. 5 NOHG. P10119 turned Off, Did T101 PTGSS- 0049 3127 East of Okinawa Hamp, Possible damage, 5 N-one. Plane turned off, did not press attack. 0120 3127 East of Okinawa Not identified. Probably destroyed. 5 Plane seemed to be on fire as it passed over vessel. Large ball of fire seen to hit sea in ' direction of plane's travel. 0154 31271 East of Okinawa Not sighted. Possible damage, 5 6140 mm None. Plane turned off, did not press attack. 0220 3127. East'ofOkinawa Not sighted. Possible' damage, 5 6:40 mm. None. Plane turned off, did not press attack. 0240 3127 East of Okinawa Not sighted Possibly destroyed. 5 ci 40 mm Large splash seen in direction ofp1ane's travel. Plane suddenly disappeared from radar screen 03115 31247 East of Okinawa Not sighted Possible damage. 5 6:40 mm None. Plane turned off, did not press attack. 0019 3109 S.W. of Okin.awa Not sighted Possible damage. 5 6140 mm None. Plane turned- off, did not press attack. 2340 411 S.W. oiOkinawa Not sighted Possible damage. 5 640 mm None. Plane turned off, did not press attack. 0158 412 S.W. of Okinawa Not sighted. Possible damage. 5 G40 mm None. Plane turned off, did not press attack. ' 05-50 413 S.W. of Okinawa Not sighted. Possible damage. 5 Plane fired on by other vesselsg was downed. y 0950 4118 West of Okinawa Oscar. Destroyed. 5 Plane crashed in flames, 0951 4116 West of Okinawa Oscar. Destroyed. 5 Plane crashed in flames, 0953 4116 West ot Okinawa Oscar Destroyed 5 5:40 mm. Plane crashed in flames, I 5 0954 4116 West ofOkinawa Oscar' Destroyed 5 cS40 mm. Plane crashed. l ' 0956 4116 West of Okinawa Oscar. Destroyed. 5 Plqne Crqshed in Humes- 0957 4116 West of Okinawa Nate. Destroyed. 5 Plane crashed in flames, 1000 41116 West of Okinawa Nate. Destroyed. 5 6.401 mm, Plane crashed in flames? l93B 411212 Westof Okinawa Nick. Destroyed, 5 6.40 mmh Plane crashed' parts of plane recovered. 0130 4123 WeSfOfOkiT1f1W4'I BGUY- POSSHIPIS diimflge- 5 None. Plane turned off, didi not press attack. 0200 514 Westof Okinawa Not sighted. Possible damage. 5 None. Plane turned off, didi not press attack. 01427 514 West of Okinawa Betty. Possible damage. 5 5:40 mm. Non-e. Plane turned off, did not press attack. 0859 514 West of Okinawa Pilot-controlled Rocket Bomb. 40,20 mm. ol Destroyed. -1261- 50 Cal. Bomb exploded on impact. as it hit ship. it iff iff Meuaqu Receiaec! is if is From: CTF 51 Admiral Turner CO1'1.QTCIlU1CI'fiO1'1iS Ure exteflded to YOU OH YOU? Splendid record against enemy aircraft. You have done an excellent job against enemy planes. Well done to all hands. 'ik iff ik' From: CinCPac Admiral Nimitz Congratulations to you for your excellent job in downing enemy aircraft. 'kirifk From: AdComMinPac Admiral Sharp Welcome to a gallant ship and a hearty Well done from the staff of MintPac Pearl, ifrikil' From: ComMinRon 3 Your departure is going to leave a big hole and will be comforting to the laps. Hurry back to resume your excellent Work. Admiral joins his Ibest wishes to mine. ikvfrik General Simon B. Buckner. U. S. Army, Commander Tenth Army: With full .concurrence and congratulations on behalf of the Tenth Army I am delighted to express my appreciation of the splendid services given by the personnel of the picket vessels in contributing to the antiaircraft protection of our forces at Okinawa. The bulk of enemy air attacks were directed at them which have resulted in their suffering serious casualties. Without their skill in warning and guiding our aircraft our forces would have suffered heavily in life and equipment. For their performance of their hazardous duties with cheerful efficiency and display of heroic courage they are deserving of the highest commendations. ' These are a few of the hundreds of congratulatory messages received. Lt. Donald W. Love Lt. Cjgl Charles B- OWGHS -I 27 l- I I I I I I I II I W. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I DENIZENS or THE ETHER WAVES eft Norfolk with the Pacific as its destination, the igdngqecoiilslgtzdl of K. T. Knuteson, our first class, who is well known about the ship for his stories. Knute's. from 'a place called Wisconsin Rapids, which he claims is in Wisconsin, he still has its existence to prove to the rest of us-, W. B, Williams C43 points at time of writingl, one of those sons of the soil from Oklahoma, reported aboard after two years duty in Trinidad and British Guiana, I. W. Stresky, from the coal fields of western Pennsylvania, was another Trinidad sailor for a couple of years. C. A. Waara, better known as CY , hailed from northern Michigan and will always be remembered for his cheerfulness, ever-present smile and' continuous good nature. Cy was the BDF operator during G.O. and? died at his battle station on the morning of May 4th, G. L. Kane, the only regular in the gang, reported aboard after the shakedown from the SC-l3U2 after three years of Atlantic duty. B. T, Woodward, the Ioisey Kid, came to us from the old four-piper DALLAS after quite a bit of time in the Mediterranean. W. R. McArthur, oft mistaken for Dick Haymes, was one of the Chi Mob . Mac was a RDP' operator at Casco Bay before coming aboard. O, E. Cordell was- sent to us from a PC boat after several years of Panama duty. Cordy is a civilian now+probably back with his wife in the swamp country tLouisianaD Dick Perrault . , a survivor of a DD, the GLENNON, DD-630, lost off Normandy on D-D . . . ay, still claims he was almost a Coxswain and then a GM. The only two ment without previous sea duty were I.. I, Clavin from the Bronx and G. L. Barker from Weymouth, Massachusetts, both reported aboard from school l-lerby Wallenb k . ac was through five campaigns in the Pacific on an escort carrier. Wally died on his battle station-a 20 MM-fighting to the end. And last but n.ot least, V. L. Babb, CRM 'Know civilianl, who after 28 years in this outfit decided he should have been a Metalsmith. Later addi- tions- to the gang after -our loss were C, W, Rebel Tucker and S. B Love. After our arrivalin Ph'll .A hb . , r 1 y, s y and Ropski reported aboard from school. The Casablanca Kid -C, E. Kiser, came on in Philly also, Amona other things, our shack had the doubtful distinction of being the on-ly radio shack in the DesPac without a lo pot. Through an odd coincidence, Waara, Williams-, Stresky and Kane, who all had served together at one time on the Rum and Coca-cola island, all were together once again, though the ll y a reported aboard at different times and from different stations, One of the luckiest ones in the gang was Stresky, who was one of three survivors -of the 13 men inthe handling room of Mount Two. One of the toughest jobs in the 'gang was ably handled by Kane-that of putting out six pages of press e h ' f ac and every day in addition to standing his regular watches. l. W. Stres-ky, BM2fc, USNR. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT . the non-combatants of the fleet. Our weapons don't spit lead but they are potent enough against our enemy-disease. We are The ship was put into commission in Brooklyn, N, Y., by lohn W. Markson Lt. U99 fMCD USN, and lim Duffy, PhMlfc, while Pete Paglrilaro, PhM3fc was at Norfolk with the crew. With this staff and .Pat Pierce, CPhM, who was formerly with the Marines in the initial landings at Guadalcanal, The Solomons and Tulagi, we made our shakedown to Bermuda. While at gunnery practice at sea, which was a rough one, we had our first taste of a real emer- QGUCY, When a large wave splashed high over the bow and knocked three men against 5 Mount, seriously injuring them. Shakedown over and back to the States where Duff was transferred to a P.C.E., and Bob Ran. I Y Away we sailed for the We t C dies' PhM2!C Came aboard .th I u s oast and from there to Pearl Harbor wi practically no strain for the department except for routine treatments. Stan Thornton PhM3!c 1' , , re ieved B dl t P 1 and PQQIICITO became second class. With a compclelteecsoniiplerrfelrlt we sailed .for Okinawa. Stan was seriously wounded when the SHIP was hit and the forward battle dressing station was com wiped out. pletely I Y 4, 1945, was a real test for us all. Most f th f it was the only day the docs really worked, aid wee Gigi Sigh hands didna splendid Job saving the lives of many men on the fantail which had been converted into a field hospital. A few Ma -I 28 lg members of the crew made up a plasma team, preparing the plasma for ready injection, Any onlooker could see a hospital unit working as efficient as any good and well trained team could. Amputations on the spot, the calming of hysteria -among the wounded, immediate first aid for shrapnel wcpznds, treatment of extensive body burns, treatment of shock, fractgzres and many other emergencies. Coming iback to the States, leaving Stan in a Naval Hospital Base on one of the Pacific islands, Ioe Kelly, PhlvI3fc replaced Stan and Gil Ditrick, CPhM, relieved Chief Pierce. All in all, we of the hospital corps have our -own particular jobs which we try to do to the best of our knowledge. Now that the ship is completely repaired and facilities once more the way they were, the docs are ready. We are called many names, such as doc, dope mixer, pill roller, butcher, etc., but these we accept in the same nature as they are given, We shall never have the chance to fire a gun, but give us that trusty syringe, some APC's and a hot water bottle and we are in our glory, Iust bring on those colds, sore backs and hangovers and see. V Pete Pagliaro, PhM3fC. CHIEF 'S STORY I guess the chief's story really started down in Norfolk for it was there that the SHE!-Vs crew was assigned t-o the U.S.S. SHEA CDD-7501, later to be converted into the DM-30. First impressions are the standard by which a crew member makes up his mind as to whether or not he is going to get along with the rest of the crew, So, it was with more or less a sigh of relief we found out that the SHEA's chiefs were mostly old salts with two or three hitches in, and in a couple of cases, four and five hitches, Referring to the chiefs alphabetically so that no one will feel slighted, Chief Radliomani Bab'b was- the Pappy of the outfit. Babb went all the way with us and when Uncle Sam decided to give the old men a break Cthose over '4'2l and let them apply for discharge or inactive duty, he used this means of getting back to the struggling ways of a taxpayer. Chief Mineman Bailey stood up under the ruggedi shakedown cruise but became a soft-ball casualty., during our first stop at Pearl Harbor. Chief Electricians Mate Borshay was one to make sure you knew he was from New York City and also never backward in making you aware of the fact that he was most anxious to get back there. Chief Machinist's Mate Bryan was the Big Boy of the crew. None of us is sure of the exact measurements of Rebel Bryan, but 'it is safe to state that when you refer to him, use King Size , Chief Machinist's Mate Burk is still with us, but don't call him by his lawful name or he is liable to pass you by without knowing you are talking to him. lust inquire for Zeke , Chief Machinist's Mate Cadden was one -of the snipes that made good on the SHEA. He reported aboard the SHEA as- a Metalsmith First Class but the ship realized his talents were going to waste and after a bit of paper work the Skipper was able to change 'his rate to Machinist's Mate First Class and thence to Chief. Chief Boatswain's Mate Dixon is one fellow that will never be forgotten in the CPO quarters, even when all the original crew has departed from the SHEA. His antics and sea stories. will be handed down from generation to generation. Chief Fire Controlman Ary is an-other one of the gang that made chief on the Thirty , The last we heard of Ary was the day the SHEA was leaving the Yards at Philly, He was headed for more fire control school days in Washington, D. C. Chief Fire Controlman Hrastich, like Ary, reported aboard as fire Controlman first class. Considering the number of target sleeves shot down during our recent gunnery practices, it is easy to see that Hrastich has been using his experi- ence gained at Okinawa to good advantage. Chief Radioman Knuteson is the handsome boy 'Cwith the mustachel that is so ably filling the shoes of our old friend Babb. Knute is one of the boys you need to have around in order to get all your g'ismoes fixed and in good working condition. Chief Watertender Michr is quite a well known character aboard the Shooting Shea . Greet him with a cheery Hi Ya, Ed and you'll always get a -big smile in return, Chief Signalman Oglesby is what you could literally call a flag waver . There are three things you will invariably find Ioe doing, either he is drinking a cup of lo, tying a Turk's Head or looking through that old long glass of his, Chief Machinist's Mate Nutter was another snipe that made good. Handsome E. I. Nutter, he was known as in them days, but the Baka proved just -I: QQ 1- . h f Reds, A couple of splinters ttry to make him gelietveocihbnflgcaugght him when he wasn't looking and now he Wears the Purple HGCIVE- ' rtermaster Prochnow is one of those long drinks of watglflifinfmcgdlfociifxrn Texas way. Gotta hand it to wheels though, he was one Texan from whom we never heard much about Texas. The other natives more than made Up fOT MS fC11lUT9 Jf'O.b1'0fQ CfbQUt his home state and We liked him all the more for it. Chief Commis- sary Steward Sebystian replaced Stew Anderson in San Fran- cisco and he, like Nutter, after shaking hands wlth The laps greet' ing card fthe Bakal had to 'be transferred via the Purple Heart route. Chief Yeoman Vees has his headquarters at the midship s passage. He's the fellow that always checks up on the dessert at chow time before turning to on the meal 'before him. He still hates to think of all the meals he didn't get and also the ones he lost on that Bermuda trip. No, we didn't forget Chief Boatswain's Mate Shelley, Chief Watertender Panaro, Chief Machinist's Mate Berry, Chief Elec- trician's Mate St, Clair, who moved aboard after the good ship Aaron Ward went out of commission. They can tell you another story about their old ship that took all the laps had to offer and still kept fighting. Chief Pharmacists Mate Pierce was a 'Doc' that couldin't be beat in any man's Navy. There is more than one fellow living today that can thank Pierce for his skill in patching him up. Chief Pharmacists Mate Ditrick is our new Doc , having relieved Pierce, Chief Gunner's Mate Wilkes is one of those hominy grits and black eyed peas rebels from down Georgia way, Without Guns it ist very doubtful if the SHEA would have ever earned her name Shootin' Sl-IEA , for he certainly put in enough time on his pets to make sure they would shoot when they were most needed. Vees, CY, USN. HOME OF THE MILLION GRIPES Step into the mess hall my friends and meet BMZXC Van Cott, our genial and loquacious host. Van, as he is known to all his friends, is the center of target for complaints and assimilates gripes like a sponge does water, On his authority we have the assurance that the dining room is the source of all scuttlebutt and birthplace of all rumors. This is the place where the men are working from early morn to long after dark and never a word of appreciation for the hardest task aboard. Questions likeethe fol- lowing haun-t his restless nights: What, this stuff again? Who's making their millions? Where's the butter, the salt, the cow juice? Where are those belly robbers now? And then We are always gettin-g inspected:-practically every day, The ship's politi- cians are always soliciting the mess cooks and seeking favors. They want to be first in line, get the most and the best food, and then they do the most behind the lines belly-aching. These future Congressmen drive us crazy. Actually, it 'is not such a bad assignment and really is one of the most important tasks aboard ship. Some day We expect to find some enthusiastic gourmet leaving a tip, We do try to safe- guard the crew's health by courteous C?D, clean, efficient service. Every Mess Cook is right in there pitching when the battle is rag- ing too. The fine work these men did under actual battle condi- tions and after the ship' was hit drew praise from all, Please do not be jealous BUT we do get liberty EVERY night too. Actually, fellows, we don't secure early to cheat you out of your breakfast- what do you think we are running a cafeteria????? Van Cott, BMt2fc. ti THE BARBER HAS TROUBLES All barbers. have their troubles and of course the barbers aboard the SHEA are no exception. They all claim it's a very tough occupation, so there must be some reward. CWe suspect its monetaryyl Until recently, the barber shop was wherever the barber sat his chair. Today the forward head, tomorrow the after e1'1'Q2HGfOOlt1.- During a poker game he usually claimed he was cutting hair in the after crew's quarters. We all remember genial lqclfonflvfho WGS' VGFY Popular with the crew and left us to reenter ClVllfII'1 ie at Pearl Harbor. He was replaced by Pive-a-Minute- Hall , who was the toughest man aboard ship C-if you didlff be- ...I 130. 1-. lieve it all you had to do was ask html Bob had h1s own shop rn St Lours where we bet hes tell1ng many a ha1rra1s1ng sea story to h1s towel covered suffertng customers Hats off to Master Barber Hall the only man who could cut your ha1r wlthout takrng your hat off The DuBarry spec1al1st now cutt1ng ha1r IS none other than the Walter W1nche1l of the UV c1rcu1t Mark CIS chow ready'?l New berry who brlngs to us th1s message 1n h1s own words I have a cha1r I have a clrppers I have a SCISSOTS and a comb I am a shtps barber Someone IS always throwlng my chan' over the Slde It 1S because of one of the e two reasons.-aflj They thlnk I have a better racket than they C21 Because I gave them a ha1r cut I glve three classes of ha1r cuts The Super Commando for OIIICGIS a Newberry Sateen spec1al for C PO s and number three IS the pla1n old hcurcut for the crew Celapsed t1me 90 secondsl Mak1n po1nts Mark Newberry Slfc THE RADIO TECHS Is lt a bolt of l1ghtn1ng'? Is 1t a sudden breeze? Can tt actually be superman? No dont be alarmed thats Lt Ugl Owens radro 'nater1al offlcer chaslng an elus1ve electron D1x and Parker are the only two members of the or1g1nal gang left But no one w1ll ever forget the s1ght of Boudrle our 1ov1al 230 pound battery spec1al1st who learned the hard way that dungaree pants are not the proper th1ng to w1pe hydrometers on Up untrl the t1me we frrst stopped at Pearl Harbor the techm c1ans l1fe was cr happy one wlth few cares and plenty of sack t1me Oh well 1gnorance was bllssl Suddenly from out of a clear blue sky radlos were ralned at us and thrown at us from every d1rect1on Here we were Jolned by Flaherty whose sedate manner formed a buffer for Boudr1e s 1mpuls1veness Ser1ously 1n1ured on May 4th the gang was deeply hurt when we rece1ved the news of hrs death several days later Locat1ng D1x was a slmple lob At n1ne o clock 1n the rnorn1ng men and at eleven o clock at n1ght Dlx w1th the rest of the technl c1ans could be found eat1ng sard1nes and crackers or Jam and bread 1n the sound shack Not that D1x was a heavy coffee drlnker but 1t took two S1lex runn1ng full blast to keep up Wlth hlm At Pearl Harbor on the way back Parker went ashore to celebrate h1s advancement to I c and 1t must have been qu1te a celebratlon because when he returned he achreved some unwel come notor1ety by the s1mple expedlent of falllng off the gangway as he returned aboard When We f1nally reached Phlladelphla Boudr1e was trans ferred and We ga1ned the newest add1t1on to our gang Ca1nes ATTIVIHQ just 1n t1me to help carry aboard and stow spare part and tubes 1t was several weeks before he had recovered suff1 ctently so that he could look at a tube or spare parts box wrthout mumbl1ng to h1rnself for the rest of the day W1lco and outll Parker RTlfc THE STORY OF THE PING IOCKEYS The Sonar gang 1S one of the compartmvely mall groups aboard h1p havlng at present only f1ve men However at one t1me we reached a peak strength of ten men We were lucky enough to nave an outstand1ng Sonar team At least we l1ke to th1nk so' At the t1me of comm1ss1on1ng the gang COHS1 ted ofl E Olson SoMlfc B L Case SoM2fc T F Carroll SoM2fc D E Kellner SoM3fc R I Frey SoM3fc I.. R Redchngus Slfc I C Flnch S2 c and A F M1ller S2fc On complet1on OI the IDISHSIVG shake down program we were substantlally strengthened by the add1 tlon of H H Froendhoff SoM3fc andl H I-lutt1nger SoM3 c Th1s group showed excellent teamwork and was h1ghly corn mended by submar1ne crews operatmg w1th us durtng the tra1n1ng per1ods at Pearl Harbor 3 A I , . . - . . I I A . . . ' ' - - In F , 1. - 1 ' I . X , , ' . . . I i S L , I 'I ' . . . .I , ' I 1 ll I , I l I I -I 1-' 1 I I ' 1 l A 1 . 1 A I , . , , l- I I , . , I . I 1 he could be found on the br1dge, dr1nk1ng Ioe w1th the S1gnal- 1 ' ' 1 ' - I ,fl ' I 1 'H I . . I . D I ' , - , . . .... I S . I . V 1 - . . S S . I . . t I , r , , , . - 1 I 1 - - . I I ' I I , . . I I ' ' I X ' ' ' ' H ' -L 1 1- ' . ' t t ntil that fateful morning of May 4, 19515 We dai hedilrginfiffighrf lit? Clnenof the hardest hit gangs aboard ship 1 f H ttinger, Miller, Frey and the Sonar gvgiciigiel-TCljgi1i1eH. HCbod.uWords cannot express the tribute due these men. k' fi t, with the initiation of the point system, we had iliigenbgf ouupf midst able men leave with the first group of dis- Chgrgees Those lucky ones were Olson, Carroll and Kellner. Carroll one of the best known and best liked men aboard ship, Servedlcontinuously as Mail Clerk while with us. He returned to Boston-. Good luck and our best wishes to Tommy Cff1.Cl.TedClY- Seeking replacements for this sl1OIfCfQe Of men, We were lomed bY CI very capable man-C. I. Smith, SoM2fc. The gang at present consists of Case, SoMlfC: Smith, S'OM2fCi Ffoendhofff SOMSXCF Reddingus, SoM3fc, and Finch, SoM3fC, However, Reddingus expects to become a civilian soon. I B. L, Case, SoMlfc, USNR. THE STOREKEEPER GANG - THE PAY BOYS I The original Storekeeper gang of the SHEA consisted of smiling lack Boyer and Leo 98c Katz, wh-o under tthe supervision of genial Ensign now Lt. Cjgl Iohnny Iohnson went through the trials and tribulations of commissioning the ship. Soon after com- missioning they were joined by Iohn McFadden Cno relation to Bernarrl and so the gang of two became a gang of three. In time a fourth member was added to the gang: he was Sam 99c Birnbaum, out of whose mouth words came like bullets from a machine gun, As Katz spoke little if any slower than Sam, to hear the two of them argue, as they frequently did, was really something to listen to! Boyer and McFadden are both remembered for their smiling faces, good dispositions and willingness to help, whatever your troubles were. Having lack Boyer in the Ship's Storesmade it a real pleasure to go there to buy something even if you did have to sioned, that was, tons and tons of equipment and supplies to The gang was badly disrupted when the ship was hit on the fourth of May, 1945, as lack Boyer was killed at his station in Number 2 upper handling room, and Iohn McFadden suffered severe wounds and a broken leg in Mount One. Iack's death was a blow to everyone on the ship, as he was universally liked but it was especially hard on the rest of his gang, with Whom he' had worked so closely. When the SHEA arrived in San Diego, two new men joined the gang, Iulian Ab Absalom and Russell Max Maxwell. N While the ship was undergoing repairs and overhaul in the avy Yard at Philadelphia the storekeeper gang had about the same kind of trials th-at it had had when the s-hip was commis- sioned. That was tons and ton-s of equipment and supplies to be ordered and followed up. Sam Birnbaum left to be discharged, CTh 1 k t'ff ' b- ably back at his job of packing New York subilv uc ty is 1 his pro ay rains ynow.l Katz. left the gang the day before the SHEA left Philadelphia- his destination w Ch' 'P T 1 as icago and shore duty, but a recent communica- tion from him says that he is in Toledo, Ohio. Maxwell, Sklfc. YEOMAN i h . a a yeoman et ' t ff' can tell his side of the story without gn? fe-la? at P051 lon Where he . o interruption. This is a report about yeomen on the SHEA d ' f yeomen I see no reason wh h h an Writ en by one of the '. ' Y e s ouldn't take advantage of his igijovrjunity. You.would be surprised at the amount of uff must take Just because he wears the crossed quills g G It is not very often th t Our troubles started almost immedi t l ' t t . . H Cf 1? Y after being assigned ,O he SHEA- TO X01-1, the ummtiated, it would be difficult to imagine the mountains of paper work that is r equired prior to, ml: 32 :I- Clllflflgl Gnd Crfier cr ship is put into commissi-on. Well, we worked flfl S9119 Of ihe general idea that prevails throughout the Navy GbO11t Yeomefl' 1'1eVe1' hCIV1f1Q Cinything to dol. Everything was be- gmnmg to fun Sm00lh1Y When along came the Baka. After all the casualty reports were made, hundreds of copies of Navy Yard Work Lists and innumerable sundry items, such as a stack of leave PGPSTS Gbout Cf mile high, once again we started to return to a certain' degree of normalcy.. Then came the revolution-I mean demobilization. I guess it is a case of no rest for the wicked . Chief Yeoman Vees hails from Philadelphia and could be considered the luckiest of all the yeomen. If you will recall, it was the Philadelphia Navy Yard that removed the scars of battle from the 'Th1rty an-d put her 'back in good working order. Yeoman First Class Bennett was the big fellow from Texas. If you didn't want to hear about Texas our advice to you would have been, Stay away from Bennett . Bennett rode the SHEA through all her trials and tribulations, Yeoman First Class Walker 'Cjust recently advanced from second classl is a New England lad claiming the State of Massachusetts as his home. He was assigned the duties of confidential yeoman shortly after we moved ab-oard the SHEA. lust one of those jobs in which you know everything that is going on but can't say a word about what you know. There is more than one fellow on this can that couldn't hold down a job like that. Walker is still aboard -but has his points. figured out exactly. He is counting the days until he can buy. himself that one-way railway ticket home. Yeoman Third Class Casciano has his home up in the coal regions of Pennsylvania. The chief often kidded Cash about being a coal cracker . At this time it would be most appro- priate to inform you that out of the five yeomen serving aboard the SHEA when she was hit on 4 May 1945, three of them were recipients of the Purple Heart Medal. So you see, fellows, don't strike for yeoman- if you think the shrapnel won't get you while wearing such a rate, Casciano's wounds were serious enough to necessitate his transfer from the ship. At present we are not aware of his new address, but understand, from the last re-port, he is- in the best of health. Yeoman Third Class Sarnicki is a New Ioisey boy that started out on the SHEA as a striker but earned his crow shortly thereafter. Nick's. battle station was that of first loader on one of the 4Omm guns on the port side. That was our good side and probably speaks well for Nick passing the ammunition . Yeoman Third Class Miller also started out as a striker and was just rated 3rd class the lst of November. Lefty came aboard in San Diego as part of a draft of men- that was ordered to us for duty to replace some of the men transferred at Okinawa. Now you h-ave been introduced so any time you want a Special Request Chit , a Standby Chit , or even. a Report Slip Cbelieve it or not even the Shootin,' Shea crew gets put on report every now and thenl feel free to call upon us at any moment of the day. We have plenty on- hand! Please take note, we are not, repeat not, giving out any discharges unless you have the required number of points. Don't wear out your welcome by asking for one ahead of time!! Dudley H. Walker, Ylfc. CARPENTER AND SHIPFIT'I'ER'S SHOP Aft on the fantail, below the main deck, on the starboard side, right over screws exists a very small shop, and it is this shop that has been the carpenters' and shipfitter's home, As congested and pokey as it' is, the boys some way or an-other performed their duties and managed to produce the necessary work. However, our secret ambition back here is for that day to come when we can get out in the wide open spaces, stretch out and :breathe freely without bumping each other. William Cott-on, SE'2fc, comes from Providence, R. l. Bill had charge of the shop. I must say his problems were many. One of his biggest problems was to be able to tour the ship without banging his head. lt sure is tough to be tall aboard. one of these CCIHS, . William Iames, SElfc, comes from Charlotte, N. C. Bill-is one of the new additions to our crew. He, too, COIHSS ffOII1 CI fighting ship-the AARON WARD-a ship that proved it takes more than the best the laps could throw her way to put her out of action. -l 33 l- er Providence, R, I., boy, is Norman And?-lrlsen,GrC5NffiQc,Agigr3thThere,Sy not much I can Say better knownutolxm ewgting this little Story, 'CEditor's note: Eashtul here-after, Ct ' 11 from Dorchester, Mass., and: in civilian lite was AnolY is Oflglgli 'Teaching profession, in Providence. Andy is an engaged m it H, and his handiwork is displayed in almost every excellentfcrla S'1'i? Good matured, affable, Andy has been Father Ceocririi-slsouri ariedsgulide to manY Cf Wcflfwmld Son of the SHEA' That teacher's instinct will come to the torell William Feichik, SPWC, better known to the gang Us Lime Willie comes from lohnstown, Penns-ylvania. Willie took care of . ,I W ll knew enough to get out of Will'ie's grudywvjhi-?ThSrgdeC1?eSnieraleQruarters alarm was sounded. I won-aer if Mary still loves him? . SF3f I th b tom Orlando, Florida. We all agree thatllncieekilitiii a 'lovgr ofehidnsabk. What a lOb to get him Out Of lt- We really feel sorry for his wife. She must have her troubles! Norborne Murray, Slfc, is a rebel from Mobile, Alabama. What an appetite! It will cost him money if he ever goes! back to civilian life. Oh, well, we will let him worry about that angle though he doesn't appear to worry too much. Arthur Esposito, Slfc, was from Schenectady, N, Y. Arthur WCiS one of the boys who made the supreme sacrifice, by giving his life for our country while in fbattle at Okinawa. Arthur was a popu- lar boy and very much liked. His- good disposition, loyalty to his country and ship and that winning smile of his will never be forgotten. We sure have missed him in our shop, M. T. McDowell, S'2fc, comes from the City of Brotherly Love- Philadelphia, Don't say his initials too fast or you may get the ,wrong meaning. I d-on't know what we would do without Mac, as he is one of those fellows who can always manage to make you laugh and forget your troubles. And what a politician! From now on there will be many changes. Back to civilian life for some, another hitch for others. Let's hope that we will all meet again some dayi, so until then smooth sailing and happy landing. Norman Anderson, CMZXC, USNR. QUARTERMASTERS Quartermaster's the hardest rate to make in the Navy, it is said. Actually, the duties of a QM embrace a half dozen or more rates plus various duties that require eight hands and four legs when thin s are h ' ' ' g umming. The QM talents include the following arts and artifices: Navigation and Steward's Mate, Aerographer and Paintscraper, Signalman and Electrician Publication Ex ert , P and Switchboard Operator, Author and Soothsayer, Yeoman and Lens Paper Manuf t P -, ac urer, hilosopher and Errand Boy, Executive Secretary and Office Boy, expert procurer and Bos'n mate striker and a walking information service. Other than these tasks all we do is relax, an art at which we are also quite expert. Every time we have special sea detail or G.Q., we play a mock football game on the bridge and in the pilot house the OM versus the lunior Commandos. We seldom win, being outweighed, Oh! What a madhouse the 'bridge is during the busy hours! The Captain roars commands, the TBS and MN roaring out messages, hoots, howls and garbled Wilcos and Rogers come howling out of a half dozen voice tubes, telephones, each with a nerve-racking buzz of its own, keep ringing, the boys -on the pelorus shouting bearings to the navigatorg all these combined with lack of space and about a dozen Junior commandos doing the mile run! on a forty yard semi-circular track using the QMS and talkers for practice hurdles. Oh, we QMS don't have many hash marks but we sure develop a complex from so many teeth marks. How I'd like to have a copy of one of Gibbons-Neff's 0015 dissertations on Bridge watches, etc., or perhaps that quiet discourse of Chief Proknow's, so softly and smoothly spoken., entitled uls there no end to this torture? , The QMS prided themselves on th i ft f ' t' th '- afbility to handle a difficult and e r um Y O' Organize! lpn' eu 1 g very responsible job with ease by proper timing and he t t - ar y eamwork. Never a gang had a better PPSS'-Lf F- CBGHHYD Stapleton, lr. He was regular , That's the highest tribute for a man in any walk of life. -l 34 l- Handsome Chief Stretch Procknow, hailing from San Antonio, will CTIWUYS be remembered for his thoughtfulness towards the men working under him. Hyphen Gibbons-Neff, our first class, was the photographers pride and joy as exemplified by that picture in the Philadelphia Bulletin. He brings to mind these thoughts: Aversion. to having his picture taken with a Hula-dancer, contagious chuckle, out- standing artist's ability, knowing his rate, a true pipe-smoker, his good humor on mid-Watches, his heroic efforts in aiding the wounded. There has been a great deal of discussion about a nick- name for our youngest QM, Katy has stuck. His winning smile has been an inspiration to all of us. Random memories include easy-going, hates to get up, late to relieve, the banker, the gen- erous QM, king of the IV circuit, and fearless under fire. Pappy Hicks, spark plug of the gang, one of the nicest fellows we've ever met. Pappy brings to mind subtle wit of humor, patience personified, sea stories deluxe, never gets excited, loves his coffee and will talk for three hours about his family on the slightest provocation. William Morris Calhoun, better known to his shipmates as Sack- Coon , the Philadelphia Van lohnson-, is of course our prize athlete, the erstwhile Frank Merriwell of the QMs really took the boys to town on VI night, holds the chipping championship, and carries the torch for Radnor on high, over the seven seas. E. l. Miller, QM'2fc USN was the shining light of the QM gang. He was our outstanding Quartermaster and the most proficient helmsman who ever swung a ship through perilous hours. Eddy was badly wounded on May 4th but in his true and typical fighting spirit fought his way back to health and we know Eddy Will make a success of anything he tackles, He is that kind of a guy. The Grand Rapids master salesman lohn L. Dok, QM3fc USN, the Adonis of the group, the man who knows how and gets more leave and liberty than any man aboard, the boy who will be lost to us if the Hollywood producers ever get a look at him. The Great lohn L., who is everybody's friend, and our nominee for the sharpest QM who ever came out of Bainbridge. Carrigan, LE., QM3fc USNR, the father and social adviser of our fair group, is commonly known as Mr. Carrigan., Bostonian-the man who never forgets he is in the advertising business, Red is remembered for that dignified and beautiful beard he wore during our tour of the Pacific. The argument Red and the old man had about shaving it off will also be remembered as one of the greatest since Webster beat Mr ...,,,,......................,..........,..,...... Newly assigned to the ship are the follovqing men.: Already their powerful personalities have made a deep impression on us, Speed Simmons from Lincoln, Nebraska, has endeared himself with the gang by his ready wit and apt descriptions of hallucinations in three quarter time. We like Fred and are glad to have him aboard. Sunshine Burge, the California Kid, claims he will find relief for his nostalgia only when he re- turns to Sunny California. l-le's the boy who is trying to convince us that he voluntarily gave up permanent shore duty in Boston to sail the Qcean Blue. Sometime get him to give you his version of Boston town's history, NSD Dorwart, better known as The Shadow has graced our group with a new excellence in stand- ards of the art of promotion, This boy from Lancaster can d-o more work in less time than any sailor we ever saw, he says. Our days at sea may slip from our memories but we'll wager that the officers of the SHEA will be haunted for many long years by ghastly thoughts of KHOW the devil could we have ever got along without the Quartermastersll Milford F. Spruill, QM3fc. COMBAT, AYE , By Charles M. white, RdM2fc The story of Combat aboard the Sl-IEA has been a very interesting one, filled with all those requisites which should make a narrative based on war experiences and human in- terest readable. But, unfortunately, there is no Ernie Pyle or Paul Gallico aboard to relate them to you. However, the story should be told and it is hoped that through these amateurish lines some account of Combat and the boys who have given its being can be recounted for those who may be interested. A This tale is n-ot without sorrow, as it is of war, and war creates scenes of horror and ghastliness that even the imagi- nations could never -anticipate. The Radar gang knows these things first hand now, and are saddened when they remember the penalty exacted of the group and the pain and suffering attendant to it. To Iohnnie Rowland we dedicate these lines-not that they are needed as a constant reminder that he was a mem- ber of the Combat team at Okinawa-for no one who knew Iohn could forget the swell fellow he was, as a shipmate and a pal ashore. His was an unusual personality, very even tempered and collected at all times. He was abreast of every situation, and had that virtuous qual-ity of being on good terms at all times with his associates. And he was an artist. A brush in his hand anid he became a creative genius. ln the early days of the ship's career when every- thing was new and in the raw , so to speak, lohn's services were in constant d-em-and through-out the' ship where letter- ing, or any decorative painting were required. The ship's insignia on No. 1 stack, which Rowland designed from an idea conceived by Commander Kirkpatrick, and the Iap flags on the Director remain as a memorial to him and his work with paints, and during the extensive overhaul and repair work to the ship at Philadelphia, the greatest care was used that Iohn's creations were not defaced or marred, and today, after a three-month yard availability they are as fresh and expressive as that day in the anchorage at Kerama Rhetto. His resting place there on Hagushi Beach beside those many Blue Iackets who als-o gave all humanly possible is a hallowed spot and all bow in silent tribute. Combat's team which embarked with the SHEA that day in September of '44 has changed many times, Lots of great. fellows have been in CIC at different times, but in the Navy it is difficult to retain any group intact for long and CIC has been no exception. When the crew was formed in Norfolk at Unit X the Combat team was drawn mostly from the pool of qualified strikers. Four men from the Radar School at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., McClendon, Bates, Boisclair, and lacksong four men f . . . rom the school at Virginia Beach, Va., Dolack, Williams, gglers . Rowland was one ef these, hdvlnfg been separated from an earlier class at Virginia Beach due to some time he put up in a Norfolk h r ' ' OSDHCII fOr -C111 Operation. The other three were fellows with a little time in and were the only ones who had been t . o sea and had any real experience. Cranford and Boudrie had been strikers in the tin can fl t Williamson, and White, and four stra ee and had seen some action. But the man who had really been around and knew what the score was and liked to relate his experiences on the deep was that able Petty Officer, Boot Mclfennq. He was to be our leading petty officer with that Radarman Third t. ra ing he had. Boot had put the BELLEAU WOOD into commis- sion and had been aboard the Elattop during all of her P .f. . . . acl ic campaigns up to that time- He had quite a repertoire -i 36 of sea stories and was a master at relating them. But GVGFY' one liked the Boot and he proved himself a real senior P.O. He was a friend to all the boYS, and Without doubt Wcfs the mggt popular man with all the fellows who had been in the sHEA's cic team. The shakedown was a novel experience for the gang. For the first time some ideas of the practical use of the gear was learned since the time in school when only a general idea of the thing was learned, and the making Of Cf Well- organized CIC team was well underwaY- Another lesson unleqmednp to this time was trying to live on dehydrated potatoes, dehydrated eggs, dehydrated milk, and other appe- tizing menus not common with the boys heretofore. None will soon forget those delectable sandwiches of juicy hunks of boiled beef, with the enormous portions of yellowed greasy fat between two slices of that bread with the peculiar bluish purple border-a delicious temptation to the boys whose stomachs were none too stable. Poor Lee Boisclair. He went below one time after putting out to sea and that was sufficient for him. Some evidence has been sought showing that Lee did go below to eat again but everything points to the fact that he spent all the time at sea upon some old mail 'bags in the vicinity of No. l stack. It was learned there that if the crew could survive the rigors of Bermuda, they were ready for anything the laps had without fear of defeat. Upon return to Norfolk the first of the many personnel changes started. Lee Boisclair was transferred to the De- stroyer RHIND in exchange for a Radarman Zfc, and Dariel Welch same aboard to supplant McKenna as senior man, Ed Williams had not g-one on the shakedown. He had been having some trouble with his stomach, which seemed to be aggravated considerably as time for shoving off neared, and he was sent to the hospital the day before leaving. But upon returning to Norfolk for post-shakedown check, Ed was on han-d and came back aboard only to remain a couple of days when he was transferred to some shore station, and that was the last we saw of Ed, a swell fellow who was well liked by the entire group. He was a great character who saw that none of the minutes dragged by monotonously. Was quite a comic and entertainer and everyone wished that, Ed might have gone along with the ship, And all regretted that Boisclair had to be sacrificed to make way for a rated man. The team had alread-y had a shakeup and Cranford, who was earlier transferred to the Radio Tech group as a striker, was transferred to a new command along with Wil-liams. Boudrie also was shifted to the RT's and a short time later made his third class rating. Iackson, upon re- quest, was relieved of his Combat watches in order that he might devote ful'l time to his new station as ship's barber. After Welch came aboard another second class with more time in than Welch was sent as senior man and Lee Ellis remains to this day in that capacity. Lee had been aboard two ships prior to this, a carrier and a can, and from Brigantine Hotel. He came to the SHEA on transfer was quite experienced and was a valuable addition to the s-hip, not only from the standpoint of his ability, but his knack at handling a gang as senior P.O. And on Radar none has been as proficient as he in finding the targets interpreting them as friendlies or bogeys, and developing the plots on them. Lots of switches have been experimented with but it always came back to the fact that none could handle the mechanism like Ellis. After some libertylin Panama, which all the boys en- 1.E joyed, came San Francisco and more additions to the gang. Three new thirds came aboardt-W. D. Iones, Bill Kelly and B. M, Gillham. These fellows had just returned to the Treas- ure Island Receiving Station from their thirty-day survivors leave and were assigned to the SHEA. They had gone through Boot Camp together, went to Point Loma Radar School together, caught the DE SHELTON and all survived the sinking in the engagement off Manus, and returned to the Pacific theatre aboard the SHEA. That gave the Radar gang two seconds and nine thirds, as five of the original men had been rated coming into Frisco-Dolack, McClendon, Rowland, Williamson and White. So it was obvious that some reduction in compliment would be forthcoming. Upon arrival at Pearl 'Harbor the axe fell and Welch and McKenna were sent to the Receiving Station there. I , With the conversion of the SHEA to a Fighter Director ship at Pearl Harbor some further changes in the CIC gang was necessary and came in the form of additional men who came with temporary assignments, Three Radarmen came :rboard together with an RT, a Radioman, and three officers. All of these men soon found their places and fell right in with the crew and all soon forgot that these fellows were only aboard under detached duty, so well liked were they and so eager were they to fit themselves in with the ship. These new men were Mr. Silva, the RT officerg Mr. Barnhill, the Fighter Director, and Mr. Walsh, who was to control that new department with which all the CIC became so familiar, Snapper , or visual fighter director atop the Pilot House. Mel Stuart and Ray Thompson were both secon.d class radar- men and Wakefield came as a qualified srtiker, Leaving Pearl the latter part of February for Ulithi in the Carolines the battle dress for CIC was complete and from there on the set-up was much as it was upon leaving. The three watches were of five men and an officer. Watch l had White, Stewart, Dolack, Rowland and Iones, in Watch 2 there was McClendon, Williamson, DeStefano, Gillham and Wakefield, and Watch 3 was made up of Bates, Thompson, Kelly, Ellis and Nichols, who had been sent to Combat upon leaving Pearl from another division, he having had some radar training, Mr. Hood stood the watch with Watch I, Mr. Godfrey had Watch 2, and Mr. Love was in Watch 3. The three FD officers assisted on these watches, The trip to Eniwetok and the Marshalls was uneventful, and a splendid opportunity was presented for further cement- in.g the organization so lately formed and to acquire skill in handling the gear CIC was the order sponsibility rested The watches were tiniuous drills were and plotting all contacts. Alertness of and all realized what a tremendous re- on the fellows who manned the gear. stood in a creditable manner and con- conducted in further preparation for the coming engagement with the laps. At Ulithi 1'l'lOT9 exercises were conducted during the stay there awaiting the start of the operation in which the SI-IEA was to have a part. The only opportunity there to put the war training into practice dtid not develop. One assignment as radar picket northeast of the atoll was uneventful, but the night there in the Ulithi Anchorage when the two lap planes sneaked in, one crash- ing into the RANDOLPH, brought the war very near. CIC was man-ned for action immediately after word of the attack came over the TBS and was edge? for the Opportunity to spot a few real bogeys, but no further visits from the laps materialized. D . The events that transpired from the CIQIY .We left Uhlfu until that fateful morning of MaY 4 YOU Will fmd related In other parts of this book in more detail than we have SDCTCG for here. The fighting career of CIC and the Sl-IEA were tern- Porarily halted. There remained the week at Kerolmcl Rt19TTO -I 37 when the gaping holes in the ship were patched, decks re- placed and bulkheads rebuilt temporarily to make her sea- worthy for that long trek back to the States and home. The memorial service for those of our boys who were killed was an impressive ceremony, held, as it was there on the boat deck while tied alongside the repair ship at Kerama. It was a meagre thing the ship could do for them there in return for what the boys had given, but the surviving fellows put their spirits into it as they probably had never a sacred service before, and a tribute to their memory came truly from the hearts of those present. The long voyage back was uneventful. Combat was far removed from the classic setup which graced the super- structure deck when the ship put out for the Pacific, The gear was repaired to where she performed after a fashion, most of the trip without a gyro as- that part of the gear was the last to be repaired, and the Plot was out, so all you six-raids-a-minute plotters visualize yourselves plotting all contacts and keeping station under those conditions. Venti- lation was poor and life in CIC was not the best on the ship by any means. But watches were stood in an alert fashion and every use was made of the facilities at hand. The per- sonnel was decimated almost to the point of extinction. Two men on a watch with one officer. Mr. Hood had been killed and Mr. Moore from Plot came up to stand his watch. At Ulithi the Figher Director team was transferred to the beach and that took three of the remaining Radarmen, but the ship came on in, with stops: at Eniwetok and Pearl, each succeed- ing port becoming more attractive and much like the attain- ment of a long-lost dream. Then San Diego, and the first replacements for those lost in battle. Dwight Iohn William Burgener came as the only Radar replacement, he just com- ing from the San Diego Boot Camp and a course in Point Loma. From San Diego to Panama and then to Philadelphia came a lot more dead reckoning plotting but the gang en- dured it and acquired a lot of practical experience which in school had only been something of a theory. But Philadel- phia with its long availability in the yard-, the leaves granted to all hands from there, and the easier life which was per- mitted there in the barracks was a fitting reward for all the hardships and privations undergone in the Pacific. Then came the last changes to the personnel of CIC up to press time. A, T. McClendon, Ioe Dolack and Ioe Bates were returned to the ship after long periods int various hos- pitals, but McClendon and Dolack did not fully recover from their injuries and both received medical discharges. Struck came aboard as a new second classy Bill Hubbard and Paul Ries came on tran-sfers as rfew thirds, and Iacobs and Watson were the new strikers. With this leave will be taken of a group that has d-one much and seen much together. Through the days of pre- commissioning, Seawall, Little Creek and the Mayflower, Brigantine, then the long life at sea aboard the SHEA, friend- ships have developed which will last through the years. Examples of congeniality and un-selfishness have resulted which should make examples of peacetime living. To all those fellows who have been aboard at one time or another the best wishes of all are extended, to the wounded go the warmest good Wishes of those remaining, and to the be- reaved family of Iohn Rowland, a real Buddy, Combat ex- tends its heartfelt sympathy, But to the new fellows aboard now and all those who through the years to come will take the SI-IEA on through her frothy path on the deep is ex- tended the hope that they will ever keep Combat that place where accurate information is dispensed with dispatch and that the traditions of the original crew will be carried on. 1- ff C 1 Z I w f w l Y f Y' 1 r 5 f '- 1, E, . E J Xl , 1. I Il I F' I Q i 1 5 1 : 3 lf Ti Ay! wfw N U Y 1 1 il 1 1 THE ONLY Znd DIVISION ABOARD SHIP The 2nd Division consists of about 30 men now. Besides the men Who Were discharged and transferred, it Will be impossible to mention all names. The 2nd Division is the Deck Force in the after-part of the ship, Which takes in seamanship and upkeep of that part 'of the ship, Before anybody Was discharged or transferred, Cross, BMlfc Was L.P.O. of the 2nd Division. Then Daily, BMlfc, transferred from the U.S.S. TRACY, D.M.S., came aboard the SHEA. Cross Was put in charge of lst Division, Daily Was put in charge of 2nd Division. He Was discharged after the Okinawa Campaign . Haynes Sinatra Waters, BMZXC, stepping out of the position of M.A.A. of the mess-hall, taking the place of Daily, BMlfc as Leading Division Petty Officer, But . . . Sinatra Waters is also discharged, so Iimmy Ransom, BM2fc, transferred from U.S.S. AARON WARD, DM., to the Shooting SHEA in the Philadelphia, N. Y., is noW L.P.O. of 2nd Division, He has five Coxn's to help him along: Natural Pikul from Chy , Who made the rate of Cox. aboard a Destroyer Escort in the North Atlantic , comes from Chicago. Four Piper Iarrell, Cox., Who is also from Chicago, holds the Presidential Unit Citation , Big Deal Haus Cox., from Colorado, made his rate aboard the Shoot- ing SHEA and Was married shortly after. Eyes Moore, Cox., Who is our motor-Whaleboat Cox., has intentions of becoming a detective in civilian life and also has intentions of shipping over fcr another six year cruise. Undecided . Stephens, Cox., Who made his rate by running an L.C.V.P., is noW a member of the 2nd Division. With the help of these five coxswain, Iimmy Ransom, BM2fc, hasa snap. ik ik Sam Wade, S2fc of the 2nd Division, Was in the Navy in l927. He is now in the Navy again With his l9 year old son, Who holds the rate of a Cox. Cgood manl and helped us Whip our tWo common enemies. Hudson., S'2fc, Whom We call Rat Legs because everyone doubts Whether he can get in a foot locker and close the lid or not. P.S.-He can. The folloWing men of the 2nd Division Were Honorably Discharged: Daily, BMlfc, Sinatra Waters,.BM2fc, Vant Hul, Cox., Professor Hoffman, S.2f'c, The Lip Callicutt, SZXC, Carrot Top Green, Slfc, Farmer Smith, I. W., S'2fc, Stof'o Torelli, S'2fc, Old Man Hollaway, S'2fc, McGeeney, Slfc, and Goodwin, Sl2fc. The folloWing men Were transferred after being Wounded at OkinaWa : Oliver, S'2fc, Holdbrooks, S'2fc, Vail, Slfc, Moore, S2fc, TeW, S2fc, Wade, A. K., S2fc, and Woloshuk, S2fc, Editor's Note-These so-called Deck Divisions contain the real sailors, men of the sea, Whose duty is primarily the up- keep and safety of all things pertaining to seamanship. In addition, they are right there When the going is tough, and theirs is the heartfelt and hard Won admiration of the entire personnel of the ship for their steadfast qualities. L ' Pikul, Cox, is GUNNERY GANG No more important unit exists on a fighting ship, Keep- ing the guns in perfect order under all conditions is a very big job. There is always plenty of Work to be done. The record of this ship aptly testifies to the fact that our Work Was performed in a very creditable manner. We believe We have had more laughs and fun than anyone on our beach, orliberty excursions. We'd also like to express appreciation of the assistance rendered us by the other divisions in the battle hours. We're proud of our ship and our associates- officers, chiefs and the rest of the creW. ' Happy Lynch . , , a fit running pardner for Mr. OWens. Slack IaW Davis . . . he needs a mine Winch to take in the slack in his jaws When he awakens. Teeth Woodby . , . the fightenist man in the o Div., fcr the harm of the ship only. Scrooge Becker . . . next to Metcalf is the tightest man in the Navy. Old man Casbier . . . the only man in the Navy that has to cover his face at darken ship. Bugs Bunny Finch . . . the only man that can eat an apple through Venetian Blinds. Pour by three and a half Peck . . , he Wears muzzle bags for dungarees. Grand dad Cheat- Wood . . . a very happy newlywed. BGfUCldled Yoflce - ' - never knows W1-mfg going on, tells it all over again. Slew tom Bgrrau , . . too much Wading in Louisiana Swamps. Bro, Richards . . . home WGS never like Ml- 3- Weep -I 39 Grammiconi . . . four cylinders was not enough. Slosh Felton . . , going 'back into civilian life, has no time for class. Spadefaced Kane . . . the only man in the o Divn. that has both looks and brains. Chief Reliable Wilkes . . . We'll 'leave our kids in his hiands. Casanova Dyal . . . With curly hair he couldn't lose. Tex Greer . . . With a heart as big as the State, Slim Griffith . . . after chief, the years the Navy Will offer possibilities. Handle Bar Knaus . . . good luck to a good man. Killer Pesenta . . . God's gift to the Women. Rebel Mays . . the Civil War Will never end. Short Stuff Gunnel , . . little but loud. The Gunner's Mates of the SHEA, 60 per cent of the original gang are still the fightenest and shootenest bunch of any in the Navy. The ones that have left us to pay the Supreme Sacrifice are sadly missed. Those Who have been assigned to differ- ent duty and returned to civilian life Will remem-ber the days We all fought together as a team on the shootenest ship in the Navy. The ones that are carrying on noW Will try to keep the good name everyone has contributed to the Gunner's Mates of the SHEA. The Gang. 1.- THE CONTROL GANG -igpo0 - left us to Join the Navy Air Corps Iohnson a very person Now here there, men. -Ship's holiday with the excep- ' l ' I ' ' . -- tion of the fire control gang Mark' Markl Mark' We are a small gang of I4 men, two strikers and the rest Petty Officers. We formed in Norfolk, Virginia, for train- ing, Later on we were sent to the U.S.S. SHBA in Brooklyn Navy Yard and there is where our troubles began. First trip to Bermuda. Every night while we were there you could hear the PA. system ring out all fire controlmen. and strikers man, your station for Director check . After long days of arduous practice, we left the beautiful island and headed for Norfolk. Of course, we were still holding Director checks and the gang was getting pretty well fed up for we never appreciated the importance of this practice until the Iap planes started at us. Here we would like to say a few words about the boys in the gang. Most of the boys in the gang had seen some action before coming aboard the SHEA. The gang now is the proud possessor of two wearers of the Purple Heart and two presidential Citations . One of our outstanding mem- bers, Bolstead, gave his life when the SHEA was hit. He was one swell guy and a real friend to all of us. Shrapnel Bryant, who when short of cash, rushes to the Medico and has some of the steel removed from his carcass and converts it into cash. Then we have Dashing Eichelberger, the boy that guarantees to repair the phones IF you can find him out of his rack. Meet W. D, Smith, a jolly good fellow who sings all day long-never a sad day when Smith is around. Then we have Leo Long, who is definitely the romantic type. We like his sly sense of humor. We would like to introduce you to our Chiefs: Chief Ary made his rate aboard the SHEA and it was well deserved. Our new Chief who took Ary's place came up the hard way-Chief Hrastic. He was re- puted to have a complete drug store in his locker. Brectel was renowned for having a darned good watch, which took three screw drivers to rewind. Then there was Fulton, who ax? 1 'fir able chap better known as the 40 MM King Horack is next-the only sailor who ever pulled his hitch over a Circuit, McShaffrey was the fighting Irishman who wouldnt fight without his lucky shoes. L. I. Smith left us to Q0 to The hospital-we hated to see him go. Cole, the boy who says he has never kissed a girl. Myatt-the family man who was always talking about his boy. LYT1Chf Unmhef fCfm1lY 1'f1CI1'1, who was always talking about his baby girl. Blecky, the Qld boy who swore he was '59-he was no kid. Veno, a swell guy we left at Pearl Harbor, going back for HIOTS? Yris, the sharpest guy who ever put on a set of dress blues and 'then headed for the beach. PurCSlli, the HSiI?C1'fTCfH Of the fire patrol gang-noted for his joviality and that becoming paunch. Godwin-Jbetter known as eagle eye . Krollja great big guy from the WARD, who saw plenty of action before coming aboard. Gillespie, the sonny-boy of our gang. Green is a young guy, with two sons in the service. Brown is the king of the 5 -the man who was never wrong. O'Don- nell-better known as the rajah of the radar, Lt. I. G. Moore was our fire control officer and was liked and respected by all the men. Could that man get work done? That is about all the good l can think to say about the boy.s and naturally I would be afraid to write the bad parts factually, there aren't any bad partsl. In your memory, can you remember the fire control men ever having a ship's holiday? As is customary, a good writer always saves his best material until last and our best material was Dennen-the key man of our group-and with Dennen in the Director a feeling of security. spread throughout the whole ship. So long for now-see you at the next Director Check. W. D. Smith, Slfc. at THE MINE MEN OF THE SHEA Minemcrn Extraordinary Stump Hole Bailey . . . blood brother of Ray Acoff and co-originator of The Great Speckled Bird , etc, Big Bobby Morris . . . most successful in marriage of mine gang. Bobby very happy teaching son preservation of Mine Gear. Red Eye Marsh . . . the only minernan alive with four hotel rooms and- who insisted on sleeping in the brush. Demitasse Keay . . . who fed demitasses to all the debutantes in the Sheritan, then ate the containers. He can do it too, Sugar foot Flanagan . . . when under assimilated shore bombard- ment and the slack light from the beach centered on the ship, Sugar Foot came out with 'his latest dance routine and took his bows. Hunky Waide . . , the mineman with the per- petual grouch and the goolash stand on the fantail. Clark Bar Kyle . . . when all others wished for Four Roses and Ea beautiful girl, he would settle for a Clark Candy Bar, Robert the Ripper Doty . . . who was going great guns until the tables were turned. Feets Turner . . . the only man on the ship who was not assigned a life raftg with a pair of oars and confidence in himself, he'd make out, Killer Diller you know who . . . God's gift to the fair sex and who mustered his women in squads. Spider Beadle . . . who looks like one and acts like one, but with a what you may call it in each appendage, is the most valuable man in the mine gang, Little Moose, Ir., Fitzgerald . . . the man who fooled Ship's Company for six months by having his eyes openp he sleeps that way. Brown, I, R., M.N.lfc, U.S.S. WARD-Hitchcock, M.N.2fc, U.S.S. WARD--Demetrosko, Euro- pean Theatre: are the new additions to the group and each a capable and popular fell-ow. Mattress Back Davis . , . who carried a mattress both fore and aft. He feared that some day he might fall forward, Forgetful Reeves . . . the only man on the ship who thought Church Call was Cap- tain's mass, Freddy Duddy Pratt . . . for a rough tough Chief, he purchased hundreds of roses but proved he could dig a fox hole in a steel deck. Financially Conservative Metcalf . . . who insists his dress canvas isn't dungarees and who appreciates any contribution. Radar Ears Lusk . . . the only man in the Navy who had to be kept below decks if the ship was to remain on course. But all in all, its a swell gan.g. And all's said in fun, of course!! These are the men who changed the SHEA from a D-D. to a D.M. These are the Dead Eyed Boys that assured us of safety from submarines. These the men that made such fine records in mine laying activities Never found an one - Y QTOUP Yet that could do so much talking on a telephone circuit Never a bunch who were more meticulous in the care of their gear. We are proud to have taken our part in the ad- ventures of this great ship, the U.S.S. SHEA. Donald E. Keay, MNI fc 40. - I l 3 w ,, w 'n ff 15 1 L 4 sf E Ii 2 in i 4 5 1 i I f 55 Fi fs i if ii 4 ll A 51 1 2 ,Q I ,i E Q! 'Y fl 4 1 l I I x 6 1 4 1 . I I W 1 THE GRIPES OF THE BLACK GANG BLACK GANG . That sounds sort of rough, doesn't it? Well, mate, not a bit rougher than it did to me the first day I found I had been advanced in rating from an A.S. to a F2fc, So, in order that you, the readers of this article, maY have a better understanding of us Engineers or SI1iDeS 1 as we are more commonly called, I, with the aid of our Engineering force, shall attempt to give you the straight dope as to how we work and live, mostly work, as you will see later on in this article. The nucleus and balance crews of the engineers were picked at the Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, on l Iuly l9l4'4 and V25 August 1944, respectively. The nucleus crew consisted of apprOXiIT1OIie1Y 'lhiTfY HIGH, all old salts and rated-the balance crew being just the opposite. We, up until this time, had been dry-land sailors, and the highest rate among us was Fl fc. After a six-weeks pre-commissioning course, we were transferred to the Brooklyn Navy Yard to go aboard Our new fourteen million dollar home. At this time we were all strangers to each other and to our ship., So in order that we might become better ac- quainted and made sea-faring men of us, we went on that grand and glorious thing called a SI-IAKEDOWNH. That, my friends, 'is a cruise no engineer who was aboard the old SHEA at the time will ever forget, It was continuous round of watches, General Quarters, Emergency Drills, Turn-to, and inspections. At the time we were very unhappy about the whole affair, but as you will soon see, we later appreciated our training. ' In my opinion, our one and only Boilermaker, Eugene t'Poe Cockrell, sums it up very nicely in the article which follows: l'Eng'ineering wee Never Like This It all started back in Norfolk in the summer of 1944. Along with many other snipes, I was sweating it out every Tuesday and Friday lfdraft daysl until my numbercame up for assignment to a new destroyer. Finally, the great day came, we were assigned to the U.S.S. SI-IEA fDD7'5'Ol, later the CDMISUD, and we left for K-West and the engineering pre- commissioning school, I can still hear Ortell calling cadence as we marched back and forth to school, nobody ever knew for sure if he was wheezing from over-exertion or calling cadence, because it all came through his nose-but anyiway he kept pretty good time. Finally, in late luly, 1944, at the completion of our schooling, the First Increment of the nucleus crew reported to Staten Island, New York, to get an e'arly view of the SI-IEA and see what made her tick. There were Zeke Bryan, CMM, Bub Burk, CMM, Innes, CMM, Ears Watson, CWT, and myself, Blfc, along with a few more rated men. We had almost two months there on sub- sistance, which, of course, was hard to take. By the last of September all the erstwhile plank-holders were gathered together for the Commissi-oning, which took place on 30 September 1944. Soon after we went on our shakedown to Ber- muda, which was really rugged-but so were the engineers- ask Housley or Dixon. If we engineers had a dollar for every bell we got on that shakedown cruise, we'd all be mil- lionaires. No 'such thing as lf3 back or 2X3 ahead, always FULL BACK and HFLANK AHEAD . We would steam all day and work on the machinery all night, but she was always ready. for steaming the next day. -I 42 Once in a while, if we were a little short on steam, we had to sneak a N28-1'5 sprayer plate in-who said anything about smoke? It was when we were in Bermuda that Takacs, MM3fc was elected SALT WATER KING without a dissent- ing vote. And when Fabozzi, EM1fc, told Mr. Dib'ble he was leaning over backwards to get along with Borshay, Mr. Dib'ble replied, That's not enough, fall over backwards . Once on the shakedown cruise I asked Ortell the proper way to light off an Engine Room. The prompt reply was, Oh, just go down and open all the valves that are closed and close all the ones that are open. Finally the shake- down was over, and all the engineers took that big leave fthe four days, do you remember?J and came back to the ship-all rested up and ready to go. We went to New York and picked up the U.S.S. BENNINGTON and set sail for Panama. Now the Oil Kings took turns running the tanks over so they could get rid of the job. It worked all right for every one but me, and they were so good about it all and gave me another chance 'Ccan't remember how many times I was on that last chancel, that here I am, still the SI-IEA'S oil king. There's one good thing about being oil king, you never have to worry about sleeping-you just don't. Ears Watson used about four different oil kings and finally said to Abney, You too could be Oil King . But that was one mistake Watson never made. So after we wiped up the oil we spilled in Panama, we headed for Frisco and the big New Year's Eve celebration. Of course, the Engineers all stayed aboard, being more in- terested in the upkeep and operation of the machinery than in liberty 'loh, yeal, so when they all finally staggered back to the ship, we shoved off for Pearl Harbor. I It was on the Way to Pearl Harbor that Lt. Dibble found out that Kruger WTlfc, now discharged, was making a hobby of collecting song titles. So one day he detected a suspicious haze over Number 2 stack. l-le called Kruger up and asked him if he had Smoke Gets in Your Eyes . Kruger replied, No, but I have You'll Never Know '. And who was that other character that answered the phone and said, Kelly's Pool Hall, Duty Boy speaking, when a voice said, This is Lt. Dib'ble speaking -a rather weqk voice WGS heard to say, Sorry, closed for the afternoon . But all work and no play makes the engineers dull, Boy, do they shinel In Pearl Harbor the engineers annexed the Soft 'bull Championship of the departments on the st-IEA, also the beer drinking championship and other minor de- tails. But our stay in Pearl Harbor gave us a good chance IO get OUT Spaces cleaned up and all the machinery in good running conditionFto bad we passed it up, After leaving Pearl, via Eniwetok and Ulithi, we steamed up around Okinawa and steamed and steamed and Siteqmedl There is one thing about it, the Skipper never caught the engineers with their clothes off. A few of them haven't taken them off yet! The Okinawa Campaign was one long story of working dCIYS Gnd Sleepless Hfights: but no one can ever say the engi- neers weren't ready to answer all Bells. A 'fYDiCCIl GXCtInple was the night the Kamikaze almost got us and the Captain later told us that a hard right rudder and flank speed had saved the day. We were pretty proud of that so all throughout the campaign the engineers were always there with their flank speeds, and full bqckg 1- when they were needed. Then the Ig S h d th . . . . , , D CI err inning E? May the 4thh at nine oclock in the morning, Number 1 eh room ost t e load for a few minutes becau f fusion and smoke and a broken gauge g1QSS, but ijt-iegs 510:11 1 eeiii minuteis it was all ahead full power again, There is gidQS?iY to ei gained in the engineers' force Cit's all oil, , 90 I fm Qflfflel, but there IS a deep satisfaction in a good Job Wen done' and therels CIIWCTYS Ctrl E for effort if not for 9ff1C1ef1CY'- So to the men who took her from Staten Eiggdjgi Okigagivcr aggdlgbcrik again to Philadelphia- It is Q we one. t t'11 NEVER LIKE THIS, U S1 SCIY, ENGINEERING WAS E .Ohf Yesqwe dem new forgot the Gold Braid of the ngineers. Eirst we have the erstwhile Lieutenant George L Dlbble, engineering officer, that held her down from Brooke lyn to Okinawa and back to Philadelphia, where he was de- it if? tached and, as far as we now know, he is working in Wash- ington, D. C. Next, we come to Lt. fjgi Grah'arn, or muscles, as he is some times called. He has proved himself a very competent engineering officer and has filled his duties as effectively as a Bulova watch. Know what I mean? No wisecracks, boys! Next comes the daddy of the outfit, Lieu- tenant tfigl Hash-Mark Barnes. He has been in the fire rooms and engine rooms so much that he has begun to think that is the only place for him and he seldom sees the light of day. He has been in the Navyl 'longer than most of us, the engi- neers, ever want to be. Lt. fig? Carlson came aboard in August as Lt. Dib'ble's relief, and he seems as quiet as a mouse, but you know how that goes, when he says some- thing, he wants you to jump. We don't know Mr. Carlson too well, but he seems like a regular foe , Eugene C. Cockrell, Blfc. ik ELECTRICAL GANG As yet I have touched but very lightly the Electrical Gang or Bulb Snatchers , a sub-division of the engineering division.. These boys deserve a lot of credit, They number sixteen- in all-pretty small gang, isn't it? But, under the supervision of Samuel 'fGlyptolD Borshay and Ernie fGyroi Iudson, Borshay's protege, they have done a swell job and we of the E division take our hats off to them. I believex the following comical occurrances, which took place 'in the Bulb Snatchers gang will be long remembered and enjoyed by all, especially the engineers. In no way am I responsible for their truth. They were sworn to 'by Short Circuit Ziros and Zero Ground Brodeur. They have rated them as following: 'iff iff George Beachcomber Silengo-The EM that hunted all day for the INVINCIBLE OHM SIFTERH, Donnis Hominy Grits Williams-The lad that thought the PIT LOG was the Captain's Diary. Herm Baldy Ingram-Intellectual Hair Growing wizard and Pop of the gang. Iames Rebel Iones-JMayor of Buzzard's Roost, N. C. Ioe Ears Mohring -Never will we forget his Panama Romance. Eugene Rack Time Spoyer-That's all, boys. Francis Horn Cummingsl- The Scoop Injector King, Matthew Tarzan Taranowitze- Lt. Graham's helper. Russell Rocky Kilowatt Sanderson -The Griping King. I In behalf of the Engineering Division I hope you ,now have a better idea as to what the Black Gang is like. Mervil Pappy Barrett. THE CGMMISSARY GANG We are about one of the smallest gangs aboard the ship, yet one of the most important and well known. We are the cooks and bakers, generally known as belly robbers and dough heads . As we boarded the SHEA in Brooklyn, our first intention was a glimpse of the galley, but the Chief had different ideas, so we turned to unwrapping all our new equip- ment. Spezio, SCZXC, and McGaha, SC3fc, made a delicious chicken salad for commissioning day, That was the first meal put out on the SHEA. Kerley, our Bkr.2fc, and Quinn, Bkr.3fc, prepared bread and pastry for the fellows. At first it was difficult for them because they were both used to working with plenty of equipment and facilities, but on a destroyer these were modified. They managed to more than just satisfy and please the fellows. Our thanks and gratitude to Quinn, who is now a civilian, and Kerley, who did his utmost for his shipmates and country by giving his life, will always live in our minds. At San Francisco we received three of our most unfor- gettable friends, Kennedy, SCIXC, Brown, SC2fc, and Blue, SC3fc, Kennedy was transferred in Ulithi. Blue remained with the ship until we came back to Philadelphia and was transferred to the hospital. Brown already had I8 months of Pacific duty, rating four battle stars. He recently had 3U days leave in Bridgeport, Conn., his home town.. He was a young fellow of 20 and a real proud sailor. His duty on the ship was a watch captain in the galley, So many people back home think that cooks do not man guns. Well, BIOWI1 was a gunner 'on a .50-calibre machine gun. He waS One of the men who saw the deadly Baka bomb darting for us, being the only one to fire at it with a few short bursts before I43 it came down upon him. He had what it takes. Our Skipper said, Can't lose with men like Brown on our side. Sicigmano, SC3fc, a Mediterranean Irishman, also a Brooklynite, was right at Home when we were commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He was one of the first lack of the Dust's , i.e., provider of supplies to the galley. In fact, he was one so long that everyone was afraid he would forget how to cook 'by the time he got back into the galley. Talk about a galley messer-upper, he's a lulu. Long-range Mullinax, SIXCCSCJ earned his name by firing his .20mm at incoming planes before they were even in range of the 5 guns, scaring us into believing that a plane had sneaked upon us. He was a tobacco chewer and was kept out of the galley for obvious reasons. Wall, SIXCCSCD, the Caesor Romero of the Sf-IEA, and the father of two boys. Sebastyn, CCS, with the prominent characteristics of a cook, namely a protruding abdomen, did a magnificent job of feeding the crew. He was wounded and transferred to a hospital ship leaving Domke, SCIXC, in charge of a ruined galley, a flooded mess-hall and limited equipment. He ar- ranged a temporary mess-hall top-side and somehow man- aged to pass out the chow. Everyone can vouch for the swell menus he prepared and we were sorry to lose him into that practically unknown realm of civilian life. Not to be forgotten is our supply officer, lOl1f1T1Y l0hf1' son, who had the endless job of providing the provisions. We all join in thanks to him for making the commissary depart- ment what it is. We've enjoyed his spirited direCtiO1'1-G grand fellow. - Sicignano, Sc3fc 1- FIRST DIVISION ..if',,1,3o3 : The main duties of the First Division are the upkeep ,of the forward part of the ship.. It is made up mostly of Searnyen, the backbone of the United States Navy. Their job is to keep the decks and bulkheads in good shape. At times this gets very tiring but each one takes pride When inspection day comes and the First Division gets a 4.0. I Now'we will try to' give you some of the outstanding characteristics of the men that make up the First Division. Harold Cross-His hair-cuts were the envy of the ship at sea . . . Iames Cotton-Never seen unless he was smiling, He now is in civilian life . . . Mark Newberry-He finally learned how to cut hair-oh, well, half way, anyhow . . . Tony Andirago-The women all swooned when they saw him . . . M. T. McDowell-The smiling Irishman . , . Oscar Westerholm-The Aman whose wife calls him cigarface g he is very seldom seen without one . . . Henry Murray, the Ship- fitter-he only hurries ashore . . . Alfred Gillespie,-The kid with the strawberry curl , . . P. Cooper-The fellow who was G. Q. happy . . . Ray Thompson-The fellow who 'liked mess cooking so well that he asked for another three month . , . Fetchik-A nice guy, madly in love . . , Perkins-The fellow that never knew what was going on until after it was all over . . , C. A. Addison,-The fellow who just couldn't get over seasickness . . . Reno Leonesio-The little fellow. that was always talking until one day he got shrapnel in his throat and couldnt .He is all right at present , . . Carl Gamer-This kid who really grew up . . . I. E, Todd-The fellow wh-o likes to talk of old times , . . Clyde Harris, a redhead from South Carolina that likes his foolishness . . . Bill Brock-JTT19 QUY With high ideas ' - - Carl McDonough-- The heart-breaker for women . . . R. K. Andersonf-IUST CI swell guy all around. These are the guys who have recently come aboard and are all swell Ioe's: 1. e. Davis, pomfoy, skocich, Shilling, lame-S, Curry. I Pgpg! Thompson, Duncan, Bressel, Bruggins, Beebee. Last but not least let us pay tribute to those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice: George Mann-Happy-Go-Lucky . . . Claude B, Greene- Everybody's friend . . . Richard Craig, BM2fc-A friend to A allithe seamen . , . Nutting, BM2fc-Could get more work out of us in a nice way . . . Iack Goodall-A fighter all t-he I way. There are others who have been discharged and changed duty: William McDowell-Liked to talk about the last ship he was on . . . Peter Kaufman-Speed demon to G. Q. , . . L. R, McDonald-The guy who started the ear-rings on the ship. I almost forgot one member of the First Division and Mascot for the whole ship - Frisco. He knew where to hide at time of firing. 1 Westerholm, Cox. i t Q . At the time of commissioning, the Signal Gang conf The gang ran: thus until May 4th, 1945, with the excep- Slsted Ofi OQISSTDY, I. E., SMIXC: HCIIISSH, E. I., SMlfcp tion of advancements in rating for the lucky, Q We-tier, F. s., SM3fcg Bement, R. E., sifc, Helm, P, E., sifc, Schafer, M. s., sifc, Richards, F. s., szfc, isndfsfevens, C. W., S2fc. The gang was a confident one, since allrated men and the leading strikers were qualified Tin Can Signalrnen Ca fact which all were soon to make knownl. During the busy shakedown period, we ,came to the conclu- sion that' we had a snappy gang-a fact which finally brought fruit in our first squadron maneuvers 'in the Hawaiian Islands. ' The first man to leave the gang was .gchqfgf thin-,ugh Q Medical Transfer. This was a big loss, but he was ably replaced by what we as a gang like to regard as the only Signalling Engineer, G. H. Behnke, F2fc. Through a trick of Navy luck, Behnke remained a Signalling Engineer all the time he-.was in the gang. I i Here we pause in humble tribute to those men who 1 left us on that fateful May 4th, The tireless efforts -of Bement l and Behnke, as well as the-ir personalities and character- istics, will forever live in the memory of the gang. As a result of that day, we also lost the valuable services of Hansen and Richards. l 1 With the first replacements came Evins, a promising i striker. Our next loss was Helm, through a medical dis- Chflrge. Avery valuable addition was made when we got I E1'1Qle,.SM.lfc from the U.S.S, CLARK. The gang today con- 5 Sim Of Oglesbrf CSM: Engie, sivnfc, Weiiei-, SM2fcg sms, Slfc, and Stevens, Slfc. W . . . I. E. ogiesby, csrvr, USN. Z 2 e 2 2 z f I n ' 1 N w 1 N I s b l, 5 I .W f 'x x: su 1 . I X N 1 I I .V 1 i ' I 1 w 1 1 w , 5 U N I 4 k W Q , i z 11 1 . 1 W I 'N .N -- W- . .. V MW---1-S-uw..-a FLANK SPEED! STAFF Cockrell, Eugene C., Blfc Anderson, Norman W., CM2fc Spruill, Milford F., QM, Sfc Keay, Donald E., MN l X c Maxwell, Russell M., SKDIXC Westerholrn, Oscar A., Cox. White, Charles M., RdM2fc Str-esky, larnes W., RM2fc Sicignano, E, I., Sc3fc Walker, Dudley H., IYIXC Cglesby, Ioseph E., CSM Smith, W. D., Slfc Pagliaro, Peter H., PhMlfc Vees, Edward R., CY Pikul, Stanley I., Cox. ' Case, Robert L., SoMlfc Parker, Harry S., RTIXC Newberry, Mark, Slfc Van Cott, Waldemar, BMZX c We wish to thank everyone who has helped in the Produc tion of this publication. We hope you will all be pleased and will cherish this book as a memento ot the days we have spent together. The Editor. 1 I Lt. Cjgl GEORGE D. GODPREY, Mana in Edt 9 9 1 OT IAMES E. T. CARRIGAN, Editor GUY L, KANE, RM3,fc, Associate Editor WILLIAM HUBBARD, RdM3fc, Photography CH MELVIN R. 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