Shea (DM 30) - Naval Cruise Book

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' . ' 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-

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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-

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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-