Sheliak (AKA 62) - Naval Cruise Book

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-3' '-'W - ' MUNITIONS DEPARTMENT Spread out from stem to stern across the Sheliak are enough guns to take the old Fort McHenry by storm. Ranging any- where from .45 caliber semi-automatic pistols and M-1 rifles to a five-inch can- non on the stern, the gunnery department maintains and repairs approximately 300 weapons. Under the guidance of two offi- cers and a dozen enlisted personnel this bullet family is steadily ensconced in the Shangri-La of recoil springs, accelerators and triggers. Scarcely a day goes by but one of them is seen stripping, cleaning and assembling some piece of artillery. Over and beyond the afore-mentioned five inch cannon the most intense consid- eration is given to the .50 caliber, 20 mm and 40 mm anti-aircraft guns. Actually the smooth fiuidity of operation evi- denced in these weapons did most to safe- guard the ship during those near-miss circus dips of suicide planes off Okinawa. When broken down to its fundamen- tals, the problems of gunnery are not so easy today as they were when Calamity jane emptied a barrel riding side saddle through the hills. Modern mechanisms are decidedly intricate and the difficulties of a jam or miss-fire are more than Ha pause in the day's occupation? Any qualified nursemaid to a forty H DIVISION ' millimeter gun must combine within him- self the talents of precisionist, mechanic, magician and saint. It's a tough job from any angle and because of this very fact a decided nod of approval should be given to the gunnery department for their part in the smooth continuum of the Sheliakk' performance. Left to right: Lt. fjgj Fred U. Tate, USPHS, Douglas A. Reid. PhM1c, jack Badaracco, PhM5C, Arthur Edell, PhM2c, Vic H. Tanelli, HA1c, Richard Holbrook, CPhM. SICK BAY Sick Call! These are the familiar words heard each morning at 0800 over the Sheliak public address system, at which time all the sick, lame and lazy report to sick bay for treatment of their ill. Long before the call, one may find a line of men extending down the passageway waiting to enter the seagoing hospital, manned by a competent staff of surgeon and six hos- pital corpsmen. The treatment received by the individ- ual man ranges anywhere from the com- mon cold to athlete's foot, or anything else which may go wrong with the human anatomy. During the sick call hour the division takes care of about 30 to 50 men, many of whom when told what their ailment is offer the familiar statement, Say, Doc, do you think I can work this up into an M. D.? Usually the answer is negative, and the patient though cured leaves healthy, if discouraged. The common expression used in the service 'fIf you can see it, paint it with tincture of merthiolate, and if you can't see it, give him an aspirin, hardly holds true for the Slzeliak sick bay. Actually an abundance of medical supplies are used each month in the treatment of the men. Over and above the ordinary run of medi- cants the hospital has a necessary amount of surgical instruments qualified for any- thing from the removal of small cysts to abdominal or bone surgery. Further, the department has a fine library of modern medical books containing a sufficiency of knowledge for the care and cure of all cases. The aim of our department, is sim- ple. It is to keep the men well on the Sheliale. A modified version of the Navy medical slogan-To keep as many men on the job as many days as possible, is likewise the purpose in our department. X .21.

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