Staten Island (AGB 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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I I .p r If ' if i ' 2 K .J I i 4 ,--f ,-!-A,f ,lf ,.ff , ,f ' ,--f' JM' . Z' . ,Il-'Z ,,f K I ,- , fu ,, uf ,. ,,,X f,---- 'I , .,.-ff 'Z ,.f ,I rf ' f-fi ff - . Y ? d f' -rr-H-.. - u - Top left is the Ist Division: front row Cl to rl MONSON, MOONEY, PUGESAK, KEBODEAUX, McCOOLg second row: YUNGER, SHEPARD, REIFF, KILLEEN, WILLIAMS: third row: DUNGCA, OLSON, WHITE, SAULS, RENCH, HIGHLEY, fourth row: FEGURGUR, HELPINGSTINE, LONGDYKE, SUD- LOW, LINGO, fifth row: CHBOSN SCHARER and HAMIL- TON, BMC. Below them is the second division, kneeling, HENDERSON, WASSON, SAMPSON, LAHUE, SHIVELEY, JETER, FLINT, first row standing: MONROE, NICOLO, VARNUM, SCHUERGER, RODGERS, WAINWRIGHT, BIND- ER HARVEY second row MCCRACKIN POWELL LEON ARD SPATH OBERG LOOMIS REIDBURN COOK back row ANDERSON VINSON THAMES SEIDLING BLECH SCHMIDT . ' Q ..- f , 'Y ,f ef, ,M or .- l --.4 - Y , V .- -.sw , ' ..s L- ' W .. ,- . Mf, -. - ,-...h: - MELBOURNE: A VERY SHORT VISIT Alter a smooth and uneventful trip north, STATEN IS- LAND finally arrived at Melbourne on 13 February, inorc than ll weeks after its last contact with civiliza- tion. All hands were fully prepared for a week they would always remember, After an inspection by the Commanding Officer, liberty call went down and the quarterdeck was swarming with people. Suddenly the entire complexion of things changed abruptly. An urgent message had just been received from Coininander, Naval Support Forces Antarctica, ordering ST.-XTEN ISLAND to depart Melbourne the following morning. return to Lyttclton, pick up sup- plies. and-of all places-head back for Mckilurdo. XVith NOlirl'lnlNX'lND diverted to the Palmer Peninsula, there was no other icebreaker available to make the final run llilkklll. lt was a hard blow to take alter so long in the ice, and with Melbourne beckoning and Seattle not far awayg but once more the icebreaker responded to the call- and with a single nights hectic liberty under our belts, we stood out across the Tasinan Sea to New Zealand. The first view of Melbourne we had was the vessel pic- tured ltop rightl, which carried our pilot out to meet us. After berthing, the Commanding Officer spoke to the assembled crew on the flight deck lbottom rightj. And the Deck Department posed prettily for their pictures. I Q r E I ' ' - 1 I I ' ' i I , I I I - . . 46 ,

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il 7. AT ORK Upper left: MARTINEZ SH3 with helpers PRESCOTT, REN- TERIA and GUIDRY, all seamen, baling out The laundry after a small catastrophe that was merely routine to This group. Upper right: Although never fired in anger for even for practicej AO mm's require constant maintenance and this they received from The capable gun crews. Lower left: MARCHMENT AGT in his office, whence came all sorts of information and predictions about the weather, which proved highly accurate and very useful. Lower center: Clipping the curly locks of TOMES, ENC, is the busy ship's barber, FERNANDEZ SH2, whose job con- tinued no matter what the weather or scenery outside. Lower right: Senior man in terms of service aboard STAT- EN ISLAND, SAMPSON BM2 concentrates hard in the sail locker, thinking of those days when the ship was returned from Russia. 48 X