Steinaker (DD 863) - Naval Cruise Book

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I t Basically a naval warship is at floating f-lu Platform. Our department consists of the men who kee the torpedoes, guns and fire control equipment ifinfvliorking order and the men who keep the fltntidng platform clean and bright. Of all the ship's personnel, approximately one-third are members of the gunna . For ease of administration, the department 15 divided into two major divisions, Deck and Ordnance, headed by the gunnery oflicer. .On this cruise we have had two gunnery officers. Lieutenant lxerr was the head of the department until he was transferred in,March. At this time Lieutenant Dutt took over. The Deck division, consisting, of roughly two- thirds of the department, is run by the First Lieu- tenant. Lieutenant Dutt was our First Lieutenant until March when he was succeeded by Mr. McCarthy. His right hand man is Ensign Twoney fYVe call him o11r Second Lieutenantj. The Deck division is split into the First and Second Divisions. The First division is responsible for the maintenance of the forward half of the hull, and the Second division for the after half. You will meet the Bosn's Mates who run these divisions, and see them and their men at work on the following pages. Some of them can be seen uturning tow. t GUN N ER' S The routine duties of a gunner's mate is to main- tain, repair and operate the mechanical and hydraulic mechanisms associated with the guns. The three groups of gunner's mates aboard the Steinaker are the Main Battery, the 40 Millimeter Battery and the Magazine Crew. In charge of the three groups is Chief Gunners Mate Joe Palermo. This man furnishes in- spiration and leadership to all the GM's under h' is supervision. Hi love of athletics, paper k, d 1IIV.C.T.U. have endeared him to the heartswdfl allahlis oys.. Inventor and patent holder of the cdiberty machmen, the Ch1ef's most used expression is ccpaper Workv PaPe1' Work, Yeah, makes ,em shoot bett , ern. In the main battery we have cc0kien Rebels who is a leading expert on women as well as guns, in charge of mount 51. Barnard, ccOkie'sv striker, is beino' tutored in the ways of a gunner's mate while at libcrtyti as .well as at work. La Russa, who just loves to scrub paint work, has mount 52 under control. Many men in the gun gang believe Chisholm, his striker, is inheritin LaRussa's love of scrubbin aint k g S P Wor . Cossman and ccPossumn Thomas are waves of destruction in mount 53: Gossman is the head bilge cleaner and ccPossumn IS the clown. In charge of the 40 Millim t B ccMattress Backn Turnage, strictleyea reiiiiflgldli Tvliiishlzide wants nothing out of life except to get out of the N y Working for aMattress Backs we have ccMuggSD Ilnoliiiicli-led funlgshl-is many laughs with imitations of P run prize fighter. allam Bone, Ham an i THE GUNNRRX DhPAR I MILNI lhe Urdnant-v division ll mgdg W, ratings 4 tinnne-r's Mates, who keep the an Fire' li0llil'UlIllt'll-. who Iliff! illtil they 5 the right dire-ction: and Torpedomen, who of and fire' our tin fishll and depth C page will bi- de-voted to these gauge of them in at-tion later on. The administration of the Ordnance haudletl by the gun lions , ably assisted by Calnan and linsign Proctor. The top pe-tty oflicers in our department are Cllflls. 'l'bt'y sm' that department policy IB out, trouble shoot. the gear, give advice, and general act as the spokesman for their own They arc: Chit-f' finnner's Mate Palermo, Controhuau Holly. Chief' Torpedoman. and Chief' lloatswainls Mate Walters fwllo says after 22 years hc's di-vided not to make a career the Navy and is going to get outl. W'ell, in a nutshell, that's how our is made up. Nvc think itls the best there is. Afterall, the only reason tlnn, our ship WVHS built was to Garry us in to where we can go to work with Olll' guns, torpedoes and depth charges and .then to carry us back out again. MATES able striker, has a burning ambition to become a mil- lionaire and return to the lliviera and lounge 3l'0l1l1d in a bikini bathing suit. ccDenny Dim-Win: Bordenet keeps his guns shining and shooting. H.D. Bennm, or Bennett 1 is trying to turn the calender around three times as fast and return home to all the P10397 girls. His brother LA. or Bennett 2 is g0iI1g t0 his darndest to beat, his brother home. GJHWSPP streth, after he puts in his twenty, wants to m8lC6 the world his playground and pollute it with KDBTHBCI Old girls... ccWeeli Ends Farrington, as camera as Betty Crable, is bribing the snipes so he C311 beat the stork to North Carolina. . .alirautn Erbstoesser the reputation of making the best coffee in the The Magazine Gang consists of six men by Lillgc, GMI rm.: runner. cuz. tinge being of quiet type aboard ship. but not, so we hear, with the ladies. .Need more be said ? Fuller. U0 himself with the ladies. has thrown them over S0 to devote more time to his new found life RS Master at Arms for the first division. aHipsw an able striker, would sooner cat candy than l1ifV3 company of' a pretty girl and insists he is Stay!!-lg twenty- 44Fislm Fortuna puts it this WBY. aI'd Cat' Spilglletti than slcvpbb. .. t40r workin adds buddies. And who is floil's gift to women ll. - - in.varn,l9ieat.li fso he thinksb. L st but not lottsi have ' D0 D Di Cinque whose treatments for W0l1ld definitely not be recommended by 5110 profession.

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