Steinaker (DD 863) - Naval Cruise Book

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' ,llgiiq yt fm ,I .fr TOUR OF SWITZERLAND fconhj if In the real alpine country now, they passed through the towns of Zweisimmen, Gstaad, Chateau- d' Oex, Gruyere fwhere the famed cheese originatedj, Chatel-St. Denis Very and finally arrived in Montreaux. Enroute, the many people passed who were out for Sunday afternoon strolls waved cheerfully and ap- peared a bit surprised to see sailors in the mountains. Once or twice minor avalanches could be seen that had turned bare streaks downamountainside leaving a high pile of snow at the foot. At Montreaux they stopped at the magnificent Namso, the palace hotel overlooking the eastern end of thelake of Geneva and the Alps. Monday morning they took a cog-wheel railway to Rochers-de-Naye at the top of a mountain of the same name. Here the snow was several feet deep and the sunshine dazzling. At first a more perfect day would have been hard to find but suddenly clouds blew in and obscured the view, therefore the tour returned to Montreaux early and went on to Geneva along the north coast of the lake for more sightseeing and shopping before leaving the country. Before nightfall they reluc- tantly left the delightful, friendly country of many languages, where every able bodied man from 16 to 60 is a soldier and yet their country has been neutral for many years. Monday night was spent in Aix- Lex-Bains and Tuesday saw them returning via Route Napoleon to Cannes, France. PARIS TOUR The period of March 21-25, 1952 for the members of the Paris tour will be a source of interesting stories and fond memories that will grow extravagant with the passing of time. We all anticipated an interesting and excitingvisit and none of us was disappointed. The 'five day tour actually consisted of three days and 4 nights in Paris and two days travelling time. We departed at 0700 March 21, from Cannes and after travelling about 752, of the length of France we arrived in Paris at 2115, eager and ready to start seeing the city. In our attempt to experience the city's night life and still visit the many places of interest, we learned . very quickly that the one problem was to End time to sleep. Many of us solved this by getting a couple of hours of sleep in the morning and right after supper. During the daytime on our initiative and on organized tours we visited the streets, buildings, and monuments that have immortalized Paris. The most beautiful square in the world is probably the Place de la Concorde. From the center of this square you can look the entire length of the Champs-Elysees, a great and beautiful boulevard, to the Arc de Triomphe and then turn and look across the Jardin des Tuileries to the Louvre and then turning to your right you can see the beautiful Concorde Bridge and the Eiffel tower. In the center of this square is the Oberlisk of Luxor and around the square in little stone pavilions are eight statues symbolizing the 8 great provincial cities of France. The Arc de Triomphe and the Eternal Flame of Remembrance is very 'impressive but equally impres- sive is its setting in the center of the Place de l' Etoile with the harmonious arrangement of the twelve avenues radiating from it and all the buil- dings facing the center of the square of exactly the same height and shape so as not to detract from the Arc de Triomphe. . We visited many other places of interest such as the Pantheon, Eiffel tower, Invalides, Sorbonne, the Left Bank, the Latin Quarter, Montmartre Section, Montparnasse, and the Cathedral Notre Dame and spent an afternoon at Versailles, built by Louis XIV, enjoyed by Louis V and paid for by Louis XVI. There were pleasant hours spent walking the streets of Paris such as the Rue de la Paix, Boulevard Saint Michel fBoul Michj and sitting at side walk Cafes watching the people and trying to take candid snapshots fespecially of the girlsj. Some of us expe- rienced the pleasures of French cooking at some of the well established restaurants. Then there was Paris at night, the Rue Pigalle crowded with night clubs, bars, dives, and joints all featuring la femme and the Bal Tabarin and its fantastically lavish floor show and Morgan's bar wliere a bowl of chili and a hot dog at 4 in the morning broke the montony of champagne and at- tractive womeng the Champs-Elysees and its lavish night clubs especially the Lido, the Left Bank and its smoke filled cellar night clubs with the Vieux Colombier packing them in with a solid live pi6C9 dombo featuring Sydney Bechet fa truly great Dixie Land jazz clarinetistjg the Folies Bergeres whose show is extremely extravagant and the spirit of some of its numbers seems to be without restraint. We all found it difficult to bid goodbye to Paris the morning of March 25 and when we left mQS11 of us had hopes of returning someday. 1 I ' f L -- 'W

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ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT ccThe effectiveness of any navy is always gauged by its ability to damage and destroy the enemy. Suc- cess in such a venture depends upon various weapons, which on board ship are underthe supervision of the Gunnery Departmentn. The effectiveness of the Stei- naker can then be judged by the accurecy of our firing whether it be five inch, 40 millimeter, depth charges, hedgehogs, or torpedoes. The 4cStinkyv has always managed to get its share, and more too, of drones, sleeves and theoretically destroyed Subs and surface targets with its torpedo and depth charge attacks. The ship has always had high marks in gunnery, these marks being the result of the best ordnance gang in the whole aTin-can Navyn. Any member of the ordnance gang, whether he be GM, TM, or FC has a working rate. Just because a man is a petty oflicer, is no sign that he doesn't work. For illustration we have 44' men in the department, and of these about one half are rated men. These men are not specialists in just one particular phase of their work, but can perform almost any duty of their rate aboard this or any other similar ship. The following may serve as a hint to the type of man it takes to become a member of the ordnance gang and the type of work he does. X TCRPEDO GANG fThe Ten Tall Menj , As in all destroyers, the more intelligent, good- looking and astute characters are found in the torpedo gang. The function of this gang is the maintenance of the depth charge battery and the torpedoes which are referred to as ccfishn in the Navy. In charge of these we have such capable men as Chief Torpedoman Copperberg whose decisions are always accuratef?j JustQ?j and unquestionedQ???j Next in charge we have TMI Gerald ccThe Clowrm Randolph - part torpedoman, part gangster, not much sailor, home owner, land owner, or what have you. The last of the petty officers but not the feast is Lewis ccShore Patroln Becker TM3, lumber salesman par excellence, who is serving modestly but efficiently as custodian of the tube mount. Heading the list of efficient strikers is well-liked, quiet mannered Wayne Barber, who is a farmer of the first water in his own right. . . David, ccArabD Stehn is Barber's most efficient and forgetful helper. . . Who puts the vitamins in Brooklyn ? George Terry, a true reserve who has answered the call to arms. . . 4cMushn Musbach, a dapper young man, slaves among the K-guns with no thought ofhimself. . . J oe Pucciarella keeps his assigned K-guns andhidepth charges gleaming and deadly Qwhen they workj. Sam- son of the gang is Tom Crogan who relishes loading and unloading depth charges. . . Next probable mayor of Limestone, Tennessee - if he can keep awake - is Louis ccTennesseen Bitner. FIRE CGNTROLMEN e ' Contrary to popular speculation on just exactly what a Fire Controlman is, he is not a member of the abucket brigaden. The main function of a Fire Controlman is to maintain, repair and operate the various and sundry equipment that has to do with aiming and firing the ship's guns and other offensive weapons. His motto is cclf you didn't do it, radio itn. In charge of the Fire Controlmen we have Chief Holly fhis name always spoken in whispers, who has a natural affinity for always showing up as soon as the entire working force has assembled around the coffee pot. . . George O'Neill, top whip cracker, still dreams of doing his twenty traveling week-ends between Norfolk and Maryland. . . Strictly a liberty hound of the first water, Ernie Calvert, has out one desire out of his navy life - Shore duty in Virginia Beach. . . Then there is ccMetroD or ccCecil Bm Hutchison who labors under the impression that he is in the Con- federate Navy. His dreams are of being a motion picture producer. . . c4Stronksv Milburn, who has spent most of his cruise in his sack, is counting the hours until he gets back to Baltimore and Doris. . . We come now to the strikers. Those poor downtrodden people who have to bear the brunt of everything. They are numerous in number but you wouldn't think so if there was a working party in the offing. There is McFerron who wants to get home to his wife and go to school in Washington. . . There are others who want to go home to their women too.. . Madenfort, who has been engaged for about twenty years, is going to get married when the cruise is finished. . . Bowden is carrying on a romance by mail to some little thing back home in Maine that is killing the postman. .. ccDickyn Davenport has hung his flames portrait in ccplotn and spends most of his time look- ing over the rim of his coffee cup at it. . . The steady- ing influence of the gang is cclrvn Barbyg the guy everyone would like to be like, but can't ind out how he got that way. . . ccKirbyn Kerstetter, who is our budding author, is writing a novel expected to end all novels. . . ccGeorgieD Dowden, our Fire Control Yeoman puts it this way, aYawnn! Last but by far not the quietest is W.T. KG-riffn Griffin, condemmer of all the third class petty officers. f- se