Stevenson (DD 645) - Naval Cruise Book

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New Nowak IOHN SALLE . . . lack is from the great Northwest . . . 403 Eighth Ave., Nampa, Idaho. . . After V-I2 lack came aboard for cz short time in the Pacific . . . Finally rejoined us after our arrival in Brooklyn . . . Plans to return to school in the West somewhere. BILL DAY . . . from Chamois, Missouri . . . came aboard in Brooklyn after chasing the STEVE all over the Pacific. . . Also plans to go to school after separation. BOB CASE . . . chased the ship all the way to China only to catch it in Brooklyn . . . got away With the No. l Souvenir, the Ship's Wheel from Tokyo Bay . . . last ad- dress 326 East Ave., Riverhead, L. I., N. Y. CHUCK GROIEAN . . . also reported aboard in Brooklyn in time to assist ln the Overhaul. . . Didn't' get too much chance to enjoy shore duty with his wife, Ioan . . . was packing his sea bag again . . . that's the life of a regular. . . Address 344 N. Web- ster Ave., Iacksonville, Ill. Uk! Wmem .gx, BORDEN HOPKINS V KRESS ' FN l P 1 A CQ MJ Units E545 'fi -ft It ...Sli P RAIXASING Square Knot fNT8fDC Camp Wallace Texl SOUTH I :lout une If lbey dd sleep 111 laammorks ' 9 C. I . 5. N. eo I

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1-'Ag Neill. .E. H It was while we were in Seattle that RICHARD H. SMITH took over the iob of Com- municator. The C Division is a hardworking gang and so is their boss: however he still has time to tell sea stories. Smitty graduated from the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy in October 1943 having spent two years as a cadet-midshipman. It was dur- ' O one of the voyages when his ing that time that he had some seafaring adventures. n ' ' ' from Russia and passing through the Bering Sea it was ship was in a convoy returning torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat. As soon as he gets back to the States he is ' h d a lot. When he becomes a going to marry Iane, the girl about whom we have ear ' ' ' ' f ke the sea completely but will work ashore with a civilian he does not intend to orsa ' I l d or Connecticut. His home address is shipping company and settle down in Long s an 830 Hovey Ave., Rockford, Ill. LUCIEN A. DANCAUSE, smiling son of New Hampshire, was first seen at the Officers A ' t nt Navigator and Assistant Evaluator, CIC Of- Club in Hollandia, Iuly 1944. As ssis a - t d' d for Torpedo Officer, only to be ficer, A jack of all trades , Danny then under s u ie shut out by Fergy's arrival. Sufferer in the Prospective Communication Officers Course, ' 'l' Readjustment since V-I day. Bachelor of Arts. he has been an eager student of Civi ian ' ' ' f l the enterprising retail store manager University of New Hampshire, 37, he was ormer y for Endicott Iohnson Shoe Company. Possesses more photographs of family, wife Rose- ' h n does anyone else aboard land both are very mary and three year old Lucien A., Ir. t a p ' ' ' h'r for Danny. hotogenicl. So its back to Greenville, New Hamps 1 e n her way back to Seattle Since then ROBERT IACOB came aboard the Stevenson o . h l ' carr the load in the C Division and acting as captain of our he has been e ping y sonar team. Back in the days when submarines were threatening and sound contacts were frequent lake could never hit the sack without the thought of a possible rude ll to the bridge to verify awakening. Many a sound sleep was broken by an urgent ca ' d t d from Haverford College in August 1943 and entered a possible contact. fake gra ua e the Midshipman School at Northwestern University. Upon release from the Navy he in- ' ' ' ' d t ractice in the Mid- tends to study law at the University of Michigan and settle own o p West. His home address is 376 Parkway Drive, Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh 16, Penna. t m etrel and harried bridegroom . . . 1 HFEARLESS PHILIPPE' DE YOUNG . . . s or y p arrived in the Admiralties and soon became indispensable aboard ship as CIC and Fighter-Intercept Officer . . . major problem during Seattle overhaul was getting Loran aboard . . . missed Iwo for Radar School, Camp Catlin, Pearl . . . Reluctant draftee as Wardroom Mess Treasurer . . . I do not choose to run and will not serve if elected. A licensed student pilot Phil left the study of Architecture at the University of Michigan early in the war in favor of Naval flight training . . . A confirmed New Englander, Brook- ' ' ' ' h ts his degree field Center, Conn., Phil intends to bring his Chicago bride east after e ge in architecture at Ann Arbor. . . ER R orted aboard the Stevenson in May 1945 during the Okinawa FRANK FRAS , I . rep campaign and joined the mighty C Division. Since then he has been the ship's Mail Officer and together with his right hand man, Prix, has kept our mail coming and going smoothly. Frank was attending the University of Michigan and left before graduation to ' l waiting to get back to the U S. and to a cer- enter the Navy. Right now he is eager y , ' ' ' f th m shortly after his return. tain girl. It is expected that wedding bells will ring or e After release to inactive duty he hopes to return to school and upon graduation settle down and have an all civilian family. His home address is 2435 Underhill Road, Toledo, Ohio. WM. I. MCFARLIN, Bill , came aboard the STEVE in 1943 and soon became the communicator. His ready wit and friendliness soon endeared him to all hands. Mac's orders arrived in Seattle taking him to the staff of CDS 25 but even after that we occa sionally opened a few cans with him when the fleet was in port. After separation w r 'ob in the printing business in Boston. His Bill returned to his wife and his pre- a 1 home address is 408 Front St., Weymouth, Mass. 79

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IOSEPH W. PITT came aboard the STEVE in April of this year and took over the duties of Assistant First Lieutenant. Since then he has been boss of the 2nd Division and has been helping Charlie keep the STEVE shipshape. Ioe comes from Texas, as everybody aboard must know, and brngs with him a little of the drawl and a lot of the 6211141 fzeufd. amf paqmadllefzft CHARLES H. NOLD, IR. came to the Stevenson in January 1944 just before she set out for the Pacific. In April of this year he relieved our old friend Ed Fritz as First Lieu- tenant., Since the ship's visit to Tokyo -Bay, Charlie has had the collateral duty of ad- viser, friend, and custodian of Geisha, the little brown and white dog which he found in Yokosuka. Before coming into the Navy, Charlie attended Brown University and was in the NROTC unit there. Upon receiving his commission he reported to the Destroyer School at Norfolk and from there to the STEVE. Right now he is undecided about the future. He will probably live near Philadelphia at 100 Wynnedale Rd., Narberth, Pa., and settle down in some business the nature 'of whch is now pretty indefinite. , friendly manner that characterize the people from that remarkable place. He also has some of the spirit of Sam Houston which he showed when he resisted the supporters of King Neptune's throne. Ioe was attending the University of Texas before he entered the Navy. Upon becoming a civilian again he hopes to finish his course at the University of Texas and then settle down to a quiet home life in San Antonio at 3202 McCullough Ave. EDFR EDWARD A. FRITZ, Big Ed , came aboard ,at the very beginning of the STEVES career. As First Lieutenant he was a man of 'few words but with a sense of humor which made him well liked by all. Formerly a bachelor Ed married Eleanor when the STEVE came back to Seattle. Before the war an accountant, Ed is again a civilian and probably back to his old field. Ed gives his address as Arlington, Vermont. IOHN E. HARWOOD, Pop , Dean of the Wardroom Mess by virtue of his thirty-odd years . . . reported aboard in the Admiralties in October 1944 . . . Boss of the One-Man Division . . . Specialized in Kamakaze crash drills during pre-dawn alerts at Camp lef- ferson . . . Saw only real action when Frenchman's Creek proved too hot for the mess hall . . . Since V-I Day most likely to be seen sunning himself on the forecastle. Coach majored in football and baseball at Hampton-Sydney prior to graduation in 1932 and be- came athletic instructor and teacher of Spanish at Farmville High School. He plans quickest possible exit from the Navy and a speedy return to Farmville, Virginia, where an insurance business, a patient wife, Mary Scott, and the Harwood Division-Iohn E., Ir., Susan Scott, and Robert-aged ll, 6, and 3 respectively, are all eagerly waiting. WILLIAM E. HERRON known variously as Pay or Bill was our genial Paymaster and Supply Officer from Ian. 1944 when he came aboard until his relief finally arrived in Sept. 1945. How Pay always managed to have the stores arrive in the middle of the night, we'll never know. But Bill was always generous with his sympathy anyway. Bill and Betty plan to live at 1095 Piedmont Road in Columbus, Ohio, where Bill is going back to the Law School at Ohio State. No family as yet at the last report. IAMES GRISHAM, Pay . . . Slim, silent, skeptical . . . arrived iust in time for world cruise . . . given unenviable task of separating Title B from Title C . . . cigars, poker and Scotch betray him as a son of the Southwest. Native of Arizona. . . Majored in Busi- ness Administration at University of Arizona and University of Idaho. . . Graduate School of Business and Navy Supply Corps School at Harvard came next . . . his wife Margaret is from Maine and so it is to be New England C138 Main Ave., Gardiner, Mainel after Harvard Law School.