Stoddard (DD 566) - Naval Cruise Book

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Like a centralized fix-it shop R Division con- gregates all the men who repair all the things that could go haywire throughout the ship. lf the plumb- ing doesn't work R Division will help. lf the gyro is acting up, R Division will fix it. If the whale boat won't run, R Division will get it going again. From a hole in the hull to a light that is burnt out, R Division is ready to repair it. The ingenuity and resourcefulness of the tra- ditional Yankee mechanic is the special characteristic of all the men in this division. They can and will try to do the job. And if the job, no matter how large or how small, is humanly possible, they will do it. These are men that can't be stopped and won't take no for an answer. In their hands a piece of wire, some putty, and a screwdriver become more than tools and materials, they will form a plug for a leaking pipe, a secure connection for a telephone jack, even, if necessary, a jumper for a shorted wire. Their job is a large one on a ship nearing the quarter-century mark. The fact that it is still holding together better than its builders expected is due to them and to their predecessors. DIVISION SFP2 Tozzi fixed many items on the vise in the shipfitters' shop. -- .,,.,, ,.,,,, , ,, ..,. W 1 mower- Mil: limes an '1 H 1 ' V '

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gi 1 if-.. i f' , is i :gl T fl l il ,ik I FRONT ROW: TN Capistrano, DK2 Edwards, DK2 Phillips, CS2 Ellis, CSSN Bennett, TN Dolopo, TN Nool, TN Dioquino. SECOND ROW: SM2 Brown, CS1 Bryan, SK3 Glasson, SN Andrews, CS3 Trueblood, SH3 Watson, SN Morrell, CS3 Gamer, LTJG Fay. THIRD ROW: SN Diaz, SH3 Jones, SK3 Bjork, SN Shattuck, SN Rauh, SH2 Batiste, SHSN Grosso, SK3 Roth. 1 oi x