Wasatch (AGC 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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I Q 4. 3, E N M U H N M n n From left to right first row Thomas, Lawrence, Sliwa, Rineboid, Klasner, Lt-IJ85.El10t, Treadwaya Sutley, Mahah, Newport, and Collins. Second row Brinkley, Garvin, De Ordio, Zellner, Dunn, Massari, Simmons, Scott, Shuey, Rabern, Solomon, Lu pkin, Koi, LaRowe, and Lintner. Third row 5PeiFn0USe, Passori. Padgett, Sands, Egan, Carbone, Kimmell, Baccanti, Aiello, Allia, Kennell, and Mackin. Not in picture Ahern, Nonman, King, Cornfield, Aubrey, Borgerding, Kosarek, Abel, Baucher, Broomhall, Dalton, Bunner, Stefaniak, Byad, Baudreau, Garza, and Jones. I FIRST DIVISION BY v. G. ALLIA, s1C The following nam d men from the First Division assigned to the Wasatch reported at Newport, R. I.3 Klasner, Treadway, E. Dunn, Kosarek, J. Ahern, Allis, Garvin, Zellner, Broomhall, Egan, Massari, Aiello, Lawrence, Sands, Shellhouse, Scott, Sutley, Koi, King, Brinkley, Litner, Kennell, Baccanti, Shuey, LaRowe, Stefaniak, Turner, and Lumpkin. ' , At Norfolk, Va. we received De Ordio and Norman from Bainbridge, Md., Sliwa, Rhinebold, Collins, Solomon, Thomas, and Newport from Florida. At New Guinea Carbone and Mackin came aboard. At Leyte Aubrey, Abel, Beaudreau, Barden, Boucher, Borgarding, Dalton, Jones, Bunner, and Cornfield joined us. g A - The men worked with the skill and efficiency of a well trained unit. As a five inch crew they were second to none and showed their ability, when timed by our past Executive Officer, W. B. Tucker, by putting out twenty rounds in one minute. The twenty millimeter crews also did their share in keeping the enemy planes at bay. Coxswains Zellner, Sliwa, Rhinebold, and Dunn were instrumental in transporting troops ashore. Zellner handled the VP in which General MacArthur went ashore at Leyte and Lingayen Gulf. On the humorous side, E. V. Dunn as Wmomn, J. J. Ahern as njuniorn, Jim Allis as npopn, and Bucky Evans as Nunclen aided greatly in making things easier for this ordeal. URadarN Sliwa, WMonkeyN Sands, and Uaffablen Roc Carbone produced laughs at intervals as did also HBoatsH Baccanti, who took a lot of kidding about his aspiration to become a Boatswain's Mate. ' Their general pass-time is playing pinnochle Cnlooking at a fewn, they call itl, checkers, reading comics, and movie magazines. fThe favorite pin-up girl is a toss-up between Joan Leslie and Esther Williams... they like the buxom type, apparently. The boys thank Hollywood stars Frances Langford, Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, and the members of the road shows NThis is the Armyn and Oklahoman for furnishing the much needed entertainment to make them forget ftemporarilyj the hardships of war. The First Division is proud of the part they played in making the Wasatch a fighting ship and an accommodating one.

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Ja ...W ,.,,.i,,,,l,.,.,..l,,., ,J K, H , . as g. . ..., ,. ,s.,.:.. ' ...L - T-s 'H-'mmf--f--Er:-t g 1' 'H From left to right first row Beroski, Hale, Souza, Ch. Carp. Hanson, Captain - Granum, Lt.fjgl Sommers, Ayers, Sullivan, Montgomery, and Erdmann. Second row Brennemann, Toothman, Kelley, Sirkis, Wescott, Westerfield, Haynes, Cohen, Johnston, and Knipple. Third row Davis, Stephens, Fusting, Davenport, Rutter, Kolarik, Schneider, Haynes, Lunnen, and Monaco. Not in picture Eckman. , - R DIVISION V BY J. W. STEPHENS, Y2C ,c'The R division has been called the CQR division. There has been more con- struction than repair work done on the ship. The AGC Calmost got completedl had no more than cleared the docks at Norfolk when the burners and Welders were string- ing leads to complete installations and build things to suit the whims of various people. These jobs tried'the collected skills of shipfitters Cagle and Ayers, Metalsmith,Brenneman,'Molder Lunnen, and Carpenters Beroski and Donnersberger, be- sides the division officers, Mr. Sommers and Mr. Hansen in charge. Keeping the boats in running condition usually took the holiday routines. Comshaw jobs played a part in the activities. And of course the boys did pretty well at keeping on the good side of the cooks, bakers, photographers, and printers - bakers got the high- est priority. V ' ' V One could usually find the men busily engaged in their work or getting ready to work. ,Schneider likes best the jobs in the galley. When not mothering the little monkey, Rutter would be teaching the fine points of welding to Kim el. Souza and Hale enjoyed the jobs making the most noise. Cohen and Kelley installed the plumbing and Toothman, Lazur, Knipple, and Johnston devoted much time to keeping it open. iwesterfield, the entrepreneur type, and Wescott did very well the job of catering in the mess hall. Fusting and Kolarik were always on the boats. Hardister and Monaco were usually on the way after a forgotten tool. Donnersberger and Sirkis caught up on their work on Sundays. Erdmann liked the planning of a job. Tillie, with more points than Andreshak, sure put on the high hat. Eckman and Morse could be found almost anyplace, usually at the paint locker, checking C02 bottles. At the paint locker the visitor could always find a cup of coffee and a good story from Hays and Baird. Jacob issued the paint Davenport worked so hard to mix. In the First Lieutenant's office, Stephens, the yeoman, could sometimes be found.

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-..,,... .'........l.....!-..-,-1l,e.,..-m-n.- Y N ,-.......,,,1-9-:ere-:cds-:l-'riff-Fe.,- - .-.z. ., . .- - -'----f gn., ,A . , ..-.-me-C-.Q-ff..-e.urlrfsa :vQe:n-uct, . l..T.1 - .,..-A-,- - ff , ., . - . . From left to right first row Ahern, Bayles, Fisher, Parris, Sharar, Coleman, r Mickle, Sparrow, Gay, and Menietto. Second row Morneau, Lindheimer, Grubbs, Rivers, Macaulay, Lt.CjgD Roberson, Lt.CjgD Duda Cdivision officerl, Alvarado, Foust, Lamoureux, Friedman, and Saccente. Third row Leggs, Swanson, Cox, Manning, Blocker, Palmer, Perdue, Kessel, Dunn, Forte, Ascinone, and Scardillo. Fourth row Blum, Breen, Stout, Lutz, Perry, Simmons, Sherman, Rubino, Browne, doth, Bolak, Althoff, and Stack. Not in picture Brovm, Bollish, Lattimore, Daniels, and Smith. ' SECOND DIVISICDN The Second Division is the WOld reliablen that looks after the midships, davits, passageways, ladders, gangways, compartments, and boats. And it does it's best on the guns Where you find a tough job, you will find the Second Division, sandwiched in perhaps, but there nevertheless. , 1et's get down to cases and highlight the sidelights that make up this WOld reliablen of the deck. For instance, we have WSteakW Stack, one in a million and Second Division had to get him. iObserve VFrosty' Foust carefullyg he is typical of the Navy. Then there's WFat boyn Sherman, Captain of the Admiral's barge. WI wants get marriedn Forte is a family man first.class. G.L. Dunn is Chief of the side-cleaners. C.R. Palmer is the hardest 'working mah in the division. C. Manning is known as the mother of the boys. J.R. Breen is a sack-duty sailor. Fred Alvararado is the daddy of them all. W. Lindheimer sings the blues. F. Smith learns the barber trade in the compartment. F.J. Saccente keeps the boys' morale high. L.E. Mickle is our sick bay commando. we have M.A. Swanson, the yap yap kid, always yapping. W.A. Sparrow is the typical lonely heart sailor. N.E. Stout is the big shot of the hot spot lincineratorl. H.O. Althoff is stuck for three more years. M.F. CEager Beaverl Brown is Chief - almost. R.L. Lattimore is the lover from Baltimore. A.E. Kessel has the general stand-by for the boat crew. His ambition is to have a boat of his own.l'R. Fisher we call the sailor with the diaryp R.J. Roth is WThe big dealerU. W. Cox is a new-comer. E. Perdue, carpenter, always breaks the furniture. J.E. Gay has a sixty- mile-an-hour-horse. J. Ahern is certainly the blushing Connecticut Yankee. M. Browne is always on the ball. Rob. Blum claims to be the champion goat-roper of Kansas. D.E. Bollish's only ambition is to become a coxswain. Hy Friedman is the Wasatch Flatfoot. L.J Rubino says, 'I don't give a damnu. R.D. Leggs is the brig special, and Morneau is our sad sack. G.P. Rivers came just for the ride. Lt. Cassidy remarksn, mean - I mean I wanta go homon. Mr. J. Gascovitch is the pretender. Mr. Sommers comes strictly GI. Phil ffingersj Scardillo is the midnight rafder. Ray Lamoureux, survived a torpedoed ship. A. Ascione has been commended for saving the life of a mate. Pat O'brien is known as HchickenN'and Ncreamsn. Ed Bolak Roy Grubbs, E. Lutz, H. Menietto, Sam Parris, and J. Sharar are where you can't find them. ' P ' X . Illllllllilllll-Illlllilu:InII:nnnnn----------------ee '