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ONE MORE RECRUIT FOR

LASTSEPTEMBER 20 wasNewman tohave sevensons onactive Navy Day m TwinFalls, Idaho.Why? When JohnNewman joinedthe duty at one time. Hecause youngJohn Newman was Navy, his six brothers had ahead) Although almost everyacquaint- joining the Navy, that’s why. given the seaservice a total oj ance of the Newmans seemed to be The Governor of Idaho, a former nearly 50 years of active duty. Five on hand with congratulations, John’s Navyman himselfwas there.The brothers had seenservice in Viet- six brothers were nowhere to be seen oath of enlistment was administered nam and the sixth had pulled duty in Twin Falls. by none less thanCaptain W. R. in the Pacific. All of the well. Their absence, however, was easily Gebert, Director of Navy Recruiting traveled Newmans preceding John explained.They were all in U. S. forthe Eighth Area. Thecaptain, are Golden Dragons. Navyships and navalstations at whocame all the wayfrom San The six brothers have completed points between the west coast of the Francisco for the ceremony, also read the courses necessary for advance- United States and Vietnam. aletter of congratulation from the ment to the rate theyhold and, duringtheir Navy careers, all the Secretary of the Navy. J OHN, althoughhe merited special Radio commentators and reporters brothers with sufficient service have attention,was also acting as a werethere and so werenews pho- beenawarded the Good Conduct kind of ceremonialfocal point for tographers and television cameramen Medal. honors intended for the entire family. -their brightlights flooding the With half a century already be- KirbyNewman, Jr., the oldest of scene andtheir cameras snapping hindthem, the six Newman John’s brothers, missed the festivities and grinding away. brothershave a Navy service po- atTwin Falls because he was com- tential of 120 yearsbefore they Harold F. Smith, AE1, USN, the pleting his 16th year of active Navy Navyrecruiter atTwin Falls was would ordinarily join the Fleet service at the U. S. Naval Aerospace therefeeling proud of a jobwell Reserve. Recovery Facility at El Centro, Calif. done. It waslargely through his If John Newman goes for 20, this Kirby is aphotographer’s mate first interest thatthe day’s eventswere figure would rise to 140 years of class and, one might add, a first class takingplace. active duty in the Navygiven by photographer. Members of the Snake River the sons of one family. George Newman is also a photog- MothballFleet, a group of retired rapher’s mateand is atthe U. s. Navypeople fromMagic Valley, a Navyman? NavalStation Photo Lab onGuam. werepresent as wererelatives and It wasbecause John’s enlistment George is a 12-year Navyman. friends of John and his parents who, wassomething special in two ways. EdwardNewman, an 11-year of course, were there too. First of all, Johnhad workedpar- Navyman, is a machinery repairman So why should the brass, the press, ticularly hard just to join the Navy. and was serving on board uss Sperry the local citizens and all the relatives Secondly, John’s name on the enlist- (AS 12) when John joined the Navy. and friends of the family turnout mentcontract placed his parents Brother Joseph Newman was a bit just to watch John Newman become among the very few in U. S. history farther afield thanEdward. Joseph GONE NAVY-Seventhmember of the Newman family, John M., learnsthe Navy way in boot camp at NTC, San Diego.

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J OHN NEWMAN had not completed high school, buthe was advised by his brothers that thisin itself would not be a bar to enlistment in the Navy. He would have to pass the basic test battery, however. Several of the Newman boys had worked at civilian jobs before they begantheir military service. With this combination of educationand experienceeach of the six brothers beforehandhad successfully come throughthe testbattery given to prospectiverecruits. Their General Classification Tests also pointedthe way tothe diverseNavy fields in which each was interestedand for which he was suited. Duringtheir service careers, the Newman brothers took advantage of theeducation available through the Navy-correspondencecourses, UnitedStates Armed ForcesInsti-

DavidNewman, CYN3, USN

Joseph Newman, BT2, USN

George Newman, PH2, USN

Edward Newman, MR2, USN CONGRATULATIONS-The governor of Idaho, Don Samuelson, congratulates John. Rt: Enlistment contract is signed. tuteand Navy schools-to increase came as nosurprise to John New- Petty Officer HaroldSmith, the the scope of their knowledge and to man’s parents that theiryoungest Navy recruiter atTwin Falls, took advance in their rating. son also wanted to join the Navy. John’s rejectionto heart almost as Those who had been in the Navy John’s sketchy education, however, much as John. He justcouldn’t let longenough to make a markfor conspired against him. The first time this happen. themselves had done well and were he tried, he failed the Navy test bat- With Smithat his side,John met considered to be good leaders, skilled tery. the Job Corps’ representative at Twin in their jobs and a creditto the It was a bigdisappointment for Falls and was accepted into the Job service. young John. His brothers were serv- Corps program-as a preliminary to ing in all parts of the world-and making his second application for the WITHSIX OF THEIR SONS already now it appeared he might not make Navy. in the armed forces, it probably it in the Navy. Hemade the gradewith the Job

~~ Full Crew for USS Siblings, and Others On Sep9 1941, 52-year-old marrieddaughter who apparently When Ernst Schneider, AN, USN Clarence Floyd Patten had the un- did not see her way clear to join the was stationed at NAS, Moffett usualexperience of enlisting as a Waves. Field, Calif. in 1956, he could claim fireman first class, USNR, in the The World War I1 era also saw ninebrothers who either had pre- presence of his seven sons who the seven Mazoway brothers, Louis, vious service in the Navy or who were also Navymen. Leo, Harry, Joe, John, William and were serving with him at that same The enlistmentceremony took Ed, all of whom arereported to time. placeon board uss Nevada (BB 36) have been on activenaval dutyat In the sameyear, seven children andthe sons who werepresent the sametime. of the Moses family of Coxton, Ky., wereGilbert Russel Patten, Allen Duringtheir days in the Navy,were serving in the Navy. Mayo Patten,Clarence Floyd Pat- the Mazoway brotherswere called Sets of twins and tripletsserving ten,Jr., and Myrne Roosevelt Pat-the Mazoway Task Force,which in one ship are well represented as ten-allof whom werefiremen first canbe taken as a tributeto their well as sets of brothers. In 1963, class. effectiveness. class. uss McCufery860), (DD for ex- Theother brothers were Marvin Family combinations are far ample, claimed seven brother com- KennethPatten and BruceCalvin from unusual in the Navy but somebinations and HelicopterAntisub- Pattenwho were watertenders sec- stand out from the others. No suchmarine SquadronTwo had five ond andthird class, respectively, accounting, for example, should brother combinations including two and Roy HartPatten, an apprentice omit families like theLeblancs of sets of identicaltwins. seaman. Litchburg,seaman. Mass. No mattermix how you them up Clarence Patten’s only remaining In 1951, the Leblancsnot only “father, son,brother, sister-the son laterenlisted, thereby making had12 sons anddaughters in the Navy canprobably come up with the Navy membership of thePat- armed forces, seven of the Leblanc the combinationwhich all goes to ten family almost unanimous. brothers had seenservice in the show that, for many, Navy life is a There was onlyone holdout-a UnitedStatesNavy. family affair.

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,, Corps and, after graduation in 1966, was hired hy the Department of Em- It’s All in the Family!,j: ployment. I’ That simple statement covers a lot TheNewman boys arenot what their de@ion bya third brother, of groundfor, as Smithsays: “John show bizmight call the onlybrother William,8 ;$$I eight-yearNavyman has carriedoutour suggestions act in the Navy. Thereare probably who becfme a data processing and recommendationsto theletter hundreds of them-some more un-technician,after changing his rating throughout the last two and one-half usual than others. from disbjksingclerk. years, and he has hadmany obstacles Recently, for example,James A. Withth$e brothers on stagewith thrown in his path during his time in Steib,SN, USN, reenlisted for six their c;o$puter act,fourtha the Job Corps. A tremendous amount years underthe Navy’sSTAR Pro-brother, j Harry,remains in the of determination.” gram and reported to Data Process- wings. lh!:ry, who persists in being John was gettinginto the swing ingSchool. “A” different, is a fire controltechnician of things now. His job with the De- Such an event, of course, is notaboard :i nuclearsubmarine. partment of Employmentindicates unusual in itself. James Steib‘s re- Withthree brothers on stage his progress: As one of the first enlistment,however, is extraordi- the act is complete. There are prob- youngsters fromMagic Valley to nary in that he has another brother, ably other families which have four graduate from theJob Corps, he John,who also requesteddata sonsserGing on active duty in the wentabout Twin Falls county, ex- processing-under the SCORE Pro- Navy but maybe three in one rating plaining the Joh Corps to high school gram. is, if you will forgive the expression, dropouts. Possibly bothwere influenced in unique. TheEmployment people liked John just fine and asked him to stay in that Drogram. He wasn’t having :ive morefraternal advice on how matches his determinationto enlist. any, 1 1. H~ wallted theingetto along in the Navy thanhethe markJohn Newman will make way to follow his brothersinto the wants Or needs. for himself will be one of which he, naval service. Helpand advicefrom John’s his six brothers,Twin Falls and the brothers,however, shouldn’t be Navycan be proud. THE NEXT TIME Johntriedthe Navy necessary. If newthe man’s service -Bob Neil test battery, the education he had received since his first enlistment at- I DO-John Newman is administeredoath of enlistmentat Twin Falls, Idaho. temptpaid off. He passed. “Photos onpages 2, 4 and 5 byJan ArthurSoinsbury, courtesy of TwinFalls, Idaho.Times-News. NAVY ENGINEERS work behind the scene to provide propulsion. Here a machinery repairman makes a boiler plug. BOILER & FIRE ROO,MS ARE CONTHE READY, GRIDLEY’ THECO of uss Gridby orders: “All and turns it into power is maintained tain the intense heat necessary to engines, ahead flank.” andoperated by Machinist’sMates turn water in the surrounding tubes Promptly, and consistently, the and NavyBoilermen. “MMs” and intosteam. ship obeys.Most of the action you “BTs” are the prime partners in the The boilers arefed with a fine see in the performance of this opera- production of ship’s propulsion. spray of oil whichhas been forced tion is on thebridge. But there is Underthe BT’s guidance, boilers through sprayer nozzles into the fire- anotherperformance going on else- produce steam at high pressures and box and a heavy volume of air from where in the ship, some decks below. temperatures. The turbinescapture highspeed blowers. As ina giant Seldom seentopside, quietly effi- the steam and use its force toturn engine cylinder, fire is added to this cient anddependable Navy engi- the ship’s propellers. Intheir part- mixture, causing combustion to take neersinsure thatthe ship answers nership, machinist’s mates and boil- place. The steam that is formedin the COS command. In fact, Gridley’s ermenmust maintain just the right the tubes of the boiler travels through engineers are so reliable that people ratios of air-to-oil inside the boilers highpressure lines into theengine- topsiderarely consider thehuman and pressure-to-speed in theopera- room. element involved in all of these near- tion of the turbines. automatic responses. Boilers and their associated equip- THEMOST IMPORTANT equipment in Most important to the functioning mentsare located in the firerooms. each of thetwo enginerooms is of theship is the mainpropulsion These tube-filled steammakers are theturbine complex. Butthe bulk plant,the heart of the engineers’ the largestequipments carried in a of theequipment located there is work environment.This intricately ship. They are huge furnaces whose auxiliary to the turbine’s function of balanced system that takes black oil special fire-resistant brick walls con- turning the steam into thrust. Forinstance, after theturbine ONE JOB of aboilerman is tomaintain the purityof boiler feed water. blades extract all of the energy from the steam, the steam turns to water, called condensate, in the main con- denser.This condensate must be quickly pumped back tothe boiler for re-use. Also, the ship would soon literally grindto stopa if lubrication oil pumpsdid not continuously dis- tribute oil to all movingparts of the system. Machinist’s mates in the engineroomsoperate the ship’s two 12,000 gallon-per-daydistilling plantswhich turn sea waterinto freshwater and also producevery pure “feed” water for boilers.

ALL HANDS But the main function of the en- He likes the sound of the engineroom ginerooms is found in the turbines. whenthings are running smoothly. Eachturbine is acased row of He doesn’t like paper-work, cleaning bladedwheels. Steam is forced firesides,quarterdeck watches, (or throughthe blades of thesewheels officers-of-the-deck wearing smoke- and causes them to turn like a pin- coloredglasses). wheel held in the wind. Whether workingsoot-faced and Steam first entersthe highpres- wet-faced in the fireroom, or saluting sureturbine, which is small and the colors as he crosses the quarter- turnsrapidly, andthen enters the deck in presseddress whites, the low pressure turbine, which is large typicalmember of Gridley’s Engi- and, using less energetic steam, turns neering Department is a hard work- moreslowly. ing proud professional. Thesetwo turbines are geared to Without him, the ship-and its apropeller shaft by means of the crew-would getnowhere at all. mainreduction gears. This massive uss Gridley has earned its reputa- thirty-fiveton set of intermeshed tion for being “on the ready,” and is gearstakes the power of the high well named. It honors the naval of- speed turbines and focuses it on the ficer who has gone down in history propeller shaft. Up to 40,000 horse- as the one to whom Admiral Dewey power is transferredby thereduc- addressedthe famous order, “YOU tiongears to the twenty-fourinch mayfire when ready, Mr. Gridley.” widegear around the shaft. The “c. Ward Bond, LT, USN turning of the shaft, and its asso- ciatedpropeller, moves the ship through the water.

EALING WITH STEAM pressures in the area of 1200 pounds and temperatures around 900°F. dictates that the main propulsion system and its operation be sound. The engineer spends long hours on watch checking the plant’s operation.Gauges are read, tanks are sounded and temper- aturesare taken. In addition to the primary mission of mainpropulsion, the engineers provide the ship with the same utilities that are required by a city, and a few more besides. There is electricity (several differ- entvoltages and frequencies). There is steam for cooking. There is compressed air, cold water, hot water, iced water, refrigera- tion,heating, air-conditioning and intra-ship and outside phone service. Very important also, the engineers keep the liberty boats running. Engineers - electrician’smates, machinist’s mates, machinery repair- men, shipfitters, damage controlmen, interiorcommunications electricians and enginemen-are on callat any hour assuring that all of these services are delivered. An engineer is ashipmate with sweat on his brow. He is theman you saw leave the ship at 2300 last night. He frequently rises earlier and works later. When he succeeds in a tough job, he is happier.When he occasionally fails, his disappointment is tempered with a genuine tiredness.

FEBRUARY 1968

Friend: The Porpoise

He’s a mammal, classified in the same One of the more recent incidents around as push a humantoward zoological order ag the toothed whale in whichhumans were saved from shore. It stands to reason, they say, -Cetacean. anattack by sharks wastold bya that if a man werepushed toward Thousands of years ago, his an- Florida couple who, along with their shore, he’d have a good story to tell. cestors lived on land, but he’s been dog, were adrift in a small disabled If he were pushed the other way, he on sea duty so long that he now looks boat for five days. could not tell his tale. like a fish tomost people, even On the second day adrift, a school though he can’t breathe underwater of sharkssurrounded the boat.The IT HAS BEEN well documented, how- and has to come up for air every few dog began barking, and shortly there- ever, that porpoises do seem to minutes. after a large school of porpoises ar- like theirhuman cousins. People In popularusage the name por- rivedon the scene and droveaway who haveexperimented with porpoise has come toinclude not only the menacing sharks. From then on, poises report that these creatures, for porpoises, but also bottle-nosed dol- the porpoises stoodguard over the some reason, will lethuman beings phins and assortedother mammals boat,driving away the sharkseach dothings to them for which they which belong to the Cetacean family. time they came back for another try. would kill a fish or any other animal. Since that usage helps keep the mam- Many people have told of being in Porpoises will keep right on smiling mal known as the dolphin from being troubleswimming, and of havinga whileblindfolds are put intoplace, confusedwith the gamefish of the friendly porpoise push them toward harnessesare strapped on, and a samename, it’s the onethis article shore,apparently saving them from swimmer grabs a dorsal fin for a free will use. drowning. ride.This friendliness is one of the Seafaringmen have long con- Some scientists believe such stories reasons the porpoise is such a good sidered the porpoise a friend. As an should be taken with a grain of salt. subject for Navy-backed experiments. example, someyears agothere was They point out that porpoises simply The Office of Naval Research has one known as “Pelorus Jack” who was like to push things around, and they beensponsoring research involving well knownamong the sailors who would just as soon pusha mattress porpoises since the early 1950s. Navy visited New Zealand, because of his habit of escortingships as they UP FRONT-Porpoisesseem to be escorting USS Hawkins throughthe sea. scientists have been, and continue to circulationaftcould produce a othermarked thestart and finish be, interested in three principal areas smoother flow bydecreasing water lines. Keiki learnedto sit with his of research-hydrodynamics, sonar, turbulence through heat transfer. trainer’s hand on his back at the rear and communications. Another theory concerns the action of thepen. When the hand was One of the most-studied aspects of of the porpoise’s body in moving its lifted, Keiki sped to the entrance of porpoise capability is their swimming tail flukes up and down like a skin- thecourse. As his nose passed ability. As many sailors know, a por- diver’s flippers. Scientists know what through the entrance, or starting line, poise can keep up with a ship which happens when a rigid body is moved anunderwater signal was given is making 30 knots or more, appar- up and down in such a way, but they whichtold him to“turn it on.” He entlywith little effort. Yet, analyti- arenot sure what happens when a then raced the length of the course. cally speaking, a porpoise can swim mobile body, such as a porpoise’sis If he made a good, fast run, threefish only about 11 knots. The final answer moved likewise in the water. were given as a reward. If his time has not been found yet, but several Recenttests in Hawaii by two was outstanding, he got six fish. experiments have thrown some light notedscientists in the cetaceanre- on the subject. search field, Dr.Thomas G. Lang EAFARING men’s observationsnot- andDr. Kenneth S. Norris, of the withstanding, Keiki’s bestspeed NE THEORY which has often been Naval Ordnance Test Station in Pasa- ’ was 16.1 knots. And that was in the advanced maintains that a por- dena, Calif., have proved pretty con- smoothwater of the lagoon.Other poise’s speed is achieved by using a clusively that porpoises aren’t as tests were conducted off Oahu, where boundarylayer control toreduce speedy as we think they are. Keiki had to chase a homing signal drag. A porpoise’s skinis nearly Star of the tests was a three-year- transmitted from a movingspeed- bloodless at its forward end, where a old Pacific bottlenose porpoise named boat. Keiki’s best speed in the rough smoothwater flow exists. Toward Keiki. water was 14.5knots. ‘Duringthe the tail, where turbulence and drag Keiki was first trained to race in a tests,accurate speed measuring de- normally buildup, there are pro- 10-foot deep lagoonabout 30 feet vices includedmotion picture cam- gressively increasing numbers of ves- wide and 200 feet long, enclosed by eras,stopwatches, anda speedboat sels supplying blood to the skin area. a chain link fence. An entrance cut with a highly accurate speedometer. It is possible that this greater vascular out of one endand an exit on the What’s the explanation? Are sailors seeing things when they watch por- SALTY ‘SHIPMATE‘-Tuffy, a shark-scarred Atlantic bottlenosed porpoise, was poises swim with their fast destroyers trained to help Navy divers during Sealab II and will again during Sealab 111. and cruisers? The scientists do have a couple of answers. For one thing, the observers riding in the speedboat all guessed Keiki’s speed to be more than 20 knots. The sea was rough, and the boat crashing from crest to crest greatly added to the illusion of speed. But more important is the discovery that porpoisesareadroit surfers, and know a lot about riding bow waves and making use of various hydrodynamically favorable pressure fields whichcan give them a free ride.

THE PORPOISE you seekeeping up withyour fast destroyer is prob- ablyriding the favorablepressure field caused by your ship’s bow. This pressurefield, scientists have discovered, extends a short distance out in front of the ship,which explains whymany porpoises seem to be easily winning the racewith your 30-knotdestroyer. They’re simply hitchhiking. The use of favorable pressure fields created by moving bodies is old hat toporpoises. They oftenget free rides from eachother, too. A small porpoise will position himself behind and slightlyto the side of alarger animal, andthus will bedragged along by thebig fellow’s energy.

ALL HANDS course in test after test without touch- During the animal’s attempt to dis- ingthe poles at all. Even in the criminate between the two ball sizes, dark, the porpoises swam all over the shewas sending out clicks at rates pool without touching the obstacles. ranging from 20 clicks per second up How does a porpoise’s sonar work? to 230 persecond. Theharder the As we might expect, much like the choice, the more clicks she sent out. sonar used on our submarines. Send- The number of clicks rose sharply ing out clicks while he swims, a por- inone phase of testing,Dr. Norris poise scans by moving his head from reported. Two balls of the same size side to side. When he gets an echo, werelowered into the tank.The he sendsout more clicks, andat a porpoisesent out many more clicks faster rate. Like our subs; he knows than usual, but she would not try to howfar he is from his object by choose between them. Somehow, she measuring the time interval between knew it was impossible.She turned the clicks and the echoes. away as if to say“Don’t be ridicu- From the early experiments by Dr. lous.” Kellogg, researchers went on to find Other scientists have found that a out just how good the porpoise’s blindfoldedporpoise, asked to dis- sonar is. Canhe, for example,dis- tinguishbetween two discs, one criminate between subtle differences aluminum, the other copper,can pick in the size of two objects? Dr. Kel- out the copper one every time. logg had already found out that the animal’s sonar was capable of picking PROBABLYthe most well-known outa six-inch spot fish (whichhe amongporpoise-researchers is Dr.

FEBRUARY 1968 and of absorbingenough oxygen to Doris and Tuffy. Any contacts?” Each of theaquanauts had an remainthere for along (as far as Tuffy, bythe way,has already acoustic signaling device strapped to we’re concerned)period of time. proven himself to be quite a helpful his wristwhich, whenturned on, Why can they withstand these deep animal.During the Sealab I1 man- wouldcontact Tuffy and send him oceanpressures which are beyond in-the-sea experiments, Tuffy became rocketing with his lifeline toward the the physiological limits of other mam- a familiar sight to the inhabitants of “lost” diver. Tuffyalso acted as the mals? Scientists say an explanation the Navy’s underwater house. Sealabmessenger, carrying bags of of this may lead to the development Instead of carryingwarminga mail and tools in aspecial harness of techniques enabling divers towork flaskof brandy to aquanauts lost in from the surfacebase tothe aqua- deeperand men toescape sub- the Pacific, Tuffy wastrained to nautsbelow. marines without long periods of de- carry a lifeline to undersea travelers Tuffy is scheduled to provide simi- compression. who lost theirway in the murky lar,more advanced services during Does the porpoise know a lot more the comingSealab I11 experiments. abouthydrodynamics thanwe do? Which all brings us back to the If wecan findsome of his secrets, basic question. Areporpoises really we couldperhaps reduce the drag very smart? One aspect of their be- of underwater missiles and torpedoes, haviorprovides us withahelpful and thus use smaller power plants to clue. propel them. Porpoises will eat only live fish Can we improve our sonar SO that whenthey are roaming the open it approaches the capabilities of por- ocean, and have to be trained to ac- poise sonar? Our antisubmarine war- quirea taste for dead ones.After a fare experts wouldlike to know. They whileincaptivity, however, they would also like tobe able to com- learnto enjoy theirhandouts, and municatewith porpoises. It is, after will swim patiently all day in a pool all, only a little bit fantastic to ima- full of fish until they are fed from a ginea school of porpoises assigned pail of dead fish.They’re at least to a11 ASW task force. An imagined smart enough to let their keepers do communication might read: “Hunter- the fishing. killer leaderto Albert, Buzz, Betty, -Jim Teague, JO1, USN

The Sixty-Four Dollar Question -Is It a Porpoise or Dolphin? There are some arguments among latin names, he can sufficiently con- are in agreement. The friendly Navymen that go on year after year foundthe issue to leave his op- animalsare Odontocetous. From withneither altercator ever being ponentopenmouthed and empty- here on, however, the classification convinced. Howdid the markings palmed. dependson what taxonomistyou on the enlisted uniformevolve? With this in mind, here are some arequoting. Somesay thereare What ratings take precedence over notes with which prospective argu- two different families-Delphinidae the others? ers and arbiterscan arm them- (dolphins), and Phocaenidae (por- One question that has served to selves : poises).Others affirm (and are whileaway many an houron the Firstly, taxonomists (people who backed up by Webster’s unabridged fantail goes something like this: IS worryabout such things) assign of 1967) thatthe familyPho- the gamblingprankster a porpoise very definite rankings for groups of caenidae are included in the larger or a dolphin? animals or plantshaving similar family Delphinidae. In common,everyday American characteristics. The rankingswith At anyrate, the family Pho- usage, you can call it either a por- which we are concerned, from high- caenirlae includes,among others, poiseor a dolphin, we’vediscov- est to lowest, are order, family, and the genusPhocaena phocaena, or ered. As was notedabove, the genus. You mightcompare them commonharbor porpoise; and the accompanying article uses porpoise withstates, counties, and cities. family Delphinirlae includes, but is indiscriminately, to avoid confusion Eachstate (order) haswithin it not restricted to, the genera Lage- with the gamefish called dolphin. severalcounties (families),and norhynchus,Delphinus clelphis, Even scientists who are engaged withineach county are several andthe Tursiopstruncatus. The in porpoise (dolphin?) research are cities (genera-plural for genus). Tursiops, incidentally, is the one inclined to use thetwo names This is, of course, too easy. The you will usually find in the oceanar- rather loosely. They don’t have ranks are further broken down into iums, and has the most prominent timeto worry about an animal’s sub-orders,sub-families, andsub- grin. rightname when they’re busy genera. After siftingthrough all of this measuring the timeintervals be- All whales andother mammals scientific data, we were still a little tween his sonar clicks. who live exclusively at sea and re- fuzzy about what to call the subject However, as anyexperienced semble fish are of the order Cetacea. of the accompanying article. A call taffrail debater knows, common, The suborder Odontoceti includes to the friendly expert in the Smith- everydayusage does notan argu- thesperm whales, killer whales, sonianInstitution was meant to mentwin, nor a purse fatten. If pilot whales,dolphins, andpor- straighten it all out.“Call them onedebater can spice his rhetoric poises. porpoises,” ourfriend said. You withafew hifalutin, scientifical, Up to this point, the taxonomists see, there’s this gamefish.. .”-J. R. T.

FEBRUARY 1968 13 IT’S NOTLIKE THE SONG- Cruising Down the River

C RUISING UP AND DOWN a lazy, flow- Inother words,it wasn’t exactlya craft. It was soonto carry some of ing river sounds like a fine way to riverbankpicnic type cruise. But the most sophisticated oceanographic spend a long, hot summer unless you then neitherare any of theother sensors evertoprobe Vietnamese happen to be in Vietnam. Then the tasks undertakenbythe NRDU waters. placid setting develops into one with Vietnamgroup, the only unit of its To man the landing craft and as- dangerousovertones, like the scene kind in Southeast Asia. sist in the survey, the Navymen were last summer when a group of U. S. Its reputation is founded on “quick “borrowed” from otherunits in the Navymencruised theLong Tau fixes”or solutions provided, usually area.Rounding out the team were River,main shipping channel from within 30 to 90 days,to technical the civilian scientists and engineers. Saigon to the South China Sea. problems arising in the field with the Since most of the Navymen had no Theywere engaged in what was operating forces. Therefore,when previoussurveying experience, the perhaps one of the most historic and therequirement arose to discover first two days were spent in training, hazardousoceanographic surveying how characteristics of the Long Tau learninghow tothe operate the ventures ever conducted in Southeast River affect sonar andother water- equipment.From then on the men Asia. Under any other circumstances minecoulltermeasures of theNavy, becameadaptable to any situation, it might have been a pleasant job. NRDU Vietnam naturally took up making modifications tothe equip- Togetherwith five scientists and the job. ment as they went along. engineers from the NavalOcean- To prepare themselves for possible ographic Office andthe NavyRe- NRDU’SBASE for operations was the enemy attack, the surveyors also bor- search and Development Unit, Viet- Vietnamese-U. S. Naval Rase at rowedmachine guns, automatic nam-referred to as NRDU Vietnam Nha Re located eight miles south of grenadelaunchers andindividual -the 11 Navymenaided in an en- Saigon. There, scientific equipment rifles and side armsfrom themine vironmentalstudy of theshipping for the survey was gathered from the squadrondetachment. Each man, channel from Phu An, north of Naval Oceanographic Office, but civilian and military alike, was Saigon, to Kan Gio, where the Long everything else had to be sought out checkedout and required to fire Tau enters the South China Sea. and pieced together. everyweapon in the arsenal.Then It was a survey of some 35 miles A 51-footarmored LCM landing theywere assigned battle stations of deepdraft channel, conducted craft, converted to a minesweeper to aboardthe LCM. Throughout the undercombat conditions, with the clearenemy watermines, was pro- project,they worked with weapons men in constantdanger fromViet vided by Nha Be’s Mine Squadron close by, although they never came Congsniper fire and river mines. 11 detachment for use as asurvey into direct contact with the enemy.

ON THE BOTTOM-Surveyteam members operate bottom profile recorder. Rf: Sediment sampler is readied for test. PLANSCALLED for the team to survey the entire length of the ship- pingchannel, with specific observa- tions to be conducted at three main points along the way. This meant the LCM would be anchored as long as 12 hours at the three stations. Busy river traffic constantly moved aboutthem and nearly proved dis- astrous atone station located at a bend in the river wherethe survey craft was almost rammed by a large merchantship rounding the blind turn.Fortunately, the ship spotted the team and turned away at the last moment,avoiding a collision. Enemymines were another con- stantsource of danger.Working 15 to 18 hours a day,on occasion the team would leave the base at Nha Be before the Navyminesweepers got underway. And, more often than not,

BOTTOMS UP-EOD diver brings up a coresample of the river’s bottom.

A Dependentsin Japan abouthis initiative and drive to meet the strict SSBN conningofficer qualifi- SIR: I am going to Vietnam soon, and This section is open tounofficial com- I wouldlike to sendmy wife and son municationsfrom within the naval service cations.-D. W. B.,YN1 (SS), USN. on mattersof general interest.However, 0 In order to qualify as conning to Japanto live with myin-laws. My itis not intended to conflict in any way wife is a naturalized U. S. citizen. Must with NavyRegulations regarding the for- oficer, a submariner must first con- wardingof official mail through channels, vince his commanding oficer that he is I get permission from the Navy for my nor isit tosubstitute for the policy of familyto go toJapan? pbtoininginformation from local commands a qualified oficer of the deck for both In allIn possible instances. Donot send surface and submerged operations. Also, will my wife be able to use the postage orreturn envelopes. Sign full name services provided by the Navy in Japan, and address.Address letter to Editor, ALL This calls forthorough knowledge of HANDS, Pers G15, Bureau of NavalPer- the ship and considerable experience in such as commissaries and exchanges? sonnel, Navy Dept., Washington, D.C. 20370. I presume the Navy will not pay for anOODliunior OOD capacity. . hertransportation, but willshe be en- A junior warrant oficer who qualified after their travel has been completed. as OOD on board a Fleet ballistic mis- titled to dislocationallowance?-T. s., Dependents should arrive in Japan sile submarineis something we hadn’t QMC,USN. with a completedApplication for Uni- heard aboutbefore. We have no way 0 You do notneed permission from formed Services Identification Privilege of knowing, at thispoint, exactly how the Navy, but you do need the approval Card (DD-1172) in their possession. manyothers there might be. Perhaps of the Japanese government. Your fam- The procurement of the New Limiting we’ll hear from some. ily will not be eligible to enter Japan in Card (DD-1173)should be accomplished In any event, we tip OUT hat to con- a dependents’ status, and therefore will immediatelyupon arrival of thede- ning oficer Brayman.-ED. haveto comply with applicable Japa- pendents in Japan. nese customs and immigration require- The above procedures will assist Pro Payfor RMs ments.They will haveto apply for a COMNAVFORJAPAN in ensuring thatthe SIR: The Manpower Anthorization re- tourist passport and a visa. provisions of the Status of Forces Agree- quirements of this command lists billets Unfortunately, none of the Navy’s ment(United States-Japan) regarding for: one 1539, one 1544 and one 1547- services-except medical care on a the logistic support authorized depend- all of which are codes for certain equip- space available basis-will be available ents of members of U.s. Armed Forces ment technicians. to your family.Due to ourcountry’s are complied with by those dependents The problemis, however, there are Status of Forces agreements with Japan, in Japan unaccompanied by their spon- actuallyfour men on board with the your dependents will not be allowed to sor.-E~. 1539NEC. Two are ETs andtwo are use the commissary store, the exchange, RMs.According to ourBuPers Report or other privileges. Your son may at- Warrant ConningOfficer 1080-14, one RM is assigned to the 1539 tendthe dependents’ school, butthere SIR: The Bluecrew of uss George billet and the two ETs are filling the will be a tuition charge of $2.60 per Bancroft (SSBN 643) herewithlays 1544 billet. rla y . claim to having had aboard a man who Now comes the sticky part: I under- You will haoe to pay your family’s maywell bethe Navy’sonly warrant stand that RMs carrying any one of the fare to Japan. You are entitled to travel officer (W-1) to qualify as anFBM NECsI’ve mentioned are entitled to allowances on behalf of your depend- submarine conning officer. drawproficiency pay. Does this mean, ents,howeoer, on a not-to-exceed basis Newlyappointed warrant officer then, that both RMsfilling the same of the allowances accruing from your Thomas E. Brayman,USN, qualified as billetare authorized the extrapay? If ship’s home port and your family’s point a Bancroft conningofficer during a not, why?-P. J. B.,RM1, USN. of departurefrom the U. S. You are patrol late last year. He has since been 0 If the commandManpower Au- also entitled to thedislocation allowance transferred, but our crewstill talks thorizationauthorizes only one NEC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR-Italian frigate and USS Shangri-laare refueled by British oilerduring NATO exercise.

FEBRUARY 7968 23 The 18-Inch GhostGuns Sm: I believe that 18-inchguns never existed, but a friend of mine in- sists that they did. I base my stand on information I think I read in ALL HANDS some years ago. What saith ALL HANDS now?-R.M. Y., Sunnyvale,Calif. You mayhave piaced yourself on the losing side because of your recollec- tion of only a part of theintermittent discussion of 18-inchguns which has appeared in ALL HANDSfor these many years. The last (wethink) such sea story appeareH inthe May1964 issue, in whichinquiry was made concerning the possibility of an 18-inch gun aboard uss Vega (AK 17) used for ballast. We also made reference to the legend that an 18-inch& had been used for ballast aboard uss Relief (AH 1) (not true, we said)and to the 18-incherbuilt as an experimentalmodel and said tobe at BUSY STINGER-This Orion, based at NAS Moffett Field, shows its ”stinger.” the Naval Proving Ground,Dahlgren, Va., back in 1947. In short, with the possibleexception 1544 billet,then onlk one indivitltial a Naoyheadquarters release, “Review of the Dahlgrenversion, we implied with NEC 1544 is eligible for the an of our Navy in Vietnam.” thatthere ,was no such ckterin the extra IMJ. Selection of the inrlioitlual to Following the counterclaims, we S. Naoy, nor hadthere been. It’s a fill the billet is tlcteminerl by the com- U. checked the events, as recorded in the littledifficult to establish the nonexist- n~antl. .ships’ logs. Here’s what the Correspond- ence of something-even as large as an Although a manholds an NEC for ence and ServicesBranch had to say 18-inch gun-and we didn’tdiscuss at which pro pa!/ is authorized, he may not on the subject: that time the 18-inch guns in the navies receioe the pay unless the command has “The ship’s deck log of uss Henry of other nations. such a billet aoailahle and it is being W. Tucker (DD 875) for 16 May 1965 filled by him. This ruling can he found That’s whereyou got fouled up. does not show that this ship conducted Your friend is correct. Two Japanese in change six to RuPers lnst 1430.12. any shore bombardment on that,partic- hattleships, Yamato and Musashi, did “En. ulardate; however, entries inthe log carry 18-inch guns--18.1 inchguns, to for 15 May show that, on thatdate, he more precise. Tucker Was First Tucker didconduct firing of herport The story of these ships began in the SIR: I was surprisedto see an ALL batteries while patrolling in area No. 6 mid-1930s with a directive which,in HANDSarticlk some time back stating off the coast of Vietnam and that she effect, ordered.the Japanese Navyto that uss Hnmner (DD 718) was the commencedfiring to port at 0820 and build the most powerful Warships in the first ship to bombard Viet Cong coastal ceased firing at 0833. The log does not world. positions in Vietnanl. indicate the circumstances which neces- Originalplans called threefor An earlierisslle of ALL HANDShad sitated the aforementionedaction, nor Yamato-class B Bs with hasic statistics carried a report which claimed that uss the type of action that she was engaged as follows: length,863 feet over-all; Henry W. Tucker ( DD 875) was the in at that time. beam127 feet; .displacement, 72,809 firstship to fire a shorebombardment “The ship’s deck log of uss Hamner tons (full load); triql speed,27 knots; mission in Vietnam. (DD718) showsthat this shipcon- mainbatteries, nine 18.1-inch guns. ALL HANDSreported inits earlier ducted shore bomhardmeht near the Notethat the guns wereactually one- issue that Tucker’s claim had been con- oillage of Trung Nghia, South Vietnam, tenth of an inch larger than generally firmed by the Naval Advisory Group of on 20 May 1965.” known. the Military Assistanc.e Command, Viet- Next we turned to the Director of Japanrealized that her existing nam. Thedate of Tucker’s firingwas NavalHistory who prooided us with hattleships were infqior in firepower to 16 May 1965“four days before that of the followinginformation: those of the United States. The Yamato- Hamner’s on 20 May. , “Henry W. Tucker (DD 875) was the class BBswere to he the largest,most I wouldappreciate your resolving first to conduct a bomharclment mission powerful ever built. on the coast of South Vietnam. O$cial tl?econflict clains so that the crew The interesting feature of the super- in reports,using Greenwich Mean Time, of Tucker canreceive the recognition battleshipwas the18-inch gun. (We showthis took place 16 May 1965. which is justly theirs.-J. W., CDR, USN. hhveheen aduised that during WW I This t~otrldhave been 15 May 1965, the British had built UMS Fnrious with uss Tucker reported to us in 1966 local time, as reported in the ship’s deck 18-inchguns, hut these were later re- that shewas the first destroyer to fire log of Henry W. Tucker. This ~CNSan movedwhen shewas converted toan navalgunfire support in Vietnam. As emergency call-fire mission. aircraftcarrier. Otherthan this, naval you say,this was confirmed hythe “Hamner (DD718) has the distinc- guns had notexceeded 16 inches.) NavalAdtii.wry Group of the hfilitary tion of having conducted the first sched- Yamato and Musashi wereeach armed Assi.Ftance Command,Vietnam. uled (pre-planned) hon~bartlmentof the with nine of the weapons, six forward Some time later ALL HANDSpublished coast of South Vietnam. This took place and three aft. a report that Hamner was claimed to be 20 May 1965.” The thirdship of the Yamato class the first ship to bombard Viet Cong This should he ihe definitive word on wus converted,while still undercon- coastal positions. This report came from the records of Tucker and Hamner.-ED. struction, to a large aircraft carrier

24 ALL HANDS named Shinano. Moreon her later. The 18-inchguns were capable of propelling 3220-pound projectiles more than 25 miles. They measuredsome six feet in length, and could be fired at 40 second intervals. Thetwo-inch difference in diameter betweenthe 18- and 16-inchgun did notindicate realistically thespecific differences in weight, size and technical problems. For example, the weight of a 16-inchprojectile was approximately 2200pounds. +he 18-incher weighed 1000 poundsmore. triple-mount,A 18-inch gun turret weighed in at 2774 tons-as much as a large destroyer. The effects of the blast from an 18- inchgun broughtabout complications. In technical terms, two 16-inchers fired simultaneously produced a blast of 49.7 psi at a point50 feetfrom the gun muzzles. The 18-inch guns produced a blast of some 99.6 psi at the same distance. It was.notedthat a blastpres- .sure of only 4 psi was enough to destroy small boats slyg nearby. A blast pressure of 16.5 psi could tear the clothing from gunners and knock them uncon- BATTLESHIP GUNS claimed to be largest ever used aboard ship are shown on scious. The blastpressures from Yamato’s JapaneseYamato during construction. The huge gunsmeasured 18.1 inches. bigguns called for special battery At 1000 on April,7 Yamato and and disappeared fromthe surface. shields,and‘ hangars for the ship,$ otherships inthe groupmade hazy The second 18-inchgun battleship, boats. radar contact with U. S. Navy carrier Mnsashi, was commissioned in August Yamato was believed to be the most ?,lanes. The ships prepared for a battle 1942.Her wartime service apparently heavily armored man-of-war ever built. that ILW to begin shortly after noon that wasnot too distinguished; little about The sides of hervital parts were pro- (lay. her has been compiled by navalhis- tectedby 16.4 inch armor platesca- As Yanmto increasedspeed, two torians. pable of withstandingthe fgrce of an large groups of U. S. aircraftswooped Mnsashi wasreported to havebeen 18-inchprojectile fired at more than downthrough a brokencloud cover. uiththe Japanese fleet inJune 1944 22,000 yards. Her deck armdr could be Japanesescreening ships began their during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. penetratecl only by’a 2200-pound bomb In October1944, she joined the dropped from a height of ll,OOb feet usual circling tactics. The first wave resulted in four bomb Japanese Center Force of the Combined or more. Fleet off Singapore andgot underway The size and power of Yamata and hits in the vicinity of Yamato’s number threeturret and two or threetorpedo for the Philippines. On 24 October, her Musashiwere shrouded in secrecy formationwas attacked by U. S. air- untilearly 1944, when S. intelli- hits on her port side. Two bombs pene- q. trated the flying and main decks and craft. gence officers compiled enough infor- Musashi washit on the starboard mation to realize their potential. detonatedabove the armored deck. One of these bonh passed through side by onetorpedo but tookon only However, the wartimehistory of the the secondary fire controlstation and threedegrees of list and maintaineda super-BBswas essentially astory of destroyed the after director of the sec- 22-knot speed. absorbing punishment rather than dish- ondarybattery (triple-turret 6-inch An hour later, Mnsashi was attacked ing itout. Neither lastedfive years, guns). for the second time.Two bombsdid and each saw only limited actign. During a secondattack 40 minutes considerabledamage; the first, which Yamato was placed in commission on later, Yamato was hit by three torpedoes wus a dud, plungedthrough thefore- 16 Dec1941. Sketchy historical data and possiblya fourth on her portside castle down and outthrough the port doesnot account for her whereabouts and one starboard. She began to list as shell platingabove the waterline. The secondpierced twodecks and deto- during the next two years, but on25 much as 16 degrees to lmt. Dec1943 she was hit by atorpedo nated. The portinboard engine room A thirdA attack meant additional from uss Skate (SS 305) andlaid up filled with,steam and wasvacated. forrepairs. Skate’s commandingofficer lxmishment-and the end-for Ya- Three moretorpedo hits were re- knewhe had hit a large ship,but it mato. Two or threetorpedoes struck lmrted, this time on the port side. The was too dark for accurate ohservation. to portand one to starhoard. The hig shill then began to list to port. Counter- BB’s speedwas cut to less than 10 flooding brought the battleship back to During the Battle for LeyteGulf in knots, and only herstarboard engine October1944, receivedthree on evenkeel. Yamato was still operative. A list to 18 degrees bomb hits near her number one turret, During a third attack about 30 min- rapidlydeveloped, and all powerwas utes later, fragmentsfrom a near miss but damage was superficial and she was lost at approximately 1400. easilyrepaired. damaged the aircraft crane on Musashi’s The list then increased at an alarm- stern, and a torpedo hit forward, flood- In April 1945, Yamato wasdesig- ingrate, and Yamato’s commanding nated as the major unit 4 a task group ing several large storerooms. oficer gace the order to abandon ship. ordered to disrupt U. S. landings at Half an hour later, four bombs pene- Okinawa.Other Japanese ships inthe Shecupsized before men couldescape tratedtopside decks and exploded in- force were the li@t cruiser Yahagi and from helozc; decks.As she reachedan side theship. Fourtorpedoes were re- eight destroyers. angle of 120 degrees, Yamato exploded ported to have hit.

FEBRUARY 1968 25 LETTERS TO THE €DITOR lConf.1 The waterline forward soon reached Guyed or Nof, It’s Still Half-Masf

the main deck, and trimby the bow ~~ Ship Reunions . SIR: Doesn’t half-mast mean halfway was so serious that Musashi dropped I 1 out of formation, reduced speed to 16 News of reunions of ships and organiza- up the flagpole? At my station, the na- knots, and began to limp northward. tionswill becarried in this column from tionalensign when flown at half-mast A fifth attack inflicted no damage, timeto time. In planning a reunion,best is only about three feet lower than the but by this time Musashi was forced to resultswill be obtainedby notifying the top of the flagstaff. The ensign appears decrease speed.Her bow was almost Editor,ALL HANDS Magazine, Pers 015, to be considerablyhigher up the staff under water. ArlingtonAnnex, Bureau of Naval Per- thanit should be, if,indeed, half-mast The sixth and final attack on Musashi sonnel,Navy Department, Washington, meanshalfway. What’s the experts’ lasted only a few minutes. Tenbomb D. C. 20370, four monthsin advance. opinion?-B. C. G., PN2, USN. hits turned topside areas into shambles. 0 uss Lexington (CV2)-The 0 Notknowing the dimensions of Ten torpedoes zeroed inon her now- 15th reunion will be held 26 through your station’sflag, nor theheight and vulnerable armor. Her crewwas 29 June at the Edgewater Hotel, Long type of flagstaff, we have no idea ordered to abandon ship, and about an Beach,Calif. Contact Walter D. whether three feet below the top of the hour later Musashi lurched to port Reed,5608 Ocean View Drive, Oak- lmle is appropriately half-mast. and slid under the surface. land, Calif. 94618, for details. It sounds as though your station may Shinano, the thirdplanned Yamato- uss Franklin (CV 13)”A re- hoe a flagstaff with crosstree or cross- class battleship,was converted during unionwill be held6 and 7 Aprilat arm. Is this is the case, the ensign when construction to a largeaircraft carrier. New York City. Contact Richard Fnl- flown at half-mast should be positioned The decision herewas made after the farr, 2485Falcon St., East Meadow, halfwaybetween the peak of the staff Japanese lost four carriers in the 1942 N. Y. 11554. and the point of attachment of the cross- Battle of Midway. 0 uss Wichita (CA 45)”The fifth tree or crossarm. The ensign would be reunion will be held at Hotel Lassen, at half-mast, hut would be closer to the Commissioned 18on Nov 1944, Wichita,Kan., 28 through 30 June. Shinano was comparable in dimensions top than to the bottom of the flagpole Forinformation, contact J. A. Glass, itself. and displacement tothe United States 111 Dupre Ave., Norfolk, Va. 23503. Midway-class carriers. U. S. Naval Flags and Pennants (DNC Shinano’s commissioned service was 27A) describes the half-mast and half- staff positions of a flag or ensign as short-liued. During the early morning stroyers. Her listincreased slowly.She hours of 29 Nou 1944, she was tracked follows: then rolled over,and with herbottom “For anunguyed, single piece flag- andattacked by uss Archerfish (SS up, Shinano slid underwater stern first. 311). Firing froman ideal position, staff, the half-stag position is the point Approximately 475 men in hercrew where the top of the hoist portion of the Archerfish launched six torpedoes; the of 1900 were killed. first ripped into the carrier’s after parts, flag is halfwaybetween the peak and The loss of Yamato and Musashi, the foot of the flagstaff. sending a ball of fireclimbing up her meanwhile, marked theend of thein- side.Another hit SO yards forward of teresting and powerful 18-inch gun. “For a guyed flagstaff or a flagstaff the first.Other hits were heard by the A few old 18-inch projectiles on dis- with a crosstree or crossarm, the half- submariners, but notobserved; at this play in Japan are believed tobe the staff position is the point where the top point a Japanese DD washeaded for only ones in existence. None of the big of the hoist portion of the flag is half- the sub and forced her under. gun barrels werepreserved. It is be- waybetween the peak of theflagstaff Flooding of Shinano’s port voids lieved that all werescrapped, except, and point of attachment of theguy temporarily checkedher list at 12 de- of course, those aboard Yamato and cables or the position of the crosstree grees, but by 0600 all powerwas lost. Musashi which still lie at the bottom. or crossarm.” Two hours later Shinano beganthe So that’s the story-in part-of the Note that it’s the top of the flag that transfer of hercrew to Japanesede- 18-inch guns.--ED. reaches the halfway mark.-En

26 ALL HANDS FIGHTING LADY-USS Bunker Hill (CV 17) shown abovein 1944 portraitran up quite a record in the Pacific. Below: Crewmembers fightfires topside and below after she had been hit twice within 30 seconds by kamikazes.

Your UncleHelped Make History BunkerHill’s antiaircraftgunners sions causedmantJ casualties tothe SIR: What canyou tell me about downed six. crew antl extensive damage to the car- uss BunkerHill (CV 17)? My uncle BunkerHill was notonly an active rier. She then proceededvia Pearl served in her during World War I1 and ship,hut also she was comparatively Harbor to Puget Sound for repairs and has been talking about her ever since. lucky,too. Sheusually dawlaged the overhaul. Frankly,some of hisstories sound enemy badly without sustaining appre- Afterthe war, BunkerHill’s battle pretty far out. On the otherhand, I ciahle damage to herself. score wastotaled. It wasfound that knowsome ships performedprodigious In Decemher 1943, for example, ufter she had destroyed 430 planes inthe deeds during World War 11. tlamuging enemy shipping at Nauru in air; 230 on the ground and sunk 140,- If youraccount confirms even a the Gilberts, Bunker Hill and other task 803 tons of enemy shipping. quarter of myuncle’s stories, Bunker forceships wreaked havoc on harbor The deeds of the ship and her crew Hill musthave heen quite a ship- shipping at Kavieng, NewIreland, yet wererecognized hythe award of a R. L. H., PN2, USN. withdrewunscathed. Presidential UnitCitation for extra- e She was quite a ship. We can’t Additional Japanese shipping entered orclinury heroism in actionagainst know, of course,iust what your uncle KuviengHarhor the lust weekin De- enemy Japanese forces in the air, ashore has told you, /jut he had plenty of raw cemher nntl a second strike was ?dannerl antlafloat inthe South, Centraland Illaterial to work with. His carrier was for New Year’s tlay. For the enemy, it Western Pacific from 11 Nov 1943 to so active it would he imlmssihle for us zcusn’t ahappy holiday-hetween 20 11 Mau 1945. to recount a11 her exploits, so we’ll just antl 30 of his aircraft wereshot down It might also he notedthat Bunker try to fill in the main outlines. He can that tlay. Hi11 earned 11 hattle stars onthe take it from there. BunkerHill’s story rolls onin the Asiatic-PacificArea Campaign Medal. Bunker Hill first arrived on the hattle same vein-mussed Japanesebombers If this hasn’t vindicated your uncle’s Scene when sheparticipated in an air destroyed on the runwuys at Eniwetok verucity,you might consider thatwe attackonRahaul, New Britain, in Atoll;installations snmhed andships haven’t even touched upon happenings November 1943. To helporient you sunk at Truk(including the Japanese at Tinian, Woleai, New Guinea, Saipan, youngsters,this was about 18 months light cruiser Naka); waces of several Pagan, Guam,Iwo lima, Haha lima, after the crucialhattle of Midway. hundredenemy planesattacking the ChichiShima, Palau, the Philippines, The tenor of BunkerHill’s World U. S. taskforce driven off with great Leyte,Okinawa, Formosa, Cehu, Sai- War I1career wasset at Rabaul, for damage to the Japanese. panand possibly ,some otherplaces a heavy toll was takenthere in both When BunkerHill waspursuing the uponwhich BunkerHill’s crew laid Japanese planes and shipping. Japanese First MohileFleet on 20 Jun eyes. We think,however, that you can AfterRahaul, the carrier’s activities 1944, she scored hitson an enemy understandhow your uncle has been continued to be so invariablysuccess- hattleslzip and helpedsink acarrier. able to spin sea storiesabout his ship ful that her history could he considered One of BunkerHill’s torpedoes also for lo these manu years. almostmonotonous, for she, and the damaged a Japanese destroyer. By way of epilogue,we might say other ships with which she sailed, con- By the spring of 1945, targets in the that Bunker Hill later served the Navy sistently inflicted heavy damage against Pacific were hecoming relatively scarce, as an auxiliaryaircraft transport antl the enemy. hut Bunker Hill’s ?>lanesstill helped to was identified by the hull numher AVT At Tarawa, for example, she pounded sink a Japanesehattleship on 17 April 17. the island’s dugouts, gun emplacements as well as the light cruiser Yahagi and On 9 Jan 1947, Bunker Hill was antlother shore installations,heavily fourdestroyers. Two otherdestroyers placedout of commission in reserve, damaging the enemy’s air facilities and were left in flames. attached tothe U. S. PacificReserve destroying many of his planes. In May, Bunker Hill’s flight deck was Fleet. It wus at Tarawa, on the night of 18 crashed by a Japunese Zeke. A Judy Her long and honorahle career ended Nov 1943, when 16 enemybombers followed andreleased a 500-nountl on 1 Nov 1966 at which time shewas uttacked the invasion fleet. Of the IS, bomb. The resultant firesand explo- stricken fromthe Navy list.”ED.

FEBRUARY 1968 27 "Forextraordinary heroism . . ."

* PRENDERGAST, Francis S., Lieutenant (ig), USNR, os a flight officer servingwith a recon- naissance attack squadron on a combat mission overNorth,Vietnam on 9 Mar 1967. After being shotdown and captured by enemy soldiers, he assessed hissituation and cunningly conserved hisstrength for dramatica escape. He suc- ceeded in eluding his captors and was then rescued bya helicopter.

* SPEER, Paul H., Commander, USN, as a pilot in a fighter squadron on 19 May 1967. He led aflight ofsix FB aircraft on amission with two A4 aircraftduring a strike against q ther- mal power plant in North Vietnam. Commander * DILLON. John Captain,G., Civil Engineer Speer maintained flight discipline and integrity Corns... USN. . as commandino- officer of the South- inhis groupdespite intense surface-to-air mis- east Division,Naval Facilities Engineering Com- sile,antiaircraft and MIG attack. The A4 air- "Forexceptionally meritariour conduct in mand from NOV1965 through Sep 1967. craft, which his group was escorting, scored theperformance of outstandingservice to DUNCAN, Charles K., Vice Admiral,USN, as direct hits on the assignedtarget. He dawned thegovernment of the United States . . ." * a MIG, and members ofhis night downed two Commander Amphibious Force U.S.Atlantic otheraircraft while seriously damaging dnather Fleet from 15 Jun 1965 to 16 May 1967. BEARDSLEY,Henry 1.. RearAdmiral, Supply whenMlGs attacked the A4s duringretirement * Corps, USN, posthumously,from 22 Sep 1965 fromthe target. Gold starin lieu of second oword to 8 Apr 1967 as Director of Financial Services FERRALL,William Rear E., Admira!, USN, in the Office of the Comptroller of the Navy. * from 21 Jul 1964 through 30 Sep 196? as Com- I * BOYDSTUN,Howard J.,Captain, USN, from mondant 13th NavalDistrict and Commander Jul 1965 toJul 1967 as Commanding Officer, Northern Sector, Western Sea Frontier. U.S.Naval Air Station, Lemoore, Calif. * GAYLER,Noel A. M., RearAdmiral, USN, I as Director, Development ProgramsDivision Gold starin lieu of second award and Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Opemtions "Far exceptionally meritorious service 'to the * BRANDLEY,Frank A., Rear Admiral, USN, (Development) from Sep 1963 to Sep 1967. from Dec 1965 toAug 1967 as Commandant, Government ofthe United States in a duty 11thNaval District and commander, Naval GORDER, Merle H., Commander, USN,as ofgreat responsibility . . :' Base, Son Diego, Calif. eperations officer far Commander TaskGroup 77.4. Commander TaskGroup 77.7 and Com- ENSEY,Lot, Vice Admiral,USN, as Deputy * BRANDOW,Henry W., Captain.Supply mander Carrier Division Three from 14 Oct 1966 I Chief ofNaval Operations(Logistics) fromAug Corps, USN,while assigned tofield command, to 14 Apr 1967. 1964 throughAug 1967. Duringthis period, he Defense Atomic Support Agency, Sandia Base, was responsible forsupervising and monitoring Albuquerque, N.M.,from 24 May 1963 to 1 * GRIMSLEY, Geleter, Captain,Supply Corps, allNavy logistics,worldwide. Aug 1967. USN,from Jul 1965 throughJun 1967 while serving on the staff, Commander Service Farce, * RIGGS, Cecil D., RearAdmiral, Medical * BURKLE, Joseph 5.. Captain, Medical Corps, U.S. Pacific Fleetas budget officer duringthe Corps, USN, as AssistantChief forplanning USN,while assigned to the Defense Atomic buildup of farces inSoutheast Asia. andlogistics, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Support Agency, Washington, D.C., from 7 Aug fromJul 1963 to May 1967, and whileserving 1965 to 31 Aug 1967 asDeputy Director (Oper- * HAGERMAN, George M., Captain, USN,as simultaneouslyas Inspector Gereral, Medical, ations and Administration), Armed Forces Radio- AssistantChief ofStaff, J-5, UnitedNations I until 4 Mar 1966. biologyInstitute and lateras director, AFRRI. Command, and asAssistant Chief of Staff, UnitedStates Farces, Korea,from Mar 1965 to STROH, RobertJ., Vice Admiral, USN, as * CALDWELL,Henry H., RearAdmiral, USN, Jul 1967. DeputyDirector, Strategic Target Planning, from from 30 Sep 1965 to 31 Oct 1967 as Com- 25 Jul 1963 to 25 Sep 1967. Vice AdmiralStroh mander Fleet Air, Jacksonville. Duringthis * HETLER, JohnC., Captain, Supply Corps, was responsible for exercising direct supervision period he was task group commander inmajor USN,as Chief,Programs and Policy Division over the activities of the JointStrategic .Target training exercises CLOVE HITCH, LANTFLEX and and DeputyAssistant Director, Plans, Programs PlanningStaff. MINIBEX series, and also commander of orange and Systems,Headquarters Defense Supply forces duringjoint NATO exercise LASHOUT. Agency, fromJan 1962 to Oct 1967.

* CHEFFEY, John H., Captain, Medical Carps, * LOWE,Grady H., Captain, USN, while serv- USN, while serving successively in the Bureau of ing successively as officer in charge, Pasadena; Medicine and Surgery, on the Secretary of the Commander, Naval Ordnance Test Station; Com- Navy'sRetention Task Force and in the office mander, NavalUndersea Warfare Center; and of the DeputyAssistant Secretary of Defense Commander, Naval Weapons Center, from 2 "For conspicuousgallantry and in- (health and medical) fromJul 1964 toJul 1967. Aug 1963 to 15 Sep 1967. trepidity in action . . . " Goldstar in lieu of second award Goldstar in lieu of second aword * BOS, RogerC., Commander, USN,while * CLARK, John E., RearAdmiral, USN, from * LUKER, George R.,Rear Admiral, USN, from servingwith an attack aircraftsquadron during Sep 1965 toAug 1967 os Commandant, 12th Aug 1966 toJun 1967 as Commandant Third I 28

NAVY’S HERITAGE in the ARTS

FIGURENEADS, SYMBOLS and DECORATIONS...

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WelcomeHome, Daddy 0 The dock landingship uss knocked out a SAM missile site under Monticello (LSD35), back in San construction. A strange thing happens to a sailor Diegoafter eight and one-half The deployment was the first time walking away from the brow after a Boston has served in WestPac since long deployment. He walks funny- months in WestPac. World War 11, when as aheavy asthough he expects theport side As aunit of AmphibiousReady Group Bravo, Monticello took part in cruiser she took part in 10 campaigns of the pavement to come up to meet eight amphibious operations in South whileserving with theThird and his foot. Vietnam. They included Beacon Hill, Fifth fleets. There’s a simple explanation, as all Beacon Star, Belt Tight, Beaver 0 Destroyer Squadron16, home of you old saltsknow. He’s still after seven months’ duty with the walkingon sealegs. The crews of Track, and others. About half of her deployment was spent in sight of the Seventh Fleet. The squadron is com- several ships havebeen wide-stancing posed of uss Bigelow (DD942), it lately, after long tours away from shores bordering the DMZ. Welcomehome ceremonies were Allen M. Sumner (DD692), Ault terra firma. (DD698), McCafery (DD860), Tying up at Pacific piers were: arranged in Atlantic ports for: 0 The guided missile cruiser uss Charles R. Ware (DD 865), Forrest 0 The attack carrier uss Hancock Royal (DD872), Dahlgren (DLG (CVA 19), back in herhome port, Boston (CAG 1), backin Boston, Mass., aftera six months’ tour of 12), andBarney (DDG 6). Alameda, Calif., after her third com- dutywith the SeventhFleet in While in Vietnamesewaters the bat deployment to the Tonkin Gulf. squadronfired totala of 46,000 During her seven-month cruise, Han- WestPac. Boston took part in Operation Sea rounds of 5-inch ammunition in naval cock‘s pilots flew more than8900 Dragon during her cruise, destroying gunfire missions againstenemy combat and combatsupport sorties. or damaging 360 waterborne logistics troops,installations, vehicles, and Major bombing targets of her 7000 craft in her six months in the combat boats. tons of expended ordnance included zone. Her gunsdestroyed or dam- During hertour, Dahlgren spent the Vin LOChighway bridge, the Chu aged countless rail lines, bridges, sup- 62 days on the northernmost search Ne armybarracks, Hai Dong rail ply transferpoints, warehouses and and rescuestation in the Tonkin bridge complex, Kien An airfield, the coastaldefense guns during 750 Gulf, during which she rescued seven Chu Son militarystorage area, the missions in Vietnam.She also U. S. pilots. Cong My and Loi Dong petroleum transshipment points near Haiphong, and the Doan Vi transshipment point. 0 uss Hornet (CVS 12), aftera seven-month FarEast deployment, back in LongBeach, Calif. During the cruise, Hornet spentabout 35 per cent of her time in the Vietnam combatzone, and also took part in three training exercises with foreign navies. The antisubmarine warfare carrier steamed nearly 60,000 miles, logging 5510 arrestedlandings and2670 helicopter landings. The San Diego-based tank land- ingships uss Tioga County (LST 1158)and HolmesCounty (LST 836), aftereight-month tours in WestPac. The amphibiousforce ships operated as resupply and support ves- sels for River Assault FlotillaOne, in the Mekong Delta and Rung Sat Special Zone. In addition, Tioga County took part in Operations Beacon Guide, Beacon Gate,and Beacon Point. In Beacon Gate,she CAREER NAVYMEN-Captain R. Stone, X0 of USS Essex (CVS 9), gives re- usedher landing craft in a water- borneassault against enemy forces enlistment oath to Norman Davison, SKCM; John Hudimac, BMC; B. A. Spriggs, for the first time. ABC; and R. C. McGovern, MMC. They have a total of 83 years‘ navy service.

FEBRUARY 1968 39 TODAY’S NAVY Record for Sea Stallions Whenthe CH-53A Sea Stallion helicopters of MarineHeavy Heli- copterSquadron 463 departed uss Tripoli (LPH 10) recently, they left an enviable record behind them. In just a fewhours, thehuge helicopters hadtransported a battalion landingteam, their supplies, weapons, and support equipment from the carrier’s flightdeck to the designated area for Operation Formation Leader. This operation reportedly marked the firsttime thatthe Sea Stallion hadbeen used as the primaryam- phibious assault vehicle in Vietnam. While Tripoli steamed just off the coast, the Sea Stallion choppers made roundtrips to the operation area and back tothe amphibious assault ship’s flight deck. This required quite an effort from HELPING HAND-Dick Stapleman of MCB 71 lendshelping hand tovillagers the ship,s forces in order to have nearChu Lai. He andother Seabees devote spare time to helping Vietnamese. and personnel readyto be loaded. All cargo was assembled on horns connected by copper tubing to Horn Alert the hangar deck and loaded on the The threat of mortar or rocket at- a regulated oxygen bottle.The sys- deck-edgeelevators normally re- tack, ever present in unsettled com- tem is activated by opening a simple served for the movement of aircraft. batareas in Vietnam,requires en- shuttlecock in the copperline. This Then it was broughtto the flight campments to have a distinctive allows oxygen to escape through the deck level and loaded into the helos alarming device ready for use under pipeto the horns. The result is a formovement ashore. Formation varyingconditions, day andnight. loud,shrill, piercing noise. Leader was a success. MCB-3, whichhas been toured Such an alertingmechanism has Sincedeploying WestPac,to three times in Vietnam, has the horn been developed by Mobile Construc- Tripoli hasparticipated inseven tionBattalion Three Seabees who alarms strategically placed about the full-scale amDhibious assaults. While claim theiralarm is operable com- camp and by magnifying the sound off Vietnam: sheserves as flagship pletelyindependent of anyexternal withmegaphones, every man is for the commander of Seventh Fleet power. It consists of four dual truck alerted, even those asleep. AmphibiouS Ready Group Bravo.

LOCK UP-Amphibious assaultcarrier USS Tripoli (LPH 10) rises to the occasion at Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal. Tico Sets Fast Pace Crewmen in the attackcarrier uss Ticonderoga (CVA 14) may earn the equivalent of a high school diploma, collegecredits, or technicaltrain- ingthrough correspondence courses when the ship is at sea. Members of the crew may attend college classes onboard through the Navy’s Pro- gram for Afloat CollegeEducation (PACE ) . PACEbrings teachers on board from San DiegoState College to teachseven freshman-level courses A GOOD TOUR-Master ChiefPetty Officer Paul N. Cockreham is piped to more than 100 Ticonderoga crew- ashore during retirement ceremonies at Patrol Squadron 17, Chief Cockreham men.Each course offers three col- endeda 27-year Navy career thatstarted 10 months beforePearl Harbor. lege credits, acceptable at most colleges and universities,for a cost of only $10 to $15, plus books. $5 for the first of its courses. If the testsfor advancement in rating. It In addition,a sailor student may studentpasses, he may takeany even has on record that it adminis- choose from among more than 6000 otherUSAFI courses at nocost. teredthe final exam fora teaching correspondence courses from 46 About 400 Tico men are enrolled in certificate to a civilian-the wife of a colleges and, universitiesthrough USAFI courses eachyear. crewman. USAFI,which also offers some 200 Ticonderoga’s EducationalServ- All this points to the fact that on of its own courses covering pre-high icesOffice, which maintains a train- board Ticonderoga, or anywhere else school, high school, college and tech- inglibrary that houses about 300 in the Fleet, a man needs little more nicalsubjects. training films, also administersen- than the desire for an education. The The college correspondence courses trance exams for colleges, handles Navy, as arule, takes care of just cost about$10 to $25 each, includ- applications for the Navy’s own serv- about all the rest. ing books, whereasUSAFI charges ice schools, and gives Navy-wide -Frank Silvey, J03, USN

Home Away from Home Accordingtheto Navy boat Justbefore Christmas of 1966, more than 24,000 gallons of drink- crews andthe soldiers of the shebegan her long voyage under ing water a day. Mobile RiverineForce at Vung tow bound forVung Tau where, Twoelectrical generators pro- Tau, they live in the first APLto after a shortstop at Subic Bay, videpower for lighting and air- arrive in Vietnam andthe only R. P., she arrived on 22 Feb 1967. conditioning. greenone in theentire country. Additional mileage was accumu- In additionto the utilities on Thepaint job is for camouflage lated as APL 26 was towed up and board,facilities also includea against a jungle background. down the rivers of the Mekong minor surgery ward and a sick bay Their home is anauxiliary per- Delta andthe RungSat Special which accommodates 10 patients. sonnellighter (APL26) which Zone accompanying the other ships Although the residents of APL serves as a hotel for Navy Task whichmake upthe base for the 26agree that it isn’t theRitz, it Force117 and also supportsone Mobile Riverine Force. ranks favorably with the other float- river assault division and squadron Steam and hotwater are pro- ingbarracks located elsewhere in staff,two rifle companies and one vided for APL 26 residents by two Vietnamand, anyway, beatsit headquarters company as well as a boilers and its evaporators produce sleeping in a pup tent on the beach. Navy explosive ordnancedisposal team. Although the residents of APL 26 don’t claim theirhome is the most peripatetic in the world, they do say it has been around quite a bit. According to their calculations, APL 26has traveled more than 7000 miles in the pastyear un- hampered by the fact that it has no means of self-propulsion. The floating barracks, which was built in 1944, was taken out of the mothball fleet Seattleat and modernized for service in Vietnam.

FEBRUARY 1968 41

He Sails With Vietnam’s Mine Force

When JohnCarkeek goes to chainhaving steel cutting blades work, he takes a canteen, a portable welded to it. radiotransmitter, and a .45. He Carkeekadvises the crew in mightuse all of thembefore the minesweepingtechniques, mainte- day is over. nance,and weapons. He knows He’s a boatswain’s mate first class how. A boatswain’s mate for over servingas an advisorto the Viet- 19 years,he spent seven aboard namese Navy Mine Force. oceangoing minesweepers. He seems to like his job. When He looks relaxed while the boat he jumps aboard the ,%-foot motor sweeps close to the Long Tau river- launch minesweeper each morning, bank.Except his eyes.They keep he invariably greets the Vietnamese moving. The days are long and hot, crew with a big, hearty grin. They buthe doesn’t getdrowsy. He grin back. keeps alert. Figures he’ll live longer He doesn’t speak a lot of Viet- that way. namese, but he has picked up the He eatsformerly strange meals. essential phrases. He gets his ideas Rice. Fish.Local vegetables. He’s across. had the job for four months. He’s He is one of five U. S. advisors usedto the diet. attachedto the Vietnamese Mine JohnCarkeek thinks he has the Force. The minesweeperstry to best duty in Vietnam. cut the control lines of Viet Cong -Story and Photos by mines, sweepingwith an anchor Tom Walton, JO1, USN

Photos Clockwise from Top Right: meals topside. (5) Boatswain’s Mate (1) BM1 John Carkeek advises two Carkeek doesn’t speakVietnamese minesweepercrewmen as theyreel fluently,but has learned enough in sweep gear following a day’s oper- phrases to get a point across quickly ation. (2) 50-foot Vietnamese motor to the crew. Eyes continually search lannchestravel the Long Tauand the river’s banks for the enemy who Dong Nai Rivers in pairs. (3) Good hide in thebrush which lines the working relationship with crewmem- muddyriver. (6) Carkeek is one of hers is essential in the job of keeping five U. S. advisorsattached to the therivers free of Viet Cong mines. Vietnamesemine force. The mine- (4)Chopsticks serve as eating uten- sweepers attempt to cut control lines sils for thisNavyman who eats his of Viet Congmines.

FEBRUARY 1968 SMOOTH RELEASE resultsin bull’s-eye for Thomas Coggins, AT2. Rt: L‘yle Steward, YN1, showshunting position.

Archers-Navy Style newbow designs, bow sights and is an accomplishedhunter or field modernmanufacturing procedures archer. Archery is anancient sport, but area fewinnovations which have ThomasCoggins has valueda like many others it has become mod- made the modem archer a technical souvenir as a result of his ship’s visit ernizedasdesign concepts have and avid sportsman. toBarcelona. Coggins competed in changed and types of material have Thereare twodistinct camps in and won the first place gold medal of expanded. the sport,target archery and field the SpanishArchery Championship Cupid couldn’t have been as accu- archery.Coggins, stationed aboard round. He was invited to participate rate with his weapon as Navy bow- uss Franklin D.Roosevelt (CVA 42), after inquiring about the tournament men ThomasCoggins, AT2, and is championa targetarcher, and at the local US0 Club. LyleSteward, YN1. Modernbow- Steward, stationed at Supreme Allied Although Coggins had won a mili- strings,balanced aluminum arrows, CommanderAtlantic headquarters, tary invitational meet at Pensacola in 1966and placedin several other major archery tourneys, he had never Here’s the 1968 All-Navy and Interservice Sports Schedule shotin a European roundwith its 1 longershooting distances. Normal Event All-Navy Interservice distancesto target in the U. S. are from 20 to 80 yards, while in Euro- Basketball NavolStation, Pearl Harbor MaxwellAFB, Ala. 19-23 February 4-8 March pean matches they range from 32 to 99 yards. Boxing Nova1 Station, Charleston, 5. C. Camp Lejeune, N. C. Coggins also shoots without a bow- 18-22 March 12-16 August sight(instinctive style), and this Iudo Not Scheduled NavalAir Station,Miramar, gave him a further disadvantage, as Calif. bowsights are standard equipment in March 25-28 Spanishtournaments. Despite the disadvantages,Coggins proved that Volleyball Naval Air Station. Jacksonville, Fla. DoverAFB, Del. 15-19 April 22-26 April he is a champion archer by defeating the bestarchers in Spain.Coggins Wrestling Not Scheduled NavolTraining Center, now has his eye on anothertarget, SanDiego, Calif. the 1972 Olympic games. 1-5 April Fieldarcher Lyle Steward put a Bowling Naval Air Station, Memphis,Tenn. KeeslerAFB, Miss. feather in his archer’s cap this past 13-17 May 20-23 May deer season by bagging a four-point buck. Trackand Fie1 Not d Scheduled Will be held Date undecided Bow hunting is a lonely, cold, and oftenunrewarding sport. It often Tennis Naval Station, Newport, R. 1. Camp Pendleton, Calif. means sitting and waiting in a cold, 29 July-2 August 5-9 August damp woods in the earlymorning Golf NavalStation. long Beach, Calif. MCS, Quantico, Va. hours. Besides patience, it also re- 19-23 August 26-30 August quireskeen instinct and excellent bowmanship. Softball Navol Submarine SupplyFacility, Ft. Eustis,Va. Many times the hunter doesn’t see BallastPoint, Son Diego, Calif. 2-6 September 26-30 August a deer or fire an arrow, but when he J does, luck, skill and an unobstructed

44 ALL HANDS THENUMBER 530 hasbeen free-style wrestling event. filed in the mind of Allen F. Now the 170-pO~lldgrappler Buntrock, AOCS, alongwith hasanother credit. He has black cats, walking under lad- beenpresented an AAUAll- ders, Friday the 13th and other American Championship award nemeses and ill omens. for participatingin the 1967 You see, Buntrock is a skeet tournament.Glenn has a his- shooter, andquite successful tory of nationalcompetition with a shotgun and clay bird. dating back to 1963, including You might say that he is a per- the1964 Olympic tryouts in fect shot . . . almost. which he placed thirdin Greco- Almost, because he lost the Roman style wrestling. He will military division of the world be a top Navy contender for a skeetchampionships this year spot on the Olympic team. at Savannah,Ga., to Airman The incentive of a possible Second Class Jimmy Bellows of Olympicbid and gold medal Lackland Air Force Base. But will add tothe excitement of what a way to lose. All-Navy and interservice com- Senior Chief Buntrock quali- petitionthis coming season. fied,along with 11 others,for After all, gold is a Navy color. the finals of the championship by shooting a perfect score of 250x250. Duringthe shootoff, ninemarksmen were elimi- *** nated, leaving the two finalists. Buntrock and Bellows continued to burst bird after bird Eitherholes-in-one are not without a miss. You guessed it, on the 530th as rare as was previouslyre- bird Chief Buntrock missed portedin the October1967 and lost the worldskeet “From the Sidelines,” or there championship. are a lot of lucky Navy golfers. But if his shootingego be- Since the article on the lucky linksmen,there have been came a littlebruised by the loss, he need only takea look at many such claims to fame from his pastrecord. Among the Navymen in many parts of the trophies he has earned is a gold globe. Holes-in-one havebeen medalfrom the1967 Pan made on long and short holes. American Games. In his 12 Theyhave been made by years of competitiveshooting, bouncing off rocks and flag- hehas won more than 400 poles, rollinginto, bouncing trophies and medals. into and backinginto the elusivecup. Aces havebeen made by novices and by golfing *** veterans. But S. W. Hutcheson,Jr., HM2,stationed at Corpus Olympics is a magical word Christi,has the most unusual for Navy sportsmen as they ace tale to date. The event took dream of gold medals in 1968. placeat the10th hole at a One of the many Navy hope- country club in Houston, Tex. fuls is Bruce E. Glenn, SN, as- Hutcheson’sball didn’t bother signed to the U. s. Naval with usual preliminaries on the Academy.Glenn won the 134-yard par-three hole. From Greco-Roman competitionfor teeto cup was theroute the his weight division in the 1967 balltook, going into the hole interservice wrestling competi- on the fly. tion, and placed second in the -Larry Henry, J02, USN

45 EPDOCONUS Introduces New Assignment System ENLISTEDpersonnel presently on parallels therating control concept Anotheraspect of the efforts to Seavey and anticipating orders to presently being evaluated in BuPers look out for the enlisted man at sea shoreduty under distribution con- for practically all ratings. can befound in the monitoring of trol of EPDOCONUS will be assigned A major reorganization of EPDO- TourCompletion Dates (TCDs) . through a new system recently intro- CONUS was necessary tointroduce While not new to EPDOCONUS, TCD duced by that EPDO. the newsystem. Formerly, person- monitoring is the system established Purpose of the new systemis to nel made availableon a wholesale by EPDO to insure that every indi- produce a greater degree of success basis by RuPers fororders to shore vidual receives the amount of shore in satisfying the duty preferences of duty on a needs-of-the-servicebasis duty to which he is entitled. those being assigned. were first assigned to naval districts Otheradvantages, in addition to In the past,assignment desks in on a fair-share basis by the Person- improvementin chances of assign- EPDOCONUS have been responsible for nelManagement Department, and ment to an individual’s duty prefer- detailingpersonnel in essentially all then ordered to their final duty sta- ence,and greater responsiveness to ratings to the activities located in the tion by the district assignment officer activities’ manning requirements, are few naval districtsfor which each in the distribution department. included in EPDO’s recent reorgan- deskwas responsible. Under the new system, all person- ization. Under the new system, each desk nel being assigned by EPDOCONUS are With elimination of the naval dis- will assign personnel in a few ratings orderedto their final duty station trict “middleman,” assignmentof per- throughout CONUS. This system of directly by the assignment desk han- sonnel has been reduced to a single- rating distribution will supersede the dling the individual’s rating, thereby step operation,thus introducing a former system which divided the re- eliminating the former two-step oper- sponsibility of assignment desks es- more efficient procedurewhich can ation.This streamlining of the as- be accomplished by a smaller staff. sentially on a geographic (naval dis- signment procedure permits a closer As a result, EPDOCONUS has been able trict) basis. consideration of the individual’s pref- toreduce the number of personnel The new system of distribution erence of duty. attached to the command. Further,the new system, in par- alleling the Pers-B2 shift torating This Questionnaire Has a Bearing on Your Future control, permits simplification of con- tactpoints between theBureau of Have you filled out a questionnaire in the last year? One that asked NavalPersonnel and EPDOCONUS. about the type of training you have, and what you are qualified to do? Customersnow encounter similar One that you have returned to your Rating Control Officer in BuPers? organization in the two offices. If you are in one of the following ratings, there is a questionnaire for Additionally, the reorganization you: FTB, GMT,IC, EN, HM, DT, AE,AQ, AO, AX, Kr and ST. improves NEC familiarity for ratings The informationobtained fromyour answershas a direct impact on and provides for their better over-all many factors concerning both you and your rating. From your viewpoint, management. knowing that you have particular skills helps the detailer to give you a A discussion of EPDO’sreorgan- proper assignment. ization would be incomplete,how- “Proper assignment” in this instance, means working at the skills you ever, without mention of the disad- have put forth a lot of effort to learn. It means keeping in touch with vantages involved. yourrating so that you arebetter prepared for the next advancement The shift from a proven system to exams. It may mean receiving or continuing to receive pro pay. the unknown has resulted in a tem- It also affects thetraining plans that are made and the number of porary increase in workload and the peoplethat the Navy musttrain in specific NECs.In this connection, confusion of change.Additional re- it might be mentioned that when the RM rating was processed some time portsare now required from PAMI- ago, it was estimated that more than five million dollars worth of train- CONUS, plus a widerdistribution of ing was reidentified. Rating Control hopes to do the same in some of the some reports previously utilized. other ratings listed above. Also, the newprocedure elim- So, if you are in one of the listed ratings and you have not filled out a inates the single point of contact questionnaire, check with your personnel office to see if they have one previously enjoyedby shore com- for you. mands under the old district assign- If not, ask them to notify yonr Rating Control Officer in BuPers, and ment organization. An activity’s per- he will be happy to send you one. The sooner he gets the information sonnel officer now may need to talk he needs, the sooner he can do a better job for you. to several assignment officers in order to cover all ratings represented in the

46 ALL HANDS personnel allowance of his activity. on size and location. packagesmailed frommilitary per- Initial plans for this reorganization If you’re interested, keep in mind sonnel stationed overseas, with port- in EPDOCONUS (which is locatedat that rental charges for your transient able X-ray machinesto detect such the U. S. NavalTraining Center, quarters at the shipyard would be in non-mailableitems as firearms and Bainbridge, Md.) beganinearly addition towhatever you payfor explosives. 1966. The program for the new sys- quarters at your home port. As you probablyknow, fluoro- temwas discussedwith BuPers in HuPers Inst. 11101.3 series de- scoping will erase theimage from October of that year. Specifications scribes the program. unprocessed film. It will also ruin for new documents and reports to be unexposed film. usedby PAMICONUS weredelivered Therefore, if you wish to mail raw to PAM1 the following December. film home, you should pack and mail The reorganization wentinto ef- I 0 CALL IT FILM-If you’ve just I it separately. It should be clearly fect in September1967. taken some fabulous pictures of the identified as film on accompanying Bavarian Alps,don’t send the ex- customs declarationforms. Home Away From Home Port To posed roll withyour next parcel of The ellstoms forms arenot re- gifts that you sendhome to Mom. qllired for film sentto the U. s. in Meet Needs of Dependents The film might be blank when it gets film mailers provided by commercial During Overhaul Periods there. film processors, providedthey are A shipoverhaul followingover- Customs officials areexamining clearly labeled “Film.” seas deployment usually takes about threemonths. In many cases, the work is done in a shipyard hundreds of miles from the home port. Thosethree months in theyards ESSA Has a System haveseemed longer tomany mar- riedmen, particularly those who The world’s oceans, a major factor in creating Oceanogrophers customarilyobtain such in- hadn’tseen their families sincede- weather.are particularof interest to ESSA formationby lowering Nansen bottles over the parting for overseas monthsbefore. (Environment01 Science Services Administration). side of aship but this takes at least sixhours to make a 15,000-foot reading. Thisprolonged family separation That is one reoson it developed o tool which interestsNavy oceanographers as much as it An oceonographic shipusing the ESSA sys- problemhas been partially solved helpsESSA‘s meteorologists. tem doesn’t have toremain stationary; it can through a new transient housing pro- The newtool isa system which uses un- monitor the buoys while doing something, else gram,under which 643 fully fur- monned automated deep-sea buoysto meosure up to 30 miles away. Other telemetering equip- nished units are available to families the temperature, salt content and depth of ment con extend this distance upto 1500 miles. of Navymen whose shipsare in the water. It also meosures the speed and direc- Thesystem accommodates upto 10 buoys, yards at Portsmouth, N. H.; Norfolk, tionof currents, barometric pressure, oir tem- each of which can carry several surface and Va.; Bremerton,Wash.; and San perature and wind speed and direction. subsurfacesensor packages with fivesensors to Francisco. Here’s how it works: Some readings hove been obtained on alim- a package. Othersensors canbe added in the The shipscheduled for overhaul itedbasis from unmanned buoysbefore ESSA futureobtainto addition01 data from the or repair at one of the yards is noti- developed its system.Nevertheless it has ad-ocean. vantages not commonly foundin seagoing As thesensors gather their oceanographic fied of thetransient housing availi- oceanographic dato producers. data,is it telemetered to a central recording bility. Thecommanding officeris With the ESSA system, oceanographers con stationeither in aship or on land.The infor- toldexactly how many transient obtain automatic reodings on water temperature mation is also recorded on magnetic tape at units will be available to his ship. and salt content at periodsranging from one eoch buoystation. Reservations are then made afterThehour. the on tominute buoy system’s mechanism can report con- ship’sfamily menhave been sur- tinuouslyor canbe set toreport automatically veyed and it is determinedhow every six, 12, 30 or 60 minutes. If a receiving manywould have their dependents stationwants information before it is automal- join them at the shipyard. ically reported, it need anlj, call up the buoy Notification of the housing avail- and request faster service. Each of the 10 buoys ability is normally issued far enough isglod toreport as aften as required, and in advance to permit those interested repeats the datasampling five times within sufficient timeto contacttheir de- 45 seconds. pendentsand arrange for family The buoys canbe leftat sea for 30 days, travel tothe shipyard. (Families then inspected ond, if necessary, serviced. If a buoy islost, its telemetry device tells searchers must arrange and pay for their own where it is. travel. ) ESSA expects its buoy system eventually will Thetransient housingprogram is be used tostudy pollution in harbors and estu- administered by the Chief of Naval aries and to collect information on fishhabitats. Personnel, and is supportedwith It may also be used tostudy the exchange be- nonappropriatedfunds on a self- 6 tweenthe ocean‘s surface and the air which sustaining,break-even basis. Nomi- affects the world’s weather. nal rent chargeswhich payfor the cost of maintainingthe unitsrange from $45 to $80 monthly, depending

FEBRUARY 1968 47 - - THE BUtLETIN BOAR0 ~- ~. Read AI1 Abouf If: Navy’s New NTC, Orlando

ARLY LAST SUMMER Vice Admiral Personnelvacancies are anticipated ature of 82.5 degrees; yearly mean E B. J. Semmes,Jr., USN, Chief of at the Naval Training Center and at temperature is 72, degrees. Naval Personnel, turnedthe first the following tenant activities: Re- The rainy season extendsfrom spadeful of earth in a ceremony sig- cruit,Training Command, Training June through September. During this naling thestart of the newNaval Devices Center,and the Advanced periodscattered afternoon thunder- TrainingCenter at Orlando,Fla. UnderseaWeapons School. In1971 showersdailyare a occurrence, Preparationsare now underway for or later,there will be vacancies at bringing a drop in temperature, its official establishrnknt as anaval the Services .Schools Command and Also, a breeze is usually present, con- training center on 1 Jul 1968. In the the Nuclear Power School. tributing to general comfort. meantime the big job of setting up Here’ssome information on Or- Hurricanes usudlly arenot con- the new NTC will be carried out by lando of interest to Navymenwho sideredagreat threat to Orlando a nucleus crew under Captain Enders maybe assigned there for duty or since, toreach this area, they must P. Huey, USN, whotakes ovet. in training: pass over substantiala stretch of January from the first skipper, Com- LOCATION-Orlando is in the land and, in so doing, lose much of mander M. J. Ball, USN. central Florida lake region, approxi- their punch. The establishment of thethird mately 140 miles south of the city of INDUSTRY-Orlando hasa well recruit training facility is a result of Jacksonville, and100 miles east of balancedeconomy. Statistics show overcrowding at Che existing training Tampa.It is thehub of all central the following employee figures: re- centers at Great Lakes, Ill., and San Florida industry and activity, and is tailing,22,000; manufacturing, 18,- Diego, Calif. Florida’s largestinland city, witha 800; services and miscellaneous, The Naval Training Center will be population of more than106,000 17,600;government, 16.800; and situated on approximately1100 and ametropolitan area population wholesale trade 10,400.Manufac- acres of the presentOrlando Air ofover 400,000. Orlando’s location, tured products include citrus concen- Force Rase propertywhich will be atthe center of theFlorida penin- trates,plastic dinnerware, pleasure transferred to the Navy on the first sula,combined with an excellent boats, fishing tackle and electronic of July. It is located three miles east highwaysystem, makes the cityan components, among others. of the center of the city of Orlando, idealpoint from whichto tour the HOUSING-Base housing is non- adjacent to Winter Park. state and its many attractions. existent;however, housing in the Orlando is considereda superior Orlando has been known for dec- area is consideredvery good with base for thenew facility from the ades as “TheCity Beautiful.”Blos- plentiful FHA and VA housing avail- standpoints of cost, health conditions, som-ringed lakes radiate a panorama able.Private housing in Orlando is training efficiency, communitysup- of color over the city . . . stately oaks abundantpresent. at Orlando- portand good moraleenvironment. drench homes and streetsin shade Winter Park hasgained recognition Much of the training operations are . . . public buildings are modern and for its lovelyhomes. A widerange expectedto beconducted outdoors. clean. of these homes is available,with Orlandoprovides an ideal location CLIMATE-Central Florida offers a styles and prices so varied that any from the standpoint of climate. mostenjoyable climate, in thatit taste or budget can be easily suited. Initially, the RecruitTraining may be classified as warm, moist, in- The area’s many lakes lend them- Command, a tenant activity of the vigoratingly cool in winter, with ade- selves tolake-front development. A NavalTraining Center, willprocess quate sunshine. The normal January great deal of this type of home build- approximately 4000 recruits every 11 teinperature,any year, is 60.4de- inghas been going on in recent weeks. The Navy’s plans will double grees, witha normal July temper- years. Also, numerous planned devel- the above figure, which will mean opmentsareunder construction, 13000 recruits every 11 weeks. manyfeaturing their own private In addition,other facilities will lilliam R. Maul, CTC, USN playgrounds,swimming pools,golf handle advanced training as well as courses and completecountry club special schooling of various kinds, facilities. making NTCOrlando one of the Rental prices vary as follows: principaltraining bases in the Two-bedroomhouse, unfur- country. Service schools planned for nished,with or withoutkitchen Orlando will form a major part of equipment. $75.00$125.00 to the complex. Two-bedroom, house, furnished. To conduct this training, the Navy $75.00 to$150.00 will havea staffof 1400 or more Three-bedroomhouse, fur- men.Since most of these will be nished.$100.00 to $175.00 menwith families, thatmeans a 0 One-and two-bedroomapart- permanent addition of 4000 to 5000 ments,furnished or unfurnished. people to the community. $60.00 to $150.00 Officers and enlistedmen of all Currently, theOrlando Air Force general service ratingsanticipating “Wait‘ll you hearthe new PA systemthey Base, which will become the Naval shore tours may apply for this duty. rigged up thismorning!” TrainingCenter Orlando, on 1 Jul

48 ALL HANDS 1968, has available a limited amount JuniorCollege, and RollinsCollege, most beautiful and finest in the state. of transient officer and enlisted located in nearby Winter Park. Churches of practicallyevery de- quarters.Until 1 July the availabil- HOSPITALS-Hospitals serving the nomination and sectare conven- ities are expected to be as follows: area are:Florida Sanitarium and iently located in all major neighbor- For officers: Twokitchenette Hospital (400 beds), Holiday Hospi- hoods. apartmentswith two rooms each, tal (116), Orange Memorial (750), RECREATION - Orlando's famous containing five beds, wit11 cooking Sunland (lOOO), WinterPark Me- fishing grounds sprawl out across the facilities. Cost is $2.00 a person per morial (208), Mercy Medical Center surroundingcentral Florida citrus night, maximumcost is $8.00. Four (150), WestOrange (86), Orlando region, an area that cradlesthou- apartmentswith two rooms each, General(481, Ecclestop-Callahan sands of freshwater lakes and without cooking facilities, areavail- (32),and the Naval Hospital at the streams. Florida's principalgame able at the same cost as the kitchen- Naval Training Center ( 135). Plans fish, the largemouth bass, abounds in ettes. call for expansion of the naval. hos- thesewaters, and $tains its largest For enlisted: Ten motel units with pital facilities. size here.The bassrange up to 15 one room, containingtwo beds, re- CHURCHES-That the Orlando area Rpunds, with 10-pounders not being frigerator and TV,with nocooking is a religious community is evidenced uncommon. i:. facilities. Cost is $1.50person,a by the more than200 churches in There are 54 lakes in the city and maximum $4.50pernight. Four the city andsurrounding area. All 2000 in the area.Eight public unitswith two rooms, containing these spring from humble beginnings pprks are hated in Orange County. five beds,with copkirg facilities, at in themiddle of the19th century, Located near spcings, lakes or rivers, $3.00 a person, maximum cost, and many are considered among the these parks" arefavorite areas for $6.00 a night. 1 The maximum time limit for oc- cupancythrough 30 Jun 1968 is sevendays with a three-day exten- sionpossible inemergencies. Per- Admiral Luce and the Uniform sonnelreporting aboard who desire thesequarters should write to the Thecontributions of RearAdmiral Stephen B. concerns the dressblue uniform by which U. 5. Base Housing Office for reservations, Luce (1827-1917) to the modern U. 5. Navy Navyenlisteg men are easily recognized the specifyingexact datethat you will have been many. Appointedmidshipman in world over. On 18 Jan 1876, while in command of the arrive. 1841, he becam'e knownboth as the foremost seaman of his time and asfather of the Naval flagship Hartford atNorfolk, thenCaptain Luce There will probably be some War College. addressed *e followingletter to his superior, transientquarters available on the Throughout hislife,RADM Luce worked Commbnder NorthAtlantic Squadron: baseafter 1 July;however, final toward an improved Navy, and his contribu- "Admiral: I beg leave tooffer the enclosed decisions have not been made as to tions ihcluded writing the first standardtext on collar withstars and stripesas a suitable sub- whetherthey will beoperated by seamanship; foundingthe merchant marine stitutionfor the plaincollar nowin use for the Housing Officer of NTC, or will academies and thenaval training system; and the frocksof our seamen. be availablebe through !he Guest the reorganization of theNavy Department "As asingle line of tape does not look well, Housing facilities underNavy ,Ex- whichresulted in the e5tablishment of the itis proposed that the three stripes on the collar be forall grades, and the differentrat- change management. Office of the Chief ofNaval Operations. In thefield ofenlisted welfare, hisships ings of ihe menbe indicated by the stripes on TRAILER INFORMATION-At this had the first patented coffee boiler,the first thecuffs as at present. timebecause of spacelimitations, slidefilm projecfor ("magic lantern"), fore- "Thepattern is generally approved by the thereare no plans for an on-base runnerof today's shipboard movies, and the commanding officers present." trailerpark. However, thereare first dental corpsmen. Luce hadevidently taken stepspreviously to several good trailerparks located RADM Luce also made anothercontribution publicize his newdesign, for on the same day, withinreasonable distances. Aver- thathas not been normally credited tohim. It RearAdmiral James R. M.Mullany gave the age rental is $25.00 to $30.00. Some letterhis hearty endorsement: parkscharge an additional fee of "Approved and respectfullyreferred to the Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruit- $2.00 for each child. ing with the hope that the proposal of Captain EDUCATION-Florida Technologi- Luce will receive thefavorable consideration cal University, a four-year state uni- of the Department." versity, will openthis year, with a Twodays later,Rear Admiral Robert W. studentbody of 1500. The new Shufeldt,whose Bureau then had supervision Valencia Junior College openedin ofenlisted matters, wroteto Luce that his sug- gestionrelative to the change of uniformhad the fall of 1967. Orange County has been adopted. . 27public high schools, 73 public So the crew of Farragut'sformer flagship elementary schools, 10 parochial was the first towear the dress blue uniform. schools, nineprivate schools, four Since then, it has been worn bytheir successors for some threegenerations withonly 'minor schools for thehandicapped, three changes. nurse training schools, four business "JohnD. Hayes, RearAdmiral, USN (Ret.) schools, an adult education program, a county vocational school, a gradu- ateengineering school, theOrlando

FEBRUARY 1968 49 boating,fishing, swimming, picnick- looking Forward to Tropical of an additional200 units in Fiscal Year 1968. Funds have not yet been ing and other outdoor activities. The Duty With Family in Guam? Orlando-Winter Park areahas nine allocated for this construction. How- excellent golf courses. The present Housing Is at a Premium ever, thecontinued growth of the nine-holeNaval Training Center If you anticipate a tour of duty in military population will outstrip the golf course will beeventually ex- Guam in the near future, better seri- building program for some time. panded to 18 holes. Recreational ously considerleaving your family opportunitiesare so variedthere is Stateside. Wilhoite’s Reenlistments somethingfor everyone. The mild Housing of anynature is at a climatelends itself toyear-round When uss Wilhoite (DER397) premium, no matter whether it’s off plies the coastal waters of South Viet- sports and patio living. base or public quarters at one of the An eastcoast Disney World will nam to prevent Viet cong infiltration, various military housing compounds. thepatrols mean hard work inhot be built on 27,400 acres of land just In spite of the 2110 existing hous- 16 miles southwest of Orlando. weather and long hours for the crew. ingunits, military menordered to Work, heatand longhours not- Basic elements of theproposed de- Guamwho need a two-bedroom velopment include a new amusement withstanding, nine of Wilhoite’s petty house may expect to wait five to six officers lined up on the deck recently, theme park similar to the world- months for government housing. The famousDisneyland in California; a raisedtheir right hand,and reen- waitingperiod for a three-bedroom listed for another tour in the Navy. series of theme motels surrounding unit is from nine to 11 months. and compatible with the theme park It was the first reenlistment for six The squeezeapplies to those as- of the petty officers and they took ad- development; outdoor sports centers signed to ships homeported at Guam for golf,tennis, boating, camping, vantage of the Navy’s STAR (Selec- as well as to men assigned to military tiveTraining And Retention)pro- and otherrecreational activities installations. which will takeadvantage of and gram. As everyNavyman knows, the preservethe natural beauty of the Be that as it may, here is a thumb- area; an industrialpark, covering careeradvantages offered by STAR nailsketch of livingconditions in areconsiderable and the hard cash about1000 acres, planned as a Guam as seenby those who are “showplace tothe world of Ameri- the variable reenlistment bonus pro- there: vides can’t beignored, either. For canindustry;” a “jetairport of the Allofficers areeligible for Navy future” offering serviceto private shore-basedNavymen it canmean public quarters, as are enlisted petty a new car. For those overseas, it can and executiveplanes, commercial officers second class and above. Men charters and freight carriers; and an meanan investment at 10 per cent whoare P03s are also eligible if experimentalprototype community interest. they have four or more years of serv- WiZhoite’s petty officers collected a of tomorrow,planned for 20,000 ice for pay purposes and are assigned permanent residents. nicebundle for spending or invest- to Guam for a two-year tour. ing. The total tax-free bonus paid to The development is scheduledto Navyquarters are furnished with open to the public in January 1971. them amounted to $35,000. Most of an electric stove, freezer, refrigerator, it went to themen who reenlisted TAX INFORMATION-Under Flor- beds,mattresses, chests and desks. ida’s Homestead Exemption Law, an for the first time. An extra refrigerator is handy. The advantages for everyone were owner-occupied home is exempt The island is warm and humid and from municipal and county taxes for obvious: The men who reenlisted had is notkind to overstuffed and ve- money in theirpockets and further the first $5000 of assessed valuation. neeredfurnishings. The climate is opportunityto grow professionally. No taxes are levied on real estate for also unhealthy for carpeting. In ad- ” The Navy gainedcontinued benefit statepurposes. Florida has no in- dition,appliances and silverwareare from thepetty officers’ 52 yearsof come tax and sales taxes are not con- subjected to corrosion by the salt air. collective experience and was saved sideredgenerala tax due tothe TO combat all this,the Navy hasthe expense of training new men.

exemption of certainitems. Florida “hot~ ~ locker”~ ~ soaceto combat mildew. cities and counties levy generalreal The hot lockers work well for books, J. H. Paoli, IC1. USN property taxes. shoes and clothing.- - Off-base housing is expensive and William R. Maul, CTC, USN hard to find. If you do locate quar- ers in the civiliancommunity, more I often than not you will find them below thestandards to which you wereaccustomed in the United States. Therent will be higher. A two- bedroomhouse rents -for $150 to c: $200. It will probably be wiped out in the next typhoon that comes along. So will your furniture. ”I don’t understandmadeeveryouhow -~ At the moment,authorization has rate, I have to explainevery Me detail “First . . . I’m going to ask for avolunteer.” been obtained for the construction to you.”

50 ALL HANDS Deadline Nears for Submission of Your Command's History

YOURCOMMAND did something no- louis Giordano, RMSN, USN over-all chronology; command organ- tablethis past year. Even if you ization and relations;operations or don't think so, the Chief of Naval activities;special topics; and docu- Operations does. In fact, by 1 March, mentary annexes. everyship, naval command and es- Incidentally,documentary appen- tablished shore or field activity is re- dices can be very helpful to the com- quiredto submit to CNO a history mand historian. If, for example, the of itsactivities during the previous report of an operational exercise is year. well detailed in an annex to the his- These histories are essential if the tory, it is not necessary to cover the Navy is to maintain a proper record same exercise in greatdetail in the of its experience and if the achieve- basic narrative. ments of individual commands are to One point to remember, however, be preserved. is that the total history must be thor- Large shore commands, ships, and ough and detailed. You should take other Fleet commands have long sent special pains to give precise informa- in histories.Now, however, even tion on the where, what, when, why, relatively small shore or field activi- and how of every event. For exam- tiesmust submit brief accounts of ple, it is not sufficient to remark in "It'll nevergo. Notenough sail." their year's achievements so that passing that five shipwrecked sailors thesecan be rememberedfor the wererescued during theyear. The future. wheneverit is necessaryto achieve exact dates of the rescues,precise Information contained in histories thisend. locations,the names of thepersons is usedto answer queries from the Literarymasterpieces are not ex- rescued and theirdisposition, the public and asmaterial for current pected. Clarity, however, is essential. identification of naval units and men official studies as well as to develop Thisquality can be achieved by a making the rescues, as well as orders morale and pride in the Navy. Even- simple, logical and concise presenta- commendationsor received from tually, the documentation of each tion. higherauthority, need to be indi- command becomes the basis for com- Avoid abbreviations and technical cated. piling official naval histories. jargonwhen writing. If codewords It shouldbe noted also thatthe A few words concerning the prepa- are necessary, they should always be presentation of such details can, with ration of the past year's history might defined. not too much effort, be made interesting and readable. A good example be in order at this point. You should, of course, be well on is the ship's log of uss Triton (SSRN Because of the greatdiversity of the way to completion of your com- 586), kept by herskipper, Captain commands, histories are expected to mandhistory. The recommended Edward L. Beach,during the sub's varywidely in contentand length. procedure is to begin early. Do not famous submerged circumnavigation Thereare certaincharacteristics, waituntil theend of theyear to however,which should be common begin collecting historical data. Con- in 1960. to all. tinual attention during the year not Although admittedly written with Manuscriptsshould typedbe only makes writing easier, but it as- future publication in mind, this ship's double-spaced on standard letter-size sures a more complete final product. log is a fine illustration of howto make a set of facts and figuresbe- paper. If you havecharts, tables, Documentscan be setaside and photographs,documents and graphs roughchronological drafts written come intensely readable. to illustrate the written material, by throughout the year. This procedure Hereare excerpts from Captain all means include them. pays dividends when the final dead- Beach's log as Triton's crew prepares A good way to identify the major line approaches. totransfer Chief Radioman J. R. Poole to uss Macon (CA 132) for sources of informationcontained in No oneperson in commanda yourhistory is by using footnotes. knows everything that goes on. His- medicaltreatment: In this manner, the user who requires torians should consult others concern- more detailed information can readily ing sources of information and major "5 March 1960. identify the basic documents. occurrences. Our rendezvous with Mocon is for 2 A.M. If used,footnotes showing the If this is not done, it is a safe bet At 0100 we slowed and cametoperiscope originator,serial anddate of the that somethingimportant will be depth. Mocon is outthere waiting for US. sourcedocument should be typed overlooked.Another method of in- The rendezvous is perfect. She is heading single-spaced atthe bottom of the south, we north, and the two ships meet at suring completeness is to circulate a at the designated position. page or at the end of the history. draft of yourhistory to as many 0245"Approximately in position for the Your primary aim should bethe knowledgeable people as possible be- transfer. presentation of a complete summary fore the final document is written. 0250"Broached on safety tank. Ship's draft of commandinformation; therefore, Each history should be organized reduces to 40 feet, indicating that the top of the you should use classified material dong the following broad lines: brief conning tower is five feet out of the woter. . . ."

FEBRUARY 1968 51 The hatch is opened, and Captain activity as the 13th annual operation Beach goes topside. Preparations are got underway. made for the transfer of Poole. Inthe warmsunshine of late ”The boatis alongside, bowpainter around autumn, the first flight of the season the cleat andheld by Wilmat Jones. Two men leftChristchurch bound for Mc- in theboat hold her offfrom our side with Murdo, the Navy’s largest Antarctic reversed boathooks. ChiefFitziarrald and Saw. station. As soon as the weather per- yer steady Poole anda couple of the men in mitted,the men on board would theboat stand by to catch him. Seizing a open the inlandwintering-over sta- moment whenthe gunwale of the boat is level with the edge ofthe deck, Poole steps easily tions at South Pole, Byrd and andquickly into it. It is standarda Navy Plateau. motor-whaleboat,evidently Mucon’s lifeboat, After severalmonths in Antarctic manned with a crew ofabout five people. It darkness,happiness for the250 is a pleasure to watch the boat’s coxswain Navymen and scientistswas a re- maneuver his frailcraft alongside. There is no placement,and news of the party’s doubtthat he knowshis business. Paale hasn’t arrival was more than welcome. even got wet, and the boat’s gunwale has only For the new arrivals, it meant the once touched our side. “Keep smiling. It drives him crazy.” “In a moment the riding lineis cast off. The beginning of a procession of men men with boathooks push hard, thecoxswain and supplieswhich would move to guns the engine, and they areaway. Another log, but it’s a highly readable narra- Antarctic research stations by air and moment suffices to get George and company tive. sea over a12,000-mile supply line back on the lower bridge. Then they are below, from the United States. hatch shut behind them. Moredetailed information on the finepoints of writing the command This year, more than a dozen ships “We sent a final message of thanks and then, andaircraft as wellas nearly2500 with topside clear andhutch shut, I order Dick history can be found in OpNav Inst. Harris, DivingOfficer of the Watch, to return 5750.12, Change 1. men of the U. S. military services to periscope depth. The air bubble in our tanks will participatein Operation Deep is released, andgently Triton eases her sail Freezeduring the southernhemi- into the warm sea.The total time with the Deep Freeze Heads South sphere’s summer. bridge above water has been less than an hour. It seemed like old home week in They will providesupplies and We shape our course at maximum speed sauth- Christchurch, New Zealand, as units transportationfor civilian scientists ward.” of Navy Task Force 43 gathered for who will conduct more than 60 sci- As you cansee, all thepertinent OperationDeep Freeze. There was, entific projects underthe United facts and figures are included in the however, little socializing and much States Antarctic Research Program.

Navy’s Satellitelends a Hand to U. S. Business U. S. business will soon be able include injection stations-meaning pler shift of the satellite transmis- totake advantage of the Navy’s they can feed information into the sion, figure the ship’s position. satellite navigation system. This ex- Transitsatellites as well asrecord Because of the extreme accuracy tremely useful network of satellites trackinginformation. of the Transit system, U. S. business and groundequipment, called Receivingsystems, consisting of hasshown increasing interest in Transit,has previously beenre- aradio receiver and an associated Transit over the past several years. strictedto militaryuse becauseof computer,can be installed aboard Forexample, Transit could be ex- security considerations. ships or aircraft. tremely useful to civilian industrial The Navy has been using Transit As eachsatellite passes within oceanographers and off-shoreoil since 1964. Ships andaircraft range of a tracking station, the dop- exploration companies. equipped with the necessaryre- plershift of the satellitetransmis- The Navyplans to provide the ceiving gear can use the system to sion is recorded and forwarded to a NationalSecurity Indnstrial Asso- pinpointtheir position anywhere central computer, where it is used ciation with the necessary technical in the world. topredict the satellite’s precise information anddocumentation The Transit system consists of up orbitpath. Data on this path for concerning the shipboard receiving to four satellites, a ground tracking the next 13 hours is thentrans- systems. NSIA will send this infor- system md shipboardnavigation mittedto the satellite,where it is mation-onan equal basis-to in- equipment. recorded in the satellite’s memory terested U. S. companies. The satellites arelaunched into system and re-transmitted from Much of the satellite information polar orbits from the Western Test space as the orbiting Transit satel- and tracking station data would re- Range. The satellites travel at alti- lite continues on its way. main classified, of course,as it is tudes of approximately 600 nautical Shipboard receiving stations pick notneeded for receiver operation. miles. up these broadcasts, recover the in- Any sale foreignto purchasers The four ground tracking stations formation on the satellite’s orbit would be subject to normal muni- are locatedin Hawaii, California, path. Navigators compute the satel- tions control procedures and export Minnesota and Maine, two of which lite’sposition and, using thedop- control regulations.

52 ALL HANDS This Can Save You Money: Roundup on Travel During leave A RUSH OF TRAVELERS during the cent of the regularfare. You travel tickets, will behonored by other lastChristmas and New Year’s on a space-available,standby basis, carriers. holiday season hasonce again em- but once you are cleared by the air- Once you are accepted for a flight, phasized the importance of planning line and board the aircraft,you are but. before you boardthe aircraft, your leave in advance. Reduced fares treatedthe same as a full-farepas- the airline will adviseyou of the offered to military passengers by air, senger. pointwhichto you havebeen rail and buscarriers can save you To qualify for the military standby cleared. If thispoint is notyour money, but if your travelarrange- fare,you must be onactive duty, destination, you arefree to decline ments are not made in advance, YOU travelat your own expense, be in and wait for another flight. could find your saving involves more uniform, and present DD Form 1580 You andother military standby trouble than it’s worth. What’s more, and your leaveauthorization atthe passengersboard the aircraft in the if you don’t check ahead of time, you time you purchase your ticket. (Note order of check-in times shown on the may plan on a reduced fare and then, that Reservists who travel to or from DD Form1580, and in order of when you arrive at the airport, find active duty for trainingare not au- the following priorities:emergency that specialrates are not ineffect thorized the military discounts.) leave;convalescent andcombat during the period you wish to travel. Advancereservations are not leave;regular leave or liberty; and Thisreminder to plan your com- usually permitted for military stand- thosedischarged within seven days. mercial travel ahead of time is con- by.This is importantto remember, Military travelers board ahead of all tained in LeaveTravel Orientation, particularlyduring holiday periods other standby passengers who do not BuPers Inst4650.16 series. The when it is difficult to find spaceon have reservations. directive describes discount fares of- many flights. (Reservations for emer- Onceyou are cleared by the air- fered by major airlines and railroads, gency leavepassengers may be ac- line and board the aircraft, you are and discusses space-available, no-cost ceptedat the time of ticketpur- treated as a full-fare passenger. You travel on board military aircraft. The chase. ) shouldnot be removed from the Instructiondescribes the assistance Under usual procedures, you may flight short of the point to which you available to you while traveling, and not register as a military standby have been cleared. howyou can help to improve com- until you appear at the airport ready Your baggage is subject tothe mercial transportation service. It also for departure. You should take your sameweight or volumelimitations gives detailed instructions on the use completed DD Form1580 to the thatapply to a full-farepassenger. of the Military StandbyAuthoriza- check-in desk of the airline on which Once you are accommodated, any of tion for Commercial Air Travel (DD youwish totravel, andhave it yourbaggage which is mishandled Form 1580). Here’s a roundup: validatedwith the date and time. by the carrier wi!l be treated in the This is important;standby travel is samemanner as that of a full-fare Commercial Air on a first-come, first-served basis. passenger. If you are not able to obtain space If meals are served on your flight, Most airlines offer discount prices on the flight you want, you should you should receive the same service under family,youth and excursion checkwith other airlines fortheir as a full-farepassenger. (Some air- plans, and to military passengers who schedulesto your destination. Your lines occasionally experience a short- possess the DD Form 1580 described check-in time is validatedby the age of meals. If this happens on your below. Theamount of discount and first airline,plus your standby flight, you will probably be issued a conditions of travel vary, depending complimentaryvoucher to cover on the airlineused (seepage 54). mealexpenses at your destination.) Inany event, you shouldconfirm Jeremiah H. Paoli, IC2, USN your ticket cost when you make your travel arrangements. DD Form 1580 Thereare two popular categories The Military StandbyAuthoriza- of reduced-ratetravel offered to tion for Commercial Air Travel (DD militarypassengers. Form 1580) may be issued to you by MilitaryReservation Fare -This your commandeach time you are gives you a reserved seat at a savings authorizedto be absent from duty of about one-third of the regular fare. on leave,delay enroute to a new However,many airlines do not per- duty station,pass or liberty, or dis- mittravel under this plan during charge or separation. Commercial air- weekends and holidays. You should lines may insist that you possess a getdetails from the carrier,and properlyexecuted DD Form 1580 make your reservation well ahead of beforeaccepting you as a reduced- theplanned travel date. You must faremilitary reservation or military travel in uniform and present a copy standbypassenger.

of DD Form 1580. ”Well!Thispleasant a is surprise. We The form is simple, and for the Military Standby Fare-This offers didn’tthink so manyNavymen would be most part self-explanatory (see cut). a savings of approximately 50 per interestedin anthropology.” However,before issuing the form,

FEBRUARY 1968 53 certifying officers should be familiar AirlineMilitary Standby Fares, Military Reservation Fares withdetailed preparation instruc- and Reservation Youth Fares tions containedin BuPers Inst Here's alisting of militarystand- To qualifyfor military standb: 4650.16.Certifying officers may be by, military reservation and reserva- and reservationfares, you mus officers, petty officers and civilian em- tion youth discount fares offered by travel in uniform and have a corn ployees so designated by their com- somemajor airlines. Discounts pletedcopy of DD Form1580 mand. shown are approximate, andare Some airlines mayrequire you tc You should be issued five or more subject to change. Fare reductions surrendercopya of your leavc signed copies of the form-one for offered by commercialcarriers orders. the ticket issuing agency, and one for should be verified at the time you Numbers in parentheses refer tc each commercial flight on which you make travel arrangements. notes at bottom of listing. intend to travel. The formdoes not in itself au- Military Youth Fare thorize you to be absent from duty. Regular Reservation Regular Reserved Seat leave Emergency leave Fare Below Age22 Air carriers have the right to inspect Standby leave Standby 25%-40% 33-1/3%-50% your leave papersand ID card at Airline 50% DiscountReserved SeatDiscount Discount any point en route to your destina- " tion. Alaska X X 50% to Alaska Allegheny X 33-1/3% X 33-1/3% Wives'Travel to Hawaii Aloha X Round-trip tickets are available at American X X (2) 33-1/3% reduced prices for wives of Vietnam- basedNavymen who travel tothe Bonanza X 40% X 40%-50% Braniff X X (2) 33-1/3% Rest and Recreation Center, Hawaii. The discount tickets, good for travel Central X only betweenthe West Coast and Continental X X (2) 33-1/3% Hawaii, are issued by Pan American World Airways, United Air Lines, Delta X X (2) 33-1/3% X 33-1/3% and Northwest Airlines. If you are serving in Vietnam, and Eastern X X (2) 33-1/3% are scheduled for R & R in Hawaii, Frontier X X 33-1/3% X 40% you maysend your wife a copy of your R & R orders overstamped with Hawaiian X a properly executed DD Form 1580. This, together with her Dependent's take Central X 33-1/32 X 33-l/3% ID and Privilege Card, will qualify herfor thereduced airlinefare to Mohawk X join you in Hawaii. qotional X X (2) 33-1/3% Military Air Vew YorkAirways X As a member of the military, you '4orth Centrol X 33-1/3% X 33-1/3% qortheast X X (2) 33-1/3% may travel at no cost on board air- qorthwest X X (2) 33-1/3% craft of the Military Airlift Command (MAC), Navy and Air Force Re- 3zark X 33-1/3% X 33-1/3% serve, and Air National Guard, plus otheraircraft, including Fleet Tac- 'acitlc X X (2) (4) 50% tical and Mission Support. It is the 'acitlc Northern X X 50%Alorka to policy of all the services toaccom- 'on American X X (2) 25% to Hawaii X 33-1/3% Alorkato 'iedrnont X modate leave personnel as passengers -on a space available basis. iFO/OAK Helicopter X Travel within CONUS-There is no iouthern X X (3) 33-1/3% X 50% specific system of priorities for space availablepassengers on board mili- 'ranr Texas 'ranr X X 33-1/3% tary flights within the continental 'rans World X UnitedStates. As a rule, passengers areaccommodated on a first-come, lnited X first-served basis. However, most West Coast X military flights with room for pas- Western X X (21 33-1/3% sengers will give priority to men on emergencyleave. Note,: (1) Reservedseat to destination on goingportion only A military hop is a catch-as-catch- (2) Consult airline for .week-end ond holiday restrictions can procedure. Most air stations have (3) Applicable to passenger departures on Sat., Mon., and Tue. only (4) Reservations accepted three hours prior to departure only a desk or counter in or near base operations which serves as a processing

54 ALL HANDS MILITARYSTANDBY AUTHORIZATION FOR COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL 1. LASTNAME - FIRSTNAME - MIDOLE 2. GRAQE 3. SERVICENUMBER

I I ““”““ 4. ORGANIZATION AND STATION PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION 5. DATEFROM 6. DATETO 1 7. I CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE NAMED PERSON IS TRAVELING AT HIS OWN EXPENSE DURING THE PERIOD STATED ABOVE ON: (Check one only) A. 0EMERGENCY LEAVE, DESTINATION B. OCOMBATOR CONVALESCENT LEAVE 0AUTHORIZED LEAVWFURLOUGWPASS c. + OLIBERTY DISCHARGE WITHIN 7 DAYS L 3. ORGANIZATION 10. CERTIFYINGOFFICER’S NAME,GRADE h TITLE

2. STATION 11. DATE 12. SIGNATURE

S/N-0101-812-3000 R-21135 station for space-availablepassen- made availableonly within the fol- allowance, flight insurance,transient gers. There usually is no advance lowing categories, in order of prior- accommodations and specific over- information on itineraries, departure ity: seas destinations are containedin times or seat availability. However, IA-Emergency leave to overseas BuPers Inst 4650.16. most base operations offices can give area (military personnel only). you what they may call “CONUS flight IH-Dependents andDOD civil- Train advisory information.” ians returning from emergency visit If travel by land is more to your If you want ahop, it’s usually a to CONUS. liking, you mayreceive a reduced matter of beingthere with bag in 11-Student dependents. “furlough fare” offered by many rail- handand ready to go. If you’re 111-Active duty militaryperson- roads. The price of a ticket, good for lucky, a military flight to your desti- nel on ordinaryleave, and retired coach travel only,is about 50per nation will have room for you as a military personnel and accompanying cent less than the regular fare. You passenger. dependents. must travel in uniform at yourown Travel outside CONUS (Military Dependents of active duty person- expense, and mustshow leave or Airlift Command)-Spaceavailable nel whoare inpay grade E-5 or special liberty authorization. travelon board MAC aircraftmay higher (or E-4 with more than four Most round-tripfurlough tickets be permitted if there are vacant seats years of service)may travel MAC are good for 90 days from date of after all space-requiredpassengers spaceavailable when they accom- sale.One-way tickets must be used have been accommodated. The MAC pany their sponsor on ordinary leave. within 45 days of purchase. The re- spaceavailable system is operated MAC flights tothe Pacific area duced-fare train tickets may be pur- under fixed, joint-service regulations originate at Travis AFB, Calif. Serv- chased throughout the year. which specify that travel as such be ice tothe Atlantic andEuropean You may also find that a railroad areasoriginates at McGuireAFB, P. McVay,LTJG, USNR N. J., and to the Caribbean areafrom P.McVay, LTJG, USNR Charleston AFB, S. C. In accordance with the established priorities,assignments toavailable seats are made on a first-in, first-out system,based ondate and time of check-in atthe MAC Air Passenger Terminal. Active duty officers in grade 0-6 and above may register by letter 30 days in advance of the de- sired date of travel. Other applica- tionsmust bemade in person by authorized passengers who are ready to travel. There isno “best”time of any week or month for MAC space avail- L able travel. Waiting timesvary, and “I hadto remove your fop-priority urgent “1’11 see your 25 thousandand raise you areunpredictable. rushtyping tocomplete some emergency 30 thousand.” Detailswith regard to baggage top-crash-priorityurgent typing.“

FEBRUARY 1968 55 - - TU€ 8ULCIFTfN 8QAIpO family plan for travel between many travelersonce offered by major bus perhaps faced with the possibility of pointsin the western and eastern companieshave, for the most part, becoming AOL? Thisproblem and states can save you money. You pay been discontinued. You should check others may be solved with the help the full fare, your wife and children your local bus representative for inof a Military InformationDesk or betweenages 12 and 21 pay half- formationregarding the possibility the Traveler’s Aid’ Society, which has fare, children ages five to 11 pay one- of reducedfares between specific desks in most major air, rail and bus quarter fare, and children under five Doints. terminals. A Joint AirlinesMilitary ride free. Traffic Office (JAMTO) may also be Assistance While Traveling Bus of assistance to you while traveling. What do you do if you miss your Military Information Desks are op- Reducedfares for militaryleave flight and are stranded at the airport, erated by the ArmedForces at five majorairports, as follows: O’Hare International Airport, Chi- cago, Ill. NationalAirport, Washington, Hot Spot (In the Sea) Is No Place for a Party D. C. Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, Ga. Hot spotsare at timesjumping with go-go found by Oceanographer about 340 miles north SanFrancisco International Air- girls and other lively fauna.The Coast and of the others. port, Calif. Geodetic Surveyship USCBGSS Oceanographer (It’s much tooearly, of course, to advance John F. KennedyAirport (Inter- (0% Ol), however, recently found one in the any theory os to the causes of the hotspots. Red Sea which wasa lifeless depression in the However, Oceanographer’s discovery iust about national Terminal), New York. ocean floor filled with concentrated brine.Not knocks out the extremelytentative hypothesis The above sources of assistance a good place fora party. that such spots are caused by volcanic action. may help you to: In any right-thinking and right-living ocean, Two such phenomena seem to be pushing co- Selectan alternateairline or the water gets colder the fartherdown you go. incidence too far.) alternatedestination if you areun- Salt content usuollyruns about 3.6 per cent. The ship’s schedule did notpermit her to able to obtain a flight. In the Red Sea it is normallyabout four per returnto the site.However, on the basis of the Obtain some alternatemode of cent. profile reflection record, it was determined that transportation,perhaps a military Butnot in the hotspots. Just the reverse thenew hot spot was located in adepth of istrue. Here, the temperature of the water flight. increases the farther down one goes. Saline Find local groundtransporta- content is higher-much higher.Almost eight tion. times the normalsolt content. poundA of Contactyour duty station if water from ahot spot would be more than you are unable to return to your base one-quarter salt. on time. (Note that local military in- Bottomseawater withunusually high tem- stallations and recruiting offices may peratures and salt content wasfirst observed also help you notify your command- in the Red Sea in 1948 bya Swedish deep-sea expedition,but it remained for a British re- ing officer if you havetravel prob- search vessel to determine, in 1964, that the lems while on leave. Fora local bottom 600 feetin a depth of 6600 feet was listing, check theappropriate tele- filledwith extremely dense brinewith a tem- phonedirectory under “U. S. Gov- perature of 111 degrees. The expedition named ernment.”) it Discovery Deep. Anotherhot spot in the same general central To improvetransportation service Red Sea orea wasfound by the research vessel to military passengers who travel at was named Oceanographer Deep. Theother Atlantis I1 to reach a temperature of 133 de- their own expense, BuPers Inst grees F., and was named the Atlantis ll Deep. three hotspots all were locoted at depths The only otherhot spot discovered until the greaterthan 6000 feet. 4650.16encourages you toreport present was Chain Deep. Temperaturereadings were not taken. The commercial carrier deficiencies. While in the area, Oceonographer took a shipwas oble toidentify Oceanographer Deep If you have a complaint regarding look ot the Atlantis II Deep. She found that by characteristics common toall of them. These your carrier’s service, you should file the surface temperature of the waterwas 84 arelayers of some unknown composition which DD Form 1341 (Report of Commer- degrees. About 600 feet above the seabed, the show up asprofile reflections when recorded cial CarrierPassenger Service) with temperature wos 72 degrees. From there on aboard the ship.The layers were found sus- the Military Traffic Management and down, the temperature continued torise until pended otvarious depths throughout the deeps. Terminal Service. If DD Form 1341 it approached 102 degrees at adepth of 126 Some 150 io 200 gallons of waterwere is not available, you maysend a feet above the bottom.The temperature re- gathered from the Atlontis II Deep by Ocean- mained about the same until 54 feet above the ographer. Thiswill be analyzed in an attempt letterreport to theCommander, bottom, then rose to 118 degrees in another to determine what causes the high temperatures. Military Traffic Management and 24 feet. Apporently the phenomenon does notexist Terminal Service, Attn: MTMTS- These hotspots are all localed within a elsewhere. PTN, Washington, D. C. 20315. 10-mile area and surveys by otherships re- Nonight life-or any other-was found in You shoulddescribe the problem vealed no other examples until the fourthwas these hotspots. and .specify the circumstances, and providecomplete identification of carrier,origin, destination, flight number(if appropriate) and dates.

ALL HANDS A Fuctuul Report on a Most Dangerous Subject Here’s an account that comes from feet.Frost on the windshield and It’s the driver, for he is the only one theNaval Ammunition Depot at windows adds to the handicap. in a position of control. He can, if Hawthorne,Nev., ona subject that 0 SLIPPERY ROADS. Driving under he will, adjust his drivingto meet isclose toits heart. As reportedin normalconditions ona dry paved existingconditions. He can, if he the“Safety Review,” NAD Haw- highway, at a speed of 60 mph, YOU will,operate his vehicle in a cau- thorne personnel are safety-conscious need 300 feet to bring your vehicle tious, considerate manner. He can, if notonly on station but 08 station, to a stop. If the pavement is coated he will, drive defensively and avoid and they promote all kinds of safety with ice or snow, it could take up to accidents. programs. 1000 feet to stop your car from 60 Here’s a portrait of the man who It’s appropriate,therefore, that mph.The need tooperate your causes accidents : safety-proneHawthorne-ites should vehicleaccording to conditions is The driverwho pulls out from havesomething worthwhile to say obvious. Get the feel of the road by a parked position or parks his car- on one aspect of this broad program applying the brakes at low speed. without looking. “trafic safety. Learn how to come out of a skid by 0 The driverwho passes on hills turningthe front wheelsin the and curves and makes a snaketrail direction of the skid. If you lack GAS A lot of peoplelast through traffic. KILLED experience in driving under adverse year. 0 The driver who operates at ex- conditions,take it easyuntil you Two per cent inhaled it. cessive speed regardless of road and know you are in control. You can- weather conditions. Three percent touched a match notregulate the weather but you to it. 0 The driverwho gets “oiled” or can regulate your driving. “boiled.” Ninety-five per cent stepped on it. 0 SAFEFOLLOWING DISTANCE. 0 The driverwho tries to steer SPEED is the number one factor One of thecardinal rules of safe peering through a hole the size of a in vehicleaccidents. Not in the driving is to allow plenty of operat- hat on a frosty windshield. sense that highspeed alone is haz- ingdistance between yourcar and ardous, but driving too fast for con- thevehicle you arefollowing. If 0 The driverwho is tempera- ditions is. Seventy mph on a modern the carahead makes a sudden,im- mental or intemperate, inconsiderate, freewaywhen theweather is clear pulsivestop or turn, you willhave or horn happy. is comparativelysafe. Conversely, timetotake evasive action. And Highway accidentsare the result 30 mph may be too fast if visibility remember, you will needthree to of inattention, chance taking, exces- is restricted and the road surface is 10 times the normal distance to stop sive speed, recklessness, poorjudg- slippery. on ice and snow. ment,overconfidence, fatigue, emo- Over most of the nation, the 0 CARBONMONOXIDE. This tionalimmaturity, and manyother wintermonths are bi-uta1 for the highly posionous gas is moreprev- causes which only thedriver can driver andthe normalhazards en- alent in coldweather. You cannot control. counteredin vehicle operation are see, smell, or tastethe fumes, but Courtesy and considerationto- augmented byadverse road and they are deadly. Make certain there ward others is the mark of a mature weatherconditions, poor visibility, is enough air circulating in your car and socially responsibledriver. Ac- ice and snow. Here are some factors toavoid this hazard. Cold air is cept your responsibility, drive defen- to consider : better than none. sively, yield the right-of-way,obey 0 THEWEATHER. Thesun is low 0 VISIBILITY. When snow,sleet, theGolden Rule of theroad and on the horizon. Rain, snow, and fog rain,fog, and otherconditions re- always drive so that your license will reduce visibility, sometimes to a few strict your vision, speedshould be expire before you do. reducedto the Doint whereyour John Alan long, ATNZ, USN ability to see ahead. 0 THEDRIVER. Acceptyour responsibility.Condition your car to meet foul weather conditions. Check the tires, brakes, lights, muffler, battery,wiper blades, and steering. Then check yourself. Many drivers, when involvedin an accident,are always quick to place the blameon outside forces. “Thesun was in my eyes.”“There was iceon the road.” “Thecar aheadstopped suddenly.” Stop alibiing-the car usuallv doesn’t L Y ”This is Jones,the station karate champion. causeaccidents, nor does theroad. “Oh,the groceries willfit okay, but you’ll He would like to get a ’No Salute‘ chit.” And don’t blame it on the weather. haveta take a bus home.”

FEBRUARY 7 968 57 FOR YOUR CQNVENIENC THERE'S ALWAYS the possibility of ings. It can berather depressing. rooms-are thusfar located at 13 getting off on thewrong foot However, theodds are getting navalstations and sevenMarine when you arrive at your newduty betterthan ever that some day in Corps activities spreadthroughout stationwith your family and learn the future you will not be faced with 13 states, the District of Columbia, that the housing list is a month long such a depressingsituation because and sixoverseas facilities. Almost andthat the onlyother shelter the Navy is trying to provide a net- daily the list continues to grow. readily available is a $10-a-day motel work of temporary havens across the A typicalexample of the Navy room. nation and overseasfor traveling guesthouse facilities availablemay As a result, your dislocation allow- Navy families. befound at NASJacksonville, Fla. ancedisappears, taking with it a These havens-temporary guest Operatedby the local Navy Ex- largeshare of your Christmas sav- houses and overnightmotel-type change, as all naval guest houses are,

LOCATION FACILITIES OCCUPANCYRATES

MCAS Yuma, Ark. HH: five 2-bdrm afc furntv. No cooking. No pets.wfd, cribs, $5 daily. 3 days-may be linen, towels available. extended.

MCB Camp Pendleton, HH:40 2-bedrms, cafeteria,linen, towels, cots, cribs, laundry rm, $3.50per rm; $1 cots; 2 weeks-maybe Calif. communal bath, no pets. $50 cribs. extended.

-~.____~~~~~ NAFEl Centro, OH: 7 unitswith communal kitchen, utensils,towels, linen provided $3.50 per singleday; 15 days-one extension Calif.92243 -crib. laundryavailable. Snack bar.Petsallowed with Security$2.50 for 2 or more 30of daysallowed to g . days plus days off tog. $1 SO upon approval of linen fee. commanding officer. ~ .. ______~- MCAS El Toro, Santa HH: rms23 ea withsgl, 1 1 dbl bed. Ref,bottle warmer, cribs, daily.$3 3 days-maybe extended Ana, Calif.92709 laundry, wfd, irons available, communal bath;towelsflinen upon approval by OK. provided.No pets, (boarding info at HH). ______USNS Washington, Motel Cottages: 3-, 2- 8 1-bdrm units,all furn, utensils, dishes, $7-6-5 daily. IS days max. D. C. 20390 cots, cribs, laundromat, phones, beauty shopfbarber.

- NAS Cecil Field, EM Guest Motel: (4 units) 3-, 2-bdrms. '0' Guest House-3 bdrm. Motel: 3-bdrmdays 15$7; Fla. 32215 All OfC, furn, utensils, cotsfcribs, laundromat, meals at cafeterias, 2-bdrm $6; messes. clubs nearby. No pets exceptdaily. birds.fish,$7 GH:

NAS Jacksonville, Motel Guest Houses:eight 3-bdrm 8 10 2-bedrm units. Fully $7, 3-bdrm; max.days 15 Fla. 32212 equipped kitchens. towekflinens, cotsfcribsf laundromatavailable. $6, z-bdrm, Grocery Store. meals at NX cafeteria. No pets except fish,birds. daily.

USNS Maypart, Motel Trailerunits: eleven 3-bdrm, five 2-bdrm. afc, furn, cooking $6.50, J-bdrm. 30 days. FIa. 32228 utensils,dinnerware; towelf linen service, cots, cribs, laundry pickup, $5.50, 2-bdrm, grocery 8 NX snack bar meals available. No pets except fish,birds. daily.

- NAS Pensacola, Fla.GHApts: eight 2-bdrm, eightI-bdrm; afc, furn,utensils, TV, $7.50, 2-bdrm; 10 days, normally. dinnerware,daily towelfsemiweekly linen service; cats/cribs, wfd $6.50, 1-bdrm; laundromatavailable. No pets exceptdaily.birds. fish,

" NAASWhiting Field, Motel: nine I-.2- and 3-bdrm units.Kitchens, cotsfcribs; towelflinen $7.50, J-bdrm; 30 days if under PCS Milton,Fla. 32570 service. Doily laundry pickup 8 delivery; grocery shop, restaurant,$6.50, 2-bdrm; order; otherwise only Open Messes; no pets. $5.50, I-bdrm; seven days. per day.

NTC Beinbridge, GH: 29 rms with 4 sets adjoining. Communal kitchen (sandwiches $S dbl; $4 sgl; 506 for 30 days if underPCS Md. 21905 only); communal bath. towelsflinenfcotafcribs available. wfd; each additional person order;otherwise seven lounge wfTV; cafeteriafmesses. No pets. with max. of 4persons days. per room. . ~______~ NAS GrosseIle, GH: six 1-rm unitswith 4 beds; one 1-rm unitwith 2 beds; $4, four persons; 15 days,normally. Mich. 48138 communal kitchen (sandwiches only); communal bath except for $3.50, three persons; one unit; daily towelfsemiweekly linen service; cotsfcribsflaundry; $3, dbl; $2.50, sgl cafeteriafmesses available. No pets. per day.

58 ALL HANDS R I /-NAVY GUEST HOUSES I the facilities consist of 18 units, eight convenience is marked by the avail- station, are eligible to use the houses, of whichare three-bedroom dwell- ability of groceries at two stop-and- normally nottoexceed 15 days. ings and 10 aretwo-bedroom units. shop express stores on the base and This is generally true of allguest Daily rates: $7 and $6, respectively. inexpensivemeals at the NX cafe- houseoperations, both Navy and Kitchensare fully equipped with teria. Marine Corps, with the exception of utensils,dinnerware, pots and pans. Whilearranging for reservations those specifically noted. Each unithas a private bath,and may differ elsewhere,at NAS Jax Key: FCFS-first come, first served. w/d-washer and dryer. dailytowel and semiweekly linen they may be obtained by writing to a/c-air-conditioner. service is provided. Also available: the Navy Exchange. All military HH-Hostess House. cots and cribs, and the use of a coin- personnel, their dependents, relatives OH-Guest House. operatedlaundromat. Additional and guests, and official guests of the ref-refrigerator

RE SE R V A TIO N S /A D D RE SS ES ELIGIBILITY RESERVATIONS/ADDRESSES CHECK-OUT CHECK-IN

Accepted uponreceipt of$2 deposit. FCFS basis. Held Allmilitary personnel,Recreation Officer, Bldg.968, By 1100. Anyportion for12 hours. Write: Recrwtion Officer, US. Marine Corps their dependents and day or night. Payment inof time thereafter Air Station Yumo, Ariz. 85364. Ph. 602, 725-2278. bono fide guests. full required at time of subject to full rate registration. charge.

Required-FCFS basisalso. Held until 1800 oras confirmed. Allmilitary personneland At Hostess House at any By1200 without Write: Base Hostess House,Marine1146 Bldg. Base,Corps their dependents. priorhour. arrangement. Camp Pendleton, Calif. 92055. Ph. 714,722-4111, Ext.5194.

" Accepted up to 3 weeks in advance of arrival. KFS basis Allmilitary personneland Duringworking hours, at By 1300 without also.Held until 2400. Write: Navy ExchangeOtiice, Naval their dependents. PriorityNavy Exchange; afterworking prior arrangement. Air Facility El Centro, Calif. 92243. Ph. 714, 352-3310, givento individualsreporting hours, at BaseSecuriW. Ext. 396 or 398. for permanent duty.

No advance reservations accepted. Availability basedon Allmilitary personnel and At Hostess House.Payment By 1100without FCFSat time of registration or byphone earlyon day oftheir dependents. infull required attime of prior arrangement. registration. HH located in Bldg. 258. Ph.714, 832-2484. registration.

Required FCFSbasis. Held until 1800 without confirmation, All enlisted personnel Before2300 al reservation1200 daily. Late or until 2300 with confirmation, Write: Navy Exchange, authorizedunlimited exchangedesk, BellevueCottage Office. check-out subiect to Bellevue Naval Housing, 12 Bowline Green, S.W., privileges and &cia1 guestsDeadline forarrival is 2300. full rate charge. Washin,gton,D. C. 20032. Ph. 202, 562-9382. and visitors of the command.

Accepted FCFSbasis. Held until 1400 as or con,firmed. All personnel authorized At Personal ServicesDesk, By 1200. Late check- Reserved accommodations have priority overextensions unlimited exchange privileges, NX Country Store,Bldg. 5: outwithout prior of stay.Write: (for GH) CommandingOfficer's Secretary, dependents, guests and 0900-1630Mon.-Fri.; 0900-1360 notice subiect to one- NavalAir Station Cecil Field,Fla. 32215. Ph. 904. 771-3211, relatives, andofficial guests Sat.;otherwise notify NXhalf rate charge up to Ext. 201.(for Motel): Navy ExchangeOffice, Bldg. 5. (Ext. ofcommand. Office to leavekeys with OOD 1400; full daily charge 376). Main at Gate. 1400.after

Accepted FCFS basis up to four months in advance. Held All personnel authorized At Bldg.803,Apt. I By 1200.Late check- until 1400 or as confirmed. Write: Navy Exchange Office, unlimited exchange privileges, out without prior Bldg. 27, Box 13, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. 32212. dependents, guests and notice subject to one- Ph. 904, 389-771 1. Ext. 665. relatives, and official guests half rate charge up b of command. 1400; full daily charge after 1400.

Accepted FCFSbasis up to60 days in advance. Helduntil Military personnel, their AtTrailer Facility located By1200. Late check- 1400 or as confirmed. Write:Navy Exchange TrailerFacility, dependents, relatives and south of Lake Wonderwood out withoutprior U.S.Naval Station Mayport, Fla. 32228. Ph. 904, 246-5336.guests, and official guests between officer/enlisted notice subject to one- of commond. housing. half rate charge up to 1400; full daily charge after 1400.

Accepted FCFSbasis up to 30 days in advance if accompanied Allmilitary personnel, theirDuring working hours, at NXNot laterthan 1300. by one day's payment. Helduntil 1600 oras confirmed.dependents and guests.Guest House, Bldg.221; after Deposit forfeitedunless cancellation receivedone day inIndividuals reporting to area workinghours, ot NX Canteen, advance. Write:Navy ExchangeGuest House, NavolAir for dutygiven priority.Bldg. 634 until2200. Payment Station Pensocola, Fla. 32508. in full required on first day of occupancy.

~~~~ Accepted on FCFS basis. Held until 1400 or as confirmed. All military personnel, their Duringworking hours, with Not later than 1200. Write: Branch Manager, Navy Exchange, Naval Auxiliary dependents ond guests. Owens Court Canteen Air Station Whiting Field, Milton, Fla. 32570. Ph. 904, Manager, adiacent to Magda 623-3643. Ext. 387 or 437. Village just outside Main Gate. Otherwise, with OOD.

Acceptedone month in advance on a FCFS basis. Held All military personnel, their At GuestHouse, Bldg.409, As stated at until 2100 or as confirmed. Write: Navy Exchange Guest dependents and bono fide 24 hours; no advance registration. House, Bldg. 409, Naval Training Center Bainbridge, Md. guests. payment. 21905. Ph. 301, 378-2121, Ext. 278.

Acceptedon FCFS basis. Held until start of next working Military personnel, their Duringworking hours, at NXNot later than 1400. day. Write Navy Exchange Officer, Naval Air Station dependents ond guests. Office; after working hours, Grosse Ile, Mich. 48138, Ph. 313, OR 63600, Ext. 268 Priority given to individuals at Main Gate or with JOOD. (on Wed.-Sun.); Ext. 211 (on Mon.-Tue.) reporting for duty

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FEBRUARY 7968 59 - NAVY GUEST HOUSES

L O C A TIO N FACILITIES RATES OCCUPANCY RATES FACILITIES LOCATION

_____.~~ ~~ NAAS Fallon, Motel:three 4-rm. cottages withkit. Towel/linen/laundry service; $5.50 perday. 15 days, normally. Nev. 89406 cots/cribs, snack bar/Open Messes available. No pets except fish and birds.

NAS Lakehurst,Motel: eight units withliving room, bdrms2 and kitchen. a/c; $6 per day. 7 days max. N. J. 08733 towel/linen service; cots/cribs/TV available; no laundry; eating facilitiesnearby. No pets.

MCB Camp Lejeune, HH: 29 rooms. No kitchen facilities; communal bath;towels/linens $3.50, rm withdbl 5 days, with a 5-day N. C. 28542 provided; w/d; cots/cribs available; snack bar/cafeteriain HH. and sgl bed; $2.50,extension onspace No pets allowed. rm withtwin beds; availablebasis only. 506 additional per day for cots/cribs. "____ MCB Camp Lejeune, OH: 38-rm Jr. OH; 4-rm Sr. OH. No kitchen facilities; community Sr.:$5 perday; Sr. OH: 5 days. N. C. 28542 refrigerator; private baths only in Sr. OH; towel/linen service; Jr.: $4 per day. Jr. OH: 15 days. w/d in Jr. OH; TV in lounge areas; COM (Open) next door. 506 for cot/crib. No pets.

MCAS Cherry Point, HH: 16rms. Small communal kitchen, nolarge meals; private baths; $4, dbl; $3, sgl; 5 days, normally; may N. C. 28533towels/linens provided; w/d; lounge w/TV; playground; meals 506for each child be extended as space available at snack bar and OPEN messes. No pets.available. 12. under

USNH 17th St. and Motel Suites: 2 w/kitchens, 4 without; towel/linen service; Singles: $5, $7, $8.50,3 days, normally. Pattison Ave.. cots/cribs/laundry and meals in hospital. No pets. $10.50 daily; Philadelphia, Pa. 19145 Doubles: $5.75, $7.75, $9.25, and $11.25 daily. 506 additional for each adult. Children under 12 free.

USNS Charleston, Motel TrailerUnits: sixteen 2-bdrm, six 3-bdrm, a/c. kitchens. $7, 3-bdrm; 15 days max. S. C. 29408 Towels/linens/cribs/laundry/cafeteria and grocery storeavailable. $6, 2-bdrm; Extension may be No pets except fish and birds. per day. CO. bygranted

USMCRD Parris Island, HH: 30 tooms. Limited kitchen facilities;towels/linens provided; Military: three persons 7 daysmay. S. C. 29905 cribs/laundry/beautv.. parlorfrec . room w/TV/snack., bar and S2.50: dbl $2; restaurant. no pets. sgl $1.50. Civilian: three persons $6; dbl $5.50; sgl $3.50.

NAAS Chase Field, Motel TrailerUnits: three 3-bdrm; three 2-bdrm. Equipped kitchens. $7.50, 3-bdrm; 10 days max. Beeville, Tex. 78102 Daily towels/semiweeklylinens; no cots/cribs. Laundryavailable; $6.50, 2-bdrm; meals in NX, clubs. No pets except fish and birds.per day.

~- NAS Corpus Christ;, Motel Trailer Units: four 4-bdrm; five 2-bdrm. a/~;equipped $6.50, 3-bdrm; days,normally. 10 Tex. 78419 kitchens; daily towel/semiweekly linen service; laundry pickup $5, 2-bdrm; service; cribs/grocery items available. No pets except fish and per day. birds.(Kennel info available).

~__ MCS Quantico, HH: 72 rooms. No kitchen facilities except for baby food preparation. $4, twin beds 5 days-may be extended Va. 22134 Towels/linens and laundry service available. Eating facilities w/communal bath; upon OICapproval. nearby. No pets. $4, dbl bed w/remi- private bath; $5, twin beds w/semiprivate bath.

60 ALL HANDS RESERVATIONS/ADDRESSES ELlGlBLLlTY CHECK-IN CHECK-OUT

Accepted one month in advance on FCFSbasis. Held until All militarypersonnel, their At Navy Exchange between By 1200without prior arrangement. statedtime ofarrival or as later confirmed. Write:Navy dependents, relatives and '0800-1700Mon.-Fri., and Exchange, NavalAuxiliary Air Station Fallon, Nev. 89406.guests, and official guests 0800-1400 Sot.;after 1700 Ph.702, 423-2211, Ext.2400 2516or (Man.-Fri. until1700); of the command. on weekends and holidays, Ex t. 2449 after2449 Ext. 1700 and on weekends and holidays. Enlisted at Men's Club. Advance payment required at registration.

Accepted on FCFS basis. Held for 24 hours of confirmed All military personnel, their Duringworking hours. at NXNot laterthan 1100. arrival date. Write: MotelReservations, Navy Exchange, dependents, relatives and Office, Bldg. 193; after working Naval Air Station Lakehurst, N. 1. 08733. Ph. 201, 657-7805, guests, and official guests hours, with reservation ot Ext. 297 (on weekends: Ext. 464). of the command. Priority JOOD duty desk, Security given to persons arriving for Bldg. 255; without reservation, or departing from permanent at EM Club. Advance payment duty at NAS. required at time of registration.

Accepted upto one month in advance on FCFSbasis. All enlistedpersonnel and At HostessHouse. Advance Notlater than 1000. Reservationsmust be paid in advance. Held until 1000their dependents. payment required at time unless confirmed Write:arrival.of later Manager, Camp reservation is made. Lejeune Hostess House, Marine Carps Base Camp Leieune, N. C. 28542. Ph. 919, 346-2111, Ext. 7-5708.

~ Accepted up to three months in advance on a FCFS basis. All officer personnel and At COM (OPEN).laterNot than 1200. Must be reconfirmed one month prior to arrival. Held for their dependents. Sr. GH 24 hours. Write: Officer in Charge, Commissioned Officers' for 0-5 and above; Jr. GH Mess (OPEN), Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N. C. 28542. for 0-4 and below. Ph. 919, 346-2111, Ext. 6-6188.

~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~ Accepted up to 30 days in advance on FCFS basis. Held All military personnel and At HostessHouse located near Notlater than 1200. until 2330. If later arrival not confirmed, billing will be their dependents. Joint Reception Center on made. Write: Hostess House, Marine Corps Air Station station. Desk closes at 2330. Cherry Point, N. C. 28533. Ph. 919, 447-2111, Ext. 3558 or 2538.

~~~ ~~ ~~ .~~" ~ -~ . . None accepted. StrictlyFCFS basis. Ph. 215, 755-8721. Visitors and dependents of Duringworking hours, at NXNot later than 1400. critically or seriously Office; after working hours, ill patients. with OOD. Advance payment not required, but recommended.

- "_ ~ ~~~ ~___~~~~~~~~~~~ "~ ~~~ ~ ~~ ~~ Accepted up to three months in advance. Priority given to Individualsauthorized At Motel Unit Eleven. laterNot 1200than visiting dependents/relatives of military personnel confined unlimited exchange privileges,Payment required at time withoutprior or- toCharleston Naval Hospital. Otherwise, FCFS basis. visiting relatives of military ofregistration. rangement. Held until 1600 or as confirmed. Write: Navy Exchange personnel, and official guests (Dept. K-E), Bldg. 143, US. Naval Station Charleston, S. C. of the command. 29408.Ph. 803, 743-5540. ~. ~ ~~~~ ~ ~ ..~___ ~.~~ Accepted with advance deposit on a FCFS basis. 10 rooms All military personnel, At HostessHouse. Payment Notlater than 1100. reserved for personnel reporting for duty or being their dependents, relatives required at time of transferred. Write: Officer in Charge, BaseHostess House, and guests. registration. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. 5. C. 29905. Ph. 803, 524-2111, Ext. 4629 (EMS); and Ext. 5705 (officers).

- ~- ~~______~~~~~~~~ ~~___~~~~~~ ~ Accepted up to three months in advance on FCFS basis Individuals authorized Duringworking hours, at NXNot laterthan 1200. (except for priority). Held until 1400 or as confirmed. unlimited exchange privileges, Service Station; after working Write: Navy Exchange, Navy Auxiliary Air Station Chase visiting relatives and guests hours, with OOD. Motel Field, Beeville, Tex. 78102. Ph. 713, FL 8-1120, Ext. 451. of military personnel, and located near Main Gate. official guests of the command. No minor dependents without parents or guardian. Priority given to individuals with orders to NAAS or tenant activities.

"~ ~~~~ " ~. ~~~______~ ~____~ ~ . . ______~~~__ - Accepted on FCFS basis with reserved accommodations Allmilitary personnel,retired Motel Office, Bldg.1262, NX BY 1200. Late check- havingpriority over extensions of occupancy. Held until members, dependents, relatives Service Station.Motel located autwithout prior notice 1400 or as confirmed. Write: Navy Exchange, Naval Air and guests, and official guests adiacent to NAS South Gate. subject to one-half Station Corpus Christi, Tex. 78419. Ph. 713, WE 7-2811, of the command. No one rate charge up to 1400; Ext. 514 (from 0800-1630) or Ext. 535 (from 1630-0800). under 16 years old without full daily charge after parent orguardian. Sponsor 1400. must be identified by civilians.

~ ~~~ ~~~ ~ ~. ~. ~ Required at least two weeks in advance of arrival, with Allmilitary personnel and At HostessHouse any time Notlater than 1200. depositof one day's rate.FCFS basis. Held only until 1400 their dependents. after 1400. Advance deposit if no deposit is made. Write: Officer in Charge, Hostess required. House, Marine Corps Schools Quantico, Va. 22134. Ph. 703, 172-8295 or 172-8138.

FEBRUARY 1968 67 ,-, -,-, NAVY GUEST HOUSES L O C A TIO N FACILITIES LOCATION OCCUPANCY RATES

MCS Quantico, OH: eight suites; 10 rooms with twin beds. Some with kitchens/ apt.1 w/2 bdrms, 5 days,normally. Va. 22134 private baths; towels/linens/daily maid service; loundry/meals kit, Ivrm, bath, TV, available. $12.50; VIP 2-bdrm apt., $12; 2-bdrm suite w/2 baths, $7; rms w/bath, $S.SO; rms w/communal bath, $4. ____ USNS Adak, Alaska GH: one family unit w/dbl bed, 3 sgl beds and crib. Four units $3, dbl;$2,sgl;15 days, normally. with twin beds. Family unit has equipped kitchen, w/d; all have children 6-16 yrs, 50+. towel/linen service provided; private/semiprivate baths; pets permitted.

~ USNS Kodiak,Alaska GH:nine units. Communol kitchen equipped; dailytowel/semiweekly $5 for family and 14days, narmolly. linen service; privatebaths; crib,s/laundry available.No pets, but$2 for sgl occupant. Extensions may be kennels available at 75+ (inchdung food). authorized by CO. VIP quarters controlled by COM 17. -___-.____ - USNS Keflavik, Iceland GH: 15units. Communal kitchen; dailymaid service; towels/linens/ $2 per 30 days, normally-may cribsavailable; semiprivate baths; laundry. No pets. $1for guestunder be extended by CO. 16 yrs old.

Navy Housi~Activity GH(Hotel): 90 rms. Communal kitchen on each floor;bath facilities $3, dbl;$1.75, sgl; 60 days, Yokahomo, Japan on each floor; cribs/beauty shop/laundry/child care/snack bar per day. ovailable. No pets.

~~ " FleetActivities GH(Hotel): 53 rms. Communal kitchen on each floor;sink in Four persons: $6. 60 days on PCS orders. Yokoruka, Japan each room/bath on each floor;cribs/laundry available. Self-serve Dbl,$3.50; sgl $2.50 15 days max, otherwise. store open 0900-2300 except Sunday. Noper pets. day.

" ____-___ USNS Midway Island GH: six units (2 w/kit); towels/linens; private baths; $3.50,15 kit; days, normally. pets allowed. $2.50, wo/kit.

USNS Argentia, GH:units26 each w/lvrm/bdrm/bath. No kitchens. Towels/ $3 per unit 30 days, normally. Newfoundland linens/laundry available. Eating facilities/kennels for pets. daily.

USNS Subic Bay. Motel:20units. Twin beds/sofa bed; cribs;private bath; daily $5, dbl; $3, sgl. 15 days-may be extended Philippine Islands towel/linen/laundry/maid service; communal refrigerator/hat plate $1 for each additional on space available basis. for infant care; ice/vending machines. No pets. person over two years Arriving guests have old.Under two free. priority. Max. 3 persons unit including children under two.

USNS Son Juan, GH(Hotel): 87 rooms w/twin beds; a/c. refrigerator;cribs. According to 15 days.PCS personnel Puerto Rico Laundry/dry cleaning/maid service. No pets. categories A, B, may be granted extension. and C as listed under reservations.

62 ALL HANDS RE SE RV A TIO N S/A D D R ES SE S ELIGIBILITY CHECK-IN CHECK-OUT CHECK-IN ELIGIBILITY RESERVATIONS/ADDRESSES -. -~ Accepted up to 30 days in advance on a FCFS basis. All officer personnel, theirRegistrations made inHarry Not later than1200. Held until 2400 of the day of arrival. Write: Officer in dependents and guests. lee Hall. Guest rooms also Charge, Commissioned Officers' Mess (OPEN), Marine Carps in Waller Hall annex. Schools Quantico, Va. 22134. Ph. 703, 172-0180 (on base: Ext. 2-0180).

." ." ~~ Accepted up to 30doys in advance on FCFSa basis. Allmilitary personnel and AtNavy Exchange Office, As arrangedtimeat W rite : NavyWrite: ExchangeNaval Officer,U.S. 8, Box Stotion, their dependents. OOD. or of registration. FPO Seattle, Wash. 98791.

- Accepted up totwo months in advance on FCFSbasis. All individualsauthorized At Navy Exchange Office, As arranged attime H eld until time stated or as orstated time until Held confirmed. Dependents unlimited exchange OOD. or of registration. authorized"entry approval" hove priority. Reservations privileges. have priority over extensions of stay. Write: Navy Exchange, Naval Station, Box 31, FPO Seattle, Wash. 98790.

Accepted up to one month in advance on FCFS basis. Individualsauthorized At Navy Exchange Office, As arrangedtimeat Write: U.S. NavalStation, Navy Exchange 280-030, Box10, unlimited exchange privileges,or OOD. of registration. FPO New York 09571. visiting relotives, guests of military personnel, and official guests of command.

~~~______"" ~ ~~~~~______-~"______~_ - _____~~ - ~ - ~~~ " ~ Accepted notmore than 30 days in advance ofarrival on Personnel and their At Bayside Courts Guest As arranged at time FCFSbasis (waiting period for guest house accommodations dependents awaiting House. of registration. is about30days). Write: Personal Services Manager, permanent housingarea.in Bayside Courts Guest House, Navy Housing Activity, FPO San Francisco, Calif. 96661.

Accepted not more than 30 days in advance on FCFSbasis All members of the U.S.At Navy Exchange Office, As arrangedattime (waiting periodfor accommodations is about 30doys). Armed Forces and theirYokosuka Naval Base. of registrotion. Write: Personal Services Manager,Navy Exchange #260-010. dependents. Box 18, FPO Son Francisco, Calif. 96662.

Accepted up totwo months in advance of occupancy on aPersonnel and their dependents At Navy Exchange Office. As arranged at time FCFSbasis. Normally limited only topersonnel departing departing the station who have of registration. Station.Write: Navy Exchange Officer, Box 29. U.S.Naval vacated PublicQuarters. Station,FPO Son Francisco, Calif.96614.Moy. on occasion, be used by reporting personnel whose assigned Public Quarters are not ready on arrival. (There are no commercial hotels on Midwav.)

Accepted on FCFSbasis; emergency situations handled on Personnelauthorized unlimited At Navy Exchange Office. As arranged at time space available. Write:Navy Exchange 280410,Box 44, exchange privileges and of registration. U.S. Naval Station, FPO New York, N. Y. 09597. bono fide guests.

Accepted no more than 30 days in advance on FCFC basis in Military personnel assigned At Navy Exchange Office. Not later than 1200 following priority: (1) dependents of Fleet personnel assigned to US. Fleet units and their without prior approval. to ships visiting Subic Bay; (2) U.S. Fleet personnel accom- bono fide dependents; military Lote check-outs subiect panying dependents; (3) military personnel with dependents personnel, civilians and their to full rate charge. transiting Subic Boy in leave status; (4) U.S. civilion em- dependents entitled to overseas ployees with dependents transiting Subic Boy in leave status; differential pay when traveling, (5) official visitors (not under orders); (6) guests of military but not permonently assigned personnel assigned duty in Subic-Cubi area; (7) guests of duty in Subic-Cubi orea; civilian personnel assigned duty in Subic-Cubi area; (8) other official guests of command in visitors as specified by CO. Held until time stated or as Subic area; relotives and confirmed. Write: Navy Exchange Officer, U.S. Naval Station, guests of personnel assigned FPO Son Francisco, Calif.96651. Ph. 44-25000. duty in Subic-Cubi area as specifically approved by CO, Naval Station.

~~ ~~~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~ ~~~~~ Required, but not accepted more than 30 doys in advance on All individuals authorized Guests must register in By 1200 on day reser- FCFS basis. Held until 1600 unless later arrival confirmed. unlimited exchange privileges, Guest House Office, Roam 610vatian terminates. Late Rates vary according to following categories: (A) Individuals official guests of commands (first deck of Wing 6, Bldg. 2). check-outs subiect to in PCS status awaiting government housing: service charge in Son Juan area, and bono full rate charge. equal to daily BAQ rate for first 30 days then normal charge fide guests of active duty (B) applies. (B) Individuals on leave, R B R, retired,civilian military personnel stationed in San Juan area. -guests: single or double, semiprivate bath, $5; small w/bath, $6; large w/bath, $7; suite, $9. lndividuols an leave not incident to PCS will forfeit BAQ after seven days. (C) Individuals in TDY status (not granted when accompanied by dependents): GH considered Govt Qtrs for per diem purposes, semiprivate bath, sgl, $2; dbl, $4; small w/bath, sgl, $3; dbl, $7. Write Navy Exchange Guest House, U.S. Naval dbl, $5; large w/bath. sgl, $4; dbl, $6; suite, sgl, $5; Station, Box 29, FPO New York, N. Y., 09550. Ph. 7724080, Ext. 520/623. ______~ ~ ~ " ~~ . ~~~

FEBRUARY 1968 63 ~~~~ TheUnited States Navy Guardian of our Country The United States Navyis responsible for maintainingcontrol of the sea and is a ready force on watch at home and overseas, capable ofstrong action to preserve IS A Navy pilot’s life really like? Apparently, it dcpends the peace or ofinstant offensive action to WHAT win in war. on your point of view. If you take the word of news releases Itis upon the maintenance ofthis control emanating from pilot training bases such as NAS Pensacola, Fla., thatour country‘s gloriousfuture depends. The United States Novy exists to make it so. and NAAS Chase Field, Texas, you find that he has spent count- We Serve with Honor Tradition,valor and victoryare the Navy’s less hours of dedicated in-class and in-plane study before earning heritagefrom the past. To these mabe those Navy wings of gold. added dedication, disciplineand vigiGnce as the watchwords of the present and fu- If you are an attractive young lady, and have spent any time ture. At home or on distantstations, we serve with pride, confident in the respect of at all in the company of a Navy pilot, you are only too well aware ourcountry, our shipmates, and ourfomi- that he is somethingresembling a composite of Mercury,Her- lies.Our responsibilities sober us;our ad- versities strengthen us. cules, and Alexander the Great. Service to God and Country isour special If, on the other hand, you are the fifth grade researcher we privilege. We serve with honor. The Future of the Navy recently heard about, you have a much different conception of The Navywill always employ new weapons, new techniques andgreater power to what a Navy pilot’s life is like. protect and defend the United States on the This young future aviator agrees about the glamorous aspects sea, under thesea, and in the air. Now and in the future, control of the sea of being a pilot and he goes on to write: gives the UnitedStates her greatest advantage for the maintenance of pe6ce and for “I want to be a naval aviator when I grow up hc,cause it’s a victory inwar. Mobility sur rise, dispersal and offensive power are‘the Leynotes of the fun job and easy to do. Pilots just don’t need much school, they newNovy. The roots of the Navylie in a just, have to learn numbers so they can read instruments. I guess strongbelief in the future,in continued dedication toour tasks, and in reflection on they should he able to read maps so they can find their wall if our heritage from the past. Never have ouropportunities and our re- lost. sponsibilities been greater. “Pilots should be brave so they won’t be scared if it’s foggy and they can’t see or if u wing or a motor falb ofi they should All HANOI ~~:n:y~e:!F$gLtY::; stay calm so they’ll knbw what to do. solicitsinteresting story material and photo- “Pilots have to have good eyes, so they can see through clouds graphs fromindividuals, ships, stations, squad- rons and other sources. All material received and they can’t he afraid of thunder and lightning became they is carefully considered for publication. There’sa good storyin every iobthat’s be- are closer tb them than we are. iy performed,whether it’s on a nuclear car- “The salarypilots make is another thing I like.They make rler,a tugboot, in thesubmarine service or in the Seabees. The man on the scene ir best more money than they cun spend. This is because most people qua!ified totell what’s going on inhis outfit. Storles about routine day-to-day iobsare prob- think flying is dangerous except pilot.; hecause they know how ably mostinteresting to the rest of theFleet. Thisis the onlyway everyode can get alook easy it is. at all the different parts of the Navy. “There isn’t much I don’t like, except girls like pilots and all Research helps make a good story better.By talkingwith people who are closely related to thestewardesses want to marry them so theyalways have to the subject materiala writeris ableto collect chase them away so they won’t bother them. many additionaldetails which add interest and understandingto a story. “I hope I don’t get airsick because if I get airsick, I could not Articles about new types of unclassified equip. be a pilot and I’d have to go to work.” ment, research projects, all types ofNavy as- signmentsand duties academic andhistorical So jet jockeys please note. The secret is out. You don’t have subjects, personnel 0; libertyor during leisure hodrs,and humorous and interesting feature to kid us any more. subjects are all of interest. We now know how easy it is to be jolted from a standing stop Photographsare very important, and should accompany the articles if possible.However, a to 100 miles an hour in three seconds. We know it’s a piece of good story should never be held bock for lack cake flying into the enemy’sflak while you check your targets of photographs. ALL HANDS prefers clear well- identified 8-by-10 lossy printsbut ishot re- on those bridges in North Vietnam. stricted t; use of ttis type. Aljpersonsin the photographsshould be dressed smartlyand And how easy it is fighting off those SAMs while you make correctly when inuniform, and be identified by your way back to the coast. Don’t put us on. full name and rate or rank whenpossible. Lo- cation and general descriptiveinformation and The“letter” was sentto us byJournalist Second Class Bob the name of the photographershould also be given.Photographers should strive fororiginal- Hince, of NavalAuxiliary Air StationChase Field. He says it ity, and take action picturesrather than group shots. appeared 011 his desk oneday, scrawled in crayon on thick- ALLHANDS does not use poems (except lined paper. He sees 110 reason to doubt its origin. New Year’s day logs), songs, stories on change of command, oreditorial type articles. Actnally, it is more likely that somewhere in the Fleet there Thewriter’s name andrate or rankshould is a Phantom flyer (we’ll go to any lengths to use a pun) with a be included an anarticle. Material timed for a cerfaina date or event should be received gleam in his eye and a crayon behind his ear. preferablyeight weeks before thq firstday of the month preceding the monfh of intended * * * publication. Addressmaterial to Editor, ALL HANDS, Perr A recent letter to our editor pointed out that we had called Gl5,Navy Department,Washington, D.C. the destroyer uss Nicholas (DD 445) the “Road Runner,” while 20370. everybody knows that uss W. R. Rush (DD 714) is nicknamed the ‘‘Road Runner.” Will the real road runner step forwaLd. 0 AT RIGHT: BEST OF CARE-Framed by flogand wake, hospitalship USS Sanctuary (AH 17) takes core of war wounded while anchored in Do Nangharbor. The floatinghospitdl contains 750 bedsand 20 words.-Photo by Donald F. Grantham, PHI, USN.

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