THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL CAREER PUBLICATION

DECEMBER 1966

DECEMBER 1966 Nav-Pers-0 NUMBER 599

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VICE ADMIRAL BENEDICT J. SEMMES, Jr., USN The Chief of Naval Personnel The Bureau of Nav- REAR ADMIRAL BERNARD M. STREAN, USN 411 HANDS ol Personnel Career The Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel Publication, is publishedmonthly by the Bureau of Naval Personnel for the infor- CAPTAIN JAMES G. ANDREWS, USN motionand interest of the naval service Assistant Chief for Morale Services as a whole. Issuance ofthis publication approved in accordance with Department of the Navy Publications and Printing Regulations, NAVEXOS P-35. Opinions ex- TABLE OF CONTENTS pressedare not necessarily those of the Navy Department.Reference to regula- Features tions,orders anddirectives isfor infor- motiononly anddoes not by publication SeasonsGreetings on the HighSeas ...... 2 hereinconstitute authority for action. All Recalled: A HistoricMission-Passage to Freedom ...... 4 originalmaterial may be reprinted os de- ...... 6 sired if proper credit is given ALL HANDS. Chaplainsin Action: TheNavy Circuit Rider ...... Original articles of generalinterest may Four-Star Forum: Suppose You Were CNO for Sixty Minutes ...... 10 be forwardedto the Editor. ALLHANDS, Logistics Ship ...... 13 Room 1809, Navy Annex, Navy Depart- Lift ment, Washington, D.C. 20370. DISTRIBU- From the VietnamFront: On Coastal, Air andRiver Patrol ...... 14 TION: By Section 6-3202 of the Bureau of Crews Muster Again: Memphis Reunion Fifty Years After .... 20 Naval Personnel Manual, the Bureaudi- rects that appropriatesteps be taken to Batmen and the Racquet Squad-Navy Sports ...... 22 insure that all hands havequick and con- Operation Jack Stay ...... 25 venient access to this magazine, and indi- cates thatdistribution should be effected anthe basis of one copy for each 10 offi- CenterspreadFeature cers and enlisted personnel to accomplish the purpose of the magazine. Suitablefor Framing: Lithographs Available . . , , . , , , . , . . , , , . . 32 The Bureau invites requests for addi- tional copies as necessary to comply with Departments thebasic directives. This magazine is in- tended forall handsand commanding Lettersto the Editor ...... 26 officersshould takenecessary steps to Today’s Navy ...... 34 make it available accordingly. TheBureau should be kept informed of Servicescope: Newsof Other Services ...... 42 changes in thenumber of copies required. TheWord ...... 44 TheBureau should also be .advised if the full number of copies is not received Decorations and Citations ...... 62 regularly. Normally copies for Navy octivities are BulletinBoard distributedonly to those onthe Standard NavyDistribution List in theexpectation Medicare Amendments ExpandBenefits for Dependents ...... 46 that such activities will make furtherdis- tribution as necessary; where specialcir- Interim Report: SecNav Task Force Recommendations ...... 49 cumstances worront sendingdirect to sub- NFO and NRFC Are Interested inYour Fiscal Well-Being ...... 52 activities the Bureoushould be informed. Distributionto Marine Corpspersonnel Directives inBrief ...... 54 is effected by theCommandant U.S. Ma- SoleSurviving Son ...... 55 rine Corps. Requests from Marine Activities should be addressed to the Commandant. PERSONALCOPIES: This magazine is for SpecialSupplement sole by Superintendent of Documents, US. Final Tribute: New York Naval Shipyard Government Printing Office,. Washington, A 56 D.C. 20402. The rate for ALL HANDS is 25 cents per copy; subscription price $2.50 a Taffrail Talk ...... 64 year,domestic (including FPO and APO address for overseas mail); $3.50 foreign. Remittances should bemade ta the Super- intendent of Documents. Subscriptionsare John A. Oudine, Editor accepted for one, twoor threeyears. Associate Editors G. Vern Blasdell,News Don Addor, Layout & Art Ann Hanabury, Research Gerald Wolff, Reserve

0 FRONT COVER: SUB SEEKING-A destroyermanstonds athis station as lookout on the bridgeof escort ship USS Bradley (DE 1041), scanning the surface ofthe South Sea during ASW exercises.-Photo by William M. Powers, PHI, USN.

0 AT LEFT: TWINKLE, TWINKLE-USS Northampton (CC 1)lights up thenight with Yuletide cheer as she showsoff her Christmas decorations while in part at Norfolk Naval Base. Santa parkedhis reindeer and arrived in the antique car inthe foreground.

0 CREDIT: All photographspublished in ALLHANDS Magazineare official Department of Defense photos unless otherwise designated.

These Ships Formed Bridge to Passage to Freedom Elevenships of today’sPacific (APD 692), Montague (AKA 98), Mission FleetAmphibious Force partici- Algol (AKA 54), Menurd (APA patedin the Passage to Freedom The problems,immense as they 201), Begor (APD 127), Andro- migration of 1954-1955, inwhich were, were overcome.On 21 Septem- meda (AKA 15), Epping Forest some 300,000 Vietnamesewere ber, days after the first ship (LSD 4), Knudson (APD 101), 37 U.S. carried in ships from arrived inHaiphong, the 100,000th Whetstone (LSD 27), and Bal- refugee was broughtaboard the the communist north to Saigon in duck (APD 132), the south. amphibious command ship uss Estes Also, thetank landing ships (AGC 12). Theyare: the amphibious com- LST 855, LST 772, LST 840, LST Many sailors distinguishedthem- mandship uss Estes (AGC 12) ; 822, LST 825, LST 758, LST 887, selves duringPassage to Freedom. theattack transports uss Bayfield LST 692, LST 845, LST 47, LST Onewas younga ,Navy doctor (APA 33), Magofin (APA 199), 176, LST 629, LST 546, LST 520, and (APA ; the aboardthe attack cargo ship uss Montrose 212) LST 147, LST 548, LST 535, and Montague (AKA 98). The doctor dock landing ships uss Comstock LST 578, andthe auxiliary ships was Lieutenant (jg) Thomas A. (LSD 19) and Tortuga (LSD uss Atlas (ARL 7), Sphinx (ARL Dooley. 26); theattack cargo ship uss 24) and Askari (ARL 30). Skagit (AKA 105); andthe tank MSTS ships which took part landing ships uss Jennings County were: USNS Fentress (T-AK 180), wo STORIES reflect the feelings of (LST 846), LitchfieldCounty Muskingum (T-AK 198), Henne- T*the Vietnamesepeople making (LST 901), Sumner County (LST pin (T-AK 187), Pembina (T-AK the journey. 1148), and Tom GreenCounty 200), General A. W.Brewster The first was written by a woman (T- (LST 1159). AP 155), General R. L. Howze on the deck of an Amphibious Force Passage to Freedom ships form- (T-AP 134), Marine Adder shipafter the people had received (T- erlyinthe Pacific Amphibious AP 193), MarineLynx (T-AP their first meal, a bath, and medical Force are uss Culvert (APA 32), and attention. The second is a note from 194), General W. M. Black Mountrail (APA 213), Wantuck aVietnamese peasant whose wife (T-AP 135). had given birth to a baby girl aboard the tank landing ship uss Litchfield “I come in the name of my wife, You and .your doctor losing sleep to County (LST 901). - “To all peoples of great U.S. of newborn and familyto present render service to us. Navy:We suffer muchbadness to sincerethanks. All of yougiving “Fromcaptain to last sailor you come to your ships for liberty. Com- much help to birth my little daugh- have hearts of gold. My family and munists tell us you are beasts. We ter. We bring you muchtrouble myself thanking you very much and donot know what to believe. So but you bringing us good help and wishing you many victories against we come anyway. You care for our niceness. You give yourmedicines, communism.Long live American sick and most kind to childs and old necessaryinstruments and very peoples.” peoples. Our freedommean much goodplace for accomplishments. -Don W. McCartney, J02, USN which you havehelp so good. In name of my familyand all Viet- SIGN ON LST announcespassage to freedom to Vietnamese boarding ship. namese people God Bless You.” The signature was Han Ru Song. TranDuc Zuongwrote:

SHIP CARRIED one thousand refugees.

5 CHAPLAINS IN ACTION- THE NAVY CIRCUIT FOR NEARLY 200 years, both in times ourchaplains become modern-day ful. Thankful that he made it. of peace and war, Navy chaplains circuit riders. have served as an inspirational link It’s not uncommon for a s OMETIMES the chaplains’Sunday to the seagoing serviceman. sailor to see a chaplain follow a load schedulesbecome so full that Armed only by faith, trust in God of cargo highlined to his ship during they must arrange weekday services and their teachings, they have stood an underway replenishment. Nor, is on the smaller ships. Chaplains have in the forefront of nearly every major it unusual for him to watchthe padre reportedthat they have conducted naval engagement since the days of lowered onto the DD’s fantail from as many as seven different services John Paul Jones, ever present to see a helicopter, affectionately referred on as many ships, in a single day. to the spiritual welfare of Navymen to as a Holy Helo. Wheneverchaplains of different and Marines alike. Most chaplains who fly over rough faiths are available, a special effort is Today,our chaplains are once seas toa waiting ship will surely madeto transfer each of themto again serving in an area of hostilities. agree that it’s the fastest and smooth- conduct his respective services. In waters off the coast and in the estmethod of transfer. However, On the other hand, there aretimes jungles of ,they constantly manyprobably have choice com- when the smaller ships on indepen- strive to bring spiritual guidance to ments to make ontheir experience of dentduty have no access toany the fighting forces. being lowered by cable from a hover- chaplain.When this happens, the Forour seafaring padres, this inghelo to a ship’s decksome 60 job of performing religious services undertaking requires that theytravel feet below. One chaplain describes it becomes that of the lay leader. Lay extensively, over, under and on the as routine. leadersare men who show special seathroughout the Fleet. “But,” he adds, “whenthe weather interest in religion and, as represent- gets rough andthe destroyerstarts atives of theircommanding officer, THIS IS because chaplains are usually fishtailing below, you might look conductworship services inthe assignedonly to principaltask down and see the ship one moment absence of an ordained chaplain. force units such as carriers and anda second later see nothing but The practice of using lay leaders cruisers. Thesupport ships, includ- water.” in the Navy stems from late in the ing , rely on these parent When he’s safely aboard, the host 18th century, theperiod in which units toprovide chaplains for reli- ship is thankful for his visit. The the Navy chaplaincy had its birth. gious services and ceremonies. So, chaplain, too, is undoubtedly thank- At that time,divine services, as

6 ALL HANDS ruled in 1775 by the second article of our first Navy Regulations, were to be held daily on those ships hav- ingchaplains on board. Further, it stated that thecrew’s attendance was mandatory.

FOR THOSE ships without chaplains, efforts were usually made to en- able lay leaders to conduct worship services, or the captainswould try to employ a civilian clergyman will- ing to share the rugged life at sea in sailing ships. Many of theseclergy were un- ordained but conducted divine serv- ices for several years. It wasn’t until 1799 that theNavy commissioned its first chaplain-WilliamBalch. By 1800,four more ministers received their commissions andthe Navy Chaplain Corps had its beginning. In time, regulations became more precise for thoseapplying forcom- missions as chaplains. They were re- quired to be ordainedand have churchapproval for naval service. Thissame ruling is required of to- day’s chaplains,with the added re- quirementthat they be college FROM THE SKY-Helicopter lowers chaplain to conduct Divine Services on DD graduatesand graduates of anap- in Pacific. Below: Circuit-ridingpadre says Mass for Marinesin Vietnam. RIDER proved theological seminary with 90 semester hours. AlthoughWilliam Balch wasa commissioned chaplain, heheld no service rank as we know it today. Navychaplains were eventually given relative rank (inpay grade only)in 1871, but did not receive actualrank in service until1899. Thereafter, commissioned chaplains wereusually appointed with the actual rank of lieutenant. OVER THERE-Chaplainreturns to USS Hancock (CVA 19) by highline after NE OF THE PRIMARY duties of our church call aboard USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD 748) in waters near Vietnam. 0 earlychaplains was teaching. Theywere charged with training youngmidshipmen, mostly in their teens, in such subjects as navigation, history, English and geography. As a result, the chaplains of the mid-19thcentury worked closely with Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft inthe founding of the NavalAcademy at Annapolis in 1845. Among these men was George Jones who was to become the first to serve at the Academy bdth as chap- lain and as head of the Department of English Studies.

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morestudy, a study by personnel mum of six months on boardfor duty specialists of the CAREER manwho would be necessary.Advancements is already a part of today’s Navy - couldnot bemade while on TAD, his problems and likes and dislikes. under instruction, or while hospital- Inother words, don’t worry so ized. much about retaining the transients; I believe this wouldgreatly en- instead, investigate why wehave hancethe commanding officer’s re- careermen, then concentrate on sponsibilities in the selection of the thoseaspects of the problem. The more qualified personnel and would aim shouldbe directed toward the have a profound effect on the selec- creation of an elite corps of dedicated tion and retention of the more desir- career Navymen. ablecareer petty officers. Robert J. LaLonde, LTJG Kenneth M. Schurr, CTC, USN USS Hunley (AS 31) NavSecGru, Sonoma, Calif.

Small Stores Payment for CorrespondenceCourses Every Small Stores should be re- I wouldconsider instituting pay- quired to stock the uniformitems ment for successfulcompletion of on the published list and to be open correspondence courses. during hours when enlisted men can ADM David 1. McDonald, Chief Navalof Excludingcourses which are re- get to them. Operations, aboard USS America (CVA 66) quired for advancementin rate or Frequently,Stores are out of the otherpurposes, I woulddetermine common sizes of one or more useful experience,education and maturity. the value of each course to each rate items - dungarees, blue jackets, kha- I would also eliminate Fleet-wide andgrade in the Navy. Aftel this, kis. Others seldom, if ever, stock the examsfor paygrade E-4 and give I would establish agiven amount moreunusual sizes of thesesame advancement responsibilities to com- eachcourse is to beworth to in- items. While it isobviously impos- manding officers. In addition to the dividuals of different rates. sible for every store to stock every requirements now in effect, amini- I would establish a time limit for t‘ size of every item, a list of “never out” should be established, with the balancecarried according to de- mand. You Take the Conn Small Stores should be open dur- ingperiods when men are free to Doyou have a petproject you want to get of the ground? DO usethem. This should include the youhave the solution to a problem that has been bothering you? The noon hour, particularly on bases Navy is interested in hearing about it. where most menare in schoolsor Now is your chance. The invitation comes directly from the Secretary offices during normal working hours. of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations. The ideas of enlisted and Thesechanges might - just pos- officer personnel alike are solicited with the aim of improving efficiency, sibly might - make the Small Stores organization, operations, morale and esprit de corps. the fringe benefit they are said to be. What would happen, for instance, if through some small miracle, you G. W. Windscheffei, EMC(SS) were suddenly appointed CNO for an hour? What would you do? What USS Swordfish (SSN 579) steps would you take to make the Navy more efective? What policies would you initiate? What problems do you think are the most pressing? Enlisted Evaluation How would you, as a four-star admiral, solve them? The enlisted evaluation form now With the blessings of the Chief of Naval Personnel, CNO and SecNav, in use does not provide the reporting ALL HANDSis making available a portion of its space to a discussion of senior sufficient latitude for all rat- the problems-big and little-of the Navy today. Whatare they, and what ings. E-9scannot, in justice, be would you do about them if you had the authority to act? evaluated on the same basisas an The rules are simple: Oficers and enlisted, men and women, are in- E-4. vited to contribute. Your suggestions need not be sent through the chain However,such forms could be of command; they m.ay be forwarded directly to ALL HANDS Magazine, designed along the same lines as the Room 1809 Navy Annex, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D. C. officerfitness reports. Block 8 could 20370. The best letters will be published and forwarded to the cognizant be reserved for reporting seniors who activity in the Naval Establishment for consideration and action.Sorry we wished to comment on superior or cannot reply directly to your letters. (If you prefer that you be identified inferior performance of the individ- by initials only, pleaseso indicate.) ual. I donot believe you can as- This is a golden opportunity to provide a forum for your ideas. signa numerical value to any in- The prize is substantial-the knowledge that you have made a contri- dividual’s performance.None are bution.to the bettermentof the Navy. perfect but most try to act and per- Here is another installment. Keep your ideas coming. formtheir best, accordingto their

WATER LOW-At low tide trucks couldreach LSM and speed up unloading. rogistics rift Ship VIETNAMESE NAVY ship, sailing where 360 barrels of petroleum, oil Adeep into Viet Cong territory dur- and lubricant were taken on. ingOperation Icebreaker demon- From Nha Be the trip through the stratedthe economic advantages of Rung Sat Special Zone to the South seaborneresupply. Sailing aboard ChinaSea began. The 404 arrived was a U. S. Navyadvisor who re- safely at her destination. turnedwith an enthusiastic report Lieutenant Ninh, 404’s command- about the operation. ing officer,was forced, dueto surf LieutenantCommander Richard conditions, to beach the ‘ship on a N. Peterson, USN, of Middleton, R. I., sandbar50 yards offshore for un- an advisor to the Vietnamese Navy, loading. accompanied the Vietnameseship Problemsbegan when the bow down VC-infested jungle rivers and ramp was dropped. As the ship was upthe coast. The shipdelivered still in deep water, trucks were un- supplies to the Vietnamese Army able to reach the supplies. RegionalForces Training Center at Navy ingenuity went to work.The Song Mao, 140 miles northeast of POL barrels were rolled intothe Saigon. water and successfully floated to the The center normally requires over beach. 200 tons of supplies monthly. Later,with the tide out,trucks Previously,nine airlifts supple- were able to unload the ship. mented by truck convoys from Phan During unloading, 404 was a tar- Thiet, 35 miles distant, were needed get for nearbysmall Viet Cong to make the deliveries. units. The VietnameseNavy set out to The Viet Cong tried to reach the solve the problem in Icebreaker. ship but were‘driven off by Regional VietnameseNavy Logistics Lift Forces’ troops. Further protection was providedby a spotter aircraft Ship(LSM 404),I beganoperations 28 july at her berth in Saigon. Over circling overhead. 200,000 pounds of rice andother From Song Mao, LSM 404 pro- materialswere loaded aboard theceeded seaward tocomplete two ship. other missions.to returned She then The final phase of loading was at Saigon. -Story and photos by Nha Be, seven miles south of Saigon, Jack C. Deckert, PHC, USN

JOB’S END-LCDR Peterson, USN, and oficers enjoy meal after mission.

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deeper into thetangled foliage. ChiefBrown fired more warning shots, this time a little lower. There was no response. He contacted Viet- namese authorities andrequested permissionto destroy the sampans if necessary. Permissionwas granted. As a final warning, ChiefBrown launched a grenade just short of the opening, still hopingto scare them out for inspection. There was no re- action. He ordered a fewexploratory rounds fired from the forward .50- caliber machinegun. One of the roundsstruck the largest sampan, causing a violent explosion that rippedthe sampan apart, spewing clouds of black smoke and fire above the palm trees, and setting the other PASS THE AMMUNITION-Crewmen of USS White River(LSMR 536) load two craft afire. Obviously, the sam- pans had been carrying amqunition ship's guns. Ship operates close to shore, makingflak jackets necessary. for the VietCong. The patrol continued. available (docks,warehouses, con- carriers-uss Coral Sea (CVA 43) At 1630,not far from the river struction sites, air bases, etc.)the Ranger (CVA 'bl), and Hancock mouth, a U.S. Army spotter plane truck drives around all day, deliver- (CVA19)-were on station in the dropped a red smoke grenade in the ing its welcome refreshment to those . Aircraft from their mouth of a narrow canal as a signal who need it. flight decksstruck the DongHoi that suspicious craft were approach- Once the reefer cameupon a military barracks,one of theprime ing. Patrol Alfawas told that five Marine patrol just as it was emerging staging areas for infiltration of troops sampanshad run the Vietnamese from the jungle after a long, dusty and materialinto . Navy checkpoint up the canal. patrol. It stopped and delivered cold The air strikes continued. Twosampans glided out of the soda to theamazed, butgrateful, InMarch 1965, Seventh Fleet canal and Chief Brown boarded and Marines. Marines, 4000 strong, waded ashore searched both, but found only fresh The Phantom Reefer drives 35 to at to guard the airstrip be- vegetables and produce on board. 40miles eachday and gives away ing built there.Other landings One Vietnamese farmer, obviously 165 cases of soda each week. brought Marine strength in Vietnam irritated by being delayed in getting to 53,000 men. to market, had his frown changed to Seventh Fleet Has Grown Then a new.task force was organi- anappreciative grin, when Chief The largest numbered fleet is big- zed and Operation Market Time be- Brown bought some hot peppers at ger than ever. In the two years since gan.Its job hasbeen to stopthe an inflated price. Satisfied, the farmer the first air strikes against targets in infiltration of suppliesand men by proceeded onhis way. NorthVietnam were launched, the sea. Destroyer escorts, Coast Guard The other sampans, all thoroughly U. S. Seventh Fleet has grown con- cutters,, Swift boats, searched,yielded nothing. siderably. and Vietnamese Navy junks are the Shortly after 1930,Patrol Alfa On 1 Aug 1964, the destroyer uss surfaceforce of MarketTime. Pat- ended. "D. G. Van Way, J02, USN Maddox (DD731), on a routine rolling the air are P2 Neptune, P5 patrol in the , was at- Marlin, and P3 Orion aircraft. Mili- Come Alive tackedby North Vietnamese PT taryexperts believe that Market Some phantoms are good phan- boats. Fourdays later the first air Time has cut heavily into infiltration toms. Like the refrigeratedtruck, strikes againstNorth Vietnam were by sea. dubbed the Phantom Reefer, which launchedfrom the attack carriers In May 1965, the first Seabee bat- plies the areaaround U.S. Naval uss Constellation (CVA 64)and talion landed at Chu Lai, a coastal Support Activity, DaNang, every Ticonderoga (CVA 14). The targets city south of DaNang. There are day. Its mission - relieffor toiling, were bases harboring the NorthViet- now more than 4500Seabees in thirsty Americans. namese PT boats and the fuel dumps SouthVietnam, constructing every- Everywhere in the Da Nang area which supplied them. thing from runways to schools. thePhantom Reefer comes upon These air attacks were 'the first Then came gunfire support. On servicemenworking. Then, it stops, large-scale Navy combat activity in 20 May 1965, the destroyer uss openswide its doors, andwith a Vietnam. Before the Maddox inci- Hamner (DD 718) became the first blast of cold air, gives away free dent, the main area of involvement shipto bombard Viet Cong coastal sodato all. for the Seventh Fleet had been the positions. Now, SeventhFleet ships The Phantom Reefer is an innova- Formosa Strait, between and range along the coast, ready to sup- tion of the Special Services Office at mainlandChina. But now theem- port amphibious landings, repel VC NavSuppActDa Nang. Since many phasis shifted south to the Tonkin attacks, andbombard known VC of theservicemen in theDa Nang Gulf and the South China Sea. storage, supply, and camp areas. area work where no cold drinks are By February1965 three attack Since the ships canaccurately hit

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Sea, and the folks back home. shipwas the first cargo carrier to Two to three thousand pounds of negotiate the 47-mile run down the mail are flown aboard the shipon Bassac river from Can Tho into the an average day. About half the mail SouthChina Sea in approximately is packages and theother half letters. 10 years. The office handles almost 32,000 Until now, a combination of Viet letters a day,with about half of Cong pressure and long-lost naviga- themgoing to other ships in com- tional aids hasprevented anything pany with Constellation. larger than patrol craft from making When the mail arrives on board, thetrip. the clerks hurry to get it off the deck The success of Mark‘s voyage so theother planes cango backto means that resupply ships soon mag their.operations. The mail destined no longer have to retrace their steps forother ships is locked in a room up the Bassac and out the’ Mekong toawait the arrival of theship in River, a trip of about 160 miles and the Operating area. two days. Mailis kept for 20 to 30 ships, LieutenantFrancis Sanderlin, ranging from submarinesto other Mark‘s skipper, whonavigated the carriers. It is transferredby heli- changed and forgotten channels, re- copter or highline when the ship is ported sufficient waterat all times near. under his 10-foot-draft ship to insure The remainder is carriedto the the passage of othertype ships Constellation post office beto operating on the river routes. sorted. Arrival slips are prepared for AVietnamese LSILpatrol craft registered letters and insuredpack- led Mark part waythrough the ’ages. When all items are ready to be sandbarsand mud flats to open BRAVE MAN-PettyOfficer Second picked up by division mail orderlies, waterand from thereshe felt her ClassAlton R. Gunter, USN receives “Mail Call” is announced. way to sea. the Silver Star for heroic action while Evenwhile the mail is being sorted,two other men havebeen “Mostly Instinctive” on junglepatrol in Rung Sat area. selling money orders and stamps Navy Petty Officer SecondClass and helping postal patrons who wish Alton R. Gunterhas been awarded Thoughwounded, he again ex- to send packages. the Silver Star Medal for heroic ac- posed himself toheavy enemy fire Constellation also serves as a rout- tion. The presentation was made by to man a .50-caliber machine gun. ing office, and receivesmail from RearAdmiral Norvell G.Ward, He emptied his machine gun into other ships to pass on, usually surface Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Viet- enemy positions, thenmanned the shipmentsconsisting of parcelpost nam, in ceremonies atQui Nhon, boat’s 81mm mortar and fired shells packages,newspapers and maga- SouthVietnam, 120 miles south of atthe VietCong onboth sides of zines. DaNang. the river. Gettingthe mail off theship is The Silver Star was awarded for He continued firing until the just as important as gettingit on. Gunter’s bravery in action while on enemy was forcedto break off the Constellation personnelalone sent patrolaboard Navy Swift boat 26, attack and his boat was free of the 65,000 pounds of mail from the ship on the Dong Tranh River, 17 miles ambusharea. in a two-and-a-half-month period. southeast of Saigon, in the Rung Sat When asked about his action, The postal clerkspick up mail Special Zone. Gunter replied, “With all that stuff threetimes a day from 16 boxes Trapped by a suddenViet Cong coming at you, you’vegot to do locatedthroughout the ship. This ambush,the 26 was caughtin a something. I didn’t havemuch haul is added to the packagesand heavy crossfire from enemy .3O-cali- choice. WhatI did was mostly in- letterscollected at the post office bermachine guns and smallarms. stinctive.” and themail from the other ships and In the first burst of gunfire, Gunter “I was so scared,” he recalled, “I it is sent off, usually daily. was severely wounded. don’t evenremember reloading.” Despite the tempo of operations off the coast of Vietnam,there is time OFFSHORE ACTION-USS Guadalupe (A0 32) refuels USS George K. Mc- for a personal touch in handling the Kenzie (DD 836) as USS Ranger(CVA 61) planes leave for . mail. Twomonths ago a birthday cake from Chula Vista, Calif., arrived for a Constellation crewmanwith nary a crumb or corner out of place, The cake had been shipped with a see-through plastic cover, andap- parentlyreceived tender care by everyonealong the mailroute. -Tony Boom, J02, USN

Mark Breaches the Bassac The light cargoship uss Mark (AKL 12) is a pioneer. The 900-ton

DECEMBER I966 USS Memphis (shown here as USS Tennessee) cruises Atlantic. Rt: Memphis after tidal wave. CREWS MUSTER AGAIN Fifty Years. Lafer

SIR: I have noticed that, in all the , all present officers were reelected. mast of Memphis when she met dis- years you havebeen carrying an- At noon a luncheon was held, dur- aster, was turned over to the Navy nouncements of reunions, no one has ingwhich a speech was made by Museum in Washington. everreported what actually hap- CaptainEdward L. Beach, USN. To understandwhat this means pened at one. I would like to rectify (Besides being a famed submariner, to us, I’ll have to give you some of that omission and tell you of the he is the author of three earlier books‘ the details. events of the reunion of the USS and has written another concerning This flag was retrievedon the Memphis and Custine survivors. Memphis.) As youmay recall, his morning of 30 Aug 1916 by Quarter- We held our 50th anniversary re- father was commanding officer of master Third ClassVince Peltier, unionin Cleveland, Ohio, August Memphis when she was lost. USN. He placed it on the engine- 27 to August 30. Monday evening the banquet was room hatch to dry, where wasit later ,OnSaturday evening August 27, held at which speeches were made, picked up by Fireman Second Class anearly-bird dinner was heldwith congratulatorymessages from the StanleyMoran. He kept it until survivors of Castine providing the Chief of Naval Operations and Sec- early 1959, when he sentit to me. program for the evening’s activities. retary of the Navywere read, and I didn’t quite know whatto do The Castine survivorshave always we were entertained by a magician. withit, but it seemedappropriate joined with-us in our reunions.(Their I doubt if every reunion receives tosend it on to Ship’s Writer Sam ship was anchored inshore to us on messages of congratulationfrom Worth, who lived in Philadelphia at that fateful dayof 29 Aug 1916, and CNOand Secnav,but aside from that time. many of us on Memphis weresure that, I guess up to this pointthe In early 1960, CAPT Beach made thatshe was going to founder in general outline of this reunion anurgent request that the flag be the heavy seas, not knowing that we wouldnot vary greatly from most. sent to him, but he could not then ourselveswere in ,greaterdanger. At this point, however, something tell Sam why he needed it so badly. Althoughbadly damaged, she did new was added; neweven for us. However,since CAPT Beach was manage to up anchot and get under It was the flag ceremony, in which the son of our former skipper, we all way. We didn’t.) the flag which flewfrom theafter agreed that he coulddo no wrong OnSunday, everyone attending and sent it to him. the reunion was invited to visit the Flag of YSS Memphis is presentedto CAPT Wewere glad we did when we NASA laboratoryin , Cleveland, James W. Cartee for the U. S. Navy Museum heard later why he wanted that par- wherea former shipmate, Dr. Ed- in Washington, D. C. ticular flag. CAPT Beach was com- ward R. Sharp, had been the direc- manding officer of uss TTiton (SSN tor. At the time we knew him, Dr. 586) when she circumnavigated the Sharp was carpenter’sa mate on globe. When Triton surfacedafter board Custine. From there, he went beingsubmerged for 83 days,she onto become a famous scientist. was flying this flag, which originally On Sunday evening, Chaplain W. camefrom hisfather’s ship, Mem- Angus Wigginsgave memoriala phis. service honoringthose from both RearAdmiral E. M. Eller, USN, Memphis and Castine who lost their Director of Naval History, in Wash- lives during the disaster. It was at- ington, D. C., had suggested that tended byalmost everyone who the flag’s final repositoryshould be came to the reunion. the,Navy Museum and all hands Business meeting was heldon concernedagreed. Monday in the morning. Reports of As a result, it was formally turned committees were read and approved; over tothe museumMonday eve- election of officerstook place, and ning at the anniversary banquet.

20 , ALL HANDS So that was what one reunion was like.-L. B. Kidwell

Since it was impossible to join you in yourreunion, your descrip- tion of the event was the next best thing. For those who are not as familiar as Mr. Kidmll with the career and end of Memphis, and Castine, here’s the story: First of all, the Memphis we’re talking about was only so named for a relatively short period. She began life as uss Tennessee (armored cruiser No. 10, notto be confused with BB 43). Commissioned in 1906,she was quite a formidable ship for her time. Heynormal displacement was 14,- 500 tons andshe had aspeed of slightlymore than22 knots. She carriedfour 10-inchguns, 16 six- inchguns, and 22 three-inch guns. Accordingtoher oficial ship’s history,she spent most of her time with theAtlantic Fleet. In 191 6, she was flagship of the Cruiser Force inthe West Indies. On 29 Aug 1916, while lying of the city of Santo Domingo, she was driven ashore bya tidalwave and completely wrecked.

Considerably more detail is given by CAPTBeach in Triton’s log, of whichwe quoted excerpts in the September 1960 issue of ALL HANDS. Here are the relevantdetails: ‘As Triton entersthe Thumes River en route to her berth in New London,we shall man the rail in traditional Navystyle. Flying from our highestperiscope will be a rather old and slightly weatherbeaten set of colors, andthereby hangs a very personal story which must now be told. “In 1916 my fatherwas com- mandingoficer of the armored cruiser Memphis(ex-Tennessee which, he used to say, was the most responsive ship, the best trained and the easiesthandled, of anyhe had ever served in. On 29 August of that year, lying at anchor in theharbor of SantoDomingo (nowknown as CHAMPCHAMPS IN SPORTS Y I I Bufmen & Rucquef Squud I FOUR FOR FIVE - that is acatchy hitting and Jim Cheesman’s no-hitter The big hitter for the winners was phrase for SubFlotOne softball as the Dolphins moved into the catcher Jesse Vail, whoposted a players. finals, 7-0. .555 battingaverage for the five By winningfour of their five At that pointPhibLant needed games. Vailwas given a trophy for games in the 1966 All-Navy Cham- only one win to end the tournament, thefeat, and was also elected the pionships atLong Beach, the Dol- SubFlotOne needed two against the team’sMost ValuablePlayer for phins won their fourthtitle in five Gators to overcome their upset defi- 1966. tries. Butthey had to come from cit. The title made three in a row and behind to do it. Jim Cheesman went to the mound the fourth in five years for the COM- Inthe first round of play, Sub- for the secondgame in a row, op- SUBFLOTONE team,who played in FlotOne edged Barber’s Point NAS, posed by John Caynor of the Gators, the1962-63-64 tournaments under 5-4. PhibLantopened their tourna- who was largely responsible for the the spomorship of uss Sperry (AS mentplay by coasting to an easy Dolphins loss. It wasCheesman’s 12), before changing the banner to winover NAS Patuxent ‘River, 7-2. day, as he yieldedthree scattered SubFlotOne. Then favored SubFlotOne suffered singles and.one run to the Gators. The nextstop for the Dolphins its onlydefeat in a second .round Dave Baker homered for the Dol- was Indianapolis, Ind., and the Na- upset by PhibLant, 2-0, in extra phins and George Giles, Most Valu- tional Fast PitchTournament. innings. ablePlayer in the1965 All-Navy, Barber’s Point moved ahead in the hittwo for threeand scored a run National Tournament losers’ bracket by knocking Patuxent to helpthe Dolphin cause. TheSubFlotOne Dolphins, fresh Riverout of the double-elimination Thetournament trail wasnow from their victory atthe All-Navy tournamentby a score of 2-1.Jim even,with one loss each for the Championships,placed higher than Lee was the winning pitcher. teams,necessitating a playoff. anyother Navy team in history in The SubFlotOnedefeat by Phib- Inthe final game, Ted Brown, the National meet. Final figures had Lantput the Dolphinsinto the who had lost the first Dolphin-Gator themin seventh place with a 4-2 losers’ bracketwith Barber’s Point, game,went to the moundand recordin the double-elimination while the Gators got a day’s rest avenged thedefeat by pitching tournament, butthe Dolphins ac- awaitingthe outcome of the losers’ anotherthree-hitter to go with tually playedmore games than all game. Cheesman’ssemifinal performance. but one of theother 19 teams In the third round game, BarEer’s Brown coastedto victory atop a entered. Point struggled to no avail and was mountain of hits and six runs by his FiveNavymen were chosen for overcomebystrong SubFlotOne teammates to end the tourney. the twotournament All-star teams and three men placed among the top BIG HIT-Bailey Brown makes backhand shotwhile doubles teammate Mike 20 batters. Jim Cheesman pitched aone-hitter Royer watches. The pair won East Coast Open title. Brown also won singles. tolead the wayto victory over Seattle, 2-0, in the Navy’s first game of the tourney. The following daythe sailors could muster only twohits, including. ahome run over theright center- field fence by big A1 Clark, as they lost tothe DallasTexans, 6-1, to enter the losers’ bracket. Cheesmangave up six hitsand four runs in the Navy’s next game, but the sailors pounded out 17 hits againstSpartansburg, S. C., towin by a score of 15-4 and set a tourna- ment record for the most runs scored in a National Tournament game. AI Clark also hit his secondhomer of the meet. WithCheesman again on the mound, the Navymen went 10 in- ningswith the LakewoodChiefs beforewinning, 1-0. Cheesman pitched a no-hitter, only to miss the perfect game on an error. The Navymenplayed rout a againstEnglewood, Colo., intheir nextgame, winning by a lopsided 10-0. A1 Clark hit a long blast over

ALL HAND$ SOFTBALL CHAMPS-SubFlotOne won fourih All-Navy title in five years.

thecenter field fencewith two on was slated for Alameda,was can- for his thirdhomer of the tourna- celed due to the airline strike. ment, just one off the record set in Brown, currently the fourth-rank- 1935. ed player in the Eastern Lawn Ten- The Dolphinsgot 13 hits in the ,nis Association, won the East Coast game against two for Englewood. OpenSingles title without losing a Providence, R. I., which eventually set in his, four matches. finished secondin the tournament, Brown disposed of John Bianco, then put the Navymen out of com- Spencer Quill and All-Navy regular mission witha 4-2 victory. Nelson Harrison his wayto the Whenthetoumdrhent laurels finals. In the title match, Brown out- were handed out,five Navymen were classedDon Thorne, ComFive, in picked for the twotournament All- straight sets of 6-0, 6-0, 6-1. Starteams. Ted Brown and Jim Thornehad gained his berthin Cheesman,who alternated . at first the finals byupsetting defending basewhen they weren’t pitching, champ Tom Haney in the semifinals, were picked for first team honors as 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. first baseman and pitcher, respec- In OpenDoubles competition, tively. A1 Clark, who was augmented Brown teamedwith MikeRoyer to to the Navy team after the All-Navy geta share of asecond title. The tournament, was one of the out- pair defeated Don Thorne and Dick fielders chosen for the first team. Williams, NDW, in sets of 6-4, 7-5, Second team honors went to Dave for the doubles crown. Baker, the Dolphin second baseman, The Seaior Divisionwas won by Leon Wilson, ComSix, who beat Bill and George Giles, Navy’s hard-hit- Fodkes, NDW, in straight sets, 6-3, ting third baseman. 6-0. The Navy also placed three hitters Both Wilson and Foulkesare inthe top 20according to batting formerchampions. Foulkes was the averages. Giles wasfourth with a Senior champin 1959,1960 and .429, Ted Brownwas sixth witha 1963. Wilsonwas Senior titlist in .409 andright fielder DaveLange 1961. was 14th with a .333 average. These The first three places in the Wom- threemen accounted for 14 Navy en’s Division were taken by Newport runsduring the tournament. tennis players. HelenSadowski de- featedRimp Horn 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 to Navy Tennis Champs take the title. Third place was won BaileyBrown, ComSix, and Tom by 1965 semifinalist Margaret “Meg” Somerville, Comll, emerged as the Cozad,who defeated Jo Hoy, the 1966East and West Coast Navy loneComNine holdout, in sets of TennisChampions in tournaments 6-4 and 7-5. held at Newport, R. I., and Alameda, Inthe West Coasttournament, Calif. Somervilledefeated Ron Beaubien, The All-Navy Tennis meet, which Coml4, in sets of 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3,

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OPERATION JAC SEVER" TIMES dailya group of ing to Chief Petty Officer Herman J. small, wooden-hulled U. S. Navy Carter, who is the boat's skipper, Minesweeping Boats (MSBs) sweep minesweeping is a constant and de- the Long Tao River and the Saigon . manding task. harbor area, where ships are unload- Although the MSB sailors have no ing cargoes destined for Free World positive way of knowing when they military forces inthe Republic of have prevented thesinking of a ship, Vietnam. mines of thetypes for whichthe The boats comprise Mine Squadron MSBs sweepthe river havebeen 11's Detachment Alpha, which found in the Rung Sat Special Zone moved from Da Nang to the Nha Be along the river banksand at Viet naval base last March to participate Cong base camps. in Operation JackStay. Their mission Most mechanical devices are sub- is to keep the45-mile-long Long Tao ject to breakdown, .and minesweep- channel free of mines. ing equipment is no exception. How- It is through the Long Tao chan- ever, theVietnam-based crews are nel that the bulk of supplies reaches ready to cope withthe problems Saigon. The river,which winds that ,they encounter, as they proved throughthe heart of theRung Sat recently during a sweep of the Long Special Zone, a long-time Viet Cong Tao. haven, is the major deep water chan- Two hours after leaving Nha Be, nelconnecting the Port of Saigon MSB 17's sweep wire broke, setting with the South China Sea. ametal float freeand causing the A number of the boats are com- depressor,which keeps the sweep mittedto a dailysweeping; one of wire at the same depth at both ends, them stands by on alert to assist in to drag behind the boat. any maritime emergency. Word was passed to the bridge. Betweenconducting the daily Chief Carterordered all engines sweeps and maintaining the boat at stoppedand began recovery pro- peak efficiency, the MSB's seven- cedures. mancrew puts ina long andde- Oncethe depressor and sweep mandingday. Sweeps of the river wirewere pulled aboard, MSB 17 last as long as i0 hours, with con- turned back up 'the river to retrieve stant maintenance work required be- the lost float. fore and after each sweep. And there Whenequipment is temporarily is always the,danger of Viet Coag lost, small unswept sections of the sniperson the river banks. river exist. These spots are covered The boats, working in pairs, sweep by the next pass throughthe area. with equipment designed to cut the No part of the river remains unswept detonator wires of remote-detonated when the workday ends. mines planted in the river channel. It is then that the sailors of De- MSBs also sweep for moored mines tachment Alpha return to their tents which could be anchored to theriver at Nha Be, satisfied that their job is bottom. done-until tomorrow. t One such boat is MSB 17. Accord- -Thomas 1. Rainwater, JO1, USN

MINESWEEPING equipment trails MSB as it passes tanker in long Taochannel. ings and protection fOT the military ratings. At that time, ratings were classi- purchaser such as you. fied in three groups-Seamanbranch, In your specific case, as in other over- Artificerbranch, and Special branch. seasareas whme there are no Ex- Eachrating had its own pay scale. changes, or the Exchange does not Whilein general, the pay rates for havea new carsales ofice, purchases the Seamanbranch (right arm ratings) should be made through areputable were alittle higher than some of the franchiseddealer and application for Special branch and Artificer branch membership and financing made directly ratings, thiswas not true in allcases. to NFCU.-ED. Some of the Specid branch and Artif- icerbranch ratings received higher Repeat for Instructors basic pay than several right arm ratings. SIR: I havebeen told many times In the mutter of allowances, it is than an ex-instructor who has been at true that special fees werepaid for sea for one year can request instructor specific duties that wouldnormally be duty again. performed by aspecific rating. How- I have looked in manylocations for ever, the extra money was paid for the sucha directive, but so far I haven’t duty being performed, and not because come up with it. Is theresuch an In- the man performing the duty was of a struction? If not, how can I put in my mtingthat fell into the “right arm” requestfor this type of duty again?- group. R. T. C., EMC, USN. Here aresome of the specialallow- 0 There’s a very goodreason why ances paid to Navyn.cn in 1916: you can’tfind such an Instruction. 0 Men who successfully completed a There is none. prescribed course of instruction for sea- Only those men who are eligible for man gunner or petty o@er were given Seavey are assigned to instructor duty. a certificate which entitled them to re- You shouldrequest such duty on your ceive $2.20 extra,per month. rotation data card when you are eligible 0 Qualified gun pointersreceived for Seavey.-ED. extra pay ranging from two to 10 dol- lars per month, according to the man’s Reenlistment Incentives qualifications and the caliber of the SIR: I will be reenlisting for the first gun. Assigned gun captainsreceioed a timeshortly, and I havea coupre of five-dollav monthly supplement. questions about what I am entitled to. 0 Coxswainsdetailed as coxswains First, a little background. of boats propelled by machinery, oras I havebroken service, and twosix- coxswain to commanders in chief, re- month extensions on my present enlist- ceived an extra five dollars a month. ment. I amonshore duty, and I wouldlike to transfer to the West CAREER HIGHLIGHTS-New Chief Stewardsman James Young shows his new Coast. I havealready received confir- mation of my eligibility for the variable hat to RADM C. A. Blick with pride. Promotion culminated 23 years of service. reenlistmentbonus. Now for the ques- tions. Since it ismy first reenlistment, can I get West Coast duty as a reenlistment incentive? If I go ahead and serve out my two extensions,will this affect my VRB?- R. H. R., ST1, USN. 0 No, you can’t changecoasts as a reenlistment incentive, as this applies only to personnel reenlisting after their initial Navy enlistment. By having broken service, you are in a subsequent, rather than aninitial enlistment, and therefore ineligiblefor choice of duty asa reenlistment incentive. Your two extensionswill not afect the VRB eligibility,since theydo not total the two years required for a .regu- lar reenlistment bonus. In other words, since this is still YOUT first reenlistment bonus, you get the VRB.-ED.

Right Arm Ratings SIR: Were there everany extra pay or allowances paid to right arm ratings, based on their right arm distinction and precedence?-J. D. T., MAC, USN. 0 Strictlyspeaking, no. First of all, you would have to goback toJune 1922 to find basic pay scales based on

DECEMBER I966 in a Navy boat of the mval governor of or American when flown withinthe limits of hisgovern- ment. When flown from a yardarm, it designates that a generalcourt-martial or court of inquiy is in session. The origin of the term “Union Jack,” like so many customs and usages of the sea,goes far back into naval histoy. We knowwe inherited it from the ,but why that particular term is used is not known for certain. One explanation is that the termdates back to 1606, when the English Cross of StGeorge was combined in union withthe Scottish Cross of St Andrew under King James. The kingsigned these documentsin French as “Jacques,” which came out “Jack” in English, and thus, UnionJack. Another possibility is that, since the word “jack” once meant small, it simply meant a small flag. This explanation is backed up bythe fact that King Charles II onceissued a proclamation that ships of the Royal Navy fly the NEWEST PGM-USS Asheville (PGM begins speed run duringtrials in Pacific. Union Flag as a “jack” at the bowsprit. 84) -ED.

($99, if it was an acting appointment). stump us with questions aboutnaval Origin of the AM Rdting First class petty officers received $84 a history and customs. For instance,we SIR: A question arose as to when my month, while second class petty o@cers were asked recently what is the origin rating,Aviation Structures Mechanic got $72. Third class pettyoficers re- of the Union Jack, what does it signify, (AM ) , was established. I think it came ceieed $60 per month. and how is it used. What do you say?- into being in 1948. Among nonrated men, the rate of pay J. C. G., ABF1, USN. Afriend ofmine (to whom I have stillvaried greatly, according to the The Union Jack is the union por- neverlost an argument) says he saw job being performed.-En tion of the national ensign,signifying therating badge as far back as 1942. the union of the 50 states. It consists of What does ‘ALL HANDS say?-G. C. M., WeissGuys Are Targets 50 stars on a blue background, and it AMHC, USN. SIR: In a letter published in August, is always the samesize as the union We are in noposition to testify a uss Weiss (APD 135) crewmember portion of the nationalensign with concerning what your friend sawback claimedan anchoring record for his which it is flown. in 1942. ship. Weiss droppedanohor 57 times It flies from the jack staff from 0800 We can say thatthe rating was during a deployment to WestPac. to sunset when the ship is not under- established by Bureau of Naval Person- Sorry, but uss Safeguard (ARS 25) way. Displayedelsewhere, it hasother nel Circular Letter 40-47. Although the claims that record. Safeguard anchored meanings: letter was dated 21 Feb 1947, it didn’t a total of 72 times between December When flownfrom the bow of a become effectiveuntil 2 Apr 1948. 1965 and February 1966.During this boat, it means a diplomatic official of Your rating had two immediate pred- period the ship conducted salvage oper- the U. S. is embarked to pay an OB- ecessors. The first, Aviation Carpen- ations and participatedin Operation cia1 visit. It alsosignifies embarkation ter’sMate wasestablished in 1921 DoubleEagle.-W. L. H., LTJG, USN. whenthe Bureau of NavalPersonnel wasstill called the Bureau of Nauiga- Sm: uss Elkhorn (AOG 7)may hold AH, Atf, Atf, Atf tion: It was followed in 1941 bythe no anchoring record, but we can chal- SIR: Regarding the item in the Aviation Metalsmithrating. Thismay lenge the Weiss claim. During one four- JulyLetters to the Editor section have been the rating badge your friend monthperiod in the 8outhChina Sea about the correct spelling of Molala, saw.”ED. Elkhorn moored 52 times and dropped one “L” more or less in a sister ship’s anchor on 97occasions. namegives us little causefor con- Seniorityfor Chiefs-Again What do the Weiss guys say to that? cern.But it’s ratherdisturbing to SIR: Perhaps you can help clarify the -B. J. B., PN2, USN. seeyou refer to Molala as an AFT precedenceruling for chief petty offi- Probablynot much. It would ap- ratherthan an ATF.A tip of the cers as outlined in the BuPers Manual. pear Elkhorn has the largerscore, at boo-boo to the guilty party-C.W. As an example, let’s say a personnel- least in respect to anchorings. Roop, LT, USN. manfirst class is advanced to E-7 on Larger, of course,is not necessarily This certainly is a case of your 16 Jun 1957, and ayeoman first class largest. If past events are any indication, catching us with our lettms inverted is advanced to E-7 on 16 Jun 1966. beingshot down is a real danger for -of that there can be no doubt. Our Who hasDrecedence?-R. G. W., anyone who claims a first, a most or a apologies for this typo.The guilty PNC, USN. biggest.-ED. partyhas been assignedextra duty Would youbelieve-both? aft with the galley proofs. Weshud- There are two sevaratechannels of Union Jack derat the consequences if he had seniority when CPOsare ofdifferent SIR: When it comes to recruiting, we placed the “F” forward of the “AT.” ratings, as in this case. canusually answer the questions, but -ED. As a rule, the chief personnelman fromtime to timethe local citizens {because of time in grade) maygo to

28 ALL HANDS the head of the line but, under certain circumstances, there are times when the chief yeoman might be co&ed Sd4W. For instance, the chief personnelman would be senior in all nott-militmy mutters. He rates head-of-the-line privi- leges M the leadposition in honorary functions by virtue of his greater time spent in the E-7 pay grade. However, when. strictly military mat- ters are involved, the chief yeoman is com*de@edsenior eventhough he has less time in grade. The YNC’s military seniol.ity is de- termined by the rating precedence list as shown in Article C-2103 of the “Bu- Pers Manual.” Since the yeoman rating is higher on the list than the personnel- man rating, theYNC is senior-but ONLY when he is required to exercise militay authority overpersons in rat- ings below, his. The sole deviation from these rulings would a&eif the chiefpersonnelman has broken service. In. this case,his seniority would be based on the datehis currentcontinuous service began, OT fromthe time he reentered the Navy. NEWEST ADDITION toBenningfon history is role as ASW carrier (CVS). Seniorityfor chief pettyoficers of the samerating, say two E-7 yeomen, ping the buoysnear news-hungry de- ing it unlikely that PatRon 17 origi- is determined by the date of their ap- stroyerspatrolling the ChinaSea. Au nated the idea. pointments, even if their appointments HANDS, inan even earlier issue, attrib- We can’t let it go at that. Backin were to acting chief. uted the currentpractice to alieuten- 1964, LCDR Brownof PatRon 17‘s The precedence rulings which define antwho was flying with PatRon 17 at Crew 12 and his boys,along with two eachenlisted man’s senbiitynames arewhose con-crews other the time. we don’t tained in Article C-2103.--E~. Inhis letter, Chief Normandin said remember, were making these same PatrolSquadron Two was doing the buoy runs. Six-Star Admiral samething back in 1965 thereby mak- We not only dropped printed news, SIR: I recently had a discussion with some friendsconcerning six-star admi- rals.Has anyone ever held such a STANDOUTS-Theseeight men from USS Navasota (A0 106) were rank?”. J. M., RD1, USN. awarded Navy Cornmendation Medals for performance as members of a damagecontrol team that assisted the seriously-damaged USS Brinkley It dependsupon yourinterpreta- Bass (DD 887) earlier this year. They are (1 to r) LTJG Dwight W. Pate; tion. Charles G. Gilpin, “1; Francis W. Scmil, ENI;Ernest W. Dodd, EM2; No admiral in the Stanley M. Pacheco, SF2; Richard L. Robinson, EM2; James C. Phifer, has been authorized by Congress to SF3; and Jackie D. Forrister, EN3. LTJG Pate alsoreceived a Navy- wear sixstars. The maximumnumber Marine Corps Medal for heroism. Dodd ako received a star lieu of starsspecified in legislation are the gold in fivedesignated for an Admiral of the of a second Navy Commendation Medal. Fleet. You may have Dewey in mind. Con- gress voted Admiral George Dewey the rank of Admiral of the Navy and speci- fied that he would be the only man ever to hold that rank. Because the rank is presumed to be unique in the U.S. Navy,the hero of Manila Bay is frequently refemd to as a “Six-StarAdmiral.” Please notethe quotation murks. In reality, Dewey wore only the four stars of a full admiral. Theywere, however, distinguished by having fouled unchws superimposed on two of them. -ED.

News Buoys Still Afloat SIR: TheAugust 1966 issue of ALL HANLS carried a letter from R. H. Nor- mandin, AOC, USN, concerningbuoys which contained newspapers and paper- back books. PatRon 17 had been drop-

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HAT does uss Genesee (AOG 8) have to do with Cau Viet River? Undernormal circumstances, noth- ing. As the Navy frowns upon run- ning excellent ships such as Genesee aground, and as the river is much tooshallow for ships of Genesee’s draft, her skipper would be most in- discreet to tackle it. Yet the river is amain supply artery used to carry fuel and other supplies to U. S. forces operating in- landnear the demilitarizedzone between North and South Vietnam. The U. S. Naval Support Activity, Da Nang,found the answerto the problem of the deep draft ship and the shallow draft river by using pack boats to take the load up the river.

TODAY’S NAVY its origin in February 1966, include at Chu Lai, in South Vietnam. Freshgray alia white pa@t was two Viet Cong trawlers and a French Within her hold the LST carried applied topsidq andthe pilothouse coastal steamer.The steamer, sunk 450 tons of cement,many tons of was fitted with handsome oak doors. in the Mekong River during World lumberand 140 tons of dynamite YO 130 took a new lease on life but War 11, wasobstructing current which was deliveredto the Seabee the facelifting didn’t stopthere. naval construction in that area. battalions in the Chu Lai area. Living quarters in YO 130 came in Thetrawlers had been VC gun Aside from her explosive package, fora complete transformation, too. runners and were sunk byU.S. forces StoneCounty’s cargodiffered little The crew’s quarterswere made as off the coast of the Mekong delta from that normally hauledon her bright as whiteand pastel paint and near the Ca Mau Peninsula. regular milk runs to thesouthern could make them. Tiles were laid on Thecrew salvaged the Mekong supply base. the deck and waxed to a mirror-like trawlerwithout incident. However, By latesummer, the LST had brilliance. while trying to raise the other craft, made 12 cargotransfers, traveling Neatnesswas encouraged by as- diverswere pinned down by VC over five and one-half million ton signingeach man two lockers in small arms andmortar fire from miles ( oneton carried one mile) which to stow his gear and providing ashore. The enemy’s interest in the along the six-hour route. additionalcommunal storage for salvage was soon revealed after they dress uniforms and peacoats. A spe- hadbeen beaten off by‘a Coast Careful-Wet Paint cial locker was providedto keep Guardcutter and U.S. air strikes. Some things are highly improbable shoes off thedeck. Thetrawler wasloaded with more -suchas purple cows, or service Electric fans wereinstalled for than three tons of arms and ammuni- craft that pump black oil yet remain the crew andChief Deeter instituted tion. spotlessly clean. Possible, but you a method of making up bunks so as HCU 1’s home base is , don’t see many of them. to discourage soiling by oil-spattered .From there clearing That used to bethe opinion of passersby. teamscan be moved anywhere in thecrewmen of YO 130, formerly Overheadlighting inthe crew’s Southeast Asia tocarry out their identified by the crew themselves as quarters was improvedand electric down-up mission. Dirty Thirty. However, things have hot water heaters were placed con- changed; YO 130 gleams from stem veniently along thebulkheads. In- Milk Run-Bottled TNT tostern, and all hands know that sulationwas also installed against There’s nothing like hauling 140 service craft can look as sharp as a the outer hull. tons of TNT to create a little excite- cruiser. The general brightening up of the ment on an LST milk run. Especially The changein 130’s appearance vessel also extendedto the engine when you’re traveling through may be attributedin large part to room wherethe bulkheads were waters in which you may, on occa- CraftmasterChester R. Deeter,a covered with white enamel and the sion, meet the Viet Cong. former chiefboatswain’s matewho deck was painted red. Exhaust pipes That’s how it was recently when has recently made warrant. were insulated to reduce engineroom thelanding ship tank uss Stone Considerablecredit also belongs heat and two blowers were installed County (LST 1141) pulledup to the crewmen whose elbow grease on the deck to keep the temperature anchorat the Naval Support Acti- ‘scraped away countless layers of old down. vity, Da Nang,and headed south- paint to enable YO 130 to show her YO 130 carries 6500 barrels of ward for the ‘Naval Support Facility true metal. Navyspecial fuel oilas she goes abouther business at Long Beach refueling cruisers and . Her hoses areneatly stowed when notin use and,despite her black liquidcargo, not one drop can be seen on the deck. It might spoil the paint job.

Welcome Home, Daddy! For several crews of Pacific Fleet ships and squadrons, the conflict in Vietnam is, for the present, no more than a source of endless sea stories and yarns. After their tour on the front line- or even closer-in navaloperations in the South China Sea, they’ve re- turned home. This is the bare outline of their ad- ventures. They’ll take it fromhere. The amphibious assault carrier uss Princeton (LPH 5) returnedto her home port, Long Beach. DEEP-DIVING SUB now being built will have depth capacity of 6500 feet. The Princeton’s helicoptersserved a 25-foot-long vessel will be equipped with mechanical arms for undersea work, twofold mission in Vietnam-landing

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Ships of AGC 7‘s type also act as major communication links between sur- face and airsupport units and those amphibiousforces which have landed ashore. MountMcKinley’s crewvisited Tai- wan, and ports in Japan before returning home. Cook‘s tour, her second in the past year, was somewhat different from that usually made by a troop transport. She worked closely with underwater demoli- tion team units and assisted in making surveys of Vietnam beaches. Those sur- veys aided in clearing the way for U.S. amphibiousassaults.

Helo Training at Ellyson A good way to achieve something worthwhile is to set yourself a very high goal, then strive toreach it. HelicopterTraining Squadron 8, at EllysonField, Pensacola, seems to operate on that theory. There’s a sign outside the gate at Ellyson that proclaims“The Best Helicopter Pilots inthe Worldare Trained Here.” HT-8 strives to live up to this claim. Potentialhelicopter pilots come to HT-8 from just about everywhere. There are Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard aviation cadets; student pilots from allied countries; andveteran Fleet pilots from Navy and Marine fighter, attack, patrol, and ASW squadrons, who come to gainthe ad- ditional qualification of helo pilot. Senior aviators train as part of their preparation to command ships such as uss Zwo Jima (LPH2) and Randolph (CVS 15)-ships speciali- zing in helicopter operations. The Air Forcehas trained pilots at Ellyson.They took two-week familiarization courses in the Navy- Marine UH-34G. And NASA’s astro- nauts also receivespecialized train- ing at HT8. All Ellysonstudents have one thingin common. They could fly fixed-wing airplanes before they ar- rived. After theirfirst week in ground school, the students begin to fly the helicopter. HT-8’s primary helicopter trainer is the TH-13M Sioux. Thelittle trainer is powered by a six-cylinder, 200hp‘engine, and can fly at 90 miles per hour. Under cruise power, its maximum range is 240 miles. With a crew of two and a full fuel load it can lift 250 pounds. The student flies 20 of his eventual 52 flights in the Sioux. On his 12th flight he solos. In this earlytraining phase, the student learns to hover-hold the

DECEMBER 1966

Exercise in Intrepid'sweightlifting room Fencing by Navymenon board USS lnfrepid Derfroyermen of USS Towerslimber up

SEVENTH FLEET Navymen havebeen killingtwo birds with onestone duringoff-duty hours while on extended patrols.They are keeping busyand at the sametime theyart? improvingtheir state of physical fitness.

Live It Up at 'Long Beach efficient institutional kitchen. It is Connie Gives Two Grand Navymen atthe NavalStation designed for convenience,eye ap- A Filipino nurserycaring for LongBeach no longer believe that peal, ventilation, and most impor- 200 children received a $2088 check temporarymeans just this side of tant,high standards of sanitation recentlyfrom crewmen in the air- forever. Theyhave moved out of withminimum maintenance. craft carrier uss Constellation (CVA theirtemporary barracks, built in Enlisted men and women will eat 64). World War 11, into their brand-new at attractive tables for four, replac- The nursery, located in Luzon, is living quarters. ingthe well-known long table and run by a religious orderwhich de- Two new barracksand a mess hall, bencharrangement. Huge floor to pends entirely upondonations for to be precise. Each of the new bar- ceiling windows and soft fluorescent its maintenance. The Constellation rackscan accommodate 502 men. lights provide a cheerful atmosphere check is expectedto be enough to Most of the rooms are designed for to enhance further the enjoyment of cover most of the operating costs of four men and some two-man rooms good Navy chow. the nursery for perioda of one are being used by senior personnel, The new facilities are part of a month. Each room is equippedwith Navy-wideprogram to improve liv- The day the check was presented Hollywood-stylebeds, with box ing conditions for Navymen. was a happy one for all concerned. springsand innerspring mattresses, instead of the oldbunk style. The .. ADMIRAL'S TROPHY-USS Westchester County (LST 1 167) has been awarded

craft would becomea fixed-wing plane, with an estimated address system, a record player and a radio. There are capability of speeds up to 450 miles per hour. also musical instrumentssuch as guitars, ukeleles and Then,when the plane is readyto land, the rotor harmonicas plus a small tool kit. blades would unfold, and it would once again become For places where there is a special services mobile a helicopter. recreationdirector, there is akit which combines all The contract designer reported that this combination the elements of the other two, with certain additional helicopter-airplane could be madeoperational by the items. early 1970s. The testing procedure at Fort Meade goes into such practical problems’ as the durability of the plastic play- *** ingcards in a hot, humid climate andwhether it is morepractical toship two smaller instrumentssuch IN AN EFFORT toidentify positively man-made ob- jects floating inspace, the Air Force is studyinga as ukeleles in the space taken up by one large guitar. method of cataloging them according to their relative The Army hopes that the kits tested at Fort Meade sizes and shapes. will help the troops in Vietnam to relax from the rigors The AirForce’s approachto the problem involves of combat wherever they are. the use of electronic portraits of satellite shapes culled from many radar signals bounced off the orbiting ob- UPS AND DOWNS-Tri-Service OV-1OA accelerates for jects. takeoff over rough field airstrip at NAS Patuxent River. Using its RadarTarget Scatterinstallation at Hol- Un’dulatingstrip tests plane’s ability to operate from loman AFB, New Mexico., the Electronic Systems Di- vision of the Air Force Systems Command will take small, unpreparedfields. Plane is.oirborne at 85 knots. electronicmeasurements of some two dozensatellite models, rangingin length from four inches to nine feet. The models arebasically cones and cylinders, modified with flaring ends or rounded noses. Theserelatively plain shapes also will be made more complicated with the addition of fins, spikes representing antennas, and rods runningthe length of the body. In identifying objects in space, which may be from 80 miles tohundreds of miles high, radar signals re- flected from completely symmetrical objects are not too difficult to analyze. Butirregularly-shaped vehicles which may be tumbling, present difficult problems. There are many characteristics that have to be pin- ned down to identify correctly an object in space, such as bodymotion (tumbling, spinning, etc.) ; size and shape; distribution of the mass; and fine structure, such as fins, paddles and antennas. The electronic portraits will be taken in 2000 hours of tests at the Holloman site. The models will be sus- pended in front of a radar and mechanically rotated to simulatespinning, tumbling, and other movements. In this way, a precise catalog of radar returns can be built up and laterapplied to radar observation of orbiting objects. The ultimate goal of the project is a means of identifying an orbitingspace vehicle as ac- curately as if the object were on the ground. *** AN ARMY ON THE MOVE usually mustdo without fixed service club facilities. This, however, doesn’t necessarily meanthat soldiers can’t enjoy fun and games during off-duty hours in remote areas. At FortGeorge G. Meade, Md., prototype mobile recreation kits are beingtested before they are sent to Army troops in Vietnam. The kits come in various shapesand sizes. One, for example, containschecker andcribbage boards, decks of plasticplaying cards, dominoes and a dart board. It is designed for use by isolatedtroop units and is intended for do-it-yourself entertainment. For larger and more highly organized groups, there is another kit containinga bingo set,portable public

DECEMBER 1966 43 0 WOUNDED-Reassignment of enlisted personnel who are wounded THE WORD as a result of hostile action in, or off the shores of, Vietnam is contingent Frank, Authentic Career Information upon two major rulings. They apply Of Special Interest-Straight from Headquarters to those persons who are: 0 Woundedon two separate oc- casions which require hospitalization NAVY’SLEADING CHIEF-As Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate in excess of 48 hours for each wound. this issue went to press a board was Stanton R. Smith, 44, is leading chief 0 Woundedthree times regard- meeting in the Bureau of Naval’Per- petty officer of the U. S. Fleet Train- less of the nature of the. wound or sonnel to choose the Senior Leading ingCenter, , Calif; treatment required for each wound. Petty Officer of the Navy. In the near Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate A recent change of policy added futurehe will assume his dutiesin Gam Vandenberg, 42, is chief mas- thethree times woundedportion the Bureau of Naval Personnel. ter-at-armsaboard uss Springfield andstates that enlisted personnel (CLG 7). who fall within these two categories The advisor will be chosen from a will be reassigned, and will not be WARRANTAPPLICANTS-AS Of list of 11, all of whom were selected ordered to serve with units in Viet- next July, appointmentsto warrant nam or aboard ships or units which by the E-8 andE-9 boards when they officer will come only from the ranks met at BuPers this fall. havebeen directed to move into of first class and chief petty officers. that area. In addition; the maximum age for Further, according to BuPers No- The 11 LCPOnominees are all participants will bereduced to 31 tice 1300 of 15 Sep 1966, anap- master chief petty officers. Their years andthe active navalservice propriateentry stating the reason names are listed below in alphabeti- maximum cut to 14 years. for reassignment will bemade in cal order. Also during fiscal year 1968 the enlisted service records. Limited Duty Officer Program will Officers wounded under the above Master Chief HospitalCorps- be reactivated and applications soli- conditions,however, will be reas- man Arthur W. Abbey, 47, is serving cited. Input into the new LDO pro- signedon an individual basis after as the leading chief of the NAS Bar- gram will come entirely from chief their physical classification has been ber’s PointMedical Department in warrant officers (men) in grades W-2 reviewed by the Bureau of Naval . and W-3 who were appointed after Personnel. calendaryear 1964. Thoseselected Should an individual wish to waive Master Chief HospitalCorps- will receive temporary appointments man Frederic H. Andrews, 44, is at- reassignment, he maydo so. by to the grade of ensign, USN, begin- submitting a requestto BuPers for tachedto the U. S. NavalSupport ning fiscal year 1969. Activity, DaNang,South Vietnam. consideration. Since reinstating the warrant pro- Personnel who are wounded as a Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate gram the Navy has planned to pro- result of non-battle injuries donot Calvin L. Baker,47, is the leading vide the E-6 and E-7 Nawyman with fall under either of the two rulings chief petty officer of the NAS Point ‘ a choicebetween the officer pro- mentioned and must qualify for re- Mugusecurity department, Calif. grams andthe senior enlisted pro- assignment on the basis of completed Master ChiefGunner’s Mate grams. Until now, however, ’ appli- tours or as otherwise directed. Delbert D. Black, 44, ischief mas- cationshave been accepted from ter-at-arms atthe Fleet Anti-Air men serving in pay grades E-8 and NEW SURVIVAL KIT-Navy WarfareTraining Center, Dam E-9. pilots flying aircraft armedwith Neck,Virginia Beach, Va. For more information see BuPers sophisticated missile systems soon 0 Master Chief Torpedoman (SS) Notice 1120 of 28 Sep 1966. vlill carry an arowhead, just in case. Samuel H. Bledsoe, Jr., 47,‘is Chief The arrowhead is includedin a of the Boat, uss James K. Polk new survival, escape, and evasion kit (SSBN 645). All-Navy Cartoon Contest recentlydeveloped by Naval Air MasterChief Avionics Techni- LT Melville C. Murray, SC, USNR Systems Command and Commander cianJack E. Candland, 45, now Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet. serves as IntermediateMaintenance Initial quantities of the improved ’ ActivityLeading Chief aboard uss kit havebeen delivered to aircrew- Constellation (CVA 64). men in SoutheastAsia. Medical items Master ChiefGunner’s Mate have been improved, and other com- PeterDe Hart, 52, ischief master- ponents updated to meet combat re- at-arms in uss Albany (CG 10). quirements in the area. 0 Master Chief AircraftMainte- In addition to medical items, each nancemanHarold D. Noe, 42, is kit contains fishing equipment, leading chief petty officer of Patrol signalingdevices, sewing supplies, Squadron 30. fire starters, food rations, a compass, 0 Master Chief Sonar Technician sunglasses, a wiresaw, a combination . John L. Robinson, Jr., 48, serves as hacksawand knife blade, mosquito a technical advisor and writer in the I I headnet, mittens, and, of course, the NavalPersonnel Program support ”Hey, Mike, some crazy boid just landed on arrowhead. Activity, Washington, D. C. your side.” Eachitem is individuallypacked

44 ALL HANDS in a watertight container and is held in place by adhesive until removed byhand. Flexible outercontainers are used instead of the former rigid containers, whichwere uncomfort- able when carried on the person.

1967 Placement Annual Can Be of Great Help To RetiringNavymen Navymen who plan to retire or to enter the Fleet Reserve during the next 12 months probably will be in- terested inthe College Placement Annual 1967. PIPE THIS-Hydraulic systems trainer for A-7A Corsair II has show how. The book contains articles helpful to job-seekers andsummarizes the employmentneeds of morethan This Working- Model Will Gef Workoof 1800corporate and governmental A working model is worth more employers. A cross-index also lists thanathousand pictures. A lot employers byoccupation and geo- more. Instructors at Cecil Field, graphic location. Fla., are operating on that theory The 1967 Annual also contains in- as they check out maintenancemen formation concerningthe Graduate from the various attack squadrons Resume Accumulation and Distribu- on the new A7A Corsair II, which tion (GRAD) System. soonwill be joining theFleet in GRAD is a computerized program large numbers. which provides a nationwide liaison To make it easier for the trainees between college placement offices to learn the aircraft, a set of mock- and employers in business, educa- ups has been built by the people tion, industryand government. who made it. Incorporating actual MOCK-UP of ejectionseat unit airplaneparts wherever possible, Throughthis liaison, college makes it easier to teach Navy graduates who retire from the Navy the training device is made up of are given ameans of presenting 21 sections, eachdealing with a maintenancemen how it works. without cost to themselves their res- function of the Corsair II. umes to a large number of employ- Many of thethree-dimensional Some of the systems of the A7A ers. schematics’are laid out on vertical which are duplicated in the mock- To participate in the GRAD Pro- display panels, and the trainees upsinclude: landing system, in- gram, youmust hold at leasta cansee cylinders slide back and tegratedhydraulics, engine, auto- bachelor’s degree from afour-year forth, the landing gear go up and matic pilot, electroniccounter- college or university whoseplace- down,and various lights comeon measures equipment,.communica- ment office is a member of a regional when the exhibit is in operation. tions system, radar, and weapons college placement association. One of the units is an actual delivery. There is a GRAD resume form in cockpit, used totrain themainte- The Cecil Fieldtrainer is the each College Placement Annual nancemen in operation and upkeep first of two to be delivered to the 1967, one copy of which has been of the ejection seat, canopy, and Navy. The other is to be installed sent to each ship, station and major other parts. at NAS Lemoore, Calif. library. Although additional copies of the LOT TO LEARN-Corsair I1 training device is made up of 21 sections. 1967 Annual may be obtained through the Naval Supply Depot at Philadelphia,there are not enough copies available supplyto each Navymanwho will retire or enter theFleet Reserve duringthe next year. Those who wish to take advantage of the GRAD System are requested to obtain a copy of the resume from the Chief of Naval Personnel (Pers G-224)-notto remove the sample resumeform from reference copies. Informationconcerning the Col- lege Placement Annual 1967 and the GRAD System is containedin Bu- Pers Notice 1740 of 26 Sep 1966.

DECEMBER I966 Medicare Act Amendments Expand Benefits for NavyDependents OST NAVYMEN know aboutthe (spouses and children only)of Navy- bill after the deductibleamount is M Dependents'Medical Care Act menon active duty for more than paid and you pay the remaining 20 (better known as Medicare). It has 30 days,and retired Navymen and per cent. paid many a Navy dependent's bill their dependents(spouses and chil- The Navyman orhis dependent at a civilian hospitalwhen no uni- dren only). must also contribute towards the in- formed services facility was available. The eligible dependents of Navy- patient costs. The rule in effect after The MilitaryMedical Benefits men can now (effective 1 October) 1 January, however, will be the same Amendments of 1966 have enlarged receive increased civilian outpatient as it is now. The patient must pay the coverage of the original act. benefits on acost-sharing basis. On $25 plus $1.75 per day for each day Under the amendments,more and 1 January, they will be able to get over 14 days. better services are available for Navy the same civilian benefits in civilian Remember, only spouses and chil- dependents,thereby keeping un- hospitals. The greatlyenlarged list dren are authorized civilian care. counted dollars in Navy pockets. of health benefits authorized,on The Navymanmust be on active Regulationscovering the civilian eitheraninpatient or outpatient duty for more than 30 days. outpatient medical care program for basis, is similar to many high option Only the following health benefits dependents of Navymen have been civilian healthinsurance plans but are authorized: issued. Regulations for the balance you don't have to pay the premium. Insulin, anddrugs for which of the program going into effect on There is a deductible feature in the law requires a prescription. 1 January, have not. This summary theoutpatient plan. The amount Treatment for medical and is basedprimarily on the amend- deductible before you can be reim- surgical conditions; for nervous, mentsand the fewimplementing bursed for outpatientexpenses de- mentaland chronic conditions; for details presently available. pends on the number of dependents contagious diseases. Here, briefly stated, is an enumera- you have. Maternity andinfant care. tion of the salient points to be found If you have only one dependent, Diagnosticexaminations in- in the 1966 amendments: you are required to pay the first $50 cluding X-ray, lab, basal metabolism, Forspouses and children of for outpatientcare received by the electrocardiograms,electroencephal- Navymen there are new civilian out- dependent from a civilian source ogramsand radioisotope examina- patient care benefits effective 1 Oct during a fiscal year. After the initial tions. 1966 and new inpatient civilian care $50 is paid, the government will pay Dental care 'as a necessary ad- benefits available 1 Jan 1967. 80 per cent of the remaining bill and junctto medical or surgical treat- Forretired Navymen, their you pay the other 20 per cent. ment. spousesand children, and spouses If you have more than one eligible Ambulance service and home and children of deceasedNavymen dependent in yourfamily, you would calls when medically necessary. and deceased retired Navymen, not have to pay more than $100 of Rental of durableequipment, there are new civilian inpatient and deductible per fiscal year. such as wheelchairs, iron lungs and outpatient benefits available 1 Janu- In this case, too, the government hospital beds. ary. pays 80 percent of theoutpatient Artificial limbs and eyes in- RetiredNavymen are author- cluding initial issue and fittings, re- ized care in Veterans Administration pair and adjustment. facilities at Navy expense on a space All-Navy Cartoon Contest Routinephysical examinations available basis. William R. Maul, CTC, USN and immunizations, but only for de- A program of civilian care and pendents who areto travel outside training for physically handicapped the United States underorders be- and mentallyretarded spouses and cause of the Navyman's duty as- children of Navymen is inaugurated. signment. Limited programing of space is Services of doctors of medicine, permittedin new construction of doctors of osteopathy,doctors of uniformed services medical facilities dental surgery,doctors of dental for retired Navymen andtheir de- medicine,doctors of surgical chir- pendents. opody and ChristianScience prac- Reserve Title I11 retirees, those titioners. whoare retired after 20 years of Services of nurses when author- satisfactory federal service, no longer ized by a doctor or practitioner. are required to have eight years of Services of persons in the active duty to be eligible for medical sciences allied tomedicine when care. "Say now, that's something I've always ordered by a doctor. Here are the details concerning wantedto tiy . . . a chocolatemashed When the services of a qualifying the coverageoffered dependents potato rundael" physician are used, you can also be

46 ALL HANDS reimbursed for the services of per- retarded and physically handicapped Effective 1 January sons specializing in medically allied dependents of active duty personnel Beginning 1 January, a new pro- sciences and for the service of a also will be started on 1 .January. gram of civilian medicalcare will private duty nurse (including Chris- Care for physicallyhandicapped become effective for retiredNavy- tian Science nurses). or mentallyretarded children and men, their spouses and children, and To make certain there are no mis- spouses of Navymen will begiven the spouses and children of deceased understandings concerning coverage, inpublic or privatenon-profit in- retired Navymen. hereare some services which are stitutions with the member paying a Both inpatient and outpatient care not coveredby the1966 amend- share of the cost. from civilian sources on a cost-shar- ments. The share will be basedupon a ing basis will be offered. Routinephysical examinations scale rangingfrom $25 per month Inpatient care in civilian hospitals and immunizations except when your for the lowest paygrade to $250 will cost the patient 25 per cent of family is under orders to travel out- per month for the highest. The gov- the total charges. The rule for out- side the, United States. ernment will normally pay no more patient care is similar to the one for Routinecare forthe newborn than $350 amonth. However, if care of dependents of Navymen. and well-baby care. more than one child from the same Thepatient pays the first $50 (or Eyeglasses or examinations for family is involved, this amount will $100 per family) deductible per fis- them. be increased. cal year. After thedeductible is Hearing aids andorthopedic shoesor prosthetic devices other than artificial limbs and eyes. Dentalcare except when nec- essary to medical or surgical treat- ment. Aviation Safety Awards Qualifyingdependents have free election to obtain civilian outpatient The1966 Admiral Flatley Memorial Award made in fiscalyear 1966 than in 1965. During care* Nonavailability Statements winners are USS Franklin D. Rooseveb(CVA the same time, the landing accident rate de- are 42).Benningfon (CVS 20) and Okinawa(LPH creased 22 percent. not required* The in 3).The award givenis for superior perform- Each of the Flatleyaward winners will re- effectfor inpatientcare will remain ance inaviation s.+ty. It is presented eachceive atrophy which will be retained on board unchanged. fiscal year to one CVA, one CVS and one for one year, thenpassed to the 1967victors. Expensesconnected with depen- LPH. When the trophyis transferred, it is replaced dents' medical care will be paid by Other nominees this year were USS Coral by a replica and acitation from the Chief civilian companies and organizations Sea (CVA43). Essex (CVS9) and ValleyForge of NavalOperations. which are generally active in the (LPH8). USS Saratoga(CVA 60), Shangri La TheCNO safety Award, which also recog- field of civilian group health. (CVA 38) and Conrfellatjon(CVA 64) were in- niresoutstanding efforts to achieve aviation eligiblefor competition due to the limitedsafety, is presented each yeor aircraftto Inthe United States and Puerto number of landings recorded. squadronswhich maintain thebest safety RicO those companies that make pay- ' All FlatleyAward nomineeshave outstanding records. merits tophysicians, called physi- safety records, so thefinal decision often in- CNOSafety Award winners in NavAirLant Cian'S Contractors, Will dS0 reimburse volves otherconsiderotions as well. lwoyears wereFighter Squadron 11, AttackSquadron 36, Navymen and their dependents for ago, for instance, Okinawa had a near-perfect Reconnaissance AttackSquadron Seven, Fleet any amount owed by the government record butwas edged aut of the competition Composite ' Squadron 10, Helicoprer Antisub- whichthey have paid. by USS IWOJima (LPH2) which had an equally marineSquadron One and Patrol Squadran 10. The1966 amendments now per- goodrecord but more nightlandings. In AirPac the top units wereFighter Squadron mit programing of space in uni- At the time theFlatley Award winners were 213.Attack Squadron 192, AttackSquadron listed, the Chief of Naval operadons an- 165, Air Antisubmorine Squadron 23,Carrier formed services *Or nounced that 64,000 more carrierlandings were AirborneEarly Warning Squadron 13 and members andtheir dependents in Patrol Squadron 17. areaswhere there is an expected Winnersin the NavalAir Training Command large concentrationlarge of mem-retired TrainingHelicopter were SquadronTrain- Eight, bers, a future scarcity of civilian ing Squadron 31, Fighter Squadron 701, Air facilities,there and need is a for AntisubmarineWarfare 661,Squadron Air such patients to support a teaching asupport topatients such Transport/Fleet Tactical Support Squadron 871, and training program. Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 892. Achange wasalso madein the Winningunits of the FleetMarine Force, Atlantic,were Marine AttackSquadron 324, definition of eligibility for certain MarineLight HelicopterSquadron 261 and retired Reserves. The completion of MarineAerial Refueling Squadron 252.FMF eightyears of active service is no Pacific winnerswere Marine Fighter Attack longer necessary for retired Reserves Squadron 542,Marine AttackSquadron 223 with 20 years of satisfactory federal andObservation Marine Squadron Six. Win- service (Title I11 retirees).These ningin squadrons the training command were and their dependentsreceivemay FighterMarine Squadron 511 andLight Marine care at both uniformed services and HelicopterSquadron 769. civilian facilities on the same basis as otherretired members and their dependents. A civilian program for mentally .."" .

DECEMBER I966 47 paid,the patient pays 25 percent the active duty Navymen. Thenew shore activities are now of the balance andthe government To refresh your memory, the fol- called Naval Inactive Ship Mainten- pays 75 per cent. lowing persons qualifyas dependents ance Facilities and each has an offi- The retired Navyman and those of Navymen or retired Navymen: cer in charge. others listed above lose their eligi- The wife or unremarriedwid- The new facilities will provide for -bility whenthey reach 65. Medical ow. the inactivation, security, mainten- care at that age is shifted to Social The husband if he depends on ance and activation of naval ships. Security. Thelaw also forbidsany his wife for morethan one-half of payment for a healthbenefit also his support. List of New Motion Pictures payable under another health or in- The unremarriedwidower if, Available to Ships and suranceplan provided by law or because of mental or physical incap- through employment. acity, he depended upon his wife for Overseas Bases The sametypes of healthcare over one-half of his supportat the The list of recently released 16mm authorized for dependents of active time of herdeath. feature movies availablefrom the duty membersare also authorized An unmarriedlegitimate child, Navy Motion Picture Service is pub- for retired members and those others includingan adopted child or a lished herefor the convenience of listed above. stepchild, who has not reached 21. ships and overseas bases. Dependentparents and parents- An unmarriedchild 21 or 22 Movies in color are designated by in-law may notreceive care from who is enrolled in a full-time course (C) and those in wide-screen proc- civilian sources. of study,in an institution of higher esses by (WS) . As of 1 January, the use of Veter- learning and is, or was at the time of The Russians are Coming (WS) ansAdministration hospitals is also the member's death, dependent upon (C): Comedy;Carl Reiner, Eva authorized for retired members who him for over one-half of his support. Marie Saint. will besponsored andpaid forby Parent or parent-in-law whois RideBeyond Vengeance (C) : theNavy. This use would be only or was, at the time of the member's Melodrama; Chuck Connors, Michael on a space available basis. death, dependent upon him for over Rennie. Only dependents who haveserious one-half of supportand residing in That Man fromButton Willow physicalhandicaps or moderate or a dwelling place provided or main- (C): Western Cartoon; Dale Robert- severemental retardation may re- tained by the member. son, Edgar Buchanan. ceive care under this program. People in the Net:Mystery Drama; Whenauthorized, however, care Atlantic Reserve Fleet Hannes Messemer, Johanna von will include diagnosis, inpatient, out- Koczian. patient or home care, training, reha- Transferred to CNM The duties formerlyassigned to ThoseMagnificent Men in Their bilitation and special education, in- FlyingMachines (WS)(C): stitutional care and transportation to CommanderAtlantic Reserve Fleet have recently been transferred to the Comedy;Stuart Whitman, Sarah and from facilities and institutions Miles. where such care is given. Chief of Naval Material. Administra- tive functions willbe exercised Cast a Giant Shadow (WS) (C) : Save Your Bills throughCommander Naval Ship Melodrama; Kirk Douglas, ' Senta There are twopoints you should SystemsCommand at Washington, Berga. remember in connectionwith out- D. C. The AtlanticReserve Fleet Fantomas (WS)(C): Comedy; patientcare for your dependents formerly was administered from New Mylene Demongoet,Louis De Funes. from civilian sources: York. 13 Days to Die: Mystery Drama; Save all your outpatient bills so The functions of the Reserve Fleet ThomasAlder, Horst Frank. you canprove thedeductible Groupsat Portsmouth, Va., Phila- A Swinging Summer (WS) '(C) : amount has been paid. delphia, Pa., and Orange,Texas, Musical Drama; James Stacey, Mary Remember that reimbursement wereassumed by newly created Mitchell. is on the basis of the fiscal year (1 shore activities in the same cities. LT RobinCrusoe, USN (C): July to 30 June) and not the calen- Comedy:Dick Van Dyke, Nancy daryear (1 January to 31, Decem- Kwan. ber). All-Navy Cartoon Contest The10th Victim (C): Comedy James R. Metcalf, SN, USN The 1966 amendments, except for Drama; Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula the newTitle I11 Reserve retirees Andress. eligibility, do not affect the eligibility Stop the WorldI Want to GetOff of retired men, or of dependents of (C): Musical Drama; Tony Tanner, Navymen, and deceasedNavymen Millicent Martin. for care in inpatient of outpatient Tarzan and theValley of Gold service facilities. Suchcare is still (WS)(C) : Drama; Mike Henry, availablesubject to the availability Nancy Kovak. of space and the capabilities of the This Property-is Condemned (C) : staff. Drama; Natalie Wood, Robert Red- Inpatient civilian care isalso ford. still availableuntil 30 December Three on a Couch (C) : Comedy; underthe law as it was before the Jerry Lewis, Janet. Leigh. amendments: This benefit is limited, "Control to pilot . . . make your next pass a Duel at Diablo (C): Western; however, to spouses and children of bit higher." JamesGarner, Sidney Poitier.

48 All HANDS Results of SecNav Task Force Recommendations: Interim Report N 14 FEB 1966.the results of the quirements for overseas duty to per- Desirableoverseas shore billets 0 SecNavRetention Task Force mit assignment to duty regardless of whichallow three- or four-year ac- findings werepublished in SecNav dependency status. companied tours were reclassified -Notice 5420. Thus the 115 approved No. 18-Orderpersonnel to all shore duty,thus openingmore op- items in .the Alford Reportwere duty classified as preferred sea duty portunities for slow-rotating ratings. . readyfor. the second phase of the in a manner similar to that in which Many CONUS jobs were designated task assigned by the Secretary in his menare ordered for specific tour “G billets (which do not require a 1964 charter to the Task Force, that lengths to overseas an2 CONUS man of any particular rating),fur- of implementation of approved re- shoreduty billets. When feasible, therincreasing the availableshore commendations. expand this programto include all duty for men in “tight” skills. Today there is no longer an Alford types of sea duty. In recentmonths two additional TaskForce. The admiral is COM- No. 19-Vest in the Chief of Naval recommendationswhich pertain to CRUDESFLOT Two in Newport, R. I. Personnel the sole responsibility for enlisted distribution havegone into However,selected members of the determiningand designating the effect. They are: original Task Force, including Rear varioustypes of duty for rotation No. 21-Redesignateselected en- AdmiralC. D. Nace, moved to the purposes; under his direction develop listed TAR billets as USN billets, to Bureau of NavalPersonnel where criteria for, and establish, a list of all be filled to allowance by men of they continue to function as Pers-13 ships, units and activities thatare appropriatedeprived ratings to im- -a choice of numberswhich will eithersea duty or shore dutyfor provesea-shore rotation for these further erode the old superstition. rotational purposes. ratings. Pers-13 first developed a compre- The import of the Notice was ex- No. 22-Establishassignment to hensiveprogram management plan plained inALL HANDS(see “Major sea duty as a goal for all non-school for each recommendation, similar in Revision toSeavey-Shorvey System designated recruits immediately after principle to the planused in the Will Interest You,” page 48, January recruit training, and assignmentto Polaris Program. This plan was for- 1966). There were significant sea of “A” school graduates (SAs mulatedwith the assistance of the changes to the distribution system, andFAs) oncompletion of school various commands, bureaus and offi- including the establishment of a training. Where this is not feasible, ces which would be responsible for more equitable formulafor sea-shore insure thatthese men serve at sea theactual implementation of each rotation. later in their first enlistment. program. Thenthe completedplan Preferred sea duty billets, former- Recommendation number 21 was was issued as a master directive, at ly credited as time afloat, werere- put into effect on 14 Apr 1966 with which time the real business of im- classifiedas neutraltime and tours the publication of BuPers Instruction plementation went into high gear. servedin such positions ceased to 1220.31.Number 22 was imple- The duties of Pers-13included count toward Seavey eligibility. AS a mented by a change to the Enlisted keeping tabs on the progress toward result BuPers maynow provide a Transfer Manual which required that implementation of the items. In re- reasonable and predictablebalance all class “A” school graduates who centmonths the file of completed between arduous sea dutv and shore are orderedto shore duty directly recommendations has been growing. duty for each career Navyman. from school mustbe reassigned to To date23 points of thereport sea for a minimum of 14 months dur- havegone into effect, and bythe All-Navy CartoonContest ing their first enlistment. time this issue reaches theFleet ENS Dale C. Behse, USNR several morewill havebeen added Opportunity for to the list. A number of projects are CommissionedOfticerr scheduled for completion in 1967 Several of the completedTask and the outlook continues bright for Forcerecommendations are of in- the implementation of thoseitems terest tonaval officers. Two items, planned for 1968 and beyond. both of which pertain to education, were effective before the official pub- EnlistedDistribution lication of the report. They were: While thereport itself wasnot No.6a-Continue to assign the releaseduntil February 1966, a maximum number of qualified of- major step along the lines of the rec- ficer applicants to the Undergraduate ommendations was made by BuPers EducationProgram, using civilian Notice 1306 of 16 Nov 1965. Publi- colleges or universities to meet billet cation of the directive coincided with requirements in excess of thbse avail- recommendations 16, 17, 18 and 19. able at Monterey. They were: No. 6b-Establisha degree com- No. 16-Eliminate the active duty pletion plan to enableofficers to com- base date as arequirement for de- plete their baccalaureate degree re- termining Seaveyeligibility, and base quirements, of one year or less, at a requirements solelyon timeserved civilian college or university. on arduous sea duty. ”Does thismean 1’11 be taken off the 000 In recentmonths two more rec- No. 17-Modify the eligibility re- list?” ommendationswhich will affect

DECEMBER I966 49 career officers havebeen imple- 1966deleted the requirement for career enlisted personnel and pro- mented: bag inspection for all petty officers. mulgate as official Navy policy. No. 5-For more effective manage- Today,while all Navymen are re- No.36-Reenforce and amplify ment pending enactment of the pro- sponsible for maintaining a full bag, the STAR (SelectiveTraining and posed Bolte legislation, utilize the only those men E-1 through E-4 are Retention)Program. non-continuationprovisions of Title subject to bag inspections. The implementing instruction for 10, U.S. Code5734 with continua- BuPersNotice 1000 of 21 Jun recommendations 27 and 28 is Op- tion boards convened for rear admi- 1966revised theaccepted form of NavInst1040.4, published 18 Aug rals at five- and10-year service formal address to conform with rec- 1966.BuPers Inst. 1133.13C, pub- points, and non-continueapproxi- ommendation60d. For more infor- lished in May 1966, put number 36 mately 50 per cent and 100 per cent mationsee ALL HANDS,November into effect. of rearadmirals at thesepoints 1966, page 56. The coordinatedEnlisted Career respeotively. Onlyone item remains uncom- Education Plan is intended to com- No, lob-Stress stimulation of pleted in Recommendation 60, but it parewith civilian programs andto career motivation in the midshipman may well be implemented beforethis compete with opportunities in civil- program. issue reaches the Fleet: ian life andthereby influence the In reference to recommendation No. 60d-Establish a billet for the selection of the Navy as a career. number five, the first non-continua- “Leading Chief Petty Officer of the It integrates currentNavy educa- tion board is scheduled to meet in Navy” and establish additional billets tional andtraining programs, self- 1967. It will screenthe first group for “Senior Chiefs” in Fleet and type studyand participation in civilian of a five-year phase-inplan for commands andbetween district educational programs of one or two screening flag officers with 30 years’ staffs. Provide for a “direct dialogue years’ duration. commissioned service and five years channel” between enlisted personnel In connectionwith the Associate ingrade. The second recommenda- and the LCPO. Degree section of the career educa- tion, that dealing with the midship- The selection processwhich will tionplan, the Navyrecently manprogram, was implemented in choose the LCPO is nearing the final launcheda pilot program,sending June1966. stages. The master chief selection 75 petty officers to junior college to boards,which met early this fall, achieve an associate degree.For Prestige and thePetty Officer nominated 11 master chief petty details see “Pilot Program:Junior Earlyin 1966 three of the four officers for the new billet. The LCPO College for Enlisted Men,” ALL itemsin Recommendation No. 60 will be chosenfrom among the 11 HANDS,October 1966, page 57. became effective. by the Chief of Naval Personnel. The increasedemphasis on the No. 6Oa-Establish a standard and STAR program is expectedto lead meaningfulcharacter to the cere- Educational Opportunities toincreased participation by junior mony of advancement to (and with- for Enlisted Men enlisted men, who will receive guar- in) the pettyofficer grades, providing Severalcompleted items present antees of assignment to certain for the oath-administerixig officer to possibilities for the enlisted man who schools inexchange for acommit- readaloud the sections relating to seeks to furtherhis formal education. ment to serve a total of seven years increased responsibilities andthe They are: on activeNavy duty. Navy’s reliance upon the man’s serv- No.27-It is recommended the ice as a petty officer, and calling for Navy accept the over-all concept of A Better life for the Navy Family the enlisted man advancing to repeat anEnlisted Career Education Plan. Recommendations No 50, No. 53 his acceptance aloud before signing No. 28-Establish the goal of an and No. 72, all three of which have the Petty Officer Appointment Form. Associate Degree as a desired level been completed, can be expected to No.60b-Revise uniformregula- of educationalattainment for Navy increase the desirability of Navy life tions to make provisions for bag in- from the family point of view. spections for enlisted personnel ap- All-Navy Cartoon Contest Item 72 will bring a distinct im- plicable, only topay grades E-1 11 Melville C. Murray, SC, USNR provement in the medical care avail- through E-4. able to Navy dependents: No.6Ob-Revise the customs for No.72-Seek modification of the formal oral address,including the Dependents’Medical Care Act to introduction of enlisted men, and for provide comprehensive inpatient and writtenaddress, to provide for ad- outpatient care, includingcare for dressing petty officers (exceptE-7, qervons andmental disorders of E-8 and E-9) as “petty officer . . .” dependents and. retiredNavymen. and non-petty officer grades as “Sea- The required legislation has been man . . .”, “Fireman . . .”, etc, in- passedby Congress, signed by the stead of addressing these groups by President, and became effective on their last names only. 1 Oct1966. Under the new rules BuPersInst. 1430.7D, change civilian medical care is available to transmittal seven, published in April service families in accordancewith 1966,required that men being ad- a plan similar to that offered by high vanced to or within the petty officer option civilian healthinsurance gradesaccept appointments orally. ”Don’cha think it stillneeds a pinch of plans. BuPersNotice 1020 of 11 Apr marjoram?” For the complete word onthe new

50 ALL HANDS All-Navy Cartoon Contest view to earlyadoption of improve- All-Navy Cartoon Contest David E. Cockrum, YN3, USN ments revealed, including those fea- Michael 1. Shone, FTGl, USN tures which reduce shipboard work- load. The evaluation was completed in August 1966. No. 82b-Make maximum use of computers to planFleet operating schedules as rapidly as possible. Details of the recommendation have been withheld for security rea- sons, but the item is listed inpers 13 as completed. No. 5lb-Delegate to commanding officers of ships and units theau- thority to certify eligibility for the ”We’ll have that bloody nose stopped in no ArmedForces Expeditionary Medal time.” and the . Commanding officers weregiven status of Navy personnel. Areasfor suchauthority by SecNav Notice initial consideration are: (a) Impedi- 1650 of 3 Mar 1966. mentsto access byNavy personnel ”Hecouldn‘t findhis bosun’s pipe this No.59-Assign tothe Naval In- to rights of correspondence through morning.” spectorGeneral the responsibility channels and rights to take advant- for conducting a continual review of age of RequestMast; (b) the con- Medicare plan, see roundup on page all Navy policies, directives and pro- duct of administrative searches afloat 46, this issue. cedures,and the implementing and ashore; (c) practiceswhich Recommendations No. 50 and 53 thereof,with a view to identifying challengethe word of anofficer; will increase the flow of information and eliminating those which unnec- (d) charitydrive practices which to Navy families: essarily demean the dignity and deviate from the NavypoliFy that No.50-Reestablish Depend-a response to such drives be voluntary. ents’ Section in CHINFOwith re- The Navy InspectorGeneral as- sponsibility for emphasizing informa- sumed the responsibility after the tion flow to Navy wives and families. Needed to Help Family publication of OpNavNotice 5040 Use volunteer services of Navy While You Are Overseas of 8 Jul 1966. wives, including the recently formed If you havereceived orders to a No. 7la-Increasehousehold ef- “Wifeline”organization. ship or unit due to head for South- fects weightallowance by 250 No.53-The TaskForce recom- east Asia (or, if you’re already pounds for E-4 through 0-2 for each mends the establishment of family there) you might askyourself a dependent over two in number. servicecenters at Navy shore sta- couple of questions about your per- The increase was obtained in Sep- tions withmajor emphasis on areas sonal affairs. Forinstance: tember. of Fleet concentration, to assist new 0 Is my Record of Emergency And More to Come . . . arrivals or persons with special prob- Dataup to date? A number of recommendations lems in obtaining the personnel serv- 0 Have I executed an appropriate may be expectedto reach comple- ices that theyrequire. power of attorney? tion within the next few months. As Recommendation No. 50 became Have I arranged for a monthly they become effective, they will be effective on 25 May 1966. No.*53 allotment for my wife which is suf- reported in ALL HANDS. went into effect with the publication ficient for herimmediate needs if A fewitems which merit special of OpNav Inst. 1740.1 in July 1966. something should happen to me? attentionare: Foradditional information con- 0. Have I made a will? No.42-Raise cost limitations of cerning thenew Family Services If youranswer to any of these family housing. Centers, see: “NewDuty Station? questions is no, perhaps you should 52-RevitalizeNo. military Stopin to See the FamilyServices look a bit furtherahead. standards of smartness and clean- Center,” ALL HANDS, October 1966, The Chief of NavalOperations liness inthe Navy for formulation, page 60. has directed all commanders tostress dissemination and insuringuniform And Here’sMore theimportance of theseadvance enforcement of a codified set of Of the five remaining items on the arrangementstopersonnel under standards. completed list, two are of an opera- theircommand, particularly those No.15-Expand rating control to tional nature,two concern profes- orderedto combat zones. include all rates and ratings. In- sional dignityand the last pertains In recent months, there have been crease the officer and enlisted per- toan increase in the household ef- instanceswhere the Navy had dif- sonnelnecessary to carry out this fectsweight allowance. Theyare: ficultyin assisting dependents of program in the Bureau of Naval Per- No, 54-The TaskForce recom- casualties andcaptured or missing sonnel. mends thatLantFlt monitorand personnel,simply because the man No.23-Expand the “contract evaluate a PacFlt test of Fleet Com- had notmade advance preparation. messman”program (civilian mess petitive Scoringprocedures with a See your legal assistance officer. cooks) to include all shore activities.

DECEMBER 1966 51 personnelwas made possible from All-Navy Cartoon Contest of theend product, namely,your the pool of availablemanpower, James R. Metcalf, SN, USN pay check. geared to perform a mass operation. Payroll maintenance in the Navy The pay office was still an organ- appears to be particularly appropiate izational component of thesepara- for machine adaptation, or “automa- tion center,and was staffed pre- tion,” because of the voluminous dominantly with military personnel. paperworkinvolving repetitive ac- Gradually, some of the military were tions. However, the task iscom- replaced by civilians, many of whom plicated because of the multiplicity were former DKs. and complexity of pay entitlements Beginning in early 1945, some of under varying conditions. theseseparation center disbursing offices wereredesignated Navy Ac- PAY IS A very personal matter. The countsDisbursing Offices, the mis- principles of automationcannot sion of whichwas to maintain the be applied equally to all in comput- accounts of militarypersonnel at- ingpay, asis donein the manu- tachedtocommands within the facture of a certain size of nut or naval district, pay transients, dis- bolt. You haveto consider changes charge and reenlist personnel, settle in service andrate orrank, not to claims, pay civil rolls, and maintain mentionrelated items such as sea the pay records of Naval Reservists orshore assignment, marital status in organized pay units. “Well, Captain, you can’t expecta manto andnumber of dependents,addi- At least oneNADO was estab- remembereverything! I mean, I just forgot tional duty assignments, etc. There is lishedin each naval district. The my hat!” also the matter of various deductions mission and location of NADOs have where, has made it necessary to re- such as income tax, allotments, fines changed little over the intervening ducethe number of personnelem- and forfeitures (perish the thought!), years, althoughtheir names have ployed in NFOs. The workload, how- and Social Security. been changed to Navy Finance Of- ever, has not decreased in the same Despitethe problems, however, fices, and some have been incorpor- proportion; therefore, newmethods importantprogress has been made ated into NRFCs-Navy Regional and techniques in machine use have in the use of machines in NFOs to FinanceCenters, and NFCs-Navy been applied and are being applied, maintain pay accounts, and to pre- FinanceCenters. just as high cost of labor has forced pare payrolls and checks.One ex- Today there are 11 NFOs in op- industry to turn to automation. ample of mechanization presently in eration, including one in Guam and Mechanizationin NFOs, coupled use in NFOs is a unit which simul- one in , and eight military withconstantly improving office taneouslyperforms actions in three paydepartments in NRFCsand techniques, has been used with great areas: on the pay record, the money NFCs. In the aggregate, these offices success, resulting in greater accuracy list, anda card check.Thus, in a maintainover 230,000 active duty of payrollmaintenance, increase in single operationthree clerical ac- accounts-more than 30 per cent of volume capability and faster delivery tions areperformed which, if per- all active accounts in theentire formedmanually, would involve Navy. .]The 100,000 plus Naval Re- muchmore time andbe far more servedrill accounts are now main- I Rental Housing I susceptible to error. tained on acomputer by the Navy Navymenwho anticipate future, The mechanizedsystem wasfirst Finance Center, Cleveland.) use of Navy rental quarters will be tried at what was thenNADO interested to know that the cost, in Philadelphia. It worked so well that HAT DOES an NFO or NRFC do? some areas, hasbeen reduced. it is now in wide use. Today’s NFOand the military The Military Construction Act for Under active considerationand paydepartments of NavyRegional Fiscal Year 1967 provides that rental planning for trial is ascheme for Finance Centers are highly efficient for family quarters designated other almost total mechanization, utilizing Navydisbursing facilities, staffed than public quarters may not exceed an electronic computerinto which with competent military and civilian 75 per cent of a man’s BAQ allow- information is fed mechanically. The personnel, and dedicated to the task ance. “brain” will then post changes to an of providing efficient, timely and Thelaw also provides an excep- account as they occur, compute pay, economical disbursing service. tion to this rule-that more than 75 and balance the account. In addition to maintainingpay per cent of the BAQ c?n be charged There isalso amachine which records and performing a variety of if the additionalamount is needed actually“reads” documents. Sound otherNavy disbursing functions, to maintain and operate the housing. fantastic? It is “far out,” but not as each month these offices paysome Navymennow occupying Navy Buck Rogerish as it seems.Such a 50,000 travel claims, processabout rentalhousing in areas where the machine actually exists and is in use 6500 discharges,retirements and cost of civilian housing is high have bypostal authorities. reenlistments, and effect over 500,- found little, if any,change in their 000 individual payments totaling ap- rent bill. Those in areas where oper- MACHINES, eventhe more simple proximately $52,000,000. This is big atingand maintenance costs are ones, are expensive andcan business by any standard. The pres- lower,however, experienced some only be employed economically in a ent trend of economy, here as else- relief from the high cost of living. mass operation. EachNFO and

DECEMBER I966 53 NRFC handlesmany thousands of sonable length of time, its pay rec- (lessTARS) for promotionto the accounts in repetitive cycles; there- ords and its DK maymove ashore grade of . fore,a mechanized systemin these in the afloat branch, usually situated No. 61-Cautionednaval person- offices is profitable in terms of man- near the pier-head. The accounts are nel of possible pitfalls in thepurchase hours saved. The more volume han- brought up to date and maintained of automobiles overseas. dled,the more economical the op- properly under the watchful eye of No. 62-Discussed uniform allow- eration. an experiencedfinance activity su- ance for temporary officers who elect Anotherarea in which Navymen pervisor. saved pay. are concerned, and onewhere dis- Paymentsare made and travel No.63-Announced approval by bursing plays a role, is that of travel claims are settled, while at the same the Secretary of the Navy for the claims. It’s not unusual for the man time, the ship’sDK is receiving ex- President of thereport of selection in a travel status to be hard-pressed pert trainingunder thetutelage of boardswhich recommended staff for funds,and the early settlement competentNRFC or NFO person- corps officers for promotion tothe of. travel claims is of paramount im- nel. Coordinatedplanning makes grades of captainand commander portance to morale. possible the payment to ship’s com- of the Medical Corps, Medical Serv- In this field, Finance Centers and pany by either the finance activity ice Corps,Nurse Corps, Supply Finance Offices do a big job, not or the ship’s paymaster. and Civil Engineer Corps. onlyin volume of outputbut in Military disbursing takes up much No.64-Discussed details of. the speedypayment of claims. Most of the time of a destroyer disbursing MilitaryMedical Benefits Amend- claims are settled withintwo days officer, who is also the ship’s supply ments of 1966, effective 1 Oct 1966, after receipt, provided all necessary officer. Whenaccounts are moved which authorizes broadened civilian papersand endorsements are pre- ashore in the temporarycustody of outpatient services for dependents. sented when the claim is subhitted. theNRFC or NFO,the paymaster No.65-Announced approval by Butmail time often takes another candevote all of his timeto im- the Secretary of the Navy for the couple of days, or sometimes longer. portantsupply and replenishment President of the reports of selection In order to cut down on the time tasks duringthe period in port. If boards which recommended promo- required to placea check in your theship moves out,even on short tion of officers of the Chaplain Corps hands (which is what counts) NRFC notice, the DK and his pay records to the grades of captainand com- Norfolk developed a “pay while you simply move back aboard. mander. wait”system. Sooner or later you will have oc- No.66-Advised of an increase The manpresenting his claimin casion to visit a Navy Regional in the maximum interment allowance person is ushered to a chair beside FinanceCenter orNavy Finance to $300. the desk of one of the several claim Office, somewhere,connectionin No. 67-Directed command atten- clerks. The claim is prepared on the with your pay or your travel claim. tion tothe safeguarding of govern- spot, signed, a check prepared, and When you do, you might remember mentproperty. the man is walking out with his that the NRFCs and NFOs exist for No. 68-Discussed an increase in money within the hour. one purpose-to serve you. the selection base for the Navy En- Thisprocedure has worked so listed Scientific EducationProgram well that it has been made a regular (NESEP) DIRECTIVES BRIEF . procedure at other Regional Finance I IN I No.69-Announced approvalby Centers and Finance Offices. Thislisting is intended to serve only for theSecretary of the Navy for the “Tidewaterfinance activities,” general information and osan index of current President of the report of the selec- have a big responsibility in serving Alnavs,BuPers Instructions and BuPers Notices tion boardwhich recommended theFleet, particularly, small ships that apply to most ships and stations. Many instructions andnotices are notof general in- promotion of women officers of the whichdo not have disbursing of- terest ond hence will not be carried inthis Marine Corps to the grades of lieu- fices. Whenaway from the home section.Since BuPers Noticesare arranged ac- tenant colonel, major andcaptain. port, the commanding officer of such cording totheir group numberand have no a shiphas the payrecords of the consecutivenumber within the group, their date Notices crew, but has no public money. of issue is included also for identification pur- No. 1740 (26 September)-De- poses. Personnelinterested in specific directives scribed the uses of the College Place- HIS IS WHERE the NRFCs and shouldconsult Alnavs, Instructions and Notices ment Annual 1967, and the civilian NFOs come in. Upon request, the for complete details before taking action. employment assistance available for NFO or NRFC will bring all ac- Alnavs apply toall Navy and Marine Corps commands; BuPersInstructions andNotices ap- college graduates through the Grad- counts up to date, computepay, ply to all ships and stations. uate Resume Accumulation and Dis- preparemoney lists andpay the tribution(GRAD) system recently crew,returning the accounts to the Alnavs established by the College Placement ship when all necessary entries have No. 59-Announcedapproval by Council. been made. the Secretary of the Navyfor the No. 1120 (28 September)-Pro- Another important aspect of Fleet President of the report of selection vided information concerning the re- support involves destroyer-type boards which recommended promo- activation of the Limited Duty Of- ships, for which “Afloat Branch tion of line officers to thegrade of ficer program and certain changes facilities havebeen established in commander. that willaffect the eligibility re- seven of the Navy’s tidewater finance No. 60-Announced the convening quirements for theWarrant Officer activities. of selection boards to consider pro- program. When a ship is in port for a rea- motion of active duty line officers No. 1306 (12 October)-An-

54 ALL HANDS nouncednew normal shore tour by the VeteransAdministration or Thiscan bedone only when in- lengths for certain yeoman pay one of the military services. dividuals submit a request to BuPers grades. The Navy defines combat duty as (via their commanding officer)ask- No. 1611 (12 October)-Directed that which is designated bythe ing thattheir L-9 designator be commandattention to the necessity Secretary of Defensewherein per- dropped.Included on the request that mailingaddresses indicated on sonnel receive hostile or combat pay. must be this statement: Fitness Report Receipt forms include Enlisted men may waive any re- “I hereby waive my right to duty ZIPnumbers. quest made by parents for them to in noncombatant areas as a sole sur- be designated as sole surviving sons. vivingson in accordance with Bu- ReDort Covers Details Or,they may request to be dis- PersInst 1300.35A. I understand Concerning Assignment charged from the service, providing thatI will henceforth be ineligible ‘ Of Sole Surviving Sons they become sole surviving sons after to exercise this right.” Withtheincreased manpower their enlistment in the Navy. Inother words, once an L-9 de- build-up going on in Vietnam, there Thisapplies to both active and signation is removedfrom an in- is onequestion being asked nearly inactive dutypersonnel, with two dividual’sofficial file, hecannot every man whose shadow is cast in exceptions:Discharges are not ap- again apply for a limited duty classi- that direction: proved for thoseindividuals whose fication. Are you the sole surviving son in fathers or brothers or sisters are This is perhaps the most important your family? missingin action, or havebeen considerationa designated sole sur- If so, you’re probably aware of the captured;and dischargesare not viving son must ponder if he’s plan- Navy’spolicy regardingsuch cases. authorizedduring Congress-de-a ning to make the military his career. It states that “a sole surviving son clared war or national emergency. On the other hand, if he elects to maynot be assigned to duties nor- Inthe case of officers, including carry the L-9 designatoron record mally involving actual combat with warrant officers, who are sole sur- during his military tour, the Navy the enemy if he or one of his parents viving sons, they may notbe re- will do everything within reason to submitsrequesta for noncombat leasedfrom active dutyuntil they insure that he is not assigned duties duty.” have fulfilled theirmilitary obliga- in actualcombat areas. Sometimes There’s a lot to be considered in tion. this takes some doing. that statement, both pro and con. If an enlisted man i3 authorized a Forexample, when conditions According to the Navy’s interpre- discharge, it will be under adminis- arise whichmakes it necessaryto tation, a sole survivingson is the trative conditions and will be labeled ordera ship or unit into acombat onlyremaining sonin afamily of “For the convenience of the govern- area unexpectedly, special measures which,because of hazards incident’ ment.” This inno way implies that it must be taken to transfer or reassign to service in the armed forces of the is less than honorable. allL-9 personnelbefore the move- United States, the father, or one or If you believesuch a discharge ment. more sons or daughters: will operateto your future disad- Thus, if you are a sole surviving Have been killed. vantage, you mayremain on duty son and findyourself in any of the Havedied from wounds, acci- (whether active or inactive) in a situations described above, it is sug- dent or disease. regular status. Or, you may apply for gested that you weigh carefully the Aremissing in actionor have an L-9 classification. This lists you various alternatives before making a beencaptured. as a sole surviving son. decision. @ Are permanently100 per cent Under this classification,you will Your final determination will affect physically or mentally disabled, con- beassigned only to thoseduties notonly your militarytour but your - tinually hospitalized, andnot gain- whichdo not place you in combat family, your career.. and, in the long fully employed. areas where you might actually come run,your entire life. This latter conditionis determined in direct contact with enemy forces. Here again,however, there are All-Navy Cartoon Contest All-Navy Cartoon Contest alternatives to be considered. William R. Maul, CTC, USN John C. Fiedler, RD3, USN To begin with, individuals holding L-9 classifications are not eligible for reenlistment,nor may they extend their currentenlistment. Officers SO classified will also be released from dutyafter they fulfill their obliga- tion. This is not to say, however, that oncea man becomes classified L-9 that he cannot revert to his regular status. In fact, the only way officer and enlisted limited-duty-classified per- sone1 can remain in service beyond their initial obligation or enlistment is to request that their L-9 design- ”Periscope off the starboard bow, Sirl“ ation be removed from their records.

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As a result, early in February 1801, Francis Childs, acting as an agent for the government, purchased the shipyard site and part of the west hill, totaling 41.93 acres for the large sum of $40,000. And on 23 February of that year, Childs turned over this property to the government in returnfor his agent's fee of $5.00. It is this date whichhas since beenre- garded as the birthday of the New York Naval Ship- yard.

During the following 165 years, those 41 plus acres grew to 291, with 270 major buildings containing floor space of more than six million square feet, 18 miles of paved roads, nine piers, six drydocks, 24 miles of rail- road tracks, 22 shops housing 98 different trades, plus warehouses, lumber yards, laboratories and every type of industrial facility needed to build, repair, berth and service the most modern ships afloat.

FEW INTIMATIONS of future glory were apparent during the first fewyears of the yard's existence. In fact, nothing happened at all for the first five years. It was not until 1 Jun 1806 that thefirst commandant, LieutenantJonathan Thorn, USN, took command. He was still a midshipman when, upon oral orders from the Secretary of the Navy, he took command. (He was pro- motedin February 1807.) He served in this position until he was relieved by CaptainIsaac Chauncey in July 1807. It mightbe mentioned here thatLT Thorn hada busynaval career. Appointed a midshipman in April 1800 at the age of 21, he served aboard uss New York, Enterprise, Adams, Chesapeake and Congress. He served during the quasi-war with and in the war with Tripoli he was one of the volunteers who took part in the destruction of the captured Philadel- phia. Three years after leaving the Yard, LT Thorn was in command of inthe when Indiansattacked theship. To prevent the ship from falling into their hands, LT Thorn blew her up, killing himself and some members of the crew. The first chores of the Yard during the command of LT Thornand CAPT Chauncey were fitting outand support of ships during the raids on the pirates of the

IT'S HIS1'ORY- -DIpawing shows typiccII Navy Yard scene in

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DRYDOCKING-Hull of USS lndependencetakes shape in drydock. Rt: USS Franklin D. Roosevelf ties up in No. 5.

The most famous warship of the era to appear at the this shipwhich was sunkduring the attack on Pearl Yard was John Ericsson's Monitor, which was built at a Harbor on 7 Dec 1941. nearby shipyard and was fitted out and commissioned at Throughout the 20 months of United States' partici- the New York Shipyard. It was uss Monitor, as you may pation in , the Yards waterfront was busy recall, whichwent on to engage css Merrimuc (more with the building and reconditioning of ships, including correctly known as css Virginia) in the historic battle of threeseized German ships which were converted to the ironclads in Hampton Roads. troop transports. Duringthe Civil War,work atthe Yard wenton without cessation, day and night, and the wharves were ATTHE END of World War I, shipyard employment never without ships fitting out for sea, and preparing for hadreached 18,000, but this number dropped blockadeduty. In 1861,average employment atthe sharply during the peace years. After the launching of Yardwas 1650men and the year's expense for labor uss Tennessee (BB 43), on 30Apr 1919, 10 years was $679,000. By 1865,these figures had risen to an elapsedduring which no naval ships were built. The averageemployment of 5000, andthe laborexpense Yard was shifted to a virtually standby basis. amounted to nearly $4,000,000. . With the launching of the cruiser uss Pensacola (CL When peace came,work at the Yard slackened. There 24), the tempo picked up again. A heavy cruiser, three followed a period of comparatively little activity, dur- light cruisers, two destroyers, two Coast Guard cutters ing which two drydocks and some buildings were con- and a gunboat were built during the '30s. structed, belrthing areasdredged, and an occasional In 1937, thekeel of the 35,000-ton uss North Carolina ship was repaired or overhauled. (BB 55) was laid, signaling the beginning of further Throughoutthe final decade of the 19th century, construction which reached a climax in 1943- work and contracts slowed to a trickle, but out of the 44. Yard came one of its most famous products-the battle- Among these built at the Yardwas uss ship uss Maine. Her keel was laid 18 Oct 1888, she was ibfissouri (BB 63) on whose decks the surrender docu- launched 18 Nov 1890 and commissioned 17 Sep 1895. mentsending World War. I1 weresigned on 2Sep Shedisplaced 6682 tons and carried 10 guns inher 1945. main battery. During World War 11, 70,000 people worked every It was the explosion of Maine, blown up in Havana day, around the clock. For the first time, because of the Harbor on 15 Feb 1898, that was one of the contribut- manpower shortage, women boarded ships and worked ing factors of the Spanish-American War. alongside men as helpers and mechanics. Between the beginning and end of the war, the Yard THE TURN OF THE CENTURY usheredin an unprece- repairedmore than 5000 ships, convertedabout 250 dented era of heavy shipbuilding for the Yard. Ships others andbuilt three battleships and four aircraft were becoming longer and heavier, and the shipbuilding carriers. ways, enlarged for the construction of Maine, were soon The most notable, yet typical, example of the repair obsolete. By 1903, it was necessary to rebuild the ways work doneduring this periodconcerned the aircraft to accommodate the first-class battleship uss Connecti- carrier uss Franklin (CV 13). Hit bytwo bombs in cut (BB 18), the first such to be built at the Yard. March 1945 whileoperating near the coast of Japan, Commissioned 29Sep 1906, she wassoon followed Franklin lost all power, took a 13" starboard list, lost all by increasingly heavier ships, including uss Florida (BB radiocommunications and broiled under theheat of 30), at 22,000 tons, and New York (BB 34), at 27,000 resurtant firesfrom her aviation fuel. CIC and airplot tons. were knocked out. Ammunition, bombs and rockets ex- The largest dreadnought of the era was the 31,400- ploded for days. Many of the crew were blown over- ton uss Arizona (BB 39), commissioned barely six board,driven off by fire, killed orwounded, but the monthsbefore the outbreak of WorldWar I. It was survivorswho remained aboard saved their ship by

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LT JonathanThorn CAPT IsaacChauncey CAPT Samuel EvansCAPT George W. Rogers 1806-07 1807-13 181344 1824 THE9, STARTERS-TheseNavy officers above were the early bird commandants of the NewYork Naval Shipyard. sheer valor and tenacity. Salvage of the ship remains to this day one of the classics in damage control lore. Franklin was taken in tow byuss Pittsburgh (CA 72) to Pearl Harbor where she was cleaned up sufficiently to enable her to proceed under her own power to the States and the New York Shipyard. Here, all her armament was replaced, more than 80 per cent of her superstructure was cut away and rebuilt, and the entire ship rewired. Forwork such as this, the Navy Yard earnedthe Navy “E” for six consecutive years. USS Trenton, 19-gun , launched 1876 SINCE WORLD WAR 11, aircraft carriers have been the Yard’s major product. With the development and im- provement of the carrier-based aircraft in the late ’40s and early O OS, a Navy-wide carrier conversion program was undertaken. As a forerunner to this trend, the Yard designed and. installed anexperimental angled flight deck for the carrier uss Antietam (CVS 36). The results provided influence on future significant carrier design. Throughoutthe early 1950s several aircraft carriers such as uss Wasp (CVS 18), Bennington (CVS 20), Hornet (CVS 12) and Ticonderoga (CVA 14) arrived in the Yard for conversion to jet operations. USS Maine, launched 1890

UST IN TIME for . missile carrier (CLG 8). A former merchant vessel was J WorldWar I1 shipson active dutywere modern- fitted out with experimental bow stabilizers and modern ized; others were taken out of mothballs to join them. navigational equipment and renamed uss Compass Is- Employment,which haddropped after thewar, rose land (AG 153), to join in the FBM program. to 22,000 in 1952. In November 1964, the Yard was busy with the con- The signing of the truce in Korea did not bring about struction of six LPDs(Amphibious Transport Dock) the usual slack period. A program of new carrier con- when it received its orders to prepare for closing. The struction started in December 1952 with the laying of last of the LPDs, uss Duluth (LPD 6) sailed from the the keel of the 60,000-ton Saratoga. She was commis- Yard in February 1966. sioned in April1956 and, before the ’50s hadended, By the time the Yard was closed officially, on 25 Jun twomore large carriers, Zhpendence and Constella- 1966 at 1200, almost all the buildings were closed and tion, were begun. empty. The piers, the drydocks and the building ways Meanwhile,other jobs wereunderway. Under the stood idle. Grass had started to sprout in the streets and FRAM program, World War I1 destroyers and carriers between the ties of the railroad tracks. The cranes and were updated and fitted out for more modern antisub- railway cars stood still in their tracks and had started marine warfare. to gather rust. The cruiser uss Topeka (CL 67) was converted to a The New York Naval Shipyard had come to an end.

USS Arizona (Be 38) launched 1915 tionalpolicy ". decisions into appropriate under conditionsclosely simulating those

"Forextraordinary heroism . . ."

* WESTIN,BRIAN E., Lieutenant ( jg), USNR, whileserving as a bombardier/ navigator in Attack Squadron 85 during acombat mission over North Vietnam on 27 Apr 1966. Whenhis pilot was seriouslywounded and partiallyin- capacitated during a daylight bombing run,LTJG Westin, by calmlycoaxing and physically assisting him in the con- trol of the aircraft, succeeded in reach- ing the opensea. He made sure that the semiconscious vilot ejectedsafely before he left the plane. After he was picked up by a rescue helicopter, LTJG Westindirected the crewto the esti- matedposition of hispilot. When the latter wasunable toenter the rescue slingbecause of hisinjuries, LTJG Westinreentered bhe waterto assist him, despite the fact that a shark was spottednear the bleeding victim. Fol- lowing the rescue of the pilot, and be- fore his own retrieval, the hoisting de- vice aboard the helicopter malfunction- ed. Realizing the urgency of immedi- ate medicalattention for the nowun- consciouspilot, LTJG Westin waved the helicopteraway and remained in the shark-infestedwater until thear- rival of a second rescue helicopter five minutes later. Through his quick think- ing and coolcourage in the face of gravepersonal risk, he wasdirectly responsiblefor saving thelife of the pilot. His heroic efforts were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U. S. Naval Service.

lldval cumIlanu-ne (11- mgrequirements generated bynew I lited servicein to malorrected NA'luthe forces which contributed managementto programs and newships, theGovernment of the Ur the successof numerous NATO, U. S. wea------J -l--L---~-!- ----%-~-~- duty of great rerponribilivy . . ." AtlanticCommand and U. S. Atlantic R BLACKBURN,PAUL P., JR.,ViceAd- Fleettraining eltercises. * NORTHWOOD,ROBERT RearH.,Ad- miral, CommanderUSN, as U. S. SC, miral, suc-USN,serving while I SeventhFleet from March to October * RAMAGE,LAWSON P., ViceAdmiral, cessively as Deputy Commander and as

I quiclcly and eitectivelytranslating na- through trallllllg ~IIUr leer exeruses Irwnsuppues ana servlces. * STANSBURY,GEORGE L., III, Lieuten- linebetween North Vietnam and the overa barbedwire fence surrounding ant Commander,SC, USN, as Assistant Viet Cong aggressors in the south. Dur- the excavation and dived into the water, Head,Operations and Technical Sec- ing the bombing runs, in which the lead Following two attemptsto locate the tion,Joint Petroleum Office, Logistics aircraft was damaged by flak, he dem- boyin the muddywater, Bain suc- Division,Headquarters Pacific Com- onstrateda coolness under heavy fire ceeded in recoveringthe victim and mand,from 26 Jun 1963to 28 Dec which resulted in the destructionof two broughthim to the surface. He then 1965, for his work in the establishment largeareas of therailway and’ several administeredmouth-to-mouth resusci- of managerialprocedures and tech- of thestanding railroad cars. LCDR tation for a period of approximately 10 niques for the coordination of all bulk Weimorts’ outstanding courage and skill minutesuntil the childstarted breath- petroleum cargo movements in support were in keeping with the highest tradi- ing.His prompt, skillful and decisive of currentoperations throughout the tions of the U. S. Naval Service. actions in theemergency undoubtedly Pacific Command. saved the boy’s life. Gold Stor in lieu of Second Award Gold Star inLieu of SecondAward * NICKERSON,WILLIAM B.,Lieutenant t BOOLE,PATRICK E., HospitalCorps- * MASON,REDFIELD, Rear Admiral, ( jg), USNR, posthumously,asBom- man3rd Class, USN, whileserving USN, as Commandant, Third Naval Dis- bardier/Navigator of an aircraft in At- aboarduss Shangri La (CVA 38) on trict,from January 1963 toAugust tackSquadron 85 duringa bombing the afternoon of 3 Sep 1965. Upon be- 1966,for substantially extending and strikeagainst a strategic port loading ingcalled to the scene of anaccident improvingthe Navy image throughout facility in NorthVietnam on 19 Apr whereashipmate had fallen uncon- his area of responsibility. 1966. In the face of triple-threat enemy sciousin a void which contained in- defenses composed of antiaircraft artil- sufficientoxygen for survival, Boole lery,surface-to-air missiles and fighter descended into the void without the aid aircraft,LTJG Nickerson exercised ex- of safetyequipment and succeeded in ceptionalskill and, resourcefulnessin rescuingthevictim. Through his navigatinghis aircraft tothe target promptand courageous actions in the area, enabling the pilot to make a per- face of greatpersonal risk, Boole un- fed diveand Score directhits on the a doubtedlysaved a shipmate from cer- “For heroism or extraordinarydchievement assignedtarget, which totally im- taindeath. in aerial flight . . .” mobilized theport loading facility. LTJG Nickerson’s professional skill and * ELLIOTT, SHIRLEY H., Lieutenant * NICKERSON,WILLIAM B., Lieutenant courageunder extremely adverse and ( jg), USN, and MURPHY,EDWARD R., JR., (jg),USNR, posthumously, Bom-as hazardous conditions were outstanding. Lieutenant, USN, for rescuing the three- bardier/Navigator of an aircraft in At- man crew of a grounded fishing boatoff tackSquadron 85 duringa bombing Gold Star in lieu of Second Award CentervilleBeach County Park, Fern- mission against the vital Qui Vinh rail- dale, Calif., on the early morning of 21 * WEIMORTS,ROBERT F., Lieutenant roadfacility in North Vietnam on 16 commander,USN, posthumously,as Mar1966. Using a rope found on &e Apr1966. LTJG Nickerson demon- pilot of an aircraft in Attack Squadron beach for a lifeline, Elliott and Murphy strated outstanding skill and courage in 85 during a bombing strike against the swamapproximately 35 yards to the theface of heavyantiaircraft fire, re- strategic Cam Pha coal loading area in stricken craft and succeeded in helping sultingin direct hits which devastated North \’ietnam on 19 Apr 1966. Despite the three fisherman, one ofwhom was twolarge areas of therailway and lowclouds andheavy antiaircraft fire sufferingfrom shock, to the shore. By destroyedseveral of thestanding rail- in the target area, LCDR Weimorts de- their prompt and courageous actions in waycars. His determined efforts in layedhis roll-in until he hadmaneu- the face of gravepersonal risk, LTJG accuratelynavigating the aircraft and veredhis aircraft to the idealposition Elliott and LT Murphywere directly aidingin the attack were in keeping foran effective run. He then made a instrumental in saving three lives. with the highest traditions of the U. S. perfectdive and scored direct hits on Naval Service. threelarge coal transporters that were * MULLEN,JAMES E., Lieutenant, MC, his assignedhis targets, thereby im- USN, while voluntarily serving as medi- * TIDEXMAN, JOHN M.,Lieutenant mobilizing the entirecoal-loading cal officerof ahelicopter rescue team Commander,USN, posthumously, as a facility. By hiscourage, skill and de- dispatchedby uss Fomestal (CVA59) pilot in Attack Squadron 94, embarked votionto duty in the face of heavy on 15 Jan1966. The objective of the inuss Enterprise (CVAN 65), during enemy fire, LCDR Weimorts upheld the mission was to aid survivors of a U. S. operationsagainst enemy aggressor highesttraditions of the U. S. Naval Air ForceVC-47 aircraft which had forces in Vietnam from 2 Dec 1965 to Service. crashedon the remoteand rugged 21 Mar 1966. On numerous combat mis- slopes of Mount Helmos, on the Greek sionsinsupport of friendlyforces island of Peloponnisos, at anelevation against heavily defended targets, LCDR of 7680 feet. After several unsuccessful Tiderman carried out damaging attacks landingattempts by the pilot of the in the face of adverse weather and in- rescuehelicopter, LT Mullen, at his tense and accurate hostile fire, contrib- own request, descended by hoist from utinggreatly to the success ofmany the hovering craft to the steep slope of vitallyimportant combat strikes. ”For heroic conduct notinvolving actual ice-crusted snow. He made his way to conflict with an enemy . . .” the crash site, rendered prompt medical * WEIMORTS,ROBERT F., Lieutenant assistance to four survivors and aided in Commander,USN, posthumously, as Sr BAIN, ROBERT c., Quartermaster3rd their safe evacuation. Working in sub- pilot of an aircraft in Attack Squadron Class, USN, whileserving with the freezing temperatures, he searched the 85 duringa bombing mission against NavalAdvisory Group, U. S. Military hazardousterrain for other victims of the Qui Vinh railroad facility in North AssistanceCommand, Vietnam, on 6 the crash,remaining atthe scene for Vietnamon 16 Apr 1966. LCDR Wei- Mar1966. While traveling in thecity fivehours, until the lastpersonnel of morts braved intense and accurate anti- of Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam, Bain the rescue party were removed by heli- aircraftfire and the constant threat of noticed an excited crowd gathered near copter.His prompt and courageous surface-to-airmissiles while pursuing a water-filled excavation. Upon learning actions and selflessefforts throughout theattack against one of the most that a small Vietnamese boy had fallen the missionwere in keeping with the heavily defended links in the rail supply into the water, he immediately climbed highest traditions of the U. S. Navy.

DECEMBER 1966 63 The United States Navy Guardian of our Country TheUnited States Navy is responsible for maintaining control of the sea and is a readyfarce on watch at home and aver- seas,capable of strong action to preserve the peace orof instantoffensive action to Ever hear of a “hurevac?” It’s a hurricane hideout. win in war. Itis uponthe maintenance ofthis control The 8000 acres that constitute NAAS Meridian, Miss., are n thatour country’s gloriousfuture depends. rolling woodland andit would seem thatthey would be un- The United States Navy exists to make it so. We Serve with Honor affected by the hurricaneseason hundreds of miles away in Traditionvalor andvictory ore theNavy’s Florida. Such, however, is not the case, heritage’from the past. To thesema be addeddedication, discipline and vigirance The Meridian Air Station is part of a vast naval aviation com- as the watchwords of the present andfu- ture. At home or ondistant stations we plex that stretches from the east coast of Florida to Texas. The serve with pride, confident in the respict of majority of these air bases, aircraft andmen are located in our country, our shipmates,ond ourfami- lies. Ourresponsibilities sober us; our ad- Florida and when theannual hurricaneseason looms up,the versities strengthen us. Service to Godand Country isour special hundreds of plmes and pilots of these stations are ready to move privilege. We serve with honor. out to a refuge in short order. Meridian is that refuge. The Future of the Navy TheNavy willalways employ new weap- When the arrival of a hurricane is an obvious threat to aircraft ons, new techniques and greater powerto safety, naval air bases throughout the “Sunshine State” put their protectand defend the United States on the sea, under the sea, and in the air. hurricane evacuation program or “hurevac,” into high gear. An Now and in the future, control of the sea influx of pilots and planesfrom Pensacola, Milton, . Sanford, gives the UnitedStates hergreatest advan- tage for the maintenonce of peace and for Jacksonville and Mayport, Fla., soon swell the normal amount of victory in war.Mobility sur rise dispersal and offensive power are’the &ynhes of the aircraft at the Meridian station from approximately 120 to 500 new Navy.The roots of the Navylie in a or more. strongbelief in the futurein continued dedication to our tasks, and fn reflectionon Although NAAS Meridian is the major refuge for the hurricane our heritage from the past.. . Never have our opportunrtresand our re- orphans, they are sometimes taken to the Naval Air Stations at sponsibilities been greater. Memphis or Corpus Christi, Texas. This second exodus of men and planes takes place only when the storm threatens to^ cause considerable damage as far north as Meridian. 411 HANDS The Bureau ofNaval Per- ronnel CareerPublication, The daily routine of the Meridian base turns into an all hands solicitsinteresting storymaterial and photo- graphs fromindividuals, shi s, stations, squad- evolution when the “hurevac” alert is on. Many times you will rons and other sources. AIP material received find a normally desk-bound sailor out on the flight line helping is carefully considered for publication. to park one of the training squadrons’Buckeye jets in a new spot Hereare a few suggestions for preparing and submitting material: to make room for company from Florida. There‘sa good story in every iob that’s be- Three miles away from the operations and hangar area, at the iy performed, whether it’s on a nuclearcar- rler, atugboat, in thesubmarine service orin administration complex of the station, thingsare beginning to theSeabees. The man on the scene is best jump.Preparations to feed and housethe incoming pilots and qualified totell what’s goingon inhis outfit. Stories aboutroutine day-to-dayjobs are prob- crews for the duration of the blow are in full swing. ably most interestingto the rest of the Fleet. Thisis the onlyway everyone can get a look At the BOQ the rooms are being crammed with extra beds to at all the different parts of the Navy. accomrqodate the overflow of visiting pilots. In the barracks office Research helps make a good story better.By talking with people whoare close1 related to the master-at-arms force is looking over its berthing charts to see thesubject materiala writeris abre to collect where they can bed down any enlisted crews that might come in many additionaldetails which add interest and understanding to a story. with the planes. Feeding so many men on such short notice is no Articles about new types of unclassified equip. mean feat, and thestation’s cooks may be preparing meals around ment,research projects, all types of Navy as- the clock for the working troops. signmentsand dutres,academic and historical subiects, personnel onliberty or during leisure Back in the operations area the control tower and the radar hours,and humorous andinteresting feature air traffic control center are utilizing their skills in landing pilots subiects are all of interest. on unfamiliar runways and concourses. In addition, they have to Photographs arevery important,and should accompanythe articles if possible. However, o assign the visiting planesparking places and process all the good story shouldnever be held bock for lack other flight data from each plane. of photographs. ALL HANDS prefers clear, well- identified E-by-10 lossy printsbut is not re- Out on the flight lines a hubbub of activity is apparent as men stricted t; use of tks type. AII‘persons in the photographsshould be dressed smartly and go about the process of reparking station planes, preparing main- correctly when in uniform, and be identified by full nomeand rate or rankwhen possible. Lo- tenance equipment and hauling out tie-down lines to secure the cation and eneral descriptive information and planes to the ground in the event strong winds pass over thearea. the name 07 the photographershould also be given.Photographers shouldstrive for originol- Suddenly all is relatively quiet and there is only one thing left ity, and takeaction pictures ratherthan group to do. Waitout the storm. Most hurricanes tendto carry the shots. traits of their female names and are prone to change their direc- ALL HANDS does not usepoems (except New Year’s daylogs), songs, stories onchange of tion several times. Often days will go by before the hurricane is commond, or editorial type orticles. The writer’s declared defunct or has passed on to other areas. name and rate or rankshould be includedon anarticle. Material timed for a certaindate or When the all clear signal is given Meridian once again comes event must bereceived before the first day of the month preceding themonth of intended to life in a beehive manner as the planes fuel up and head for publication. theirhome bases. NAAS Meridian is backto normal-for the Address material to Editor, ALL HANDS, 1809 time being. Arlington Annex, Navy Deportment, Washing- ton, D.C. 20370.

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