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The eyes of the world have been fo- cused this past week on Eniwetok, Bi- kini Atol, where hydrogen bomb expe- riments may change the course of his- tory. Just as important in another sense is the temporarily forgotten "Expedi- tion Deepfreeze", in the land down un- der known as "The Third World" or Delivery & Launch the Antarctic. It is a strange world, according to NBC television films taken during Of Two LSDs Set logistic operations by Task Force 43, under Admiral Dufek. Consistent low temperatures, expansive ice waste The commissioning OJ~D-32, USS +:======::::; lands fun of treacherous crevasses are SPIEGEL GROVE, and launching of Governor Frank Clement of Ten- a constant menace to tractor trains LSD-34, USS HERMITAGE, both nam- nessee will deliver the main ad- and movements on foot. ed for former President's estates, will dress at the launching of the USS Seabees On The Expedition take place June 8 and 12. HERMIT AGE. which is named for Our Navy and Seabees, making up Captain Saveric Filippone, USN> win the estate of ANDREW JACKSON. the Task Force, are establishing a per- '{ssume official command of the USS seventh President of the United manent air base in Little America, SPIEGEL GROVE in colorful ceremon- States. The LSD is ironieally the where scientists may conduct studies ies aboard the ship, at 3 p.m., June 8. seventh of her ty~ to be launched of weather and natural resources in the The Landing Ship Dock is the fifth ship by Ingalls. She is the second NAVY Antarctic. Film taken aboard the ice- to be completed by Ingalls, scheduled vessel named for the estate located breakers EDISTO and Ingalls-built for Navy amphibious service. She suc- near Nashville. Tenn. GLACIER, show the treacherous ice cessfully completed preliminary ac- Radm. G. C. Crawford. Comman- formations and extremely high winds ceptance trials May 23 in the Gulf. dant. Sixth Naval District is expect- common in the area. LSD-34, named for the estate of An- ed to attend the ceremonies also. The film shows two tractor trains (See Launching, Page 4) which meet disaster when hidden crev- asses swallow them and their drivers into a grave of 600 fathoms of sub- freezing slush and ocean. The extreme hardships of getting fuel from tankers to shore storage tanks are seen in the TV film as Sea bees with bleeding and frost bit hands load the supplies. Remain Over Winter The wintering over force of 165 men will remain in the area during the six months of darkness, subsisting in their pre-fabricated shelters and hibernating. The GLACIER, last ship to leave the Antarctic before night closed down, performed excellently while assisting in charting and establishing auxiliary bases for aircraft. Supplies for downed airmen were cached for use in the fu- ture. In the Antarctic there are no dangers of erosion, food spoilage or contamination. Sub-zero weather pre- - Official U. S. Navy Photo vents even cold germs from existing. COMPLETES TRIALS ... LSD·32. USS SPIEGEL GROVE. fifth of eight Valuable uranium and other mineral landing ship doeks being built by Ingalls for the Navy. sails homeward fol- deposits needed to supplement the lowing completion of preliminary acceptance trials. She will be commissioned world supply might be found in the June 8. marking the fifth ship of her type delivered by Ingalls. (See Editorial, Page 5) PAGE TWO INGALLS--NEWS FRIDAY, JUNE I, 1956

Published Bi-Weekly For the workers of

The Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi

Ingalls News is a member of the Society of Associated Industrial Editors and the International Council of In- dustrf»t Editors. JAMES CREAMER, Editor Hammett Named Convenfion Speaker

~ Photo by Jim Creamer E. R. Hammett, Executive Vcie Pres- TOUR YARD . . . Sixty-eight students from Walthall County 4-H Clubs. ident, Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., will toured Ingalls facilities last month. Guard Ashley points out build~ng of address the Eighth Annual Southern super-tanker. USNS YUKON. Gulf Coast's largest ship. S tat e s Apprenticeship Conference, scheduled in Biloxi, July 5th, 6th and Jth. . Selected as a representative of man- agement, Hammett has been connected with shipbuilding since the late 30's when he came with Ingalls at the new- ly opened Pascagoula yard. 1200 Expected Some 1200 delegates are expected at the three-day meeting of apprentice- ship principals from 10 Southern states. Lige 'Williams, prominent in Louisiana labor union history, will represen.t La- bor as the other main speaker during the Biloxi conference. He is now Direc- tor of the AFL-CIO organizations in Louisiana and Mississippi. The state-wide host committee met in Biloxi Thursday night, for the final meeting to coordinate planning activi- ties prior to the conference. Outstand- ing Apprenticeship awards and special entertainment are on tap at the con- vention. The theme for this year's convention is "The Apprentice In Today's Chang- ing World",

Words cannot adequately express our gratitude to those who expressed their - Photo by Jim Creamer sympathy and helpfulness to us so OIL RIG STRUCTURE •.. A corner of the main barge of :the new Kerr- beautifully at the time of our recent McGee Rig 46. mobile drilling plaiform under construction here. dwarves the sorrow. truck. The huge structure will be lifted in place on the building ways and May God bless you all. welded to the integrated unit. The Family of Byron Morehead. PAGE THREE FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1956------INGALLS._------NEWS

- Staff Photos SECOND SIAMESE LAUNCHING Two mobile platform off-shore supply boats. the CARGO SERVICE and COAS- TAL SERVICE, are seen prior to launching. Third and fourth of their type built for Sea Service Inc. the boats were christened and launched simultaneously from the same cradle. Miss Waynell Crisman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Crisman. Gulf Oil Co.. christened the CARGO SERVICE. Miss Francille Newman. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Newman, of Magnolia Petroleum Co., christened the COASTAL SERVICE. PAGE FOUR INGALLS NEWS FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1956

_ ..~. MRS. A. M. PRIDE MATRON OF HONOR ... Mrs. Lee Ship's, Spenser ... Wilson Mather will be Matron of ~ .. Honor at the launching of the USS CAPT. F. W. SLAVEN HERMITAGE. LSD-32, named lor Mrs. A. M. Pride To Visit Here ... Andrew Jackson's Tennessee estate. Mrs. Mather is the wife of Com- To Sponsor LSD mander L. W. Mather. who is per- Capt. F. W. Slaven sonnel officer on the staff of Naval Mrs. A. M. Pride, wife of VADM Air Training, Naval Air Station. Alfred M. Pride, USN, Commander, To Visit Shipyard Pensacola, Fla. Air Force, Pacific Fleet, will sponsor the USS .HERMITAGE, LSD-34.~. Capt. F. W. Slaven, former Super- Launching Born Helen Nickerson Burrell in visor of Shipbuilding and Naval In- (Continued From Page 1) Quincy, Mass., Mrs. Pride was educated spector of Ordnance here, will repre- drew Jackson, seventh President of the in Massachusetts schools and married sent the Bureau of Ships at the launch- , will be christened by in 1921, in Somerville, Mass. ing of LSD-34, USS HERMITAGE. Mrs. A. M. Pride, wife of VADM Al- Vadm. Pride is an ex-white hat who Captain Slaven was in charge of the fred F, Pride, USN, Commander, Air gained his three-star rank without go- Navy office here at the beginning of Force, Pacific Fleet. Mrs. Lee Wilson ing through the Naval Academy. Fol- the Landing Ship program and through Mather, wife of CMDR. L. W. Mather, lowing his enlistment in the Navy dur- able guidance by him and his staff, Personnel Officer on the staff of Chief ing World War I, he gained promotion Ingalls gained a reputation in install- of Naval Air Training, NAS, Pensacola, to CPO, and then went through flight ing complicated fire control and ord- F'la. is Matron of Honor. school to win his wings and commis- nance equipment. Slaven Returns sion. This took place within a year and Distinguished Engineer Capt. F. W. Slaven, USN, former Su- a half after his first enlistment, which Since his graduation from the Naval pervisor of Shipbuilding, here in Pas- mayor may not be a record. Academy in 1925, Capt. Slaven has led cagoula, and now Senior Assistant to Served On First Carrier a distinguished engineering career. He Director of Planning, Bureal of Ships, The commissioning of the first car- served as Signal Officer and later engi- will represent the Bureau, at the cere- rier, USS LANGLEY, (CV I), saw noering officer aboard the USS CAL- monies, scheduled to begin at 10:45 a.m. pioneer Admiral Pride take part in the IFORNIA and USS CHAUMONT fol- The USS HERMITAGE, seventh of first experimental take-offs and land- lowed by a year in the U. S. Naval eight Landing Ship Docks being built ings aboard that ship. Post Graduate School. He received his by Ingalls for the U. S, Navy, is of the Following extensive aviation assign- M. S. degree at Columbia University LSD-28 THOMASTON class of new fast ments with the Navy the Admiral and returned to the Academy as Pro- and versatile amphibious marine weap- assumed command of the USS BEL- fessor of Thermodynamics and Naval ons, designed for assault support oper- LEAU WOOD (CV ·24) at her ccmmis- machinery, following a tour as Chief ations. sioning in 1943. He commanded her in Engineer on the USS CHANDLER. Most unique feature of the vessel is a great deal of the war in the Pacific He assumed command of the USS her ability to flood down her stern" until his promotion as Rear Admiral (See Slaven, Page 5) open her rear gates and discharge or when he moved up to take command of take on smaller craft, equipment or the Naval Air Center and Base in the men during beachhead invasions. 14th Naval District. ation developments on planes now fily- While serving as Chief of the Bureau ing from carriers in his command. of Aeronautics, he was credited with Prior to assuming command of Air She: "You remind me of the ocean." the development, Navy-wise, of the Forces, Pacific Fleet, the Admiral com- He: "Wild, romantic and restless?" turbo-prop engine and many other avi- manded the Seventh Fleet. She: "No. You make me sick." I PAGE FIVE j FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1956 INGALLS NEWS

r ~ Photos by Jim Creamer WELCOME PASCAGOULA ... "Ray" Davis at the wheel of RHONDA II, leads the USS PASCAGOULA into port prior to Armed Forces Day observance. Two pogey boats seem to greet the Navy vessel as she enters Mississippi Sound from the Gulf. The crew and officers were treated royally during the ship's stay in it's namesake ciiy. before returning to New Orleans, her pori of call. USS PASCAGOULA Visits Her Namesake

The USS PASCAGOULA, U. S. Navy vessel stationed i~ Ne~ O;leans, re~ ceived a royal 'welco~e here during Armed Forces Day Week. The Ingalls boat, RHONDA II, manned by C. M. "Ray" Davis, escorted the vessel into Singing River, after depositing Port Pilot "Chief" Martin onboard the ship at the entrance into the Gulf from Mississippi Sound. The PASCAGOULA lay at anchor over the weekend and her crew was received well by the townspeople. The PORT PILOT ON PASCAGOULA "Chief" Martin is welcomed aboard opening of the new VFW Club on U. the USS PASCAGOULA by Executive Officer of the ship. after being taken S. 90 feted the crew as special cere- aboard at sea. Ingalls Yacht. Rhonda II. manned by "Ray" Davis, escorted monies highlighted by a fresh tuna the vessel into Pascagoula for Armed Forced Observance Week. dinner were held by the Veterans. Spe- cial parade festivities on Armed Forces Slaven ... Repair and Shipbuilding, Mare Island Day, featured the local guard units, Naval Shipyard. Coast Guard and Navy personnel and (Continued From Page 4) From 1949-'50, he was Planning Offi- cer there and then assumed the job of civilian officials. LEA, DD-llB, after serving as Elec- Deputy Director of Industrial Surveys, The PASCAGOULA returned to New trical Officer on the USS SARATOGA. Office of the Naval Inspector General. Orleans after a week-end of visitors From 1940 to '42 he was Chief Engineer He came to Pascagoula in 1952 and aboard ship were taken care of. on the USS TUSCALOOSA and then remained as Supervisor of Shipbuilding joined the Bureau of Ships as Head of until 1955 when he was assigned to a Ships Type desk. Washington as Senior Assistant to the Editorial ... Goes To Japan Director of Planning, Bureau of Ships. Following World War II, he was a He holds the following citations: (Continued From Page 1) member of a Naval technical mission Defense Ribbon with "A", European strange land we know little of. to Japan and later Staff Director of with one action star, American Ribbon Weather information and other sci- Ships Materials, Bikini Atom Bomb Asiatic Ribbon, World War II Ribbon: entific data, according to Admiral Rich- Tests. He then took an advanced man- Japanese Occupation Ribbon, Commen- ard E. Byrd, may disclose more secrets agement course at Harvard Business dation Ribbon, Star for second com- of. . "this old world". School and became Superintendent of mendation. and the Korean Ribbon. \,

PAGE SIX INGALLS NEWS FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1956 Sam Wilkerson Is USS HERMITAGE Dedicated Fellow 2nd Ship So Named The name HERMITAGE, long asso- Maintenance Machinist Samson Wil- ciated with the beautiful home of An- kerson will leave from Birmingham, drew Jockson, located near Nashville, June 13, bound for the United Nations Tenn., will gain further world fame, Building in New York. when LSD-34, USS HERMITAGE is A member of the Odd Fellows, a made part of Uncle Sam's F'leet. fraternal order dedicated to helping Only one ship serving under the others, Wilkerson will accompany 38 Navy colors has ever been named students from five states to the U. N. HERMITAGE. As staunch and dedicat- Building where the group will spend ed as the estate and her owner, the five days watching activities there. HERMITAGE during her tenure of Pat Ball, Junior from Pascagoula High, duty with the Navy, sailed approxi- mately 230,000 miles and transported win be' on the tour. some 129,600 passengers during World 165 In Jackson County War II. Some 165 Odd Fellows in Jackson Former Italian Vessel County meet every Tuesday night with Formerly the Italian passenger liner one thought in mind, faith, hope and S.S. Conte Biancamano, she was at charity. They provide hospital beds, Balboa, C. Z., when declared war crutches and wheel chair to those un- on the United States and was prompt- able to afford them. ly interned. In January, 1942, the Mar- itime Administration acquired the ves- ~ Wilkerson, w:ho made a similar trip three years ago said the group will sel and she was converted to a troop spend one night in Canada in addition ship. She was officially renamed I to touring Washington, Baltimore, Vir- - Photo by Jim Creamer HERMITAGE, February 11, 1942. ginia and other points 01 interest. Samson Wilkerson The U. S. Navy officially took pos- session of the ship in. March, 1942 and The Governor of Alabama and Sec- Good "Odd Fellow" she was taken to Cramp Shipbuilding retary of State will send the group on Co., , for conversion. She their way from Birmingham, June 13, pass through have planned welcoming was fully commissioned on August 14, and officials of the states the group will programs. Sam has ten years with the Company 1942 and following further outfitting and his services to the Odd Fellows are in the US Naval Shipyard, was fully testimony of his desire to help those ready for duty October 16, 1942. who need assistance. (See Hermitage, Page 8) IBIlEU!I ROlfS III By Peggy Wilkinson Pat Sutterfield and friends spent last weekend in New Orleans where they attended the Bill Haley and his Comets show. LCDR G. S. Smith took a few days leave last week which he spent up on the farm. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Walker spent last week vacationing in Baltimore, while En route they traveled through the Smokies and on their way back they stopped in Atlanta. Mariana Brice spent a weekend in Birmingham recently where sbe vis- ited friends. Our deepest sympathy is extended to Mrs. R. G. Lang on the death of her husband. Mr. Lang was employed by SupShip until about a year ago when he became ill. - Photo by Jim Creamer Mrs. M. B. Mansfield and son, Mark, SURPRISE PARTY ... Sally Hollister. long associated with the Ingalls Pro- who reside in , are visiting duction and Cost Control Department. celebrated her "39th" birthday last with her parents Captain and Mrs. H. week. when the office gave her a surprise gift. Azalie Hale, (right front), cut M. Heiser, the cake and served. . .

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_ Photos by Jim Creamer LUXURY LINER SHOWER .•. Four men of the Sheet Metal Shop examine B. LENNEP the latest product of their labors. an all-metal shower and toilet facility. Safety Pays . designed for the Moore-McCormack passenger ships. Seamless construction of liS" steel will enable the installation of two shower facilities in two wardrooms. Men are (1. to r.): Bill Warren. N. C. Carter. Leadermarn R. W. Safety Shoes Chambers and A. C. Copeland. Quarterman. Help Carpenter Sheet Metal Shop Builds Shower Department 10 Carpenter Leaderman Sheet Metal Shop personnel will have ·'-n-u-m-e-r-a-;-j---;;""3',-s"",--;-b-a-c-;-k--c-to--""'b-a-c""'k-,----- B. Lennep has been a wearer of safety shoes for years and his faithfulness an important role in the building of Well Appointed two beautiful cargo-passenger liners Soap and paper receptables are built paid off last month. While stacking heavy timber .secticns being built for Moore-McCormack in complete with hand rails for rough used in building scaffolds, Lennep let Lines, Inc. seas. A special paint, resembling baked a 100 pound board fall on his foot. Part An example of the part they will enamel will be used to surface the of the leather shoe was scraped but the play in constructing the well-appointed walls and ceiling of the one-piece unit. steel cap built in his safety shoes, saved ships is now in the experimental stage, Regular bath tile widl then be im- Using one-eighth inch steel, the men placed along the decks and lower walls, his foot from being crushed. in the departments have fashioned a If the Sheet Metal Shop can build "I've always liked the economical price and long lasting qualities of my lovely shower and bath cabinet for the the units fast enough for installation on ships. the two cargo-passenger liners, they safety shoes," Lennep said, "but I'm The cabinet is made to install in the will save the company effort in seek- really sold on them now." Lennep uses another pair for work- bulkhead between two staterooms, ing the finished products from outside ing in his garden and praises the dur- with shower and toilet facilities on each vendors. This will be true of stainless ability of the pair envolved in the acci- side. The seamless welded structure steel sinks, kitchen appointments and when seen from the top resembles two other luxury items, dent.

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I'd like to get something for my wife, but nobody will make me an offer. -0- It takes years of experience for a girl to kiss like a beginner. -0- Women long ago learned to fear and respect culture. They now approach it only in groups, in order to be sure they have it outnumbered. -0- A joint checking account is never -- Photo by Jim Creamer overdrawn by the wife. It's just under- TRIAL BOARD OFFICIALS .. Admiral R. F. Stout, (right) President of the deposited by her husband. Board of Inspection. during preliminary acceptance trials of LSD·32. USS -0- SPIEGEL GROVE. chats aboard ship with Capt. N. Adair. Chief of Naval Mother: "SOD, don't use such bad Operations representative. The two men headed the trial board during ex- tensive tests in the Gulf. words." Son: "Shakespeare used them." Mother: "Well, don't play with him (Continued From Page 6) anymore." Hermitoqe . . , We Did It! -0- Goes To North Africa In 1955, 37,800 Americans were killed A Texas tycoon rushed into the air- She carried a boat load of troops to in traffic accidents. port terminal and said, "Gimme a North Africa, arriving with her convoy ticket." on November 18, fol1owed by her her In 1955, 2,158,000 persons were in- "Where to, sir?" asked the agent. return to the West Coast and delivery jured in motor vehicle accidents. "Anywhere, son!" boomed the Texan. of 5,860 troops to , New Cale- Speeding on U. S. streets and high- "I've got business all oyer." donia. '" ways last year killed 12,700 men, wom- -0- Following numerous trips in the Pa- en and children. Down in Republican Vermont a min- cific, transporting troops and equip- Speeding on U. S. streets and high- ister introduced a deaf old parishioner ment to New Guinea, and Aus- ways injured 702,560 men, women and to the new deacon. tralia, the HERMITAGE spent 18 children. "Er? New Dealer?" rasped the old m 0 nth s transporting replacement In 1955, 8,130 pedestrians were killed gent. troops to the European Theater of op- in U. S. traffic accidents. "No no," replied the minister. "Not a erations and returning servicemen and Weekend crashes accounted for 15,- New Dealer-new deacon! He's the son prisoners of war back to New York. 730 killed and 766,090 hurt dur-ing 1955. of a Bishop." After undergoing repairs in New More than 41 % of the deaths and "They all are, they all are," said the York, the HERMITAGE left October more than 35% of the injuries due to old man gleefully. 16, 1945 for Marseille, to bring Jaycee Chin Music, back American servicemen. She re- motor vehicle accidents last year oc- curred on Saturdays and Sundays. S. Palm Beach, (Fla.) turned on November 16, with 5,857 pas- sengers and was back at sea, headed for Twenty-seven per cent of all drivers Marseille again on Nov. 11. She docked involved in fatal auto accidents in the Nov. 21 and all that night servicemen U. S. last year were under 25 years of embarked allowing her departure the age. next morning for New York. Eighty-five per cent of the vehicles Goes To Pacific involved in accidents were passenger She immediately left for the Pacific cars. following the return of European The- Three out of four traffic accidents V!NIOlllfl 'SM1N J,UOclMJ/i ater personnel and arrived the 11th of happen in clear weather on dry roads. N03S0i'l Sll3N!\lVI'I 3HJ. .Jan., 1946 in Negoya, Japan, via the )NSO 'H31S3f1US '1lI '3 '1VllIIlT. 1N3\l Panama Canal and Pear] Harbor. She arrived in Seattle with 5,924 passengers from Japan, Feb. 5, and on Feb. 26, A government crop inspector visited 1946 was assigned to the a Kentucky farm and began asking Marianas passenger run. questions: I She was decommissioned and return- ,,- Do you people around here have . --- ed to the Maritime Commission Aug. trouble with insects getting in your . 20, 1946 and officially stricken from corn?" the Naval. Register on September 25, "We sure do," said the farmer, "but 1946. The HERMITAGE was returned we jes' fishes them out an' drinks it to the Italian government in May 1947. anyhow."

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