U:&f> 1958

Dedication This book is dedicated to the wives,

parents, sweethearts, and loved ones of the nm of U. S. NavaJ. l·A?bile Construction Battalion SIX, so that they nuzy better understand the purpose for being at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. The mon have worked hard at their duties and it is hoped that everyone will be reunited with a heart wanning feeling .

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BATTALION HISTORY

U,S, i•'.aval lioblle Constructior. Battalion No , SIX was formally commissioned on May 3, 1951, at i'.orfolk, Va. Following COJ:lPletion of the conrd.ssioning cerer.iony , :.;cs -IX wel­cor:ied aboard CJR R.D. l-inkerton, ct:c, uSN, its new Cor..m.anding Officer.

The first assignr.ier.t given SIX was the reconstruction of the baseball field at the Naval Station in Bennuda, where it relieved MCB FOi.iR.

Upon finishing two months of intensive trainine and scheduled construction in Bez­muda, Tl{c; ili!ST sailed for its next deploy­ment site at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on July 6, 1951.

While deployed in Cuba various construo­tion projects were undertaken at the l!avaJ. Station. In addition a complete seabee cam:'l ~ras erected at Leeward Point

· After a very successfUl deployment in Cuba, SIX er.ibarked for the retum trio home. The battalion returned to.Davisville in December of 1951

and remained there until March, 1952.

SIX debarked forArgentia, New­foundland where the battalion

remained until August, 1952. The battalion arrived at Davisvill.e in August

and st~ed there until October 10, when it set sail for its sec­ond deployr.ient in

Cuba. The nen of 3IX occupied the

barracks at Lee­ward Point this

tine and car­ried out the

task of ccnst ructin:; the Oi0ficcr and en­

l isted ba:."racks at ::.iie ;.aval Air Station. ;:;IX remained in Cuba until April 3, 1953,

and returned t o the States shortly after Easter.

On i':ay 2.3, .. IX was rea.ciy to deploy to French f..orocco. They arrived June 2 to re­lieve ; .. ca r'vUR and :iJJT.1ediately cormnence work at the Naval Base.

/lith another deployrnnt finished in Nov­ember, 1953, the battalion sailed homeward.

On F'ebruar.t S, 1954, S.IX commissioned its first detachment . Detaciur.ent DOG as :Lt was callee :received! orders on April 16, 1954 and arrived in San Juan, !-uerto dico on Jlpti). 18, 1954, wile the main bocl;v was. 01!ll its third deployment in CaJoa.

Detachment ErtSY was the next to be com­missioned on 1-iay 7 , 1954 •Itri.ch departed on hay 21, 1954, : or its deployment site in San Salvador,

Following its two predecessors, detach­ment F'OX was commissioned on June 5, 1954 and sailed for Grand Turks on June 14, 1954.

In July, 1954 SIX arrived in Davisvill.e to commission its fourth detachment, CTu:uRGE, on July 9, 1954, who departed for Nova Scotia ,

Detachment HO:/ became the fifth to be com­missioned on September J , 1954, at Davis­vi.J.e . Detachment ao·w was deployed to Ber­l!Ulda on September 14, 1954.

October 27, 1954, brought SIX a new com­manding officer when CDR R. C. Jaquess, c~c, USN, relieved the ailing CDR ~ .J. Simmons .

l<iany months passed before the battalion commissioned detaclunent Imi•i on January 21, 1955, which became the sixth. Following its commission the detachment le~ for Uantucket, ~>ass .

HISTORY (cont'd) On April 20, 1955, detachment JIG became

number seven and was sent to Cape Hatteras, N,C,

Only three detachments of the orie:inal seven were still in operation by September, 1955.

MCB SIX • s next deployment site was Antigua where they remained from October 1955 to July 1956. Detachment Kll.O was comr.ri.ssioned m Jul:f before the battalion left for the States,

Upal the battalion 1 s return to Davisvi.lle from Antigua, detaciu:.ent LILA 11as conr.ds­sioned and departed for Puerto Rico in September, 1956.

t-.CB SIX moved out from Davisville in September bound for its fourth cruise to Cuba am arrived there on October 3, 1956. On October 27, 1956, SIX received its fourth COG:'.and.ing officer; CDR V . : .• Tregonis , CEC, USN, relieved C!)R :t. C. Jaquess,

Before the battalion left Cuba, detach­ment f.!IKE was commissioned and remained behind.

When SIX returned to Davisville, Leu;: L.E, Stii'ner, CEC, USN, relieved LCJit R. D. Mitchell, as Executive Officer. \'lhile the battalion was in Davisville, detach­oent llOVE&·.BER was cOlll!dssioned a..d sent to Bcn:iuda,

MCB SIX departed for Git 1 J.".o Bay, Cuba again :in June, 1957, COllllXlnci.ng its fifth deploymant there . Upon the arrival of SIX, detachment MIKE was decommissioned .

While deployed in Cuba, SIX was awarded the, "THE &ST of the Atlantic fleet Sea.­bees. " This was a title well earned through the cooperation and hard lrorlc of all the officers and men of !-!CB-6.

JanuarJ 1.3, 1958, found the S.::ST on their 1..ay back to the States again, Be­f ore the Battali on left Cuba, detachment OSCA.~ was comrnissioncd and remained be­hind,

l:CB SIX arrived in Davisville on January l", 1958, and on April 25, 1958 detachment Quebec 1.as commissioned and was se.nt to Argontia, 1;ewfournUand on A:>ril 30. Jc­tachr-ent C.uebec became the seventeenth de­taclnent. to be conmissioned,

Before 1.CB SIX left on f:.a,y 15, 1958, !or its present deployment at Roosevelt Roads, P, R., detachment PAP,~ was com­missioned and sent to Barbados, B, l·/, I , Following comp).et.ion of their work PAPA returned to the main body.

!.cB !iIX left Roosevelt Roa.els !'or the States on llove1:1ber 16, 1958, thus closing out seven years of successful and pros­perous cruises,

PASA

A job well done set off the climax of U. S. Naval ~:Obile Construction Battalion NO. SIX' S canpletion of operations at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico upon their departure for Davisville, R.I. on November 16, 1958.

It all started back on May 15, 1958 when I.CB SlX departed from Davisville on the USl~S Gibbins.

The main projects while at Roosevelt Roads were the construction of the AIM build:ing, erection of the base security fence, and laying a fuel oil pipe line. Other jobs were construction of a pump house and rehab 1-rork on the existing buildings.

The third platoon of "D" Company was detached to Vieques to conduct rehab work on the barracks, messhall, and heads of the Marine camp. This 40 man platoon rebuilt a water storage tank there.

The Battalion also c0Jll1ll:issioned its 18th detachment, PAPA. It was detached in early June to Barbados Island in the B.:·:.r. The 40 men completed work on the u.s. Facility. The detachment 1 s main project was laying ceramic and Cuban tile and construction of an 800-foot asphalt road.

At the ComCBLant inSpection held during the week of AU£;Ust 25-29 the Battalion recieved the Presidential Unit Citation for heroic duty while kno1-m as the Sixth Naval Construction Battalion.

The Battalion was awarded the PUC for service w:i.th the First Marine Division at Guadalcanal during the period of August 7 to December 9, 1945, under the comand of LCDR J.P. Bl.undon, CEC, USN.

MCB SIX is now authorized to display the appropriate insignia, incJ.uding streamer, plaque and replicas of ribbon and pennant for this award.

The deployment did not entirely include all hard work. There w:i.ll remain maey- memories of recreation and liberty in Puerto Rico.

The men w:i.11 never forget that 4:30 beer call in the MCB SIA DEN, or the EM Club beer hill. There was much f\m had at the Harbor Lights Club which included bingo, drinks, and dancing.

Other base recreation included bingo in the Battalion galley, beach trips and sports.

The Seabees won't forget those"publico" runs to Cieba, Fajardo, Liquillo, and San Juan. l'.any other runs were made to Puerto Rico 1 s highest mountai.., El Yunque.

CO.MMANDING

OFFICER Com:nander Verne Milton Tregonis, CBC,

USH, a veteran of \oi'WII and the Korean Con­flict ia now u.s. Naval Mobile Conatruction Battalion No. SIX• s Coomanding Officer.

He relieved CDR R.c. Jaquess, CEC, USNR, on October 19, 1956 when the Battalion was on deployment at Guantanamo &;y, Cuba. He has been c . o. of SIX for 25 months.

Leading the Battalion on three deplor­ID8nts during his tour, CDR Tregonis is expecting orders soon after arriv&l. at Davisville, R.I •

.Beceiv:iJl8 bis calllllission in the U. S. Navy on Auguat 1, 1944, be went to bis first duty statioo at u.s. Naval Shipyard, Pearl. Harbor, Hawaii in September, 1944 l«here he held duties as an Assistant Public Worlal Officer f'rolll l.941. to l.944.

nte coimnander1s next duties led Mm to Navy Operating Base, Newport., R. I . Here he was assigned duties again as an ...,_ sistant Public Works Officer fl'Oll l.944 un­til 1946.

Pl'Olll this time until 1948, MCB-61 e Captain waa Public Worka Officer and Besident Of­ficer in Qiarge of ConstT\lctiOD of u.s. NDal Ammunition Depot, Earle, N.J.

Hia next duty took him ~ form the United states to .&d.ak, Al.aalca llbere he was Reaident Officer in Charge of Construction of Contract liO y- lJ9l.3 f'rolll l.948 until 1950.

At this time the skipper atteadecl the Cca­mand and General sta.tf Col.l.ege, .Ft. Leveim­worth, Kansas for the regul.ar l.O Dait.b couree.

CDR Tregonis was the Nav Secretar,y of the Comnittee on F.quiIJll&nt and Supplies in t.he Office of the Assistant Secretar,y of De­fe.nse (B&D), Washlngton, D.c., f'rolll 19,SJ. to 1954.

His l.ast duty station before reporting to MCB SIX was u.s. Naval Post Graduate School., Jl.orrt.erey, California llhere he was P\abl1.c Works Officer and Resident Officer inCharge of Coll6truction.

Before entering the Navy, CDR !regonis graduated b'al Sacramento High School and Sacremento Junior College in Sacramento, Calif. He received his BS degree in CiT.1.l. Erigineering tran the Univerait;r of Cal..1-fomia in 1938.

Aft.er graduating tran t.he University, he did structural drafting and desi/91 tor all types of buildinge for the Division of Arch­itecture in Sacramento, Cal.i.f.

Froml939 until 1940, the CDR vais employed with the U.S. Engineer Department in San Francisco and trom. l.ate l.940 until his re­porting to active duty in the Navy, he was a Junior Engineer with the Civil Aeronautics Administration in Washington, D.C.

CDR Tregonis and his wife Barbara Jean have two daughters, Diane, nine and Nancy, six. His flllll1ly now resides at 34.28 N Calllsch• Fresno, Calif

V. M . TREGONIS COR, CEC, USN

U.CYD "'· ti'i'lr'FlErt, LCuH, Ct.C, USN

OPERATIONS OFFICER

Lieutenant Donald R. Trueblood, CEC, USN, Operations Officer, reported to USN NCB SIX on Narch 1, 1958 as the relief for LT G. A. Anderson, CEC, USN.

His previous duty stations before report­ing to SIX were Assistant Public Works Of ­ficer of Naval School Command, Oakland, Galif.; Public Works Officer, u. s. Naval l·:inecra:f't Base, Charleston, s.c. ; Resident Officer in Charge of Construction, Naval Industrial Reserve Shipyard, Tampa, Fla.; l'roject Officer, Public Works Center, Guam; and Assistant Public Works Officer for Out­lying Fields, Naval Air Station, AJ.ameda, Calif.

He graduated from the u.s. NavaJ. Acadell\Y with a Bachelor of Science degree and from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree.

Prior to entering the NavaJ. AcadeJl\Y, LT Trueblood attended Indiana University in his hane town of Blocmington, Indiana.

He is authorized to wear the World War II Victory an:i the NationaJ. Defense Medals .

LT Trueblood is married to the former Miss Cecile E. 0 1 Connor of Alameda, caJ.if. !l'1rs. Trueblood and the two children, David, five, and Michael, three, are living :in Hoskins Park, Quonset Point, Ii. I.

LT Trueblood includes llD.lsic, bridge, golf, and camping among his hobbies. He used to be a fisherman but gave it up when going two years without a catch.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Lieutenant. c-sider Lloyd E. Stiffler, CEC, USN, is U.S. Naval Mobile Construction !attalion No. SII1 s Executive Officer. He relieved :U:::llt R.D. H:l..tchel.l, CBC, USN, on May 20, 1957.

Mr. Stitfler's service career shows that he was in the Army .tr&m Oct., 1941 to Nov. , 1945 and held the rank of sergeant.

Durin& this tiae in the A:rrq while on Tinian, LC!lt Stiffler participated in a concentrated B-29 attack on the Japs for three weeks. He 'Was subsequent~ awarded a bronze star medal. for bis 1118l'itorious sel'­vice. He then returned to school and re­ceived his BS degree in Civil ~eerin& from Carnegie Institute of Technology.

Mr. Stiffler was commissioned a LTJG in the Civil F.ngir.eering Corps on Nov. 8, 1948. Later he was assigned by the Navy to Princeton University where he earned a MS degree in ingineering in 1955.

In his Navy career he has seen duty in Philadelphia, Pa.; Princeton, N. J.; Kodiak, Alaska; NAS, Key West, Fla.; Bethesda, Md.; Little Creek, Va. ; and Port Hueneme, Calif.

LC!lt stiftler was born on Dec. 17, 1922 in iltoona, Pa., ldlere his father is now residing.

The Exec, being an active sportsman, likes swimming and golf. In the hobby category he spendshis time on hi- f i construction and photography.

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liCB SIX BEE HIVE - The barracks area of the ll. Bks. 1162S, "B" Co. berthing; 12. Bks . seabees at Roosevelt Roads includes: 1 . #6Z{, cooks and mess cooks berthing; JJ. BalTacks 11620, ''D" Compan,y berthing; 2 . Eks. Bks. #617, 11A11 Co. berthi.n&; 1.4. Bks . #61.6, #619, ''D" Co. berthing; 3. Bldg. #6ZJ., ''D" "A" Co. berthing; 15. Bldg. 1/615, Chap.. Co, head; 4 . Bks . 1/618, First class petty lain1 s Office, Sup~ Issue Room am Beer officers quarters; 5, Bes. l/622, "C" Co. Hall; 16. Bldg. 1/614, "H" Co. and "C" Co. berthing; 6, Bes. 1/625, "B" Co. berthi.n&; head; 17. Bks, 1/613, "C" Co, berth:!ng; 18. 7, fildg , IJ6U,, "B" Co, head; 8 , Seabee Bldg. #610, Rec Hut and MAA berth:!ng; 19. laundry; 9 . Bldg, 1162'3 , Mess hall; 10. Bks, 1/612, "H" Co. berthing; and 20. !ks. Bldg. 11624, Baker shop and cooks quarters; /16ll, CPO quarters•

11H11 COMPANY ~

.-. · e , a1 I 'Q t?btM W FLEF."r "MP};" - These ue t he men who acccmpllshed t he hlportant adm1nistrst.1w, supJl4r, medical and dental support for the Battalion while deployed at Roosevelt Roads, P. R.

In addition to fielding a championship softball. team, supp~ some fine bowlers for the Battalion bowling team and i'umiahing ten rough and ready men for the Emel'"­gency Ground Defense Force, the personnel of Headquarters Compaey furnish the necessary and vital administrative, supp:cy, medical and dental support for the Battalion.

Functioning smooth as a teamnot only on the athletic field but also in their da;r to da;r work in support of the Battalion the "men 11 of Headquarters Canpaoy- find their work, interesting, challenging and varied.

Number:lilg approximately 85 men, 22 of which are loaned from the field companies to perfonn mess-cooking and camp clean-up, "H" Compacy is composed mostlyof general: service ratings, COllDDOnly referred to as the Fleet Rates in the seabees.

From boatswain's mate to steward every man has a vi­tal task to perfomin support of the Battalion.

The persormel team, ~ tained by Earl Genton, 00, receipts and transfers men arriving and departing the

Battalion, maintains th~ all important service records of the me:n serving with SIX and writes and maintains the all important TAD orders.

Admin underthesupervision of M.Y, Lipsey, lNC, main­tains the Battalion and Navy directives, publishes Bat­talion notices and instruc­tions, compiles the required weekly and monthly reports, processes the Battalionmail.

!.&E operated by Ke:n KooP­man, lNJ, with valuable as­sistance from his striker Bob Bower, PNJ, disseminates infozmation to Batta.lion personnel on the many ed­ucation.al opportunities a,... vailable to Navy men. I&E also is responsible for the setting up and orderly func­tioning of the service wide exams for advancement 1n rat e, a huge task in itself.

Legal, a one man team made up of the Sea Lawyer from West Virginia, Wally J . Crews, lNJ, is a graduate of the Navy' s School of Justice at Newport, R.I. His task is to process report chits, draw up charge sheets, make up bill of sales, power of attorney forms, and mske all service record intries con-

nected with disciplinary matters.

Supply supervised by the smiling storekeeper reserve, R. B. Russell, SKJ., has the important task of ordering, receipting and issui.Il8, tools and materials for SIX' suse. The SK1 sdeal with everything from pencils to pipe.

Maeamonth, and 'When the money is available for per diem P8Qment, three times. a month, everyone in the Bat-­ta.lion comes into direct con­tact w.!.th the disbursing team. They1rethepeople who stam behiiid the green lou­v:ers with the s.llt at the bottom and hand out that nice green JnOney. Led by J. o. Rogers, DKJ., the di&­bursing clerks probably pel'"­form the most important job in the Battalion.

J.B. Haley, CSC, majol'"-domo of the general mess, supel'"­vises the cooks, bakers, and mess-cooks in the preparation of nourishing and wll bal­anced meals . If you don 1 t think it's & j ob, just ask the Chief what lt1 a like to feed 400 seabees, the big­gest eaters in the Navy.

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AJJ . .JNISTilATIOll - The clerical men of Ad:min include J. R, ltogan, YI~3; '.·f , J , Ccews; YN3; l!2!S E , J , Ladewski, CEC; I:. Y. Lipsey, DIC; R, S, Bower, t11T3; L.J . Leisch, Yll3 and R.W. GUmazl. JW.2.

mRSo:;;r.::r, T-'Al·~ - Doing routine Personnel Office 1·10rk is K.E. Koo:;iman, rin; -'>.R. Gen­ton, . l ll, Office ~uporvisor; ,l, :1. 1/o.rmoth, Ft!J; ;; • L. Vandergrift , r'N3 and U~S H. P, $em­melhack, C2C, Assistant Personnel Officer .

"H" Co. (con't) ning, G. W. Stringer, SH2, and his crew at­tempt to knock the mud and concrete out of t he greens, and remove the beer stains f:rom the whites. Contrary to popular belief the laundry does not have a machine that tears off buttons and shoots them through the socks, however, it 1s on order,

C. E. Bussey, SHJ., the barber and his striker see to i t that t he men of SIX look sharp. They say you really haven't been shaved until J . J . Rigits, sn, barber strik­er, takes the razor to you. Unlike most shops the increased cost of operation has not forced an increase in price. The price :remains the same, a cheery, thank you.

The Master at Anns force makes up the watch bills that give you that 0000-0200 watch everytime you have the duty. H.w. Feldthouse, GHC, is our acting chief of police and is responsible for the internal, security of the Battalion.

The chaplain, LTJG l~ . J. Brewer, CHC, gives spiritual guidance, religious ceremonies, personal assistance and correspondence to MCB-¢ personnel,

The journalist of PIO put out the best battalion newspaper, called THE i-iCB SIX LOO, in the seabees, T'ney also infonn the out­side world by way of press releases,

Didyoumiss that nail and hit your thumb, well then, come over to the sick- bey and get some profession<!l and sympathetic treat­ment from our experienced corpsmen. Also willing to lend a hel ping hand you'll never find our HMl or f!i;2 too busy to take care of your needs,

You say that tooth's been bothering you, why suffer, pay a visit to the only pain­less dental office in the seabees.

B, !-!. Adams, Yl'll, has the all important task of delivering and dispatching personal and business mail for the Battalion, Prob­ably the greatest single morale factor :i3 the prompt delivering of the stateside "sugar reports" •

. Every man assigned a task, evezy man doing his best to accOll!plish his job with one objective in mind, to support ' the field companies, the hardest 1·10rk:ing greatest group of men in the Navy, '

AT THE WAIDJ'()QM - P. Liba.o, SD1; J . R. Stineon, SD2 and c. A. Berrera, TN, commence preparing a maal in the officers mess.

'Well, 'lhis is a fine tillle to think of that l "

BUT \•IE DIDN 'T SMASH YOUR ElJTTONS -R.R. Brown, Tl~; G.W. Stringer, SH2 and R. C. Burch, SH.3, finish up a hot dav in the seabee laundry.

"an' Chief, how come they have •taters spelled with

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DOUGH lENllER - L.W. Morgan, CSSN, 11H11 Co~, prepares a cake in the Battalion Baker Shop,

SORTING MACHm- bundles llhi.te shirts with eyed cJ.ot.bing. Purpose to gl. ve all clothing a pink or baby-blue hue when washed.

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A FLAT-TOP i'LEASE - J.J. Regite, SN , barber llavy haircut as C. E. Bussey, SHl, barber striker, gives LCDR L. E. Stiffler, ID, a shop supervisor looks oo.

H~~ POLICE - The HAA force ie J.P. Welle, WHERE'S OUR PER DlEM - Everybody's friend S'.2; I·/. C. Gardner, R-il.; H. H. Feldthouse, on pay d~ is W. E . Quackenboss, DK2; J . C. G!:C; If.~ . Hall, BZ.:l. and J •. !. Coodson, 13:-.2. Roc;ers, Dl;:]. and G. R. :·/alter of ciisbursing.

GET A 1150 FORM - These a.re familiar words Rwleell, SKJ.; C. W. Sharpe, Jr., SA, and. of J . D. Sweet, SK2; D. A. Hol.t , SKJ; R. B. Jake Zismund, SK2, of the Su.ppl,y Office.

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SUPPLY OFPICER - LCIR R.W. Simpson, SC , USN, spends a large amount of his time behind his desk taking care of supply, disbursing, and galley duties. =,...--_,,, ___ _

WHATl MatE BEU' STEW - J.B. Hal.ey, CSC and Ed Cestaro, CSJ, pause from their daiJ.y routine of preparing food for the seabees.

GREENS ISSUE - J . G. Ruiz, SKJ and B. Thomp­son, SK2, check inventory on the boon-dock­ers on stock in the issue room.

RF.Cams - ENS H. P. 5-aelhack, CEC, Assistant Admin-Personnel Officer, signs personnel record page as one of his maJ\Y duties in the Battalion.

STaw IUlHES - LClll R.~. Simpaon and hie cooks, bakers, butchers and mess cooks, who keep the men of MCB SIX well fed.

THE DOC' S - W. F. Rollo, HMC; D. E. Wagoner, HM2 and D. G. ()akes, ff!.Il., look on as Doctor J . H. SAI.MON, LT, K; com:nent on.Mod practices.

1'/i.1 COMPANY

DOUBLE CLUTCHERS - "A" Company personnel who gave support transportation for all. the job sites. This company is COl!JPOS8d mostly of CD's and CM•s.

The mission Of •A.II ~ is to provide automotive and conatruct.ion equip!ll!lnt sup­port for the Battalion Wille Oil deplo,.ent. 'nd• ...,. involve anyWJ:ig !l'Olll the asai.gnmenta of a pl.clr.-up to SJring tboa•a:M• o~ JU'da o~ dirt.

"A" Compan;r is set up ill two major divisions: o~ tiona and maintenance. 'lbe operations section ia made up or drivers and the ll&int.­enance sect.ion is made up o! mechanics. Operations i• agaia diTided

into two sections:automotive and heavy equiµoont; auto­motive operations provides services involving the tran.­sporting of men and material also bus service and hauling with dump trucks.

Heavy equipnent operation provides for crane service, earthwork, clearing,ditching operation of earth augers, transit mixers, and pile drivers.

The maintenance section j,s responsible for the upkeep and repair of all automotive and construction equipn.ent assigned to the Battalion, which in the case of the present deployment numbers a bout one hundred and fifty

piec••• 'lbe EinteDance section is

madeup of a.veral components which are aa !ollowas auto­mtin repair, connructicm repair, COllst.rllctioll eqtu.p.. 98111:; n)ldJr, hl'.lricat;i.cm1 • ~ :plriai,. tift, npi.b,ami bat te1'7 sfrop-, alll 'llllillc equally i.llportant in earring out a auccessf'IU. maintenance and repair pregram.

Spare parts, or 6101 as it is called bT the men, ratea particular 111eDtion. Thia section has O'YW five thous­and different repair itellll libich mist be accurately , accounted for and dispensed as needed; no small taslc in itself. Parts llhich are required but an not ava­ilable in the 6101 assembly are procured. through sup~ departments trea either lDcal or stateside. <:ne extremely illlportant task within 11A11

Callp&ny is that of keeping the required records. Each gallon of fuel issued to a piece of equipm!!nt each quart of oil, each .lubric­ation that it recieves, each repair part incl.uding tires and batteries DUst be lDgged against that particular veh­icle. The scheduling of

vehieles tor the required preV"eative aintena.nce, co­ll}Xi.ling deta tar reperta required by YDSO Otfice o.f IAdustri&l Rel.a t.iana, CaalCB-lantandothers are additional respoMiMH:tiea ot the recarcls oE.tlce.

The currerrt deplo,_nt bas presented -iv challenges to the men o! 11A.11 Cciaipaey. Fraa the operations standpo­int such thing• as weather, terrain# and soil charactel'­istics have made some tasks almost unSUl'llOuntable but libich in the end have been conquered.

F.rOlll the maintenance sta­ndpoint a shortage of the necessary repair parts has caused considerable delq bu.1;in many cases has brought to light the capabilities of the mechanicus for lllaking -ersency repairs that are ingenious in thE111Belves.

Support of the POL project., the security fence project, and the AUW project. has required the majority of the productive effort of 11A11Com­pany during this deployment, thus making it illlpossible to p.ll'sue the road projects assigned to 11A11 Ca:apany to the extent libich the;y should have been.

REPOH'.l'S - N .E. Wambold, CMai, goes over records ot gas used by c~ vehicles with W. H. Snapp, C?I.

l·~c::.ltlllCS - JSm Caee1d7, <112; U.E. :::imbold, CMQI and H.D. Hilbert 1 Cl·:C, cake routine

chock.son Canpally vehicles.

•>.• OOMPANY BOOS - WO C.W. Kuhns, CEC, t.5n, Company CoDll!ander, explains pictures of an accident to R.L. Stuart, CDC, in the canpaoy office,

a:; !JI!: JOB - .Perfon:linr, his d~ duties nl.oru> in the l'.achine Shop each day is F . II .

Foelsch, Jr. , "A" ~. Ho i3 t~tellil'll: the doc on :i mechine lathe. '

H:.AVY ~m.:.J:r - S:i.dney .:.cith, a.ni, """ Co., checks tho oil on a company bull­dozer which just pullod into tho canpound with a squak.

GRSASS RACK - Us!ng the greas e gun to oil t.i".e drive shaft on an 11,, 11 Corapur.y vehicle on the grease rack at the compound area is R. B. Cox, CM3.

LOW J UI CE - E. R. Hutchinson, C~O.., udds f l uid to batter y that hus r,onc low. he a.so hus the charger nooked up.

"Shirt through tho gears again, here cooes another motel.& 11

"You• re missing a .!'cw UCI'C\·TS ~ir 111

1(00E N,.n.s - L. P. l1ll i 1ams, CMJ, per·fonns his daily duties in """ Compan,y tire shop . ~cho nails• Uh?

PARTS liOUSC: - C.A. ltidcile, cr1, chccl<S out a vehicle l:02 bottle fr ·m " . 1 • ,'hemes, C :1, nnd \· . .;.. Lane, Ctl, w• o : or k in the olOl bldg.

11~1 COMPANY SUPPORT

POL LINE

FENCE PROJECT

AUW BUILDING

11811 COMPANY

THE ~y MEN - The support 'WOrk of these UT1s, CE1s, fill's, EU•s,, and SV's will. be re­membered by all for the 'WOrk they accamnlished on depl.oyment at Boosevelt Boads, P. R.

The work accomplished by worldng hour calls when the men of "B" Company often emergencies ari.se. goes unnoticed. If a job is Where it not for the work of fi running smoo~ then affairs the S11rveyors ~ a job ' are as they should be; but, would never start and few ~t" ) when mis.fires occur the cause would be completed. ~ is u~ credited to the The shop personnel take on support work of 11B11 Compan;y. a great number of jobs with SUch is thelife ofa support an eagerness that blossoms

compan;y, for each day is into fruitfUl results. ~ filled with crucial moments In addition to the &for-where the abundance of the entioned, "B8 Compax\y operates • talent located in "B"~ the Material Compound, which ~ is called upon to meet the is im'Olved in affording the Ill " criS'is. The byword of this •teria.l. for the> f'iel.d czevs compe.n;r has cometo be there to carry- out their work. when needed, or soon th~ Men of "B" Company sup~ after. all the personnel. for the

The work of "B" ~ Operations Department, Eng- Cl. ~f) varied and requires a wide ineering and Drafting, Cup dispersal of Navy Ra.tings. Ma.intenance,andthe operation The shop compound, which is of the Batch Plant. the hive of the "B" ~ Thus it if. easi.J.J.' seen ~ Bees, contains the man, that the efforts of "B" Com-tools, and equ.ipnent that pa1\Y can go unrecognized are essential to support duriAg a deplo1Jlellt due to ~ work. the nature of their work ~

Ev'er;r day the ..a of the Yet it is the nature of this Carpenter, Welding, Elect:M.c companyte see that work does and UT Shops, and the tool n.t meet snags aDd continue§.. room are ready and wil11ng, to progress. to provide their services. These men of "B" Company These are the people vbo are only cogs oi a vast Cf) seldom leave their area for Battalion lilheel. bat the the field and UtilitieBlllen men 8Jql8Dd their utmost "" contribute the.ir efforts abilities 1n order to make towards designated projects, this important wheel. func-camp maintenance and after tion properly.

"Me •••• With a college education, 5 USAFI courses, and look what I'm doing.

NO HOT WATER - J .W. Smith, UT2; J . A. FaJ.as­ca , UT3, and D. G. ?trers, "B" Compaey men, perfonn constructitn of pipe outlet on the .WW Building,

CE' S AT WORK? - Known to be some of the hardest working seabees in the Battalion are the construction electricians.

''The ur• s w:l..l.l. never believe thisl"

11C11 COMPANY

mB FEJJCERS - Whether it be stretching .fence, digging holes, patching and la.ving pipe, constructing beam structures or support to the AUW shop, these men had their hands :in it.

'l'b1.s "Ork invol.ved veey cttttimlt pi.pe patching with ldtumast.ic enaaal as •ell as; difficult pipe placing due te the: an;r facilitiea ~upla.ce.

The Battalion TIU onq expected to finish 6<:$ et' this jeb. Included in this jeb wa.s .is.the construction of seventeen val.Te pits.

11c~ Coapa.n;r al.so had its finger in the road b.d.lding iy the Se&bees, as all. the road structure bad been Wilt by 11C11 Collpa.D;y' persennel. In the most or all1 cases placement was difficul.t due to the inacc-1sal>Uity and poor groWld condition• encountered.

Another of "C" Collp&D,Y1• projects lil&athe Steel1'0rkers support to the classified project. These 11en supplied all reinforc-nt •ts in 'llllls as weli as all struct­ural steel.

All in all, "C" ColapaD;v' bad a taste of everything during this deploY111181lt• All of the personnel. had a chance to l.earn something they had not known before. SOiie of the jobs at t.illles got monotonous, but this gave the crews a chance to iJlproTe on each time they

repeated the same operatiall and. in that 'lf1'Y to continu-­a.lly keep on their toes. ~ the .Roosevelt Roads

deployment, 11cn. Conlpa:ey had man;r varied jobs aseitned to it..

Firrt, anctl l'diO:ed. int priority, was the instdl!difumm. of a security fence complet:cy around the perillleter of the base. This l.ength, somewhat over eight mi..les, traversed mountain and. river bed a.s well as trees, bushes and swamps.

Along with the fence went culvert structures, 'Which carried the f •ence over small strea1115, and beam structure11 which carried it over the larger streams and ditches. In all there were over forty of these stru.ctures on the fence.

Many of the areas needed to be filled as they were swampy and impossible to support the construction equ:i.pnent.

Another of 11 C11 Company• s project was the installation of approxi.mate:cy 13,000 feet of 12 inch POL lines. Some of this distance was replao­ement of existing damaged lines and some of it was for new facilities .

ROOSEVELT ROADS SEC UR I TY FENCE

•Aud 1.t I ~e?lll

lm'ILL - W. L. ditch a.s F. H- K. Chun, SW2 and LCDR L.E. Stiffler converse about the job.

SW SUPPORT THE AUW Sll>P - A ~P ot steel.­workers tie reba.r !or a foundation wall at tbe AUW bull~.

Pm LlJ~ CREW - Three "C" Company lllllll pex­form duties on the pipe line lihich accowited for many lllllll hours on this deployment .

FOL LIN! OIECXS - Two CTI Canpany seabeea check the pipe on the POL line for brealas and defectiala.

PM PATCH.ING - Tald.ng a break on the POL line site after lotlg hours of pipe patching in the bot llWl ie P. R. ~er, BUCN.

S'll!'XD«lRKERS SHOP - 'lbeae men operate the shop and keep the different c1'8Wl9 en the jobs supplied. with rebar.

11D11 COMPANY

"D" CXMPANY Bl.ocx llJlIDERS - 1'hese 1m1 &l"t!I rnpaad.bl.e ror worlc CD the 11111 lbop• nbab• and the Vieques construction projects.

The mission of ''D 11 Canpan,y is completion of construc:-­tion projects assigned to SIX by the Battalion's construo­tion plan.

During our Roosevelt Roads deployment 11D11 Canpaizy- was engaged in construction of an AIJW shop, rehabilitation of l4 station buildings, and rehabilitation of Marine Fa­cjJities at Vieques Island• P. R.

Campany personnel incJ.uded LT R.B. Reeves, CEC, USN, Company Commander; E.J. Bo­rinsk:i., IUCA, Comp8lly Chief 8lld Project <ldef of the AIJW shop; H. C. Hilderbrand, BUC, Project Chief for the Vieques project and A. P. Prince, BUC1 Project Chief for the station rehab job and Assistant Chief for the AUW shop.

unu Comp8lly' s big job at Roosevelt Roads was the AUW shop. This stNeture was started immediately upon the Battalion' s arrival at P.R. A month and one half in the mud and water and finally this structure came out of the ground.

Not desirin,g to be too boastful of comp8lly accom­plishments, work was inr­mediately covered up. What

the pictures show represents about 75% of sweat and 2% ot c~ muddy c.1.otbes and wet feet.

The AUW project was not all 11D11 ~1 s doing. 11An, 11B11 8lld 11C11 Companies have supplied drivers, elec­tricians, UT1 e and steel­workers and without their assistance the area would still be a quagmire.

Chief Prince drew first blood for the Bo.ttal.ion so to speak on the rehab job. The da,y after SlX1 s arrival Building 515, Navy Exchange Garage had no roof and the job proceeded like a house onfire until the Battalion' s construction requirements dictated assignment of most of the rehab crew el-sewhere.

P .M. Ha.le, BUl, was placed in charge at this time. With his crew of 12 to l4 men the job progressed to a fine com­pletion. Unfortunately the glamor and spectacJ.e of new constructicn is lost here, but the good job done re­flects good planning and hard work on the part of Hale and his crew.

Chief Hilderbrand spent most of the deployment at Vieques and returned Sept.

19, a real. short. timer. The Vieqne&-.k was accanplj abed with an average crew- of .32 men and consisted or reba>­bilitation or rebuilding or 90 advance bon type str110-tures.

Three things were noteabl.e about the Vieques work, a joint venture project with the Mar:i.ne Engineers, the erection of a 10,000 BBL fuel oil tank, and the rea-1.izatiClll by the Marines at Vieques that seabees are the best especia.lly if they be­long to SIX.

All work and no pla,y makes wrking types real dull. While at Roos Roads 11D11 Can­pany had t w parties.

1'D 11 CampBlly personnel also enjoyed the Battalion party atEMBeach.

Q!.ve the men some beach, something to eat, a l.ot to dr.llik, and a chanee t o ex.­erci.se their Can Do and no one will have a better time.

That• s Delta Canp8lly at the end of another deploy­ment . 'lheir projects com­plete or as complete as pos­sible and in m8lly >iays the men feeling real proud of themselves - 1 cause they did a good job and belong to SIX.

ON TOP 'll!E AUW SHOP - 1 . ''D" Can­paey-personnel emp­ty a concroto buck­et to pour a wall ••• •• 2. Pouring ot dock bogins ••••• J . Cement bucket Ollq>­

t;y, take it ~ . •. •• 4. Two vibra­tors are used to settle tho cement down under the re-bar wire • • • •••• 5. Another job well done after scro­eding of tho dock was canplote.

DRIVERS

AUW BUILDING

DETACHMENT QUEBEC

LTJG J. B. GllOFF, CEC, tmm Officer-in-Charge Deta.chment Quebec

KCB SIX Detachment Queb.,,c, deployed to Argent.is;~ Neidou.rdland,, consisting of 120 men and two officers was conmissioned with LTJG J , B, Groff, CEC, USNR, uOinC' ori April 25, 1958 at Davisville, R. I . ~rking on the USS SHAtMELL (LSD-15) on April 30, the Detachment a rrived in Argentia on May 3.

R.D. Dill, CDC, in charge of a six man advance party which had arrived in Argentia two weeks previou~y was at dockside with t rd.llsportation to escort the incoming De­tachment to Barracks 102- M, our base of op­erations for the next seven months.

The first weekend was spent unloading the ship and getting settled in our new barracks . ill hands turned t o cheerfully, disregarding the cold rainy weather which is normal in Argentia for that time of year.

Monday morning Project Chief Petty Officers and Project Petty Officers, with t heir crews begc.n the search for materibls for their re­spective projects. In a few short days it became evident that blue-prints, material take-offs and estimates which had been made available to the Detachment in Davisville for planning purposes were outdated and had not given us a clear insight to the many problems that began to plague the OinC and his Operations Chief, L.E. Oliver, BUC.

As there was only material and working areas available to start three of thelO as­signed projects, Dc.visville plans were dis­carded, and the majority cf the Detachment were put to work on rehabilitating five 184 man two story wood frame barracks. This re­habilitation work consisted of installing new ceramic tiled showers an:i heads, altera-

L.E. OLIVER, llJC, USN Chief- in-Ola.rge

Deta.chment Quebec

tion of full ceiling height partitions to dwarf partitions, installation of new scrub and dry rooms in the basements, new wiring and light fixt\U'es, replacements of damaged asphallt f loor tile, removing of obsolete galley spaces and: a huge amount of painting of interior spaces.

A small crew of electricians were set to work on the landing strip, completing the installation of three high intensity ni.nway lights. a crew of builders with C. V. ~be, BUl, in charge as Project Pett70fficer, be­gan l«>rk on Proj ect No . 3, which consisted of rehabilitation l«>rk on four temporary warehoWle buildings, (401 X 2001 ), as soon as t he areas were clea.red of stored 111&­

terial, some two weeKs later. Rotted load­ing-docks, doors, under-pinning, floor j oists and flooring were replaced with new material. The heating system for the four warehouses was renewed, together with in­terior and exterior lighting.

A complete new magneto phone system for the statiGJls fuel .facility was started and placed in operation by an electr ical crew under the leadership of C.R. Keblc-, CE2, Project Petty Officer, !or Project No. 5, as soon as mterial became avail<iW.. .

Building IJO, t he Station Boat. House, had been a project placed on the deferred list due to the nature of work involved and the prevailing unfavorable weather. J . A. Stein SW'dC and his crew of steelworkers were soon busy removing deterior11ted corrugated sid­ing, chipping and red- leading the metal frame work, and installing new aluminWR

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DETACHMENT sidinl; . i!ew w.indows were installed as the cre1·r ;:rogressed, renewing wall by wall, old purlins were replaced, and the interior metal frame work and exposed wood tr:ilil were i;:iven a fresh coat of grey y~int.

Project Ho. 4 required a, .. pro.ximately four acres in t he ~tation DOD Housing Area to be graded, covered \·Tith a mixture of peat and gravel, hand-raked, fertilized and seeded, Due to intermit tent rair13r weather, this project could be worked only after a ~ of clement weather, as rain turned the soil into an un-workable gluey mixture.

The process of running aggragate through a grizzly, hauling peat and gravel to the areas to be covered, wind-rowing the mix­ture, removing large stones by hand-raking an:-! reworking areas previously leveled and seeded proved to. be time consuming. It was not uncolJlll!On to find an are11. J.ef't the night before readied for seeding rutted 1·tith auto­mobile tracks. However, i-tith t he passing of Spring into Summer new green grass blank­eted the lawns in the Housing Area.

The top priority pro,ject, Pro.iect No, 6, \'lhich called for replacement. of 190 exist­ing street light standards and underground cable, 1·ras started on June 5, with R.D. Dill, CDC, Project Chief Petty Officer and R.H. Kinzer, CEl, Project Petty Officer coordinating the work of the eJ.ectricains, builders and drivers. Work consisted of removing deteriorated light standards, ex-

QUEBEC (con't) the Transportation and Heavy Equipment Naintenance Chi ef, R. Vanwagner, CMC. The mechanics "turned to" willingly eveninsl:s, Saturdays and Sundeys to keep vital equip­ment busy on the job.

Personnel not busy in the garage on week­ends volunteered several weekends at the Northeast Arms Caap cluarin11; land for a new ball field, and 11:;idewaJ.k11 superintending" electricians, plumbers and builders of the Detachment, ,.mo were working on a new lodge to provide additional recreation facilities for base personnel.

Upon completion of Project ,'19, conversion of one fo:i:mer barracks to a school buil.ding, a crew of builders, electricians and steel­workers moved into Building f/593 (Jr.i.ami Han­gar) to convert. a locker space into office and training spaces, Project No. 2. The conversion of locker spaces to offices and class rooms consisted of the installation of asphaJ.t tile i1oor covering, pre-fabri­cated metal partitions and doors, lightirv' circuits, and extension of heating duct line.s.

Ping pon,e: and horseshoe tournaments, par-­ticipation in the Station's Softball, Bowl­ing and Basketball Leagues, bi-monthly de­tachment picnics and outi.nr,s at Northeast Alms Recreation Area relieved the monotony of long days on the projects.

In addition, movies were obtained for view.in11; in the Birracks Day Room on several evenings weekly and occasional trips to the city of St. Johns, some Sl miles distant, were sponsored.

A 11Pass-in-Review11 was held on August 2, on the Southside So~ball Field with CDR R. Wagner, USN, Executive Officer, N"aval Sta­tion, Argentia, present as reviewin<> of­ficial. The "Well Done" from CDR Wagner more than compensated for the hours of practice spent on previous Saturday mom­

cavating trenches for the installation of ings. ne,·r parkway cable, fo:i:ming, ~urine. ~ l·/i th National Ensign and Detachment Colors setting of new conc.rete foundations, fabri- rippling from the ever-present Argentia cation and erection of steel light stand- wind, the Detach.'l'lentmarched proudly off the ards, s plicing, etc., and was hampered by Parade Ground and returned to the barracks lack of essential material. area for a weekend of relaxation. Hilitary

The surveyors were assigned the task of training dominated most Saturday mornings stald.ng out all known under-ground obstruc- until the Detachment turned to a six day tions, and watching the progress of the two work week to utilize prevalling good weather ditchers inchinit their w8<f through rocky in an effort to complete their constructicn gleciai teITain. A Northwest 25 Backhoe was plan. repaired and pressed into service to make A change in Naval Station liberty regula­uu for the Illa.JV hours of "down time" suf- tions permitted the men to remain aMay over fered by the two ditchir.g machines due to night from the Station, a privilege pre-­parts for the two ditching machines. "Dmvn viously denied. "Out-of-Vacinity Passes", Time" on the ditchers was kept to a mfoinnnn requiring the signature of Project Petty by utilizing the services of the duty me- Officers, i'roject Chief Petty Officers and chenic and thr:i enthu.siast,ic "Can Do'.' ~pirit Assistant Officer-in- Charge were abolished. of the mechanics under the supervision of Bus service to and from st . Johns was in­the presence of large boulders beneath the augurated this s\DDDter and t hose making the surface of the g.round which resulted in trips report that liberty there is the ffiST . bro~en bucket teeth, buckets and drive The neighborim.c tO\·ms of Placentia, Dun­ch8:ll1s• . ville, Jersey Side and Fresh 1iater do not

1-'?'\'f aruo.ous days were spent awaiting the have the bright light attractions of St . arrival. of parkway cable and replacements Johns.

DETACHMENT PAPA

8.\.".B.'.000 DETACHl·lE:NT - Detacbment PAPA, camnaruied by WO R, K, Jones, CEC, consists of ilP­prox:iJ:ntcly 37 men who were deployed to Barbados, B.W.I., for four nx>nths construction.

Detachm~nt PA!>A of u. '3 . Haval lfobile Construct.ion Dat';;:tl.io•i :;IX was commiss­ioned on28 l!:ly 1958, 2t Roosevelt Roads, Puc..-to !lico with ';.0 R. K. Jones, CEC, USN AS Officer in Charee. J . E. Reilly, BUC Operations Chief and thirty- seven men.

The Detachment departed for Barbados, B. '.·/. I . on 4 June by air. llaterial, tools, and equipnent were transported via LS· 37'3, and met t he Detachment there.

Projects assigned to the DetachMcnt included the construction of approxima­tely 750 feet of pav ed road on the ~:aval Facility, to connect the Terminal F.quiµnent Building to th,. lllAin po.rt of the F'aeility. This was accorr.plished by D. L. strickl.and, CDl, and his crew of drivers.

All Of the exterior surfaces of:.the buildines there were GX"Olll'ld smooth, cleaned ant painted by a tl:cnty-one man crew of B. :-:.r. laborers , ur>der the sup­ervision of D. L. Cogdil, Bli2.

A new antenna F,rOur-<l radial was instalJed, sectior.tliizing switches arxi a grounding system insta.lJ ed on the po1:ur distribution systa:i by the Detachl'lcnt l:1ectricians, supervlsc..>d by 11.v. Cabrar", CBC.

!'.ost Of t he noor t ile and structural fncin~ tUe in tho heads in the Recrea-

tion Building and Barracks Buildings was removed arxi replaced by the tile crews, headed by J ,H. Deverner, BUC.

w. S. Wilcox, t!l'C, arxi his crew instru.J.ed two new com~ars on the air conditioning systan at the T~minal :;quiptment Building, and re-piped the entire systen.

These projects am many 1J10re were accomplished by the Detachment durine, it ts four roonth deployP1ent in Barbados. Excellent MTkrn.'lnshin • ''\!l the standaltl, ani quality, and rnny a "if ell Done" was recieved by this group. In spite of shortages and long delays in delivery of oonstruction materials , am the necessity of m.:J.ny substitutions, all projects 11ero completed to the satisfac­tion of all concerned.

l!any l asting friendships were establ­ished bet1·roen the men and the r es­idents of Ba.rbado~ and liberty on this i_Uteresting old island was enjoyed by all hands.

Cooperation and coord.ination 1'1'.i.th the uaval Facility wa s excellent, both at "l'IOI'k anl. of.f duty. The Detacl".ment was included in all the Facility' s Recreat­ion activities, beach p<U"ties, dances, etc. All in all , it was a very satis­.f'y:i.ng deployment, and one these men are sure to remetnb!\l:' .for a lona time.

11:\nother job 111el.l done."

•b£AQ Jou .. ..

!7:IY5ICJ\L DRILL - 'l'he l:itc ..::dwin J . Vangassboclc, J . .C, "B" Conp~ 1 leads the ~­or-ency Ground Def ensc Force in "'th~ ph.,"Si~ <'rill with a"'lllS at. one ct. their tr::i.:iJ1int; cessions.

COJ:lP8.nY O! J.:GB ...,n seabees

execute •eyes right • as they

pass the reviewing stand in a practice

Pass In Boview during militarJ training. Tina

coapatl\f, •A• Co., received the higtlest honors at this

practice Pass In Review on the parade .field at Roos Roads and "B"

ConlPany took second honors.

L:.C'i'i.l:tLS - Personnel o! SlX at station theater attendin.G such lectures as safoty, bio­log_cal- cr,er.Ucal warfare, first aid, codership, irtilitary courtcs~' , c ... c , utc, etc.

LADEWSKl'S RANGERS In the s;:d.rlt o! t he F:i.gh~ Soabees of

the past, the Emcq;ency Ground. Defense Force wa::i 'Jorn to ma.ke.Y::B-6 a t ruly ready organi­z.ction. The Force , more CC!:DOOnly known as Lc.dc:rs!:i 1 s ~ors, is an or ganizational. cora,.'.lOnent of tho Battalion' s l-assive Defense Plan ~ i s o.n inspired group of action­rcady ::;eabocs. Saturd~ training sessions undel' the

'·r.itchful eyes of volunteer l·larine instruc­tors include such trainine as bl\Yonet tech­niques, rifle firing, squad tactics and CA.l.isthenics .

The Rangers, all 60 of ~ihom are volunte­ers, fonn o.n enthusiastic group who " hrolJ&ll thoir continuous training will ti:lke a force capcl>lo of handl.imr local emergencies.

4 prc~t the Ca::Danding Officer of the t •..:oRanger Platoons is Ensign 2:: . J . L:idewsld..

'.-'.e hel11ed organize the group and hes led it in it ' s initial months of trcining.

ii.A:', 'i'UHI TH1L .... , FUHJ - Those arc familiar :·101"ds to the KCB-6 Drill Tc:lr.i coming from ::cuoio Herbert, CD2, Drill l·iaster. LT ll. B, ,l.Jc•. os, C.:C, is Officer-in-Chari;c.

MCB-6 SEABEES DONATE· 121 PINTS OF BLOOD

121 Pii:T.S ;)Q?;ATED - Captain V . V. Tregonis, CEC, co, HCB SDC, receives t hanks on behalf of the BattaJ.ion from 1';/Sgt , Mervyn L. Screeton, blood bank represent9.tive, RUSAH , P. R., .for the Bat­talion1 s donation of .121 pints o.f blood during the de:Jl oyment •

?OU,! vF 121 - Four J.!CB SIX seabees donate the Battali on Recreation llut. These blood to Rodriques Arley' Hospi tal., P. R. , in represent only 3 . 25;;; of the donations .

men

HAPP? SEAlEE - H. D. Dugger, UTC, has a most happy smile on his face as he receives a free case of beer from ENS E, J . Ladewsk:I., CEC , Admin Officer. This is courtesy of the 1-LCB SIX recreation f or his six year re­enlistirent.

SHIPS' FOR SIX - MCB SIX seabee, T.N. Mc­Lellan, CN, "H" Company, reenlists for a... nother six yAars asCDR V.M. Tregonis, gives him the oath.

REENLISTMENTS

M>RE staI.E - H.J. Homs, cs1, "H" C<m­pany, takes the oath from CDR V .M. Tregonis, CEC, CO, for his reenlistment for another s ix years in the naval. service.

MOST HAPPY - These two men have most happy smiles on their faces a.i'ter receiv:ing a .free case of beer· each for their reenlist­ment .

CBLANT-ADMIN INSPECTION

CAKE ANYONE

HAVE ANOTHER DRINK

CBLANT PARTY

We work like hell., we !igbt like hell, and al.w-.ys COl!l9 back tor more;

Tho Navy1a advance baee ong1.neera On man;r a foreign ahore.

On halt the lousy _ial.anda from here to Timbuotu,

You'll find a hive ot Seabees­One hell ot a fi8'lt1ng crew.

The admiral just dropped around to chat the other night,

Be said, 11Now boys, I know 70IJ. work but 70u•ve alao been trained to tigbt.

11So 1.t there• s any trouble 1 don't stop to put on your greens;

Just drop your tools• grab up ,.our guna and protect those poor marines. u

WHO ME!

OH! HAPPY TIME II

••• LIBERTY TO COMMENCE.~. 11 II

SEABBES ON LIBERTY - 1. Two men stop at day in the sun i s Frank Halbert, BUJ ; J .c. Bw:!dy' s Gate as the base Marine checks their Martin, BUJ; D. W. Ulrich, DUJ; Joe Di Gug­libe.rty cards. 2 . Bob Bower, PNJ; Chuck lielmo, Jr., CN; and E.L. Noll, CK. 5. A Knight, CDJ; Jim Cassiday, CM2 and Dave coastal view of Puerto Rico taken from 1on Watt, BUCN enjoy drinks and refreshments at top of El Yunque •. 6. Philip DuBois, SVC; BUNDY'S BAR. J . Refreshing with Don Q at James Stretch, CUC; D. Rosenbalim, Cl-!GC and the Ocean View Club in luquillo is C.P. Bill Locklar, J02, relax in the El Yunque Themes, CML; Frank Halbert, BUJ and Tom Restaurant . '.Ihose were just a few of the Davis, CN. 4. Out at luquillo Beach for a spots that MCB-6 men visited in P.R.

HISTORY EL MOORO-One of the histori­cal landmarks of Puerto Rico locat ed in Old San Juan.

Area: 3,435 sq. mi. Capital1 San Juan Largest Cit7: San Jua11 Pepulatien: 2,~000 Menetary Unit: U.S. Dollar Form of Gov1t: Colll!lonwealth

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Puei·t.o Rico :us an island territory of the United states. The Caribbean com­monwealth consist.a of the roughlJr rec­tangular main island (100 miles long, 35 miles wide), the offshore depend~t islands of Mona (west), Vieques and Culebra (east), and man7 S1Mll, JDO.tly uninhabited, islets near its o.ast. Ferlli.ng part of a su'tnarine mountain range, the island is cr••sed in its entire length by 110unt&in r&n$85 such aa the Cordillera Central (highest peak 4,400 tt.), Sierra de lilquillo {DOrtheast), and Sierra de Gayf17 (southeast). The coastal plain is a­bout 10 miles wide in the north, but narrower in the south where JDOuntaine rise abruptl.r fr«11 the pla.i.n. The nu­llll'OUI coast&l. lagoons are noted I.er their 'ld.ld fowl, The slll&ll unnaviga­ble rivers are widely used for bydr.­electric pc>wer and irrigation (espe­ciall.y in the south), Little-exploit­ed mineral deposits include some gold (mined in early colenial era), magnet­ic iron ere, and manganese.

Puerto Rico has been weighed dol«t by one of the highest population densi­ties ( 650 persons per sq. 1111.) ill the world; and has long suffered fran the infiexibili ty of a one-crop (sugar) e­conomy. Progress has been made in di­versification with the addition of coffee, tobacco, citrus fruit, pine­apples, a variety of vegetables, cot­ton and others to the co1mtercial crops produced, A large reforestation pro­gram of t~e Caribbean National Forest is under wa7 in the interior, where mahogany and other tropical timber trees thrive. As sugar processing is still the ma.in industry, there are maey sugar mills, called centrals, re­fineries, and distilleries. Next rank the tobacco industry, t he island 's re­nowned needlework, and the production of fruit juices, vegetable oil, straw hats, cotton and leather goods , Most axports are to the United States.

PUERTO RICO

Main cities include San Juan, Ponce, Mayaguez, Arecibo, Guayama, Caguas, Rio Piedras, Humacao, and Aguadill& •• In­dustrialization has made great strides since the 1930s, due especially to large hydroelectric projects, such as Cari1ie1 Rio Blanco, Toro Negro, Garzas, Dos BGcas, Caonillas. San Juan, with airport and naval base, is the leadinc port, Puerto Rico is becoming increas­ingly a winter resort.

Puerto Rico -s inhabited in pre-Co­lumbian days by Arawakan Indians. Co-11.llllbus landed here an November 19, 1493, on his second voyage, but it was settled by one of his companions, Juan Ponce de Leon, 'Wile returned 15 years la.tar, landi.ng at San Jue.a harbor and !l8llWlg it POrto Rico. As the i sland'• first governor, he founded Caparra (four miles inland), which waa abandon­ed for San Juan in 1521. An Indian up­rising was quelled in l5ll and Negro labor was introduced shortly thereafter since the native popu1£tion was practi­cally wiped out. San Juan soon emerged as one of the most formidable Spanish strongholds in the New World, Puerto Rica was, in the early coloni.a.l era, frequently subjected to attacks by the British, IA!.tch, and French, Movements for independence were started in the 1820s. Slavery continued to exist un­til 1873. In February, 1898, Puerto Rico was finall7 granted autonomy. A few months later the Spanish-American War broke out, and American troops were landed, A treaty ceding Puerto Rico to the United States was signed on Decem­ber lo, 1898. Through the Jones Act (1917), United States citizen.ship wae· extended to Puerto Ricans, and greater self-government was granted, Since 1948 the governor has been elected b7 insular vote, and in July, 1952, the collllDOnwealth of Puerto Rico was estalr lished as a virtu.all.y autonomous unit. Though English is an official language, Spanish is predominant.

SCENES of PUERTO RICO

Weddlnq Bells The '"iedding bells rang for Thomas Hiller

1'lcLellan, CU, and Janice Eileen Williams during the deployment at the Base Chapel when they were united in Holy l-latrimony by Chaplain N. J. Brewer, Battalion Chaplain.

Stand:i.ng up for the bride and groan was Mrs . Robert Throclono~on, the Na.id of Honor and l:layne liorgan, CSSN, Best l·la.n.

HcLellan was granted special liberty l:zy" the conmand for a short honeymoon in sunny Puerto Rico.

T'ne bride 1 s grandmother made the trip from the States with her to attend the wed­di.ns and retu.zned one week later.

Thomas is from Detroit, l·J.chigan and met his wife in her home town of West \·/arwick, R. I .

R.J. TOMLIN CM2

E. J . VAN GA AS BECK OMC

J.H. OEVERNER BUCA

ROSTER of CREW Veme M. TRIDONIS, Clli, CEC, USN ••••••••••• COMl-IANI>Il<G OFFIC.iilt Lloyd E. STIFFLER, Jr., Lelli, CEC, USN .. . .. EXECUTIVE OFFICr1t Q:>nald R. TRUEBLOOD, LT, CEC, USN .......... OPERATIONS OFncm Ralph K. JONES, WO, CEC, USN ••••••• ••• , • •• • ASSISTANT OPERATIONS-i::NGINU11.ING OFFICJ:lt Jerome L. BLAFER, DC, USNR ••••••••• • •••••·• • DENTAL OFFIC.::R Robert W. SIMPSON, Jr. , Lelli, SC, USN ••••• SUPPLY OFFICER Edward J . U.D&iSKI, ENS, CEC, USNR .......... ADl.UN- PEHSONNEL OFFICER ( 11 H11 CO. CDR) Henry P. SF>!MELHACK, ENS, ci::c, USNR . ... .... ASSISTANT AllilN- PERSONNEL Ol"FICER Nicholas J . BREWER, Jr., LTJG, CHC, USN .... CHAPLAIN James B. GROFF, LTJG, CEC, USNR ............ OFFICER IN CHARGE DET . QUEBEC Charles A. TENNY, \\021 CEC1 USN ............ ASSISTAt.'T OinC DET. QUEIIBC Clarence W. KUHNS, WOl, CEC, USN ........... "A" COMPANY COMM..Nlll::R Joseph A. RUSCYK, ENS, CEC, USNR ••• •••••••• "B" COMPANY COMMA.NDER Robert A. ROOERS, LTJG, CEC, USNR •••••••••• 11C11 COMPA!lY CO.Jt:.MlER Ronald B. REEVES, LT, CEC, USN , ••• • • • •• •••• "D'' COMPKNY COl·ll·u.NmR James H. SAIP.ON, LT, MC, USN ................ MEDIC.hl. OBFICbR

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1958 CRUISE BOOK STAFF

COMMANDING OFFICER CDR, V. M. TREGONIS CEC, USN

EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR, L. E . STIFFLER CEC, USN

ADVISORY OFFICER LT JG 1 N. J. BREWER CHC, USN

EDITOR

B. H . LOCKLAR

ASSISTANT EDITOR

D. W. WATT

PHOTOGRAPHER

E. F. JOHNSON

ASSISTANlS

J. F. DOUGHERTY - S. 0. LINDEMANN