All Hands Naval Bulletin - Feb 1941

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PAGE-=Admiral Reeves t o Address V-7 Graduates ....................... 5Advancements t o Chief P e t t y Officer Ratings ................... 9-10Air Alrnanac - N a u t i c a l Almanac ................................ 13-14Assignment of Nav al Academy Graduakes-Class of 1941 ........... 2Benefi t Guide ................................................. 1 5Button, Button, Who's Got the k t ! ! ? . * . . . . . . . . . . * . . * . * ~ * * * * * 6-7Case History .................... ........................... 3-4Courtesy C a r d ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ ~ ~ ~ b . ~ . . . . . . 8Delay i n Forwardillg Return ....................... 1 2E xt rac t Frorz a Let t e r Writ wtf Who WasN ot Se l ec t ed Fo r Promot ................. 3F i r s t V-'7 Ciass , U . S. Naval. Ac .......................... 5F l a t F e et - Reason For ... ....................... 14Free Offer o f Mucic ........................................... 4-15J o i n t Army and fjavy Conunittee t% 9eZfare and Recrpa t ion . . ...... ?-9L. y . Spear Foundat ion Prize .................................. Lbf i l i t a ry Leave * r 8N a m e s Assigned - Six Crui sers . . . . . . . . . ......................... 16National Geographic Kagazines .................................. 1 6Naval O bs er va to ry Corn :iended ............................... 13Naval Vessel Nmed i n Honor o f Forrner Naval R ese rve O f f i ce r . . .. 7-8Xavy Rel ie f So ci ety ........................................... 12-13' 3ff icers ' Promot ion ............. ............................. 2R ecru i t i ng for January, 1?41......................... .......... 9Reques t s fo r Naviga t iona l Instruments, P r i n t i n g G u t l i t s , E t c. .. 1 4School Concession ............................................. 15Se rv ic e Record, Pages 9-10 - Unnecessary Forwarding ............ 11Ship and Stat ion Newspapers ................................... 16Tentat ive Plans for Cont inuance of V-7 Program.& .............. 5-6Tra in ing Cmrses ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r . r . . . . . . . r . . . . . . . . . . . . . b A2Transpor t a t ion of Dependents ................................... 8Two Naval Ac t i v i t i es a t Nor thwes tern Univer i s ty ............... 5U.G.Naval Acadern~. .*bL...b....~..............,...,........... 3Yearbook of E nl is te d T rai nin g and Requests f o r

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Even more c a r e f u l and thorouigh di ss er dn at ion o fpe r t i n en t i nfo ri np t ion t o t he Kava1 Serv i ce ,and t o thegeneral publ ic . i s now planried thr oug h t h e medium oft h i s B u l l e t i n a nd t h e p u b ii c press r e s p e c t i v e l y .The Sure au of Nav1gstion -dl1 p r e c j - a e r e c e i p tof r a t e r i a l f o r t h i s 3rgj.n.pro fes sio nal dat2 , hurnFn in te re s t s t o r i e s , e t c . , over

a n appr opr i a t e s ig ri a t u w . For7s;ard a l l a r t i c l e s ,/s/C, :Y. N I T l L T Z ,3 i e f of Bureau,

PASS THIS IIuFORP.:ATI~??~ALONGThe Burectu Dreperes t h i s bu l l e t in for 1nfor .mt ion-t o t he coi l~ssLo ned and e:?listec? pcrs onn el of the Navy.Your cooperat ion ; s r ecyes t ed i n see i ng t h p t p e r t i -

nen t information conta ined here in is brought to t h ea . tt e nt i cn c f p u r s h i px a tp s .Repr in t ing of i n fo r .m t i on fo r propEr d i s p l a y on abu l l e t i n boa rd i s suggcste:?.


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TY,?T4TIVZ ?UVS FOR C ( 1 N T I K U ; , l . ~ 2 ~ , .F V- ? T'63GRAII ( C O N ' T)commissioning thxm a t thc f.nd cf an inicnsive period 3f i n s t r u c t i o n ,

Funds h a v ~ een r , q u r s t c d f o r th? c c n t i n u m c e cf t h e u l andur ing the sa'on of whi ch i3 incrwssC1 educat lcnal r r c p i r ^ x n t s , a minim-?. of acoi i eg e degree and suc ces sfu l csm-le t ion of p l ane t r iycnometry .

r 3 f 1941,wi th c t r h i n m odi f i c s t i cns , th-c p r i n c i p a l

Prnvic-icd f m d s are aDrrour i a t sd , i t i s p l a n n d t o s t a r tt hc c ruises sor(ie t i i n < ? i n July, aiu t he R ese rve Mi dsh i m cn c l a s se sa t Abbott H all , Nort twes tern Univer;it;;, Chizago, I l l i n o i s , and i nt h e !J.S.S, PRA;RT;1: STATE, iiew York City, d u r in g t h e L a t t c r p 3 r t ofSentenber , 19U.be ma d e until about May 1.Eni i shnent s for t h l s t r a i n i ng w i l l yrob7,bI.y n o t

The C m : ianclants w i l l . b e f u r n i s h e d w i t h p e r t i n e n t i n f o r -niation gn t h i s sub2ec t ~ ~ h e i ihe , r o g r m i s a p w m e d .


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the armed s?rvi:es,t h e - .l rc vi si on o f a d eq ua te r e c r e a t i o n f a c i l i t i e s o u t s i d e r\f Navaland h l i l i t a ry r e se rva t i ons .The main i n t e r e s t of th e Ccm*Littce l i e s i n

Mr. Char les P , Taft, @on of t h e l a t e P r e s id e n t, h asb e e n a p v i n t e d Assistant Co-erdinator unde r t he Fede ra l Secu r f t yAdminist rat ion.S e c r e t a r y Knox au t ho r i zed f ive members t o be ap-ointed

?-le was named v i c e c h n i m a n .t o s e rv e on t h i s j o i n t cmni t t ee .Sheldon Clark, Chicago, prasident cf t h e Navy LFaque of t he Uni tedS t a t e s .

The Navy anoo i n t ee s i nc l ude

Others a re Captain ForresG U . Lake, U . S . N , , ( r e t , ) ,D i rec tor of th e Tra in ing i)ivisi.m, Bureau nf N a v i p t i o n ; L i e u t c n a n tCqlonel: James W; Webb, U.SJl.C,, Off icer i n Charge of th e PersonnelAdminist rat ion Divis inn of t h e &wine C w p ; Co:nxander John L , .ReJpo lds , Q f f i ce r i n Char$@ of VJsUare and Recreat ion, Bureau ofNavigation, and Ccmmndar Austin K . Doyle, a t t ached t c t he Pe r sonne lDivisinn, Bureau of Aercnnu5i.m.

F i n a l r e cr u i t in g r e s u l t s f o r t h e monthly ppriqd endingJanuary 31, 1941, showed a l m s t 1 1 , O O i ) r e c r u i t s a c c en t e d, T hi si s t h e h r g e s t nuzber of r e c r u i t s o b ta in e d f o r an y cne months i n c e t h e mesent dirivE has been c w r i e d on,The Chief of the Bureau of Nnvigntion sddresseJ c m -g r a t u le t i o n s t o t h e Recruiting Servicc; on t h e %hove ?hewing w i t ht he fo l lowing s t a t ement :t t T h ~ hief of t h e Sureau of Navigat ion u r i s h c s t o con-gra tu lz t te the R wru i t in t : Sc- rv ice on j ts showing dur in? the qer iod

i s ve ry nuch on the job.1'I c los ing January 31, 1741. I t i nd i cc.tes t h R t evervmc involved

APVANCELJENTS TO CHIEF Pr;:TYy OFFICE; R A E VC S'11. A Bureau l e t t e r t o a l l s h ip s and s t a t i o n s d a t e dFebruary 11, 1941, c m t a i n e d a l i s t cf two thousand f i v e hundredand twenty s i x advancemnts t o ch i e f pet ty o f f i c e r d i s t r i b u t e d

amnng t h e v a r i o u s r a t i n g s as fo l lows:41641 4 1 Chief Storekeepcr 133

0 Chief Boat swai nls Mate 336 Chief M t,alsmi t h! Chief Gunner! s !$ate 9% Chief YecinsnChief Twpedoman-9-


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I t aga in rust bc~repelted % \ a t t h n f u n l s a t t he d i s m s a lof %he Bureau are l i m i t e d f o r t h c prorlcct ion ol Trainin$: Cnxr?es.Gwinq t o the i ix i t c r i funAs cvlsllabls, ELIuii!.ixited slivpl-y cf' t h e s ecourses carmot b c pr i n t ed . !"61hln the ~ n s t ear, ex:.esslvo dnsiandshyvt h e m m d c f c r t h eee COUrSe:j .f'rxn shim reqdestin;: IAe e q t i r c Llst of c o u r sc s , a n t a l s o r e q u e s t sf c r exce3s i . e n1xi'ows i n c e y t a i n r a t i n g s , ~ s n y f vbich have b e e nf o r r i ? t . i n p which are not assi,;ne:! t o th e pnrt lcuLar shi ps . Fdrc-e s s a r i l y , t n e s e r s qu e ,z ts ha ve b w n r e fus rd .

Requests h v e been r c c c i v c l

I t i s t h e d 2 s i . m d" h e B u r e m t o issue c c u r s e s in suf-f i c i e n t q u a n t i t i e s s3 t h q t cwh m n l i s t e d L v iuh? CxmandingC fz i ce r a s 'win;: read:. t- , crmi:rnc? training for t h F next h i ghe rr 3 t i n g w i ' l l kavr a t rn i n i nq cou r se availpbl; . .and Exs?ii rIati.cn Psr,:phlets a r c a u t m z t i c a l l y i ss ue ? i n th e r a t i o i?f%rce pamphlets t2 rne c m r s e . TiiLs r ; r x i & s for t h ? u s in g cf t h et r ai ni ng co'x-s.3 b;; t h r e e men.

The Progress Tests

If the i n s t r u c t i o n s l:r CkaptePs 111 and JV of t h e Yearbookrf E n l i s t c d TrainirLgare fcdlwlit;?d, t h F t is, cciirscs a r a r sques t edonly f ~ r *hose ri-ien r e a d t r tq c c x rm c e t r a i n i n g i n t h e p a r t i c u l &r a t i n g s , and pmviae-1 t h a t thcy receive t h c proper use 2s o u t l i n e d

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I 1. The Bureau nf Navi:{ation nctes an i nc reas i ng de l av on

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the pay s t a x s c f c n l i s bed m n . T h i s d ~ l a ysridF;rs i n a c c i r a t ? thed a m a t hand i n t h e Sureau regzrdlng t h e n t b e r T f e n l i s t e d a ma c t u al l y i n t h e I?a\y a t a m nt time, wid t h e r a t i n g s t h cg a r e hold-i 3 g .2. The coopcrat ion of a l l comisnds i s enjoined t oaccomplish the forwwdl!ig, w i tk in a reascriable period cf t i w , of:

(a )(b)Shigpini-, a r t i c k s of r",m en!.istiiy or r e e n l i s t i n g .Pxges 3-19 of zke s w v i c e record i:i accordancew?.th Article D-$!X2 Hunav I i m i m l (Regular Nwy,

The bslow l i s ted Tralniq: Courses are now a.vailable ford i s t r i b u t i o n : \"1nstri ic; iQns for LTse Iri ?rc.aa.ration for t he I i a t ine of IE l e c t r i c i a n ' s ?fate L ? C . ~ ~

of GumerI s Mate IC .and Chie l and Turret Ca7ta.in I C ,llInstr+iuc i o n s for Use i n i?re:xiration for. th e Ratin gsa.nd Chief . If jl ' Ins t . ruc t ions f o r Use i n P r e p a r a t ir n f o r t h e Ra ti nq of iE l ec t r i c i an1 s %ate IC . arid Chief Ele ct r ic ia n ' s ?kte . I l

Bc.i t m a l n ' s l I a t e 2c.l r Ins . t ruc t i s r i s fez- Use i n ?repFrzt i.on fcr t he Hat ing of

The Navy Relief Scciety i s the NmyIs rmn welfare crgani-za t i on . S i nce 190b t h e Socie ty , v ; i t h t ,he e f for t s o f i t s a u x i i i a r i e s , . * ' ,has niade B w el fa re r eco rd of which L h r Navy m y be proud. Eachyear thcjuvands af the. PJavyls iiien f a c e problerns which t he S oc i e tyas s i s t s i n so lv ing .

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I n v iew of t h e sp lendid record , linovm throuqhout thes e r v i c e , t h e nev er r:ien of t h e s e r v i c e should b e f u l l y c og n iz a ntthat, t k i T contJr.i.but,ir,ns are we:Ll spent a.nd t h a t t h f i r a c t iv e pe r t i c -i pa ti or i a l l e v i a t e s ? i s t r e s s w i t h in t h e ? J a v a l ser v ic e . The fo l lowinginformat ion i s iy-neral end w i l l be sf i n t e r e s t t o men n o t f u l l y awareo f t he va l ue cJf this Society t o t h c Nz.va.1 service r t large.Tl-~ie SocisC,y i. s 'cept info?! by th e Surgeori-General c,f th eNavy, o f all de-iths ccc urr ing i n t h ~ avy an6 k r i n e Corps. The


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Bureau of N av i ga t i on fu rn i shes , i n each ca se , t he nam , add re s sand re l a t ion sh ip ' o f the t lneareSt of k i n , " as g i ve2 on t he m n ' se n l is t m e nt r e c z r d . I f t h e r t i b n s h i p Is t h ? t o f T o t he r , wifec r c h i l d , t h c S o c i e t y i m - ie d ia te ly i n v e s t i g a t e s t h e c i r c u x s t a n r e scf such dependent sz rv ivcr .e x n c d i t i m s arid con f i den t i 3 l ; rind t emrornry as - i i s t anc e i rendcrcdwhenever an urg en t need e x i s t s ,

TEie i n v e s t i g a t i c n i s sys t em a t i c ,

Men on a c t i v e &tt, a r e sorr.efims confrontp-l by prob1rrr.swhich t h e Socict ,y i s vriiIinC; tc h e l p t,hem s o l v e . Wipre energenc iesarice. bqyonc] t h e c o q t r o l 02 thE" ir:diviclml, t he Soc i - r t y standsreqdy t o help o f f i c e r s a n d "TI cjn x t i v e slutg i n o rd er t o a l l c v l a t ehuzm su f fe ri n ; ; a n d renAcr assiscmce i n cc?ses of s i c k n r s s o r dea thwhen s o needed.Loans ray be gran tcd , when npnrovec? by t h e CommandingC f f i c e r t o whose corn-land the ayc-LL1.ca:it 1s a t ta c h e d, f o r h o s p i t a i i -z a t i o n (oper? iw , naterni ty, et,?. ) , dea t h , s e r i ou s i l l n e s ? , nom-r e c e i y t 1ef ?ay ac*:ounts, ami non-rEceipt of a l l o t n m t . L c z n s are-ot gran ted fo ; t r i i v d , t c ? a g ilit,r,rest on mortgages on houses 3rprone r t y , 3urchzse of s u t , m c b i l e c , 32' a t, t h e requcst, of w i fe w i t hou tk:isbznd' b a?>; o7'al..has b w n md c rif tht- reasms qiv.:n i n th e rcq ue st f a r loan, and a r erenayablo ty a l l o t r w n t .L o a m are macle Gnl; a f t e r t ho ro ug h i n v e s t i g a t i o nWhen the se f a c t s are knorrn 2nd the policy of t h e S o c i e t yis understood by o f f i c e r s axd Fn i l s t cd pe r sonne l , t h e value 2nde f f e c t i v e n e s s o f tkls Kavy ~ k lt f S o c i e t y w i l l be a p p r e c i a t e d and

suppor ted svholehenrtcdly.'The Naval Observatory i s b t g i r i n i r y t o recei.ve compli-mentary Ze t t e rs frcm va r i ous sou rces r ega rd i ng t he n e w A i r Almanac.

The fo l l ow i ng i s an 2xtract of a I t t t e r frorr, a co rm erc i a lsourcE: -"It i s dps i r ed t o t ak e t h i s o n m r t u n i t y to express our

a m r e c i a t i o n f o r t h e new PI'yerican A i r Alrr,anac, which has beendel-elope? undcr your d i r e c t i o n .t rcnendousLy t o t h e r t l r m.viga t . im wors c f t h i s cciman;', 2nd i sa l r e a d y I n use t h rcu jh>ut , o u r vxri.ous services.a:i exccl lenL ,jot- hes been done an?, wish t o convey our a o T e c i a t i o n , t l

?he ncw Ahimac v ; i L i c c n t r i b u t ePie f e e l t h a t

AIR A I J I.\NAC-IL':LUTICAS .&12:A?IACWhen z d d i t i x m l copies of the Nsutical ALnanac or t h e A i r

Amanac a re necdcd for i c s t r u c t i o n m r n o s c s by u n i t s =f t h c r e g u l a r


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FRXE OFFER.,QF,blUSIC ( C O N I T )camps, copi es o f our songs f o r use dur i ng recrea , t ion per iods .

We a r e des i rous of s eek ing a l i s t of camps t o whom youw ish us t o s end t hese cop i es , We will, of cou r se , s t and t h eexpense of m ai l i ng and p r i n t i ng .

May w e Expect an answer from YOU?Very t r u l y y o ur s,Zlickey Goldsen,General Man;lgt.r,Leeds Xusic Corp.,1270 S i x t h Avenue,New York, N. Y. l l

Commanding Off ic er s a re reciuested t o gi ve t h i s generousThose wish ing t o t a ke advantage off f e r a p n r op r i at e p u b l i c i t y .t h e o f f e r s h ou l d co nm un ic ate d i r e c t l y w i th t h e a u t h o r of t h i sl e t t e r .

BENEFIT GTJIDEAddi t iona l c opies o f t h e Bene f i t Guide have been pr in t eda nd a r e a v a i l a b l e t o i n d i v i d u a l s h i p s on r e q u es t .Commanding O f f i ce r s shou ld r e s t r i c t t h e i r r eque s t s t ocu r r en t r equ i r em en t s on l y and no t e s t ab l i s h a s t o c k .

SCHOOL CONCESSIONThe Barton School , Topanqa, C al if or ni a i s a non-sec ta r i anschool founded i n 1932 f o r boys and girls of from s i x t o f o u r t ee nyears of age. I t teac hes t h e us ua l s ubj ec ts , a lo ng commonsensel i n e s o n a r e g u l a r c l a s s s ch ed u le , a c c e n t u a t i n? t h e T hr ee Rls.Board and tui t ion: $675.03 for t h e e n t i r e s c ho o l y e a r or $75.00per month. This sch ool o ff er s a 10% d i scoun t t o ch i l d re n of nav a l

personnel and 20% i n t h c c a s e of tw o or more c h i l d r e n i n a family."SCHOOL CONCESSION

Gr ee nb rie r College, Letvisburg, \Vest Vi rg in ia i s a non-s e c t a r i a n c o l l e g e e s t a b l i s h ed i n 1812 f o r g i r l s b ctwe en t h e a ge sof 1 5 and 20. I t of fe rs two-year co l l eg e prcp ara tory and two-yearco l l e ge cou r ses , T u i t i on day - $250.00, b oa rd a n2 t u i t i o n - $750.00.T h i s c o l l e g e o f f e r s a 10% concess i on t o daugh te r s of Navy pe~ ' sor i r~1 . .-15-


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The Nat iona l Geoqrsphic Soc ie t y has presented t o th e Navya number of copies or" back nunbers of t h e N a t i o n a l GeoqranhicMagazine f c r i s sue t o the s e r v i c e .t h e f o l l o w in g s h o r e stations from Naval Supply Denot, 1Jorfo1k:These & r e b ei ng d i s t r i b u t e d t oNaval A i r Ststt icns:- Kediak, Si tka , 1.lidwag I s l m d ,Johnscn Islend, F a l m i a Isl?.nc?, Key West, San Juan,Banana River, Tcngue Point , PensaccJla, Jacksonville,Corpus C h r i s t i , Cage !Jay and Lakehurs t .

San Diego.Tra in inq Stations:- G r o a t Laker,, Norfolk, RevFort, 2ndMarine Barracks : #&Naval Hospitals:- Rn k, PhiLndPlphia, San Dielgo,S u b m r in e Rases:- New Lcndcn mci Coco Solo.Navy Yrrds: - sos ton, Ch,?rlestcn, ?,larP Isl,and, New York,

Norfolk, Philadelp>hia n:13 Puget Scund.Ammuni t i o n D s n o t s : - Fr:r*t Lafeyettc , Iiawthorne , Hingharn,I m a Islprid, L a ke D+?rmvk nnd S t . J u ' l i c n s Creek.Torpedo S t a t i o n , Newvrt,.

CQ, Parris Islsnd .md San Dieqc.I k r e I s l a n d , l?rco~:Lyri, Chelssa and Portsmouth, N . H.

SFiIP !.!ID ETATION ZJ'E;I1'SPAPTRSI t i s reques ted t h a t each s h i p or s t a t i m which aublishesa newspaper ; m i l one c c ~ y f each i s s u e t o t h e Navy R e c r u i t i n gBureau, 50 Church Street , New York, N . Y .

I\iAkES ASSIGIJED SIX CRUISEESS e c r e t a r y of %he Navy Knox toAay anncunced t h a t t heP r e s id e n t of t h e V ni te d S t a t e s has s e l e c t e d t h e f o l lo w i ng n m e s

fcjr s i x Cr ui se rs Which are under c o n s t r u c t i o n .ALASKA - Naqed f o r th e Te rr i t or y of Alaska. Thirdv e s s e l s o - c a l l e d .

1 PHILLIP'INES - Named f o r thc Phi l iors ine Is larrds , an a r c h i w l a g oSou thq qst of China i n the P8cifs .c Ocean. Secondv e s s e l s o - c a l l c d .PUERTO R I C O - Narned for t h e I s l m d of ' Puer to Hico, an i s la ndcf t h e K e s t I n d i e s 70 m i l e s eac t ol' H x i t i , cededt o t h e S n i t s d S t a t e s b y Spain f iugust j-2, lP3P.F i r s t v e s s e l s o- ca ll ed .-XOA Nmed for t h e Samoan I s l a n d s i n t h e Southwst ,

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