"THE ADAK SUN"
CAPT. J. A. HORTON,JR. CDR. M. J. REED
Commanding Officer Exec. Officer
Published each Monday for all personnel
on Adak at no cost to the Government.
Articles contained herein are not to be
construed as representing the official
opinion of the Commanding Officer or the
Navy Department, in as much as the ADAK
SUN is not an Official publication.
EDITING STAFF
C. D. BERGSTROM G. A. MC DERMOTT
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THE FLEET OCEAN TUG
ful tugs in existence. She can carry 3
months of supplies and has all the in
ternal organization of a big ship, in
cluding the paperwork giant.
At the present time she is flying the
well known "meat ball" from her foremast
which means . she has achieved excellence
in her class and in competition with
others is considered outstanding. Her
present assignment to the Adak NORPAC
area has proven to be typical, having
been called on to tow barges, assist st
ricken merchant ships and provide logis
tic support to outlaying bases.
On her way home in March she will tow
three landing ships from Astoria to Cal
ifornia ports.
She is maintained in an operation co
ridition through the untiring efforst of
her crew. Were you to step aboard at
times in the small hours of the morning
you may find h r engineers busily engag
ed in an overhaul of a piece of machin
ery that is critical,her boatswain mates
and seaman working the mooring lines to
keep her alongside the dock in condit
ions of high wing, rain, sleet, snow or
hail, the.cookhin the galley baking pas
tries for tomorrows useand when she puts
to sea you will find them standing watch
on the fantail with the deck force hang
ing on to keep from being swept over
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board watching her towing engine and
cable to ensure the safety of a tow, the
COD on the bridge screaming to be heard
above the howl of a gale to the quarter
master up on the mast manning the 24"
searchlight illuminating the tow to make
sure that it is still coming with us th
rough the maelstorm that makes her pitch
toss, roll shudder groan and pound as
though every rivet was going to pop but
she is a good sound ship and with care
ful attention she can do any job she is
called on to do.
In taking her departure form Adak area
she extends her good wishes and thanks
to the citizens of Adak for the use and
support of the very fine services of the
base.
The temperatures for ADAK
for your information:
-f
are given here j
The Max and Min temperatures for the
week beginning 22 Feb. are as following:
SAT
SUN
MON
TUB
WED
THU
FRI
22 Feb.
23
24
25
26
27
28
MAX
30
32
33
38
32
36
38
MIN
21
19
19
14
21
21
31
HEAVENS J
Ft* Wood, Mo, (AFPS) — The inevi
table barrage of cornet about his last
name was capped by a real conversation
-stopper one day recently when Pvt, And
rew God, a trainee, was sent on a detail
to a chapel on post here.
The chapel telephone rang, and the
trainee answered it with the SOP respon
se: "Chapel No, 9> Pvt, God speaking,
Sir."
CHIEF CALLS IT QUITS AFTER 55-YEAR’S
San Diego (AFP$) — Harry S, "pappy"
Morris, TMC, who shares with Fleet Adm.
William D, Leahy the longest continuous
active Navy service on record, has re
tired. Chief Morris, 70, joined the
Navy at 14 in April 1903. He served on
41 ships in his 55 years in the Navy,