WELCOME TO U3S MOL A LA (ATF 106)
The MOLALA, or the "Little Mo" as her
crew has nicknamed her, is part of what
is commonly referred to as the working
Navy* Her job is grueling, never ending
and seldom glamorous. She is well suit
ed to her job, she doesn’t have sleek
lines, she is short & squat and to the
uniformed just another Tug,
The MOLALA is naed after a group of the
Wailatpuan Tribe of Northern Oregon, Her
keel was laid in December 1942 and she
was commissioned on Sept 29, 1943, Short**
ly after being commissioned MOLALA won
her spurs while taking part in the invas
ion of Kwajalein in the Marshalls, Here
she wen the first of 5 Mil battle stars
that she now wears proudly on the sides
of her Bridge, Exactly how many ships &
lives were saved due to MOLALA's efforts
cannot be ascertained but it can be said
without qualification that she justified
her existence many times over during the
period of Mil,
After the war MOLALA returned to the
West Coast and provided towing and sal
vage operations for the peacetime fleet*
When the Korean war started she was again
ready.
Peacetime duties include towing non-self
propelled and decommissioned vessels from
•one port to an other, search and rescue
operations, towing training targets for
gunnery exercises, diving services and
serving as salvage vessel for amphibious
operations*
At the present time the MOLALA is wear
ing the Gold "E" which is awarded to ships
which achieve excellence in Gunnery over
a period of five years.
Operating out of San Diego the MOLALA
is under operational control of Commander
Service Squadron OIE which serves under
the Commander Service Force, U.S.Pacific
Fleet.
A crew of six officers and 66 enlisted
make up the current crew of the MOLALA,
which is commanded by LT G.W. SHAFFER,
USN. LTJG L.A. CRAWFORD is Executive
Officer,
WELCOME TO ADAK OFFICERS AMD CREW OF
THE USS MOLALA (ATF 106) WE HOPE YOUR
CRUISE ON ADAK WATERS WILL BE A HAPPY
ONE *
Anyone who would like bowling instr
uctions Contact SAITO, PN3 at X360 dur
ing working hours of X473 after. SAITO
is a pin boy at the Village Gym Bowling
Alley but has had instruction on bowling
in the lower *48. SAITO says his instr
uction is primarily aimed at correcting
your faults and *bad habits* which will
eventually improve your game.
Who is the *deadeye* at Upper 9 who
bagged 2 geese in 2 shots and impressed
his companion hunters with his shooting
so much that they have haunted Muskie
to put it in his column*
G. Melia successfully converted a
7-6-10 split. An Athletic Achievement
Award will be presented to any man who
rolls a 300 game or a 700 series and
any woman who does the same. All req
uests should include verification by
teammates or opponents and an official
of the bowling alley. Requests for awards
should be forwarded to Chief of Naval
Personnel (Pers G-ll) via the Commanding
Officer. Each request must have been
properly authenticated and accomplished
after 1 January 1960 in order to be con
sidered for an award.
There is a certain Division on the
station that are awaiting a visitor and
they ask that everyone be on the lookout
for "TIKI". Who Tiki is they won’t say
but you’ll know when you see him. Have
you seen Tiki?
Did you know a martinet is a military
taskmaster, a stickler for details of
discipline* A rigid disciplinarian in
any activity is called a martinet. The
original was a General Martinet in the
army of Louis XIVS thence the word came.
The word mausoleum comes from Mausolus
who was King of Caria, a country in Asia
Minor. After his death his wife Artemisia
erected an enormous and beautiful tomb
which was ranked as one of the 7 wonders
of the ancient world. Thus the word
mausoleum is now used not only for a large
tomb but for any large structure whose
cheerless aspect suggests a tomb. I re**
member a large, awesome mausoleum in a
wooded area on the edge of a lake near
Phelps, Wise.,one good fishing spot cause
no one went near it.
Keep smilin - Muskie