The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 2, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 17, 1931 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME II Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
NUMBER XXII SATURDAY, January 17, 1931.
SPOTTING SPLASHES RESUME GUNNERY YEARR .R P. AND CONCENTRATION
MAKE UP FLEET SCHEDULE
* ow that we are arrived at Guantana-
oa, the old winter home of the Fleet,
a nd are to be here until the second of
ebruary, all hands no doubt will settle
Jown to enjoy the interesting two weeks
before us. There is much to be done be-
fore we fire Long Range Battle Practice
Al the 30th, and following our two long
months of New York, a privilege which
omes to so few vessels in the Navy of
to-day, all hands will no doubt be filled
With pep and ginger and jump into to
mnke the target practice successful.
Following the firing of the main and
econdary batteries on the 30th we are
to get underway for Colon on the second
if February arriving off the Canal on
Line 6th. The latter date will be Friday
and we are to remain on the Atlantic
side over the week-end and then transit
the Canal on Monday the 8th. Follow-
ing our arrival at Balboa on that date
we shall join with the rest of the Battle
and Scouting Fleets for the Fleet Con-
centration that is to continue until the
24th of March when we get underway
for San Pedro, arriving in the old home
town about the second or third of April,
just a day or so before Easter Sunday.
On the 23rd of February the British
battleship Nelson, one of the first Brit-
ish ships of the line, is to arrive off
(hristobal and remain there during that
week being scheduled to sail away again
on the 28th. During the week the Nelson
is to be in Panama many events are
planned that are to bring the personnel
of the two Navies together, sightseeing
for the officers and men of the Nelson
being scheduled for Balboa on Wednes-
day and Thursday with a Fleet baseball
championship game down for Thursday
afternoon. A smoker is also scheduled
for Coco Solo on Friday evening, the eve
of the Nelson's sailing' awayGUNNERY gets off to an early and aus-
picious start next Tuesday when the Ar-
kansas and Texas are scheduled to hold
turret spotting practice off Guantanama
Bay, Cuba. Three weeks ago when we
were alongside the dock in the Navy
Yard with workmen and machinery all
about, one could hardly conceive of the
same Ship being prepared to launch her-
self into all the important gunnery cam-
paign of the year on such short notice,-
and yet it has happened just thus. And
just to mention how rapidly events can
happen in the Service, two weeks from
today the TEXAS will have fired Long
Range Battle, the most noteworthy event
in the gunnery competition.
Today, we are anchored once more in
Guantanamo-on the scene of intensive
training and action for the great ob-
jective in hand, GUNNERY. New York
and the East hold memories-but that
is all, for now winter's cold is banished
and tropic atmosphere prevails- It is
all an incentive to ourselves-to serve
our Ship and place Her high on the ros-
ter of the Service. Today is but the be-
ginning of the Drive we're out to win.
To fill every precious hour with sixty
minutes of conscientious effort-to talk,
sleep and live GUNNERY, to have the
determination to share a loyalty through-
out-tha t is DUTY.
Turret spotting is the first major step
toward Long Range. The Arkansas ham
been designated as the Firing Ship, the
Vestal will tow, while the Texas has hey
planes and will do the controlling, spot-
ting and observing. One hundred and
twenty target projectiles will be fired
on a number of designated runs, and
during this procedure the Spotters of
the Ship will receive invaluable training
for the Big Day. In short, next Monday
we hold our first rehearsal. In succes-
sion the remaining high lights on the
(Coneinued on page four)SHIP'S SERVICE MAKES MANY
COMFORTS POSSIBLE ON SHIP
Forty thousand sheets of Texas stat-
ionery have just been printed and distri-
buted throughout the Ship, there having
been an interval of several days when no
Ship's stationery was available, because
of necessary repairs in the Print Shop.
For the information of the new men on
board this paper is printed and distribut-
ed free by the Ship's Service and is
available at all times so that no man need
feel he must hoard a supply of it in his
locker, since it is always on hand in con-
veneient parts of the Ship when needed.
More than two hundred thousand sheets
of Texas stationery have been distributed
in this manner during the past six
months and it has proven a privilege and
convenience so respected and not mis-
used that it is hoped it can be continued
indefinitely. The free paper has proven
an advantage also in encouraging men
to write to their homes more frequently.
The Post Office reported a greatly en-
larged amount of mail sent out from the
Ship since the Texas paper has been av-
ailable and this increase has continued.
Besides this simple convenience in the
way of stationery it is interesting to
look about the Ship and see the number
of accomplishments to the credit of the
Ship's Service during the past 18 months.
These include among other things: The
purchase and installation of the soda
fountain with ice cream and doughnut
machinery; the furnishing of all neces-
sary equipment for a new post office;
100 aluminum ash trays placed in var-
ious parts of the Ship; aluminum dish
pans supplied to all crew's messes; four
large aluminum tubs placed in the crew's
galley; ordered the necessary aluminum
tubs for vegetables in the spud peeler
room; ordered aluminum pans and wire
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