Oral History Interview with Glenn Reynolds, December 5, 2009 Page: 3

                                
rate, I enjoyed every day that I spent on the Maryland,
except for, like I said, I had the ship painted, do menial
tasks. But it was a good ship, it really was. And of
course the crew was an excellent crew. And they would
assist one another -- just (inaudible), you know, they
helped all of us recruits.
CM: How many crew did it take to run that ship?
GR: I think the top load was around 2,200 enlisted people, and
quite frankly, I forgot how many officers. I was in
enlisted men. And of course as I say, I forgot how many
officers, it seemed to me like it was 100, or not a whole
lot anyway. But any rate, it was a well-run ship. And
from there, of course, we went on maneuvers oftentimes
going to Hawaii, staying two or three weeks and then coming
back to the States, staying two or three weeks and then go
back out and go to maneuvers someplace else, come back.
This went on all during a period from 1940 to 1941. And
just before the attack in 1941, we went to Bremerton Navy
Yard, and that's where they installed the one point

weapons. And my division, which was the 6th Division on the
Maryland, was split into a 6A and 6B. I was in 6A,
transferred to 6A, which was on the starboard side of the
main deck, and the 6B was on the port side. And of course

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