(Contributed by Earl Adams)
(Contributed by Earl Adams)
(Contributed by Ron Gazboda.)
(Contributed by Jim Bohnsack.)
(Contributed by Jim Bohnsack.)
(Contributed by Jim Bohnsack.)
(Contributed by Jim Bohnsack.)
(Contributed by Jim Bohnsack.)
(Contributed by Jim Bohnsack.)
(Contributed by Bob Lord)
(Contributed by Bob Lord)
(Contributed by Bob Lord)
The "Cruz" Books, Crew's Books and Spitoons [sic] were produced on large format 44" x 32" photographic paper and folded to 11" x 8". The material was laid out in 11" x 8" format on the front half to produce eight pages. The back half took advantage of the large format to display photographs, so it is not easily divided into normal-sized pages. These presentations attempt to divide the original Cruz Books into sixteen sequential pages: click on the first thumbnail to display the pages. A mosaic assembly of the complete front and back sheets is also included, linked to the second and third thumbnails. I recommend you do NOT attempt to display the complete front and back sheets in your browser but right-click and save to your local hard drive, then display the images locally. The Firefox web browser does a much better job of displaying these large mosaics than MS Internet Explorer. These graphic files are very large: about 9500 x 6000 pixels and 7MB each. (I'll make an attempt at a later time to reduce the size of these files without loss of resolution.)
(Courtesy of Cecil "Art" Dayson.)
(Courtesy of Cecil "Art" Dayson.)
(Courtesy of Cecil "Art" Dayson.)
(Courtesy of Cecil "Art" Dayson.)
(Courtesy of Cecil "Art" Dayson.)
(Courtesy of Richard Newman.)
(Courtesy of Richard Newman.)
(Courtesy of Richard Newman.)
(Courtesy of Richard Newman.)
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, May 5, 1975
(Courtesy of Richard Newman.)
The Spitoons are actually single sheets 44" X 32", folded to
be 11" X 8". The Firefox web browser does a much
better job of displaying the large mosaic full sheets ("Front half" and
Back half") than MS Internet Explorer.
The Bowditch Spitoon, Jul 1976.
(Courtesy of Tom Pusateri.)
The Bowditch Spitoon, Aug 1976.
That's Carroll "Frog" King on the cover!
(Courtesy of Tom Pusateri.)
(Courtesy of Tom Pusateri.)
For the 4th of July I set up a "mail buoy" watch. I found some photos of an air dropped weather buoy system for a C-130. A little creative writing and pasting and I had a page from what appeared to be an official US Navy publication. The page started in the middle of the “Ship born mail delivery” section. It then went on to the "Buoy, mail, air delivery" section (with accompanying photos) and finished with the beginning of the “Submarine mail delivery section”. We had a dozen people on watch that day, waiting for the plane to swoop in, rock it's wings, shoot flares, everything! What fun!
(Courtesy of Tom Pusateri.)
The Bowditch Spitoon, Aug 1977.
See here for the original cover photo and commentary.
This issue reports the strange disappearance of the XO's door and also the "Great Seabat Hunt"
(Courtesy of Tom Pusateri.)
(Courtesy of Tom Pusateri.)
(Courtesy of Tom Pusateri.)
The cover illustrates a notional Christmas course track from St. John's Newfoundland to Pt. Canaveral, FL. The track is annotated with these comments:
OK, FORGET THE ROLL BIAS.
HOVE-TO.
“GET THOSE MILES”.
HOW MANY CROSS CHECKS DO YOU WANT, GROVER?
BRIDGE, YOU BETTER CHECK YOUR COMPASS AGAIN!
I WANT TO SEE THEM SMOOTH THIS LINE!
NOT ANOTHER T-S.
BRIDGE, THAT’S TO CANAVERAL NOT THE CANARIES!
SPD INCREASE 2000RPM.
(Courtesy of Tom Pusateri.)
Here's the story behind the cover photo. The whole crew needed a shot for something, but who was going to give Doc Smith his shot? Here was an opportunity to make some money for the Unit at someone else's expense! We raffled Doc's shot off. The winner got to stab Doc. I don't remember who the winner was but in front of the crew, in the movie lounge, Doc spilled his blood for the good (and the money) of the Unit. Doc was a good sport about it but we all made sure we had our shots first!
(Courtesy of Tom Pusateri.)
(Courtesy of Tom Pusateri.)
Rota, Spain
(Courtesy of Ron Warmuth.)
Canaveral, FL
(Courtesy of Ron Warmuth.)
Bermuda
(Courtesy of Ron Warmuth.)
Cape Canaveral, FL
(Courtesy of Ron Warmuth.)
Some great T-Shirts were made using the original cover art from this newspaper.
