Ashore

Cliff Krouse on the left, and Earl Adams on the right.

Ray Shunk

"Red" and Ray Shunk

Hanging Out in the Stateroom

Carrol "Frog" King with guitar, JD Powell at right of photo, on the left is the back of Ray Shunk's head.

In the Enlisted Mess

Jim "Fat Cat" Lester, Ray Shunk (Navy), William “Ace” Hunter.

Ashore

CW around the table: CD Green, ?, Putnam, Bill Green, Ray Shunk.

Acey-Deucy

Ray Shunk, JD Powell. Probably playing Acey-Deucy, the Navy version of Backgammon. Notice the bookshelf filled with paperbacks-this was our library.

On Deck

Lower left, seated on the No. 3 Hold cover, is JD Powell and Ray Shunk.

(Chet Headley comments: Note the heavy cable running along the inboard side of the gunwale, just above the deck. This is a degaussing cable, installed on Victory ships for WWII wartime service and used to reduce the ship's magnetic signature as protection against magnetic torpedoes and mines. On Michelson, this cable was removed during the March 1967 yard period.)

Ray Shunk and JD Powell

Carrol "Frog" King, JD Powell, John Bayne

Chris Smoot (NAVOCEANO)

ET1 Joe Davis

Ray Shunk

Aboard Bowditch.

JD Powell, Seated

Aboard Bowditch.

YN2 Jackson

Aboard Bowditch.