Friday, January 12, 1945
CLOUDBUSTER
Page Three
Navy Ship Total
Climbs To 61,045
(CNS) Here’s how the U. S.
Navy, largest in the world,
shapes up to the beginning of the
New Year:
Total vessels, 61,045; Total
^umber of warships, 1167; Land
ing Craft, 54,026; Battleships, 23;
Aircraft Carriers, 26; Escort Car
riers, 60; Cruisers, 63; Destroy
ers, 418; Destoyer Escorts, 496,
snd Submarines, 249.
The following table shows com
batant ship construction since
1941:
n Items 1941 1942 1943 1944
battleships 2 4 2 2
^|rcraft carriers 1 1 15 8
^•rcraft carriers, escort 2 13 50 37
“attle cruisers 0 0 0 2
Heavy cruisers 0 0 4 2
i*eht cruisers 1 8 7 11
destroyers 16 81 128 84
destroyer escorts 0 0 306 197
Submarines 11 34 56 77
Total 33 141 568 420
The Navy added, in all, 5,457,-
^90 tons during 1944, giving it
aggregate of 11,707,000 tons
afloat.
During the year, the Navy also
Required 30,070 aircraft, of which
*^6,401 were tactical combat
Planes, and spent $2,800,000,000
guns, shells, torpedoes, rock
ets and other ordnance items.
From 1941 through 1943, 76,-
^90 planes were produced for
the Navy.
—Naval Pilots—
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^re-Flight stages of the Naval
Aviation training program since
^ast June when the scheduled
Output of pilots was reduced,
^ill begin during the spring and
^Urnmer months.
Approximately 7,000 Affected
These men who were separ
ated from the preliminary stages
pilot training as a result of
[he over-all cutback were prom
ised that they would be shifted
®ack into flight training when
^he Navy’s needs justified such
^ move. Recent estimates of fu-
|Ure aviation requirements have
^fidicated that it will be neces-
®^ry to increase the present rate
pilot training to a point some-
)^hat above that at the time of
‘he cutback.
Approximately 7,000 aviation
adets and students were affect-
by the separation program
started in June. To return to
plot training, they must have
pen in good standing at the
^^e of separation, or must have
, Seated to withdraw voluntarily
other Naval duties. Upon re-
eipt of a letter from BuPers
j^^tifying them that they now
‘*ave a chance to reenter the
Program, eligible personnel will
^^Ve to submit applications
^hich will be considered on the
^sis of the individual’s record
^^^^availability, and the Navy’s
^e-accepted students will be
ntered at a stage of training
“^ftimensurate with their position
the time of separation. Former
^Udents who may have been as-
Here^s The ^Black Widow^ Girl
This is NOT the Black Widow seen daily—and nightly—by Jap and
German flyers. This is Janis Paige of Hollywood, “dramatizing”
the Black Widow P-61 night fighter. Combat reports tell of the
ever mounting toll Black Widows are taking. She’s large as a
medium bomber, fast as a pursuit plane, heavily armored and car
rying fire power sufficient to destroy any plane regardless of size.
We refer not to Miss Paige, of course, but to the P-61.
COMING EVENTS
SATURDAY
MOVIES
Village: Free movies, "San Diego, I
Love You.” with Louise Albritton and
Jon Hall at 1315 and 1445, and "In
The Meantime, Darling,” with Jeanne
Crain and Frank Latimore at 1910 and
2032.
Carolina: "Sunday Dinner for a Sol
dier,” with Ann Baxter and John
Hodiak.
Pick: "Sons of the Desert,” with
Laurel and Hardy.
SUNDAY
DIVINE SERVICES
Protestant; Memc'ial Hall at 1000.
Catholic: Gerrard Hall at 0615, Hill
Music Hall at 1000.
Jewish: Hillel House at 1000.
MOVIES
Free movies, "Janie.” with Joyce Reyn
olds and Robert Hutton at 1307 and
1457.
Carolina: "Can’t Help Singiiig, with
Deanna Durbin and Robert Paige.
Pick: "Enemy of Women,” with Don
ald Woods and Claudia Drake.
WEDNESDAY
BASKETBALL
Cloudbusters vs. Camp Peary, Woollen
Gym at 1930.
THURSDAY
WRESTLING
Cloudbusters vs. Cherry Point Marines,
Woollen Gym at 1930.
signed to reserve midshipman
training will not be returned to
flight training until they have
completed the reserve midship
man course, and have been com
missioned. They will then un
dergo training as commissioned
officers.
PlaymakersPresent
OperettaFor Cadets
A special performance of the
Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, “The
Gondoliers,” will be presented
for Pre-Flight Cadets by the
University of North Carolina
Playmakers on Thursday, Jan.
25, in Memorial Hall.
The two-hour show, which
will begin at 1900, will replace
the usual Wednesday “Happy
Hour” that week.
ftjS "I wonder if it'i safe tor me to smoke.‘
—Save Fuel—Save Paper-
Lt. Brownback
Umpire Shortage
Exists As Pacific
Claims Brownback
Listed on the official officers’
roster merely as “Senior Watch
Officer,” but also serving as of-
ficer-in-charge of the Officers
Mess, and, during season, as
baseball umpire of unperturb-
able tempera-
m e n t was
Lieut. Walter
R. Brownback,
detached early
this week for
duty in the
South Pacific.
While Lt.
Comdr. John
R. Gaddy has
succeeded t o
the post of
Senior Watch
Officer, and
while Lt. (j.g.) David E. Hirsch
has taken over the Officers Mess
duties, time alone can tell who
will assume Lieut. Brownback’s
unenviable role as arbiter on the
basepaths when spring brings
the diamond game back into
Emerson Stadium.
Upon entering the Navy in
December, 1942, Lieut. Brown
back was assigned to the Office
of the Secretary of the Navy, as
a liaison officer with government
agencies.
Named All-American
Reporting here in the spring
of 1943, Lieut. Brownback was
assigned as assistant coach of
soccer until March, 1944, when
he was moved to Alexander Hall
into the Senior Watch billet. A
native of Philadelphia, he is an
alumnus of the University of
Pennsylvania where he lettered
three times in soccer and twice
in baseball. Two years he was
named to the All-America soc
cer team, and later played both
soccer and baseball profession
ally.
Lt. Comdr. Gaddy, who was
initially assigned to the Mili
tary Department after report
ing here last
July, is a vet
eran of the
South Pacific.
Attached to
a Carrier Air
craft Service
Unit, the new
Senior Watch
Officer landed
on Munda lis-
land the day
after the Ma
rines had tak
en over the
Jap air strip on that New Geor
gian island. There were dead
Japs everywhere, but live Japs
also returned every night for
three months to bomb the in
stallations that the Navy Sea-
bees and Marines were con
structing.
While on Munda, Lt. Comdr.
Gaddy served as First Lieu
tenant, Transportation and Rec
reation Officer.
Lt, Comdr, Gaddy