The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-06-23
NAVAL R. 0. I. C.
UNITS ARRIVE
ON DESTROYERS
u. S. S. Fox and u. S. S
Brooks in Port Here at
Government Dock

The twin QeStrOyerS, U.S.S. FOX,
234, and the U.S.S. Brooks, 1892 ar
rived in Juneau yesterday at tbs
p. m bringing Naval Reserve Of
ficers Training Corps students from
the University of Washington and
the University of California on a
cruise through Alaskan waters.
Scheduled to leave for the south
at 4 a. M Friday, the vessels will
hold visiting hours from until 430
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
U.S.S. Fox
In command of the U.S.S. Fox
is Lieutenant Commander c. l..
Surran; Lieutenant H. c. Fish is
the executive officer Lieutenant w
H. Carpenter, engineer officer;
Lieutenant jg) w. w. Vanous, gun
merry officer; Ensign J. G. Little, III
torpedo officer; Lieutenant (ms)
c. L. Hogan, medical officer. Of
ficers attached to the R.O.T.C. unit
aboard the Fox are Lieutenant D
H. Collins, in charge of the unit;
Chief M. Hamilton, assistant; Lieu
tenant U.SN.R., R, r. Farwell, pi-
lot; and Lieutenant jg) mc) L.
E. Powers, medical officer.
U.S.S. Brooks
Lieutenant w. w. Cone is the
commanding officer aboard the US
S. Brooks; Lieutenant w. A. Fly
is the executive officer; Lieutenant
G. L. Hansen, gunnery officer; Lieu
tenant Gg) M. N. Dial, engineer
Lieutenant w. A. Graham is in
charge of the University of Cali
fornia Naval R.O.TC. unit aboard
assisted by Chief F. L. Bistor; Lieu
tenant L. B. Shone U.S.N.R. is the
medical officer and Lieutenant j. j
ODonnell is the pilot:
Want Baseball Game
Several activities have been plan
ned for the stay in Juneau including
baseball game the time of which
is to be announced shortly A crew
race between the two vessels was
scheduled for 12:45 p. m. this after
noon and short range battle prac-
tice is to be held shortly after de-
parture from Juneau.
Trip North, South
The u S. S. Brooks cleared port
from Oakland with the University
of California crew on board on June
IL and will sail on its return trip
by way Of the Inside Passage, pos
sibly stopping at Ketchikan The
U.S.S. Fox, leaving Seattle with its
Washington R.O.TC. unit on June
IS, will return southbound by way
of the Outside passage Both boats,
travelling separately, are to head for
Bremerton, following which they
will proceed to San Francisco, the
Fox subsequently returning with
the U. of w. group to Seattle.
Stops made enroute to Juneau
from Seattle by the two destroyers
were Prince Rupert and Hump
Back Bay.
CALL ON GOVERNOR
1t. Commander c. l.. Surran,
commanding the U.S.S. Fox, and
Lieut.. w. w. Cone, commanding the
U.S.S. Brooks, paid their official
call on Governor John w. Troy at
1S o'clock this morning.
Simpson MacKinnon, Naval Aid
to the Governor, returned the call
later in the morning.
FarwelI is Pilot
Lieut. r. r. Farwell, USNR, is
pilot for the Naval R.O.TC. cruise
on the U.S.S. Fox. Lieut.. Farwell is
veteran of many navy cruises to
Alaska and has many friends in all
Alaska ports. He expects to return
to Alaska with another navy cruise
later in the summer.
In civilian life Lieut.. Farwell is a
member of the University of Wash
ington faculty.
Description Of Craft
U. S. Destroyer Brooks was
completed June IS, 1920, and the
Fox completed May IT, 1920.
They are sister ships and belong
to a group of five ships which in
cludes the Gimler, Hatfield and
Kane.
Displacement, 1880 tons; stand
ard complement. 1872; dimensions,
length over all, 314 feet. Beam
80 feet; maximum draft 10 feet.
Armament = Four 5-inch guns,
One 3-inch anti-aircraft gun, IL
21-inch torpedo tubes ftripled).
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. geared
turbines, $4,000 shaft horsepower
speed, IS knots an hour.
Boilers-Four White Forster; to-
tai heating surface. 27.5O0 square
feet; oil fuel. 375 tons.
These boats are known as flush
deckers.