Navy

These Cartoons Were Done Between 1983 To 1986 And Were
Published As Black And White Comics In The Flyer, The Shipboard
Newspaper For The U.S.S. Kitty Hawk CV-63.
There Were Others, But These Are The Best Examples.
 
 
One Night While We Were In The Sea Of Japan.

   One Of The Ship’s Chaplains I Spoke To Got
Me To Do A Cartoon For The Paper. If It Wasn’t
For Him Pushing Me, I Never Would Have Submitted Anything.

So Thanks Chaplain Prescott.

With So Many People On Board And So Little
Space, The Ship Had To Be Cleaned Constantly.
The Decks Were Always Being Waxed Somewhere.

   Whenever You Were Hauling Laundry
Or Some Heavy Equipment, You Were
Always Being Told To Go Around.

   The Fun This Generated Really Increased
When Several Divisions Where Doing Their
Decks At The Same Time.
 
This Was Drawn Midway Through The 1984 Cruise.

    Once In A While I Would See This Comic Cut Out And
Pasted On Someone’s Work Station Somewhere On The
Ship. It Was Something Everyone Could Relate To.

When Deployed On A Western Pacific Cruise, Every
Navy Ship Has To Patrol the Indian Ocean.
   Being On A Ship Sailing Around In Circles Over And
Over For 3 Months (Or Longer) Was A Thrill That
Most Of Us Just Couldn’t Get Enough Of.

   This Was The Other Comic Of Mine That Was Cut
Out And Pasted On People’s Work Stations.
   I Have To Admit That It Was A Thrill The
Few Times That I Saw That Happen.

This Was Another Comic Drawn During The
Indian Ocean Period Of The ’84 Cruise.

   The Mail Actually Ran Frequently, But It
Was One Of The Few Things To Look
Forward To, So It Was Never Enough.

   The People Who Put The Ship’s Paper
Together Ran This With No Problems, But
Were Afraid That It Would Upset The Guys
Who Ran The Kitty Hawk’s Post Office.

After The Cruise I Was Told That The Post
Office Never Said Anything About It.

    Like Everyone Else, They
Must Have Wanted More Mail.

After 3 Months Of Nothing But Water,
We Pulled Into Australia For 5 Days!

   The People In Australia Were Fantastic, And
There Were So Many Beautiful Women!

   After 5 Days Of Being In The Land Down Under,
Going Out To Sea In A Crowded Ship Full Of
Men Didn’t Sound Like Any Fun.

   My 9 Year Old Daughter Found This
Comic And Asked Why Did I Only
Put Ladies In The Bottom Panel.

Since The Ship’s Electricity Is Not Grounded, All
Electrical Devices Had To Have A 3-Pronged Plug.
The 3rd Prong Was The Ground.

   These Devices Had To Be Taken Down To Electrical
Safety To Be Checked Out. This Was Done Once Or
Twice A Year, I Can’t Remember The Time Frame.

   Each Space On The Ship Has A Tack Number.
The First Number Is The Deck, The Second Is The
Rib Of The Ship, And The Third Is The Space.

   Everytime I Went To Electrical Safety There Was
A Sign Saying They Had Moved To Another Space,
And They Had The New Tack Number Listed.

   Even Though The Tack Number Was Listed,
It Could Still Be Tough To Find If It Was In a Part
Of The Ship You Were Not Familiar With.

The Kitty Hawk’s Decks Went Up To 010.
There Was No Such Thing As 030.

This Was My Favorite Comic.

Later I Was Told That Electrical Safety Didn’t Think
It Was Funny, But I Don’t Know If That Was True.

 
At The End Of The ’85 Cruise We Stopped In Hawaii,
And The Public Affairs Office Put Together A Guide For
The Crews Use. This Was The Cover.

   It Was Also One Of The Few Things That I Did In ’85.
At That Time I Was Put In A Work Station That Had A TV,
So I Squandered All Of My Time Watching It Instead Of Drawing.

This Was A Door Sign For The Ship’s Radio Station.

1 comment:

  1. Those are some great memories, Don. Miss you, shipmate!

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