US Marine Corps - The Black Vault

Commander
Nava! Avicztion, 1932–1940 117
done—right the first time—and he followed up his orders. The Sara was to
be the best ship in the Fleet and her boats were one way of showing this. He
demanded a spick and span crew and brass work that winked, canvas scrubbed
and bleached, with lots and lots of real sailormade awnings, turksheads and
rope mats. None of this was in the nature of make-work, however. He felt
that a good ship had good boats and vice versa. To be sure that he was always
a man who had his wits about him when duty called he did not drink on week
days, and his weekend drinking was so moderate as to be almost abstemious.
Under his eye, we did a good job when Long Beach was hit by the quake.’
s Rear Admiral Chmles B. Hunt, USN (Ret,), to GCD, letter, 1 Apr. 1965.