USS William H. Standley (DLG/CG-32)
NAVY TRIVIA

1950 Enlisted Pay Scale (Abridged to show maximum pay only)


       BASE PAY                  SEA PAY      BAQ  
E-9    Did not exist             
E-8    Did not exist             
E-7    305.76 (over 26 years)    22.50        96.90
E-6    259.90 (over 22 years)    20.00        96.90
E-5    236.96 (over 22 years)    16.00        96.90
E-4    198.74 (over 18 years)    13.00        96.90
E-3    152.88 (over 14 years)     9.00        96.90
E-2    124.80 (over 10 years)     8.00        96.90
E-1     98.80 (over  4 years)     8.00        96.90
E-1     78.00 (under 4 months)

From “Bluejackets' Manual”, United States Naval Institute (1950), pp. 102-105
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In 1886, first class petty officers were ordered to wear regular trousers and a double breasted coat with 5 gilt buttons. It must be remembered that the CPO rating did not then exist. In 1893 when the CPO was first included in the ratings, he was authorized to wear the uniform of the first class petty officer and the 1st class reverted to bell bottom trousers.

From “Naval Customs, Traditions, and Usage”, United States Naval Institute (1959), pp. 257
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One Navy Ship named in honor of a civilian - The USS Fessenden was the only combatant ship which commemorated the name of a civilian that never served in the US military, held high office or was a founding father of the United States. Mr. Reginald A. Fessenden demonstrated first voice modulated Radio transmission in 1900, and first phonograph transmission in 1906.

From Gunner Mitchell - served on USS Fessenden (DER-142) '57-'60

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One Navy Ship named in honor of a woman - The USS Higbee is the only combatant ship which commorates the name of a woman. Mrs. Lena Sutcliffe Higbee, who died in 1941, was the second superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps.

From “Naval Customs, Traditions, and Usage”, United States Naval Institute (1959), pp. 251

Subj: Trivia Update
Date: 11/30/98 1:20:36 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Aer01@aol.com
To: GunnerM

Gunner:
I was just surfing through the WHS web site and was looking in the trivia section. There it mentions only one ship named after a woman. There is now another one : The USS Grace Hopper. I went to her commissioning last year in San Francisco. She is the latest destroyer AGEIS class. Grace Hopper was an admiral and she was noted for her contibutions in the computer field especially in the COBOL language. Just a little trivia. :)
Regards,
Scott Batchelder