Thanks for the reminder. I also remember being assigned fire watch etc. prior to commissioning like Gary mentioned. Also, painting the side of the ship on a floating scaffold structure that sat on, what looked like railroad ties. When a ship passed by on the Delaware River, those of us on that raft, were almost swamped and capsized. Testing the catapults by launching four wheeled weighted vehicles into the center of the river. Those were some real memories for a young sailor.