Jesse Owen Stimpson
I served with Mr. Grossetta (�Moose�) on the Brill for 33 months and with him when we went to Turkey to donate the Bill to the Turkish country. I was in the Navy 6 years and Mr. Grossetta was one of the best officers I ever served under. He was always �fair and square� with the crew. After WWII was over and we were on our way to Turkey to donate the Brill to Turkey, we picked up 10 Turkish sailors in New London, CT, and they rode the Brill with us to Turkey. I was the ship�s cook and responsible for ordering all the food from the store to feed the crew for the next patrol. Mr. Grossetta told me when I made up the menus, not to take on any pork for the Turks because they didn�t eat pork. We laughed about it later when I told him the Turkish sailors were eating up all the pork and eating us out of house and home !! On the way back to the United States after leaving Turkey, we were transported on a converted aircraft carrier which had a basketball court on it. We played basketball (Mr. Grossetta was our coach) and we beat the ship�s crew! Mr. Grossetta said it was all right to call him �Moose� on the court, but when we got off the basketball court, he was �Mr. Grossetta�. I enjoyed serving under Mr. Grossetta. Jesse Owen Stimpson Age 88