From LTJG Al Bell, 1965-67, USS SUMNER COUNTY (LST 1148)

       Attached is some art work that you may be able to use somewhere on the web site.  I found it in 1966 inside the front of a Navy record book that had become lodged behind the wardrobe in my stateroom on USS SUMNER COUNTY (LST 1148). The wardrobe's mountings broke loose from the deck in a violent storm, revealing the book and all sorts of archaeologically significant detritus, including an officer's cap from WW II.  The picture had been hand drawn by a junior officer who had served on Sumner County in the late fifties or early sixties (apparently before NAVOSH required side cleaners to wear life jackets and safety harnesses).  The record book was filled with hand printed copies of love letters between himself and his girl friend.  A gifted artist, his printing was beautiful calligraphy.  Unfortunately,  we don't know his name because it wasn't anywhere in the book.  Perhaps he will see your site and recognize his work.
       We refurbished the officer cap, which was unique in having a genuine patent leather brim, rather than the plastic of my era.  We designated it the SEPA cap -- Senior Ensign Present Afloat and passed it down the line from generation to generation along with a list of humorous SEPA Regulations such as:  "When ballasting the ship, avoid raising the waterline above the main deck level."