Let's not forget Robert Strauss as 'Beer Barrel,' the first class 'batsman' who guided the pilots onto the Carrier deck in the days before the Meatball.
Beerbarrell did not play golf, as was well known to his peers and superiors, but came aboard from each run ashore with an astonishingly heavy golf bag!
For those who do not know, unlike the Royal Navy, all US Navy ships are 'dry.'