Braine (DD 630) - Naval Cruise Book

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DESTROYER DIVISION 212 CAPT S. L. COLLINS, COMDESDIV 212 Our Division Commander, COMDESDIV 212, is CAPT S. L. COLLINS, USN. CAPT Collins Was commissioned in 1939 after graduating from the U. S. Naval Academy, Class 1939. During World War II, he served on SARATOGA CCV 35, BERNADOU CDD 1535, TEXAS CBB 345, and BIRMINGHAM CCL 625. He has been Commanding Officer of H. D. CROW CDE 2525, MONSSEN CDD 7985, and HUNT CDD 6745. Prior to assuming COMDESDIV 212, CAPT Collins attended the U. S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, he was assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Western and Northern Europe, and was Chief of Staff COMPHIBRON 5. He Wears the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V , and the Navy Unit Commendation for service on BIRMINGHAM. LTJG D. O. KIRKLAND LTJG W. W. MEDARIS 8 .4 m Q S f .fmiwx I . in IAQQVW, 5 HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMMODORE

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UNDERWAY OCTOBER I7 '63 ,Q Q . .. . i , , , . . - , X , R- 1.2 E 'I ...gf N: 1 YNMBSW NAM R .. .... . f X 1 M K f f X S . Q cf , . X ' ' 5 ' ll .fir-Q . ' iw . N' 5 ff ' ' , . . f f xo -1 . Q Q .Q sp QM, ,isp ,ff xy... . f XX 'Q .M 'ssff ., ,gf I if f W 'WW , ' N55 Y A I L . , .5-' ' EV ,I 1 ,. Q x N , x , ' fi f ' N' f z 1 '.' X J X 17 OCT. 1963 UNDERWAY for WestPac with DesFlot Nine. 20 OCT. Holi- day routine and our first night refueling from USS KITTYHAWK, which commenced into a beautiful Pacific sunset. 23 OCT. We entered the coral blue reefs of Chau, Hawaii, and steamed into Pearl Harbor as Aloha Week was just starting in the famous Honolulu. 25 OCT. With our stay in Hawaii near an end, we remembered this land of tropical splendor as: the bikinis and surf- boards at Waikiki Beach, Mai Tais at the original Trader Vics and International Market Place, the pink and white striped colors of Kaisers gas eating touring jeeps , the blanketed fields of green sugar cane and pineapple fields, and the hilarious monkeys at PCT. 27 OCT. Our act- ing chaplins LTJG Nelson and ENS Heim sacrificed their Holiday routine and conducted Prot- estant and Catholic services for all hands in the mess decks. 30 OCT. Today was not here, rather it was a day spent in the Twilight Zone thanks to the International Date Line with the officers serving breakfast to the crew and washing their trays. The sons of Ireland also held their annual meeting in after steering, conducted by Alexander J. Mikulski. 5 NOV. All hands shift into undress whites and fall into quarters. RADM Lamberts change of command ,X fm . a--m...,......',?x4g6 Q K . 1 A X fx ,L ,QW 'X A ,fu f s My ., I , . A W. J, S - Qdf . ,V I i .f . ' ggi V .. ' W 7 .Z ' x , ' 2' P' 4 . -MW- 5 1 A ,, H'- if 1. , W -2 W -.f WV ' ff , - , M ,wx . . ' - v' .1 . ' f x, .74 L, L .X X I K, A. Q - I .ww .J 1 mf V, , I x S 1 1 f' f 5 av Y xf Q 'gm ff H 4-,iff 5, ,gd 5 , ,vw '- M 1. .rfc-Q' ., ' ' . ' . f 5155 M, X .55 I L , Zi' 1.9 'I W5 f 22 X 7 f. I Y 2 J ' . ' If iv., hw, x -f i 2 '. 9 my 2-Wow. , f ,. f V, f NK W My if 4 . , . , I commenced with a surprise reorientation into a twelve ship column passing in review at 25 knots past the GALVESTON. CA regular salt water washdown for lst Divisionl. 7 NOV. The island of Luzon, P. I. , loomed over the horizon and into Subic Bay we steamed, the first liberty port in WestPac. Olongapo, just over the bridge from the base, offered crazy jeepney rides if you had remembered to convert your MPC into Pesos at 3. 85P to Sl, or the prospects of its natural beauty along with the good buys on monkey pod. IO NOV. In spite of Cinderella Lib- erty and the Philippine Elections , which closed down Olongapo, Qbut not the O , CPO , and EM Clubsb SAN MIGUEL was still the best in the west. Underway tomorrow for Sasebo, japan. I5 NOV. With all of our gear lashed down due to mighty rough seas, we entered Sasebo on the island of Kyushu, ready for our scheduled tender availability. Here our MPC was converted to Yen C360 Yen to SD , that is , if the one-arm-bandit's hadn't taken the MPC first. 22 NOV. , ...ww ffff .. 'ffy'zfv2f'fW f. yywzwfmyw, I ., .V , . ff ,, A WW X is f I ' -W Z '.l 43. -J 'K -7-Q' 'I , f V4 ffffwwf av . . if I .91-f' fr 1 F Ziwff- 1. 'fi' I - ' ' 4 'f ' H f . . vw wif? ' LP'f?gt5SL'QxixxEL Q f -- 5 ,ww ., ,, . ,i Q X I ,. ., .s -fy ff-'aw 'A '. '...gZ?jQL,,fWgf4 ',L!My2f35,W,fwf'1'ffi fi W4 f . -. 4-' - ,, , i . Q? if f qe f I ' ' 'wi N if N, 'TW 45124. fa- .f .- ., - Wffm ,,,. fy . . 'L . , W M fini! .- 4-W1 f fu. V. . 2 X W . ffifffff W . fffffz .4 I.-HH 4 . -sf. .- --2 . ' f mmf f , f U7 Q 7. .- .. 1, .A 34 .. 23 'ii' f x . 5 nfggf WQZ,x 8 QW,-ksss..ssf,,. if .. .. T, EQ r' X . f I X ix X 7 lx X ig X 19-,xx K ...rs . .. f .. wr, N., 5 Q , S ,... Q . QO f X 7 Q .