Butte (AE 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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29 May 7 June 8 9 13 15-17 17 20-22 24 24-25 26 30 CHRONOLOGY MAY- JUNE Depart Norfolk, Virginia Arrive Rota, Spain Ammo consolidation and turnover with USS Suribachi (AE-21) Passed through Strait of Gibraltar First Task Group replenishment Port visit Naples, Italy Passed through Strait of Messina Port visit Athens, Greece Carrier rearming, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) Ammo lift, Soudha Bay, Crete Enter port, Corfu, Greece, until 6 July SA Walter Rivers rescues girl from electrocution in Corfu Square. AUGUST First test of countermeasure wash- down system; cargo lift Augusta Bay until 4 August Transfer of fresh water to USS Harwood (DD-861) Carrier rearming, USS Independence (CVA-62) Ammo lift, Soudha Bay, Crete, until 13 August Port visit, Marsaxlokk, Malta, until 21 August Exercise National Week until 24 August Port visit Athens, Greece, until 5 September JULY 6 Depart Corfu enroute for operating Areas. 11 Fuel lift Augusta Bay, Sicily, until 14 July 17 Port visit Palma. Mallorca, until 20 July 23 Port visit Naples, Italy until 27 July

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER Lieutenant Commander Morse R. Jackson, U. S. Navy, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 19, 1934. He attended Edinburgh University, Scotland, and graduated from Maryville College in 1956. He entered the Navy by way of the Officers Candidate Program and was commissioned in 1957. His first assignment was as Signal Officer aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42). ■k it it In 1958, he was transferred to the staff of Com- mander, Naval Air Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet and served in various communications billets until 1961. In August 1961, LTJG Jackson reported to the USS Truckcc (AO-147) as gunnery officer. In 1963, then a Lieutenant, lie returned to shore duly and at- LCDR MORSE R. JACKSON USN tended post graduste school in International Relations at The American University in Washington, D. C. Lieutenant Jackson in September 1964 was assigned to USS Long Beach (CGN-9) and served as Com- munications Officer until July 1967. Prior to receiving orders as Executive Officer USS BUTTE (AE-27), Lieu- tenant Commander Jackson served a two year tour of duty in the Office of the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Communications and Cryptology). ★ ★ ★ Lieutenant Commander Jackson is married to the former Mary Ann Marston of Montgomery, West Vir- ginia. They have two children: Lynn, age 10, and Glen, age 8. They reside in Norfolk, Virginia. 5

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 OCTOBER Mail, passenger, cargo lift, Soudha Bay, Crete Eastern Med Ops Brief stop, Soudha Bay Port visit Athens, Greece, until 15 Oct. NATO Exercise DEEP EXPRESS; HS Doxa comes alongside EasterfUMcd Ops Port visit Athens until 24 Oct. Mail, passenger and cargo lift Soudha Bay, Crete until 26 October Eastern Med Ops 5 SEPTEMBER Butte receives 100th ship alongside - 6 USSWaccamaw (AO-109) Arab terrorists hijack four jetliners 7 and hold passengers hostages Brief stop Athens, Greece, to pick 8 up passengers for transfer to ocean- ographic research vessel, SS Glo- mar challenger off coast of Crete on 8 September Brief stop Athens, Greece, to dis- 10 charge passengers Enroute to Eastern Med as tensions 16 mount in Jordon Outbreak of Civil War in Jordon, 25 continue Eastern Med operations Cargo lift Soudha Bay until 26 27 September Continue Eastern Med Ops NOVEMBER Port visit Palma, Mallorca, until 5 November Arrive Rota Consolidation and turnover with USS Nitro (AE-23); depart Rota for home Arrive Norfolk 7