Charles Berry (DE 1035) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1963 volume:

■Vv X im p m% M WESTPfiC -«03jr iU3 ' ■ ' A DEDICATION Preceding an employment in the Western Pacific, a ship must perform the de- manding tasks of achieving a high degree of proficiency as man-of-warsmen and attaining a peak condition of material readiness. That these tasks were ably performed by you, the officers and men of the Charles Berry, is amply attested to in the report of conditions found aboard Charles Berry during our pre-WestPac employment readiness inspection conducted by our Flotilla Commander. These conditions did not just happen. They occurred because of the devotion to duty and hard work performed by all hands. For you, the cruise was a period of hard work and personal sacrifice. Time and again, you were faced with unfamiliar situations to which you had to apply extra time and effort. With the ' initiative , common sense, and persistence typical of the best men of our great nation and its Navy, you did an outstanding job and developed skills and qualities which you have a right to be proud of. No less outstanding was your performance as ambassadors of good will. Certainly your conduct has served to enhance a positive image of Americans and Navymen abroad, and in years to come your visits will be remembered with great satisfaction both by the people you visited and those with whom and for whom you sailed. At the conclusion of our assignrnent with the Seventh Fleet it is hoped that you have been left with a sense of personal satisfaction that our employment in the Western Pacific has contributed to maintaining peace in the world and that we have significantly promoted good will and understanding with our allies. I wish to dedicate this cruise book to the hard working men of the Charles Berry and bid you all a traditional Navy Well done. Robert E. Weeks Commanding Officer CAPTAIN LCDR ROBERT E. WEEKS LCDR Robert E. Weeks became the third Commanding Officer of the CHARLES BERRY on 7 July 1962 and held that post throughout our WestPac cruise. He came to the CHARLES BERRY from duty as Executive Officer of the USS COWELL (DD-547). His career includes assignments in operations billets aboard des- troyer type vessels and staff duty with Comman- der Surface ASW Detachment at Key West, Flori- da. Prior to his service aboard the COWELL, he was an instructor in operational communica- tions at the Naval Post Graduate School. His travels include two deployments to the Mediter- ranean, and extensive service in WestPac as Commanding Officer, USS POLK COUNTY (LST- 1084). xo LT GEORGE E. NELSON LT George E. Nelson, Jr. brings to a conclu- sion his tour as Executive Officer of the CHARLES BERRY with this cruise to the Western Pacific. It is a tour which began on 29 April 1961, when he reported aboard from his previous duty with the U.S. Naval Administrative Unit at Lake Mead, Base, Las Vegas, Nevada. His Naval career began at Annapolis, where he graduated in 1953. His first assignment was to the USS IOWA (BB-61), and subsequent tours found him in Gunnery billets on destroyer type ships. Although he is a veteran of several Mediterranean cruises, this was Mr. Nelson ' s first trip to WestPac. As we return to the United States , he leaves us for duty with the staff of ComASWForPac in Pearl Harbor. DEPARTMENT HEADS OPERATIONS LTJG Kenneth R. Butler ENGINEERING LTJG Richard R. Dolson GUNNERY LTJG Walter E. Nolte SUPPLY ENS Quin A. Denvir LTJG David A. Trebour LTJG Jacob H. Gahm JUNIOR OFFICERS LTJG Richard P. White ENS Fred F. Hensha ENS Hubert F. Tahaney THE WARDROOM From the long green table to the finest restaurants of Hong Kong; from a Mongolian Barbecue to raw fish, Japanese style; the Wardroom Officers made quite a name for themselves on the banquet circuit. They also set new standards of international diplomacy by actually eating the raw fish, with chopsticks, thereby promoting good will as well as indigestion. Pinochle, Bridge, and Acey-Deucy were the order of the day after dinner. Poker never really got started, mainly because the Pinochle players always insisted on using their deck of cards. I see your orange juice, and I ' ll raise you half of a ham and cheese! He says that in the old Navy, they always wore dress blues, with shoes. THE SHIP . . . AND HER CREW . . . FIRST DIVISION FRONT ROW--Lawrence M. Hampton, SA, Nathan Couch, GMG3, Donald R. Daniels, SR, Ronald B. Bradley, SN, Dennis N. Hudlett, SN, Ernest R. Alire, SA, Robert L. Lourence, SN, Howard Hermele, SN, Edward C. Hardy, SN, Scott C. Delph, BM3. BACK ROW--Stanley P. Kacher, BMSN, Forest J. Abshire, BM2, Patrick H. Coleman, SA, Terry A. Brock-Jones, SA, Darrold G. Engel, SA, Edgar G. Haynes, GMGl, Jonny I. Erickson, SN, Gale I. Bandle, GMG2, ENS Harold A. Walton, John T. Baldwin, SN, Ronnie F. Davenport, GMGSN, Peter P. Johnston, SN, Gerald B. Gilbert, BMl, Eugene B. Tippin, BM3, Ronald Todd, SN, Charles L. Brown, BMSA, James A. Allen, GMG2, Garland L. Hill, SA, Ronald L. Bergeson, SA, Ronald L. Roy, SN, James A. Draper, SN, Gary E. Powell, SN, Elbert E. Ryals, GMG3, Roger A. Sweet, SN. NOT SHOWN--DonalQ J. Hornbeck, SR. NOW STATION THE SPECIAL SEA AND ANCHOR DETAIL Although the Charles Berry visited many a port and sailed many a sea, most of her cruise was spent at sea detail, as anyone from First Division will testify. From the freezing cold of a Taiwan winter to the tropical bays of the Philippines, the ship used every conceivablecombinationof moorings and tackle to get into and out of port, and all sorts of brows and boats, scows and floats to get the liberty party and the visitors to and from the ship. Fighting First did manage to find time between sea details to show their stuff at sea, participating in a number of underway replenishments, while the gun gangs neatly demolished a target sleeve before the envious eyes of the Hunter- Killer Group. FOX DIVISION FRONT ROW--Delmar G. Jarman, SOGSN, Ronald C. Smith, SOG3, ENS Hubert F. Tahaney, Michael R. Whittaker, FTGSN, Roger M. Boehs, TM 2, William D. Comwell, SOG2. BACK ROW- -Thomas C. Weeks, FTG2, Brent L. Garri- son, SOG 2, Donald W. Mahoney, TMSN, Robert V. Fitzgerald, FIGS, George L. LaPierre, SOGSN, Vernon C. Wolff, SOG3, Travis L. Hopper, SOG3, William E. Austin, SOG2. NOT SHOWN--Jack J. Rudolph, SOC. 10 Mii Miiliiilii mm TWO BLOCKS DOWN AUSTIN TO HOPPER STRF.ET, THEN LEFT TO CORNWELL AVENUE Fox Division personnel demonstrated a number of latent talents during the Westpac cruise. Some worked on corres- pondence courses, while the music lovers invested in stereo tape recorders, or even took up playing the guitar or the ukelele. The Officer of the Deck was frequently astonished to see nothing but a large pile of camera equipment heading across the quarterdeck on liberty, but a closer inspection usually disclosed a Fox Division type buried beneath. The Petty Officer of the Watch was less astonished, for he was generally from Fox himself, as were many of the Shore Patrolmen. It was Fox Division Shore Patrolmen, in fact, who solved much of the Japanese language barrier by simply re-naming all the Japanese streets and landmarks after Fox Division personnel, past and present. M DIVISION FRONT ROW- -Tommy Noe, ENS, Norvell Crauic, L;-,-., ' .Vallcr E. Juhusou, ENl, Ray D. Gillis, ENFN, ENS William D. Cross, Lloyd L. Huntsman, FN, Jimmy L. Banning, FN, John C. Hipps, ENl. BACK ROW--Raymond E. Parrott, FN, Jerry W. Son, EN3, James E. Engel, FA, Philip R. Webb, YN3, Alvy S. Alexander, ENFA, James K. Vencill, ENFN, Fred W. Bolte, BT3, Robert L. SuUens, FN, Edwin L. Starr, ENFN, Keith V. Charleston, BTl, Donald F. AUbee, EN3, John A. Corkran, FN, Frederick R. Poole, FA, Richard W. Overby, BT2, Rodney L. Sullens, FA, Angel Carrasco, FN, William A. Keller, ENC, Clemente Ortiz, EN2, Thomas J. Thomson, FN. NOT SHOWN--Roberto A. Romano, EN2, Lugene W. Stanford, EN3, Roy E. Huntsman, FN, Alan V. Jolinston, FA. X ' ..?l . ik k 12 During our cruise through the exciting and interesting lands of the orient, there was always one division that had to wait until liberty call to see and appreciate any of the scenery. This happy event, moreover, was usually ingloriously referred to by topside sightseers as the Snipes coming out of their holes. The men who make the ship go, the engine- men and boilermen of M Division, voiced few complaints however, as long as the liberty was good and the money held out. Underway they could usually be found amassed on the fantail when work was done, holding an impromptu guitar jam session. Both in port and under way, they performed admirably their task of providing the ship with her basic and essential ability to meet her commitments. 13 R DIVISION FRONT ROW--Russell F. Huber, ENFA, Kenneth D. Bedsaul, FN, Wayne E. Humphrey, SFM3, Gerry W. Savage, FN, Junior L. Carey, SFP3, Anthony L. Valdez, ENFN, George F. Graeff, ECFA, Ronald E. Strong, IC3, Stanley J. Bernard, EMS. BACK ROW--Charles A. Shults, ICl, Mac Christy, EN2, Robert I. Doolittle, FA, Donald H. Kellogg, EMFN, Walter L. McCormic, EM3, Kenneth Thormad, FN, Henry D. Lassiter, EM3, Leslie H. Polvado, EM2, Claud E. Billing- sley, DCl, Duane S. Baumgartner, ENl, Anderson Dudley, EMC, ENS Donald L. Avant. NOT SHOWN- -Richard A. Scheidness, EM2, Jerry G. Evans, FA, Michael J. Pechman, FN. « 14 One of the most versatile groups on the ship, R Division had the job of keeping almost everything on board in good repair throughout the cruise, from the piping and air conditioning systems to the ship ' s entertainment and the liberty boat. At General Quarters, R Division coordinated vital damage control functions. The rest of the time, R Division personnel listened to the gripes and demands of the whole ship, and somehow managed to perform the entire multitude of tasks to everyone ' s satisfaction. Making up this super-service outfit are the A (for auxiliary) Gang, the Electrician ' s Mates and the I. C. Electricians, along with the real shipboard jacks of all trades, the Shipfitters. Hard workers aboard. Snipes and proud of It, R Division also led the way on the beach. If there was a party, R Division found it; if not, they started their own, and reportedly visited night spots so exclusive that no Americans had ever before set foot inside. 15 OC DIVISION FRONT ROW--Ronald T. Allen, SM3, Robert R. Deptula, YN2, Arthur R. Johnson, QMl, Earl J. Farmer, SMS, Jerry K. Brooke, RMSN, William J. Jackson, SMI. SECOND ROW-- ENS Richard A. Pratt, Donald E. Ruger, RM3, Forrest K. Wetzel, QMSN, Rodger M. Buff- ington, RM3, Robert L. Jackson, RMS N, Wilbert E. Everett, RMC. BACK ROW--LTJG Richard P. White, Chester A. Leeberg, QM3, Johnny Shegog, QMS, Henry E. Berry RM2, Leonards. Rash, SN, Leo V. Vance, SM3, Jolm R. Windsor, YN3, Allen D. Eickemeyer, SN, Clint E. Lock, SN. NOT SHOWN--Leon A. Justus, PNl. 16 The burden of the administration and communication tasks of the ship fell daily on the capable shoulders of the men of OC Division. They were everywhere in evidence--from the ship ' s office force buried under a blizzard of paperwork to the quartermasters guiding us through the unfamiliar waters of the Southern Philippines; from the radiomen spending long hours at the CW key to the signalmen braving the bitter cold of a Japanese night. Despite their diligence aboard ship, however, it was when the brow went over that OC really made its mark. In size, enthusiasm, and accomplishments, the liberty party from OC Division recognized no peer. Both aboard ship and ashore, it was a division characterized by ex- traordinary dedication to the task at hand. 17 Ol DIVISION FRONT ROW--Robert E. McCaleb, ETRSN, Ronald J. Devries, SN, Jesse E. Truesdell, RDC, Wayne C. Lundberg, RDSN. BACK ROW--Craig E. Russ, RD2, Gail W. Sary, RDSN, Chris- topher M. Latchford, ETR3, Dennis C. Damey, ETN3, Howard L. Poyner, RD3. NOT SHOWN--Lawrence W. Haynes, ETN2, Charles E. Bridges, RD2, Johnnie L. Zbranek, RD3, Thomas L. Peery, RD3. 18 The jumble of tubes, wires, dials, and luminescent screens which were so inexplicable to most of us were the tools of the stalwart men of OI Division. Given the task of maintaining and operating a good portion of the electronic gear aboard the sliip, they performed it admirably, even though it meant occasional sleepless nights and more than their share of port-and-starboard watches. The smallest division on the ship, they more than made up for this deficiency by know- how and a tremendous ability to get the job done. In addition, OI Division had perhaps the most lavish gift of gab of any group on the ship, and one had only to go to CIC at any time of the day or night to find a bull session in full swing, with the more the merrier, interrupted only occasionally by the twang of a guitar from some dark corner. 19 S DIVISION FRONT ROW--William A. Barber, SK3, Maximo Ruiz, SH3, Jesus M. Yuste, DKl, Manuel F. Pasiliao, SK2, Apolinar DeLeon, SDl. BACK ROW--Harold I. Tarr, SKI, Jerry K. Miller, SN, Dennis E. Leighton, SN, Larry J. Cunnington, SK3, Gregorio P. Perez, SD3, Lonzo A. Walker, CS2, Levi Jones, CSl. NOT SHOWN--Jerald L. Allen, SHSA, Melvin R. Beals, SK3, Jose E. Canaynay, TN, Felicito S. Tulao, TN, Alfred S. Wright, TN, Jerry W. Cole, CS3, Charles L. Snyder, CS3, Ernest McClendon, SH2, Juan P. Balajadia, SH3. 20 In Westpac, there was speculation each payday as to whether we would be paid in greenbacks, MFC, or Pesos. Other Supply functions proved just as troublesome. The stewards served at least one big buffet to local dignitaries in each port, while refreshments had to be provided for thousands during general visiting. The laundrymen worked late turning out whites for the marching unit, while the ship ' s barber struggled to give regulation haircuts to reluctant owners of more exotic styles. Despite an imexpectedly heavy sale of ball point pens, even the ship ' s store had its problems, winding up with a big surplus of Japanese ashtrays. S Division proved equal to these challenges and kept the ship well provided for wherever we went. 21 22 UNDERWAY FOR WESTPAC 24 NOVEMBER 1962 PAST BALLAST POINT, PAST POINT LOMA , THEN . . . SET THE REGULAR UNDERWAY WATCH 23 HAWAII AND GUAM £jiti5:i- ' A BRIEF STOP AT SEAL BEACH, FOLLOWED BY A SIX DAY TRIP TO HAWAII AND THREE DAYS IN PEARL HARBOR. 24 ji WE ARRIVED IN GUAM ON 13 DECEMBER , STAYED A WEEK, AND CAUGHT SOME FISH, WHILE OTHERS HUNTED WILD GAME. w% 1 r iKf ' ' l ' HI r Li 5 A s H B , ■ ■1 1 25 UNDERWAY . . . ft i - GREAT FIGHTS OF THE CENTURY 26 FOR SUBIC BAY CHRISTMAS MAIL ARRIVED IN SUBIC BAY , WHERE WE SPENT THE HOLIDAYS. NEXT , A MONTH ON TAIWAN PATROL AND A WEEKEND IN KEELUNG, ONE WEEK OF R R IN HONG KONG, BACK TO SUBIC ON 13 FEBRUARY WITH A WEEKEND TOUR OF MANILA. 27 SOUTHERN CEBU CITY, ISLAND OF CEBU GENERAL SANTOS, ISLAND OF MINDANAO JOLO, ISLAND OF JOLO 21 FEBRUARY TO 2 MARCH 28 PHILIPPINES IT %. V •V 29 GOODWILL 30 CRUISE 31 CHINA THE CHARLES BERRY MADE A TOTAL OF THREE VISITS TO CHINA , RETURNING TO HONG KONG FOR STATION SHIP DUTY UPON COMPLETION OF THE PHILIPPINES CRUISE AND A WEEK OF HUNTER -KILLER OPERATIONS . .■ m mfstOi-- ■- ' ■■ 32 HONG KONG -Z- 33 JAPAN ■W- J ' WW CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME -- TOKYO -- YOKO -- KAMAKURA , 3 -WEEK TRIP AROUND HONSHU , THE FIRST VISIT BY A U.S. WARSHIP, TO MANY OF THESE SMALL PORTS . OFUNATO , HACHINOHE , FUNAKAWA, RYOTSU , NANAO , MOJI (KITAKYSHU), A BEAUTIFUL LAND - A MEMORABLE TRIP. 34 35 HONSHU 36 TOUR 37 38 SHIP ' S PARTY- YOKO BEFORE WE LEFT FOR ' ' ' THE STATES, ONE LAST BLAST. -but the one in the red- Two out of three smokers enjoy Camels ■ 1. mm Lk 91 1 Will the real Chief Truesdell please stand up? s:s Man, that ' s coffee ! Arthur Murray strikers M -little drink never hurt anyone ! -lick any man in the house ! IT- n I suppose you ' re wondering why I called this meeting? The Magnificent Seven 39 CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME As the brass band played , we pulled out of Yoko on the 7th of May and headed for home. We even had two Sundays in a row to relax and contemplate our homecoming, thanks to the interna- tional date line. Arriving in Hawaii on May 15th, we barely managed to avoid having to set special astronaut rescue detail for Gordon Cooper, then left Pearl Harbor the next day. On May 22nd we received a joyous welcome at pier eight, San Diego Naval Station. It was, to say the least, quite a journey. We visited 18 ports in five different countries, and traveled a total of twenty five thousand, nine hundred seventy nautical miles, better than once around the world. JUST AS WE LEFT, WE SENT COMSEVENTH FLEET A RHYMED DEPARTURE MESSAGE WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS A BIT OF A CLASSIC: FROM YOKOSUKA , SIX MAY , NINE O ' CLOCK , ZULU TIME , WE ' RE SENDING A PRESS RELEASE , WRITTEN IN RHYME , RECALLING THE SIX MONTHS WE ' VE SPENT O ' ER THE SEA, SINCE WE LAST SAW THE LAND OF THE BRAVE AND THE FREE. WE SOON MET THE QUITE UNAVOIDABLE FATE , OF PATROLLING THE TURBULENT FORMOSA STRAIT; WE THEN TOURED THE SOUTHERNMOST ISLES PHILIPPINE, ' NEATH THE FLAG OF THE COMNAVPHIL GOODWILL MARINE. WITH THE HUK GROUP WE SEARCHED FOR UNDERSEA PREY, AND THE GOBLINS WHEN FOUND, COULD NOT GET AWAY. RETURNING TO CHINA FOR ONE LAST GOOD LOOK, THE DUTIES OF STATION SHIP HONG KONG WE TOOK; ROUND HONSHU WE TRAVELED THROUGH CALM APRIL SEAS , DRINKING SAKI AND TEA WITH OUR FRIENDS JAPANESE. NOW IT ' S EASTWARD TO DIEGO, AND THERE TO BEHOLD, THE FRIENDLIEST NATIVES OF ALL, SO WE ' RE TOLD; AND WE ' D JUST LIKE TO SAY WE ' RE A BETTER DE , HAVING SERVED IN THE SEVENTH FLEET SCHOOL OF THE SEA. WE WERE SWIFTLY MATCHED BY COMSEVENTH FLEET, WHO CAME RIGHT BACK WITH THE FOLLOWING GEM: WE ' VE DEEMED IT A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD YOUR SUB STALKING STOCK IN THE FLEET TRULY SOARED. IN THE VISIT OF PORTS YOU TOOK SUCH A LEAD THAT WE ' VE ALL COME TO THINK YOU ' RE THE BERRIES INDEED. GOOD LUCK IN YOUR TRAVELS TO ROUND EYES SO DEAR TO AM-A-REE-CA SHIMA AND REALLY COLD BEER. WHILE YOU BASK IN THE SUN OF YOUR NEW COASTAL BEAT WE ' LL LOOK TO THE DAY YOU RETURN TO THE FLEET VICE ADMIRAL THOMAS H. MOORER , USN , COMMANDER SEVENTHFLT. 40 ( i HOW ' S THE ANCHOR? HEREIN ENSUES THE TALE OF OUR CRUISE WHICH WE TOLD TO OUR FRIENDS IN THE STATES, BUT A PICTURE IS WORTH ALL THE STORIES ON EARTH AS THE FOLLOWING ESSAY RELATES! WE LEFT SAN DIEGO LAST NOVEMBER. ALL HANDS WERE IN THE BEST OF SPIRITS AND EAGERLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ADVENTURES OF THE LONG VOYAGE- SECTION ONE HAD THE FIRST UNDERWAY WATCH THE THIRD NIGHT OUT WE THREW A PARTY. SINCE NO ALCOHOL IS ALLOWED ON BOARD, WE MADE DO WITH WHAT WE COULD FIND 41 FREQUENT DAMAGE CONTROL DRILLS WERE HELD ON THE WAY OVER. THE FIREFIGHTING TEAMS , SMOOTHLY PERFORMING THEIR TASK DESPITE BILLOWING CLOUDS OR SMOKE, WERE A FAMILIAR SIGHT DAMAGE CONTROL PARTIES, CLAD IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, DEMONSTRATED THE PROPER METHOD OF SHORING A BULKHEAD AT LAST WE ARRIVED IN THE MYSTERIOUS ORIENT, WHERE MULTITUDES OF CURIOUS ONLOOKERS THRONGED THE PIER TO GREET US NATURALLY , AS SOON AS THE BROW WAS OVER , THE LIBERTY PARTY WENT ROLLICKING ASHORE TO ENJOY THE EXOTIC PLEASURES WHICH BECKONED, FAR FROM THE HARSHER DISCIPLINES OF SHIPBOARD LIFE 42 MANY STRANGE SIGHTS GREETED OUR EYES IN THESE FAR-OFF LANDS. WE SAW SNAKE CHARMERS, PIPING WEIRD MELODIES ON THEIR ANCIENT INSTRUMENTS AS COILED DEATH WRITHED AT THEIR FEET WE ALL DID A GREAT DEAL OF SHOPPING, SPENDING MUCH TIME THOUGHTFULLY WEIGHING THE MERITS OF THE MERCHANDISE ' MANY OF US PURCHASED UNUSUAL SOUVENIRS WE WERE OFTEN ABLE TO ACQUIRE BEAUTIFUL HAND- MADE DOLLS, THEIR FLAWLESS FEATURES EXQUISITELY FASHIONED FROM THE MOST DELICATE MATERIALS 43 WE ' LL LONG REMEMBER THE SIGHT OF THE SIMPLE NATIVE GIRLS WALKING SERENELY DOWN THE NARROW, TWISTED STREETS OF THE LOCAL MARKET-PLACES , DRESSED IN THEIR TRADITIONAL ORIENTAL COSTUMES-- ALTHOUGH THE MENU OFTEN INCLUDED MANY UN- FAMILIAR ITEMS, WE SOON LEARNED TO ENJOY THE NATIVE CUISINE AND DINED WITH GUSTO ' TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES WERE EXCELLENT THERE WAS NEVER ANY CROWDING OR WAITING IN LINE FOR THE NEXT BUS OR TAXI 44 DUE TO THE EXEMPLARY CONDUCT OF THE LIBERTY PARTY ASHORE , THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NO NEED FOR ASSISTANCE FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ONLY A SKELETON SHORE PATROL WAS PUT ASHORE AS OUR TIME OF DEPARTURE NEARED, STOWAGE SPACE FOR SOUVENIRS BECAME QUITE SCARCE , AND THREE OF THE TORPEDO TUBES HAD TO BE UTILIZED FOR SOME OF THE LARGER KEEPSAKES AT LONG LAST, WE SET SAIL FOR THE DISTANT UNITED STATES ONE MORNING IN EARLY MAY, AND OUR HEARTBROKEN FAR EASTERN FRIENDS GATHERED TEARFULLY ON THE PIER TO BID US A RELUCTANT FAREWELL 45 BASKETBALL THE TEAM Jerald Allen Ronald Devries Allen Eickemeyer Darrold Engel Edward Hardy George LaPlerre Ronald Strong LTJG Butler ENS Denvir LTJG Dolson LTJG Butler LTJG Nolte LTJG Trebour ENS Walton SPORTS THE SCORES USS Haverfield won 30-28 USS Swenson won 62-38 College of Hong Kong lost 60-42 University of Visayas lost 71-43 University of San Carlos lost 58-54 Minterbro lost 45-41 Notre Dame College. Jolo lost 49-47 Gotekleng lost 60-44 Funakawa City Office won 82-14 Funakawa Vocational High S ;hool won 68-18 Ryotsu City Office won 36-31 46 SOFTBALL SPORTS THE TEAM Juan Balajadia Scott Delph Robert DeptuLa Edward Hardy Frank Hofmann Wayne Humphrey Leon Justus George LaPierre Roger Sweet Ronald Strong Harold Tarr Anthony Valdez LTJG Butler LTJG Gahm ENS Lentz LTJG Nolte ENS Walton THE SCORES USS Haverfield Sadaya Port Services Cebu Royal PI Dodgers Ryotsu City Office Nanao City Office Kitakyushu Education Department lost 10 - 3 lost 11 - 4 won 8 - 1 lost 3 - 2 won 8 - 4 tie 13 - 13 lost 11 - 3 47 What do you mean, no liberty? Gravy? On your salad? •: A A Our compliments to the chef! I figure the more we haul in, tlie sooner we can go home. Barber shop facilities are modem and efficient. Because I don ' t LIKE to follow suit, that ' s why ! Hope the duty snake doesn ' t give out before the duty snakebite remedy does. Darn fish stole our hats. 48 I: Lunch meat and cheese in the war droom? Going my way? It looks like Key West This is where they told us, but I don ' t think it ' s a bar. |j| Is this the line for Circus tickets? Oil no! They blew tubes! Are you sure this stuff is good? It IS Key West! 49 We still need a Mickey Mantle and a Sandy Koufax In the Navy, you ' ll learn highly technical skills from trained experts « « And how did you enjoy the meal, yoiuig lady? Wlial sort of man reads Playboy? 50 And on your right is the famous Giant Buddha of Kamakura Maybe if you pressed the starter, sir I relieve you --and you c an be tlie associate assis- tant vice sub lee helmsman ' s helper Look, mom, no cavities ! Hello, Captain, we knew it was you Our alert radar watch keeps constant lookout for possible dangers free bath for the kiddies 51 CONCLUSION NAVAL MESSAGE PRECEDENCE DATE TIME GROUP MESSAGE NR DEFERRED 21 1 428 Z MAY 63 336 FROM: COMCRUDES PAC TO: CHARLES BERRY INFO: COMCRUDES PLOT SEVEN COMCORTRON THREE UNCLAS 1. WELCOME HOME 2. YOUR READY AND PROFESSIONALLY EXPERT RESPONSE TO ALL ASSIGNED TASKS HAS MARKED YOUR WESTPAC CRUISE AS A SUCCESS OF REAL SIGNIFICANCE. 3. CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD WORK IN EXTENDING AND STRENGTHENING THE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND FRIENDSHIP WHICH WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO MAINTAIN WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE FAR EAST. FRANK VIRDEN BT . . . . VIA: FR NR 11995 52 r -vAv 1 1 m 1. WESTMC w M 4 1