Dashiell (DD 659) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1953 volume:

The USS DASHIEIL (DD-6S9I is a three hundred seventy-six foot destroyer with a standard displacement of 2050 tons. Constructed at Kearny, New Jersey, she was first commissioned on 20 March 1943; from here she went into the Pacific Theatre of operations where she remained until the end of World War It, distinguishing herself with raids on enemy installations and the rescuing of American pilots shot down in action. She has the sinking of five enemy ships and the destruction of nine enemy planes to her credit during the closing days of the war with Japan. The Dashiell remained in an inactive status from 30 March 1946 until 20 April 1951 when she commenced being reactivated at the Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina; and on the third of May she was formally placed in commission. On 27 April 1953, with Timothy J. Guinan, Commander, USN, commanding, the USS Dashiell got underway for Balboa, Canal Zone, the first leg of her round - the - world cruise. There was gunnery practice in Caribbean waters enroute, a route which took the ship off the coasts of San Salvador, Cuba, and Haiti and through the Crooked Island and Windward passages; on the sec- ond of May she arrived at and transited the 50 mile long Panama Canal and docked at Rodman Naval Base for a day and a half. From here the Dashiell sailed to Son Diego, California, where she remained tied up alongside the USS Prairie for four days ' final repairs and fuel; Dago is remembered well, for here began the extra-nautical enter- tainment that was to be found all over the world, and here the officers ' Softball team thoroughly quelled the chiefs ' opposition. Pearl Harbor was the next pert-ef-cati for a three day respite; time for sightseeing, but there was time for one swimming party at Sangley Point Base. The next two days were spent at the Subic Boy Repair Activity where there was a tremendous amount of work accomplished in repairs to the ship, and all hands were very cordially received. After reaching Saigon, French Indo-China, on 20 October, Dashiell was host a) a reception held on board for dignitaries of Saigon and the American colony there. Also there was a reception at the home of the Naval Attache to Saigon, and many of the private clubs extended the use of their facilities. From Saigon she sailed to Singapore where a reception was held by the American consul. Then — Colombo; what can one say about Colombo! There were two days of ebony, star sapphires, topaz, ivory, and excitement — all for sale. Some few enjoyed Cooke ' s tours to Mount Lavinia and other points of interest. Enroute to Singapore, on the 23rd of October, the Dashiell crossed the Equator (at 00-00° Latitude, 105-36° East Longitude; the time — 2137 GCT). With true reverence for tradition, the customary Crossing the Equator ceremonies were held on board, and those who hod been pollywoggs entered into the sanctum sanctorum, the deepest mysteries and finest wisdom of the Royal Order of Shell- backs, of the court of the august Neptunus Rex. Those happy few who survived are proud of this honor bestowed upon them. Leaving Ceylon on November third, the Dashiell began her voyage to France. After going through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, she commenced transit of the Suez Canal at 0800, on Armistice Day; the sixteen hour trip had one diversion, swimming over the side of the ship in the Great Bitter Lake. At 2345, the numbers six, five, nine were seen in the Mediterranean Sea. On November 14th, the Dashiell began her full-power trial run, and for four hours she averaged 35.2 knots. She passed through the Straits of Messina with Sicily to port and Italy to starboard; one very exciting spectacle was seeing Mount Stromboli in the process of eruption about seven that evening; even Nature, it seemed, was out to wel- come the Mighty D. Two days later the beauty and fascination of the French Riviera became hers as she dropped her hook in the harbor at Cannes; here began a mass of sightseeing to Nice, Ville- thi was followed by a six hour stop for futling at Midway Island, memorable for a swimming party with plenty of cold beer. At 1 800 (six p.m. to the landlubber) on 27 May, 659 set sail for Japan and at nine o ' clock on the morning of June third, the Doshiell arrived at yokosuka, Japan. The next few months were occupied with operations near Japan and Korea; the Dashiell was parly to the breaking of a few records, when she underwent fueling at sea during night carrier operations and acted as aircraft guard to the Fast Car- rier Task Force which established a new record for the largest number of sorties ever to be launched in a single phase of corrier operations. There were anti-submorine training with the Hunter-Killer groups, •scon duty with carriers, and operations with shore bombardment batteries off the Korean cost. There was one excursion to Hakodate for liberty — we now know the dearth of entertainment in Hakodate, and there was one escort trip to Hong Kong with the carrier Kearsarge, and a speed run with the USS Princeton. 659 was in Sasebo for repairs when the wonderful news that the Korean truce had tran- spired came through; then there were rest and recreation periods for a few at spas on the slopes of Fujiyama and grand tours to Tokyo, Except for the cruise to Hong Kong, when typhoon Tess was en- countered, the weather was always outstandingly good. One note- worthy event was the ship ' s party, held at the Enlisted Men ' s Club in Yokosuka; there the officers and men — and a few hostesses — consumed quantities of beer and soft drinks and enjoyed an excellent buffet supper. To coin a phrase, a good time was definitely had by alll . On the afternoon of October ninth, the Dashiell left Sasebo, Japan, to begin the long voyage back to the States ; her immediate destination — Manila, Philippine Islands. The following day she passed the very large and rugged, now historical, island of Okinawa; and she arrived at the central piers in Manila on the thirteenth. Since the ship was only to be there for two days, there was little franche, Monte Carlo, and Antibes. but nobody seemed to mind. On the morning of the twentieth, the Dashiell passed between Gibraltar and Africa, and the next morning arrived at Lisbon, Portugal, one of the most impressive and beautiful cities of the 0; entire cruise; uniavaged by war, Lisbon maintained a pink ond white beauty unequalled anywhere else in the world. During the four-day slay in Portugal, six hundred men made the pilgrimage to Falima; all Lisbon gave the American Navy the warmest of welcomes. The horrible weather of the Atlantic did not dampen the ardor of the men to return to the States ; when the USS Dashiell arrived in Philadelphia on the fourth of December, there was a great throng of family and friends to greet these men who had, in fifty-eight thou- sand miles, circled the globe. It is to keep alive the memory of the work and the play, the sight of sea and foreign land that we, the editors, present this record of the 1953 round-the-world cruise of the USS Dashiell IDD-6S9). 1 1 I ■ I ■ I ■T rnrt hTai rr A SHIP IS SIGHTED ••••• IT IS THE •••• lOH E T a 9 8 7 ' 6 -■-•Vf  «3 i- . y f Wl il W ' i ifl ' Af m ■miC ' - ?-! ■ ' ::% -1 - p World Cruise -y - o „ r « r M 27 April 4 December 1953 Hedicated to Those We Leave On Shore .... From Newport to Naples, from the Philippines to Philly — no matter where we sail or what we see, there is one thought always with us, that thought is Home. Along with the sunset over the Med or the dawn through the mists over Fuji there appear the ever-present pictures of wives, sweethearts, and mothers; the excitement of crossing the Equator is little- compared to hearing of the family ' s new car or the girl ' s graduation. No, with all that lies ahead we hate to leave, and no sight will ever look so good nor be so long and anxiously awaited as our first glimpse of those we leave on shore. i 11 JJJIJ 1 IJI 4 • 1 • 1 1 JOSEPH E. FEASTER, Lieutenant, USN, Bath, South Carolina. Georgia Teachers Col- lege, 1943. ADMmi$TRATIO OPERATIONS OFFICER John T. Milligan, Lieutenant (jg), USN, Detroit, Michigan. Miami University, 1951. SUPPLY OFFICER John F. Halloran, Ensign (SO, USNR, Boston, Massachusetts. Clark University, 1952. GUNNERY OFFICER William A. Rosenau, Lieutenant (jg), USNR, Manchester, Connecticut. Yale University, 1947. ENGINEER OFFICER William C. Miller, Ensign, USN, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Villanova College, 1951. CIC OFFICER Robert P. Keating, Lieuten- ant (jg), USNR, Buffalo, New York. Yale Univer- sity, 1951. NAVIGATOR George H. Weeks, Ensign, USN, Altoona, Pennsylva- nia. United States Naval Academy, 1932. CUSTODIAN Russell L. Tupper, Ensign, USNR, Norwood, Massa- chusetts. Teachers College of Connecticut, 1952. COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Paul F. Finnegan, Lieuten- ant (jg), USNR, Everett, Massachusetts. Boston Col- lege, 1950. ELECTRONICS REPAIR OFFICER Stanley P. Kline, Ensign, USNR, Pompton Plains, New Jersey. Renssalaer Po- lytechnic Institute, 1952. OPERATIONS O DIVISION First Row: Blickensderfer RDl, Jordan RD3, Jason RD3, Taylor SN, Mitchell RD3, Haimbach ET2, Shearer ET3, Bjornson ET3, Smith ETl. Second Row. Kilanowski SN, Patterson RD3, Carlson SN, Deris SN, Bohlke ET3, Tidwell SN, Gorry ET3. Not Shown: West RD3, McConnell RD2, McCabe RD2, Phelps SA. THE OPERATIONS department composes the brain and nervous system of the ship. The communications of every sort, Combat Information, Navigation, the radars — all that is the where, when, how, and why aboard ship is Operations. C DIVISION First Row: Del Fiacco QM3, Albert SN, Maxwell RM3, Doty RM3, West TE3, Bartholomey SN, Berish SN, Donovan SN, Sommers YNl, Albright RMC. Second Row: Lt. (jg) Finnegan, Holt SN, Peterman SN, Stewart SN, Rivera SN, Davidson SN, Brittain YN3, McDonald SN, Rosenberg QMC, Ensign Weeks, Ensign Tupper. niiiiHgM utrrmtt i  rtT eBit93B rS CHECK Through Culehra Cut with pUot and pelorus. The Visiting Rotarian delivers the guard mail. Willie Fox, nothing! I ' ve got the World Series! Nory let me see .... did he say ' steer on the stern or mark on the turn ' ? w-arar jrar ■ - r- raoOry raor ra.- .r -a yYr ' rmnHT ' ' T CHECK and CHECK Where ' s this NANCY he keeps talking about? II N II GUMERY i ■ L.2 FIRST LIEUTENANT Raymond F. Newell, Lteu- cnant (jg), USN, Schenec- tady, New York. University of Rochester, 1951. i: THE GUNNERY DEPART- MENT is the reason for destroy- ers. This is the fighting brawn of the ship, the men who man the guns and sonar. The boats and anchor and all the duties of the deck come under the heading of gunnery, the essential protective and destructive department. FIRST DIVISION OFFICER Raymond B. Perkins, Ensign, USN, Providence, Rhode Island. Brown University, 1952. ASW OFFICER Robert E. Miller, Ensign, USNR, Brockton, Massa- chusetts. University of Illi- nois, 1952. FIRE CONTROL OFFICER Gerald P. Rooney, Ensign, USNR, New York, New York. Fordham University, 1952. SECOND DIVISION OFFICER John T. Thorington, En- sign, USNR, Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham Southern College, 1951. MACHINE GUN OFFICER John I. Bradbury, Ensign, USN, Wheelwright, Ken- tucky. United States Naval Academy, 1953. 12 FIRST DIVISION hirst Row: Carmichael FT3, Boudreau SN, Martin BMI, Baker GM3. Second Row: Boyman SN, Clifford FT2, Otradovec SN, Fager FT3, Oochstader SN, James SN, Brewer BM3, Hicks, SN, Henderson SN, Fisher SN. Third Row: Olscn FT2, Belch FTl, Rennie SN, Williams SN, Berry GM2, Hayes BM3, Bolduc SN, Whitfield SN. Fourth Row: Hagstrom BMC, Bailey SN, Shea GM2, Bourgeois FT3, Buzzio SN, Pickens SN, Angrisani SN, Berry SN, Welpley SN, Lucidonio SN, Langbein SN, Rosso SN, Gagnon SN, Ensign Perkins, Ensign Rooncy. Fifth Row: Maroni FT3, Berth SN, Hunter SN, Fetters SN, Moser SN, Roy SN, Brooks SN. Not Shown: Lamb SN, Biby SN, Maloney SN, Hollingsworth GM3, Jarrett SN, Shubak SN, French SN, Ruegg FT3, Kennie SN, Petrausky FT3, Malon SN. SECOND DIVISION First Row: Kraus SN, Reid SN, Haughney SN, Kyzar SN, Scofield TMl, Valdez BM2, Fasuga SN, Dimanin SN, Drummond SN, Ezell SN, McClelland SN. Second Row: Lt. (jg) Rosenau, MoUica SN, Connell TM2, Fidler SN, Rogers SN, Kaschak S02, Brunt S03, Tanz S02, Tucek S03, Humphreys S03, Goodwin TMC. Third Row: Ensign Miller, McCowan SN, West SN, Black SN, Cannon SN, Hicks SN, Thompson SN, Honda S02, Kirshman S03, Shrode S03, Howarth SN, Ensign Bradbury, Smrkovsky BMC. Fourth Row: Ensign Thor- ington, Dubose BM2, Stauffacher SN, Murray SN, Leighton GM3, Markin GF3, Shure SN, Moser SN, Witanek S03, Vanderhoff TMl, Keller GM3, Ritchie SN, Husted S03. Fifth Row: Rohach GMl, Clark SN, Boyles SN, Fenimore TM3, Whiting SN, Stoneberger TM2, Prescher GM3, Martin SN, Swett BM3, Cotov SN, Boland SN. Not Shown: Haase GMC, Smith SN, Gallagher SN, Edelman HN, Williams GM3, Sparks SN, Ressell SN, Butler SN, Ignack SN, Hardy BM3, Hollingsworth GM3. • HOME ON THE RANGE • • 13 r)« i. ' Oops The Dashiell ' s answer to Kon- Tiki. Special sea detail — departing Foggierenell, Rhode Island. . . . . and to protect my country from all enemies, foreign and domestic . . . . Too much wrench and not enough Haase-power. LIFE ' S LITTLE 14 There once was a mailman named Rhett Who delivered the mail in a net; But the deck force, they slipped; And the high-line, it dipped, And the letters a nd cookies got wet. TRAJECTORIES IS 7l w 1 ] . ' ■ T ie projectileman and powdertnan look to the mount captain, awaiting the command, Load! BEADY ON ONE % e ' - A 1 V 16 Sonar — Secret : Yeah, Mr. Miller, she was a real . . . .! Hey, Tanker, stop pumping! STOP PUMP- ING! STOP Blub! ENGIMEBim Engineering is the know-how that keeps us afloat. Our lights and heat and water come from this department, as does the power that keeps us on the move. DAMAGE CONTROL ASSISTANT Donald E. Allen, Ensign, USNR, East Hartford, Con- necticut. Trinity College, 1952. MAIN PROPULSION ASSISTANT Robert W. Osgood, Ensign, USNR, Marblehead, Massa- chusetts. Bowdoin College, 1949. E DIVISION Firsl Row: Gant BT3, Stevens BT3, Petertnan MM3, Shimko FN, Pirella FR, Hoyt BT3, Mac Innes BT2. Second Row: Ensign Miller, Wood MMC, Nelson BTl, Toon MM2, Coughlin BT2, Fritz MM3, King MM3, King FN, Maxcy MMC, Ensign Osgood. Third Row: Barnes MM3, Veilleux BT, Fazzone BT3, Bohrer FN, Moran FN, Hinnershitz MM3, LeGare MM2, Rutledge MMl, Jellings MM2, Doucet FN, Decker MM2. Fourth Row: Luginbill BT3, Owen MM3, Kenny FN, Kujawa FA, Billue MM2, Stefanick MM2, Schneider MM2, Murray FN, Morrison MM3, Nabors MM3. Not Shown: Garcia MMl, Long BTl, Dean BT3, rake BT3, Krueger BT3, Tiege MM3, Giagnacova MM3, Hartman FA, Stone FN, Carroll FA, Fochler FN, Belting FN, Merry field BT3, Lawson MM3, O ' Fallon MM3, Budnick MM 3, Krehbiel BT2, Faurote BT3, Stade BT2, Steffey BT3, Noll BT3, Riley FN, Harris FN, Naab FN, Garrett FN, Leaver FN, Zuber MM2, Fair FA, Rutledge FN. R DIVISION First Row: Small FN, Lynch DC3, Parks IC2, Heasty FN, Terry FA. Second Row: Ensign Allen, Hedley EMl, Stalowski FP2, Schroeder SN, Hess EN3, Shaw FN, Davis MMC. Third Row: Halleck ME3, Delawder FN, Bryant FN, Simko FP3, Burgess IC2. Fourth Row: Van Sickle MM3, Oest EM3, Curran EM2, Kalvelage EM3, McGinnis FN, McCabe FN. Not Shown: Kalvelage FN, Tousignant ENl, Brady FN, Blair FN, Robinett IC2, Liberatae EM3, Schmitt EN2, Young FN, Nerland FN, Drebing FN. HOME ON THE RANGE • • 19 CONSTRUCTION COMBUSTION Finish this ashtray and we ' ll have a dozen for both of us. Now there must be an easier way of moving this thing than picking it up. Better go up to the forward en- gine room for another bucket of vacuum. Full Power: I wonder how long it will be before the whole shebang blows up. 21 ' Aye Aye, Sir As You Say, Sir A brief motaent ia the after fire between bells. Thr Mmdumtt UmUs in Ac tanrmd l%lit off the forward •oarccs of elcctrickf lor dw Bif Jf o and litdc Caesar 23 SVPPl Y FOR THOSE 1095 meals a year and for the doling out of our semi-monthly pay, we depend completely on the Supply Department. The ship ' s laundry, store, and sick-bay also are supply functions. S DIVISION First Row: Lt. Walker, Phillipps HMC, Anders CSC, Baker CSC, Ensign Hallcran. Second Row: Thomas SN, Lohman SN, Sarago SN, Farver SN, Koepper CS2, McGuckin SH2, King SK2, Fincher SH3, Jacobs TA. Third Row: Eaton SN, Castro CSl, Magnus DK3, Fasano SN, Alves SN, Fleming SK3, McCormack HM2. Fourth Row: McGuckin SK3, Helleck SH3, Banks SN, Kelly DK3, Clark SH3, Plummer SHl, Clark SN, Hermanson SN. Not Shown: Shirey SN, Canty CS2, Davis TN, Ackerson TA, Murphy CS2, West SDl, Bates TN, Early TN. DIVISION MEDICAL OFFICER Leslie A. Walker, Lieutenant (MC) USNR, Rochester, New York. University of Rochester, 1948. AND DEMAND i i -k Chicken Every Sunday. A v. ' Those are mashed potatoes?!? But I tell you we don ' t have any candy or cigarettes left! r mmfM Now we ' ll start the day with breakfast men. ' Take it easy. Bill, I just had a Toni. 3f Who threw the overalls in Mr. Mc- Guckin ' s Laundry? Gordon M. Herr, Lieutenant (SC) USN, former Supply Officer, who couldn ' t take it and left us in early June. Who said they were issuing 3.2 out here? The proof of the pudding 28 VORLD The S . (Ship ' s Shut terbug Society). PA I fA MA Mule Train at Gatun Locks SAIV DIEGO ' , Dago DiMaggio ' s Put Down ' I Chiefs ' Uprising! ' Oh, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie! H A W A I I Palms, Pot, and Pineapple and the Winsome Wahines of Wai- kiki — that was Hawaii. 32 iif ? jr.1 r Midway Islands fueling stop just time for a beer party and pictures of the gooney birds. JAPAN Yokosuka and Sasebo, bases of operations during the Korean conflict, offered divers interests for sight-seers, souvenir hunters, and amateur photographers. The itinerant peddlers invade the quarterdeck. The Great Buddha at Kamakura. Mount Fujiyama, eternally snow-capped, land- mark of Japan. Sunset over the Ryukyus. ■ ' • j y ;-Ji LIFE ABOARD SHIP Rogers and King improvise dur- ing a break. Louis E. Nelsen, Lieutenant (jg) USNR, with the Captain and Exec during fueling at sea evolu- tion. Enlisted Men ' s Club, Yokosuka. Ship ' s Company takes over the bandstand. 36 Park Hang Kyu, Ensign, ROKN, who served with us during operations in the Far East, poses on the fan tail with Mr. Thorington. £ 5 Home Was Never Crossing the Line. On the 23rd of October, the ship crossed the Equator southeast of Singapore, and with all due ceremony, welcomed Neptunus Rex and his august court aboard for the traditional ceremonies of initiation to the mysteries of the deep. • Like This Davy Jones, famous locker own- er, pauses during visit. The Seat of Judgment — Royal Counselor, Scribe, and Bailiff. 40 MA NIL A Manila, city of contrasts, old churches and new office buildings, automobiles and horse-drawn buggies. 41 The beautiful municipal building and parks were favorite subjects for cameras. DESDIV 301 dressed for formal reception. SAIGON 42 SINGAPORE Houseboats on the wa- terfront in Singapore. The famous lacquered gate at Tiger Balm Park. 43 COLOMBO 44 SUEZ For 15 hours from the Red Sea to the Bitter Lakes — and so on through the Big Ditch to the Mediterranean. Next time we ' ll try Camels! CA MNES The Cote D ' Azur — Cannes, Nice, Villc- franche, Monte Carlo — playground of the world-famous. (The French govern- ment is now 20.00 richer). tt%i.-;:v ' Bv ' - • , ' f f The USS OASHIELL (OD-659) it a three hundred seven«y-tix foot destroyer with a standard displacement of 2050 tons. Constructed at Kearny, New Jersey, she was first commissioned en 20 March 1943; from here she went into the Pacific Theatre of operations where she remained until the end of World War II, distinguishing herself with laids on enemy installations and the rescuing of American pilots shot down in action. She has the sinking of five enemy ships and the destruction of nine enemy planes to her credit during the closing days of the war with Japan. The Dashiell remained in an inactive status from 30 Morch 1946 until 20 April 1951 when she commenced being reactivated at the Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina; and on the third of May she was formally placed in commission. On 27 April 1953, with Timothy J. Guinan, Commander, OSN, commanding, the USS Dashiell get underway for Balboa, Canal Zone, the first leg of her round - the - world cruise. There was gunnery practice in Caribbean waters enreute, a route which took the ship off the coasts of San Salvador, Cuba, and Haiti and through the Crooked Island and Windward passages; on the sec- ond of May she arrived al and transited the 50 mile long Panama Canal and docked at Rodman Naval Base for a day and a half. From here the Dashiell sailed to San Diego, California, where she remained tied up alongside the USS Prairie for four days ' final repairs and fuel; Dago is remembered well, for here began the extra-nautical enter- tainment that was to be found all over the world, and here the officers ' Softball team thoroughly quelled the chiefs ' opposition. Pearl Harbor was the next port-of-call for a three day respite; time for sightseeing, but there was time for one swimming party at Sangley Point Base. The next two days were spent at the Subic Bay Repair Activity where there was a tremendous amount of work accomplished in repairs to the ship, and all hands were very cordially received. After reaching Saigon, French Indo-China, on 20 October, Dashiell was host a) a reception held on board for dignitrries of Saigon and the American colony there. Also there was a recei tion at the home of the Naval Attache to Saigon, and many of the private clubs extended the use of their facilities. From Saigon she sailed to Singapore where a reception was held by the American consul. Then — Colombo; what can one say about Colombo! There were two days of ebony, star sapphires, topaz, ivory, and excitement — all for sale. Some few enjoyed Cooke ' s tours to Mount Lavinia and other points of interest. Enroute to Singapore, on the 23rd of October, the Dashiell crossed the Equator (at 00-00° Latitude, 105-36° East Longitude; the time — 2137 GCT). With true reverence for tradition, the customary Crossing the Equator ceremonies were held on board; and those who had been pollywoggs entered into the sanctum sanctorum, the deepest mysteries and finest wisdom of the Royal Order of Shell- backs, of the court of the august Neptunu s Rex. Those happy few who survived are proud of this honor bestowed upon them. Leaving Ceylon on November third, the Dashiell began her voyage to France. After going through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, she commenced transit of the Suez Canal at 0800, on Armistice Day; the sixteen hour trip had one diversion, swimming over the side of the ship in the Great Bitter Lake. At 2345, the numbers six, five, nine were seen in the Mediterranean Sea. On November 14th, the Dashiell began her full-power trial run, and for four hours she averaged 35.2 knots. She passed through the Straits of Messina with Sicily to port and Italy to starboard; one very exciting spectacle was seeing Mount Stromboli in the process of eruption about seven that evening; even Nature, it seemed, was out to wel- come the Mighty D. Two days later the beauty and fascination of the French Riviera became hers as she dropped her hook in the harbor at Cannes; here began a mass of sightseeing to Nice, Ville- this was followed by a six hour stop for fueling at Midway Island, memorable for a swimming party with plenty of cold beer. At 1 800 (six p.m. to the landlubber) on 27 May, 659 set sail for Japan and at nine o ' clock on the morning of June third, the Dashiell arrived at Yolcosuka, Japan. The next few months were occupied with operations near Japan and Korea; the Dashiell was party to the breaking of a few records, when she underwent fueling at sea during night carrier operations and acted as aircraft guard to the Fast Car- rier Task Force which established a new record for the largest number of sorties ever to be launched in a single phase of carrier operations. There were anti-submarine training with the Hunter-Killer groups, escor t duty with carriers, and operations with shore bombardment batteries off the Korean cost. There was one excursion to Hakodate for liberty — we now know the dearth of entertainment in Hakodate, and there was one escort trip to Hong Kong with the carrier Kearsarge, and a speed run with the USS Princeton. 659 was in Sasebo for repairs when the wonderful news that the Korean truce had tran- spired came through; then there were rest and recreation periods for a few at spas on the slopes of Fujiyama and grand tours to Tokyo. Except for the cruis« to Hong Kong, when typhoon Tess was en- countered, the weather was always outstandingly good. One note- worthy event was the ship ' s party, held at the Enlisted Men ' s Club in Yokosuko; there the officers and men — and a few hostesses — consumed quantities of beer and soft drinks and enjoyed an excellent buffet supper. To coin a phrase, a good time was definitely hod by all! . On the afternoon of October ninth, the Dashiell left Sasebo, Japan, to begin the long voyage back to the States ; her immediate destination — Manila, Philippine Islands. The following day she passed the very large and rugged, now historical, island of Okinawa; and she arrived at the central piers in Manila on the thirteenth. Since the ship was only to be there for two days, there was little franche, Monte Carlo, and Antibes. It was too cold for swimming, but nobody seemed to mind. On the morning of the twentieth, the Dashiell passed between Gibraltar and Africa, and the next morning arrived at Lisbon, Portugal, one of the most impressive and beautiful cities of the i r entire cruise; uniavaged by war, Lisbon maintained a pink and white beauty unequalled anywhere else in the world. During the four-day stay in Portugal, six hundred men made the pilgrimage to Fatima; all Lisbon gave the American 4avy the warmest of welcomes. The horrible weather of the Atlantic did not dampen the ardor of I the men to return to the States ; when the USS Dashiell arrived in i Philadelphia on the fourth of December, there was a great throng of family and friends to greet these men who had, in fifty-eight thou- I sand miles, circled the globe. It is to keep alive the memory of the ' work and the play, the sight of sea and foreign land that we, the editors, present this record of the 1953 round-the-world cruise of the USS Dashiell D0-659I. - ' i :