Durham (LKA 114) - Naval Cruise Book

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if . i f - .,,,Y.. , Captain Stensrud assumes command of the USS DURHAM lLKA-1 l4l lPh0tographed by Luis Segovial 44' f xl' 1 ffl 1 The hopes and dreams of all those who built her, of all who will sail in her, of all who have served our nation at sea, will now begin to be hers. What future she will have no one knows, nor what challenges she must meet in the storms of the world ahead-except that we do know she will play an indispensable role in the struggle for freedom, in which seapower has been decisive from the American Revolution to World War II, Korea, Lebanon, the Cuban Crisis, Santo Domingo, and Vietnam. BM3 John C. Harris, Jr. sets the first watch. R. Wensell Grabarek, Mayor of the city of Durham, accepts the commissioning -pennant presented to the citizens of Durham by the officers and men of the USS DURHAM lLKA-114l. f' Wir y . ' .1 , t 'f tt'srdf4-'ff--f-1 5 , if Q i 5' V , I . ' .Z Q y Z A, ! xy V ' 1:4 - Z 'Q yi I las. ' i 5 4 3. if ' lfrom left to rightl Fireman Milton Wells, Seaman James Whaley, and Seaman Byron Lewis stride down the brow after commissioning. iphomqraphed by Luis Segoviay lPhotographed by PH2 R. Pendergistl 19

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, A-Zi - 5 ,.,-1 --- l 'S rt outh av S y r Downtown Norfolk rises out of the early morning mist. DURHAIVI receives a fresh set of numbers. itting out of DURHAM took place in Portsmouth, Virginia. lt, like every- thing which had preceded it, was just one more delay. lt finally took twice as long as was originally anticipated. The Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force never stopped wonder- ing what the new amphibious cargo ship wou'd be like, but from one month to the next they must have regularly doubted whether they wou d get the chance to see her. Fitting out was a time of preparation. The hull and ,superstructure areas were completely painted out. Other exposed areas such as weather decks were to be painted prior to entering Long Beach. The full anticipation of leaving was probably felt after the successful completion of the Dock Trials. Months of mid-watch entries reading, The ship is in a cold iron status began to read, Alfa boiler on the line . . . Alfa and Bravo boilers are on the line. 20 l --ae ee eeem- 1 , 54 4' 1 'iu.'Kfi..m':.x'4 . 1 l l l l w , . ,L i