Dyess (DDR 880) - Naval Cruise Book

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mfi tics In every warThere will always be Those who by The coincidence oT Time and place are able To perfori gaIIanTIy in The Tace of The enemy. There are also Those numerous supporTing Torces so necessary To,TI'- combaTanT eIemenTs who seldom share The spoTIighT ol: Tame and recogniTion. -'r T ' The real warrior doesn'T worry abouT being in eiTher group buT concenTraTes his Tull eTTorTs on doing wel whaTever duTies are assigned. Every iob is equally imporTanT To him. I number oT diverse assignmenTs ThaT were all execuTed wiTh The TenaciTy oT a crew deTermined To do in Tour monThs whaT oThers do in seven. Then, as The Tour was drawing To a close, DYESS was called inTo a posiTio5 deep inside The enemy TronT lines from which she was able To unleash The desTrucTion which monThs oT Traininl had perTecTed To a razor's edge. ill I DYESS never received any reTurn Tire alThough enemy Torces, locked in combaT, were oTTen visible close aT hand. IT musT be said ThaT The proTecTion oT God, as experienced so oTTen during The cruise, was There af well. , fl This was a cruise Tilled wiTh experiences new To mosT. To relaTe Them all would Take more Than The limi oT This book, buT some sTaTisTics speak eIoauenTIy Tor The giganTic size of The underTaking. .V TOTAL DAYS OE OERLOYMENT ....... TIME UNOERWAY ............................... ..... . .. ..... ......II6 ......2II PERCENTAGE OE TIME UNOERVVAY ................................................... I ...................................... 772 This was a greaTer percenTage ThaT any oTher ship in The squadron and earned OYESS The nickname Trom her crew oT STeamin' Demon. - f NAVIGATIONAL MILES STEAMEO .... ENGINE MILES STEAMEO .............. ' .......5o,94o.3 -- ....... 119,070.8 NUMBER OE RORTS OE CALL ....... UNOERWAY RERLENISI-IMENTS ....... 5 f33 ROUNDS EIREO TOTAL ......... I -- ................. 3,I85 .......5I 5 f38 ROUNOS EIREO IN ANGER .... -- ....................... 2,787 FUEL CONSUMEID ...................... .....3,026,69O gallons 7 FEED WATER DISTILLED .............. ,,,,., 2 265 ,194 Qcuons I EREsH WATER DISTILLED ........................ ...... l l56 637 gallgns . FRESI-I WATER TAKEN FROM PIER ............... . .... .560 537 gallons ROLLS OE TELETYRE RARER CONSUMEID ....... 682 NUMBER OE u.s. ENSIGNS WORN OUT ................. 15 lxlulvlEER OF MESSAGES RECEIVED AND SENT llulvlEER OE MISSIONS ASSIGNED ................... io I. l During mosT oT her Time in The war zone DYESS played The supporTing roles and Thus accomplished a record' I I -1 ' , 7-uma ' 'T' T --

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Lfhicfs iice ip' Erom lefi To rigni: Robbins, WR., RMC, Persinger, DA., BTCSQ Boriorff, C.E., EMC, Poirer, WB., ami: 'Ui Menywearners, A., BTC, Williamson, E.E., PNC, Shank J.L., MMC, Ledoux, A.L., RDC, Dozier, H.l.., spoifig if Evans, M., GMGC, Cavallaro, LA., CSC, Meyer, D.l.., MMC, Pereira, AP., BMC, ST.l3ierre, LA., HMC? 3Cif , E z '- :Iv

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