Fox (DLG 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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e,-,eff W. - -, , , Jw -Nm M'ju4j'lM',-.gfnl f Spiritual welfare on the FOX was very adequately looked after during the entire cruise. Lay services were held by Foxmen on Sundays when chaplains couIdn't make it. The FOX had a Protestant, Catholic and lVlormon lay leader who each held lay services when necessary. The FOX held Protestant services every week and Bible study whenever possible at sea. Services were conducted by a chaplain who came from one of the nearby aircraft carriers. When it wasn't possible for a chaplain to come, Protestant lay services were held by the Protestant lay leader, RIVI3 Wayde Goodall who took over when WO1 Jimmy DeIVlarco was transferred. The spiritual welfare of Catholic Foxmen was looked after by the Catholic chaplains of the neighboring carriers who came with the Protestant chaplain, via helo, usually on Tuesday. Catholic lay services were held on Sunday by the Catholic lay leader, RD2 Dan ,Lapinski. The chaplain celebrated mass when he arrived and sometimes early the next day if he stayed overnight. The lay service held on Sunday morning followed the outline of the mass. The readings were done by members of the crew attending. Singing didn't go over well at the lay services so Psalms were recited. The Rosary was said a few evenings for peace - peace in the world and peace within us. Ens Bill Whiteley first headed the Latter Day Saints group on the FOX. When he left DS3 Steve Burns assumed the role of Latter Day Saints lay leader. The Latter Day Saints or lVlormons , met at varied times each Sunday. The group met in the crew's library where the meeting consisted' of lessons taken from a guide provided by the church and Sacrament lCommunioni was blessed and served. EN3 David Lovenburg and BlVl3 Ronald Wallace An Ecumenical service was held one Sunday, and was designated Brotherhood Sunday . The service was conducted by the Protestant and Catholic lay leaders. The response of the crew was favorable and truly Christian. Nlany Foxmen found that worshiping God is not a thing that happens only in port or at home. Some of the biggest decisions for God are made while away from home or in a friendly port. This was the case with the FOX on it's WestPac cruise. lt's such a beautiful thing when one finally realizes that God is with us even out in the middle of that big blue ocean where no one else is - but God. I ' RlVl3 Wayde Goodall, RD2 Dan Lapinski and DS3 Steve Burns While FOX was anchored in the harbor of Danang, Republic of Vietnam, just prior to the start of our first line period, a helicopter carrying two navy hospital corpsmen and a Vietnamese infant girl, took off from the navy hospital ship, USS Sanctuary lAH-17i which was at anchor nearby. Suddenly, the helicopter lost altitude and crashed into the water about one half mile from FOX. FOX's gig, with BNl3 Ronald Wallace as coxswain, was immediately sent to the scene of the crash, and was on the scene within two minutes. By this time, however, the helicopter had sunk and one of the helo crewmen, holding the infant, was having difficulty staying afloat. The gig engineer, EN3 David Lovenburg, dove into the water, rescued the infant and brought her safely to the gig. The remaining crewmen from the helo were then picked up and returned to the Sanctuary without injury. This entire incident took only a few minutes and, through the prompt actions of these Foxmen, lives were saved. ia me if fe. yi if , 1 3 3 ' l ! l l l l l I r l l r l l l l l l l Swv'-S ' W ,,--,,.F- . awww- -svn-nff-f-nf:?.E'. :'f:.z'ei?2'?3Q2i5S?f:f:1QZ'2gf'gff-21'-'?.5f' - ,.-. ft , f-'PCG . - .., , , , , ,,,,,H ,Y hug, vygfmvw ,,,,,,., ,. .,,,,.r .- ,- i w gfaff.- r '-2211-1:-1:-. 1- 15-u1:::fJ ' fi ' f-' - ' ' ' ' A ' ' ' ' ' ' ,, ' ,5,JjQfd'2?T-f-Hffifiiiwfiamd f- 'ff f ' ' s'Tf'T'- 'N' e e - - R ' -1 .- : - . - V , f, . .. . - - r i 2 Q

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For several weeks during the middle part of the deployment, we were fortunate to have three midshipmen from the Royal Australian Navy aboard FOX. The three, Adrian Bonfvick, Gary Caldow and Chris Harcher, were involved in an exchange program which allowed them to visit several American ships before returning to their own ship. Their visit turned out to be very educational for them and for us as well. They were interviewed on KRANI radio shortly after coming aboard and in that way most of us found out quite a lot about their navy. They were all veryunforgettable guys and the wardroom will remember them best for their renditions of Tie me kangaroo down sport, Nly boomarang won't come back and Waltzing Nlatilda at the dinner table. MIDSI-IIPMEN We also had three American ROTC midship- men on board for their six week 1st class cruise. They were, Keen Henn from Berkeley and IVlike Johnson and lVlike Ustick from USC. They all learned a lot while on board FOX and proved to be fine shipmates. They were given every opportunity to do the same jobs that junior officers dog everything from conning the ship to standing quarter deck watches. All three were very fortunate to have been aboard during our best port visits to such places as Hong Kong, Sasebo and Kobe for the Expo 70 in Osaka. kxx 94 l

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Lt Lonn Aldridge DS1 Bob Sawyer ISIVISN Chip OeIlaPenna EDITO RIPHOTOGRAPHER PHOTOGRAPHERIDARKROOM TECHNICIAN ASS'T EDITO RILAYOUT Other Contributors PHOTOGRAPHY and DARKROONI: DS1 Ed Winchester, DS2 Nlike Hall and DS3 Jim Amshaugh LAYOUT: RD2 Steve Green and ETR2 Nlike Burke CARTOONIST: SN Jim IlIIcGonigaI BUSINESS NIANAGER: Lt Ron Johnson Well, another cruise and cruise book are done. Putting the hook together took many hundreds of hours of work and research and Iwould like to sincerely thank all of those people who helped to make this hook possible. I would especially like to thank DS1 Bob Sawyer and SIVISN Chip OelIaPenna who stuck with me, through thick and thin, until the hitter end. IVIy thanks also go to Capt. Boland and Cdr Czar whose support anu hacking was greatly appreciated. You are now holding, in your hands, the culmination of our efforts. We hope you enjoy it and that it will bring back many fond memories of the FOX for years to come. BL S NG COM EIM AL. FORN A 0