Joseph Hewes (FF 1078) - Naval Cruise Book

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UniTAS XXVI WVTC 85 A few Uioughts to ponder on LiniTAS XXVl VWTC 85: On June 7, 1985, the BTs lit of! the boilers. They went cold iron twice, for less than 12 hours each time. VVlien Uie txiilers were secured December 13, 1985,Uiere had been 185 consecutive steaming days, trii eling 52,500 miles. Wc always had electricity, hot cold air depending on weather, up and over lights in port. Casualties to anchor windlass and steering resolved quickly. Provided services to Uie StIAKK while in Rio -AS- 1078! Radio processed 285,400 messages, Sigs complained they clidii t qet to do tluii tliinci tin )Luih OLITSTATiDiriQ! CIC was prepared and skilled, leading us to victory in 5 of 7 wars. The t:Ws luid tlic cil)ility to intercept and evaluate otliers tiansmissions and turn tliem against tliem. E:Ts kept our gear up, tlien fi. ed everybody else ' s. Deck fielped us be a showcase ship. First-rate boat handling witli small boats. Elxcellent unreps including in tlie dark in f ' eru, bad weatlier in Chile and a maratlion tliree- station unrep witli Uie Milwaukee off Rra il. Anchored and moored so many times, it was routine. Qunner and missile systems were A- l. 285 rounds were fired— air, surface, NQTS. Point defense destroyed a drone. ro, was the best passive guys in tlie fleet, learning new tricks and dealing witli hours o boredom. Hav went tlirough 65 sea details, including Straits of Magellan, Panama Canal and otfier cliffk ult details. . ' Xdmin difl well, too. The docs kept us lieallliy, and the mail came through when it was needed nu)st. And Supply did tlie job— 16,000 requisitions were processed. Pay came tlirough on schedule. One barber kept us all cut and trimmed and laundry kept us in clean clotlies. Ship s store tumed $20,000 in profit for welfare and rec. Also stocked up with 4500 cases of soda— tliat s 69 per man per montli- we were out for just two days. And tlie food! There were 605 meals, witli 59, 1 56 servings. An average of 264 eggs per person (5,514 dozen!). We ate 5,965 pounds of fresh potatoes; 7,488 loaves of bread witli 1,945 pounds of butter; ate 6,074 hamburgers with 2,606 pounds of cheese on top, all washed down with 2,906 gallons of milk. Dessert?? There were 1,107 gallons of ice cream. And who would have stayed awake uithoLit those 2,996 gallons of coffee? BOn APPF.TIT! Stops along tlie way: Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico Puerta La Cruz, Venezuela Cartagena, Colombia Rodman, Panama Esmaraldas, Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador Manta, Ecuador Callao, Peru Antofagasta, Chile Vtilparaiso, Chile Talcahuano, Chile Puerto Montt, Chile Quellon, Chile (Ciudad de Joseph tiewes) Punta Arenas, Chile Montevideo, Uruguay Santos, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Salvador, Brazil Recife, Brazil lx)me, Togo Libreville, Gabon Sao Tome, Sao Tome f Cr irrc ipe Abidjan, Ivory Coast l rijul. The Gambia Praia, Cape Verde Islands Mindclo, Cape Verde Islands Roosevelt Roads, Puerto f co CMARLESTOn, SOUTH CAROLINA 33

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