Kansas City (AOR 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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Number 25! A Friend in need. Movies again and again! SAILORS HAVE MORE FUN Some aren ' t so lucky. Some stay in so they can see it again. Recreation More! Where has she been.

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Kenneth Davis, SHSN Earl Johnson, DK3

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COMMANDER SERVICE SQUADRON NINE AstabulaA051 Cacapon A052 Camden AOE2 Chipola A063 Flint AE32 Guadalupe A032 Hakeakala AE25 Hassayamaa A0145 Kawishiwi A0146 Kilauea AE26 Manatee A058 MarsAFSl Maunakea AE22 Milwaukee AOR2 Misspillion AO105 Mount Hood AE29 Mount Katmai AE16 Navasota AO106 Niagara Falls AFS2 Nitro AE23 Passumpsic AO107 Ponchatoula A0148 Pyro AE24 Sacramento AOEl San Jose AFS7 Savannah AOR4 Taluga A062 Tolovanna A064 Vesuvius AE15 Wabash AOR5 White Plains AFS4 Wichita AORl Caliente A053 Vega AF59 Santa Barbara AE28 Surabachi AE21 Waccamaw AO109 Captain B. F. BROMLEY and his staff boarded the KANSAS CITY early in May 1972 during the ship ' s first line swing. Everyone made room and prepared to work harder than ever as the staff joined the KANSAS CITY and flew its Broad Command Pennant during the entire deployment. With the increased tempo of ComSeventhFlt ac- tivities in Vietnam during 1972, the demand for supplies sky-rocketed. Commador BROMLEY ' s job? See that these supplies are expeditiously transported from Subic Bay, DaNang, and various other Southern Pacific ports to the Gulf of Tonkin. If this vital artery wasn ' t able to keep the food, ammunition and fuel on station, then the United States Naval effort would have been fruitless. Activities were hectic at first as everyone arrived at the same time, but it didn ' t take long to smooth out the rough spots in order to make the supplies flow smoothly and constantly. Commador BROMLEY was tasked with the most challenging situation ever presented a Service Squadron Nine Commander, as the invasion of South Vietnam brought with it the largest build-up Naval forces in the history of this conflict. Commador BROMLEY and his staff met this challenge most effec- tively and kept us all very busy supplying the fleet.