Leahy (CG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 ' FILLING THE EXTRA M OMENTS When you're steaming in the middle of no- where, isolated by thousands of miles from what you know and who you love, letters sud- denly take on a new meaning. BTFN Kirk Brantley turns his rack into a deskm Taking time out for some repairs on a watch band are Cleftj MMFA Jim Arnold and MM2 Joe Jewell. In late July and early August, we ran into the edge of two typhoons, Wendy and Virginia, in the area around Okinawa. Several birds, including this one with SM3 Dave Holm, landed on our ship seeking refuge from the storms. The exhausted creatures were quickly adopted and attended to by mem- bers of the crew. Unfortunately, our con- cern for the animals was greater than our knowledge of healing and most of them died. One bird, a long distance racing pigeon found on the deck by BM3 Bill Murray, was cared for by SK2 Ed Gale and returned to its owner by way of the Kaoshiung Pigeon Rac- ers' Association. Several divisions moved into barracks at the Yoko suka Naval Base while Leahy was in drydock and their berthing spaces were being repaired The rooms provided a change of pace for relaxing as discovered by ETR3 Rick Broome The model planes bunks the wall hangings must be sailors living in a barracks in Japan

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GUI TARS, READING, M ODELS WRITING, ETC. i l Who needs Lawrence Welk, Kiss, Diana, Ross or ol' Way- lon when we have this fine quartet? Cfrom leftj STGSN Chip Chupp, STGSN Larry Truitt, GMG3 Al Landry and GMGSN Russ Sedgewick Cphoto by STG2 Steve Dyerj EN3 Alan Beard, during one of his infrequent tranquil ' moods, strums an electronic melody for his audience of FTM3 Wm Lawson one, MMFA Pete Turrubiate. i Now, this next composition I wrote one night in Olongapo after I had a few lvlojos. l call it 'The Wandering Jeepney, Strange Hotel Room, Lost My Wallet Blues. ' Don't encour- age STG2 Bob Bullock or he'll sing a few bars for you. Cphoto by STG2 Steve Dyerj OSSN Pete Morris demonstrates his ability to put away his Pent- houses, Stags, Playboys and Hustlers and bring out the News- week when he sees the photographer stalking in on him.

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-ii 1 HE HOURS AT SEA ARE LONG. AND HARD. AND TIRIN G. WHICH MAKE THE MOMENTS OF RELAXA TI ON THAT MUCH MORE VAL UABLE. Laughter from the chiefs' mess means a 16mm film is' being shown. Screams mean another initiation. Usually, however, it's fairly quiet. from left: MAC Jerry Tobia, EMCS Ben Siebels, BTC John Dodd and FTMC Ron Hare. ll. ...mn It has various names. In the ship's phone book, it's called the First Class Mess. from left: SH1 Jim Medlock, FTM1 Herb Roberts and QM1 Bob Durflinger 4 l The wardroom, of course, is the site of many highly technical, important, classified and oc- casionally intellectual conversations. Here, Cfrom lefty LCDR Dallas Bethea, LCDR Jim Gilbert and LCDR Mike Worley discuss a so- phisticated new piece of equipment. CNote: These three gentlemen, all department heads, are prospective commanding offi- cers.J --.4..,.1 ,4-. .,.... ......-w.w-... ,.....-4. -....-qs :.:.....,, ,M M-, ,,,,q-N U. M H MM, M 0 A