Lewis Puller (FFG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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RETURN TO SAN DIEGO On August 1st, 1984, after having been gone for a total of 201 days. USS LEWIS B. PULLER (FFG-23) returned to her homeport of San Diego, California. Of those 201 days, 155 days (3,439 hours) were spent underway, the longest stretch being 42 days. A total of 46 days were spent inport. Over the course of the deployment USS LEWIS B. PULLER traveled over 57,000 miles, the furthest distance from San Diego was 9,500 miles as the crow flies (North Arabian Sea). To plow that much briny deep the ship used 2,093,418 gallons of fuel which operated the gas turbine engines for a total of 3,670 hours which spun the propellor shaft through 18,000,302 revolutions. The s hip ' s service diesel generators operated for a total of 8,379 hours with the longest consecutive period of power having been supplied for 3,783 hours from March 7th to August 1st. The ship ' s officers and crew completed 51 underway replenish- ments, stood 23,622 watches, ate 109,480 meals (using 73,486 eggs), drank 8,500 gallons of milk and 51,899 sodas, spent $73,747.45 at the ship ' s store and soda machine, got 5,679 haircuts, used 1,052,292 gallons of fresh water distilled onboard, used 545 gallons of paint, and 4,872 rolls of toilet paper (a large portion of which was used during and immediately after the port visit to Bombay, India). PORTS-O-CALL HAWAII 30 JAN - 1 FEB GUAM, U.S.A. 15 FEB - 8 MAR SASEBO, JAPAN 15 MAR - 18 MAR PHILIPPINES 31 MAR . 8 APR BOMBAY, INDIA 21 MAY - 25 MAY BUNBURY, AUSTRALIA 22 JUN - 26 JUN PHILIPPINES 5 JUL - 9 JUL HAWAII 23 JUL - 24 JUL 78

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