Lloyd Thomas (DD 764) - Naval Cruise Book

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. .V -A ,.. r..,..f. . 4 . - .. f. .-,...fr -- - - - - ,. 0745 0915 TUESDAY 8 MARCH 1966 Quarters for Muster and Inspection. All hands shift into a clean uniform of the 0930 0945 ' 030 2130 2300 day. fAboutl Station the Navigation team on the bridge. lAboutl Station the Special Sea and Anchor Detail. Arrive oft the channel entrance to Port Said, Embark pilot. Proceed to Basin within the harbor and Med Moor. fAboutJ Embark Pilot for transit of the Suez Canal. lAboutl Commence transit of the Suez Canal. Malaria Prophylactic Tablets: The first issue of malarial tablets will be passed out in the messhall after personnel have been paid Thursday. ,aw

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SATURDAY 12 MARCH 1966 INPORT PORT SUDAN 3 dd A adm' Off to Liberty in the Trusty Motor Whale Boat. li U . 3' H! v Officio calls. Today's schedule is very indefinite since presently we have no definite departure time for leaving the area of the stricken merchant ship. When we got underway on Saturday evening, we were under the im- pression that three of the merchantman's crew were stranded in a boat on the reef itself and were in immediate danger. Upon arriving at the scene yesterday morning and after many attempts at communicating with the Greek ship, it was determined that the three men were actually on the mainland and that one had been iniured. lt was de- cided that the reefs and surf would prevent our landing of the ship's doctor by boat and we therefore requested an ambulance be sent overland to evacuate the iniured man. We reported to Commander Middle East Forces the situation and that the grounded ship and crew were not in immediate danger. However, the Greek ship requested that we remain in the area until a salvage tug arrives tomorrow around noon. We have iust been directed by Commander Middle East Forces to remain until further notice, J.ust what our movements will be when we depart here is unknown at this time. lg le. I, r- : l gl 'f if? l l i ll 1. P 3 r 2 1 2 ? i l 5 l l i l l 1 E 2 1 I 4