Lowe (DER 325) - Naval Cruise Book

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WE TOOK OFF FROM GUAM FOR A SEVEN MONTHS ' STAY. WE MADE A FEW STOPS ALONG THE WAY. TO TELL ALL THAT OCCl ' RRED I HAVE NOT TIME. WELL COVER THE HIGH LIGHTS IN THIS LITTLE RHYME. OUR FIRST PATROL IT WAS CUT SHORT. WE CAME INTO SUBIC ON ONE SHAFT PORT. WHEN WE MOORED. THE SHIPYARD WAS NEAR. FOR THEY HAD TO REPAIR BOTH OUR RED GEAR. PATROL NUMBER TWO WE WENT ALL THE WAY. NOTHING HAPPENED TILL THE LAST DAY. THE NEXT TO LAST. IT WAS A PEACH. THAT WAS THE DAY WE SHELLED THE BEACH. IT WAS A GOOD FINISH FOR PATROL NUMBER TWO. THE ONLY THINGS WAS IT COST US A SCREW. ALL THAT TWISTING AND TURNING DID THE TRICK. THE STARBOARD SCREW FELL OFF WITH ONE BIG CLICK. IT SANK TO THE BOTTOM FASTER THAN A ROCK. WE ALL KNEW THEN WE WOULD BE DRY-DOCKED. WE MADE IT TO SUBIC AS FAST AS WE COULD GO. THOUGH ON ONE SHAFT IT WAS REAL SLOW. WE GOT REPAIRED IN REAL STYLE. AND TOOK OFF AGAIN FOR A WHILE. PATROL NUMBER THREE WAS NOT VERY LONG. WHEN WE GOT RELIEVED WE WENT TO HONG KONG. OUR TIME IN HONG KONG WAS A SHORT STAY. IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE WE GOT UNDERWAY. WE STARTED PATROL NUMBER FOUR AS BEST WE COULD. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WED HIT THAT BIG HUNK OF WOOD. ILL LET YOU GUESS WHERE WE HEADED THEN ! IT WAS NO PLACE NEW-FOR THERE WE HAD BEEN. THE TRIP TO SUBIC WAS THE SAME OLD STORY. WE MADE IT ON THE PORT SHAFT. CALLED OLD GLORY . THE LAST PATROL WHICH WE ARE ON NOW. WHEN WE GET DONE WITH THIS ONE. THE CREW SHOULD TAKE A BOW. THE TIME IS SHORT IT WONT BE LONG •TILL WE ARE IN OUR HOME PORT-THE ISLAND OF GUAM. FOLCK. ENC.

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