Mauna Kea (AE 22) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS MAUNA KEA CAE-225 alongside USS TICONDEROGA QCVA-143 The water turns to red-oran e H g re as the sun sets upon it. A gentle breeze blows your hair, to warm, yet cool your face. Noise is all around as the gears of the Winches grind together. Another pallet of bombs swings its wa a h y cross t e valley made by the steel of ships. Another and still another load goes across. Bombs, six to a pallet, in two rows of three-five and eight inch shells have all touched our de The electric squeal of a fork truck passes by your ear as the rope burns passing fhI'0Ugh YO hands. On and on it seems to go, bombs and Hns, again and againg your nerves grow short. WOFH 1 by the noise and too much advice from too many people. The stars shine down in mystic patterns and half of the moon lights your darkened WHY You'd like to go to bed, but you've got the watch, it's been a long dav. . . P. W. Boyles GMG3 USS Guadalupe LAO-32, USS Ticonderoga CCVA-145 , , '15 USS Ashtabula QAO-5 USS Hancock CCVA-193 Ugg Caliente 4 A0-535 USS Bonhomme Richard CCVA-315 M A USS Oriskany CCVA-345 USS Ranger CCVA-615 USS Kitty Hawk CCVA-635 USS Enterprise CCVA-653 USS USS USS USS Chipola QAO-637 Tolovana cA0-645 Passumpsic QA0-1077 Ponchatula LAO-1489

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U an N Following a few days loadout in MAUNA KEA's home away from home Subic Bay, she was once again underway on 9 April for her first line trip. The deployment got off to a rousing start on 12 April with a 6 hour mid- night UNREP with the USS RANGER QCVA-61j. On the 15th we were ap- proached on the port quarter by the mightiest lady of them all-the big E USS ENTERPRISE CCVAN-655. The UNREP went extremely well and ENTERPRISE left us with the reward- ing message that this was the finest UNREP she had ever had with any AE--anywhere. . . l f ill X - 9 USS RANGER CCVA 615 makes her approach SS TAWASA CATF 929 prepares for her appr03C h Now that's getting in close! l K 1. 37' W dmv , r We 4.3 .HT e, ,1 f i J -I '4 V 'fb g...,,4 ' ,QQ ' 'VW ' I , ' ' li, V5 ,Lf Q 3? 1 is '31, tl 5, Z H , i ' i .- as r I 1 , i E 2 4 f a

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USS Sacramento CAOE-13 USS Mars CAKS-13 USS Mazama CAE-95 USS Firedrake QAE-145 USS Paricutin QAE-185 USS Virgo CAE-307 USS Chara QAE-315 Uss Niagra Falls CAF-535 Uss Oklahoma City CCLG 59 USS St. Paul CCA-735 USS Newport News CCA-1485 USS Schofield CDDG-35 USS Buchanan CDDG-14D USS Goldsborough CDDG-205 USS MAUNA KEA CAE-225 alongside USS SCHOFIELD QDDG-35 USS MAUNA KEA CAE-225 rearming USS BLANDY CDD-9435 USS Cochrane CDDG-21D USS Stoddert CDDG-225 USS Waddell CDDG-243 USS Robison CDDG-125 USS Davidson CDE-10453 Uss Hissem CDER-4003 USS Knox QDDR-742D And so, line trips contlnued MAUNA KEA continued to maintain her high standard of excellence from the Tonkin Gulf to the Corps Areas of Viet Nam. USS Swenson CDD-729D USS Shelton CDD-790D Uss Chevalier CDD-8059 USS Hopewell CD-6815 USS Edwards QDD-9507 USS Rupertus CDD-8515 USS Fox CDD-7793 T