Maury (AGS 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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MARI E HELO DET CHMENT ' The Marine Helo Detachment from HMM 361 was a very welcome addition on our Colombian survey I Their performance, often beyond the call of duty, greatly reduced out workload and speeded the I , E preparation of beach camps. The helicopter made 110 separate flights, a total of 206 hours in I the air, in the process of off-loading, re-supplying, and back-loading the Beachcamp gear and ' 4 I , I l aerial photography. The entire Green RAYDIST Station was completely moved to a new location in only 25 hours. p During the time MAURY was in Colombia, the weather provided many days of minimal flying I conditions. The ceiling often lowered to 500 feet, the lowest allowable for visual flight II according to OPNAV Instructions. During these days the pilots had to rely on radar and radio I I I2 III navigation to relocate the ship after a flight to the beach. Coordination between MAURY's lr I 1 II , III Combat Information Center and the pilots made routine hops out of otherwise impossible flights III To those of you in Marine Air Unit 361, it was a pleasure to have you as MAURY MATES. II I I! QI I .II 11 I I A gr I 'I Left: 1fLT. Stephan I ,I 1!LT. Robinson I? I 1!LT. Nale I I . Ig I 1fLT. white I .M II a 'I ,E 4 I 4 fp I 1 I 1 II :Q Right: ssor Franks II SGT Bowman X LCPL Cassansanta V CPL Peterson I I I 1 3: I I I I 3 I ,I I II E W I I I I I I w I I I H ,H lI 1- . ' I 0 ,- ,I-, A .- --.M , .,.. . ,. .. ,,-,r.,,,.,..,..,.-,, W, p I Q X , , - . . ,.:..: .

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