Maury (AGS 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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Y V ig V , A 4-,f ' ' f f P tv if' F' - 1 - , M ,,,,,i 5g,,, ' K WY-, -- W-e , Liv ' V, WW faiitff Captain Chambers in full command 'Q' at 'I an -4 -un 1 ---'Q-.1 U' .tw r ,V ,, ,N ,tt X.. aff., t ati-Hr-s:r,f 3-tg-1-ew' -in ,- '1 fa wiv . , , '-tf,.+a.er,...- Ax--f .ts..,t.t , q The tension moimts in the combat zone 20 Th - e crew enloys a smoker at Chu Lai , Fishermen wave at passing soundboat By mid-February our Cam Ranh survey was com- pleted, and the soundboatst and beachcamps were loaded aboard to head south again to the mouth of the Bassac River. We quickly completed a survey there, with the soundboats working around the clock. From there our ships returned to Subic. The SERRANO left Subic after a short stay and returned to work again, making surveys around Con Son Island and the Royal Bishop Banks intl! South China Sea. This time it was SERRANO'St1l1'l1 for a visit to Vung Tau. In the meantime MAURY Silent two full weeks in Subic, giving many the chat106f0 take extended liberties and short leaves in the Philippines---relaxation for some in the mountain' at Baguiog action for some in the city of Mallill- ln mid-March both ships rejoinedfor our secondlilfg survey area at Chu Lai, a II1Hl01' U-S- Mathd Corps held area centered on a dusty bluff sou I t t the relative! Da Nang. The distinct contras 0 .ted up quiet and secure Cam Ranh Bay WELS' Pom mes shortly after our arrival from SHbiC 3? the Ma vid embarked on a major operation Hgamstogemitial Cong forces in the area. As we made andthe preparations to survey the coastal Wafefzlcomm small harbor area we could see the contglu by and going' of Marine helicopters 2111, mortar bursts and flares in the distance. . CHUIPS were set up with the Marineiity helicopter transport and additional SGQU , The value of security was soonreallzedth de to destI'0Y unsuccessful attempt was ma d mttttng tower at Red Station by han All six units---SERRANO, the soundboal3S- first time, MAURY---joined in running Once again one of our soundboats 'DSC this time Adrift Seven had its V0Y1ti19't by by U10 V.C. Again, we were IHCKY- But ' We were already eagerly thinking abou trip to Bangkok.

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I Q ' 'F Y ., ' 4 '-I-- af- f 1. 1 .4 -.bk -A. ,iff 4 V I K V V I 'J' Y, - I 519' -.1- a , . - - 'Q 1 , ,kg ov? , , ' ,,r' V, J .'.z- - Y - 'Jv- I' ,.. , -xx 0 ---- ' g ,W , -K . -1 . if H - - - y. i vu f 'uv ' Vietnamese fishing apparatus I-A J. .- lr x M-'4: '4.4 . - s I ,f 'xp - Mx Q X N X-'U 'I -Q . . -' 0 ' 2- Long boat crosses the Hue River c , - V,'- X Rei11Y'S Raiders Fisherwomen tally their catch We returned to Chu Lai on the twentieth of April, where the beachcamps were reestablished and the SERRANO and two of the soundboats set outto com- plete that part of the survey still remaining, Five days later the MAURY, with two of her soundboats proceeded north of Da Nang to begin surveying a new area of the coast near Hue. After several days of geodetic work our Raydist navigational net was set up. A storm from the northeast brought rising winds and the water became choppier every day. DGBPU9 these unfavorable conditions all work was completed by May fourth and we returned to Chu Lai via Da N2118- On the tenth the Chu Lai survey work was comp10f0, and we pulled up stakes and headed back120 311510 Bay. There we refuelled and reprovisioned, and after a stay of several days both ships got underway for H0118 Kong. The two-day passage north across the South Chinaw: was a rough. trip---we were on the pefipheryo Typhoon Irma which was threatening to head right toward Hong Kong and cut our visit there short. Ifvgg Clear when we entered Hong Kong HaI'b01' OH ugh- eighteenth, and the weather rexnainedperfectthwback out our five day stay, while the typhoon raged in the Philippines. The British Crown Colony of Hong Kong is allbigh Pressive sight when entered from the Soo---in new the Hong Kong and Kowloon sides innumerab ea high-rise buildings cover what seems to be usable space along the coastline and l1Pthe hillsides. The MAURY was moored just offthe district of Hong Kong, with the famous Stal' 150 Kowloon passing close by on one side, walla boats on the other side making the 'Crip to Fenwick Pier, the fleet landing in Chai district.