Mazama (AE 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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Underway from Davisville 5 . 1 I I' . Uangmle Pier f- February 25th , x 1 Lff'Y 7 :'x ,lt fa f-3 Tim- L, E s ' s ci af '- ,, . si I s A Fond Farewell K . , I l x A L. -. ii H 4 f :SEA-D ' ll The MAZAMA and her crew of 275 officers and men, began the i969 WESTPAC cruise on a much less than auspicious start, A two day snowstorm dumping up to as much as two feet of snow on the ground and still coming down at departure time, was all the send-oft that could be mustered up. Despite the weather conditions, the MAZAMA slowly pulled out from Pier 2, Davisville at precisely l4OO hours and by night-fall the Rhode island shore was many miles behind us.

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