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It all began 0900 April 27, 1965. USS NAVARRO once again departed Long Beach, California, to begin a normal tour of duty in the Western Pacific as a Unit of Amphibious Squadron SEVEN.. Our first stop was in Pearl I-I arborfor three days of rest and upkeep. We left Pearl with two other ships of the Squadron, USS BAYPIELD QAPA--333, and USS MATI-IEWS QAKA-965. 12 May l 65 was a special day or many of the men on NAVARRO, par- ticularly the newer men who had not been on a WestPac cruise before. On this day we crossed the International Date line Ql80th Meridianp, Eight days out of Pearl, NAVARRO parted company with the other two ships and proceeded to steam independently to the destination as signed .... .lwakuni, Japan. The trip from Pearl I-larbor to lwakuni took thirteen days, but the monotony of underway watch standing was broken by lively participation in a cribbage and Acey Ducey tournament. We departed lwakuni for Chu Lai, Republic of Viet Nam, and after five days of offloading cargo and KIOOPS, we were once again underway and headed x 'fl if , xi due east for Subic Bay, Philippines. The schedule change came on June 18 and NAVARRO was once again underway for the coast of Viet Nam. The ship arrived in Da Nang Bay on the afternoon of June 20. NAVARRO'S purpose here was to act as a hotel ship. or more officially, Station Ship Da Nang. QDa Nang I-Iiltony. Sunday morning, l5 August, a very welcome sight appeared on the horizon. Our relief ship USS OKANOGAN QAPA-2205, was steaming into Da Nang Bay. Renewed smiles were every- where about the decks that morning. On the morning of 21 August, a North- easterly course was setg and on the morning of 24 August under a cloudy sky, NAVARRO steamed into I-long Kong Harbor. August 30 once again found the ship underway for Subic Bay. Upon leaving Subic Bay, the ship re- turned to her WestPac home port, Da Nang, for another eighty-three days. Departing Da Nang on l9 December was a joyous occasion for all. After a visit to Japan for rest, relaxation, and upkeep, NAVARRO finally departed WestPac for CONUS after the first of the New Year. The ship's arrival in Long Beach ended another, but not normal, WestPac cruise. it
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