Piedmont (AD 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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DEPENDENTS CRUISE Watch your step! The Piedmont's Dependent Cruise started off with a Iiffl e trouble. One of her boats broke down and it took quite a while for most of the dependents to arrive on board. Finally, qffer patiently waiting, the Piedmont got underway and our cruise started, lt wasn't a very long trip, but to most of the dependents, it was a trip filled with excitment and fun, a trip they won't forget for quite a while. There were many things about shipboard life to see and take part in. Tours of the ship were conducted with Chief Petty Officers as guides while the Piedmont steamed out to Coronado Roads and back. A wonderful dinner consisting of Roast Beef with all the trimmings was served the crew and their dependents. The dependents also had entertainment on their cruise, for we had the Cru Des Pac Band aboard. They played many popular numbers along with some old classics. For the kiddies we had a special treat, a movie on cartoons that was shown in the after mess hall. Many of the dependents, especially the little children and a few mothers couldn't take the rough seas and became a little sea sick. But they were well taken care of. It was a fine trip and we are sure it was thoroughly enioyed by all who were aboard. Also, it showed them a bit of the Navy way of life while at sea. A'way the anchor! 6' :E l 1 if '52 S Vx of dbx A l ra :' '20 Bur Mmm we aaa. s-hll wiht l-I-3R8ol. may ll

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PER TIC HANDCLA Loading in San Diego CDR Donald M. iHOPPYl HANSON, USN, originator and or who started Operation Handclasp by conducting a clothing drive in 1947 Qdnize, 48 which netted lj ton of clothing which was carried to TSlI1gtQo,ChinU by the U.S.S. TARAWA which he was serving in. The clothing wml distributed among l60,000 refugees there because of the Chinese Comb munist forces. l Since that time other drives were made and the collections of clothingrl etc. were delivered to refugees throughout the Far East by U,3. Nuvwl ships and through the untiring efforts of the few missionaries in thosl areas. l When Capt. PAYNE received word that there were goods availoblethul the PIEDMONT could deliver he assigned LTJG SCHUSTER as coordinutol and authorized him to take as much goods as space available woulf permit. Through the coordinated efforts of CDR HANSON and Ulf SCHUSTER delivery was made to the ship and with the excellent hell of PIEDMONT personnel in the form of working parties the followingl approximate tonnage was stowed on board to be delivered in lapel and Hong Kong: Seven hundred forty pounds of multi-purposefoorl each weighing 33 lbs., equaling 24,220 lbs.. Most of the goods werl offloaded in Yokosuka, Japan for further transfer to the typhoonstrilcerl people in the Nagoya area. The rest was delivered in Hong Kong fo' the refugees there. lt was deemed a great privilege for this ship to render its survaces for this cause and to some way be a part of the fight in the COLD WAR. l l