Plymouth Rock (LSD 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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HO T LAST 1630- Station the Special Sea and Anchor Detail ' 1700- Underway for the USA CLittle Creek via Morehead C1tyJ POD 8 March 1975 A wr N A . f , I ' I 'f7,i. ' 'wwf l . 'wyWw1i Q. we ., M 3, -Q wing, , if Q, f'Kzf24-,aaiafifi' ' 2 2 1 eeir ap -JI: .V g E i ., 4 Jgrfg, ., .h,,,!X..2. M723 2 ' ff 5 1 , + 4 , . I 'f , .fw'f1,scu,- QW.-8 ' f X 2. 1' 11-f ff -- .- lf. W . X M - ,fo Wu- M,wa.1:.,',, - Q- V . - w , ,, , 2 , g. 4? V, ,,',,K ?. , 7 ., ,M X , ,,f, V ,s,,.1l,,f,,fv,.-7,75-,,5,f. Hg, 5,.Q:., , . ' v..,,.A - A-vf f ,f -3 ff- ff ff? 6 7 WMWQ' WXVZW X x . . 1. 3, WM AM ., W . . Q. ,W - ' 'X if V 1+ 9 4- f Vffiwff ' . ,ww ',,4,f'N 'f 2 K urs' Y f ii 2. X ff- 6 N'-If a f 17 V. ' it ,A W W 2 f Q, 2+ 1 ' ff Z ,wg 8 gl i 6 7 5 l W! X , X f f 7' 7 Q t ff I X, ff ff W 1 4 1 Q W 41 w ff 1 yn li r W f fmf f 1 4 f , f 2 WM E Q i 51 ff ffi f 4 W wa? x y 4 , f M X AO MMWLKXW 3 K W xfy M' ' fi V 4 Q ff' W 49 M is 1 5 4 s X , ,I Z ,V Z? , ff ff 1 f, Q 1 . ,, naoo V. Q V ,X . fhlil g g k:,:gy,,.f,.,L Del. yr , if V X if ,1.f4L,14:.f1?y! f, Q lj - 5 ., 'V 'f iff S, ,, X 4' yffj-::'WwMffgf'7-J , 1, . Q... Q, f 4 . , i, .. ff ,a.,,,,, MV... 1:vff ,'f3'f - x . M., fa , , f. , fs, fav , . Aww g Cf-f aQ.:'fyfjQ! ',,LQ,'f.7Nv '. ,y ,f4sf.. , f QQ f.1,.'..ivf7'XT 'f am., M gf H 4 fa-yws f - -. I .,.,f2wQgf'5m L ,Nw . . kk 5, ,M Q.QLv,.M sb s, 5 13-1 ,Ili V F Agn ,, . Underway for the USA if Making the approach.. A special note from the Executive Ofiicer: Today marks the end of the deployment that started for most of us 24 September 1974. During our deployment we saw some interesting sights, had some good times, and worked very hard. The ship has improved - her material condition when we started was poor - today it is far from perfect - but it is also far from the state it was in when we left the Creek some six months ago. I think you can be justly proud of your accomplishments during the cruise. Here are some interesting facts: During the cruise we consumed over 5,892 steaks, 121,632 eggs. Our baker made over 13,500 loaves bread - that is about 297,000 slices. In just two meals we used over 1,105 lbs of turkey alone - let alone the ham, etc that was used. To keep us going the engineers burned 2,085,468 gallons of fuel and to give us shower, drinking water and of course water for our boilers - made over 4,123,872 gallons of water. By the way part of this water was used with 3,360 lbs of coffee to make about 107,520 cups of the stuff that kept us all going. What all these numbers are trying to say is: we worked hard - now let's enjoy our stand down period - you have earned it. POD 20 March 1975 ! Backing her in.. The journey is over!! gi . I .7 aflf ---' - yy . W

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AND OW A WORD FROM O R SPO OR Well- that's it. Sure hope youlve enjoyed it. We've tried to make this a crew's cruise book, and sincerely hope we've portrayed the cruise the way you remember it. Due to circumstances beyond our control everyone is not pictured - sorry about that. I suppose apologies are in order for the fact that it took a looong time to publish the book - thanks for your patience!! Our small staff CPN3 J. Sea Collins and myselfj began this project months ago with no experience in the publishing field and little optimism, but the help of many crew members made this cruise book possible. Much thanks and gratitude for the following contributions: Executive Oflicer Plan of the Day PN3 John C. Collins Layout!Photographs LT Mike Worley, LT Dave Miller, SN Byron Flakes, SN Dan Stone, QMSN Ronald Johnson Photographs OSC Charlie Shand Artwork . . .and many others who helped with text, layout, and photos. Sincerely, Y . MQWQ J David W. Phillips Editor in Chief