Samuel Gompers (AD 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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23 June 1975 30 June 1975 y 1975 7 uy 1975 8 uy 1975 1 Ju 5 July 1975 J J i Ju 9 y 1975 14 .uly 1975 17.uly 1975 22 culy 1975 1 Aug. 1975 3 Aug. 1975 5 Aug. 1975 23 Aug. 1975 25 Aug. 1975 6 Sept. 1975 1O Sept.1975 9 oci.1975 1O Oct 11 Oct 13 Oct 17 Oct 19 Oct 21 Oct 23 Oct 26 Oct 16 Nov 19 Nov 19 Nov 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 3 Dec. 1975 9 Dec. 1975, Cruise Log Undenrvay from San Diego, with embarked Sea Cadets and instructors, enroute to Pearl Harbor Hawaii and DOWS West- Moored, Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Sea Cadets debarked . Underway. n Crossed lnternational Dateline. Engineering Casualty . Undewvay for Pearl Harbor. Recrossed lnternational Dateline. Moored, Naval Station, Pearl Harbor. Emergency repairs completed. Underway for Buckner Bay, Okinawa. Crossed lnternational Dateline. Moored, Buckner Bay Okinawa, refueled, got underway to avoid typhoon . Arrived Sasebo, Japan. Members of the Sasebo Economic Development Council visit ship to officially welcome SAMUEL GOMPERS to Japan. Underway for Yokosuka, Japan . Moored, Yokosuka, Japan . Shifted berths to Drydock Nr. 6 for typhoon berth. Shifted from typhoon berth . Underway for Hong Kong . Diverted to Sasebo for typhoon evasion . Moored, Sasebo, Japan Underway for Hong Kong . Moored , Hong Kong . GOMPERS' football team plays resident Americans in Hong Kong, televised coverage with Miss USA and Howard Cossell . Underway for Subic Bay R.P, Moored, Subic Bay. Delivered over 300 measurement tons of 5E0ieEtU'?l5'E5'?ZlEi'lia?lla'S' - 529 and USS SEADRAGONCSSN-5841 berthed alongside. USS PUFFER and USS SEADRAGON depart. Undersecretary of Navy, Dr, D ,S, Potter accompanied by RADM S 'th, ' ' SAMUEL GOMPERS ml Vlslts gfjdefway f0Y San Diego, California averted to Yokosuka, Japan for medical evacuation of FA Howard Bush . Surgery' performed undenfvay , A yy 197 7, 5 Crossed lnternational Dateline. 9 Amveflf San Diego, California. isrr t r...r

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Captain Richard C. Gardner attended New York S.l3iBf . Maritime College and graduated yvirh1aiBMS QQQTQQ on 27 September 1950. at whim WHS he was C0?77 ' mlssioned Enslgn in the U.S. Navy. His firstbilief as Boat Group Commander.ahoardl..QSS QAPA-1521. succeeding. tours. OpslPianslClC and Navigator one lh6Staffi mander Amphibious T Weapons' Officer p in USS Aide and Flag Lielg Subic Bay. and ' thence to,U.S School. Monterey, Calitorniag student. Upon completion- of Monterey, where he .earned a Englneerlngl DBQVQG. heathen Executive' Officer ot: U88 coourzrona-at. He in the Command and College in 19639 Upon Staff Course. he elolned College. While on 155 t Warfare cow-sneer the were George Washington Qljnivereltyvearnlngf Arts Degree in internationaihfialrs. 4 e , Captain Gardner assumed Loaaena too-rss, om october tour on LOFBERG. Captain GHYUITGI' Staff ol the Commander Seventh., .Warfare Officer and agtour as a Division. the Naval Ordnance Systems, Comrnaridi Gardner served as the Assistant Chief ot Operations and Plans on the Stat? of Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet -prior' rape-ang so me use smuei. aomfens raoezm. Captain Gardner's decorations include the Bronie a 'OV Star. the Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy and Meritorious Unit Citations. and the Vietnamese Distinguished Service Medal and Cross of Gallantry. Captain Gardner is the son ot Mrs. Althea S. Gardner ol Greenport. Long island, New York, and is married to the former Zita Marie Brown of Dickinson, North D . ,gym .W , fqg, KQQ.,-'1': if r X Y 2 7.1 akota. They have two daughters. Shauna Katherine and Leslie Marie. I p