Samuel Gompers (AD 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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Y.-nl? , .'- '- - - Rachel A. Laufer Helo inbound The sweetest sound heard during WestPao '88 was helo in bound, mail on board. Teamwork? Deck personnel guided the helos to a safe landing, engineers refueled them and stood ready to fight fires, and storekeepers moved the pallets inside the ship to storerooms. LT Karen Haberlin's flight crew logged in over 450 hours at flight quarters. Professionals all! .iq PH2 Rachel A, Laufer TOP LEF7? B . the helo 's pilot. TOP RIGHT' Inbound helo gelivgrsocgzgznmgglggg' lgth party members stand-b y on the ' ' ' . ' 're portside of th Fl ZZSZQ URIGHF' Deck personnel remove? nefgshifrgivclcigggni gif? -' 'fe Party members ' ' ' ' ' . ' Gang refuels the helo. 'fl DVOXIWYY Suits stand by while A- M2 Kim Wenzl uses hand si nal t PH2 26

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'ri x IN? W Fieplenishment at sea Hg .t, i-1 A -.i,'t S PH2 Pachel A Lauter TOP LEFT, Fuel fines snake across the trans- fer line between the snips. BOTTOM LEFT: CAPT Peter S. Labyak gets the attention of the refueling crew. ABO VE: Engineering and Deck saifors work as a team during refueling. RIGHT: Bos in Bill Normington gives instruc- tions to the refueling crew. Now set the replenishment detail, pipes the bos'n. All over the ship things begin to happen. The engineers have put the plant into an ex- tra condition of readiness. The most skilled watchstanders report to the engineering spaces and the Bridge. The Boat Deck is a beehive of activity with Deck Department personnel and line- handlers. The ship prepares to go alongside a logistics ship to receive fuel and provi- sions. The ship manuevers to just 500 yards behind the oiler. All station manned and ready. Engine ahead full. The GOMPERS glides alongside the Wabash with a scant 180 feet of ocean separating them. Replenishment at sea has commenced. ll' PH2 Rachel A. Lauler 25

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X .3 PH2 RBCNEI A La le ,Lil , was 311 PH2 Flachel A Lauler PH2 Rachel A Laufer Airhead ops The island of Al Masirah, Oman, is near- ly halfway around the world from the farm- lands of sunny California where fresh fruits and vegetables abound. When USS SAMUEL GOMPERS left the shores of the Golden State behind in Febru- ary, its holds were filled with lettuce from Fairfield, garlic from Gilroy, and fruit from Santa Barbara, Grass Valley and Fresno. For a crew of 1,100-plus hungry sailors on a six-month odyssey, even the best laid stock of stores will eventually run out. Thanks to the efficiency of the Navy's Sup- ply Corps, fresh fruits and vegetables con- tinued to grace the GOMPERS' dining tables throughout the cruise. The daily fare acquired an international flair when U.S. Air Force C-141's delivered apples from Lebanon, oranges from Brazil, watermelons from Turkey, avocados from Kenya, onions from Australia, mangos from India and Brussels sprouts from Holland. To the crews of the ships and planes that made it happen, the Sammy G says thanks a million. PH2 Rachel A. Laufer TOP: An Air Force C-747 cargo aircraft is un- ABOVE: USS WABASH crewmen check off an loaded at the air head. MIDDLE: Crewmen from item on a supply manifest. USS WABASH ready a pallet of supplies to be airlifted to the SAMUEL GOMPERS. ABOVE: A staging area for goods bound forthe SAMUEL GOMPERS and Navy ships in the Persian Gulf 27