Samuel Gompers (AD 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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Dedication USS SAMUEL GOMPERS' WESTPAC 93 Cruisebook is dedicated to those of who are not formally in the Navy, who did not enlist, who rarely set foot on board, but to Whom a deployment means perhaps even more hardship, insecurity, and loneliness than that experienced by those of us Who deployed. This book is dedicated to those of us in the Navy family who did not deploy, to our families, who paid the rent, kept the cars running, changed the dirty diapers, wiped the running noses, and kept the letters coming, in order that ourselves and our shipmates could accomplish our more formalized naval mission.

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Contents Underway General Quarters Chaplain Administration Department Deck Department Dental Department Engineering Department Medical Department Operations Department Repah'DeparUnent Safety Department Supply Department Miscellaneous Photo's by Department Flight Quarters Steel Beach Liberty Call Hawau Yokosuka Sasebo Hong Kong Guam Mount Fuji ikthletics AroundJapan Last Night at Sea Homecoming page Page Page page Page Page Page page Page Page Page Page pages Page page page page Page Page page page Page Page Page page Page 14 17 23 24 25 33 34 42 44 48 81 82 92-127 130 132 134 137 140 142 145 149 154 156 158 161 163 ll l l l

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I A l I .. ' ta +2 r5t'. '5 a ...P Avis' r U4--J lf ' lll SS SAMUEL GO PER USS SAMUEL GOMPERS tAD 373 is the tirst U.S. Nayy ship to bear the name of a distinguished labor leader. The destroyer tender w as commissioned on 01 July 1967 following a three-year construction period in Bremerton. Wasliington. lt is one of the largest destroyer tenders in the Fleet and is assigned to Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Squadron l3. in San Diego. The USS SAMUEL GONIPERS' ofthe LIS. Nayy. and allied nations. including nuclear powered surface ships. aircraft carriers and submarin6S. primary mission is to provide repair services to afloat combatant commands ln addition to its repair mission. USS SANTUEL GOMPERS also provides logistic and material Sl1PP0ftt0 tended cotntnands. Personnel and disbursing services. messing. medical and dental care are also provided to the crews of tended commands. USS SAMUEL GONIPERS was the first ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet to have enlisted females serve in her crew. The first female assigned h ' ' g e lOl e ship reported on board in June 1979. USS SAMUEL GOMIPERS is 645 feet lon th g wi a beam of 85 feet. It displaces 20,289 tons when fully loaded. and has a nayigational draft of 26 feet. Its' 20.000 h s aft horsepower single-screw propulsion plant produces a top speed in excess of 20 knots. Designed to be manned by 39 officers and l.2 flag otiicer and staff. USS SAMUEL GONIPERS has O0 enlisted crew members, the ship also can accommodate a made 16 deployments as a command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. .