Sellers (DDG 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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FM SECNAV TO USS SELLERS BT UNCLAS .II PERFORMANCE 4 A gm I GREATLY APPRECIATED THE AI SEA DL MONSIRATION OF Tow COMBAT READINEBS AND LILCLLLLNI MAILRIAL. CONDITION. SELLERS TODAY DEMONSTRATES WHAT CAN BI DONE WITH DETERMINATION. MOTIYAIION AND HARD WORK. YOLIR SHIP EILLIDES ENTHusIAsM AND LNIRGY AND You CAN ALL TAILE PRIDE IN A TRULY OLIISIANDINO DI' STROYER. PLEASE EILTEND MY DLEPLY FELT THANILS IO IVERY NEWER OF THE CREW FOR A MIMORABLL DAY AI BLA. WELL DONE AND GOD SPEED. BALL SENDS. HI FM ODC MADRID SP TO USS SELLERS BT UNCLAS SLBJ: U.S. NAVY LEAGUE MENORCA MEMORIAL CEREMO- NIES. I WOULD LIKE TO EYLTEND MY PERSONAL BRAVO ZULLI TO THE OEFICERS AND MEN OF USS SELLERS FOR THE TRULY OUTSTANDING JOB YOU DID IN MAILING THIS YEAR'S MEMOF RIAL CEREMNIES AT MENORCA A COMPLETE SUCCESS. YOLR IMPRESSIVE DEDICATION AND METICULOUS ATTEN- TION TO DETAIL WERE EVIDENT IN THE ELAWLESS PREPARA- TIONS AND CEREMONIAL EXECUTION AT THE CEMETERY AS WELL AS THE SHIPBOARD RECEPTION. YOUR PROFESSIONAL- ISM AND YOIR UNDERSTANDING OI' BEING AMBASSADORS OF GOOD WILL WAS OBVIOUS AND RECEIVED VERY FAVOR- ABLE COMMENT FROM BOTH SPANISH AND AMERICAN GUESTS. SELLERS SUPERBLY REPRESENTED THE U.S. NAVY IN AN ANNUAL U.S.fSPANISH BILATERAL EVENT THAT HAS COME TO HAVE GREAT SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE FOR BOTH OUR NAVIES. CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE. RADM G.L. BIENDEAU. BT FM COMSIXTHFLT TO USS SELLERS BT UNCLAS SUBJ: HIGH FREQUENCY PROFICIENCY NAVCOMSTA NEA MAKRI GR REPORTED A VERY HIGH DEGREE OF RELIABILITY DURING THE SELLERSXNAVCOMSTA NEA MAKRI HF TERMINATION 09-I4 MAY 89. THE EXCEPTIONAL COORDINATION, COOPERATION AND SKILL EXHIBITED BY THE COMMUNICATORS OE BOTH COMMANDS PROVIDED MAXIMUM TRAINING AND SMOOTH MESSAGE FLOW WITHOUT MAJOR IMPACT ON OPERATIONS. THE RELIABILITY OF THIS TERMINATION IS INDICATIVF OF THE RESULTS WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED BY CONTINLIOUS EW TRAINING AND THE DESIRE TO SUCCEED IN AN HF ENVI RONMENT. IT IS ALSO PROOF THAT HIGH FREQUENCY RIC ORD COMMUNICATIONS IS NOT A LOST ART WELL DONE. BT I6 IM COMCRUDL SG-RU EIGHT 'I O USS SELLERS UNCI AS fl SUBJ IIII II X I 89 I.AI.TVANCItD.I IN TACH ILLLILIL ONE SI-LIP STANDS BIONAL ISM. SPIRIT AND IORIITLLDE. SFLLEB IS A CLASS ACT YOU NOT ONI Y STOOD OUT BUT IN TEE EARLY H0135 L4 NOV YOU sAvL LI IHI BI UE I-OLICLS. NO ORANGE wgm- RINL OR AIRCRAIT WIRI SAIL WHEN SELLERS WAS AROUND IOLIR PIRIORMANCI. DLLRINO ILIETEIL WAS LALIDA: IORY. WITH SELLERS IN MY BATTLE GROW I KNOW THE ng. PLOYMINI WILL III. suCCI.ssIuL. WILL DONL. RADM DAVID B. ROBINSON SENDS. BT IM uss vuLCAN TO uss SELLERS BT LINCLAS sum: CASREP REPAIRS TO uss SELLERS NUMBER ONE AND TWO MAIN ENGINES. ON I5 MAY uss SELLERS CAME ALONGSIDE uss vuLcAN IN ALICANTE SPAIN FOR A I3 DAY IMAV WITH OUTSTANDING C3 AND C4 CASREPS ON NuMBER ONE AND TWO MAIN EN- CIINFS CAUSED BY LEAILING MAIN CONDENSERS IN BOTH PLANTS. SELLERS DESIRED TO CORRECT THE CAsuALTIEs WITH ONLY STANDBY ASSISTANCE FROM vuLCAN. DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS I WITNESSED A PROFEE SIONALLY EXECUTED REPAIR EFFORT. SELLERS CREW CONFI DENTLY COMPLETED TROUBLESHOOTING, REPAIRS AND TEE TING OF THE TWO MAIN CONDENSERS WITH AN ABSOLUTE MINIMuM OF IMAV DIsRuPTION AND WITHOUT ANY ASSLE TANCE FROM VULCAN OTHER THAN FEED WATER TO CON- DuCT HYDRO TESTING. NORMALLY WE SEE A SHIP IN THIS SITUATION GET INTO THE THIS JOB IS SO BIG THAT I CAN'T DO IT MODE AND ASK THE TENDER TO COMPLETELY TAKE OVER THE JOB. NOT SO IN THIS CASE. THE CAN DO. CAL AND PROFESSIONAL APPROACH OF THE SELLERS CREW . CORRECTING THESE CASUALTIES WAS MOST IMPRESSI AND THAT ATTITUDE ON SELLERS WAS EVIDENT THROLI Y, OuT THE ENTIRE IMAV. IT IS MOST REFRESHING TO W WITH A SHIP WHOSE CREW IS WILLING TO MEET THE C f I LENGE HEAD ON. ALL INVOLVED ON SELLERS DESERVE A HEARTY WELL. DONE. BT TM COMSIQRVIORSIXTHFLT TO uss SELLERS BT LINCLAS SLIBII ADMINXMATERIAL SUPPORT FOR VLILCAN FLY AWAY 'IIAM SELLERS' SUPPORT OI THE vuLCAN FLY AWAY TEAM II AT I HAS BI L N SLIPI-RB AND IS MOST SINCERELY APPRECIAT- ID. AS IHI CIOSIST SOLIRCI OF MILSPEC PARTS mow- IILIRSINO SIRVICI s, OLII: PEOPLE IOuND YOUR CREW TGIF. A VI RIIAIIIL OASIS IN THIS DESERT. THAIKS FOR PLILIN. OLIR IAT OLII OI' THI FIRE. E I I I. I L HOL I Y SI NDS. I E

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