Spruance (DD 963) - Naval Cruise Book

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ports provided an excellent tension relief throughout the cruise. Sunday afternoon volleyball, 10881122 around the deck, or riding the Lifecycle all fit the bill in the search for fitness. I In port, sports provided a chance to see the countryside as well as fostering fast friendships with the natives. The SPRUANCE volleyball team, though inexperienced in in- ternational play, made a mostly smooth transition from the helo hangar to the courts of Greece. Though the team finished a few points shy of victory, they made some new friends and got some neat souvenirs out of the deal. A high-point for SPRUANCE Sportsmen came in the NAVOCFORMED tug-o'-war staged in Palermo. After ab- sorbing losses in volleyball and basketball, the SPRUANCE tug-team, including such lightweights as ET2 Harper, GMM3 Baker, and DKSN Haffner, absolutely dominated the apparently malnourished squads from our Allied ships. The Turks, averaging 140 lbs. per man, nearly went airborne at our first tug. Fortunately, none of them were seriously injured, and all participants traded hand- shakcs and compared abrasions afterwards. Right: RM3 Wells docs his best Bo Jackson im- itation climbing Mt. Carmel. Below Left: EN2 Hartzog and DCI Beavers play cricket in thc SPRU Gym. Ab0VC3 CL I0 RJ STG2 Vincent STGSN 130 , yle EM3 ggeingale- ,SN Quinones SHSN Miller FN Dennis and A 05913 CHJOW 3 C133 Of football on the Haifa beach

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The dangers ot' driving a 9.000 ton warship are obvi- ous to the most uninfomted. but operating small boats de- mands a nearly equal degree forces of the ocean, boats are remarkably fragile and re- quire unselfish teamwork from all crewmembers. Sus- pended from heights upwards of concen- of 35 tration. f e e I practice. during and HPC- lt's not as easy as it looks. . launch r i e n c e. -- BM2 Price and re- Used for covery, lifesaving, I h e personnel b 0 a I transfer, boardings. and swim call lifeguarding, the boats were seemingly always waterborne throughout the cruise. Highly susceptible to the v Y T I :It 1. PSR D X , '57 Q, .1 se.. '55 le , 9 S, N- ,' ,.J3fWx,w. 'A lf N 's'+.,X X .sw i .c,,:' 'J 3 .' Luhtg v -e-:rf crewmen are dependent for their very life upon the winch operators, line tenders, and brakemen. They look like pleasure craft, but small boats are all business. -,.. ,ll A4 :0 'i Above left: Boat crew prepares to lower thc motor whale boat during small boat ops in the Left: Launching of the captains gig is a com- plicated maneuver, but as usual tabovcj thc launch is successful. LL BGAT GP - DAILY ROUTINE '

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M ' u- Lcfl: OSI Alder and STG3 Hcnry high slcp during slu lessons m Grccfc. Below: SN Prosper spxkcs a shot durxng a volleyball game as B313 Rey nolds and M53 Wintlcld look on. - n-4 - 0 4 wa' 3? .r Wi Left: O53 Carl Brcwcr practices karate in thc Spru Gym.