Sylvania (AFS 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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u.s.s. sylvania, AFS-2 SYLVANIA'S VITAL STATISTICS BORN: QI JULYI9611 PLACE: LONG BEACH NAVAL SHIRYARD, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA FATHER: NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIRBUILDING COMRANY MOTHER: BUREAU OF SHIRS, UNITED STATES NAVY BIRTH WEIGHT: I7,5OO TONS LENGTH: SBI FEET DRAFT: 25 FEET SPEED: IN EXCESS OF 20 KNOTS COST: 22.5 MILLION DOLLARS COLOR: HAZE GREY IT MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY, 'CAUSE BABY, LOOK AT HER NOW!

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NOT TO BE REMOVED USS SYLVANIA CAPS-2D THURSDAY 24 Feb 72 FROM THE SHIP PLAN OF THE DAY Sunrise: 0645 Sunset: 1743 SHIP'S ROUTINE: Carry out the normal inportfunderway routine in accordance with SYLVANIA ORGANIZATION AND REGULATION MANUAL except as modified below: 0600 Reveille 0630-0715 Breakfast for the crew 0800 Liberty expires on board. Muster on station 0830 Set the Special Sea and Anchor detail 0900 Underway for ammo anchorage ---- Commence degaussing checks 0930 CApproxJ Anchor ammo anchorage. Turn to. Commence ammo on-load 1130 Knock off ship's work 1145-1245 Dinner for the crew 1300 Turn to. Continue ship's work 1530 CApproxJ Set the Special Sea and Anchor detail 1600 CApproxD Underway for the Mediterranean 1645-1745 Supper for the crew SUNSET Darken ship 2000 Movie call 2200 Taps Note: No word will be passed over the lMC after 2000 except in case of an emergency. ERIE: 1. HULL SAFETY REPORTS: DCPO's are reminded that hull safety reports are due by 1130 on 28 February 1972. 2. 102 SAVINGS DEPOSIT PROGRAM: When we deploy for the Med everyone on board is eligible to deposit money in the 102 Savings Deposit Program. You may deposit your pay in two ways CID by allotment C25 by depositing it with the Disbursing Officer. The following rules apply: al Deposits earn interest at 102 compounded quarterly. bl Money deposited by the 10th of the month earn interest from the first of the month. cb The limit on the amount you may deposit is your HUnallotted Current Pay and Allowancesu in amounts of S5 or more, in multiples of S5. HUna1lotted Pay and Allowancesu is defined as the amount a member is entitled to receive on the payday immediately before the date of deposit. Pay and allowances include reenlistment bonus, travel allowance on discharge, and pay and allowances for unused accrued leave. dD Once money is deposited you may not withdraw it until we return to the states. Upon return you may withdraw it at any time fit will continue to accrue interest at 102 for 90 days after arrival in the states.D DUTY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS DUTY DECK DUTY SUPPLY DUTY ENGINEER DUTY OPERATIONS ENS FREMONT LTJG LEWIS SFC CHADBOURNE SM1 CANNON COM AND DUTY OFFICER LTJG MAHONEY

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in retrospect SYLVANIA is named for Georgia and Ohio communiTies ThaT bear The name of The asTeroid SYLVANIA. She is The second ship of The MARS class combaT sTores ships To be commissioned, and Therefore carries The designaTion AFS-2. As a combaT sTores ship, SYLVANIA is designed To consolidaTe The underway re- plenishmenT efforTs of The STore Ship, The General Issue Ship, and The AviaTion Supply Ship. The HSYLVANIAH is Truly a one sTop replenishmenT. From 25 April l965 To 30 SepTember l969, SYLVANlA's mission was To coordinaTe and handle The logisTic replenishmenT of The SIXTH f:leeT. A highly demanding replenish- menT cycle began each monTh wiTh The arrival of a refrigeraTor Type ship CAFD carrying The re-supply iTems ordered for ThaT parTicular monTh. TogeTher SYLVANIA and The Al: would sTeam The MediTerranean To re-supply ships of The SixTh l:leeT on sTaTion. AT The end of The cycle, The AF would Transfer her remaining cargo To SYl.VANlA To bring her sTores To full operaTing capabiliTy. Then The AF would deparT The MediTerranean for Norfolk, Vir- ginia, and SYLVANIA would awaiT The arrival of The nexT reefer and The beginning of The nexT monTh's CLQGREPD logisTic replenishmenT cycle. While permanenTly deployed To The MediTerranean SYLVANIA sTeamed l68,8ll nauTical miles during 50 such LOGREP cycles and issued over 38,25l shorT Tons Cover 76 million lbs.i of provisions and repair parTs. l:urThermore, SYl.VANlA did so wiThouT missing a single operaTional commiTmenT over nearly four and one half years. Nearly 900 ships were received alongside for under- way replenishmenT and counTless oThers were verTically replenished using The Two Ui-l-116D Sea KnighTs helicopTers of CombaT l-lelicopTer SupporT Squadron SlX. AfTer reTurning from a six monTh deploymenT To The Med on i8 June l97l, SYLVANIA enTered Norfolk Naval Shipyard, l3orTsmouTh, Virginia, for four monThs of rouTine mainTe- nance. Leaving Norfolk Naval Shipyard on Li OcTober l97l, SYLVANIA engaged in Type Training in The Virginia Capes OperaTing Area unTil i3 OcTobef l97l. She deparTed her homeporT of Norfolk, Virginia on 2l OcTober l97l. Arriving in l:orT Lauderdale, Florida on 23 OcTober l97l, SYl.VANlA conducTed a four day porT visiT To ThaT ciTy. Underway again on 27 OcTober l97l SYLVANIA proceeded To GuanTanamo Bay, Cuba where she underwenT an abbreviaTed buT inTensive period of refresher Training under The guidance of The l:leeT Training Group, following which-she reTurned To Norfolk, Virginia on l5 Nov- ember l97l. SYLVANIA enTered Horne BroThers Shipyard on 23 November l97l To undergo a re- sTricTed availabiliTy in preparaTion for her deploymenT To The lVlediTerranean. She lefT Norfolk on 24 February l972, for a six monTh cruise wiTh The SixTh l:leeT.