Taussig (DDG 746) - Naval Cruise Book

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DUTY DIVISION: OC DIVISION DUTY MAA: SHI MC NEILLY USS TAUSSIG QDD 7461 At Sea PLAN OF THE DAY FOR THURSDAY, 9 JUNE 1966 UNIFORM OF THE DAY: OFFfCPO: Wash Khaki ENLISTED: Dungarees I CARRY OUT THE STANDARD UNDERWAY ROUTINE AS PROMULGATED IN TAUSSIG E i 5 5 0600 Reveille 0615 Mess Gear 0630 Breakfast for the Crew ' 0715 Secure the Messline 0730 1 0750 Q0845 QI130 1230 I I Turn to, commence ship's Work I The Taussig goes alongside the USS CACAPON CAO 525 for re plenishment of fuel. 1 ,.. , -Am , .J INST 5400.2 EXCEPTAS MODIFIED BELOW: Muster on Station, submit Muster reports to the Ship's Office General Quarters, continue Naval Gunfire Support missions in CORPS III Secure from General Quarters, prepare for Underway Replenishment Station the Underway Replenishment Detail. Mail closes out. LT CUTRELL takes the advice of YNC ALLINGHAM to maneuver the ship Gunners Mate MALESKI 'keeps a close watch on the ship's headlng.

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Mount crews work long and hard even after completion of the day's mission collecting the empty powder casings I AVAL GU U 1 1 i s f 1 Taussig's five inch shells leave but a hazy cloud over the mountainous terrain of CORPS IH in South Vietnam During the Taussig's three tours on Naval Gunfire Support in South Vietnam the ship firedatotal Of 5622 rounds of five inch ammunition at vari0l1S Viet Cong targets from CORPS II south of Da Nang on the east coast to CORPS IV inthe 's i