Truckee (AO 147) - Naval Cruise Book

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Shipyard, achieved he r reco ,unit of Task Force relrnalinder of that year During the first Jfolur Service Force, Sixth deploymentwand ports of cal The, of 19610 sum nie r included a official reco and S tate si ragga taps k the No .,f rbd of mo f I a BMW at ' ' 527' gl , , W paw 1- 43 . X ss Q, -L I, - t , g y i -fi ,i K I I . - 4 --,,I.::r... S. .:-2512? .'1..1 ruise. P o United ,States Second Fleet. side in the single month o 1 cruise. - Q or the k. This corn- :led for which were vis ited rd overhaul period at the Norfolk Naval for Guantanamo Bay , Cuba, where she 59, TRUCKEE operated in North Atlantic waters as sident Eisenhower's round trip flight to Europe. The erved in the Mediterranean as flagship for Commander hment operations were a c c o rn p l i s h e d during this rcelona, Tulorr, Beirut, Istanbul and Athens. V United States S e c on d Fleet. The highlights of the the TRUCKEEJS third midshi men cruise, and an un- perating in Northern Atlantic wi E ihth a tasksforce of ed the Arctic Circle, a factwhich entitled all the men Se Certificate. On late notice, the crew wxlasqctegnporarily ven, Geilxmany, cancelled. They, howevergrfound Lisbon, The ship returned to the United States invlsfalte ,October, istmaf's'7anhd New Years in Cannes, and St. Valentine's Day in Barcelona second s uc c e s sfiven' winter deployment to the Mediterranean. Other ports of call ,Gpeeceg Barcelona,'Spain3 Livorno, Italy, Augusta Bay, Sicily, Rhodes, Greece, wer 1,60 refuelingstayt Qsea were accomplished during this de p loyme nt with the United from November to' February 1961. Afspirited cofmpe tition among destroyers, with tiine while,,aQ'lo'n'g's'i.d1e for refueling, provided a spark to the sornetimes-gmonotpnousmw, at'sea.i-f'The ,record was broken with almost every r e f uelin g operation until both QDD-94211 and, USS DICKSON QDD-7061 established identical tim e S of 1. 4, minutes - a rew s of the two destroyers andthe 'TRUCKEE alredeservedly proud. 'A final highlight igranearnfcruise. was the replenishment off the Voiceof America Coast Guard ship, COURIER Vi , was'a-welcome, sight, w he n Conf-March Z, 1961, a tired and well traveled crew re- and Berkley,U'Virginia.f . 1' , Q -in is port in order toprepare for a yard 'Overhaul period after having beenaway for twelve 'TRUCKEEFS third o v errha ul' period from May' to Ju'ly,was -divided b etw e en'

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Vx! STEPHEN L. IUHNSUN CAPTAIN, U.S.N. Born in Elkador, Iowa, Commander Pendleton entered the service in 1943 and was first stationed at SCTC, Key West, Florida. He proceeded from this school to the USS J. D. BLACKWOOD where he spent the remainder of World War II, as Nav- igator, ASW, and Operations Officer. A period of inactive reserve followed, and in 1951 he returned to active duty as a member of the Training Publications Department at BuPers. He then reported to the USS Ammen as Executive Officer, and in 1957 became an instructor at the NROTC unit in Lincoln, Nebraska. Commander Pendleton reported to the TRUCKEE from NAVACTS, Italy, where he spent three years as Administrative Officer. Prior to the publication of this book, Com- mander Pendleton will report to the USS TI-IOR QARC-21 as Commanding Officer. At the present, Commander Pendleton resides in No rfolk, Vir ginia with his wife and three children, Jonathan Robert 5, Heather Anne 3, and Charles Allen 1. Captain Stephen L. Johnson, USN, entered the rom Indiana and graduated from the U. S.. Naval Academy in 1939. Navy f During World War II, Captain Johnson served in submarines, Commanding USS S-32 in 1944, and USS SEGUNDO in 1945. Post war duties included assignments as Commanding Officer, USS BERGALL and USS STORMES, Commander Destroyer Division 232 and duty with the NATO Standing Group in Paris. His most recentassignments were in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D. C. Captain Johnson is entitled to Wear the Silver Star. Captain Johnson is married to the former Elizabeth Thurston. They now have two children Susan 16, and Stephen 6. I. ROBERT PENDLETUN CUMMANIJER, U.S.N.