USS Georgetown (AGTR 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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We Aquire Professional Polish HANDS ACROSS THE SEA! GMGSN McCandless delivers the shot-line to the CAMPBELL. ENS FLACK and BMl DICK direct hi-line handling and SN ENYART busily signals as a Fleet Training Group observer evaluates performances. OA HE WENT THAT A WAY. The Captain and the Admiral inspect GEORGETOWN ' S berthing. The Admiral gets acquainted with Hobby Shop WGTR2 operator CTl BURROUGHS. WHO WILL BUY? Captain GEBLER and LCDR BURT present the ship ' s walk-in store to the Admiral for inspection. |gj Mile froii tic The Captain bids a member of the FTG inspecting party farewell as sideboys stand by.

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Arriving at Gitmo for a period of training... Underway for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the Fleet Training Group for Refresher Training, GEORGETOWN incurred rough seas her first day off stormy Cape Hatteras. Continuing her southerly route, the weather warmed as GEORGETOWN changed time zones and climates. In Guantanamo Bay, GEORGETOWN underwent rigorous training in a two-week program designed to test the physical ability of the ship and her crew under simulated battle conditions and problems. In- cluded in the training were seamanship exercises which included hi-iine replenishment exercises and precision anchoring and docking. Hi-lines were conducted with the USS HOLDER, USS O ' HARE and the USCG CAMPBELL. General Quarters exercises involving nuclear attack, damage control and air attack were executed as a part of our training by Fleet Training Group observers. The two week training period was culminated by a general material inspection by Commander, FTG. Having successfully completed her Refresher Training, GEORGETOWN again got underway on November 3, for Kingston, Jamaica. Deck force prepares to throw over lines as the ship approaches its berth in GTMO. Hi-liners assemble, ready to heave-ho! delivers lif si HE ran mm SUP ffewiliiesJip ' s Two hi-liners take on the communications cable from the USS HOLDER during replenishment. jWi

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Historic, Colorfui Kingston and our first liberty on tiie Island in the Sun We Saw the Sights Entering the harbor at Kingston, Jamaica. GEORGETOWN crew members examine a bentwood bench in one of Jamaica ' s botanical gardens. Arriving in Kingston early on November 4, we took on food and provisions and saw the sights of the historic city that harbored many of the Caribbean ' s most ruthless pirates and bucaneers. Founded in 1692 after an earthquake had destroyed old Port Royal, Kingston became the seat of govern- ment in 1870. A constant and recurring victim of tremors, the city was almost destroyed by an earth- quake in 1907. Still retaining its provincial air under a strong Commonwealth influence, Kingston is primarily a resort center. Among its fine old buildings are St. Andrew ' s Parish House and a museum and library in the Institute of Jamaica. Just across the bay from Kingston is Port Royal, a seventeenth century fortress and ghetto for sea rogues. Port Royal was valued by Henry Morgan and other pirates for its tricky, narrow channel which often landed their pursuers on the rocks. Still further across the bay is Spanish Town, a quaint quarter which, despite its name, is a very real reminder of early English dominance and sea power in the Caribbean. Kingston ' s 124,000 inhabitants incorporate English, Spanish and Negro in a sub-tropical ' ' melting-pot. Situated on the southwest coast of Jamaica, Kingston is one of the finest deep draught harbors in the West Indies. Singing our own version of ' ' Jamaica, Farewell, we departed Kingston November 6, bound for Limon Bay, Panama, and . . . Andrew ' s Parish House. and made some friends GEORGETOWN played host to a group of Jamaican Sea Scouts while in Kingston. Here CTSN PATTERSON, CTSN MINER and a troop member pose for the photo- grapher. Paiaia, ( CaUffl Lat« artivedai Paci ic coasi «• IS tie oppofWin aiJal onleiillKf ' toiflistM! ' ! lotlief i.1 li