Washburn (AKA 108) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE C UISE 1 February. WASHBURN departed San Diego for Pearl Harbor, in company with other VANCOUVER QLPD-25, BEXAR QAPA-2375, UNION QAKA-1565, and D1.A,cHENko QAPD- 1233. 8 February. Arrived Pearl Harbor and com- menced loading personnel, equipment and ammunition of the First Battalion Twenty Seventh Regimental Landing Team. 12 February. Departed Pearl Harbor in com- pany with the squadron for Okinawa, Japan. Later in the day, VANCOUVER was detached to procede to Vietnam with the Squadron Commander Staff. .W -Wm., ...f- vs-ff'fff' .'? 'H 5 Y i- '. .. : J 'm: -Q qi ' l 3 f X ' ' 6 i l. iiiX':',:..f.Jf ' 4 ? 1 ships in Amphibious Squadron One, including: J I , ,.p.. N. . i jf in ,VA ,,.. mi' 13 February. WASHBURN and BEXAR both with Twenty Seventh Regimental Landing Team Marines embarked, were diverted and proceeded independently at best speed for DA NANG RVN! During the long transit to Da- Nang we worked continuously to organize and train the various watch sections for given bills that would be required. During this transit we experienced our worst weather of the entire cruise just prior to entering the San Bernadino Straits in the Philippines. 29 February. Arrived DaNang and immedi- ately commenced to land the embarked Ma- rines onto one of the deep Water piers there. K ' x ... qgffon, T .- l

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.,. , .9-exam.. --,.,..-. ..wn.....:....,.,. 1 March. The jimibo boom on hatch five was bent at a 95 degree angle and broke when the topping lift was accidently two blocked. ' 1 - S 2 March. Completed off-loading the First Battalion Twenty Seventh Marines and com- menced loading personnel, vehicles and equipment of the One Hundred Fifty Ninth US Army Transportation Battalion. Also loaded ammunition, concertina, barbed wire, sand bags and fortification lumber. While loading the ammunition from a barge along- side during a heavy wind a nylon line to the barge parted and SN Huber's leg was broken. He was transferred that night to the USS RE- POSE AH-16 and eventually evacuated to the States. ' ...,. f ' ' -S :H ' Sneak----f--it 'F' i. I ii! T 4 March Completed loading and departed Da Thuy about 76 miles north of DaNang Left 4 Mike boats in DaNang to allow deck loading of YQ 9 A Q .. V H 4 X - A V .hs ni' tx t, X A l . V A .4 , . A ' :,- ,- ' 1 lg' s ,ix A . o . V .Pg ... M I J p - i Nang for a beach near the village of Thon My W I - x N .V i wars- 1, K . X- - Q . . ffi It 'f J yi L' I It I X 2 ' X7 X - - ' 1: , I Va ir -1 h , , , - f r .ily fn fr 1 i A 'lk . q Q . 0 I i ,ff ' iw - - ,V 1 t . . S V ' , H