Washburn (AKA 108) - Naval Cruise Book

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18 April. Underway from Sasebo enroute DaNang. 23 April. Arrived DaNang but could not find employment. We obtained permission to familiarize ourselves with other ports in Vietnam in which we might be called upon to operate. 24 April. Underway from DaNang enroute Vung Tau. 26 April. Arrived Vung Tau. We took advan- tage of this familiarization tour to train our various steaming sections so that each sec- tion on its own could become proficient in bringing the ship in and anchoring it and get- , i W 27 April Underway from Vung Tau enroute ting it underway from achorage and out to C R B 1 sea again. 45- T ig q ,fs c r if Q mf' 4, 'Q 'Q' , -'-kX . pa' 5 A 23 lf:-Arg . .tr am a ay. 28 April. Arrived Cam Rahn Bay. Some of the signalmen were invited over to the Army sig- nal tower and all came back-HAPPY! Some of the other men went into the little Naval Station and they came back happy too. A couple of them were Officers! The Officers were pre- sented with a hand painted picture by the Swift Boat officers and it hung in the Wardroom for at least the rest of the cruise. I 29 April. Underway from Cam Rahn Bay en- route Qui Nhon. Arrived Qui Nhon the same day. It hadn't changed from the time we were there before. ,.3,,,,. , f ...Wm-

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w 6 April, Arrived Sasebo, Japan and com- menced a repair period that accomplished many important jobs including the repair of our jumbo boom on hatch 5. We no longer would have to sling Mike 7 and Mike 8 at the rail from booms on other hatches. Sasebo provided many of us the first real liberty in 1 over two months. Only some of our lucky shipmates had had a day or two in Pearl Har- bor back in February. It was here in Sasebo that the buying started: Hi-fi sets, cameras, china etc. For some it was careful comparing and selectingg for others it was like a buying stampede. This pattern was to be repeated in every famous shopping port. v . D l LEIF.-jf?-'Qt' M V:',,i,. . .- if . 3, 4 l 4 M-Uh' ,, .- it--f: . A cy- a , 1 156,-. ' f 'ff 'nl 61, ffl 3 9 as-3Qi1nf 'i if 1 E ' r 1 Y, w af- ' F Q Y, Al- V' 1 , I . JZ :a 16 April. Tested boom on hatch five - test satisfactory. EW..a1-i'+f!:.'?--M.-'mf '. -.I.Q-'All ,yxu 4 , i,.Tff'1 -' f--avg. ', If ...A-Jfvrqq i ,:,..,,.5 a ff isa..- si' 3: 1-xg ' V h , Y, V v. b'r, 4 1 . --4' , -.A, X .v , , ,WW

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.I .41 'W' ' .Sd'f,:, u. ' fl' 1 W.. l--gl . sa W' na Y m ., ,ir A 44.75-':t3'i Q 2.AL5l'rt 5.3 v xl! 0111: u 1 1 ll ws 30 April. Lnderway from Qui Nhon enroute DaNang. Arrived DaNang. Spent a couple of days cleaning up the ship for our expected trip to Hong Kong. 2 May. Lfnderway from DaNang enroute Hong Kong B.C.C. 'aa 'iliiflf' -Vik ' - , . . 3,5 'li' 4 May. Arrived Hong Kong, commenced liberty. -ii T11-1--i- I1 I1 ff' ! 0 I