Washburn (AKA 108) - Naval Cruise Book

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off-load the entire Boat Group in record time. But, the pace of really meaningful activity had slowed somewhat. June and July continued with us in the Ready Group, we partici- pated in four major amphibious assaults, with a trip to Subic Bay in the Philippines thrown in for variety. A winch prob- lem on hatch 3 threatened to crimp the divisions ability to perform, but was successfully overcome after twice having the armature in the winch mo- tor replaced. In August Hong aim Hold number three. ri . -- fl' ,MQW i , I W .K nil fl sfgrii . i1.-- Thanks to my spinach Kong and Yokosuka, Japan were visited and provided our last but greatest opportunity to shop. The pace quickened again, as prepa- rations were made for the long voyage home to San Diego. A11 spaces required a thorough clean-up and painting, most of which was ac- complished while underway. The trip from Yokosuka to San Diego added one last change for our busy clean-up schedule. Thus, First Division never lacked of things to be done. In the face of our work load, however, our speed and expertness increased - we just got better and better throu hout the cruise g . We were the BEST when we left, where are we now? We dreamed of Unreps in our maidenform vests. 17 rx . ' f if W' 1 - - - 3 C f' 4 l I 2 x 1' x 2 3 . ' ' ff I N . .al +4 'X

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