Washburn (AKA 108) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1968

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ENGINEERI G R DIVISION Although the cruise didn't actually begin until 1 February, R Division started preparing for it in November 67, lf you stop and think how much preparation goes into a weekend Camping trip, you can realize what we had to do to prepare for our weekend in WESTPAC. A long weekend? Only 229 days. All plans and preparation complete, we start- ed and things went like this: On the way to Hawaii, we installed 12 china waterclosets in the crews head and instructed some 130 men in the op- eration and use of the OBA QOxygen Breathing Apparatus.J After Pearl Harbor, it was shore up the cargo, train, convert a stowage locker into an Intelligence Office, and train some more. Just before we reached Vietnam, it became necessary to manufacture eight 555 caliber ma- chine gun cradles, pivots and splinter shields. 993 Standing: Hudy, G,R,, Holt, G,S,, Hager, D,D,, Nation, D,W,, Miller, R,A,, Clark, J,A, Kneeling: Piasecki SF1, Sisk, L,T,, CWO Bauer, Hilt, B,F,, Jackson, J,A, Each of these required the fabrication and assem- bly of 25 individual parts. Back to cargo again, off load it, load it, load it, and off load it. Boat repairs? You said it! Day and night. lf it wasn't our boats it was someone elses boat that needed repair. Finally in April, the tempo of operations slowed for awhile, so we started remodeling the ship in order to make room for an Operations office. The library went aft to an unused ammu- nition magazine, the barber shop movedto where the library used to be, the Disbursing Officer moved to the old Barber shop and lo and behold, we had an empty and suitable space for the Op- erations Office. But wait, this didn't happen overnight! Before we could complete the shifting of library, shop, and offices, we were as- signed to the Amphibious Ready Group. You want mail?

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Well, you better do something about that, so a helicopter can bring it. We had been working so hard at remodeling, we needed to give ourselves a break anyway and get out in the sun and get a tan. So we did. We took our sunglasses, our sun tan lotion, cutting torch, welding leads, hammers and a lar e bucket of Kool Aid and relaxed for S i ' about 2 weeks while we constructed a port- able helicopter loading platform. By this time, the ships crew had shrunk to such size that it became necessary to train and utilize R Division personnel to man the main battery. After several training exer- cises we became good competitors for the Deck Departments regular Gunnery crew. Routine maintenance, like woman's work, is never done, we spent many hours clean- ing drains, fixing leaks and testing equip- ment, as well as cleaning and maintaining our own 12 spaces, which included shops, a berthing compartment, co2 rooms and damage control lockers. Was it over? Never! Even at the end of the cruise we were still remodeling -- this time enclos- ing the crews mess to improve its air- conditioning and general appearance. Even this, we completed in time to welcome our dependents and friends with refreshments on the 'NEW' mess decks. Next cruise we will improve WASHBURN some more! One more time, 'D 1 F - 1. ,,-aunt? ...-1-u.,...u .-.-4 H . 'J I .. M fig' ',,.....-H Field day is fun, if

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