Wedderburn (DD 684) - Naval Cruise Book

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UNDERWAY T' Pointing our bow to the sea, we headed out a new crew, young, inexperienced, and eager to become old salts. Fitting indeed that we should run into a storm the first night out so the crew could get to meet Ralph. He never did show, but an awful lot of guys were hanging over the side looking for him. Though green around the cars from inexperience and the pepetual motion of the ship, we had the advantage of a few old salts who had been around a while and were more than willing to teach us the tricks of staying alive in a mean and often treacherous sea. Giitlif-iw,-cl around the Ole Man as he tells about his sea the process of 9 learning continued all the way across the Pacific. Knowledge and pI'aCf1C9 giiinml xiiuiviwvaiy proved invaluable under adverse Conditions Off the Coast Of Vic-t Nam ' ' ' ' . .Xs natci past the fantail became routine, we continued to steam closer to our rendezvous with the Big Ladies of the Seventh Fleet . While talking C1 it-w days rest in beautiful Hawaii, the Worden QDLG-181 gotalittle 1'4iriibi1m'tioi1s rind bumped us le 1' ' -t Q . , ax ing a sweet little dent in our derriere. In ai low hours the Frantic Fixers had the situation in hand and the Steamer continued on hor plotted course. We stopped just long enough in Midway 730 Uv? 'MNC Y I 7 Y ' , , s gas Llltl axe a few pictures of the Goonies. Steaming, ever Steaming' we continued on to the mystic Isle of Guam, again staying just long eI1OUgh to saw l-'ill her ini and tl t . , i. r. ten onto Subic bay where we took a few days rest before lnxidiiig out on our tirst patrol.