Wedderburn (DD 684) - Naval Cruise Book

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4 4 ' T 'j,,T,,.'. rg.g uf A CHASING THE BIG CNE For the V1et Cong the prof11e of the Enterpr1sefCVX 65j must have proved to be an awesome s1ght Yet even for the men of DD 684 she provlded a concept 1n space that hlffles the descriptnc powers of 1mag1nat1on Not all our Carrxers have such tn 6JxCltlI'lg profile or such an eer1e qual1ty of steam1ng w1thout stacks but the Tico sure gave us th 11 f d1fferent nature when durmg a refuel we managed to sneak a r1 o close enough under her fhght deck to shake hands mth the gang on the I hanger deck Dur1ng her flve months of actual duty in Xkest Pac I dd b hased the knggest and best of our CVVS We re the We er urn c fastest on the West Coast and they needed us to keep up with the ships 7 tN conflict How that have played so s1gn1f1cant a role 1n the 'ne am often has It been sa1d that w1thout the1r lxttle cousins to watch out for them and the1r preclous cargo of b1rds these Bxg Lathes could never ften routine and little operate Plane guard and rescue destroyer was o ld be no En exc1t1ng but w1thout Wedderburn and her kmd there cou Ra er no K1tty hawk no Hancock Perhaps the terpr1se no T1co no ng greatest comphment came from the fhers themselves when on take off they would zoom over Ole Arle1gh and gently t1p their wings in salute to one of the T1ny Crusaders of the Sea -wry: HBIRD 'I

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EW During her five months in Westlkiu, Wedderhurn spent over eighty percent of her time nt sen. Being on station for twenty and thirty days at Ll time nieaint that 11105101-hL'l' supplies had to be brought to her. Stetuning at high speed while chasing carriers meant refueling nlniost every other duy. To keep her going, required thousands of gallons of fuel, tons of supplies. not to mention keeping the ship's store stocked with enough peanuts to feed ai herd of furnished elephants and enough Coke to float n ship. XX'eddt-rhurn Q,-vt-n tried ti new trick this time over which goes to show that you t-Qin teau-linnOleGnl new tricks. Rather than struggle with :ill those wire highlines, she took stores from ti his-lo. X'ertri-p proved to he wry suc- cessful, Lind in most eases, niorv swift :ind szifc- thaui the old high line. Those hefty t-hoppt-rs brought Q-w-rytliiiig from mall to motors. to personriul, km-ping evt-1'yom- :ind 1-vt-rything ai lot higher and drier. Ft-nr' not idl you 'I'i'zulition:ilists! There is always ai refuel to ke,-ep the- llogitswnins hopping andthe line handlers happy. '15-T' .1 'nb-