Whetstone (LSD 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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I. -1 Qewf-I-vam':tm 'fl ff ' ' In preparation for Viet Nam, we learned how to fire we also got Ll refresher on the .45 caliber automamc. our new .50 caliber machme guns. - ' f? I , emi w. .V My The Captain uses hw sword to rut VHS kxlwtsuxu-'rs hlrthflny make- un 12 l-vhrunrj., uw lim: .lIUllVl'fS.ll'y Ur NUI' COIN UIISSIUIHIILI. The Marines found it a little difficult to do their pushups on our rolling decks. It wasn't all work, as many of us found time to soak up some tropical smmshine. X' 5 - .'-- .t . l Y. lf' , . if . riff. .Y f Hg Qlnfqlnzjyftm-,:.v4f , g,Lf ' a 'Mei .115-'wg 1 3. ., 1 , . ' , ,-

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i f 'iY5i'1 THE TRIP CVER .... ff if an , , jg ag , l X ,kv ,X l lil u. Slgnalmen and quartermusters mzm the flag bags. Anybody know the right course? l In what must hc some sort of a record for the old Stone, we spent only 7 days of an 8 month cruise in furnizition steaming, We joined three other PhibRon 'I'hrot- ships for thc week-long journey from San liiit-go to Pt-url llnrlior, Daily tactics drills and some General Quarters drills kept us all on our toes. 'i ' W i I 1 . t i I if l US Tulare comes close by on the way to her station, 1

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WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY .... fer' -fl, - -. The me ran ms spanned. The motor whaleboat is lowered to go make the res- cue. Who among us will f-vf-r forgot 22 February l966'.'Miiste-re-cl out of our racks in the wee ' .,f.,w f7 '+ ' r ,Mn-p, W, ,frv-W W 'v -4:-'if-Q' 't .1 ,5 hours of the morning. wc' lezlrnwl the as- , ' up 'o l,,,-g.,f '1::': touncling news that two of our shipmuics .--r'--X-Ji had cliaizippczirocl :luring tho night with ll lifv rzift. The? ship rc-vcrsr-cl coursv :l n cl ,...,g..,, through soma- pry-4-iso nzwigalion was able iQ-1-4525, to rv-tr'a1C0 tho pri-vious nighl's trnvk. i Wligit could lmw- lwcomc- xx trzigmly hecwinio ri wvlc-ornv rvimion for :ill c-om-vrni-cl whr-n lhv lifv rzifl was spotty-ii about 0745. Thv exact thoughts and motivations that prompt!-al two young sailors to rlcoirlc- sud- dcnly to soo thi- l':1 cifi rf tho hnrcl way will prolmhly n v vor iw known. Thr- in- , , , I , Not k 'i it ' L-idimt. which rf-mnvesfl wnli .sp1'mirl public- prgaczgggqi meersflat to expect' the whaleboatap' ity in llawnii :mfiCnliforni:1, was unfortunate ' 4 v hui is :1 sou story wo ll nm-or forget. '1- 'Pi I ill 5 ' so I 9 S S 'n 3 great big ocean' Back aboard, only a little worse for the Well'-