Zellars (DD 777) - Naval Cruise Book

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Operation Wicked Lady was well named. Z was minus a surface search radar for the whole show, and the weather was so bad that we couldn't see much either. Combat saved the works with the help of the fire control and air search radars and perhaps a few tea leaves. Then there was the morning we lost the air Search and gyro while trying to return to station and what hap- pened? Sonar reports we're headed towards a whale. Well, which way is it going? I don't know sir, but we're closing' it pretty fast. CWC draw the curtain as another greenie pours in over the Open Bridge engulfing the cool, calm, and collected UCD, Lt. Mitchell who would like very much to be relieved. ls anyone out there interested'?J. In spite of all, ZELLARS was on top of the bubble when it counted. During the grand finale of the mock war,we scored confirmed kills on a Blue force submarine and torpedo boat all during the space of three hours. H Lt. Anderson, Ens Riehm, and Foster in a display of exuberance typical of the ship during Wicked Lady lt was during the stormy Wicked Lady that Combat came up with a specially marked clinometer which gave the following readings: five degrees--secure Mr. Larson, ten degrees--secure Chief Warner, fifteen degrees--secure Combat. J 5 gay: '

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LISBCN Lisbon is a sailor's town. Sprawling over several hills the city is filled with ancient buildings, narrow backstreets where the smell of fish is overpowering, and places where you could drop awhole pay checkin one night. Remember Maxime's, the Venetian Club, the Texas Bar? The ostensible reason for the Match Maker visit to Lisbon was to be present at the inauguration of a new NATO command, IBERLANT. We were swamped with VlP's including the present Chief of Naval Operations , Admiral lvloorer, and the ship's honor guard gave a good account of itself at the ceremonies where it was in- spected by the likes of General Lemnitzer, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff lSee color section for pictures of the IBERLANT ceremoniesl.

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Y V-:gms ' NCJRWAY Norway reminds you of such places as Maine and Alaska. The scenery was startling. There were mountains piled on mountains which drop straight down into fjords fwe learned that you don't pronounce the d 5 Norwegians as a whole are the healthiest bunch of souls you'll ever run into, and oh my aching eyes, the girls all look like they just climbed out of a Canada Dry or Breck Shampoo ad. Match Maker came to Haakonsvern for an overhaul period and a refreshing rest from official functions. For entertainment, some tried skiing, which on the face of it would seem to be healthier than drinking, but one look at the cliffs that pass for beginners slopes in this country and we had our doubts. LT Stakel led those of us who thought that the view from the bottom of the hill was just fine. Others such as sonarmen L'Amie and Putignano couldn't get enough of comin down the hill in a flailing cartwheel of ski? and poles.