Andrew L Foreman (DE 633) - Naval Cruise Book

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' cmd 'lhiiir C 0 ai lifter days of bay trials in the rc:-t 1 l1,11ooofS1oen Francisco h. roor,' and 1o.o,d1ng of'o a2'1m1z1i-Q r -,.k . - ' L Q ' V A L3 my To ., Mon atooooothe Lore Is1gJ1d1fe.rd, the Foreman .c-Q the d up Q08-big 1 Ons: P0cess,g i 'QI retersf of her lien .wht ovvrhgaq 'virg 1tS na . f1OA mf!! ,ro twum- i rrahbzng, udp- n .. 10 ,ay Hy yctlvi obru -11 C fro o CCrCmny, th f 'Jesse 0 of Z2 he Unlted Q, X. Ifscori 6 o c0r2Sff1'UCt x rch ef, riwbom , Smrk ,Q nada, bor fir t venture into the Paoafac, a d t,l'ro'J.Q the co Stal waters of the cgtvrn ,U motatco, walled her way to another great levy aiiionorepc, Em Dlego harbor. As had so :many other proud levy chips, sho rode Her archer Cnr? out toe x otors of that harbor thru 5 nooks of r1'.Lei'01 r1 fmc' traim np. Following Admit' 1' in wpCCt10n by the form ndcr, Opor ta on 1 Tnmzmjnr Cozamond, U S P clfic llc ct, ,no as cicclvred rcadyofor the hjdutlcsj of for close, anc tg no :Ln o g'b3tt1CS-oOlA,VfEI' P8.C'!f1C water.,-, cvea thcr ro-o -30113631118- io the olory OI tno U S -x Q olloi pant gveat battles of Coral Scag: o of o oG11at3.a1e1ng1, gndttho Sosngri L 1 c-rrvcr .fbrngke to ,.ins'I3,To1f3,fo were A h1fftory5 fnd. 1? cr move ff:.fea1nstotbeoo ,J.zp ,enomy :cs vncroas-mg',offIt has o ,UWOA -I'if?ht,'h14TT16o for the b11'-th of -'B-f c.Y1C obo? lghtmg 9'i'l15, to ado :its ,.'bre,ngth fill--11 o 4. After a br-iof tx-'o-.weekopost.s?1akedo1m a.va11'abi1ity, land final fittlng-out, DP3633,f31G ,, -.. . .1 , -.l ,-,fr:ff,', ,mv ., , , -...---1,....,.... om sfillr' QM! '

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f 'I-.pi 'X 'f7' '77Tfj-1533-' ' -' . ...eg I, g u naw---. - ..4. 4 Q r Foremomd gon 2dJzv.nuo.ry 19L1+, W09 rf1'oCb' to th ,S 15 wars, bound for Pearl Harbor and hc GB Y l r Y embroiled South Pacific, war fronts. z ,A d The Forormnha first. realization of th 19' p K ' perils of 'mr come when on Janurry 7, vhil v enroute to the Hovroiim Islands, she made WHS .Q 0. eifght contact on surfaced submarine. A If ,r d , handamazmeci dtheir battle sta-.tioqs for th S' D ji Id fig-5+r ot-11-wQ,d and propzvrod to repel the sus, gi iff s, ectoc' cropt The underwater c 'a't prove gi? G . p ,L c.-,.. gr , - - be of mnorican identity. Already the shzipfs crew haddisoovored the lurking do s 1 a g'G'l S which could lie beneath apparently-c 33:1 QU N Pacific waters. r, . - do u. A rhtxfirst sight of Diamond Hood and Ti: N ,ol - d kikif boc1Chd,.n11 the dreams of SouthdxPaoifg kung ? 5 iS122I1ds vfere muon-,'od in the minds of the d atm' ' ond, as the youngsters lined the rails, inf if veterans smiled indulgontlyg remembering their first sight of mwaiian beaches. r d o G'-f u.M qd We Foreman moored no thc D13 dock was if-'fs amd' P the great r'oo.r1dHarhor Navy yard, and, if? 'H ws H acute! mf?-my 'Of its Crew saw reminders of U- db1eelcDecombor r'7th. o ,2,,,l d d d 's B , I - , 4, Q 's W: