Cascade (AD 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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- l HERE WE ARE! ARRIVAL Saturday morning June 23rd was the end of our 12 day sea voyage. On the way over, one of our shipmates (Don Foit) had a serious fall to the bottom of the ship and was taken off at the Azores for further transfer to the states. Shortly before coming In to sight of Cannes Harbor, Captain Robertson announced that a dispatch was received stating that Don was out of danger and on the road to recovery. With this heartening news we rounded into sight of Cannes. It was a beautiful sunlit day, which played up the dazzling white beach and the Maritime Alps. The TIDEWATER, nestled in off to the side in a little cove, was waiting patiently for our arrival. After a wide sweep we slowly eased shoreward, and after what seemed a long time, finally sided in and tied up to her. Greeting signs adorned the side of both ships and in a very short time old friends found each other amidst all the excitement and hullabaloo, and exchanged warm greetings across ships. Many questions were fired back and forth until the brow was finally set in place and the transfer officially began. WE ' RE GETTING OUR SIGNS READY

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TRIP OVER THAT ' S A SHOT IN THE ARM OO-AH-OO-AH-OO! SMOOTH It was a cold day in June when the CASCADE pulled away from Mike 12 . We had a DD and DE escort out of the harbor but none were to accompany us on our long journey. For the most part it was a calm voyage, aside from three rough days that gave many boots their first taste of seasickness and reminded many salts that they too were allergic to this psychological malady . The first day out was the beginning of the many hours of letter writing, card playing and reading to shorten the days. Movies weren ' t always better then ever , but you couldn ' t prove it by the attendance. There were still many hours of hard work aheGd before we were to welcome the Flag aboard. The deck force for instance was still fighting its Battle of the Rust and the shipfitters were preparing office space for SERVFORSIXTHFLT. Just to make sure we knew the purpose of this cruise we held drills and more drills. Highlights of the crossing of course were the Happy Hour and the Smoker . The Happy Hour was held just about half way across, after six days at sea. All hands that could, attended. The CASCADE band, consisting of HURLBURT, piano; DIAS, bass; COOPER, drums; SMITH, sax and MONTELEONE, guitar; opened the show with a few numbers in the Shearing Style. They were followed by the ship ' s quartette (a trio that night) JETT, CRINAGE and GERMAN — the second tenor was on watch. The Finale — our Hillbilly Three, (Dominque, guitar; Salard, fiddle, Eravi, guitar.) The smoker, held Thursday, 21 June, was the debut for the boxing team, soon to prove the Scourge of the Sixth Fleet . The deck had the largest representation with Vallot, Oakes, Grinnage and Whitaker. The other participants were Ludwick, DelGado, Velez Feliciano and Dunnaway, our able Golden Glover. All the events were well matched and well received. The next thing we knew — CANNES. SHAKE WELL AND MIX DUN IS ON THE WAY

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-s?-vO BfWS — TRANSFER With lines secured and brow across, Captain Miller made his first visit, to the USS CASCADE. The avenue was then open for the three day task of transferring supplies. A Riviera liberty was in the offing nevertheless, and with this incentive, the men tackled the job with gusto. The work went on, (and the men got their liberty), until Tuesday, 26 June, at which time the TIDEWATER departed for the U.S. and the USS CASCADE became the Sixth Fleet Service Force Flagship. CAPT. MILLER OFFICIALLY COMING ABOARD