Cascade (AD 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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EMERGENCIES AT SEA To sum up the at sea duty cate- gory, we would like to present this section which is politely termed Emer- gencies at Sea. In the process of the high line, refueling, and other jobs that ships underway perform, a certain amount of risk is involved. As pictured on this page, an incident took place that eventually turned out alright. Gwinn McDONALD, MRFN, as is shown, was busy with his work of helping to return empty cargo nets to the ship running along with us, when he got too close to the hook, was caught, and whisked out between ships. His life jacket strap was the cause of his un- wanted ride, and after a few hectic minutes he was hauled back aboard unharmed but quite disturbed over his free ride. HOPE I DON ' T LOOSE MY HAT! TOO LATE, THERE IT GOES! n EASY ON THE MATERIAL FELLAS! tf-J sfsjj ALL RIGHT SAILOR ! QUIT GOOF IN ' OFf! V .

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OLYMPIC STADIUM We were more than anxious to arrive in Athens. Our main reason, in spite of the cultural and ancient ruins of the city, was that we would transfer the Flag and be officially relieved by the Grand Canyon. But when liberty call came we took advantage of it, although not too often. Most of us were satisfied with one or two liber- ties. Everything was very expensive and all the musts to be seen could be covered in that length of time. Everywhere one looked in Athens he saw points of interest. The Acropolis, the Temple of Zeus, and the Olympic Stadium, to mention a few, reminded us of the glories of early Greece. Upon seeing these ruins we couldn ' t help but recall some of her early philosophers and scholars. For instance Homer, who wrote the Iliad describing the fall of Troy. During the first century B.C. there were brilliant scholars and scientists, Pythagoras who developed the theory that the world is round, and Democritus who first studied the science of atoms. But in one sense we are sure that history errored. For it is our contention that Socrates did not die from drinking hemlock, but was slipped a double shot of OUZO. The U.S.O. and the Air Force N.C.O. club were life savers for the liberty hound. In both cases homegrown music was provided by our band. The U.S.O. had many hostesses, most of whom spoke fairly good English. The N.C.O. club went all out to make our stay enjoyable and held open house for the Navy. Our meals cost next to nothing and again, like Leghorn, American Beer. ROYAL HELLENIC GUARD CONSTITUTION SQUARE

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For the most port our replenishing, refueling, re-arming and passenger transferals, were planned operational drills This was part of our 6th Fleet duty and taken care of in the routine of between port trips During our stay in Leghorn the Suez Canal trouble originated, which was due to change our port schedule for one thing. It eventually affected our replenishment schedule also, but this-last-fact didn ' t cause as much concern as losing out on the two Spanish ports did. The emergency replenishment did involve a very heavy work day of high-lining supplies to four cans that were rushed over from the states. It was a hectic day as the four smaller ships took their turn alongside, to receive supplies. Just before sun- set the last of the sleek greyhounds turned away to join the other three leaving a bubbling wake on their way to the Suez area. This terrific emer- gency job was worthy of a complimentary message from the 6th Fleet Service Force Commander, Captain Miller, who had witnessed it all from the bridge. R-E-N-D-Z-V-O-U-S 1830 TONYS BAR WiT Ht