Cobbler (SS 344) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 38 of the 1970 volume:

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FIRST STOP LISBON, A FRIENDLY LAND STAY WAS SHORT, BUT THE MEMORIES GRAND SEAS WERE HEAVY, WE WERE PLAGUED WITH RAIN THE SUN BROKE THROUGH IN ROTA, SPAIN CATANIA IN JANUARY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY WE STOPPED FOR JUST A SIX HOUR STAY OFF AGAIN TOWARD MALTA'S SHORE FOR A TEN DAY STAY WE WISHED WAS MORE I COULD WRITE A BOOK ON THE PEOPLE THERE THE KINDEST WE MET, THEY TREATED US FAIR IT SEEMED COMING AND GOING WOULD NEVER CEASE AS WE LEFT VALLETTA FOR SOUTHERN GREECE T'nEnA5?31 Ifgx lx 1 ,, fx! t ,. J W 5 saw' 2978 Ex ull? f, THE PEOPLE OF PATRAS CAME BY THE SCORE THEY MOBBED OUR PIER AND GAZED IN AWE WE LEFT THE CITY WITH ITS MOUNTAINS TALL WITH TARANTO, ITALY OUR NEXT PORT O' CALL THEN TO ATHENS, OUR JOURNEY HALF GONE WHERE RUINS ENABLED PAST YEARS TO LIVE ON THEN CRETE ALAND WHERE YOU CAN HEAR A PIN FALL TO BE FOLLOWED BY NAPLES AND THE BIRTHDAY BALL OUR TRIP SUDDENLY NEAR THE END AS WE ENTERED PALMA WITH TWO DAYS TO SPEND FUN LOVING PEOPLE FROM EVERY LAND ARE HERE FOR ITS SUN AND GOLDEN SAND UNDERWAY AGAIN, ROTA IS NEAR WE'LL STOP FOR A DAY AND TURN OVER HERE THEN THE LONGEST TRIP OF ALL TO GROTON, CONNECTICUT, A TEN YEAR HAUL MARC S. BENSON ETRSN USN 5 JAN 1970 Underway in accordance with ComSubLant Op- Order 45-69 independently steaming enroute from Groton, Conn. to Lisbon, Portugal. .MW .J we ' ,, ,W My L. Ach-. W 'uc f ' ,T iw ' A , A M H Q f . V, f o an My , Q . ,,,, , f' T , ffm . am V w mdwffffl ' ' f I fc. 3592 Q At least the grass Will be green. M msnr6m1vusu9M1ov 2 X-885 'Vr Y 'ni How do you spell 'steak' Hey, Swazoo! ! ! ! W-M' i W wa r which fehEeYif9ii'iiA t1E5'fime s W 1' . Mgw fikimgb K mf ,,,,m,.,. ' R' ' 0 v ' msg? J J W-eww... Already after the first day We feel lonesome for our family and friends. Four long months stand before us during which our thoughts will always be with our loved ones. However, shipboard routine blends the days as the Waters of the Atlantic slip by. sq 1 'ir iwxlwnn A E s , K, 'W-Q. I lost my screwdriver here, somewhere. N lin 4 ti Why always the second reel, Sir ? . , -, Ll.-.-.......... , Dear Mom, Yesturday i kudent evun spell enjunman, now i are won. . . . W exe is rf. r - 1 ss l my f h .mr .. . E Q -fs' ' K. , ,i gk Q. -A 0 ggi? j 7' K r .. aff - . , , i if 5. gigs? . L lg, U' - F U -s , 1 vw gg 70,4 I fi A X , K 5 ' D -7 ff X fl g Aga-er, 3. 1 nr 'ix e - ' X- N '- fe N s., i 1 gp' . s 4? h .J n' ,'f,, lz'f'L, . H i fi ' A Q . x A E , V, V u 've ' - 1 1 Smiley on the sticks. Sunday, 18 January 1970 Moored port side to Doca Marina, Lisbon, Portugal .... 8 1 Our stay was short but our memories grand. The seas were heavy, we were plagued with rain... w 5:-u. XO!! A '1 , , S., any XS. , H . -ak N- Y. 1 . ' f ,I 'i ' ,sf it , vw! m V Q ,..h W-.7 ,' V wk - i .Q ,Ab i A . fi' ' .v W . l I I 1 x My ' is R X M 1 x 9 Catania in January, the twenty fifth day We stopped for just a six hour stay .... A X 'N - -H,f.. L Sl NHT TIM! sdlnun N0 DscE,Svs1' 3 GREEN 'jo yu sg 9. W7 fo I ll 154 T ward Malta s shore for a ten day stay we Wlshed was more Q- Gxi -x-ewes. ey M-4. an ?'!?E .sq 'ff-qw. -,pf N ,S mx ,we-'-MQ, 'S'Aa,,.': ' Q' 49.3 -1-.,, P- w w.-A ' Q-ew--f A.. dW KR.. ,QQ -,-e,,.wN.,, ,Sr -W,-.g-,g,L+-Q Mak -xx m -Q, 2:34.31 ' him- -ji Let s see, a sh1ll1ng 1S twelve pounds, a half crown IS two or IS a pound two half crowns ' fax ' - ,'4ww X ,' A Lp, 'AJS , v- N fx, v,l,. mfg r wee.,x,,L.e 1 . y I , ac ,f f n Q , H My 4.3'k'g 'r .A J. 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Then to Athens, our journey half gone Where ruins enabled the past to live en. b ,,,,-- , , r -s e Q' x 6 'XM wi :s e 'lfjwl ff in f,f,'.l . , , g ,f+esY.g V . ., 4 1 C :I f tL..,,:,f -ai ki.,- .... -fn. QQ THOUGHTS . We thought of home, and people there Perhaps We said a silent prayer As a long hard day turned to night And We stood there in the eve- nings light. Marc Benson I9 NWA EXECUTIVE GANG Feeney SN George YNIQSSD Hardy I-IMCKSSF Chief of the Boat ENC CSS? Sauer A K - Q ,- l pi ,ls Q V llgi j 5, .L I - . ,Q Q xg. l l ' r x STEWARDS THE STOREKEEPER KL SHACK Acosta TNSN CSSJ, Carpo TNSN CSSJ Mahood SK2 QSSQ l Sf S W g I v , I X g ,nl 4 W . -A Q . Q- J N COMMISSARY GANG Flipper, the Wise guy. Rose EMFN, Barrett CS2 CSSJ, Sellers CSESQSSD , -. 'ff 2 l X mx .an-J Lkam , X . ff me ?'. e Hr, C e, ,M Wa RM GANG u Hurley RMC CSSD, Cummings RM2 CSS! . Benson ETRSN Where's my Suspenders gomg!!! ? ? ? ? : 'K 1'qEi: ik ij: Price RM2 4353, Rindal RM3 iss, l ENGINEMAN GANG Schoonover ENICSSJ, Botko FN, Javier EN1 QSSJ, Sutton EN3fSSJ, Grady ENESCSSD, Carlson ENQSKSSJ, Violette EN3CSSJ, Plein FNQSSJ4Vandervi11e EN2 QSSJ, Dagon FNCSSJ. 22 - 2 '-' -ffrqwf,w,:gm'ex11v1s5S swfxewq-V-af:-.4 ::' rw - 'v 1 ' w ' ' ifmwmfzffsflsiwf ' Q Ae- : EM GANG Patterson EMCCSSJ, Heartley EMIQSSJ, Gee ICICSSJ, I-Iattings EM1 CSSJ, Krisulevicz EM2 CSSJ, Johnston EM2fSSJ, Wise EM2 QSSJ, Pitzer IC3CSSD, Thompson ICZSQSSD, Deluce EMEBCSSJ, Peaslee IC3fSSJ, LTCjgJ Nifontoff. Q ,f,'L. VT - af 1 QUARTERMASTER GANG . . - Clark OMC CSSD, Talkington OMICSSD, Browning OM3 fssl Where does Jams Jophn end and the Supremes begm? Ottomanieuo HL OM3, Greaves OM3 fssy 23 5 X YQ: .gli Sf' ,Q , l I L if SONAR GANG l A e LT ij gl Kelley, Dering ST3, Bates SNCDVJ CSSJ, O'Ba.ker STC CSSD, As you can see our reactor puts out quite a glow. 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E'5 H N... 29 MED DEPLOYMENT STATISTICS DEPARTED GROTON JANUARY 5, 1970 STEAMED 23,300 MILES UNDERWAY FOR 68 DAYS IN PORT 48 DAYS SUBMERGED TIME 455 HOURS SNORKELING TIME 134 HOURS CONSUMED 185,000 GALLONS OF FUEL OIL CONSUMED 50,000 GALLONS OF WATER DISTILLED 4,200 GALLONS OF FRESH WATER DISTILLED 2,880 GALLONS OF BATTERY WATER CONSUMED 1,920 POUNDS OF STEAK CONSUMED 6,720 POUNDS OF POTATOES EXECUTED 76 DIVES Sz SURFACES TOTAL ENGINE HOURS 3,277 ARRIVED GROTON MAY 1, 1970 an ' COMMANDER SHERMAN G. ALEXAND LCDR HARRY E. MCCONNEL, USN LT WALTER F. WELHAM, USN LT DAVID H. KRIEGER, USN LT MICHAEL A. SCHUBERT, USNR LTfjgJ JOHN J. KELLY Jr., USNR LTfjgJ JAMES E. CHAISSON, USN LT Cjgj GERALD K. NIFONTOFF, USN CWO-2 WARREN G. SPEH, USN TN CSSJ Roberto M. Acosta, USN ETN 2 Ted Andrews, USN y TM2 ISSJ Benedict S. Andruski, USN CSZKSSJ John J. Barrette, USNR SNKSSJ Richard C. Bates, USN ETRSN Marc S. Benson, USN ENFNCSSJ Robert J. Bordeleau, USN FN CSS! James T. Botko, USN TM3 ISSJ Gary J. Brace, USN QMSKSSJ John M. Browning, USNR EN3 KSSJ James C. Carlson, USN TNQSSJ Florante A. Carpo, USN QMC CSSJ George R. Clarke, USN TMSA Daniel J. Claussen, USN TM2 CSSJ Gary L. Cockrell, USN EN1 CSSJ Clark F. Combs, USN RM2 ISSJ Terry D. Cummins, USN FN ISSJ Francis J. Dagon, Jr., USN EM3 CSSJ Hugh L. Deluce, Jr., USN SN Richard J. Feeney, USNR STS3 Gilbert H. Dering, USN TM3 QSSJ Kenneth H. Fernalld, USN EN3 QSSJ Kenneth C. Gale, Jr., USN IC1 CSS? Jerry A. Gale, USN YN1 KSSJ John J. George, USN EN3 ISSJ Francis D. Grady, USN ' QM3 QSSJ Robert C. Greaves, USNR FN Paul E. Grundrich, USN EM1 CSSJ Joseph W. H. Hattings, USN HMC KSSJ Kenneth J. Hardy, USN EM1 KSSJ Curtis E. Heartley, USN RMC CSSD William E. Hurley, USN COMMANDIN G OFFICER EXECUTIVE OFFICER NAVIGATOR ENGINEERING OFFICER SUPPLY OFFICER SONAR OFFICER WEAPONS OFFICER ASSISTANT ENGINEER COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Manila, Philippines Cripple Creek, Colorado Peconic, New York Providence, R. I. E. Longmeadow, Mass. Oakland, California Winthrop, New York Clinton, Mass. Keyport, New Jersey Arlington, Virginia Dover, New Jersey Rizal, Philippines Baltimore, Maryland North Branch, Minn. Houston, Texas New Albany, Indiana Hansen, Idaho Hartford, Conn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Winchester, Mass. Lyndhurst, Ohio Norwich, New York Paris, Illinois Houston, Texas Medford, Mass. Johnston, R. I. Beverly, Mass. Montrose, New York Gilman, Conn. Independence, Mo. Centerville, Iowa Long Eddy, New York EN 1 ISSJ Wenceslao P. Javier, USN TM2 ISSJ Thomas C. Johnson, USN EM2 ISSJ Seymour F. Johnston, USN . TM1 ISSJ Weldon E. Kelly, USN EM2 ISSJ Vincent W. Krisulevicz, USN FTCS ISSJ Ross S. MacGregor, USN SN Charles N. MacKenzie, USN SN William T. Magsam, USNR SK2 ISSJ Alexander Mahood, III, USN SNISSJ John P. Meyerricks, Jr., USN TM3 ISSJ Ralph P. Morris, USN MM3 ISSJ James W. Musser, USN STC ISSJ Frank E. O'Baker, USN CS1 ISSJ Owen L. Ogden, USN QM3 ISSJ Nicholas J. Ottomaniello, III, USN EMC ISSJ William Patterson, USN IC3 ISSJ Edson F. Peaslee, USN IC3 ISSJ Terry R. Pitzer, USN FN ISSJ Patrick E. Plein, USN RM2 ISSJ Donald E. Price, USN STS3 ISSJ Nunzio J. Relle, Jr., USN ETR3 ISSJ Francis S. Reminsky, II, USN RM3 ISSJ David N. Rindal, USN EMC ISSJ Reynaldo S. Robles, USN EN3 ISSJ-David B. Rogers, USN EMFA Timothy L. Rose, USN FTGZISSJ David P. Sachs, USN ENC ISSJ Clarence E. Sauer, USN EN1 ISSJ Joe B. Schoonover, USN CS3-ISSJ John G. Sellers, USN ST1 ISSJ. Edward B. Sherman, USN EN3 ISSJ William R. Sutton, USN ENC ISSJ Francis A. Theroux, USN IC3 ISSJ David D. Thompson, USN OM1 ISSJ David W. Talkington, USN EN2 ISSJ Ervin E. Vanderville, Jr., USN EN3 ISSJ Dwight F. Violette, USN ETN2 ISSJ Dennis J. Wagner, USN SN Steven J. Wasuita, USN TMC ISSJ Eugene A. Weigant, USN ETN3 Charles B. Williams, USN EM2 ISSJ Michael A. Wise, USN Manila, PhilippiIiQS Newark, New Yozrk. Albany, New York Edwards, New York Kingston, Penna.. Somerville, N. J. Deltona, Florida Belmont, Mass. Boone, Iowa Lake Groove, New York Colfax, Louisiana, Peckville, Penna. Friedens, Penna. Alton, Illinois Holyoke, Mass. Alliance, Ohio Phoenix, Arizona Boardman, Ohio Lansing, Iowa San Antonio, Texas New Orleans, La. Boonton, N. J. San Jose, Calif. Bulacan, Philippines Memphis, Tenn. Livonia, Ohio Lancaster, Penna. Bayard, Nebraska Yuba City, Colorado Houston, Texas S. Deerfield, Mass. Poquoson, Virginia Cranston, R. I. New Orleans, La. Clarksburg, West Virginia Gladstone, Mich. Rehoboth, Mass. Allen Paek, Mich. Ogden, Utah Shawnee, Oklahongna 5 8 9 Kingsville, Ohio Auburn, Maine