Comet (AP 166) - Naval Cruise Book

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jirst chow aboard ship The galley was in a state 0 con usion and the cooles were running about tearing at their hair trying A to put out a meal or the crew The tables werent as yet set up in the messhall and a ter the men passed through the chow line they had to seek a place to eat 4h the memory o that rst meal weiners and sauerleraut with the deck or a table and chair N The COMET left'San Francisco California on 29 February to Commander Fleet Operational Training Command at San Diego California This first trip was made following a few days loading at Naval Supply Depot Oakland California and operat- ing in San Francisco Bay in connection with testing degaussing equipment calibrating of compasses and radar and compensating radio direction finder .Enroute the COMET proceeded Without surface escort as Task'Un1t 14 6 2 at an average speed of advance of 15 knots. D I . f f f f . J , f . . I , If ' fl i 1 i ' f 1944 on its first assignment as a Navy ship under orders to report e 'B This was the first trip, and as recall, it also was the acid test. One day out of 'Frisco the forces of nature combined andthe test was on. If the crew had been judged that day as to whether they were sea-worthy or not, I believe that most Q of us would have been sent baclegto shore duty. Would- that! were able to describe the agony one experiences when ajlicted, it would rival any nightmarish tale of Poe's. Yes,'the fishes were well fed that night. g . ' Upon arriving at San Diego on 2 March 1944 and reporting to Commander Operational Training Command, the COMET re- ceived orders to undergo training off San Clemente Island begin- ning 5 March. The ship returned to San Diego Bay 10 March. The following day Rear Admiral F. A. Braisted, USN, Commander Operational Training Command, accompanied by his staff, held a military inspection of the COMET. T 32 as aeee I A gg ' I I' ,A A I

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