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F Mf c ABOVE LEFT: Crewmembers unrig the brow as the ship makes final preparations for getting underway. ABOVE RIGHT; Final goodbyes on the morning of departure. LEFT: The crew mans the rail as the GOLDEN LION sets out on her third overseas deployment. 11
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Departure San Diego May 4, 1984 Underway, shift colors! These words would be echoed times over the next six and a half months, but never would they have more mean- ing than on this morning. So began the voyage of USS GUSHING, a cruise that would take the ship farther than it had ever travelled. As wives, families and friends and former shipmates watched from the deck of USS KINKAID. the GOLDEN LION backed slowly into the channel and out to sea. In the excitement of that spring morning, few could stop to think back on all the preparation and hard work that transpired over the previous twelve months. INSURV, nwat, dnsi, OPPRE. REFTRA, ARE...meaningless alphabet soup to some, but to others these acronyms conjur up memories of all the successful efforts which earned GUSHING her Battle ' E ' and a reputation as the finest destroyer in the fleet. But without the support of those who watched the ship get underway, the GOLDEN LION could never have come so far, nor sailed so smoothly. ABOVE: CDR Abbott, the ship ' s executive officer, fell off son ' s bike three days before the ship sailed, broke his arm. and missed the entire cruise. His relief, LCDR Treeman. reported aboard in Subic Bay. ABOVE: Pre-departure onload. 600 cases! we won ' t need to load more sodas for the rest of the cruise! Famous last words.... iiMyiiiB ija 10
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LEFT: SM 1 Winchester and OS 1 Mosley discuss plans for the upcoming cruise. RIGHT: A final look at San Diego as the GOLDEN LION heads out to sea. BELOW: Ol Division mans the rail as families look on from the focsle of USS KlNKAlD. r— '
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