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dancing W1ll'1,.,oSVQTCtl hundred of San l-'ranciscds tt -- , , , . ' A if mf YO?-UIQ' Gung Ho men, some alre d A in little groups where maiden? vifepclidmed and Others Suu cur' have bee ' ' A the good and the bad, th 1 Ou n mffuders Gnd S icy blackness of Newpori ticgndcirgdeienfat of the past 13- months. de Norfolk, through the smiling warmth ofgiiggrige gud Qnuq'-MY Of .V ncertainties of Okinawa andrwintery rigors of theCiE1f,3lCS1:1 through the and finally to the joy and laughter ofthe West Co 'I at Pacific exis- of humor and grandeur of fear and despair ltlgs I ey renhved the chneGdY being forgot- ' 2 e eons of monotony As both hands of the clock were straight up reachin for 12 ih .ter struck 8 bells and in twos and threes and in little groups il-ie-5 31312323 ihe men bound for the factories and farms and the men destined to SGH out once again to seek distant horizons. For most of the veterans ii-iis mom t marked the end of the war. For a moment each group envied the othefm little, The ex-Dutchessmen now returned to their homes and kinfglk Thi utchessmen wended their way down the waterfront as sailormen have done for generations, rode the pitching salt-drenched boat out through the iiirbii- lent Waters of the bay to their ship, the Dutchess, quietly riding to anchor iwith her graceful bow cleaving through wind and sea. -T A f A C. The Rugged North Pacific 'T U . Westward Passage The Dutchess, steaming at her usual l5 knots, headed out on the great circle North Pacific right on the scheduled time, the 8th of D e c e m b e r . This was her first westbound trip empty of passengers. Leaving behind the 46 men of the Seventh Demobilization lncrement, the addition of 94 replacements brought the Ladyls crew up to 321-three above her new peacetime comple- men t The new Dutchessmen were largely Atlantic veterans of the Armed Guard strong on seamanship but unfamiliar with the operation of a naval ship. They averaged the same as the 'tplank holders Con board since commission- mg dayl in separation point scoresg their addition was no permanent solution to the 'demobilization problem. .X The most badly ,needed of the 7 added officers were: the new Navigator, Ens R G Wilson, USN, a young regular Navy officer of short but concen- . trotted wartime experience, and the relief Engineer Officer, Lt. M. B. Timmins, it USN a middle-aged veteran' of many years of enlisted experience. The War- rant Carpenter, G. L. Lick, USNR, and the Dental Officer, Lt. tjgl C. C. Parker, ,USNR were welcome. The total of 26 was completed by three brand new Eflsigns in training-Ens. D. O. Allen, USNR, Ens. T. S. Murphy, USNR, and EUS- Of A. Altenburg, USNR. The outstanding enlisted replacement serving lHiCI1'1'tofficer's capacity was Chief Boatswains Mate G. L. Bell, USN, who re- CBM Nelson as ships Chief Boatswain's Mate and Acting Warrant Another new Chief CCM D. D'olive, soon had to act in the 'capacity t Carpenter in place of Carpenter Lick With one-third inexperi- t . t' . . . A ' ' ' training , ersonn , t was necessary to institute a vigorous , . p . ef QU board 1 ' h d for the entire and various classes were held throughout eac U CIY . n , Facetiously, the old hands referred to the Lady GS the Tmmlngishfp iwas staffed with officers and men in suficient GIUCIf1TiTY but 50:23 y ini training and experience. There were ,but two lieu Ey- ' f49l ' ' x T i x

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thetwo doctors conver d ' -. ., . , from the Kittsons Medica? ibfffgg-,r31i1?juiZg0Vf'1i1AQ the instrucf the latest penicillin treatment with the results th edllial Office' recover. enabling the two shipslto pcm Compcmgy S :he ment S of sea worsened, pounding and pounding the Lady until h h 14 L 'h th 473-f S9500 and throug Ou er ho? length- Speed was slowed to ll knots' but of the waves wrenc e two life rafts awa f th . ' the next four days, speed was constantly adjustgd fgrget tligkogiing S1131 P' ofthe Dutchess synchronized with the oncoming crests and trdnsghsqdl h t ' ' . - - . Wgiidggrtsge-a minimum of shock and tooth-rattling, rivet-shearing viby-Q- On the 16th, along with a dozen other Ma ic Car ' ' - - ' , the l8Uth Meridian Clnternational Date Linelgat Slollsl lgiitldlheksi wldsnlhs- Structed to search for the S. S. Henry T. Scott, reported to have struck a mine Ifsheuhad been found, rescue would have proved extremely difficult as no 'boat could have lived in the seas. However, the search was called oftlin that fqrea, as it was found that the ,distressed ship was ha thousand miles further southwest. Following the 3loN parallel, the Dutchess was stoutly bucking her way along the southern margin of the habitual winter storm area which grew in .fury to the North. The sailors recently received aboard from the rugged North Atlantic Armed Guard duty opined that they had anticipated peaceful sailing in the balmy Pacific-this was equally as rugged as anything they had experienced. y A .'Another life raft was wrenched from the tempest-tossed vessel on the 17th. By the Zlst the Lady was two- days late, this short great circle route was proving to be the longest way. Unexpectedly, a huge green wall of water swept over the bow engulfing the Warrant Carpenter, G. L. Lick, USNR, ex- amining the anchor on the focs'le. It scooped him up, tumbled him aft, turn- ing him end over end, hooked his leg behind a stanchion and then wrenched his torso at a crazy angle as it departed pounding over the side in a dispas- sionate green fury, leaving its victim battered and helpless with a broken 169. All hands considered it fortunate that the Carpenters leg had become lodged, thus arresting his progress. Otherwise this 25-year veteran of steam Gnd sail would have been swept over the side and gone forever. A 1 Work on topside was at a standstill, but despite the seasickness of many veteran Dutchessmen, progress continued below decks in scaling and paint- lflglhe troop compartments, with the seamen hanging on with one hand to The lurching bulkheads and with their paint pots lashed secured. :Phe intense instruction of the new men continued lndoctrination of the Officers-of-the lpdrticularl includin the novice officersl and the enlisted Iunior Cf-Q Y Q , timers of the Wa'tCh CO1'1Tif1USd Without lei-Llp, despite the necessity of chairs 9159 lashed and arms being looped about stanchions and unruly stomachs Controlled To guarantee thesafe operation of the ship and the lives of 930919, the 'Dutchess could not take time out for bad weather. HQ . WM for reasons unknown the Lady was rerou vo l Leyte and as she dropped out of the North into the mgldrfgs N 151112 on the night before Christmas the sea and wind abaatxil hcmgiengjv d been the roughest of all for the Dutchessmen . the knees gal restful ni ht's sleep without the necessity of lOrCIC1HQ g . . bunkside, the back against the other' bunljllgjfoggg uncles every ten seconds to prevent belng 1' wily salty, enjoyed strolling about to1DS1decCmd Sfmkmg up . y 1 . if t51l p ted from Manila to