Edisto (AGB 2) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1961

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44m fl' M fjf momentary delays and stoppages. In addition to replacement of the star- board screw, the hull was patched up in spots, sandblasted and repainted on the bottom. The radar antennae Were dismantled along with the radio gear and carried to the electronic shops for repair. The dock period gave the engineering gang a good chance to go over the propulsion plant for defects and replacements. At last, at noon on 23 May, We sailed for Panama and home with a sturdier ship under our feet and a liberty-relieved crew at the controls.



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mn- Mu wx-wx 1, ,, x ,1 .,,, wa, v- 7 mayport, florida Miles of white beaches stretched out on either side of Mayport, Florida but the Exotic hotels we had seen in Hawaii were conspicuously absent here. Here we awaited the arrival of the inspection party which was to ride the ship to Norfolk. The stay in Mayport was uneventful except for Mallett's running over and crush- ing of five fifths of airdale liquor which had been moved to the pier. Returning to the ship after he had parked the whiskey- encrusted ship's vehicle he commented that some of it might be salvaged with a wet sponge. EDISTO got underway for Norfolk with the ever-present inspecting party watching over the sea-detail procedure. They lost no time in commencing the examination and records and files were combed with fine- toothed regulations in mind. Personnel were stopped for Geneva Convention Cards, ABC warfare cards, and other parephenalia of norfolk, virginia officialdom and were regularly asked ques- tions concerning emergency procedures at their posts of duty. Davis, CSSN, was alone in the galley one afternoon when several inspecting officers crashed in an announced that the galley was on fire. No kidding, man? Where? was Davis' casual reply. When pressed as to what he intended to do about the disaster, he finally conceded that he probably would get Ballard out of the sack and ask him. After a rain-threatened personnel in- spection, EDISTO departed Norfolk and turned north and homeward.

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