Estes (AGC 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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ESTES Maru goT underway on T2 January T959 Tor The exoTic orienT and Ol Division had To go along. The sacrifice of leaving behind Those girls sTanding on The pier wiTh Their Tear-sTained cheeks was a greaT one, buT To a radarman The privilege of collecTing, displaying, evaluaTing, and dissemminaTing all sorTs oT vital inTormaTion such as The course and speed of The mail buoy was one ThaT could noT be denied. Even The porT and sTarboard waTches in CIC and The never ending grumblings Trom Flag PloT could noT dampen The enThusiasm oT The men who are The eyes and ears oT The ship. Being an aThleTically spiriTed group of men, and having The abiliTy To excel aT anylhing ThaT does noT involve work, The Division helded Teams in soTTball and baskeTball and almosT always came away Trom Their conTesTs vicTorious. However, The sporT ThaT every man sTarred in was liberTy. From The bar sTools oT Yokosuka To The waTer Taxis of Hong Kong, and in every oTher ciTy in The league The H buTTerTly boys H Trom OI led The way. IT one of our amorous erranTs had a losing nighT The conscienTious Tellow would sTay aboard Tor a week, and someTimes even Two, sTudying The sTraTegy ThaT would enable him To be a winner The nexT Time ouT. We won'T TorgeT This cruise very easily. We said sayonara To Dick Snyder, Joe DeWiTT, Ale EksTrom, and Chuck Humphries who had To cuT Their vacaTions shorT and go back home. We boughT Hong Kong and crammed iT inTo The operaTions comparTmenT. The lasT we heard The BriTish wanTed iT back-The Rarger had offered a beTTer price. We welcomed some Deck Apes who wanTed To learn abouT radar repeaTers and who were Tcscii1aTcd aT waTching us wriTe backwards on sTaTus boards. The poor naive Tellows, ' They learned. So here we siT, 33 homeless waiTs evicTed from spacious JoinT OperaTions by TacRon and crammed in CIC where They can keep an eye on us. All is noT losT, however, Tor our coffee poT is perking and our pachinko games are as noisy as ever. We are eagerly awaiTing The days when we can ship over- Kick ThaT opium smoker ouT oT here H--and we are more deTermined Than ever To H do or die Tor old Ol H This was one Hell of a Cruise!!! l i l FronT Row KL To Rl: J.M. Adams, R.J. Haugh, D.F. Evans, J.C. WhiTe, C.R. Homphries, R. Vancil, ENS B.W. Farlee, R.S. Tesser, E.L. Long, J.L. EasT, R.A. GiIberT, F.N. Wright, H.G. Peoples. Back Row: G.R. Killian, M.E. i Conklin, R.S. Waddle, C.G. Moore, .l.E. Mason, B.L. PeTerson, J.W. Coke, V.A. Beneke, J.V. Riebly, .l.A. Anderson, , E.A. Buseck, J.T. Elder, L.D. Wollangk, G.F. Huggins, K.E. Feldhaus. I Not Present W.W. Burgess, .l.G. Verrico, C.M. BeTTers, W.H. Eddinger A.H. Spilde, R.W. Zwiebel, R.R. Fasano,

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