Estes (AGC 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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15 16 An ESTES Statistical Abstract shows that during the 1968 Cruise: l. 5,l7M,253 gallons ss fresh water was distilled. 2. Supply Department processed over 3,000 requisitions. 3. The Disbursing Office payed the crew and Staff S1,lh3,h?O.33. M. Food consumption came to: Coffee 3,h1h lbs Butter u,5o6 lbs Milk 11,523 gals Potatoes 57,157 lbs Beef 30,hh3 lbs Eggs l2,0h7 doz 5. Fuel oil used came to 2,870,7hl gallons. 6. The SPS-10 Radar Antenna rotated over 5,ooo,ooo times. 7. ESTES traveled over 32,000 miles Cthat's more than the Earth's circumference of 29,902 milesj, and the ship's screw made 13,886,521 revolutions. 8. The crew spent Sl35,069.00 on the ship. . 9,000 shirts were laundered for Offioers and Chiefs. 9 10. Some 1,hl3 movies were shown on ship! No kidding! 11 . 1,326 light bulbs C100 wattl were used. 12. URN Division used 12 miles of welding rods. 13. Radar contacts came to 3,236. lb . Deck Force used 275 miles of line for fancy work. . Deck also used 1,h60 gallons of paint. . Somewhere, somehow, 2,280 ballpoint pens were used. 17. The Postal Clerks handled 97,909 pounds of mail. 18 . Map Reproduction used 303,500 sheets of white bond paper. 19. Medical Department said: 1,072 Penicillin shots were given C1,h0h,000,000 units! Let's give them a hand??? 12,000 APC's given 10,500 cotton swabs used 120,000 h x h gauze pads 12 gallons of cough syrup 3,500 tongue blades 3,235 patients visited sick bay 6h2 meals served in the sick bay ward 1,909 immunizations given 1,616 lab tests performed 20. ADmlli said: 111 men were advanced to the next higher rate 11 men re-enlisted on board 29 men extended 150 men were transferred 73 men received for duty from other commands Re-enlistments totaled an aocumlation of 56 years Extensions totaled 22 years 21. Of the 2h0 days of the cruise, 75 were spent In-port, while 16h were spent At-Sea. 22. Last, but surely not least, SN L. L. JDHNSUN in the Ship's Library typed 926 mimeograph stencils for ESTES PRESS MENS and Port Brochures.

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Jan Jan Jan Feb Feb Feb Mar Mar Mar Mar Apr Apr Apr May Hay May June June June July July Aug Aug Aug 3 ll 26 2 13 13 L1 10 19 211 L1 17 23 10 22 30 9 21 29 8 23 3 20 30 HiGnOLOGY of 1968 USS dSTES JESTPAC CRUISE 111 28 10 Har l S lo 21 Apr l 13 20 11 ay 3 20 27 June 5 15 27 July l2 9 29 lO 22 BSTES departed San.Diego underway for WestPac, accompanying USS CHOCKBTT CPG-881 Enroute Pearl Harbor, Hawaii In-port Pearl Harbor Enroute Guam, Marianas Islands In-port Guam Enroute Subic Bay, R.P. In-port Subic Bay Enroute Da Nang, R.V.F. Change of Command, CAPT HAHSEN takes command of ESTES as 19th Commanding Officer Ops d.V.N. Enroute Manila, R.b. In-port Manila Enroute Hong Kong, S.C.C. ln-port Hong Kong Enroute Da Nang Ops R.V.N. Enroute Kaoshiung, Taiwan In-port Kaoshiung Enroute Da Nang Ops R.VJi., inoluoing visits to Cam Ranh Bay, Vung Tau Enroute Okinawa In-port Okinawa Enroute Yokosuka, Japan In-port Yokosuka Enroute Da Nang Ops R.VJQ. Enroute Subic Bay In-port Suoic Bay Enroute Da Nang Ops R.VJQ. Enroute Bangkok, Thailand In-port Bangkok Enroute Subic Bay Via Da Nang In-port Subic Enroute Da Nang Ops R.V.N., including visits to Cam Ranh Bay, Vung Tau, Nha Trang Operation HEAGHR YANKEEH, north of Da Nang Enroute Subic Bay ln-port Subic Bay, USS ELDORADO relieves ESTES as flagship for COMEHIBGRU 3 Enroute Yokosuka, Japan In-port Yokosuka Enroute Pearl Harbor, Hawaii In-port Pearl Harbor Enroute San Diego, California, U.S,A. Arrive San Diego

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