Galveston (CLG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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gui----'--ya' spent at General Quarters together with Weapons Control Stfltlpn to complete the first successful firing of the Tales m1ss1le from a ship at sea. . Our in-port time found each man happily pursuing the diversions of San Juan and various other Caribbean ports. We returned to the blustery spring of Philadelphia sun- burned and happily looking forward to another summer of school1'ng'and Philly liberty. The schooling was accomplished and several of the division entered willingly into the emo- tional entanglements of marriage. Short-Timers left and new men arrived to be indoctrinated into our group during Gitmo training and WSEG operations in the fall of '59, Our previous training allowed us to satisfy the Gitmo Observers and we entered WSEG for our baptism under fire with enthusiasm. C WSEG was a new thing for all of us, being an operation as close to actual warfare as possible without shooting. Again, our training and pre-WSEG briefing came in handy and this, coupled with the latest contermeasures equipment, increased our combat efficiency a hundredfold from the first scheduled raid to the last. We have now seen another Christmas and completed more time in the Caribbean bringing us up to date, where Philadelphia Naval Shipyard is once again in sight, Here, as before, short-timers will leave and be replaced, and the radar gang will strive in the future, as we have in the past, to make the USS GALVESTON what she is. In so doing, we will satisfy our own individual pride. A

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