George Clymer (APA 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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' .:1,:.g, - .C C, . ,M a ,..,,..L.J, 1 i Q , . J f , i 51 43.-C E f 1.1-' . i C i ' s C is Typhoons, 1961 , The men of +he George Clymer will hardly 'forgei' fhe girls who chased us around +he Wes'l'ern i. Pacific. f ra 3 F-irs'l' came Helen , sending APA-27 our +o 'rhe Sasebo, Japan, +yphoon anchorage on Augusf 2l. Winds increased 'fo a maximum of rhirfy kno'rs, bui' li++le else of an unusual na+ure was encounrered. T Sailing Sou+h from Yokosuka, Japan, we were accosfed by +yphoon Nancy , and in Sepiember i ! mei fourleen +o eighfeen foof waves and forfy-five +o fif+y kno+ winds. I Following a new 'l'ac'I'ic, while in Hong Kong, we s+a+ioned a modified sieaming wa+ch and wai'l'ed for 'l'yphoon SallyI fo make her commi1'men'I'. Luckily she chose fo head elsewhere, allowing us +o remain in 'rhe Briris Crown Colony un1'il Sep+ember. f No sooner had we deparled Hong Kong, 1'han evasive +ac+ics were u'l'ilized +o avoid Tilda . y Eveniually, 'rhis +yphoon passed direc+ly over Okinawa wilh one-hundred kno'r winds. We sfeamecl 9 Soufh fo 'I'he Norfhern Philippines and avoided bofh winds and seas. Lash underway from Naha, Okinawa on Ocfober eigh'I'h 'ro evade Viole+ . Once more on +he W 5 familiar course of I80 degrees, only 'I'o have 'I'he +yphoon 1'urn Norrheasl' and lose all force. '93 s.,., ' if 1 l . 1.0 I ill - . it .-CF. f . ' 'Y 2 , 1 C 'Q 1' JCL ' ff ,ff E9 , L ' i 2 3 1 ' ., - if , . ' l . C, K 5 . ,J-' Cllr' 1 . ,pg . if 'fvf if ' ' ,-- W- .fi g..C, L Ts - Ci ' Q 2 , 5 .,.,- ., ix M I , 5 f- .,' C f f' F ' .'v..w,. Cf -v , f 3 ' , V . 1 , 'su w , , I V C ,, W , - qs ,,,,,- , F , -' , C ,l I R, , X ,, ,C V- v 5 , , f' V A ff 5 l ' W N ' ' 4- '-21 1 1 4 C . . f ff W, f 0 l A , V1 -- - f 1 .f , ' ' ' ' ' QC' -4 ' . -C., V C . -6 , C f, s f 1 C H f . , , f - , . , f X . . 1 . . l v C. ,. -.,.1-. ,V ,.f.'-...-4. V wg , ,V C . .L-. Y . X 1 ...ggfff :' 4 ' I f - .Dv -, - 1 ,. . . . i f f f . f YY: l,C V: ' .tv A C:-In ' gg t. , ,Q -- , , 1 fr r a s M-1 f ' 1 y I, .f V-hfffy. J. y' N, U ' Q . Q , X .,N K v 3 1 ,, 3 K 4' 4 fav. ' f ' ,1.' 1 f 1 C -f V.. - . wwf, -.,. fs- , Y, JTMQC, i i I , ' A 1, ' , - ,L 'F Aff' ' Cf1fV 3 A . 'T 5 . ., ,1 , . ,,f-.f f ,M ,f ,,, .- , 3 ' W,-'C ,-.,C 1 , .. , . Q, , 5 - rx an 1 1 X, 1' l X Mi X fl!! f i i i x 1 ll QE! ' ' . fl f ' if 1 'Vi Y' l .C .C fl i, . ln! ' l K XX iyw Q A M u A 5, 'i f' ...fm 'W fl! ,lgli ,E A ,Ml l ,Q l 5- l lil l lx x X iq f ' 1 C ...A 'X C M- .e ss-- i 5 K C V , r i Jitvmlf V , T ii-iff ' Y 3 Ay'-n,,w..A. V fl if.. I E X K, V, gl , C ,,, .. ,N fu-A , gl?:'i E'E?.se 1,. rl 1 A 13 C i ' rufl 713 f' ll x E he I r Q sis -' 1 CC -. 1 :IC-' 1 zry y 1 Q 'y iii . , ,C gf I JL l C r , H -tj' f M 1 C C . -1 l . M A .C f 5, Vi' Sir ' . ii - ' A ,L r An.. l ' ,QS-if 3. l A K V L g, 1 C '. 4 twig., fi ix 4.1 V A C . C -C C C. C , C g , , ,H ,.C,, C , f mia-CC,,q.4,,aj:g Q

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i - r 45 Q ,if ' ,' A A: , Y,., H . ' 'l'he P fo Wesrpac From 'I'o 'l'he Second Pohang, Affer Third Marines fo a scheduled CPX. APA-27 assaul'l'ed a shor+ dislance of +heir Exercise Warm Up sfarfed for Buckner Bay, Okinawa and finally Augusf we look par'I' in of +he U.S. Army, 'rransporling 'l'he beaches of Pohang. F +he George Clymer assumed 'lhe dufies o 'l'he Nor+h parl' of Okinawa and assaul+ing second under 'l'he shadow of Mounf on 'l'he lnlhal from San Diego carrying 'I'he uni+s amphibious assauli' on eighfeenlh of Oclober we look pari- Lasf, one more lrip was ma-de +o Numazu. 'iranspor+ing and landing Marines on Oc'l'ober 'lhirly-firsl. During 'lhis landing +he George ou'l' fhe ship-'l'o-shore movemenf for award. This is no'l only an for a second conseculive Amphibious Assaul+ Award. fhe during crafi' of +o wiihin having us deparl Fleei' in Kinmu Wan. On fhe Beaches. Ba1 I'alion, Third while carrying a APA 27 im ----- ' A v?.m:4.t .rr . , I Q A V A , if iii'--, Ai am f - -1 12. V, 5 A as l 'i' ' ' 'PES 5 1- '13 1-' - , wyxwgykw... 'BUY .4 . ,. my- ygu, .,,. . .1 4 ' 'iv 3-s I Q M , A- 4:.kr :F'1 g ,is , 1 V ' P ' Z fi yi 1 .f- -.,, 0. 1. . 4, ., 3 , 1,7 4 1 an . .f ,Q suff- J iiwfih ,, 5. -lp: 1 -,,'1: - : s - T TW- , ' , s ' '- K. V .ts X- ... , A 4, ,J 4 A wi . J 47 ,A V - vi! I .7 ...x .1 sg ----'iff-r ffQ:.pq.K