Glacier (WAGB 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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I 1 ■ kf i r — r ,s € riii ' llii-« «=• £■. .«i 1H i III n » a 1 ■ -- n i Moored at Terminal Island Lone Bea FROM SUNNY LONG BEACH DOWN THE MISTY COLUMBIA Glacier, with escort enroute Swan Island. Portland. Oregon.

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can continent, stopping at Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro. Fortaleza, U.S. Naval Station Panama Canal Zone, and Puerto Vallarta, I conducted my most successful ten engine full- power trial ever attempted by the Coast Guard; attaining a full 1 70 rpm, for an awesome 1 7 + knots! Arriving home April 5, 1 madereadv for another unique assignment: the change of homeport from Long Beach, California to Portland. Mai — OREGON??? (That ' s not even near the ocean! Besides, I heard thev had mountains up there that go — BOOM!! Didn ' t I tell you the Coast Guard was al- wavs full of surprises? I wasn ' t too sure if I was going to like this!). Bidding goodby on May 19 to my home of almost 1 9 ears, and well done to ardent supporters: we sailed with anticipation of new scenerv, new waters to cruise in, making new friends, (and making peace with the mountains!). Ve arrived with much gusto and fanfare in Portland on Mav 14. 1985. There, in proper ceremonies welcoming us to the Thirteenth Coast Guard District, and celebrating my 30th birthdav, RADM Parker. Com- mander, Coast Guard District Thirteen, awarded us my second Coast Guard Unit Commendation award for Phase II of the demanding MMA and our refresher training accomplishments. Our anticipated feelings were well justified, as the city of Portland and the citizenrv of the surrounding communities took me and my fabulous crew to their hearts: and once more, we felt we belonged: we were home! Well, there you have it! Thirty years compressed into the proverbial — nutshell. Did I forget something important? 1 tried to keep it brief. Did I mix-up some facts ' ? 1 hope not; but you can see that ' s an awful lot to keep straight in my head. I hope I haven ' t stepped on anybody ' s toes and offended them by not having — total recall. If 1 have — I apologize, — and you can blame my writer, QMCM Nitzsche. the ole duffer to whom I ' ve narrated this! It was rather interesting — to work with someone who was in the Navy — before I was! Anyway, here are some statistics we compiled that you might find interesting; and if you want to know what ' s happened during this last exciting year, enjoy the rest of this book as it takes you from Portland — to the bottom of the world — and back! GLACIER TRIVIA GLACIERS 37 POLAR 1955 THROUGH 1985 Antarctica Deployments 27 Arctic Deployments 10 Longest Deep Freeze (days) 217 Longest Deep Freeze (miles) 40.103 Shortest Deep Freeze (days) 128 Shortest Deep Freeze (miles) 19.460 Average Deep Freeze Mileage 29,527 Average Arctic Mileage 9.013 Total Miles Sailed 887.227 Panama Canal Transits 19 Most Helo Hours 274.3 Most Passengers Carried (WAGB-4) 249 Most Cargo Handled (helos) 70 Tons Total Cargo Handled (WAGr3-4) 6,711 Tons Total Cargo Handled (helos) 4.804 Tons Total Passengers Carried (WAGB-4) 3.333 Total Passengers Carried (helos) 5,810 Total Helo Hours Flown 7,234 Diesel Fuel Consumed (gallons) 35,869,878 Lube Oil Consumed (gallons) 688.664 Aviation Fuel Consumed (gallons) 408.819 Bee! Consumed (pounds) 1,125,000 Pork Consumed (pounds) 300,000 Poultry Consumed (pounds) 345.000 Flour Used (pounds) 412.500 Coffee Consumed (pounds) 210,000 Break Used (loaves) 189.000 Eggs Used (dozens) 168.750 Milk Used (gallons) 222.500 ice Cream Consumed (gallons) 142,750 DEPLOYMENTS — DF63 DFIII DF80 81 DF81 35.5 times around the world 1 2 west 7 east DF61 DFIU DFIV GLACIER ' S COMMANDING OFFICERS 56-58 CDR Bernard J. Lawff, USN 58-59 CDR Joseph Houston, USN 69-61 CDR Phillip W. Porter, Jr., USN 61-63 CDR V.J. Vaugh, USN 63 5 CDR PR. Faughman 65-66 CAPT Opie L. Davson. USCG 66-68 CAPT Eugene E. McGory, USCG 68-70 CAPT Theodore L. Roberge, USCG 71-74 CAPT William E. West, Jr., USCG 74-76 CAPT Clarence R Gillett, USCG 76-78 CAPT John J. Dirschel, Jr., USCG 7 80 CAPT Bruce S. Little, USCG 80-82 CAPT James W Coste, Jr., USCG 82-83 CAPT Paul R. Taylor, USCG 84-86 CAPT William P. Hewel, USCG 23.2 times aro und the world 43.044 times around the workd in a VW 1.125 cows 1 .500 pigs 138,00 hens turkeys 70,000 31b cans not counting ship baked bread 675.00 omelettes we drowned a lot of cereal favorite flavor not noted EDITOR ' S NOTE: These statistics have been compiled from GLACIER ' S memory with an assist from the crew sifting through her onboard records; and are accurate to the best of her recollection and judgement; — and their computations. A thanks should also be noted here for the assistance from the Operational Archives, Naval Histry Division; and the historian at Coast Guard Headquarters: both located in Washington, D.C.

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TO THE CITY OF ROSES Glacier mooored downtown Portland for the SPAR reunion. Portland welcomed Glacier with open arms. Small boats and fire boats escorted us to our new home on Swan Island as the hills rang to the thunder of a 21 gun salute in our honor. The local high school band and numerous dignitaries were on the pier to greet us. Portland merchants welcomed us. Local businesses and banks gladly cashed our checks. Yorgo ' s practi- cally adopted us. Everyone did their best to help us settle in. Columbia Park soon became the scene of various football games and picnics. Glacier started it ' s own bowling league. We also became a tourist attrac- tion and platform for various Coast Guard events like the SPAR reunion. We gave many tours to satisfy the native ' s curiosity. EMCS Ibanez electrifies the crowd with his classic bowling form. FN Elms. SN Soborinski, SN Bell, and FN ' Helland running amuck in Columbia Park.