Gunston Hall (LSD 5) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 86 of the 1960 volume:

• :hon j P (BEPPU YOKOSUKA NAGOYA SASEBO M BEPPU WESTPAC OKINAWA IHONGKONGJ KEELUNG KAOHSIUNG KODIAK VlCTOR[A EASTPAC SAN FRArJCISCO ' SAN DIEGO •O PEARL HARBOR USS GUNSTON HALL LSD-5 WESTERN PACIFIC CRUISE 1960 FOR WARD The Moving Finger writes; and having writ Moves on; nor all your Piety nor wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. Omar Khayyam ON the following pages are glimpses into the lives of the crew members of the USS GUNSTON HALL, it is these officers and men who provide the teamwork that a navy ship must have to carry out her mission . we in GUNSTON HALL know that a cruise in a naval ship is more that a mere succession of new ports and exciting experiences, in addi- tion- to the pleasures, a cruise involves hard work, long tedious watches , boredom , and loneliness - FOR ALL OF US ARE LONELY AT TIMES . 1 know that in FUTURE YEARS MANY OF US WILL OPEN THE PAGES OF THIS BOOK TO TAKE A LOOK BACKWARD. AS THE EXPERIENCES OF THE PAST CRUISE BECOME MELLOWED WITH THE PASSAG E OF TIME THE WEATHER WON ' T BE AS HOT, THE WATCHES AS LONG, OR THE WORK AS HARD AS WE NOW REMEMBER. 1AM SURE THAT AS YOU THINK BACK YOU WILL REMEMBER THE GOOD FELLOW- SHIP OF SWAPPING YARNS AND HAVING A CUP OF COFFEE WITH YOUR SHIPMATES IN YOUR DIVISION COFFEE MESS, ENGINEERING WATCH SPACE, OR ON THE BRIDGE. BECAUSE IN A SHIP OF THE NAVY WE HAVE THE BEST FELLOWSHIP THAT YOU CAN FIND ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. USS GUNSTON HALL LSD -5 WESTERN PACIFIC CRUISE 1960 CONTENTS SHIP ' S HISTORY 2 OFFICERS 4 THE CREW 11 THE CRUISE 33 SNAP-SHOTS 69 CREDITS 79 BUILT DURING WORLD WAR M AT THE MOORE DRY DOCK COMPANY OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, THE GUNSTONHALL EARNED THE BATTLE RIBBONS FOR THE INVASIONS OF KWAJALEIN, THE MAR- SHALLS , EMIRAU, HUMBOLT BAY, AND HOLLANDIA , NEW GUINEA, GUAM AND PAU7 U , LEYTE , LUZON, AND I WO J IM A AND OK I NAWA . PUT IN RESERVE IN 1947, SHE WAS ARCTICI ZED AND RECOMM I S- SIONED IN MARCH OF 1949 IN TIME FOR KOREAN SERVICE. SINCE THE END OF HOSTILITIES IN KOREA, THE SHIP HAS BEEN HOME PORTED IN SAN DIEGO WHEN NOT ROAMING THE FAR REACHES OF THE PACIFIC. ON 21 JUNE 1960 GUNSTON HALL LEFT SAN DIEGO TO BEGIN THE CRUISE OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS BOOK. USS GUNSTON HALL bears the name of the home of george MASON IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA. GOERGE MASON WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE FAIRFAX RESOLVES '  , OF THE FIRST CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA, AND OF THE VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, WHICH SERVED AS THE BASIS FOR THE BILL OF RIGHTS IN THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION. MA- SON REFUSED TO SIGN THE CONSTITUTION BECAUSE IT DID NOT PROVIDE FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY NOR SAFEGUARD SUFFICIENTLY THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL. THOMAS JEFFERSON CALLED MASON THE WISEST MAN OF HIS GENERATION . A BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IS NOW THE CUSTODIAN OF GUNSTON HALL. THE SHRINE ON THE POTOMAC, NOT FAR FROM MOUNT VERNON, IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. COMMANDER ROBERT P. OCHSNER UNITED STATES NAVY COMMANDING OFFICER THE CAPTAIN CAME TO THE NAVY FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA RECEIVING HIS COMMISSION UPON GRADUATION FROM THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE MIDSHIPMEN SCHOOL AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 16 JANUARY 1942. COMMANDER OCHSNER SAW COMBAT SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE COASTAL MINESWEEPER YMS-272 AND FLEET MINESWEEPER USS CHAMPION (AM-3 14) IN CONNECTION WITH THE AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS AT GUAM AND OKINAWA. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1 945 HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE CHAMPION AND TOOK PART IN THE PAST-WAR MINE CLEARANCE OPERATIONS AROUND JAPAN. SERVICE AS OPERATIONS OFFICER AND NAVIGATOR OF THE USS PRESIDENT ADAMS (APA-19) IN 1947 AND 1948, WAS FOLLOWED BY A TOUR AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE U.S. NAVAL STATION, GRONDAL, GREENLAND. AFTER GRADUATION FROM THE NAVY GENERAL LINE SCHOOL AT MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA IN 1950, HE SERVED AS EXEC OF THE USS BRUSH (DD-745) AND AS EXEC OF THE USS SHELIKOF (AVP-52). HE INSTRUCTED AT THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY FROM 195 3 UNTIL 1955, THEN SERVED ABOARD THE USS ZELLARS (DD-777) UNTIL 195 7 WHEN HE ASSUMED THE DUTIES OF DISTRICT ORDNANCE OFFICER, FIFTH NAVAL DISTRICT. COMMANDER OCHSNER ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE GUNSTON HALL 11 DECEMBER 1959. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROBERT P. KOLAR UNITED STATES NAVY EXECUTIVE OFFICER ' € THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER ENTERED THE NAVY AS A STUDENT IN THE V-1 2 PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND UPON GRA- DUATION ON 6 JUNE 1947 WAS COMMISSIONED. THE USS ASTORIA iCL-90) WAS HIS FIRST DUTY STATION FOLLOWED BY TOURS IN THE USS PRESIDENT JACKSON (APA-18)ANDUSS BOYD (DD-544). WHILE IN SPECIAL WEAPONS UNIT, PACIFIC, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER KOLAR SERVED ABOARD THE USS WASP (CVA-18), USS BONHAMME RICHARD vCVA-32) AND THE USS KEARSARGE (CVA-33). IN 1958, HE REPORTED TO U.S. NAVY POST- GRADUATE SCHOOL , MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA AS A STUDENT IN THE OPERA- TIONS ANALYSIS CURRICULUM. UPON GRADUATION IN MAY OF 1960 HE REPORTED ABOARD GUNSTON HALL AND ASSUMED THE DUTIES AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. LIEUTENANT STEPHEN W. BAILEY NAVIGATOR LIEUTENANT MICHAEL C. AHRENS FIRST LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT DONALD J. NICOL FIRST LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT (j.G.) ALLEN H . CLARK ENGINEERING OFFICER LIEUTENANT (J.G . l JAMES S. ECKENROD OPERATIONS OFFICER LIEUTENANT fj.G .) RONALD P. LYNCH SUPPLY OFFICER ENSIGN DONALD A. BLOXOM DISBURSING OFFICER ENSIGN DONALD A. SMITH COMMUNICATION OFFICER ENSIGN GEORGE E. ANTON CIC OFFICER ENSIGN GEORGE S. LAW MAIN PROPULSION ASSISTANT ENSIGN NORMAN H. GELINAS ASSISTANT FIRST LIEUTENANT CHIEF SHIP REPAIR TECHNICIAN RALPH W. LARSON DAMAGE CONTROL ASSISTANT CHIEF ELECTRICIAN DONALD J. REINKE ELECTRICAL OFFICER THE WARDROOM RECEIVED A COMPLETE FACE UIFTING IN SASEBO WHERE ALU THE FEATURES THAT HELP TO MAKE THE SHIP A HOME AWAY FROM HOME WERE ADDED. AT TOP LEFT THE WOMAN WHO GRACES MORE CRUISEBOOKS THAN ANY OTHER, MARY SUE OF HONGKONG, ACCEPTED A SHIP ' S PLAQUE FROM CAPTAIN OCHSNER AND ENSIGN GELINAS UPON COMPLETION OF THE PAINTING OF THE SHIP ' S SIDES. ENROUTE TO PEARL HARBOR LCDR RAE WAS RELIEVED BY LCDR KOLAR AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER, TOP RIGHT. THE WARDROOM OFFICERS AT DINNER, BOTTOM LEFT, AND AT RIGHT LTJG LYNCH , LTJG CLARK, LT BAILEY, ENS ANTON AND LTJG AHRENS SHARED SEA STORIES . LEISURE TIME IN THE WARDROOM CALLED FOR A CUP OF COFFEE AND IN THE BEST NAVY TRADITION CHELEC REINKE, TOP LEFT, HELPED HIMSELF. THE DAY THAT THE RESULTS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE INSPECTION WERE ANNOUNCED THERE WAS MIXED EMOTION AMONG THE SHIP ' S OFFICERS, TOP RIGHT, LTJG AHRENS , LTJG LYNCH AND LTJG ECKEN- ROD. AT BOTTOM RIGHT, LTJG FOGARTY TRIED TO GET BETTER LIGHTING FOR SOME PICTURES WHILE ENS LAW (WHO TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPHS ON THESE PAGES) LOOKED ON. THE CREW CHIEF ENGINEMAN R. L. COLANGELO AND BOATSWAIN MATE SECOND J. M. COVINGTON KEPT TRACK OF THE SHIP ' S ROUTINE WHEN THEY TOOK THEIR TURNS AS OFFICER OF THE DECK AND PETTY OFFICER OF THE WATCH . EVERYONE COMING OR GOING ABOARD SHIP EXCHANGED FORMALITIES AT THE QUARTERDECK. SECOND DIVISION SECOND DIVISION HAD THE PORT SIDE AS ITS DOMAIN. THEIR COFFEE MESS WAS ON THE WING-WALL ALTHOUGH PICTURES WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR THIS BOOK. CHIPPING AND SCRAPING PAINT OCCUPIED MUCH OF THE TIME OF STEVE MULFORD , CHARLES FOX, AND ALEX HERNANDEZ. THE ENLISTMENT POSTERS DIDN ' T SHOW SUCH ITEMS AS PAINT SCRAPERS AND WIRE BRUSHES. KENNETH ROBERTS DE- MONSTRATED HIS PROFICIENCY WITH POWER EQUIPMENT ON THE PORT STACK, D z o H Z J J UJ ii. o H ifl O D. U) Ul O 01 u m o h o J J m z o J u LI hi I o IT 1- Z o ir li. THIRD DIVISION THE ORDANCE EQUIPMENT WAS THE RE- SPONSIBILITY OF THE THIRD DIVISION. THE GUNS ALWAYS NEEDED MAINTENANCE TO BE KEPT IN TOP OPERATING CONDI- TION AND THE MEN OF THE THIRD DIVI- SION KEPT BUSY AT THEIR TASK. FRANK ESPOSITO GOT DOWN UNDER TO DO HIS CHECKS , THE SHINY SURFACE OF THE 40 MM LOADERS KEPT BOBBY GLANTON BUSY POLISHING. 2 O ( ) q: UJ I 0. o - a: I o D m 5 o Q Z o o LJ in a I UJ o I z u i 5 o _J UJ z _1 o o u. llj I u Is: • in 5 S u 2 O in q: UJ Q z UJ I Ul z o Q D D K O IT ♦ D :i m o d: H 2 O tr u. in UJ 2 I Z o H UJ z A DIVISION THE A DIVISION PROVIDED FOR THE UPKEEP OF ALL OF THE SHIP ' S AUXILIARY MACHINE AND ENGINES AS WELL AS FURNISHING DRIVERS, BOAT ENGINEERS AND THE LOG ROOM YEOMAN. ABOVE, JOHN CLARK AND JACK GOEHRI OPERATED THE MACHINE SHOP. THE ENGINEERING DE- PARTMENT PAPERWORK WAS HANDLED BY DAN BURGOYNE WHO RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM TOM WASHINGTON AND RALPH ROSE. I 1 O cn Q z o o ui z z o H U) 5 o o 5 UI q: o (5 in z o J O LI z z -1 H liJ Z UJ Ul J li. Ill I o m Z UJ u 2 o Ul UJ z I- q: I o o z Ul UI 1 § Q. O O J X UJ H z o z c U. I «« B DIVISION THE BOILERTENDERS MADE UP THE B DIVISION AND THEIR WORK WAS PRETTY UNPLEASANT IN THE HOT WEATHER OF JULY AND AUGUST WITH TEMPERATURES OF 130 DEGREES NOT UNCOMMON IN THE FIRE ROOMS. BUT THEY SUFFERED THROUGH AND MADE THE STEAM TO RUN THE SHIP WHEREVER SHE WENT, THE BOILER DRUMS NEEDED CLEANING JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE SHIP SO JOE ZAWALY WAS ELECTED TO PERFORM THE OPERATION, THE HAWSE PIPES OF THE DECK DEPART- MENT ARE FUN TO CLEAN IN COMPARISON WITH THE BILGES IN THE FIRE ROOMS, JOHN VALENTINE AND TROY HINTON LOOK- ED STRAIGHT UP AT THE CAMERA FROM DOWN IN THE DEPTHS . o z UJ o a. Q Z o u liJ in z Ul h ( ) I 1- z z H a. E ' UJ u m z • — i i UJ g UJ o 111 a. Q J z UJ I , o h i ) ' IT D z I z H 5 o UJ 5 Q in u. UJ UJ J I o Q l l . Ul z D ir g ' D3 h 2 UJ 2 S q: I , U z g o in IT UJ l l D UJ Z J (T - I in U z UJ g u a. q: . 1- o z 2 o It cc UJ IL U- E DIVISION THE ELECTRICIANS AND INTERNAL COM- MUNICATIONS ELECTRICIANS COMPRISED THE RATINGS WITHIN THE E DIVISION. THEY WERE THE PEOPLE TO SEE FOR EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL EXCEPT LIGHT- BULBS . REWINDING MOTOR ARMATURES WAS A TASK THAT TOOK THE TIME AND SKILL OF SUTCLIFFE CHARLES IN THE WORK- SHOP THAT THE ELECTRICIANS DUBBED THE OLD ELECTRIC SHOPPE . THE BATTERY LOCKER PROVIDED A GOOD LOCATION FOR DICK OWENS, MIKE AR- MENTA AND NORMAN TRUESDALE TO PLAN OUT THEIR WORK LOAD. M DIVISION THE MAIN PROPULSION MACH INERY CAME UNDER THE COGNIZANCE OF THE M DIVISION. THEMAIN ENGINES, KINDLY REFERRED TO AS THE ' ' ROCK CRUSHERS , NEEDED OCCASIONAL MAINTENANCE WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY CLYDE ROUSE AND ELMER WILHITE , ABOVE . THE PUMP ROOM MACHINERY RECEIVED ITS CARE FROM PAT CARTWR IGHT AND CHARLES EN- CISCO , BELOW . g o q: Q z o u u z z o J 01 0) z o o tr m hi I ) z o in d: J I u u h Q. liJ q: Q. I Lfl I o h h. o J o K Q q: I h o UJ z tr O UJ u. I Q «l Z UJ - llj -J u u q: O ' i J m 8 5 3 tr UJ z u R DIVISION THE REPAIR GANG OF PIPE FITTERS, ME- TAL SMITHS, DAMAGE CONTROLM EN , CARPENDERS .WELDERS ANDGENERAL ALL AROUND HANDYMEN MADE UP THE R DIVISION. TO ASSIST IN THE SHIPS MIS- SION THEY ALSO CONTROLLED THE BAL- LASTING MECHANISMS AND TOOK HER UP OR TOOK HER DOWN . A LETTER FROM HOME WAS BETTER THAN A COFFEE BREAK IN THE SHIPFITTER ' S SHOP. JOE BRYANT TOOK A MINUTE OFF FOR THE NEWS FROM HOME. JIM KORNEGAY MANNED THE PHONES DURING BALLASTING OPERATIONS. en u 111 a: h g u H h Ul o u u. u I u 111 111 u z in z UJ UJ J 1- - J N U (r 111 d u z til J z % o CD UJ Z J z o ( I z u q: UJ I- h UJ m Q UJ J Ll UJ E o o - 0) cr 0) Ul D z Q Z D O ' i H H O J D U- o H z o u. cc UJ o o: D m UJ J z D Q O H Z O I u a: Q X I 1- O N DIVISIONS THE OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION DIVI- SIONS WERE MADE UP OF SIGNALMEN, QUARTERMASTERS, RADIOMEN, RADAR- MEN, ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS, PER- SONNELMEN, AND YEOMEN. THE SHIP ' S COMMUNICATIONS FUNCTIONS, NAVIGA- TION, AND CLERICAL ACTIVITIES WERE PROVIDED BY THESE RATINGS. THE RADIO SHACK WAS THE CENTER OF THE SHIP ' S EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS. AMONG THE RADIOMEN DARREL LABHART, JON RICHARDSON , ROGER CHENEVERT AND GARY DUNKLEBURGER WERE PRESENT FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER . CHIEF QUARTERMASTER WILLIAM COSTA ASSISTED THE NAVIGATOR IN THE PAPER WORKTHAT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE SAFE NAVIGATION OF THE SHIP. ' -■ -.S ' I Ifl o a z o u u Ifl o 2 o tt l l z Q UJ D o u J 3 u ID Q. c - z I T in z I o z J I ) z 111 o z O o o q: u D UJ IL z D u, ' - UJ ■ H CC O q: u D O o: h z o sr u. UJ I o o J u tr Q J J o Q.   c  S DIVISION ANOTHER MULITITUDE OF RATINGS MAKES UPTHE SUPPLY DIVISION . COMMISSARY- MEN, STOREKEEPERS, SHIPS SERVICE- MEN , DISBURS ING CLERKS AND STEWARDS ALL GIVE THE SHIP ITS SERVICES. THE SUPPLY PERSONNEL PROVIDE EVERYTHING FROM CHOW TO SPARE PARTS - LITERAL- LY - SOUP TO NUTS . JIM COLEMAN AND CHARLES WILHELM WHILE ON A TOUR OF MESSCOOKING WITH THEGALLEY SHAPEDHAMBURGER PATTIES WELL ENOUGH TO SUIT THE COOK. RONALD WELCH HELD THE DOOR WHILE BOBCOATES LOADEDTHE WASHING MACH- INE IN THE LAUNDRY . SHIP ' S ROUTINE VINCENT PEREZ WAS THE SPECIAL SEA DE- TAIL HELMSMAN WHILE NORM SMITH TOOK CARE OF PASSING THE WORD AS BOATSWAIN MATE OF THE WATCH . JOHN BOWMAN SMOKED A PROMOTION CIGAR WHILE HE TESTED TUBES IN THE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN ' S WORKSHOP. THE SHIP ' S STORE PROVIDED THE NECESSITIES AND NICETIES OF LIFE FOR THE OFFICERS AND CREW WHILE UNDERWAY. LEFT TO RIGHT; SIXTO BENITEZ, LESTER BRYANT, NALE PASCAUL, GEORGE CUSTOMER AND LIEUTENANT BAI LEY CH ECKED OVER THE MERCHANDISE. THE CRUISE THE GUNSTON HALL LEFT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 21 JUNE 196 0AND STEAMED WEST IN COMPANY WITH SHIPS OF AMPHIBIOUS SQUADRON ONE. THE TRIP WAS LONG BUT THE TIME WENT FAST WITH ALL THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS TRANSFERS AT SEA. WHEN NORTH ISLAND NAVAL A R STATION, BACKGROUND BELOW , HAD FALLEN BEHIND THE STERN THE SHIP ' S COMPANY TURNED THEIR EYES TOWARDS PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, THE FIRST STOP OF THE CRUISE. AFTER THAT WOULD COME INCHON, KOREA, AND THEN SASEBO JAPAN. WHERE THE FIRST EXTENSIVE LIBERTY PERIOD WOULD BE. THE EM- PLOYMENT SCHEDULE LOOKED PRETTY ATTRACTIVE AND EVEN AFTER THE DEMANDS OF THE SEVENTH FLEET HAD ALTERED THE SCHEDULE A GOOD BIT, ALL HANDS LOOKED FOR- WARD TO VISITING KAOHSIUNG, FORMOSA. AND BEPPU, NAGOYA AND YOKOSUKA, JAPAN. AMPHIBIOUS EXERCISE. -JOLLY ROGER ENDED IN THE M ' DDLE OF SEPTEMBER AND AFTER A STOP IN YOKOSUKA TO UNLOAD THE SHIP SAILED TO SUB.C BAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR A REPAIR AVAILABILITY . i THE SECOND QUARTER EMPLOYMENT SCHEDULE GAVE THE GUNSTON HALL ANOTHER GOOD LIST OF PORTS OF CALL. WHEN THE MARINE AFLOAT BATTALION NEEDED TO BE ROTATED GUNSTON HALL performed the task LOGGING IN THE MILES BETWEEN SUBIC BAY AND OKINAWA. HONGKONG WAS HOST TO THE SHIP ' S COMPANY 19 TO 23 OCTOBER AND THERE A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. THERE FOLLOWED STOPS AT NUMAZU AND YOKOSUKA, KEELUNG IN FORMOSA, AND THEN UPKEEP AT YOKOSUKA BEFORE DEPAR- TING FOR THE UNITED STATES ON THE 5TH OF DECEMBER. HOWEVER, FATE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL DELAYS IN STORE FOR GUNSTON HALL. FIRST THE BOILERS AND THEN THE ENGINES SUFFER ED CASUALTI ES AND YOKOSUKA SAW A GOOD BIT MORE OF THE CREW. GUNSTON HALL CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS AT BERTH 7, FLEET ACTI- VITIES, YOKOSUKA, AND DID NOT RETURN TO SAN DIEGO UNTIL EARLY IN 1961. I- tdltmmp ' v -Scr j • • -i : 3 ■ 1 ENROUTE TO PEARL HARBOR THE SHIP ' S SODA FOUNTAIN WAS OPENED WITH A CEREMONY APPROPRIATE TO THEOCCASION . CHAPLAIN BERGESON, THE EXEC AND THE CAPTAIN TOOK PART. THE PRODUCTS OF THE SODA FOUNTAIN WERE TRIED BY NOLAN KENNEDY, JACK EALY, AND VERNON STAIR AND FOUND TO BE MORE THAN SATISFACTORY. PEARL HARBOR PEARL HARBOR WAS BASICALLY A REFUELING STOP AND MOST OF THE CREW AVAILED THEMSELVES OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT. FRANCISCO CAMACHO , AN UN- IDENTIFIED FRIEND, AND JIM RYAN VISITED THE ENLISTED MEN ' S CLUB. THE TOUR OF THE ISLAND OF OAHU TAKEN BY MANY OF THE SHIP ' S COMPANY PROVED TO BE SO SUC- CESSFUL THAT EVERYONE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME THAT THEY DIDN ' T TAKE ANY PICTURES. THUS THE BEAUTIES OF HAWAII HAVE TO GO UNRECORDED IN THIS VOLUME. SASEBO HP ' I ip« ff; ai « i ' TL A. 4 f m ' EB.ai I w THE SHIP STAYED IN SASEBO FOR THREE WEEKS AND WITH THE DELIVERY OF OPERATION HAND CLASP MATERIAL THE SHIP BEGAN HER PEOPLE TO PEOPLE PROGRAM. ABOVE MIKE ARMENTAAND JOE MC GRATH EXPLORED THE CITY STREETS FOR BARGAINS . AT LEFT PETE GARCIA ACTIVELY PEOPLED-TO-PEO- PLED . THE REPAIR FACILITY HELPED MEND THE SHIP ' S ACHES AND PAINS BROUGHT ON BY THE LONG VOYAGE AND THE PEOPLE OFSASEBO PROVIDED SIMILAR SERVICES TO THE CREW WHEN LIBERTY CALL WAS PASSED . THE OFFICIALS OF THE CHILDREN ' S HOM E WERE PLEASED TO ACCEPT THE G I FT OF A REFRIGERATOR FROM THE GUNSTON HALL. DICK HILL, CHAPLAIN BERGESON AND CAPTAIN OCHSNER PRESENTED THE SMALL BUT NEEDED ITEM WHICH HAD BEEN PAID FOR BY DONATIONS FROM THE OFFICERS AND MEN. KAOHSIUNG  f THE CHINESE NATIONALISTS WERE DE- SIROUS OF LEARNING HOW TO OPERATE AN LSD SO GUNSTON HALL spent FIVE BUSY DAYS SHOWING THEM HOW. PROSPECTIVE CREW MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA SHIP TUNG HA I (LSD 191) CAME ABOARD FOR ORIENTA- TION AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. THE WELL DECK WAS THE SCENE OF THE BIGGEST PART OF THE TRAINING AND THE DECK DEPARTMENT TURNED TO WITH A WILL HANDLING THE CHINESE CRAFT. AT LEFT THE SURF CAUGHT A LANDING VE- HICLE TRACKED CLVT) AND SOAKED THE OCCUPANTS. BELOW, A PAUSE FOR THE DECK SEAMEN . a. r - LEARNING THE ROPES OF EMBARKING AND DEBARKING AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES AND BOATS, AS WELL AS THE MECHANICS OF BALLASTING AND DEBALLASTI NG , WAS NO EASY TASK FOR A FIVE DAY TRAINING PERIOD BUT THE CHINESE MADE THEIR BEST EFFORT. THE TUNG HAI (FORMER USS WHITE MARSH LSD 8) WAS TO BE ACTIVATED EARLY IN 196 1 AND THE ORIENTATION ON GUNSTON HALL WAS BENEFICIAL FOR ITS PROSPECTIVE CREW. AT RIGHT CHINESE MARINES LEARNED HOWTOHANDLE THEIR LVT IN THE WELL. BELOW THEY NEGOTIATED TH E SW I M- MING-IN ' ' . THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE TUNGHAI, CAPTAIN T. C. WANG, TRIED HIS HAND AT EMBARKING FROM THE MARINE ' S EYE VIEW. BELOW, ONE LVT HAD DIFFICULTY WITH THE SURF AND BROACHED IN THE WELL. TO REMEDY THE SITUATION THE DECK FORCE HAD TO APPLY THE BASIC PRINCIPLE OF SEAMANSHIP - HEAVE . 1 ! f WITH ALL THE HANDLING LINES MADE UP ON THE CATWALKS AND THE WELL DECK DRY, THE CHINESE MARINES AND KEN ROBERTS, FOREGROUND, TOOK TIME OUT TO POSE FOR A PICTURE. BELOW, CHELEC REINKE WAS OFFICER OF THE DECK WHEN THE CHINESE LEFT AFTER THE DAYS TRAINING ACTIVITIES WERE OVER. 1 THE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE PROGRAM WENT ON EVEN DURINGTHE INTENSIVE TRAINING PERIOD. AT RIGHT FRED KELLY HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT CAREER POTENTIALS IN THE CHINESE NAVY WHILE BELOW, TED MARVELLE SETTHE SAME LAD STRAIGHT. ON THE LAST DAY IN KAOHSIUNG THE SHIP ' S COMPANY RECEIVED A SURPRISE ' FROM THE CHINESE. TO SEE WHAT EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING AT TURN THE PAGE . ' J0- •-. Jk.-J 1% ' ,i% 7 ' U ►• ; v N  - | 4 . m H M n 0 , THE SURPRISE WAS A MUSICAL VARIETY SHOW THAT FEATURED A CHINESE NAVY BAND AND A TROUPE OF SLIGHTLY SEASICK BUT CERTAINLY ENTERTAINING YOUNG LADIES. THE BOUNCY SINGER ON THE NEXT PAGE IS THE GIRL ON THE RIGHT ABOVE WHO DIDN ' T FEEL SO GOOD BETWEEN NUMBERS . BELOW MOST OF THE CREW HAD EYES FOR SOMETHING OUT OF SIGHT OF THE CAMERA BUT A FEW SHOWED THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO ADMIRE THE LOCAL SCENERY. V •jisgi N if fih t: g: :: f I ■ - THE PROGRAM FEATURED AMERICAN POPULAR SONGS PLUS A FEW CHINESE TRADITIONAL FEA- TURES . THE GIRLS SANG AND THE GIRLS DANCED AND WHEN THE BAND BROKE INTO A ROCK-AND- ROLL BEAT IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR NALE PASCAUL , BELOW, AND A FEW OF THE OTHER CREW- MEMBERS WHO JUMPED UP TO DANCE. ■0 ¥ ' X. f • ■ ., • Jim, 1 J BACK AT SEA AGAIN THE MEN OF THE GUNSTON HALL SETTLED DOWN TO A FEW DAYS OF NORMAL ROUTINE BEFORE ARRIVAL AT BEPPU. HOWEVER , TYPHOON CARMEN HAD OTHERS IDEAS ANDSHE PUSHED THE SHIP AROUND FOR A FEW DAYS. EARL ANDERSON AND ALAN TINNIN CHECK- ED OUT THE SOUND POWERED PHONES AFTER TH E STORM . BELOW VERDEL L R ICE , REG MORKEN (BACKGROUND ' ) AND JOHN BARTLEY WORKED ON ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT. DICK WHALEN LENT A HAND WHILE WORKING WITH JACK PEACOCK ON SOME WIRE . BELOW GARY RUSSO AND VINCENT PEREZ SAMPLED SOME OF THE SODA FOUNTAINS ICE CREAM. BEPPU ' ' FRONT ROW. ANONYMOUS AND FRIEND, BRYANT AND FRIEND, FRIEND AND IVIE, LTJG ECKENROD, KOTHE, MARTIN, ZAWALY , STAIR, WALTERS. SECOND ROW. GOEHRI, HINTON, IRVING, ENS LYNCH, CAMACHO , INTERPRETER. THIRD ROW. TOUR GUIDE, WILHITE, FRIEND, COATES AND FRIEND, JENNINGS, STEVENS, HORN, LTJG CLARK, NASH, CARRIGER, CHIEF LEFFLER, CZERWONKA, GARCIA, STRINGER, COYLE , CORT- NEY. BEPPU PROVED TO BE A CHOICE LIBERTY PORT AND AMONG OTHER FORMS OF RE- CREATION QUITE A NUMBER OF THE CREW CHOSE TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE AREA. TWO BUSES FULL OF GUNSTON HALL PER- SONNEL (INCLUDING A FEW INVITED GUESTS) SAWTHE MANY HOT SPRINGS THAT THE CITY IS FAMOUS FOR AND OTH E R TOUR 1ST AT- TRACTIONS. ONE OF THE FAVORITE STOPS WAS AT MONKEY MOUNTAIN WHERE THE NA- TIVE AT LEFT LIVED WITH ITS RELATIVES. ►. FRONT ROW: HERNANDEZ, WILSON, WAY, MC DONALD, L. J., TOUR GUIDE, SMITH, INTERPRETER, COVINGTON, GAUTHE, MELANCON, CYR . SECOND ROW: WASHINGTON, HALSOR, DEL VECCHIO, MC DONALD, F. T., SHERIDAN, THORN, WILSON, WELLS, GARCIA, HOOD, TOUR GUIDE, ARMENTA. AT RIGHT ENS LYNCH, THE SHIP ' S DIS- BURSING OFFICER, GAVE A RESIDENT OF MONKEY MOUNTAIN HIS STIPEND FOR THE DAYS WORK OF BEGGING FROM TOURISTS. r THE TOUR OF BEPPU TOOK IN A LOT OF IN- TERESTING SIGHTS PERHAPS THE MOST IM- POSING OF WHICH WAS THE EIGHTY FOOT HIGH BUDDA STATUE OF DAIBUTSU SHOWN ABOVE. ONE OF THE HOT SPRINGS SEEN ON THE TOUR ERUPTED LIKE A MINATURE OLD FAITHFUL . THE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE PROGRAM RECEIVED ANOTHER BOOST WHEN JOE BRYANT HELPED A LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS LOST TO FIND HER MOTHER AGAIN. ELMER WILHITE FOLLOWED TO INSURE THAT ALL WENT W ELL . BELOW, CHIEF LEFFLER WANTEDTO MAKE A CLOSER EXAMINATION OF THE NATIVES OF MONKEY MOUNTAIN SO HE FOUND ONE OF THE ELDERS AND RECEIVED THE LATEST WORD. NAGOYA THE L RGE INDUSTRIAL CITY OF NAGOYA WAS HOST TO THE GUNSTON HALL FOR FOUR DAYS BEGINNING AUGUST 26TH . THE PHOTO FIENDS WERE INACTIVE DURING THE STAY BUT LTJG CLARK WAS PICTURED WITH THE GROUP OF YOUNG LADIES FROM THE TOYO RAIGO COMPANY WHO HE ESCORTED AROUND A TOUR OF THE SHIP. BELOW, LEFT, THE PIER WHERE THE SHIP WAS TIED UP AND RIGHT, A SCENE OF THE ORIENTAL FLAVOR WHICH GREETED THOSE WHO WANDERED IN THE AREA. THE PLEASANT JAPANESE STYLE BATH WAS ENJOYED BY NEWT STANLEY, ABOVE AND JOE BRYANT BELOW. THESE TWO SAILORS TOOK TO HEART THE OLD SAYING OF WHEN IN ROME, DO AS THE ROMANS DO ' ' . FRONT ROW I IKENER , CAPTAIN OCHSNER , COACH CANBY , MORKEN , LTJG FOGARTY . SECOND ROW: SOTO , GLANTON , W I USON , POLLARD . THE GUNSTON HALL basketball and Softball teams took on all AVAILABLE COMPETITION WHILE DEPLOYED. THE BASKETBALL SQUAD DE- FEATED TEAMS FROM KUTU UNIVERSITY AND MITSHIBASHl INDUSTRIES WHILE IN NAGOYA . THE SOFTBALL TEAM DROPPED A ONE RUN EFFORT TO THE TEAM FIELDED BY THE NORRITAKE CHINA COMPANY. IN THE HOLIDAY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FOR SEVENTH FLEET SHIPS PRESENT IN YOKO- SUKA, GUNSTON HALL finished a respectable FOURTH BEHIND THE USS DIXIE (AD-14), USS SAINT PAUL (CL 73) AND USS HANCOCK (CVA 19). LEFT: THE MOST FAITHFUL FAN AND SCOREKEEPER , ARTHUR ENGLISH. RIGHT, front: THE HORIE TEAM . THIRD ROW: CARTA I N OCHSNER , SM ITH , WASH INGTON , CHIEF TIMBROOK, SOTO, SEYMOUR, LABOR, PEREZ, BOWMAN, HENRION, FAR RIGHT, STEWART. BACK AT SEA THE GUNSTON HALL MOVED WITH OTHER UNITS OF PHIBRON ONE TO INCHON, KOREA, TO LOAD ARMY ASSAULT TROOPS FOR PARTICIPATION IN EXERCISE JOLLY ROGER . THE TWO WEEK EXERCISE BROUGHT THE CREW BACK TO THE FAMILIAR ROUTINE. AT TOP SHEL- DON WEAVER TOOK HIS TURN AS LOOK- OUT WH I LE TH E HOURS OF WATCHES WENT BY. IN THE CENTER GLEN FRAVELAND FRANK ESPOSITO ENGAGED IN A BIT OF SKYLARKING AT THEIR CLEANING STA- TIONS. BOTTOM, BILL KOTHE GAVE IN TO TEMPTATION AND CAUGHT FORTY WINKS AT THE FLAGBAGS . THE JOLLY ROGER LANDING TOOK PLACE AT PO-HANG-DONG , KOREA, ON THE ELEVENTH OF SEPTEMBER . THE TROOPS HAD TO BE ASSEMBLED TO RECEIVE SHIPBOARD INDOCTRINATION LECTURES ON THESUPER DECK , AT LEFT. CENTER, THE H EL I COPT E R WH I CH WAS CARRIED KEPT THE DECK GANG BUSY WITH LAUNCHINGS AND RECOVERIES AT THE CALL OF FLIGHT QUARTERS . BOTTOM LEFT, A LCU GROUNDED IN THE WELL TO DISCHARGE ITS CARGO. BOTTOM, RIGHT, ONE OF THE INCHON BUMBOATS HITCHED A RIDE ON THE STERNGATE TO BEAT THE STRONG CUR- RENT . ONCE THE TROOPS HAD COM PLETED THE I R MANEUVERS ASHORE THEY HAD TO BE RE- LOADED AND HAULED BACK TO INCHON . AT RIGHT, A RETURNING LCU PREPARED TO COME INTO THE WELLDECK TO COM- PLETE THE BACKLOADING. CENTER .TROOPS IN A LCM WAIT TO EM- BARK ABOARD SHIP AFTER A COUPLE OF ROUGH DAYS I N TH E FIELD. BOTTOM, RIGHT, A TANK (WITH TU RRET REVERSED) DROVE DOWN THE RAMP OF ITS LCU INTO THE WELL THROUGH A COUPLE FEET OF WATER. THE FORECASTLE CREW WAITED TO LET GO WHEN INCHON APPEARED OVER THE HORIZON FOR THE LAST TIME . SUBIC BAY GUNSTON HALL stopped briefly at buckner bay, Okinawa , on the way to subic bay, luzon , PHILIPPINE ISLANDS , FOR AN AVAILABILITY . THE SH I P CARRIED THE RELIEFS FOR THE AFLOAT MARINE BATTALION EMBARKED IN THE THOMASTON (LSD 28) ABOVE, AND THE LENAWEE (APA 195). THE NAVAL REPAIR FACILITY HAD THE WELCOME MAT OUT FOR THE GUNSTON HALL, BELOW LEFT, AND THE CREW LOST NO TIME TYING UP STEM-TO-STEM WITH THE DELTA (AR 9). mwsi KENNETH SEVICK, DUANE EASTER AND GERALD TUCKER HAD THEIR PICTURE SNAPPED AT THE EM CLUB, THE WHITE HAT. ANOTHER GROUP AT THE CLUB INCLUDED NOLAN KENNEDY, JOHN CZERWONDA, DON STEPHENS, JACK EALY , SAM GUGLIOTTA, AND IN THE BACKGROUND AL WILSON. OKINAWA ' ' S ' ffl ' ' ' , lAj BUCKNER BAY, OKINAWA, RECEIVED THE GUNSTON HALL FOUR TIMES for LOADING AND UNLOADING MARINES THAT NEEDED TRANSPORTATION. THE SHIP WOULD ENTER PORT WITH EMPTY DECKS , TOP LEFT, AND FIND THE TROOPS AND VEHICLES WAITING AT THE ARMY PIER, CENTER . LOADING OPERATIONS WENT ON CONTIN- OUSLY UNTIL THE JOB WAS DONE BEFORE THE DECK DEPARTMENT COULD HAVE SOME RECREATION AT THE WHITE BEACH AREA. WHILE IN SUBIC BAY TANKS DESTINED FOR OKINAWA WERE LOADED BY A FLOAT- ING CRANE AT CUBI POINT, RIGHT. LCU LOADING OVER THE SIDE WASN ' T THE BEST LIKED METHOD BUT ON OCCASION IT PROVED TO BE THE MOST PRACTICAL WAY OF GETTING THE JOB DONE. THE GIG CREW HAD IT PRETTY SOFT WHEN THE LOADING OPERATIONS WERE IN PROGRESS. JACK PEACOCK HAD AN AFTER- NOON SIESTA AT THE BOAT BASIN WHILE TENDING THE GIG . HONG KONG THE STAY AT HONGKONG WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ENTIRE CRUISE. MARY SUE ' S GIRLS PAINTED THE SHIP ' S SIDES AND A GOOD PORTION OF THE WELL DECK RECEIVING FOR THEIR SERVICES THE LEFT-OVER FOOD , BITS OF OLD LINE AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY COULD PURSUADE THE BOATSWAIN MATES TO PART WITH. PRACTICALLY EVERY MAN IN THE SHIP ' S COMPANY BOUGHT CLOTHING FROM TH E HU NDREDS OF TAILOR SHOPS. THE INTERNATIONAL CITY OF- FERED ANYTHING A SAILOR COULD DE- SIRE AT THE WORLD ' S BEST PRICES. MANY OF THE CREW TOOK TOURS OF THE ISL AND AND THE MAINLAND SECTION OF KOWLOON WITH COMMUNIST CHINA OVER THE BORDER A FEW MILES AWAY. THE SHIP ' S PHOTOGRAPHERS PRODUCED THE PICTURES ON THESE PAGES TO RE- CORD THE IMAGE OF THE WORLD ' S MOST TALKED ABOUT CITY. AT THE TOP ONE OF THE MANY FERRIES THAT PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN HONGKONG AND KOWLOON . CENTERAND BOTTOM , TWO VIEWS OF THE TIGER BALM GARDENS, THE GIFT TO THE CITY OF THE MAN WHO MADE A FORTUNE WITH A CURE-ALL TIGER BALM . PAGE 66 HAS FURTHER COVERAGE OF THIS PHOTOGENIC SITE . THE WOMEN ' S FASHIONS WERE VERY IN- TERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST. THE THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES FROM CHINA CREATED A TERRIFIC HEALTH AND HOU- SING PROBLEM WHICH THE BRITISH CO- LONY SOLVED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF MANY LARGE APARTMENT PROJECTS AS SHOWN AT RIGHT . THE FISHING VILLAGE OF ABERDEEN ACROSS THE ISU ND FROM HONGKONG CONTAINED HUNDREDS OF BOATS WHICH DID NO FISHING BUT SER- VED AS HOMES FOR MANY WATER BORNE FAMILIES , BELOW . ¥■ ' FOUR VIEWS OF THE CITY FROM DIF- FERENT VANTAGE POINTS WERE TAKEN BY TOM GAUTHE , AT RIGHT. THE HONG- KONG WATER FRONT, THE HARBOR, RE- PULSE BAY, AND THE CITY LOOKING A- CROSS TOWARDS KOWLOON WERE SNAP- PED ON A CLOUDY DAY WHILE ON A TOUR OF THE ISLAND . THE TIGER BALM GARDENS PROVED TO BE AN EXCELLENT PLACE FOR PICTURES FOR THE FOLKS BACK HOME . TOP RIGHT, PAUL THORN, PETE GARCIA AND JERRY JOSEPHSON POSED WITH A DISTINGUISHED RESIDENT OF THE GARDENS . FRAMED BY THE STAR FERRY ' S NEW TERMINAL BUILDING WAS THE MONUMENT TO THE DEFENDERS OF HONGKONG DURING WORLD WAR II. BOTTOM RIGHT, WHILE IN THE VILLAGE OF ABERDEEN LTJG ECKENROD , BILL MURRAY AND TOM DEL VECCHIO TOOK PICTURES OF THE LOCAL LANDMARKS. . f ,_ SNAP SHOTS THE SAILOR WITH THE TOO-SHORT JUMPER WHO HAS APPEARED THROUGH THE PAGES OF THIS BOOK WAS BORROWED FROM THE PAGES OF THE BUREAU OF SHIPS PUBLICATION 250-342-1 , MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE HANDBOOK OF CLEANING PRACTICES. THE SNAPSHOTS WHICH APPEAR ON THIS AND THE PAGES FOLLOWING WERE DONATED BY CREW MEMBERS SO THAT EVERYONE COULD SHARE IN THE RECORD OF THE 1960 WEST PAC CRUISE OF THE USS GUNSTON HALL. FOR THE YOUNG UN ATTACHED SAILOR THE ORIENT PROVIDED A HOST OF DIVERSIONS FROM THE EVERYDAY ROUTINE OF SH IPBOARD LIFE . BILL HOLLISTER , WHO CONTRIBUTED MANY OF OUR PICTURES , HAD A CULTURAL EXCHANGE OVER A FRIENDLY SOCIAL GLASS WITH THE YOUNG LADY WHO ' S NAME ESCAPED THE RECORDER BUT WHO ACTED AS THE AMERICAN- JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP AGENT WITH THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIAL UNDERSTANDING. THE SHIP ' S COMPANY PICNIC AT SASEBO ' S 99 ISLANDS WAS STR ICTLY A WET A FFA IR . FLEET ACTIVI- TIES PROVIDED THE PARTY WITH A YFU TO LIFT THE GROUP OUT TO AN AFTERNOON OF BEER, SUN AND FUN . PETE GARCIA, HAROLD HOOD, ROLAND MELANCON AND ARTHUR HALSOR SUNNED ON THE ROCKS WHILE THE YFU WAS RECEIVING ITS FIELD DAY. NORM SMITH D I RECTED TRA F Fl C FOR THE RE- EM BAR KAT ION PHASE OF THE DAYS OPERATION WH ILE BOBBY STEWART ACTED AS SENIOR SHORE PATROL. AT RIGHT MELANCON KEPT RIGHT ON SUNNING. pES pIT KEST iipi . K tffiiiCJl HK; ' ' ' s 11 pK ini n ijMM j E im pPBR -flgi -; Z ' ' ' ' f THE STAY IN SASEBO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CRUISE HAD SOME OF THE CREW BELIEVING THEY HAD THEIR HOME PORT CHANGED. THE CITY STREET LAYOUT BECAME FAMILIAR AND THE TWO PICTURES ABOVE SHOW THE BRIDGE THAT EVERYONE TRAVERSED TO GET FROM THE FLEET ACTIVITIES AREA INTO THE DOWNTOWN SECTION. THE FROGMEN WHO RODE THE SHIP FROM SAN DIEGO PERFORMED THE SERVICE OF UNDERWATER INSPECTION JUST BEFORE THE SHIP WAS DRY- DOCKED . UNDERNEATH THE WELL DECK AND ALONG THE WINGWALLS THERE WERE 33 TANKS OF VARIOUS SIZES AND SHAPES THAT WITH DOZENS OF BALLASTINGS FILLED WITH SEA WATER, FISH, AND OCCASION- LY A LITTLE BLACK OIL . CONSEQUENTLY, THE TANKS GOT DIRTY AND HAD TO BE CLEANED BEFORE THE SHIP RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES. THE R DIVI- SION TOOK ON THE JOB AIDED BY SIX MEN FROM OTHER DIVISIONS BEGINNING THE THIRD OF NOVEMBER . AT THE TOP, A BEFORE SHOT OF ONE OF THE TANKS . IN THE CENTER, A LITTLE STEAM, CHE- MICALS AND QUITE A BIT OF ELBOW GREASE FOR A NUMBER OFHOURS BROUGHT ABOUT THE CLEAN TANK READY FOR IN- SPECTION AND REPAIRS SHOWN AT BOT- TOM . GUNSTON HALL ' S mission in the NAVY SCHEME WAS TO LOAD, LIFT, AND LAND TROOPS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT. IN 1960 THE MEN OF THE GUNSTON HALL DID A CONS IDEFiABLE AMOUNT OF THAT MISSION . TOP, AN ARMY JEEP AND TRAILER THAT GOT AN UNEXPECTED SALT WATER BATH UPON EMBARKING INTO AN LCU IN THE WELL . CENTER, AN ARMY TRUCK GOT A LIFT FROM THE WELL UP TO THE SUPER DECK COURTESYOFTHE PORT CRANE AND SOME OBLIGING BOATSWAINS . BOTTOM, AT CUBI POINT, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, THE PROBLEM OF LOADING 50 TON TANKS WITHOUT BALLASTING DOWN TO TAKE THEM IN AN LCU WAS SOLVED BY USING A LARGE FLOATING CRANE TO SWING THE MONSTERS IN THROUGH THE OPENED STERN GATE. KAOHSIUNG ' S HARBOR, TOP LEFT. BUSY STREETS WERE COMMON IN THE FAR EAST, ABOVE .KAOHSIUNG . AT LEFT, THE YOUNG BOATMEN OF KAOHSIUNG WHO BARGAINED WITH CREW MEMBERS FOR UNWANTED ITEMS. ONE OF THE MANY KAOHSIUNG PEDI-CABS WHICH PROVIDED THE CREW WITH TRANSPORTATION AT BOTTOM LEFT. GOINGTO SEA IS OFTEN A FAMILY AFFAIR IN THE ORIENT AND ALL THE GANG TURNED TO WITH A WILL TO KEEP THE FAMILY VESSEL FROM GETTING UP AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE GUNSTON HALL. F { GASKINS, HARRIS, LONG, CHIEF FOX AND IKENER ASSEMBLED THE CANOPY FOR THE KAOHSIUNG SHOW. LTJG AHRENS AND LTJG FOGARTY, THE SELF-TITLED LASTOFTHE GREAT NAVAL OFFICERS , GOT INTO THE SPIRIT OF THE OCCASION. AT RIGHT, THE WEDGE FORMATION FOR LSDS . BELOW HORN WATCHED KOTHE AND WILSON PITCH AT BEPPU ' S AMUSE- MENT PARK. RIGHT CHINESE NEW YEARS ON THE WINGWALL . K ' jh BOB OLVERSON DIDN ' T WANT TO SWAB BOBBY STEWART NEVER SENT, %■%. r% 1 JACK PEACOCK AND BILL HOLLISTER BILL KOTHE AND EUGENE JOB I a IL i m fmmmmmm DON STEPHENS JON RICHARDSON BOB BEATTY SASEBO SWIMCALL ON SHIP ' S PARTY. YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE FROM BERTH 3 KAMAKURA. JAPAN, THE SITE OF THE LARGEST BUDDA, BRONZE DAIBUTSU, SURF AT DIAMOND HEAD HORN AND CORTNEY AT BEPPU KAMAKURA ' S DAIBUTSU . TWO OF GUNSTON HALL ' S CHIEFS left THE SHIP IN YOKOSUKA ON 10 NOVEMBER. AT TOP LEFT CAPTAIN OCHSNER SHOOK CHIEF HAROLD FOX ' S HAND AS HE SET OUT FOR RETIREMENT AND AT LEFT CHIEF TRUMAN LEFFLER WHO TRANSFERRED TO THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, SAN DIEGO. ABOVE JOHN IVIE LED THE GROUP BACK TO THE BUS WH 1 LE ON THE BEPPU TOUR. BOTTOM LEFT, TWO BUMBOATERS WHO RETIRED FROM THE SHIP WITHOUT PAY. EDDIE WILSON AND EARL POLLARD WARMED UP AT THE FREETHROW LINE BEFORE A BASKETBALL GAME. HIhH CLOCKWISE .SUPPORT SHIPS THAT GAVE GUNSTON HALL HER MOBILE CAPABILITY INCLUDED USS SIRIUS (AF 60) USS ASHTABULA (AD 5 1) AND TWO VIEWS OF THE USS COM- STOCK (LSD 19) WHO PROVIDED EXTENSIVE PRACTICE IN UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT FOR THE SHIP. THE LITTLE MAN SURVEYING THE TYPEWRITER THE EASY WAYBRINGSTOA CLOSE THE 1960 USS GUNSTON HALL WESTERN PACIFIC CRUISEBOOK . THE STAFF INCLUDED NOR- MAN S M ITH , TED MARVELLE , GENE STAIR, DENNIS WALTERS AND THE UNDERSIGNED. PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS GOTO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE IMAGES APPEAR MOST FRE- QUENTLY ON THE FOREGOING PAGES. JAMES S . ECKENROD AUTOGRAPHS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY C AND M OFFSET PRINTING CO. NORFOLK , VIRGINIA ' ' f BEPPU YOKOSUKA NAGOYA SASEBO IBBEPPU WESTPAC OKINAWA IHONG KONGI KEELUNG KAOHSIUNG KODIAK VICTORIA EASTPAC SAN FRArjCISCO ' SAN DIEGO •O PEARL HARBOR USS GUNSTON HALL LSD-5 WESTERN PACIFIC CRUISE 1960