Henley (DD 762) - Naval Cruise Book

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TOAST OF THE EAST COAST 99 FROM USS ALBANY TO COMCRUDESFLOT FOUR INFO USS HENLEY COMDESRON 22 1. REFUELING OF THE T. G. DESTROYERS HAD BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ROUGH WEATHER. SEAMAN PATTERS A MEMBER OF ALBANY ' S DECK DEPARTMENT WAS WORKING WITH THE DETAIL SECURING THE REFUELING RIG ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE SHIP. THE MEMBERS OF THE DETAIL WERE NOT WEARING LIFE JACKETS. SHIP SUDDENLY ROLLED HARD AND LEE RAN UP ON A HEAVY WAVE. 2. PATTERS A FINE SEAMAN REMAINED CALM AND DISPLAYED GREAT PRESENCE OF MIND WHILE IN THE WATER. IMMEDIATELY UPON RECOVERY HE WAS DECLARED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION SUFFERING ONLY FROM SWALLOWING SEA WATER AND FROM SLIGHT EXPOSURE. 3. USS HENLEY LOOKOUT SEAMAN JAMES F. JONES SIGHTED PATTERS IN THE WATER AND SONARMAN THIRD CLASS CHARLES L. BLOYSEN ENTERED THE WATER IN A WET SUIT TO ASIST IN THE RESCUE. 4. PATTERS WILL BE RETURNED TO ALBANY TODAY. FROM USS ALBANY TOCOMCRUDESCANT INFOCOMSECONDFLT COMCRUDESFLOTFOUR COMCRUDESFLOTEIGHT COMDESRON22 USSHEN- AT 011400 ROBT. A. PATTERS, SON OF MR. MRS. ROBERT A. PATTERS, SR. OF 1205 CEPRO DR., DUBUQUE, IOWA WAS SWEPT OVERBOARD FROM ALBANY IN STATE FOUR SEA. QUICK REACTION BY COMDESRON 22, CAPT. L. H. ALFORD, USN, BROUGHT DUPONT, WALDRON, AND HENLEY TO ASSIST IN SEARCH. AFTER HALF HOUR, AS HOPE OF RECOVERY WAS WANING, ALERT LOOKOUT IN HENLEY SIGHTED MAN. UNDER DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES CO HENLEY, CDR. A. E. WHITE, USN, AND HIS FINE TEAM EFFECTED A MOST SEAMANLIKE AND EXPEDITIOUS RECOVERY. MAN SUFFERED ONLY SLIGHT EXPOSURE. ALBANY IS TRAVELING IN FINE COMPANY.

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¥ Along.id. ond Re.co, ,n S.g ' FROM USS ALBANY TO USS HENLEY INFO JG 21.5 ELEVEN HUNDRED ALBANIANS ARE MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY DUPONT, HENLEY, AND WALDRON IN SEARCHING ROUGH SEAS FOR SEAMAN PATTERS. WE, AND ESPEC- IALLY PETTER ' S BROTHER WHO IS AN ALBANIAN, GIVE THREE CHEERS AND OUR HEARTIEST CON- GRATULATIONS TO HENLEY FOR A HEADS-UP JOB AND FINE SEAMANSHIP IN LOCATING AND RESCUING OUR SHIPMATE. IT IS GRATIFYING TO SAIL IN SUCH COMPANY. FROM COMCRUDES LANT TO USS HENLEY INFO COMCRUDESFLT FOUR COMDESRON 22 o55 ALBANY 1. SUCCESSFUL RECOVERY OF PATTERS, R. A., JR. IN ADVERSE WEATHER NOTED WITH PRIDE. TO ALL MEMBERS OF HENLEY ' S MAN OVERBOARD RECOVERY TEAM A MOST DESERVED WELL DONE. FROM CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS TO COMDESRON 22 INFO CINCLANTLT COMSECONDFLT COMCRUDES FLOT FOUR COMCRUDES PLOT EIGHT ' COMCRU- DESLANT USS HENLEY USS ALBANY 1 . I NOTE WITH PLEASURE THE OUTSTANDING DISPLAY OF DESTROYER SEAMANSHIP BY DESRON TWENTY TWO TEAM IN THE CASE OF ALBANY MAN OVERBOARD PICKED UP BY HENLEY IN HIGH SEAS ON 1 DEC. 2. A PARTICULAR WELL DONE TO THE LOOKOUT IN HENLEY FOR EXCEPTIONAL ALERTNESS IN SPOTTING THE MAN. DAVID L. McDonald