Hepburn (FF 1055) - Naval Cruise Book

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HMS MONTAUK (P1055) STEAMS PAST HER AMERICAN SISTER HEPBURN (FF HARBOR. crew a few days of liberty before HEPBURN rendezvoused with a nuclear submarine for three days of intense ASVV. 1055) IN HONG KONG What followed was a whirlwind of amazing foreign ports and strange sights. HEPBURN visited the cities of Georgetown, Malaysia; Karachi, Pakistan, Mombasa, Kenya; and St. Denis on the French Island of Reunion before returning to Sin- gapore and Subic Bay in mid- March. During this cruise HEPBURN collected valuable oceanographic and intelligence data, and she also cleansed her holds of scores of slimy poliwogs. A tender availability in Subic separ- ated her from her next assignment. Early in April HEPBURN returned to sea, this time to escort the aircraft carrier MIDWAY on operations off the Eastern coast of South Korea. Chinhae, a major Navy base near the Port of Pusan, afforded the An engineering casualty diver feci HEPBURN from a planned visit to Hong Kong and she returned to Subic Bay for repairs. Underway again the second week in May HEPBURN joined elements of the Seventh Fleet in more ASW opera- tions off the Luzon Coast and was rewarded with a schedule change and six days R and R in Hong Kong. Typhoons Olga and Pamela awaited HEPBURN when she left. Storm evasion took precedence, and end- less days of violent pitching and shaking remained before she could enter Subic for one more availabili- ty before her home trip. During Olga LAMPS flew to the scene of a wrecked Philipino freighter and supplied the battered crew with provisions until help arrived. At exactly 1630 on June sixth HEPBURN got underway from Subic her last time. The transit to Hawaii and fuel stops in Guam and Midway were unevenful. In Pearl she welcomed twenty-four Tigers -friends and relatives of crewmembers whc had flown out to meet the ship for the trip home. Arrival came on the morning of June 26. The crowds were waiting, a band was playing, and an enjoy- able cruise was climaxed with a wonderful ending.

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NOVEMBER 11, - THE LONGEST DAY -