Hickox (DD 673) - Naval Cruise Book

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JORVASK A s [oderne garderoberenseri ;ns storste maskinkapasitet, ... hurtig leveringstid! rantert fasarbeide ! Tromso til: Butikk «Arctic», - Ut nbys postiorsendelser til: 3RVASK, Finnsnes. Lossalg 20 ere Onsker De hie: Bat, vaerelse eller hva son Prev en annonse i vii n cOnskc-s leiet». toeste 1 voldsom storm 1 februar 1942. mens krigen ra- ste pa sitt verste, grannstette eh amerikansk destroyer ved New Foundland Til tross (or mannskapets Intense innsate sto skipet ikke til a redde. Blant dem som fant deden ved den- ne ulykken var skipets sjef, kapteinloytnant Hickox. Den frie verden trengte den gang hvert skip og hver mann mer , noensinne. Og fra verfter 1 USA og England ble stadig skip sjosatt. Hasten 1943 en ny amerikanstk de- stroyer ut fra et skips verft i Jersey — og den fikk nav- let US «Hlckox», til minne om iptelnloytnanten som gikk ned ijxunen fned sitf, skip ntenfor ' Foundlands forrevne 5 «Hickox» ble satt inn i pene I Stillehavet, hvor ja- ne lenge liadde gatt seler- fram. Men etter hvert den amerikanske flaten, fikk tatt kraftig igjen. r iekox» var aktlvt med ayene, 0st- og Vest-Carolii ne, New Guinea og Mariani karapene for befrleben Filliplnene. Senere har deltatt 1 Korea-krigen, I gar raorges kom denne k gens veteran pa uoffUielt I sek til Tromse og la til Nansen Plass. Skipet skal re ber til lerdag, da det i videre med kurs for Tyskla Det er ferste gang cHickox» er i Norge. Ski] forlot Rhode Island 8. septe ber og gikk direkte til Por mouth i England, og der direkte til Tromso. Manns! pet er pa ca. 300 ma og 21 offiserer. Sjef er co mander R. W. Pond jr. «Tromsfi»s medarbeider : la et besek ombord like et at skipet var kommet Tromsa. Det er et meget ' pi og velutstyrt fartey, med i de bekvemmeligbeter »m krigsskip kan by. Som en 1 rioistet kan nevn p. mrtt Torts, aiste siuc (21 Pa dans med amerik land American th Korean campaign colours painted on their brides steamed quietly Into Edinburgh Dock. Leith. yesterday. Their mission — a four-day good ss here — broke Caperton and Hickox had been given Customs clearance. They had been visited by the man from tile tourist agencv who advised them of the sights they ought to see in Edinburgh and the tours they ought to take. But when the loudspeakers aboard the Caperton crackled Liberty to the port section from 16.30 hours. 250 sailors shrugged the Hickox. Reason: The highest sailors hi the NATO fleets .. financially embarrassed. Or. as a tall, bespectacled seaman put it— ■ ' Fella, we ' re plain, flat broke. Another, leaning on tile guard rails, said: Pav day is lone gone. I only get $24 and I owe S20— so what ' s the use of troing ashore. An officer explained: We ' ve been in Scandinavia and Holland, and I guess the boys spent all But there were some thrifty . For them taxis w Krafer - JW ffJer sine ,- har faktisk ikke a legge merke rikanere pa b Tirsdag kveld og i g; rangert stor dansetil beiderforeningen, og sknlle holde liv 1 sa norske mar bildet ser vi et pai

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Hf gt Cletegirttj) THE (U.S.) FLEETS IN! American sailors will see Guy Fawkes night celebrations Monday, November 22. 1954. Twopence. TTHE distinctive flush -decked, ta.ll- funneled shapes of two Ameri- can destroyers were to be seen In Chatham Dockyard shortly before dusk on Wednesday, when the two United States ships. Capcrton and Hickox. locked-ln for a six-day operational The Amei ■ill m«t, althoufth the hensive programme of hospi- tality has been organised by the Reserve Fleet host ship, H.M.S. Diadem. Yesterday (Thursday) was largely ejccupled with the exchange of courtesy calls between the Com- mander of the U.S. 30th Destroyer Squadron (Captain Wlllard A. Saunders. US-N ). the command- ing officers of the two ships (Com- mander A. Parris. U.S.N.. U S.S. Caperton. and Commander R W. Pond. Jun, U.S.N.. U.S.S. Hlckoxi. and the Commander-in-Chief. The Nore, Admiral Superintendent. Commodore of the Barracks and the three Mayors. Dancing at the N.A A.FI. Club, a trip to a London theatre, cock- tall and dinner parlies by the Reserve Fleet took place In the evening. VISIT TO KNOLE tn the afternoon u party o. officers and men visited KnoJc. Sevenoaks, and four officers at- tended a luncheon given by the Chatham Rotary Club at the Suh a duck shoot by Lt. Cdx. (S) Hum- phreys. Assistant Secretary to the C.-ln-C. Cocktail parties were given at the Guildhall. Rochester, and the Town Hall. Chatham, respectively, for the commanding officers of the Hlckox and Caperton, and mes socials for chief petty officers In the chief petty officers and E.R.A.S ' messes In the Barracks Today (Friday) the will ha uupor Eng- lish celebration of Guy Fawkes ' Night when they attend fire- work displays In the Barracks. W.R.N.S. omoers and ratings will later play hosts In their respeo- Other arrangements Include a carnival dance at the NA.A.F.I. Club. Glllingham, tomorrow (Sat- urday) evening, a cocktail party, given by the Mayor of Glllingham for Captain Saunders and eight officers on Monday, a dinner for Captain Saunders and the two commanding officers at Admiralty House — also on Monday — and a mess social for petty officers In the Barracks. LINES ULHtMONY On Sunday. Captain Saunders Is to lay a wreath at the Naval Wu Memorial, and officers and men of tfc ' two ships have been, invl ' ed to attend Remembrance Sunday services later at St. ev ich. - . E«o i e z « J, 4« r .7 vo« ,« .sl e et- Sn JW ■ UjHREE SOLLY SAILORS COME UP FROM THE St WO» l » g d n d» es« Seaman Donald D. Johnson, from Syracuse, New Yo ■ Hickox to read CHATHAM esasgszfs? es time oft horn his duties in the mes children ' s magazine to Albeit Brown and Doioth j a paity of children who visited the ship to-day, at Duften With the destioyei Caperton, the ship is on nr operational visit to Belfast. WHS11P IIE AMERICAN FLAO flying from the stern of the U.S. destroyer Hlckox. as her »ter ship. Caperton. makes her way to berth In Chatham Dockyard hese are the first American ships to visit Chatham since the end jycr mcKox. as ncr ■ - x v ., V o • ;ard on Wednesday. . ■ ' ' ,, • ■«■ . ' - , ' XH, -L ' . V of the war. . . . , % •■ 2C fr i •»?• ■

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PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND We took NEW BROOM II and BLACKJACK in stride but after sixteen days at sea and Special Sea Detail we wanted land — not any particular spot — just land, and the wonderful support it gives. We were detached at Gibraltar and that any place proved to be Portsmouth, England — jumping-off city to London. We gaped at NELSON ' S ship H.M.S. VICTORY, visited British Frigates and Destroyers, had tea and toast with English Sigh- lors and saw They Never Wear Less at the theater in town. Bomb damage struck our eyes in many places and we wondered what it was like here then. We took a two day tour to London and saw everything — Buckingham Palace, St. Paul ' s, Westminister Abbey, Windsor Castle, Tower of London — the works. Of course Picadilly Circus had its own quaint little attractions. Newport was now but a memory. Our appetites were wet, our feet were dry. We wanted more of this. H. M. S. Victory — Lord Nelson ' s flagship. The Navy of another era. andmark of thirsty Englishmen Qfo Cm TOT line an J) i HUttiiMM I Dickens ' Old Curiosity Shop, Portsmouth St., London Children are the same everywhere