Hull (DD 945) - Naval Cruise Book

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was 'Wm Getting the housefall rig across and hooked up required much hard, strenuous Work. Re- arming was an all hands evolution and it meant just that -- everyone had a job to do. The task had to be done very often, every two to three days, and many times in the blackness of night. 41

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NOW SET THE REARMING DETAIL . Quartermaster Kaas Qabove lefty plots a course to intercept one o Seventh Fleet ammunition ships plying the waters off the coast of Vietnam. Having made a rendezvous, HULL begins to make her approach on the USS HALEAKALA QAE-255 Qabove rightj. NOW HEAVE AROUND ON THAT LINE R - ' - pull the transfer rig on board. e arming crews on the after station struggle to I T40

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we Replenishment station handling crews struggle to get the three-thousand-pound loads of shells on deck and clear of the landing areas. T hetweather was not always the best, and at times decks became quite slippery. Because of the speed and precision with which the crew handled these rearmings the ship became known by many ammunition ships as I-IUST LIN' HULL . l 'Y isis? is 'Mu lg 42