Hunley (AS 31) - Naval Cruise Book

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, l WELCCME TG CASTRD CGUN TRY General Quarters! General Quarters! All Hands lVlan Your Battle Stations! GQ was a regular occurance following l-lUNl.EY's departure from ,San Francisco, and was done in preparation for two weeks of refresher training scheduled at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Drills and exercises were held daily during the underway periods preceeding arrival at GTIVID. Dnce in Cuba, REFTRA tested all areas of l-lUNl.EY's ability to perform as a combat unit. Complex battle problems exercised per- sonnel in Operations, Navigation-, Gunnery, Engineering, and Damage Control, and drilled the entire crew in man overboard and a- bandon ship procedures. ' An average day .began with 0530 reveille, followed by breakfast and muster, By 0800, HUNLEY was underway conducting Naviga- tion and piloting training,.A simulated enemy attack would send all hands to their CGD sta- tions, where they trained for the next 2-3 hours. Following dinner, the ship returned to GD for drills and gunnery exercises. Pre- cision anchoring drills completed the day, with l-lUlXll.EY mooring to the pier around 1800. After San Francisco, San Diego, and Aca- puIco, GTlVlD's liberty, attractions were view- ed by many as non-existant fand, in fact, they practically wereli. Cinderella Liberty was in' effect at GTMD f You be aboard be- fore midnight .or 'you'll turn into a' mast casel i,r but,.by'24l00. most people were ready to come, home, Things got so bad that some nights the shore patrol party almost ,outnumbered the liber'ty'lpart5yQ , ' The dr-ab surrou.ndings, however, .contrib- uted to our successful completionrof REF-- TR!-X, as the threat, ofan extension in' Cuba was enoughto motivate even the worst of-the 'fl-don't-give-a-damn'r' crowd-, 1 a miiheemi-or the FfE,FTR.A period, Hun- LEY gladlyfbid, a fond farewell to Cuba, and set sail for one of the finest liberty ports of the journey. ...L . ..-L, '