Ingersoll (DD 990) - Naval Cruise Book

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We arrived in Pearl Harbor on 12 August where we loaded stores again and received final instructions on our upcoming operations. At this time we were joined by Rear Admiral P.K. Hekman. Commander of Cruiser-Destroyer Group One, based in San Diego, who embarked in USS Leahy, the cruiser in company, and assumed command of the New Jersey Task Group. While in Pearl Harbor, many crew members visited the famous Arizona Memorial. EMC G. Rumbaua took the opportunity to ship over with the ceremony conducted on the Memorial by the Commanding Officer. fit n. iw CM I J ISOM INS I H IVtIMN MIkt N H IMIMN 11 C IVM )■ CMK Sk t JWUVIS (( 1 1 )M.»V1V Sk J • J «IS (Mk ! I J1N1I (UK t 1 tVil VtMlt 1 I JM 1» ' w VI Jl »•. «1.. . s.. s •« MU ' Sk « rcn it I E tWYflHI) Fr JiirMr«ti kf ii HVCl 1 H MAYO CMir N I OCHOMi »u t w uaM V- V ( on b , «tUA»M»H »i V Ui • m» fCir H H accii ■ ms 1 H OCUM ■u» rw 1 J UrC KM 1 i ouvu . uv «Hlb J (1 u ta r t ouui ■ -..ill .• ■kl ' . 1 1 Bh , H Otili . kSl B U H Kff • 1 KMUi ' c Wl P t T 11 Win i rfurtwi ' p .»rT 35

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On 1 August the New Jersey Surface Combatant Task Group, under the operational command of New Jersey ' s commanding officer. Captain Fogarty. set sail for Pearl Harbor, our last stop before commenc- ing the Central American patrol. One day out of Subic Bay. INGERSOLL experienced a line shaft bearing casualty which forced us to stop one of our two screws and considerably affected our speed Our engineers did a fine job of replacing the bearing In about 24 hours, allowing us to continue on toward Pearl Harbor with little time lost. 34

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r 4 While in Central American waters, our Task Group carried out a traditional peacetime presence mission. Remaining in international waters off Nicaragua. Honduras and El Salvador we monitored and ex- changed calls with all merchant traffic we en- countered. With an assist from an embarked Coast Guard detachment, we also kept an eye out for vessels suspected of drug-running. A high point of the patrol was a visit to the Task Group by the Secretary of Defense. 36