Jesse Brown (FF 1089) - Naval Cruise Book

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0 C DIVISIQ L TO R RMC CLINTON, RMSN RUTLAND, SM2 CSWJ GUNTER, RMSA DOWDIE, RM2 DAVIS, SM2 NAR MORE, RM2 GALES, SM3 KELLY, RM3 CHAMBERS, RM2 MONTGOMERY, RM3 QUARLES, SM2 WIL- LIAMS, RMI WADE.

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'Signalman CSMJ 4 iRadioman QRMJ ll' 'we I i 'L' cn o f .' -Q4 O 2. o cn Technician QETQ DEPART ME Unitas XXX was a tremendously demanding de- ployment for the operations department. The South American Navies have grown up since the First Unitas thirty years ago and each considers its phase a kind of annual graduation exercise to match wits with the world's premier Navy. Every division within the depart- ment was challenged with an incredibly hectic op tempo, but the crew rose to every occasion with constant first rate style. After the Tally came in we realized why the cruise had been so exhausting. In the ten phases of UNI- TAS, we had completed over 30 anti-submarine, 20 anti- aircraft, 20 electronic war fare, and 5 anti surface war- fare exercises. We had navigated the Chilean Inland Waterway Ccomplete with icefieldsj and done nightly signaling, teletype, and continuous wave drills. Keeping the gear operational, without easy access to some parts, kept the ET's busy around the clock with bubble gum and baling wire. We participated in countless Cand seemingly endlessj tactical maneuvering drills, never quite sure which direction some of the foreign escorts would turn to take station, we fought 17 free play battles simulating wartime conditions and learned a great deal tactically in the process. In port time was at a premium with many extra hours spent ensuring that at sea events would go smoothly. Liberty was enjoyed wherever and whenever it could be had. Most within the department, however will remember Talcahuano Chile and Caracas Venezue- la where almost sixty percent of the department spent off duty time lending a helping hand by repainting and refurbishing two desperately poor orphanages. All in all it was a long hard five months, but it isn't called the best darn cruise in the Navy for nothing. L X' Electronic Warfare Operations Specialist COSJ 21

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O I DIVISIO BACK ROW L TO R OSSN WHEAT, OS2 MOORE, OS2 MCCRAY, OSSR PAYTON, OSSR DAVIS, OS1 DALY, OS1 CSWJ ELLIOT, OS1 CSWJ GROH, OS3 HANSEN, OS2 SINGLETON, OSSA MIDDLETON, OS2 CREN- SHAW, OS2 SHIELDS, OS2 ROGERS, OSC QSWD JONES. FRONT ROW OSSN SMITH, OS2 NEWMAN, OS1 REESE, OS3 MAYNOR, OSSR PHILLIPS, OSSN WETTLAND, OS3 PATROM. NOT SHOWN OS2 BIBLE, OS3 CRIPS, OS1 JOHNSON, OS3 TOLA, OSSN WELCHMAN, LTJG. KINCAID.