Keppler (DDE 765) - Naval Cruise Book

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'l ht- toutu wtts l-l on tht- hztttt-r wht-n it hztppt-nt-tl- l hit lint- tlrixt- 'tt Yitls llzunilton, tht- pitt'ht-i'. tl t N ' ' r ' must'- zt httrt . lt hit him on tht- right lt-U :mtl hountt-tl tl'LllllX' towzn' lxtttti lsttown ts Smutx ou thntl l l.. Smith, - -' t - . . E. mgtn. llt- pitkt-tl it up :mtl rillt-tl to lirst wht-it tht- httttt-t' wits tztllt-tl out on at tlost' plztrl 'l'ht- nt-xt inning wzts ttn :tnti-tlitnztx nts tht- K1-pjrlwt' pourt-tl tht't-t- runs oxt-r tht- plant- .tntl hnztllr won out -I-2 in at tuxtgniltt-t-ittly pittht,-tl tgtunt- hy lltnnilton who :tllowt-tl onlx fr hits in t-ight innings, .Xt lztst wt- wt-rt- T ' ' D 'I fifjllvlilllfslxflx SlX Lll,XNll S. Wt- tlitl not lztrt- too wt-ll in tht- tournzuut-nt. how' t-rt-r, :ts wt- won onli' ont- out ol thrt-t- gzunt-s, thzu ovt-t' tht- l'SS Cttstrnlt- t,XlJ ltij. 'l'wt-nty ntinutt-s :tltt-r tht- Mt Cttfft-rr gznnt-, wt- plant-tl tht- gr:nitl tlzttltlf' ol thcm :tll - tht- FSS YfJ.Sl'IlITft' tlit-sl,.Lutt lflztgshipj which haul ' ' ' ' ' Hzunil- lost hut two ol' thirty g1lHlt'SlJl'ltll to th.tt tl.ts. ton, ht-ing ottr only pittltt-r, haul to hurl st-rt-n morc innings, ztntl tht- Yo-Yo hit him rzuht-r lrt-t-ly to win 7-li with two runs in tht- lttst hztll of tht- st-vt-nth. It wtts it hittt-r tlt-lt-:tt :ts tht- Ix'r'j1pIt'r hzttl a clmnft' to stort- tnzun runs in tht-ir hztll ol thc inning, hut toultl only tnustt-r up tmt-. Our lztst gzunt- ol' tht- ttutrnztmt-nt, flgllillitl thc USS .-Hzlmtl, wzts tlostr until tht- thirtl inning wht-n thc vic- tors stort-tl liltt-t-n runs to mztkt- tht- gznnt- it rout. The lint-up for tht- Kt'f1jJl1'r haul Nick Hamilton, RD2, pitching :intl .Xrt .lutlson Czttthing, with Lco XX't-hh, SN, :tt lirst, Boh Nlztsit-ro. ETS, Ill sctontl, jim Sht-vlin, SU3, :tt short, :intl I., Smith, SN, zu thirtl. The outlicltl Consisttrtl ol Stun .-Xntoch, SOS, Ct-nc Rutlolph, ETS, ttntl Pctc Putt-rson, SN, with Tom l'u'z1tllt-y, QN-I3 :intl ' ' M3. lt-ntling :tblc l'-P Mztlonc, SN, :intl Etl Sjolulom, R support. Much crctlit goes to jim Shultz, C-M3 for his work as tnzmttgcr. 'l'ht- tcznn previously hzttl plztyt-tl in cvcry port thc ship hzttl visitctl on thc lNI:n't:h 53 Mctl. Cruise. Thcy hctu. thc USS Tlmmnx QDDE 7615 twitt- in Cztnnt-5 by scorcs ol' 26-9 :mtl lil-l2 :ts tht: Tlmmns pitching provctl very incl'fct'tix't-. ln Nztplcs, thc ttrztm hcftt thc USS Iittrzttrmti 12-2, gutting sonic t-xticllt-nt pitching from Chttrlic Stonc :intl gaining thc right to rcprt-sunt thc tlivision QCORTDILSDIV 625 in at strrics of champion- ship games with thc Afl.'CIIHl'Ty QCORTDESDIV 61 lcatlcrs At Gibrzr tztr, t t . . I DDE 860, winning 9-2 :mtl losing 5--lg :mtl in thc Azores wc lost a ht-ftrthrcaktvr in strvt-n innings l-0, with Smith racking up both of thc Kr'j1pIt'r's hits. 'l'ht-sc were the tgvcnts prior to thc finztl tlrzunittic t'lint'hcr in July of 1953 in Newport. WAIT UNTIL NEXT YE.-lR j. l l C lx't'ppIt'1' split 't pair ot' tgzunt-s with Summer of l9'53. Tied for 3rd place in the Y.M.C.A. League in Boston. We sunk the McCaffery 4-3 to playin DesLant Softball Tournament. Placed 3rd in the DesLant Championship. P t 4 QP lf' rf- fit H- I lsfond' . f ingl , Westerhqml Breck Kneelmgi, S CORTDESRO SIX CH MPS! h - A enrid . , evlm, Smtfh' Hammoie, Gnfftl-ll, Judson. ul i l ' 1 Z t 'N F ' , - yte S' it van Qhn . bil f tt VS ' teln- . Wx V 1. R060 I V V , U kv , Nasgnt Pm Megate- lt M.. w.mSw,,te1..w Shdrtn. ' K ' , Y ' T dtttqi -. iiitmii Stwm' Sm 1 tx , 20 ' X KSN eemqx . tin

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