Kishwauke (AOG 9) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 32 text:

1-5 7' ' ,. 1' :X .-.5 , .. . . . ,, ,-, 1- ny? I 'fi .,'fA' -Vs- Sa T-luyhn The village oT aa l'-luyhn is a small Tishing village ahouT l30 miles souTh oT Da Nang. The Town oT 2,000 is nesTled among The mounTains on Highway I. Though The Town is VC conTrolled, The villagers are slowly responding To US aid and assisTance. They have elecTed Their own mayor and have embarlced on a school building program. They receive aid Trom The Army camp which is locaTed on a small island in The lagoon ouTside The village. During one oT The Trips To Sa lmluyhn To deliver Tuel, l.T. PARKER The XO, made a Trip inTo The Army camp and Town To Talce phoTos Tor The cruise boolc. As a resulT oT The visiT ashoreg The mayor oT Sa l-luyhn, who had been recenTly elecTed, visiTed The ship wiTh his VieTnamese and Army Advisors. 30 li.

Page 31 text:

PM-2 ROBlN'ON c d FN BRUE Sl J in ROBINSON r-.-pf f, an Ullaqo lape .,., The liquid cargo gang has rhe responsibilily of franslerrinq all of fhe bull: fuel producls which lhe KISHWAUKEE handles, rhis may be from fhe civilian Jranlcers or 'ro The beach. Many rirnes fhey were up all nigh? faking on fuel only 'ro be furned oul' 'fhe nex+ day +o unload 'rhal sarne fuel. During a period of Three cri'rical days KISHWAUKEE delivered l,700,000 gallons, which required round +he clock operalions. Vg ,. A 4' hi ill 4 D 1 a Llfff V ,G as , 'aim . :gi .A dn 5K3 H h h Lang hours o. le :ous walch g ERNANDEZ falfes fhe fernperalurc or me fuel W gc- l fha a oinl 29 Wlsegombined wirh 'rhe deplh deoleled QIVCS f U' l 1' ' 1 5 l

Page 33 text:

,,.,.,, .. a , 'ai-A-J S ' ii Our Vielnamese guesls arrive. This was lhe lirsl visil lo a US Navy ship lor all ol lhe guesls who came aboard in Sa Huyhn. For all bul LT FOX il was lhe lirsl lime lo have a meal ol hol dogs, deep lried shrimp, lrench lried polaloes and ice cream. Supper look aboul an hour and a hall ol explanalions and lranslalions. Aller dinner lhe guesls were given a lour ol lhe ship by lhe XC. The ilems lound mosl inleresling were lhe 3 guns which all guesls rode as a carousel, lhe galley where lhey pul lheir heads even in lhe oven and lhe drinking lounlains which were a source ol amazemenl since lhey pro- duced cold lresh waler. ll was obvi- ous lo all lhal lhe lhings we lalce lor granled are miraculous lo lhose who don'l have lhem. When lhe lour was compleled lhe guesls relurned lo lhe Wardroom Where lhey walched lheir lirsl Viel- namese TV program and lasled lheir lirsl pop-corn. ll was a unique ex- perience lor us all. LT PARKER explains aboul lhe ship lo MR. QUE who lranslales lo Mayor Phuong in lhe background. LT FOX, lhe Army Pacilicalion Ollicer and LT KUSH lhe ARVN Commander lislen in.