La Salle (LPD 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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. .. ..-L M as ,,LL, , M. .ffl 1 f-4Af A A 4f - -,111 ,,,, ., X 1 , ... We had our work cut out for us from the very be- ginning. When we had received an affirm on the then ' ' pending Med cruise Navigation Department began to prepare. The first thing, and most important, was the up-dating and correcting of 140 charts to be used in the Atlantic crossing, each port-of-call, and operation sight scheduled fnot to mention that practically every chart is in duplicatej. The fact that we received 900 new charts prior to our de- parture didn't simplify matters any. Next, there were various forms and logs to be ordered, quartermasters notebooks fwe used 5 on this cruisej, OOD logs, bearing books, weather logs, chart correction cards, etc. We had to check and repair 30 sets of binocu- lars, bearing and azimuth circles, sextants, stadi- meters, watches, clocks C120 of 'emJ, and alidades. Almost 200 navigation publications had to be cor- rected. To you it may not sound like much, but to the seven of us it was - - well, you know. When we finally did get underway the work started. At the start of the cruise we figuredit wouldn't be too bad. We were sadly mistaken. We took the time to gather a few facts and figures about our little pleasure jaunt. From the time the ship left Norfolk to our return we traveled 15,217.74 miles froughly 3X4 of the distance of a trip .around the worldj, going to 67 Sea and Anchor Details, 12 high-line andfor replenishment details, standing an overall total of 912 .4 hour watches. The Navigator shot 394 stars and sunlines fto hopefully determine our position 1 with an average 17 hour work day. The ship spent 2,200 hours or 91 days and 16 hours at sea. Let's see, it's supposed to be here 'somewhere - LT Pogue Pehowic studies the job. , 9 All ahead two-thirds. A s - 1 ffff- -1 -

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