La Salle (LPD 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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Set the Special Sea 8z Anchor Detailg Man the BSLA Crane, Set the Replenish- ment Detail. Such are the all too famil- iar calls for First Division. Always ready, We rallied at every hour to meet every commitment, eating on station, sacrificing s le ep, enduring the c old, Wind, and rain. We occasionally ran a three ring circus simultaneously, with Garris dropping the anchor, Hussey low- ering boats with the crane, and Leytrick rigging the ,accommodation ladder. Our deck seamen stood the long, dreary, and thankless lookout watches, Whaleboat watcheshhelm, lee helm, messenger and Boatswain Mate Watches. The cruise engraved a variety of mem- ories on the minds of each of us. Not one will ever forget the whaleboat incident, the sad departure of our Division Officer and the Memorial Service. Another memory is the hard driving rain on D-Day morning at Lovo Santo. Thor- oughly s o ake d by the time we had dropped the anchor, We started lowering the boats when the crane, shorted out by the rain, sent sparks flying. Sea 8a Anchor Detail FIRST DIVISIGN LTJG S. P. Stewart ' LTJG G, F, Grant First DiViSiOI1 Officer ' First Division Officer 1 'f if -- :f-rv:-iw:':11n'f:1., vQQ'::'e-rcfsv 'Tw'-. ,- fvff- -'M :zz -:ff-ff'-F , :x,- ' --f, -Q,-. fn W .ft .. -4- . Y- ,H V H A -. we 1,-2 - -pe f Y-.-3- rf- -W Y f ' j. V A , , .-. , ...., . ,. , . ., , , A. I ,. ,.. , A- . v,-,p,.2?'T. ..I1,,,.,,,i,E,,.:,,,f.?,,A,22?,y,,5j!i,i7,?,,,1:g,,,,x,,gf .f3f5jqXM,tig?ff4f,,W,,AE',mhzgfrpjjiijimfqgaiwcnikqw5:R,vx,x,l,E,Q:.,53.H,psig, L: WTI,-Q. 4? W f:X,vf- V f v , . ., . ,, ,.,,,.,,.,,.,,,,,, L V9 V ,,,, .tf,,, -ff 4' X -or z's.1W-.fifi '-r'WwSf'W Q3-gggm,

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40441 -,... ,, . , -1- 1 - A rv-ff 74':ws'75 '.2 '-H15-122ani.Qif2 i:1y5-1..v,1TiQ-112,251-'.:Q:.:r,:j':,z:j,fj4f:f:1ffL15712:f-i:1l':.j-5L3,it':fi-532,lp, ,.L,.-,-,,,,,...,,., ,..-. .,,,,, ,A ., ., BM1 L, Garris, SA L, Bearden, BM3 D, Birnbaum, SA W. Blackwell, SN C. Brinson, BMSN D, Chase, SN F, Connell SN D. Crooks, SN K, Herring, SN W, Holt, BM3 O. Hussey, BM3 W, Leytrick, SN B, Menke, SA T, Merchant SA J. Mildton, SA C, Morgan, SN D, Nighswander, SN A, Parker, SN J . Richardson, SN S, Ruby, SA J. Schoening For BM3 Birnbaum, SN R., Shoemaker, SN Blackwell, SN Collier, SN Damewood, SA Bearden, and LTJG Grant, the high point of the landings was the day we took the Mike boats for an assist beaching exercise and ended up spending the night on the beach at Porto Scudo. C-rats, standing 1 hour boat and fire watches through the night, and sleeping in a drizzling rain snuggling close to our rubber tire-boat fender fire climaxed the campout. Birnbaum's Mike boat gave out on one occasion and started drifting on the rocks, but Damewood made the rescue. Another highlight was the day the Commodore 's Gig went adrift and BM3 Chase and SN Brinson towed it back through heavy swells. In Spain, one of our more illustrious members Went through a revolving door the wrong way. Under the strong direction of BM1 Garris, we were at our best during compets - scoring a 96.6 and 94.3 on highlines and hitting Oscar With the first kapok and the first SA W. S11-Vis, BM3 K. Skeels, SN R. Young grappling hook during the ORI Man Overboard Drill. SN K, Selmasska, SA R, Shoemaker, SN W, Shoemaker 115:37 J .Ll-I-Q37 1'-,wb +1332-9-w.1W1-1f.'..-L-.,.ff9:'.1-f1.z::vf::a-,1,.1-.ew v..:,-:4.:cff',-'fx-L-vqfff-1,ggnzf W' , , , 4 Z ., + 4 5, 1, ll 72 Likewise, we have fond memories of the day R Divi--' sion tested out the water washdown system during Sea Sz Anchor Detail, the first time Sally Gal was piped topside during refueling and all hands on the oiler came out to see what happenedg and the amazing day Lowering at Malta when we released the port anchor and 22,500 a Boat pounds of deadweight did.n't drop. We finished out the cruise by painting out the starboard side at Valencia. ,.1.,.-,.,. f. 7, 1,7-A .1-5 -. -TU --lf Q, -T-ew.-cw-,vs