Lake Champlain (CG 57) - Naval Cruise Book

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Totallyuseless tidbits WESTPACwas...... 176 days long 26 weeks long 4,224 hours long 253,440 minutes long 15,206,400 seconds long r Moving intoanew home.TM3 Nguyen settles in for a six month stay. In addition to the 6 ' x 3 x 4 coffin loeker.enlistedweregiven a standup locker 3 ' x 18 to hang their uniforms. Combat Systems berthi ng alone has 102 racks in a 50 feet X 35 feet area. Photo by PH.3Beaird rWhat ' stheanswer?Shown cen- ter left and right GSM3Spencerand SM3Smith think hard as they take thieradvancement exams. E-5and E-6 advancement exams weregi veil Tuesday and Thursday of our first week underway. PhotobySTG2Lul ski r Pride. OSSN Poulton smiles proudl V as he shakes hands with RADMNathman.COMCARGRU 7, after receiving his award for being chosen as NIMITZ Battle Group Junior Sailor of the Month. Photo bvFC2Goodson SEPT6:UNREP jSepT: Begin WESTPAC LSN.SW.SDIEHLiransilJoaveSOCALOParea L.MRCopens lat2230:Sailor phone te.st sal. SEP8:( ' ommand indoctrinat K.ri I SEI ' 9: K : start.s;GMM2Francore-cnlisls; I I ' .NKKl ' w niVTA( ' .s;SmallarmsI- ' A.MFIHK|CnniMiciK ilhl ' SSSA( ' |{A. IKN ' IX . ■A,SWEX97-5 SEP 10: Commence Texas Thunder exercise;FCCS I)aMf(irth(|uali(ied KSWS 6 THE CRUISE ijfli:

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Sayinggoodbye CALLTODUTY Cruisermen begin six month deployment On September 5, 1997 at 0950 the guided missile cruiser USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG57) took i n a 1 1 1 i nes f rom pier 7 at Naval Station, San Di- ego, California. It was a bright and sunny morn- ing as she set sail for the fifth time to the Western Pacificand Arabian Gulf. The ten month training cycle was complete, work- My steel guitar. EW2 Layton carries hisguitar onboard accompanied by his wife Mardee. Photo by EMCISWlCulwell iGolf ambassador. OSSN Poulton hangs on to his golfclubs while holding the door for OSSA Green. Photo by EMOSWlCulwell ups were done, and the POM period was over. It was time for The CHAMP and her Cruisermen to set sail forWESTPAC ' 97- ' 98. As the USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN an- swered her cal 1 to duty and backed away from the pier, many ere wmembers were re- membering tearful goodbyes. Along with exciting expectations, there were the mixed emotions that come from the reality that they were finally separating from their loved ones for six months. Tvvo way traffic. Crewmembers come and go during the last minutes prior to getting underway. PhntobyEMC(SW)Culwell THE CRUISE 5

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GETTING OUR SEA LEGS +8 Umfa SsEPT +9 VMor 08 SEPT +10 Whisky 10 SEPT +11 Xray 13 SEPT +12 Yankee 14 SEPT -12 MikeClSSEPlost) | -11 Lima 17 SEPT -10 Kilo 19 SEPT -9 India 20 SEPT -8 Hotel 26 SEPT -7 Gulf 28 SEPT -6 Foxtrot 06 OCT -5 Echo 08 OCT -4 Delta 11 OCT -3 Charlie 12 OCT Sa It water washdown. Wa- ter splashes over the fo ' c ' sle while we head for Japan thru Typhoon David. Swel Is reached as high as 12 feet. Photo by STG2Lutski Ican stillseeSanDiego. After lookout watch SN Augustin watches the sun rise in the east wishing he were watching instead the setting sun in the west. Theafter lookout is maintained24hoursadaymuchas it has been for centuries. Photo by ENCEnigk SEP 11: E-6 exam; ET2 Pa ] more re-en 1 ists; UNREPw SACRAMENTO SEP12: Rear Admiral Nathman visits has 1 unch awards ceremony SEP13:ASWEX 97-5continues SEP 14: Protestant Divineand Catholic Lay Services;UNREPw SACRAMENTO;Cross International Da teline 15SEP is lost SEP 16 Eight promoted initiated to CPO;War-at-Sea against CONSTELLATION BattleGroup THECRUISE iBiiiiilffiiii