Lake Champlain (CG 57) - Naval Cruise Book

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lTearin upthe Skin EQCM(SW)John ' Como-Va ' Hubor plays the Congo with RMC(SW)SimononLeadGuitar.DC2(SWl Buckley on BassGuitar,GMG2(SW)Grover on drums and YN2 Grays on Sax. The band plavedduring underway replenishment w ith USSSACRAMENTO. J ■ ■Swingin ' .RMC(SW)NicSimononl.;iir guitar,withEQCM on percussion, RMS Ree on bass gui tar, GMG2(SW)Gover on drums with guest saxophone YN2 Grays, play on thefantail foraSteel Beachpicinic. Ph..lobvBTCM(SW)0 ' Banion - LISTEN NIMITZ. RMC(SW ) Simon, EQCM(SW SCW)Huber, YN2 Grays, FC2 Goodson and on drums GMG2(SW) Grover p av duringUNREPwithUSSNIMITZ. Throughout our tour to the West- ern Pacific and Persian Gulf THE LKC band played during replen- ishments at sea as well as at the serviceman center Dubai, U AE. Ph(.t ihyENrEni(;k SEP 24:Va]iant Blitz Exercise begins;LKG band playsduring Underway Replenishment with USS NIMITZ, SEP25:ValiantBlitzExerciseUSSNIMTZand INDEPENDENCE Battlegroups rendezvous. TF HECRUISE

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Dn U! ! L FirstPortVisit THECHAMPINJAPAN USSLAKECHAMPLAINCG-57ARRrVESINYOKOSUKA,JAPAN Dear Modi: Moored about 0930 yesterd Yokusuka, Japan. It was rainy first cleaned the ship for a port then all of us E-5 and below were work carryingon all the mail. Th mail since leaving San Diego was welcome -especially yourcookies Thanks, they were terrific, as alw Had to wait formy buddy togetba frvm dental to go on liberty tod a Some of the crew went to Tokyo but. we went to the Navy Exchange, bought souvenirs and then walkedawund in Yokusuka. I ' ll bet it ' s changed since Gramps was here during the occupation! YoM loViMg ion Typical tourist. FC2 Gallaglier was one of the lucky ones who got to see some of the sights like Kamakura Shi. Pholi, bv FC2 Cole SEP 21: 0926 Moored starboard side pier 9 Naval Station Yokosuka; working parties- first mailcall SEP 22: Dental: Duty Section 1 has the dut wh ile everyone else visits Japan; CPO ' s Hail and Farewell SEP 23: Underway from Japan; EM ATT exercise; Fort ressRaptorTL AM exercise. THECRUISE 9

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LUESREVUE SHSMallory GMG2(SW)Gover EQCM(SW SCW)Huber USSLAKECHAMPLAIN ' S BLUES REVUE BLUES REVUE was formed by RMC(SW) ELVIS SIMON at the beginning of the cruise, with the sole intent of providing some sort of entertainment outlet for the crew. I FELT THAT THIS WAS A SURE-THING TO BOOST MORALE ANDGIVETHECREWASHOTOF THE BLUES! The band played for t he Deputy Undersecretary ofDefense, several UNREPs, and showed the BATTLE GROUP where it is . Con- certs were performed in Dubai, UAE and Australia, showing the world the NAVysothertalentsandexposingthem toAmerica ' soldestmusicalculture...the BLUES. STGKSW) Wallace RMC(SW)Simon Sp]P 26: Awards ceremony; Retard clocks -8 HOTEL; UNREP and ImhtlinetransferwithUSSKINKAID SEP 27: BattlegroupReplenishmentatSeaand Vertical Replenish- ment with USS SACRAMENTO; Small Arms qualification THECRUISE 11