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During the period covered by this book, LANSING ' S primary assignment has been as a Navigation Air Search and Rescue Ship for U.S. Naval Aircraft patroll- ing the Pacific Radar Early Warning Barrier. Our secondary mission has been the detection and reporting of air contacts discovered by our radars. In perform- ing these functions, we operated under the control of the Commander Barrier Force Pacific on what were called Barrier Patrols. Barrier Patrols or Pickets, as they were nicknamed, usually lasted about 24 days, port to port. Very few other types of naval vessel spend that long a time at sea without seeing land. Only those who have actually made DER pickets out of Pearl Harbor can fully appreciate what they were like. Our stations were off the Aleutians. Our fuel capacity was such that consistently bad weather on sta- tion, as was usually the case in the winter months, left us barely enough fuel to get back to port. Securing water for washing and eating off paper plates to con- serve water due to fuel shortages was often compulsory. With the boiler secured during the night to save fuel there was no steam for heat to the berthing spaces or coffee for the mid and morning watches. It was frequently necessary to lie to in disagreeable weather where continual rolls of 25-30 degrees were the accepted way of life. Salt water on the decks inside the ship due to cracks in the hull from rough weather was often encountered. The monotony of our long periods at sea had to be experienced to get the full impact of DER duty. The time between patrols, or Inports as we called them, averaged out about 23 days. Of this, 5 days were normally spent underway off Pearl Harbor conduct- ing destroyer type exercises, such as gunnery shoots, chasing submarines, engi- neering drills, underway replenishments, or CIC exercises. The rest of the In- port was required to get the ship ready for the next Picket or cope with numerous inspections. Unlike the Submarine Force, where they have two complete crews for their Polaris submarines employed on similar duty, everything had to be done by one crew. Often liberty had to be curtailed to meet the many demands. The In- port was invariably spent in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and, although there is much to be said for Hawaii, our schedule didn ' t allow much opportunity to Join the Navy and See the World. Under these conditions, you all produced superior results and proved beyond a doubt that you are sailors. You met every challenge and we made every commit- ment. We can all look back upon our tour in LANSING with a sense of pride and feeling of accomplishment. With the above thoughts in mind, this book is proudly dedicated to the Ship ' s Company, USS LANSING (DER 388). R. T. SHULTZ Lieutenant Commander U. S. Navy Commanding Officer
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