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Recording a hit during RI-'T I S 15. J tgvgyl .. liccontnminntion team in action . f wc: A 1 8' .rfv . J .,a I ng. - X - 5 I . , ,Q 'Q 5 '14 'ff n 5 -vs t Aloha Oe, farewell to thee ---
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.4 P P ' Diamond Head and Honolulu S22 ,W,...,.t wwiff ff! fy 53727-fp 2 - ff ,W f MM ,,', ff , , ,,,, A ,,V!,,, ,, -s-ll - stmdbiasting the sides in drYd0Ck . Work went on twenty' four hours a day June 1965. Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. The MAURY and the SERRANO were once again back home from their four-month survey at Buenaventura, Colombia. Hawaii meant no vacation for our ships, as we had nearly three months of intensive shipyard work, including a month in drydock for the MAURY. The relaidng image protrayed by the Hawaii Visitors' Bureau of spectacular beaches, graceful rustling palms. and flowerscented tradewinds was contrasted at the shipyard with the rattling of chipping hammers, grinding of drills, dan ' f ' ging o bells on the giant cranes, heat, sweat, and frustration. By mid-September, our ships had been taken apart and nearly put back together again. Then the long-anticipated decision finally came Hom Washington: we were to survey several top-priority areas off the coast of Viet Nam. Since neither ship had worked in a combat zone before, the f ' ' re resher training, inspections, and preparation for overseas movement that followed were corn- pleted with added incentive and performance. Aloha for the MAURY came ' 1- T in mid-November, the SERRANO followed two weeks later. We left our fa 'l' ' m . mi ies, friends and emories and steamed out the channel, then westward from Papa Hotel . The 4,200-mile transit across the Pacific t the Subic Bay naval b ' ' o ase in the Republic of the Philippines was made in a little over two weeks. The soundboats high and dry
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Suhic llxiy Nl.XL'iQY's pl.uined three day stay at Suhic was extended to five, to no one's regret. while the ship underwent replenishment and survey details were refined. we marie the first of our several ucquaxnnuices during the cruise with the naval base and its well-stocked iglxchtinge. and with the library town of Olongapoh- it town whose local color consists chiefly ofone long, brightly- lit on limits street. bunxper to bumper with colorful Jeepnies , the Philippines' contribution to ini'-conditioned transportation. XX'hgit'll you h.ive'? San Miguel! The first sight of Vietnamese coastal waters was achoppy, muddy brown---the mouth of the Bassac River, apart of the vast Mekong delta. Here we made a brief exploratory survey. The Viet Cong bid us our first welcome to Viet Nam by firing at soundboat Eight---no one was hit, and Tiger Leader Ctlr, Paulb and crew waarnily returned the welcome. 5,421 vt E i CZZST. 5 Horne --- Rivera Point piers A K fzlg' f 7- ... ,4- 4 I , . -V, 4 E
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