Norris (DDE 859) - Naval Cruise Book

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K A-..,L,.,..L....1..., A... M-..---A '- PLAN OF THE DAY RESTRICTED r 26. MAY l954 SECURITY INFORMATION Command Duty Officer - None Officer of the Deck - None Bos'n Mate of the Watch - None Messenger of the Watch - None Sunrise: ln the morning Sunset: ln the afternoon 0530 Disregard Reveille. 0600 Breakfast in bed. 0630 Sweepers man your brooms lEns. and abovel 0645 Lights out in all berthing compartments until quarters. 0800 Muster all Department Heads. flf awakel 0815 Turn to commence ships work 0820 Knock off ships work. 0830 Payday for all those who were not satisfied with the amount they drew last payday 0845 First Lieutenant supply five Ensigns for mail working party. 0900 Cold Beer and Ham sandwiches will be served in the mess hall. 0930-Liberty commences for all sections. Expiration time will be announced ata later date. ' '000 Special pay for all men who lost money in card games this morning. fThe Howto play poker book will be distributed., 'l30 Mess gear. All PAL and Restricted men eat early chow. '200 Chow down for the crew. fWe highly recommend Joes Dinerl l30'0 Darken Ship. All lights out in berthing compartments. '400 Commence Holiday Routine. Movies in the Mess Hall. lbeer will be served.l -500 Afternoon snack. '600 Turn to, Commence ships work. '605 Knock off ships work. Sweepers, allfirst class sweep down fore and aft. '700 Mess gear. Receive l50 beautiful girls aboard for dinner. 5800 Duty Gunners Mate be prepared to issue them side arms upon arrival '800 Smoker on Starboard side. Movie on Port side. Floor show on fantail.. Striptease in Mess Hall. '930 Someone make eight o'clock reports. 2200 Taps for those desiring to sleep, Reveille for all card players.

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CRUISE DATA We burned 1,489,937 gallons of fuel costing S89,396,22. We traveled 27,421 miles. We used 1,140,003 gallons of fresh water. We were paid a total ofS121,835,25 We ate 89 tons of food or 611 lbs per man or 4.4 lbs per man per day Our bakers-baked approximately 13,380 loaves of bread or 46 loaves per man. 1,508 shots were given by sick bay. 56,000 lbs of laundry were done. The crew wrote 1,101 lbs of mail and received 5,296 lbs of mail and spent 51,068.42 on postage stamps. We drank 4,163 lbs of coffee. We spent abount 528,221.43 in our ships store including 19,816 bars of candy consumed and 63,500 packs of cigarettes smoked or a total of 1,270,000 cigarettes. CRUISE ITINERARY JANUARY 5 - Left Newport, Rhode Island 20 - Arrived in Algiers, Algeria 25 - Left Algiers 28 - Arrived in Augusta Bay, Sicily 31 - Left Augusta Bay. FEB. 2 - Arrived Phaleron Bay, Greece 5 - Left Phaleron Bay 13 - Arrived in Trieste, F T.T. 18 - Left Trieste 19 - Arrived Venice, Italy MARCH I 3 8 I0 I5 I6 I9 20 26 APRIL 6 24 - Left Venice I3 25 - Arrived Ancona, Italy 29 - Mqy 6 - Arrived Genoa, Italy I2 - Left Genoa, Italy Left Ancona, Italy Arrived Trieste, F.T.T. Left Trieste Arrived Bari, Italy Left Arrived Brindisi, Italy Left Brindisi, Italy ' Arrived Naples, Italy Left Naples, Italy Arrived Alicante, Spain Left Alicante, Spain Arrived at San Remo, Italy Left San Remo, Italy and arrived in Cannes, France Left Cannes, France 26 - Arrived back in Newport, Rhode Island