Procyon (AF 61) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1964 volume:

fax wk, ff f RE D ce-u NA W' ffm TONK sun! :Ffa Eu... 1 V . NLDEIE bl 'Y fo AM ll Slllcay m 9,3 YI 2 db' m A A A USS PROCYON AF-61 raw gr '57 'Sire 'Dia 2 'pk August 1964 4 December 4 Western Pacific Cruise ALL ABOUT OUR PAST . . . USS PROCYON CAF-611 is The Third ship of The U..S. Navy To bear The name. The firsT, AG-11, was commls- sIoned in Augusf, 1921 and was The fiagship of Com- mander, Base Force. She served in The Pacific FleeT for Ten years. ln 1931, aT The reauesT of New York.Gov- ernor, Franklin D. RoosevelT, she- was deCommissIoned, and Turned over To The New York STaTe MariTime Academy. The second PROCYON CAKA-21 was CommIs- sIoned in 1941. She served in boTh The ATlanTiC and PaCIfiC TheaTres in World War II, earning five baTTle sTars and assoCiaTed ribbons while parTicipaTing In The assaulTs and invasions of Algeria, Morocco, SouTh- ern France, SouThern lTaly, and Okinawa. She was de- commissioned in March, 1946. The presenT PROCYON -P? 5. EIHHIIIIUIII MTX j' T I . -.-. 3, , 5Z::23 I 1 Gr E h , 1 1 ' 0 .O . 0 i P , v Tig, V N E ' X X 11 ' fl X s T y7f W I v T O '- Th 'if' was built by The Moore Drydock and Shipbuilding CorporaTion in San Francisco. She was chrisTened SS Flying Scud and was delivered To The War Shipping v. AdminisTraTion on 18 AugusT 1943. She operaTed under li , wp' gi CharTer To The UniTed FruiT Company on runs To The K fx , Z! Hawaiian Islands and laTer she operaTed for The R...-3 'lf - itlfggl A . X Pacific Far EasT Lines, making runs ThroughouT The ' D A5 Pacific, mainly To and from Alaska. In early 1956 ' V A 'gf she became arT of The Reserve FleeT in Suisun Ba ,.,.,.wW 9 o pp, - ,a 1, yi p Y M I .- 'M A ' ' -f-f E' and remained There unTil July, 1961 when she was Q' 1.5'.,:' , ' , If Turned over To The cusTody of The Navy aT San Fran- E- J, - A 1' -:VIH cisco Naval Shipyard. Here she was rehabiliTaTed, 1 E 'Zhi 'II , f' - commissioned on 24 November 1961, and assigned .5-vp... n 1 KZ- I W J.L,,!7,, 'l ' To The PACIFIC FLEET SERVICE FORCE. ...--..f 'Xu ' !,sX' a his -Z OUR PRESENT . . OO' I I 33 N . in-141. 2 I i . S 'fr' 7-..T..' I r-- Q 1 I x , . Jn i 1 Q . 5 ,s N . 'T-ea, ff- T NN ft:-f'TX ' PROCYON is One of The NCIVYIS 'l:OT'T1SCl H'l lOCJTll'Tg Digplgcemenf -H-, ...... 13,000 Tons SUP9FmC1FkSTS, OfTiCiOlly known as an AF or refrig- Qlighfy ---..-.-- md, 7,000 Tons emfed Cergo Ship. She can corry more Than 6000 Tons Dmff qfuny --,-,,,,.-,. -,-,-,,,,,,,,,. ......... . 2 7.5 TI. of foodsTuffs which comprise a lisT of more Than 210 iTems ranging from mince meaT To macaroni, and in- cluding flour, beans CNavyI, Coffee, eggs, and a full range of dehydraTed foods such as prunes, peooers, poTaToes, onions, and milk. She also Carries FRESH TomaToes, poTaToes, Cabbage, leTTuCe, and fruiT. Dur- ing The YuleTide Season she even sToCks ChrisTmas Trees. PROCYON is capable of replenishing Three ships CIT one Time . . . one To porT, one To sTarboard, and one by heliCopTer from a landing plaTform afT. Her viTal sTaTisTics are: Lenefh --.-.- - --... .. .............. .... - ..... - 459 II. Beam width ,-,,-,- ------ 6 3 ff. .f-- V. Sea speed aT load Olraff ........--..-.---- 15-5 l4TS- Endurance aT max. Speed -...------ --15,900 ml- Hgld Cqpgchy -------,.,-,. .......... - 260,000 CU. ff- Fuel CapaciTy ...........- ....------------ 4 57,000 Qcl- 1630 Tons EvaporaTors disTill 12,000 gal. of fresh wafer per day. i Allowance ,.,,. ........ ............... I f OTCHCGVS 204 EnlI 'ed men Power ,,.--.,,., . -,-..,--.,, 2-FosTer Wheele oilers and 1-General ElecTriC Turbine driving The shafT wiTh 20 fT. diam. propeller aT 6600 shafT horsepower. . . . AND OUR MISSION Unnecessary time spent in port, especially during a crisis or war- time, is time completely wasted for a combatant ship. The units of the Pacific Service Force sustain the ships of the Seventh Fleet at sea, for extended periods of time by providing fuel, spare parts, repairs, and food. PROCYON carries thousands of tons of food and stores. By trans- ferring these to the vital units of the Seventh Fleet she enables them to remain at sea, patrolling the sea lanes and ready at all times for our country's defense. OUR SKIPPER, l Captain Daniel W. Abercrombie HIS WORDS, To The Men of The PROCYON: Most of my duties during the past 24 years have been oriented around The Cruiser-Destroyer Navy. Conseauently, my association with The Service Force was always from The oTher end of The burton or highline transfer rig. The Service Force people were Traditionally known as Those who were There when you needed Them, and who effortlessly passed you The fuel, chow, and ammo and Then steamed off to a port for liberty and happy Times. My tour on board PROCYON has altered my con- ception of Service Force activity considerably. l have witnessed The Procyon crew enduring days on end of exhausting, back-breaking work. I have seen you finish unreps and fall asleep immediately on your Transfer station, being even Too Tired to go below. The iob you do is an arduous, unglamorous, and often dangerous one. However, you must never for- get for a minute how important iT is. Without you and The rest of your Service Force shipmates, The Fleet would be nothing more Than a glorified coastal patrol force. Cut off from her fuel, ammunition, and her food, The Fleet must operate closer To Naval Bases. lt is The Service Force which provides The Fleet with its vital capability of staying aT sea for long periods of international crises, allowing our leaders To make emergency use of The Fleef aT any Time, 'sending iT any place on The globe. Consistently, during The cruise, we have enioyed being The recipients of excellent comments from cus- tomers and from our seniors. They have commented on our smart appearance, our efficient and effective service, The noticeable competence displayed by you, The crew of PROCYON, and occasionally on The heroic iob you have done. l have been proud To command so fine a ship and To have worked with so memorable a crew. - 4-'I 1' 9 I 4 ev I A 1 , L CHNHDF! K M' 134 N X 1 1 X p 1 lw 1 1 w Y Y r l I K 1 I C-3 C9 63 I we ' 4 2 E 4525! g HW 'E ' E - K '3HNFMn4n'eo Z I ZIN- E ,gk--A..,s..! l -f'----- M Q 1 If . lb K, f MEJEICOD E f AJ X 0 l X I 1 ' 4 E W Z ' 2 1 iff X I ' r ' X V, Hog 'ff' Q- f ' ex W --K. -J-V uss PROCYON AF -61 FAR EAST HAUJAH CRUISE OF 1 AUG--7 DEC. 1964 1 X'f.,,J iff' I ,, W X ff- , .wh ,, U MQ W M M f s f Maine' K I Ah ,Nvwi The Secret of Navy Power . . . is less a matter of weaponing than of winning millions of young men to a belief in their God-given talent to cope with problems utterly strange. BRIG. GEN. S. L. A. MARSHALL, U.S.A. QRETJ Military Analyst IUVD FHS CAPTAIN DANIEL W. ABERCROMBIE was graduated from Yale University in 1938. He entered the Navy in the summer of 1940 and has since enioyed an inter- esting and varied Naval career. During World War Il, he served as a junior officer aboard several destroyers in both the Atlantic and Pacific. BROOME CDD-2101, HALE CDD-6421, and AMMEN IDD-6271 carried him into action in the North and Middle Atlantic escorting vital convoys to Iceland, Ireland, Africa, and the Mediter- ranean. Subsequent to the escort duty came Pacific amphibious operations at Tarawa, Hollandia, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Leyte, Okinawa, and raids on Kwaia- lein, plus the South China Sea sweeps. Following the war his duties have included: General Line School, The Armed Forces Staff College, duty with JAMMAT IfJoint American Military Mission for Aid to Turkeyl, and as- signment to the Staffs of the Commander in Chief, At- DEEDS lantic Fleet, Chief of Naval Operations, and Joint Chiefs of Staff. His sea billets have been: Chief Engi- neer and Navigator on COLUMBUS CCG-121, Com- manding Olticer of BROUGH CDE-1481, NOA CDD-8411, and presently PROCYON CAF-611. The Captain is the bread-winner for one of the true-bluest Navy families ever! He is married to the former Helen Ellyson of Annapolis, daughter of the First Naval Aviator, Commander T. G. Ellyson, after whom ELLYSON FIELD is named. Captain and Mrs. Abercrombie have three children: one lovely daughter, Mimi, and two sons: Lieutenant G. E. Abercrombie who is presently assigned to the Staff, Military Assistance and Advisory Group Vietnam in Saigon, and Lieute- nant iunior grade M. G. Abercrombie, presently as- signed to the Polaris submarine, DANIEL WEBSTER CSSBN-6261 as Assistant Engineer. X 4 W 1 ENSIGN . . . . sEPT.194i LIEUTENANTCi.g.I. . ocT.1942 LIEUTENANT . . OCT. 1943 LT. COMMANDER . . OCT. 1945 COMMANDER . JAN. 1954 CAPTAIN . SEPT. 1961 THE EXEC Lieutenant Commander Robert E. Peters Lieutenant Commander Robert E. Peters was born in Missouri, schooled in that state and, after living in Williamsburg, Virginia for less than a year, moved with his parents to Des Moines, Iowa. He entered Drake University where he mqiored in Geography and minored in Meteorology. Subsequent to gradua- tion in 1951 he was commissioned as an Ensign, USN and assigned to his first Duty on USS CHIPOLA CAO-631. From CHIPOLA he reported to CASCADE QAO-161 as First Lieutenant and then to RUSH KDDR-7141 where he served as Gunnery Officer. ln 1956 Mr. Peters com- menced his first tour of well earned shore duty as Officer in Charge of the Gunnery OFficer's Ordnance .....y-'.....L. .. . School at Great Lakes, Illinois. He returned to sea duty in 1959 as Operations Officer on EPPING FOREST CMCS-41, home ported in San Diego, California. Spring of 1961 saw Lieutenant Commander Cselectl Peters reporting to Sunny Southern California for a tour at his adopted home town of San Diego Cspe- cifically Chula Vista where it is said that the sun shines 365 clays per yearl. Mr. Peters served at the Recruit Training Command, San Diego, until ordered to PROC- YON early in 1963. The Exec resides in Chula Vista, California with his wife, the former Pat Johnson of Mitchelville, Iowa and their two children, Kim 4101 and Robbin QD. I I I THOSE LAST FEW DAYS x I I I I I I I I I I EX-S.S. GEORGE ROSS FAMILIAR SIGHT AT BERTH KILO L , 4 WOODALL: OUR MAN IN A HURRY I I Q N xNX . 4 .1 I ml A PALLET LOAD OF NSC OAKLAND GOES INTO NO. 4 HOLD I I I I I I I I I I I I Z5 'YQ FROZEN CARGO IN NO. 3 HOLD :QM 'Hb-...--4 -f-,.::. .. JUST PRIOR TO DEPARTURE F DECK ACTION , X X X x Xxx THE FINAL MINUTES ARE PRECIOUS TWO THAT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT i, If ht! A DOWN GOES THE BROW SATURDAY MORNING 1 AUGUST W E ' R E 0 F F! WITH THE BOSS' BEST WISHES A FROM: COMMANDER SERVICE GROUP ONE TO: USS PROCYON IAF-6U I. BON VOYAGE AND FAIR SEAS IN YOUR WESTPAC CRUISE, WITH EVERY WISH FOR A PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE TOUR. GOOD LUCK TO ALL ABOARD PROCYON, WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR RETURN IN NOVEMBER. COMMODORE LANDERS SENDS COURSE: 270 T3 'SM T? - .. 'fl E? s fri DTI ' I z,fwR,,.,.,. 1, '-Rfk-mi..- 15Q' ,Q NOTHING BUT SEA, 17 LONG DAYS HIT ALPHA! HIT ALPHA! JORGIE! GENERAL QUARTERS ET'S HARD AT WORK REPELLING BOARDERS? ENROUTE YOKOSUKA, JAPAN FPA STUDWNG OUR HRST CONTACT THIS IS A RusslAN TRAwLER??? YOU CAN TELL BY THE WAISTLINES THAT BOTH JONES AND KIMBLEY QUALIFY FOR CHIEF. I MONOTONY TURNS TO MONOPOLY WEST TOWARD THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN MR. PHYSICAL FITNESS ARRIVAL JAPAN After seventeen days at sea, PROCYON arrived at her first WESTPAC port, Yokosuka, Japan. Early risers and watch stand- ers were welcomed by our first landfall, Mount Fugi CFugi Sanl. Our seven day visit here was highlighted by the two ship's parties held at the Yokosuka Kanko Hotel-both of which included buffet dinner, hostesses, and continuous enter- tainment by the well established PROCYON band and accom- plished dancing girls. The opportunity to see the beautiful countryside of Japan was relished by many PROCYON sailors as tours visited such places as Tokyo with the famed Suehiro restaurant, the resort area of Lake Hakone, the Kamakura Buddha Ctraditional Japanese place of worshipl, and, of course, Thieve's Alley Itraditional American sailor's retreatl. FROM COMMANDER SEVENTH FLEET TO USS PROCYON INFO COMSERVGRU ONEXCTF 73 ODAWARA CASTLE WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO THE SEVENTH FLEET AND TO THE REPLEN GROUP. I AM CONFIDENT YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WILL PROVESI-IIIIIGFILIJ BENEFICIAL TO CURRENT OPERATIONS. BEST WISHES FOR AN INTERESTING AND PROFESSIONALLY REWARDING TOUR. VICE ADMIRAL JOHNSON DAIBUTAN THE KAMAKURA BUDDHA TOWARD THIEVES L E A L Y fn 4 . 5. 'Q A . qv' I V, .A' -: ,MW 4.55 S Kuff., . . . ' 1 AND THE LONG-AWAITED SHIP'S PARTY J gr ff Q' X MR. WHITE, A CONNOISSEUR DUFFY, COLVARD AND POLSTON LIVE IT UP OF CIGARS AND FINE FOOD 'K All A SEA STORY? 2: A FEAT OF STRENGTH . . AND WHAT A PARTY! 6 THE KANKO CREW NOW HERE'S HOW I VISUALIZE THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH ENCOMPASS THE ENSUING PREDICAMENT, SIRI7' :Z X 7 'f Q, f, 1 ,N , ,M v 1 SHE THINKS l'M NICE! MMM!! lv: CHIEF GREEN, PRINGLE AND OBERMILLER REST AND REHABILITATE AT THE PROCYON PARTY by A , ,,,f 14 H' 1--C3 w-J , 'X ' XX I 4 F X I .. ,A hx' 'wwf MR. CAGAU AND FRI-END HERE'S FIVE . . . HAVE A GOOD TIME TONIGHT IN TOWN. WHAT'S THAT OLD SAYING ABOUT THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND. . . .?? WOULD YOU CARE TO DANCE? I I T cHowHouNos CHIEF TUCKER AND MR. DODGE AGREE THAT AN OPEN MOUTH IS A SUITABLE CIGAR ASH RECEPTACLE Jw , W -f ,, ,VS w 1, fx? mi f N Q M4 f xv WHA If 2575152 Why -SU 1 .Xu Q V 2, J ,WW iaiymlil' f w.m,7,L-V 11 yg fum as- Nha? MM2 j W - M X 4.ZffmE:. A xx AW' C'MON, HONEY . . . JUST ONE MORE . . . ENSIGN BURGESS!!!! AND THE PARTY COMES TO AN END W f' ONE GOOD THING ABOUT SHORE PATROL: A CLEAR HEAD IN THE MORNING fy' XI.. wr x.1.,,,fLu 4 S1 IBEFOREI: IDURINGDI GOI-I--LEE! THIS SURE KAFTERI: I'LL HAVE TO GET WHAT TIME DOES THIS PARTY START? IS A HUMDINGER OF A PARTY! BETTER BEFORE I CAN DlE! TOKYO TOUR OUR BUS-GIRL, TOUR GUIDE, AND FRIEND SUKIYAKI AT SUEHIRO'S RESTAURANT AND SOME ENTERTAINMENT... ENSIGN CHAMALES FELT THAT CONSIDERING ALL AS- PECTS OF THE TOUR, IT WAS WELL WORTH THE PRICE. 7- ---as UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT: OUR JOB Replenishment of units of the U. S. NAVY while underway at sea is the very reason for PROCYON'S exist- ence. Therefore, a good deal of this cruise book should be devoted to the subiect of the UNDERWAY RE- PLENlSHMENT CUNREPD. The pictures on the following pages give a rough outline of the entire evolution of an UNREP: the hours of breakout before the customer ships are anywhere to be seen, the tense and alwaysudangerous period when the ships are alongside, and the period subsequent to ,an UNREP when the crew relaxes and rehabilitates from the arduous hours it has spent making the UNREP a successful on.e. On PROCYON, the UNREP is an all-hands evolution, teamwork is the key to success and each individual contributes his share towards the end goal . . .maximum tonnage passed in minimum time with no per- sonnel casualties. This teamwork begins when the customer ship notifies PROCYON that it wants groceries and ends when the final report of the UNREP is in the mail informing our Squadron Commander of the various aspects of it. One hundred percent of the crew is involved: the quartermaster remains on the bridge at the helm for hours watching the gyro-compass, the fireman remains inthe 1 10 degree heat of the engine room for hours on end manning the throttles, the boatswains mate meticulously prepares all his deck gear so that it is ready for running, the storekeeper prepares all the paperwork which is necessary to account for the transfer, the radio man religiously peruses the fox scheds in order that PROCYON gets all the info required. Each member of the PROCYON crew, as he scans the following pictures, will recall his own personal contribution to the UNREP and will realize that a significant part of each WELL DONE was due to his own efforts. BREAKOUT DETAIL 0- , Mhz, A I i P W E 1 I , l 1 M W , . I li 1 W WI: 5? s-' 1255 115 W W -vw H 925: PEL EL ,H 1. Hi 'Q' L - R S if 5,5 QL , fp I A ' Q4 F' ff -x' W X 1.1 ,R E A : . A 5' S xx. X :- Y k Cdl! Pi 6' 5 l 1 4 XS L1 I up -an 511 F171 ,150 A' 9 A s X v ? XS f 'I s 'ig .sr ' N nfl? gy I L sf' X ' QR, ,ok x , Y tsx L XX 'x' 4,55 I ' lip, , f ,, ... f'L lll' . .. f 'AV-Kill' ,, , vi REPLENISHING TASK FORCE 76 I9 SHIPS WITH CREWS PLUS 7000 MARINES GETTING READY FOR STATION 9958 IN ACTION A RAIN SQUALL MARINE VERTICAL ASSAULT EQUIPMENT ON VALLEY FORGE TRANSFER STATION 5612 STATION 75411 AWAITS NET RETURNS ' I3 TONS OF BEEF THAT NOBODY WANTED ESPECIALLY STATION if 8 AND ON A SMOKE BREAK ON STATION HOLD 43 CREW COMMISSARYMAN HELGESON CORPSMAN BURTON I5-HR. BREAKOUT + 20-HR. REPLENISHMENT I EXHAUSTION 5 SEPT 1964 FROM: COMMANDER TASK FORCE 76 TO: USS PROCYON CAF-617 ffUNCLASff THANK You AND YOUR CREW FOR A HEROIC DAY. NOW TURN ...4-I ,-P LIFE ENROUTE SUBIC 'Q QQ ' ' f .. , i IX. REGULATION curs AND FLAT TOPS MAC ON WATCH IN RADIO CENTRAL MR. SHANE ON WATCH 527 .7 ff I , .W iw,- 1' K' ff f X I. ' .1 X U, ' 5. 2 N ,C f Ima If I I :V !,fMfI I T 2 ,III A 4 IQ. if' Ig F H Q , 11 5 L 4 f ,Q .lf xx QM WUI' M , iff X ,wq if I I ,O kk X.. V 2071 I ffC'W I ' 'N 'S' XEQWIII5 - ' 'x EE II' IIIKJ ,,,,,..-',..sA glxx' --- f- 7 '1 :ff 2- '3 IIT K 4' 4. I lb 2- I 1 f . . ,..- 4fJxf,.f W J . 2 .Z , . in 1 MW Rf ff 2 2 A M4 .. .X I ' A 2 I vm X W9 X QAK Q I W 0 Q' VX f X X . nw Mjgsfsi i wx i rv X 4 X X Q pi 5 ? A is f X X X XE i X f NX N X x Sq X EQ I A C , , , ,, ' 1 5' 1' X541 A I C 'EQ . 4 f' fx ' S ,lg I 1 ff Q 'fx N155 if 2 I 5 5 gtfwxy 5 N wxffta - -1 ' - S952-'C If ' :iQS:,f 5 V g X vs-Sf? 1,51 Ex 1 le , X1 f'Qif,1 CAPTAIN'S srewf-mos Luciano RELAxes EN5'GN 'NG ENUITY SKYLARKING ,JG SHOP TALK THE SHIPS STORE WILL BE ME WORRY? OPEN FROM 1400 TO 1403 SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES AfTer replenishing uniTs of The SevenTh FleeT in The VieTnam and Tonkin Bay area, PROCYGN arrived aT Subic Bay, Republic of The Philippines for a well deserved Two week in-porT period. We soon found ThaT we had arrived in The middle of The Asian Monsoon season . . . noT a day wenT by ThaT we were noT drenched wiTh aT leasT four To six hours of sTeady rainfall. Tropical working hours were insTiTuTed, mean- ing early reveille and early CIQOOJ liberTy for all hands noT in The duTy secTion. Our liberTy parTies, me- Ticulouslv dressed in whiTes, saluTed smarTly as They lefT The ship, and upon passing Through The base gaTe, calmly rolled up Their Trousers in order To successfully ford The Olongapo mud. Several of The offi- cers and men Took a six hour bus ride up inTo The mounTains To The resorT ciTy of Baguio for a weekendg oThers spenT Their Time Taking advanTaae of The base faciliTies. Some shoT skeeT aT The Special Service SkeeT Ranaeg some swam aT Grande lslandg oThers observed The week-end cock fighTs and all imbibed plenTy of good old San Miguel Beer which is available aT jusT abouT any esTablishmenT in Olongapo. The crew challenged The officers To a seven-inning sofTball conTesT and prompTly whipped The aging wardroom group by a score of 9 To 6. The consensus of opinion is ThaT The officers' aThleTic prowess was seri- ously hampered by The consumpiion of Too much San Magoo prior To, and during The game. Wedding bells rang for one of our shipmaTes while PROCYON was visiTing Subic Bay. Seaman George Clevering had planned The marriage since lasT cruise and luckily for all parTies concerned, The shakey PROCYON opsched calmed down long enough for Clevering To marry The very aTTracTive Miss CrisTina Zu- lueTa. The couple honeymooned aT Baguio. CongraTulaTions, George! BRQQM AT CENTERJQP INDICATES A TRADITIONAL MR.8fMRS. G. CLEVERING ENSIGN THOMAS REPORTS ABOARD AND NAVY CLEAN-svvEEP. WE HAD REPLENISHED A colvi- IMMEDIATELY REUEVES ENSIGN CLARK AS PLETE TASK FORCE PLUS FouR CARRIER GROUPS IN y PROCYON'S BOOT RENSIGN six DAYS! S fi , K Q lf O . ' OLONC-SAPO ,ff .,-v-' ff' ,,.,.-..-suuuaawli fix -1 ' J' ELI ,III ,JEL LI! I 'll NIH IJ Tw Iii III! IIE IL III LII We W III? EI Il Eli IIE IE 'I I I 'I hu- H, S 4 RX MSS,-RN , ,, 5 f C R Z ,, 4 , ,mgggf mga '2 Q!-n. -X 3 4 I W2 Q7 T if , z U J Q Xcw:wLfaXf ML- S . v . If 'L fx ,QZCQZ Qlfix, QV' MCSE g. 'X, N X . 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SiTu- aTed 7,500 TeeT up The norThern mounTains of Luzon, iT was one of General MacArThur's favoriTe resT camps during his many years of duTy in The Phil- ippines. The PROCYON crew made excellenT use of The Air Force recreaTion TaciliTies here on a never-To-be-TorgoTTen Tour. lProbably The all-Time PROC- YON Tour greaflj ThirTy-six oFFicers and men braved washed OUT roads, rug- ged Terrain, deep canyons, and Too few resT sTops on The six hour bus ride enrouTe To Baguio. Many small villages held our inTeresT along The way and The mounTain scenery was breaThTaking. However, during a rnuch appre- ciaTed sTop aT CalTex sTaTion, Two scanTily aTTired misses puT on an im- prompTu show from The window of a nearby housep a show which proved To be The mosT breaThTaking and scenic aTTracTion of The day. AIlIo? -s AG-U10 ' B W 1,-Q-:4 II 'llll Q 7 Q 'I JI Y, ? 'T if ,. if 25 'T ---. 09. 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X S X sm, f . mf XX X X X M .. fm N x .Q ' . if xf,Rg,l. ,Q ,Bl iw J :gz 'eiQa1..,:'- 1 + N T ' ,N X !hs:Q1iQQ5f ., X :Q K , .X .. wg- ,q . ,.,M..A.:iM 'K X S X NVQ'- WSW YSW5 X xX X1 SQ QA X NXW 'X xg X SX K X f 1 xif i 1 W 3 . X ...Q-ga. Qi f I X X N X. 1, sb . O X,-x ,...,,+S1i.,g 'F 3 g' ' KSA x O X 33:55 V1 , ,O gf,fi1Q's5 515 N -xy xi N is 5-YM , . V Y-jg-,gf'!': ,zvfiq X, wi . -I , -. 'firmifff QNWFMY. K 5 O xx X mx.. K Y HONG KONG, B.c.c. On The morning of 2 OcTober, PROCYON sTeomed slowly oround The eosTern side of Hong Kong lslond ond inTo Hong Kong Horbor. The new whiTe buildings of Vicforio CiTy climbing shorply up VicTorio Peok, The mony iunks ond sompons slowly cuTTing Their woy Through The muddy green wc1Ter, ond The ciTy oT Kowloon off our sTorboord bow spreoding slowly inTo The New TerriTories of The mounToinous Chinese Moinlond seT The sToge Tor eighT doys of hecTic resT ond relc1xoTion Tor The officers ond men oT The ship. Two poydoys, H70 liberTies, ond 2500 Wollo-Wollo booT rides poved The woy Tor mony o posTime: suiT fiTTings oT The besT Toilorp o Guymer's.Cider oT on English Pubg shopping in Kowloon or oT The Chino FleeT Clubp ci quieT Trip up VicTorio Peok To tgoze down QT The moiesfic horbor nesTled beTween The moin- lond ond The islondp o Tour Through The New TerriTories wiTh sTops GT The Bomboo CurToin or Kom Tin wolled villogep odmiring Tiger Bolm Gordens or sTrolling olong COT STreeT where you could purchose clT reduced prices The iTems which were sTolen from you ond your shipmoTes The previous nighTg ond Tinolly, moybe ci sTeclk QT The Diomond Horeshoe followed by on evening oT Suzie Wong's, Moxim's, or The WolTzing MoTildo Tovern. Our eighT doy sToy sow mony o good Time wiTh soilors of boTh The AusTrolion ond BriTish Novies. Hoving cz grog oboord The Aussie corrier or inviTing The olzficers of The R.F.A. FORT DUQUESNE over Tor sTeok ond Tries proved To be os populor os The swopping of whiTe-hoTs Tor ci Royol Novy or Aussie TloT hoT. DeporTure on TO OcTober sow us broke, hoppy, ond c1nTicipoTing our reTu'rn in The TuTure. DesTinoTion Subic. Victoria City, on Hong Kong Island, is the Colony's center of business and administration with a pop- ulation of 3,750,000. Above is the Western District of Victoria City and across the harbor is Kowloon Penin- sula which, with New Kowloon, has a population of 2,000,000. The rural New Territories lie beyond the distant hills. ,,, .,,,W W f ' 'M my www, ,ff 24 I -3WHm,,i,,'A'3Wh w-sung:-gn, V .,f,M A ,aus ,,.,.,.,--..,,,,, ,WC f W ,,., -Q PROCYON IS SWINGING ON BUOY JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF PICTURE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG f FLOATING RESTAURANTS OF ABERDEEN wig ZNFQUF x X V MW 2' A 'W 4xx.. N -4.1 X F 'V NFxR A if ' 'f',,,.,, x1:1ss:T'-W--I-R-Ifx... I4 BRITISH OFFICERS AND LT. JG. RATI-IBONE MR. SHANF SAMPLES TI-Ie CAPWN ABERCROMBW ENTERTNN5 BRWSH REVIEW UNREP MCTURE5 ,BAKED ALASKAH FIRST OFFICER FROM R.F.A. FORT DUFQUFSNF H O N G K 0 N G C HONG KONG LIBERTY QUIZ True or False l. Victoria Peak is a hostess at the Neptune Bar. 2. Indian bank guards in Hong Kong wear L.P. turbans. Multiple Choice l. PROCYON will be in Hong Kong for: a. 3 days b. 6 days c. No word as yet 2. On Cat Street you can: a. Buy gifts b. Sell cigarettes c. Learn all about pickpockets 3. While riding in a rickshaw you should: a. Carry large sums of money b. Go to sleep c. Wear a hard-hat 4. The best way to get back to the ship from liberty is: a. Liberty boat b. Unmarked Walla-Walla c. Swim . The Suzie Wong Bar is managed by: a Suzie Wong b Mary Soo c Mao Tse Tung and Fat Mary d Hugh Heffner When picked up by the Shore Patrol out of bounds you should give them your 3. ln Hong Kong it is possible to trade your lib- erty card for a tattoo. a. lD and Liberty Card b. Certificate of Origin c. l-Free-Drink ticket for the Rainbow Bar Before crossing the street in Hong Kong you should: a. Look to the left b. Look to the right c. Say a prayer d. All of the above The roof-tops of the WanChai district are: . A big tourist attraction . Deserted at night c. In-bounds d. Authorized contractors of the Navy Pur- chasing Branch, China Fleet Club a b Mary Soo's side cleaners: a. Save the Deck-apes a lot of work b. Like PROCYON chow c Have it soft The little boys running after you with lars of white pamt in their hands want to a Sell you some paint b Paint your portrait c Shine your shoes 5 .' If H 1 0. ' ' ' ' AFTERMATH OF TYPHOON DOTT AND OFF-LOADING Deporting Hong Kong, PROCYON steomed bock toword Subic Boy, Philippines to off-lood corgo. She promptly crossed the poth of Typhoon Dott. We moneuvered to evode her but come within 70 miles of the center ond consequently experienced severol hours of heovy seos ond rolls. Our remoining corgo shifted while the ship vvos tossed obout by the storm os con reodily be seen in the following photos. NUMBER 5 HOLD iii txt ff A if l ss I I 1 X X .-f A +3 ' 3 ' f -s-' ' X .. ,A I 2 L .. L 4 L y xx I lm 1 , ,T ' LT. CHRISTENSEN, MCKENNA SKI, A.ND DECENA SK2, DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM 'X ,, Af -K , 9 Q AFTER 23 CONSECUTIVE HOURS O-F OFF- LOADING, THINGS BEGIN TO SHAPE UP c 't M FILIPINO STEVEDORES ASSIST '-4:--h OFF TO THE SUBIC BAY WAREHOUSE SASEBO, JAPAN Our visit to Sasebo, Japan, marked the end of our active support of the Seventh Fleet. We inventoried our remaining reefer stocks and found that we had issued nearly everything except 20 tons of butter and 6000 pounds of liver. Our Supply Officer proceeded to con the Supply OfHcer of USS VEGA fone of our sis- ter shipsl into accepting these remaining items so that the laboring refrigeration plant aboard PROCYON could be secured. VEGA willingly assisted and PROC- YON personnel breathed a sigh of relief fsome even celebratedj as the F-ll Freon ceased to fiow and the Old PRO assumed the role of standby AF in the Sev- enth Fleet, ready in all respects for contingency oper- ations. As a final sendoff from logistics support, Ad- miral Williams came aboard in order to inspect the crew's spaces and to extend a well done to the ship for her efforts in bolstering the Seventh Fleet's stay- ing power. A sudden schedule change prior to our departure from Sasebo informed all hands that we were to visit lwakuni, Japan, on another famous PROCYON Rest and Relaxation-People to People program. We de- parted Sasebo and' headed out through the Bungo Straits to lwakuni via the lnland Sea. After thirty hours of very scenic steaming plus fifteen hours of piloting and anchor detail, we arrived and were welcomed by the Mayor of lwakuni and members of the Chamber of Commerce. Our People to People program was WCOMMANDER SERVICE GROUP THREE . . . DEPARTING well underway. Our four days here in lwakuni proved to be hectic as well as interesting. The pier was two miles away by small boat. Arrival at the Fleet Landing was, to be main gate of the base was another three miles over The'trip was possibly the most expensive'taxi ride in the effectiveness of our People to People program. both visitors appreciated PROCYON hospitality. sure, no real guarantee of a good liberty since the and around Marine Corps runways and barracks. all of Japan. Navy Day and Visitor's Day improved A fine open house was planned and executed... Two tours, effectively planned by the tours officer, turned out to be the highlight of the visit. The sixty men participating fbelieved to be an all-time PROCYON tours highl visited lwakuni City, Kintai Bridge, Miyaiima Island fmade famous in the U. S. by honeymooning Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggioD, and var- ious points of interest in the Hiroshima area including Peace Memorial Park, Peace Memorial Museum, the Atomic Dome, and the Kirin Brewery. SASEBO JAPAN AS vnsweo mom wi-me CLOUD MOUNTAIN IWAKUNI, JAPAN r ' - ' ce , 1 I S SEAMAN DRISKILL AND YN 3 JOHNSON ASSIST GIRLS ABOARD FLOWER GIRLS W'-IH PROCYON GIFTS WHERE ARE ALL THE VISITORS? CAPTENI GETSATRADITIONAL FLOWERS UPON ARRIVAL IWAKUNI iff IWAKUNI MAYOR, C OF C REPRESENTATIVES, FLOWER GIRLS, CAP- TAIN ABERCROMBIE AND LT. CHRISTENSEN IN PROCYON WARDROOM ISI EQI I I II I- I ,I I ii II II II 'I I I I II ,I I ' II , I If II II I, is 'I I IV I4.I I 1. I I I. II HI I IE 'I II III Il II I 1 I, I I Is ,I PARSONS, KALLAND AND LucERo VIEW II JAPANESE PEACE MEMORIAL I I HIROSHIMA TOUR IWAKUNI: THE KINTAI BRIDGE THE ATOMIC DOME AT GROUND ZERO HIROSHIMA: 19 YEARS AFTER II ,. II II: iIf - IIE III Il' I I wi. I il I Im II' lj' 3, II If ' I II I II I I r, II I AT EASE, CLEVERING! I HOMEWARD BOUND KELSO BEING CONGRATULATED FOR MAKING BM3 LOADING OLYMPIC YACHTS - XO WATCHES HIS FAVORITE MOVIE . . . IT HAPPENED ONLY 27 GAMES DOWN . .. IN ATHENS, GARCIA MAKES BM3 ZONE INSPECTION THE CAPTAIN cARvEs THE THANKSGIVING TURKEY ' RATE GRABBERS AND MORE RATE GRABBERS RED, RIGHT, RETURNING STEERING COURSE O87 FROM COMSERVRON SEVEN TO USS PROCYON INFO COMSERVGRU ONE WELCOME HOME. YOUR SUCCESSFUL CRUISE IN FOREIGN WATERS IS NOW BEHIND YOU AND A WELL DESERVED REUNION WITH FAMILIES AND FRIENDS IS IN ORDER. MAY YOU HAVE A PLEASANT LEAVE PERIOD. CAPT GENTRY If , UPON ARRIVAL f W fr f fb? FINAL SEA DETAIL U.S. CUSTOMS C11 I Q, 't uf - 'X f11 T,,C 'A .M lg - - ' S' 'WM T QT 1 ,. T f-'fff W 755 Q: CQI1' If fx- A S I nk 3 , .L WY if 6 A .-Cv?'?F'f DEPENDENT5 . . . DEPENDENTS . . . DEPENDENTS . . . C.O. GREETS MRS. A FIVE NEW DEPENDENTS JOINED THE PROCYON CLAN DURING THE CRUISE. CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER FOR THE PROUD PARENTS. THEY ARE: THE MOORES, THE BULACANS, THE STUDERS, THE VALDEZES, AND THE MCFARLINS. CRUISE SUMMARY All in all, the cruise has been a unique one. It all started with a bang back in CONUS fContinental UNITED STATESI when the UNITED STATES successfully blasted The moon shot the day prior to our depar- ture. It sort of set the stage for,PROCYON to blast out of San Francisco at her MACH .OI9 speed headed for Yokosuka, Japan. After our first four days underway, another unique historical episode came to pass ...the TONKIN GULF incident. We all knew that The on-coming crisis would mean increased responsibili- ties and work load for Old PRO and some of us guessed it would mean an extended tour in WESTPAC. Our NSC Oakland loadout contained another unique feature: Fresh Frozen Milk for issue to the de- ployed fieet! No AF had previously transported This item to WESTPAC due to limitations of the reefer plant capabilities famong other problemsi. The fresh frozen milk cargo required -the PROCYON reefer plant to work at peak efficiency to maintain a temperature of 5 degrees F. or less in number 3 hold until the milk could be off-loaded to the customer ships. The plant withstood the test, thanks To Chief Turner and his A-Division men who pampered the cargo reefers day and night throughout the cruise. Our one-day replenishment of a complete task force is a feat no other AF has yetaccomplished or is expected to accomplish in the foreseeable future. A record total of 415 tons of food was transferred to Task Force 76 during a period of twenty consecutive hours. The Force, made up on I9 amphibious ships, was replenished as it steamed in the South China Seas carrying a detachment of 7000 combat-loaded Marines. Another unique feature of the cruise was our double extension in Hong Kong, B.C.C. Normally, one extension in the Pearl of the Orient is a once in a lifetime occurrence PROCYON was extended twice Once by ComServ Pac for additional well deserved rest and relaxation and once by ComSeventhFlt while our Captain spent some time in conference aboard the USS MOLALA About the time we departed Hong Kong we were informed that our cruise had been extended for I4 extra days lthis was our itll cruise extensloni as a result of TONKIN GULF activities The extension came as no surprise most of us expected it The surprise extension came a month later as PROCYON lay berthed in Yokosuka Japan poised to belch forth a puff of black ieconomy hazel smoke and lurch out of the harbor for home No such luck our relief the USS PICTOR had belched forth some black smoke of her own Cwhich was definitely not economy hazel a few days out of San Francisco and it was reported that she was wallowing In the ocean at a much reduced SOA Ispeed of advancei She was ordered to limp into Pearl Harbor for repairs and PROCYON was ordered to remain on station to maintain maximum 7th Fleet support capability During this second extension four Olympic Yachts Call medal winnersi were loaded on board as part of our cargo loadout from Yokosuka for transport tothe States To our knowledge no AF has ever gone to WESTPAC with fresh frozen milk and returned with Olympic yachts After I7 days of being held in the constant suspense of not knowing when we would leave the word finally arrived that the PICTOR had been fixed by Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and that PROCYON would be allowed to depart Yokosuka at II00 on 23 November and steam for San Francisco thus bringing to a happy end a most successful cruise As a post script tothe cruise we would like to make It known that the officers and men of PROCYON are extremely proud Cand rightfully sol of The following CRUISE ZEROES ZERO COMMITMENTS MISSED ZERO OPERATIONAL CASUALTY REPORTS ZERO SERIOUS SHORE PATROL INCIDENT REPORTS ZERO COURTS MARTIAL ZERO SERIOUS PERSONNEL CASUALTIES ZERO MESSAGES MISSED BY THE RADIO GANG ZERO PORTS MISSED BY NEW NAVIGATOR AND CHIEF QUARTERMASTER ZERO DEGREE TEMPERATURES MAINTAINED IN NUMBER 3 HOLD ' 1 ' I 1 . . I . V . Q . , . f Q ' 1 1 ' ' My . , . , I I 0 I l I I .. . . In . . F' . I I I . II Il o , . , . I A . . 1 ' ' .I S I. , 2. , 3. 4. - 5. 6. 7. 8, August .... -- August .... ..... - August ....u. ...... August ...... ------ August 17-23 August August ...... . ..... 28 August .... -- August ....,. September September September September September September 9-27 September ..2, ...... September October ...... ----- October -. .... ,,.,, - October ....., - ,---- October October ...... October October ,... -- -...--- - October ..,.. - ---- October u,.. ------ October ,... -- ,,-,. - October .,.. ------ October ------ - ---- - October ------ ------ October ------ ------ October November November November November November November November November December December CRUISE ITINERARY looo Deporf Berlh Kilo, Naval Supply Center Oakland Enrout Y k k Japan. 1 129-LCDR Peters and Lt. Keener complete first Acey Ducy gaswe gf Efullisgl VietNam crisis breaks. A Cross International Dateline. No Sunday ! Chop from 1st Fleet, join 7th Fleet. Arrive, Yokosuka, Japan. Consolidate cargo load from Naval Supply Depot Yo- kosuka. ' Logistic Support in-port Yokosuka. 8 ships replenished in-port UNREP1. Shlp's Party at Kanko Hotel. Depart Yokosuka. Enroute VietNam Area. First underway replenishment CUNREP1. USS TRATHEN IDD 5301 on Taiwan Patrol Total Unrep Tonnage. . . 15 tons. Unrep .USS TICONDEROGA QCVA-141 and five destroyers-Total tonnage. . . 280 tons. Unrep USS CONSTELLATION CCVA-641 and four destroyers with USS TOPEKA CCLG-81-Total tonnage . . . 234 tons. ' Unrep USS RAINIER CAE-151, USS MOLALA CATF-1061, and USS SAFEGUARD CARS-257-Tonnage . . . 18 tons. Unrep USS BON HOMME RICHARD KCVA-311 and 4 destroyers-Tonnage . . . 142 tons. Unrep Task Force 76, including nineteen amphibious ships. Tonnage...415 tons. CShips alongside for 20 consecutive hoursll Unrep USS VALLEY FORGE CLPH-81 and three accompanying vessels-Tonnage . . . 261 tons. -----Arrive Subic Bay, Philippine Islands. Logistic support in-port Subic. Inrep 44 ships. EnEroute Unrep Area Creceived notice of our tirst cruise extension-14 daysJ. Unrep USS KEARSARGE CVS-331 and 7 destroyers-Tonnage . . . 139 tons. 1600 Hrs.-Enroute Hong Kong. Arrive Hong Kong, British Crown Colony. Inrep 3 ships. Extended two days in Hong Kong. Extended one more clay in Hong Kong. 0800 Hrs.--Depart Hong Kong, enroute Subic Bay. Arrive Subic Bay, ottload 400 tons to Naval Supply Depot, Subic Bay. Depart Subic Bay, enroute Sasebo, Japan. Arrive Sasebo, Japan. Ottload all frozen cargo f40,000 lbs. of butter and 6000 lbs. of liver. lnrep 1 ship. Depart Sasebo, enroute lwakuni, Japan. Arrive lwakuni. Guest ship for Eighth Annual lwakuni Festival CLocal Japanese Holidayl. Host Ship, NAVY DAY. Open huose on board ship 1300 hrs.-1700 hrs. Depart Iwakuni, enroute Yokosuka. Arrive Yokosuka. Final cruise consolidation-oftload 88 tons provisions. USS PICTOR breaks down enroute Yokosuka. PROCYON informed by Com-Serv- Pacot prospective second extension of indefinite length. ZVVEIRS BT1 requests transfer from USS PICTOR to USS BELLATRIX. Ensign Cagalj promoted to Lieutenant Uunior Gradej Supply Corps. Ens. Curtis new Bull Ensign. Load Olympic yachts. 1100 . . . depart Yokosuka. Enroute CONUS. PROCYON S Third Birthday. Thanksgiving Day. Chop from 7th Fleet, join 1st Fleet. Crossed International Dateline. Two Mondays !? Ensign D. Curtis promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade. Ensign Molling new Bull Ensign. 23rd anniversary ot Pearl Harbor Attack. LCDR Peters and Lt. Keener complete 1231st acey-ducy game Cfinal of cruiseb. PROCYON ARRIVES GOLDEN GATE 0809 and NAVAL AIR STATION, ALAMEDA 0925. Q.E.D. PROCYON S SENIOR EM U S NAVYS SENIOR EM Hove you ever sTopped To Think ThoT somewhere omong The 550 OOO enlisTed men in The Novy There IS one who is senior To oll The resT'? lf you hove Then you probobly reolized ThoT The chonces of ever meefing This mon were preTTy slim However during This cruise eoch member of The PROCYON crew con cloim The qood forTune of hovlng served wlTh ThoT indlviducil MosTer Chief BOCITSWGIYT Mofe Woyne L RUSSELL from Sporkmon Arkonsos enllsfed in The U S NAVY in 1932 , ... I .. , , . . - ' I I ' l . . ' ' ' . , I . , - .' ' ' ' .. I' 1 l ' I I I o a ' l if 2' MASTER CHIEF RUSSELL His mony Tours of duTy hove included: The boTTleship USS MISSISSIPPI Chis firsT billeT1, The Troop ship USS WEST POINT, Novol Supply DepoT Ooklond, Novol AmmuniTion DepoT, Peorl Horbor, Beoch MosTer Unij'-2, Novol Air Technicol Troining CenTer, Normon, Oklohomo, USS LOGAN QAPA-761, USS JUPITER CAVS- 81, USS UTE CATF-761, CMAA for Commonder in Chief, Pocific FleeT, Peorl Horbor, recruiTing duTy oT Nosh- ville, Tennessee, ond USS PROCYON CAF-611. AfTer his firsT four yeor enlisTmenT expire-d in 1936, Coxswoin RUSSELL reTurned To civilion life unTil Moy of 1941. He reenlisTed'os o Coxswoin ond wiThin four yeors he' hod successfully climbed The promo- Tion lodder To The roTe of Chief. Then, in April of 1945, he wos promoTed To WorronT BooTswoin. In 1947, during The personnel cuTbock following The wor ond The phosing ouT of The WorronT Ronk, he reverTed To Chief BooTswoin MoTe. Ten yeors loTer, The E-9 MosTer Chief TesT wos offered for The f1rsT Time. Chief RUS- SELL wos The senior of' The seven chiefs who possed The TesT. During his 27 yeors of Novol Service, Chief RUSSELL'S performonce hos been ouTsTonding in dll re- specTs. His coreer hos been one of compleTe devoTion To The NAVY ond hos been full of ioersonol ochieve- menTs. He hos eorned seven -good conducT owords, The Americon Defense Service Aworld, World Worr ll VicTory Medol, ond The NoTionol Defense Service Medol. SubsequenT To his deporTure from PROCYON he will reporT To Clorksville Bose, Clorksville, Tennessee. On 1 Februory 1967, The Chief will reTire . . . his ToTol service omounTino To 30 yeors. Needless To soy, The NAVY will lose on ouTsTonding soilor when RUSSELL geTs piped over The side. There will be- buT one mon hoppy To see him leove...The mon who hos been woiTing in line since 1957 To Toke over his envious posiTion os SENIOR ENLISTED MAN, U. S. NAVY, DECK DEPARTMENT IST DIVISION 'Wm- MORE . . . IST DIVISION 2ND DIVISION I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I -I. X gn-xv QB Sig Ci' FIX ILS? I MORE . . - 2ND DIVISION Aynti' I 1 Qi FIRST DIVISION FIRST ROW IL TO RI LT KARMENZIND, CHRISTENSEN SA, REHILL SN, KNUTSON SN, SOMMARS SN, LTJG DODGE, BARRAN BM2p FLORES SA, MCAFEE SN, SCHANER BM3. SECOND ROW IL TO RJ MATHES SN, WILDER BM3, CAIN SN, CROOK SN, CHALLANDER SN, DRISKILL SA, HARPER SN, ADEN BM3, ROGERS SN, ROBERTSON SN, EDWARDS SN, RUSSELL BMCMg CLAPP SA. THIRD ROW CL TO RJ DORAN SN, HASCUP SN, HOI- , NACKI SN, MATTFIELD SN, PASSAGE SN, THOMPSONSN, LANGER SN, STECKMAN SA, SCOTT SN, HARRIS SN I I SECOND DIVISION KNEELING CL TO RI GARCIA, BMS, DUFFY, SA, ANDERSON, SN, ELLIS, SN, MCDONALD, SA, FEATHERSTONE, SN, GRIZZELL, SA, SALTER, SA, CONNETT, ONI3, HERIGSTADTg BOWSER, SA, CSECOND ROWI LT IcARIvIENzINwD,g RAvvDEN, SA, SIMMONS, SA, FRIEMEL,'SA,,I-IUDSON, BMS, WALLACE, SN, SIKES, SN, POST, SN, MOORE, SN, YATES, SN, VAN CLEAVE, SN, ENS. D. J. CLARK, PIERCE, BMI, ITHIRD ROWD ADKINS, SA, FOWBLE, SA, NICOORTY, SN, KELSO, BMS, WOODRUFF, SN, FITZGERALD, SN, ANOATUBBY, SN, JURINO, SA. ENGINEERING DEPT B-DIVISION 5 .Gao 25 Q JONES STUDYING FOR E-8 ALREADY H3 A-DIVISION M-DIVISION GOODBYE WILLIE X I 1 O -Ss' o 'Y eel'- QQ' Qin cuff 'Pc' GP . Rx A Q X x 'A R- DIVISION 'I n I X ,xi I II 'r qox N' E DIVISION 4. HEY, FREDDIE . . .GOT ANY LOGS? B DIVISION L TO R IKNEELINGI LT T. V. KEENER, LAUZON, BTI, JONES, BTI, SWEIGART, BTCS, DUTTON, BTI, NICKLAS, BT2, ENS D. L. CURTIS, ISECOND ROWI PARSONS, FN, WILCOX, BT3, COLVARD, BT3, FELKNER, BT3, VIDRINE, BT3, BRADER, BT3, CHRISMAN, BT3, MITCHELL, FA, MISSING: OSSO, FA 'ka M DVISION L TO R IKNEELINGJ STONE, MMI, WILLIAMSON, MM3, BAKER, FA, LOUVIERE, FA, BROWN, FN, DYE, FN, RANDALL, FA, ENS D. L. CURTIS, ISECOND ROWI LT T.-V. KEENER, CREIGHTON, MMCM, POLSTON, FA, ROCKS, MRFN, KEMP, FN, SCHWAB, MM3, BRUST, MMFN, KANE, FN, PROBST, MRI, PRINGLE, MMC, MISSING: WALTERS, MM3, DAVIS, MM3, GROOMS, FA, NASH, FA, CHALLENDER, FN, RIDER, FN, GONTARE, MM3, BALLON, MM3 I -I I I I I I I I I I I 1, I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Al 1 f Haw, 'I O 7 S S A AND R DIVISION L TO R CKNEELINGJ ELSEN, SFM3p WINNETT, MM2p BALLARD, FN, ROBBINS, SFM2, ISECOND ROWI LT CJGI J. S. WHITE, TURNER, MMC, FARNHAM, FA, LESSARD, FA, CRUMP, FA, O'DWYER, MM2, QUALLS, DCI, ENS R. M. BURGESS, LT T. V. KEENER, ITHIRD ROWJ GRUBE, SFP3g GREENE, MM3, WOOD, MMFN, MARBLE, FA, MOORE, MM2 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DURING THIS CRUISE... CONSUMED: 927,778 GALLONS OF FUEL OIL STEAMED: 19,858 NAUTICAL MILES TURNED: THE SCREW 6,600,000 REVOLUTIONS DISTILLED: 385,638 GALLONS OF FRESH WATER CONSUMED: I,I92,995 GALLONS FRESH WATER SWELTERED: IN I22oF. HEAT IN ENGINE ROOM C82OF. COOLESTJ STOOD: 29,890 MAN-HOURS OF WATCHES' ON ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT Il 'Sw . 1 14, S Q' S, I 5.4 f ,,V pg., .S S 1 5 S. 'Fw x I M ' S X TI , wi . T' I 1 Tl' I 'E I - ' . V' Af' , . 7: . X -A X S S ,E 7 ' f M S ' 7 X Si 1 I, S I . 4 4 52 A 5 , X5 X A I 5 E DIVISION L TO RIGHT CKNEELINGI ANDERSON, FN, ELTING, EM2g CSECOND Rovvy LT won R. J. . , ' 1 I f - AKER 'ENN KIMBLEY, EMI, LT T, v. KEENER, CTHIRD ROWJ MERCHEN, IC3, ODLE, EM3, HENSON, IC2, JONES, FA, FRIEDENSTAB, YNSN, B , SHANE ADAIR EM3 REINBOLD EM3- MECAULEY EM3 SUPPLY DEPARTMENT 1 Nz xv W Z N, !23f X X v' SM TURNED OUT: 56,542 POUNDS OF CLEAN LAUNDRY. DISPENSED: 27,355 SOFT DRINKS FROM VENDING MACHINE. OPENED: SHIPS STORE 416 HOURS TO SELL 315,660.84 OF MERCHANDISE. DISBURSED: S127,147 IN PAYROLLS DURING CRUISE. SERVED: 25,290 HUNGRY SAILORS. TOTAL OF 528,489.98 WORTH OF PROVISIONS. SHIPS SHIPS TONS TONS LARGEST TONNAGE TO ONE SHIP-TICONDEROGA ICVA 141: 215.28 TONS. l 1 SUPPLY DEPARTMENT STATISTICS CARGO DIVISION UNREPED: 53. INREPED: 44. UNREPED: 1504. INREPED: 360. I I STORE KEEPERS FRONT ROW CL TO RJ BEDOYA, SKC, OBERMILLER, CTC, RHODES, SK1, MCKENNA, SK1, JORGENSEN SK2, LUCERO, SKS, TUCKER, SKCM, CMIDDLE ROWI FEDERIS, SK3p DECENA, SK2, CLEMENTS, SK2, HERRIN, SKSN, SKALSKY, SKSN, DELEON, SK2, LT T.W. CHRISTENSEN. IBACK ROWJ VIDUARRI, SK3, KALLAND, SK3, AQUINO, DK2, WOODALL, SK3, KEARNS, SN. NOT PRESENT: KEITH, SK2p SANTOS, SK3p GUSTAFSON, SK3. I X DIVISION IST ROW lL TO Rl JOHNSON YN3, PETT PN3, BURTON HM3, HACKETT PC2. 2ND ROW IL TO Rl GREEN HMC, BEROER PN3, LASS SN, ENS THOMAS, ADAMS SN, HARVEY YNC. MISSING, BROWN YNI. MEDICAL STATISTICS ADMINISTERED: 1540 shots during cruise. DISPENSED: 12,000 APC's and aspirin tablets, 500 seasick pills. APPLIED: 7000 Ft. of adhesive tape. TREATED: 8I0 patients at sick call. WROTE AND FILLED: IOO6 prescriptions. EXTERMINATED: 3 cockroaches ltotal on board at departurel. 0 rats or mice Cnone on boardl. PLANK OWNERS L TO R CKNEELINGI DENNY SH3p DUFFY, SN, BULACAN, TN: CLARK, RD2p COOKE, QMS: CSECOND ROWJ HARVEY, YNCA, WOODALL, SK3, HAMRICK, SH2, O'DWYER, MM2, CONNETT, GM3, SEVILLA, 539, TURNER, MMC. 5357? 5 Q X .N','q Q F jf-iif, -1-- L . 'I . Q I X A. I . .qv xx -s ELM .Q I , I , ' i J X V75 , . '.v,- I 'fwrf wi- F K SWWJQ ff f I I , . 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'Q fi, ' fr 4 1 J L: .... f x? lv H If If , 255 ,W N M -'-- 7 , 53'f'I Wf l' I 'fffff Q I swww, . 1' ' 4 -I 'ff f - - f . ff . ,If f if Mvz, f' ww ' -' :V ' Wliz IIN TLLTT I I E, , I , - I Ii I 1 wf?.vj 5 4 '751' 1.5565 'I If I CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS , ,, - ., , ,,-- SITTING CL TO RJ: PRINGLE MMC, BEDOYA SKC, SHELDON QMC, SWEIGART BTCS, JOHNSTON RMC, ,, E. ,,-- XX-X OBERMILLER SKC. STANDING IL TO RJ: TUCKER SKCM, WARD SFC, TURNER MMC, CREIGHTON MMCM, QW AQ-:,f, ff.-EX, W- 2 'Q-X,'2,2Q,-X Tffg,1WE , , ff, V--b,QQfff 5,4 QQ 'ffli HARVEY YNC, GREEN HMC, RUSSELL BMCM. ,E I - I I WEST PAC MASTER AT ARMS FORCE IL TO R WARD, SFC, PIERCE, BMI, QUALLS,' DCI, MOORE, MM2. PROCYON WARDROOM L TO R IKNEELINGJ LT UGI D.C. RATHBONE, ENS R.M. BURGESS, LT UGD J.S. WHITE, LT IJGJ J.W. REEDY, LT T.W. CHRISTENSEN, ISECOND ROWJ ENS R. E. MOLLING, LT UGJ G.C. DODGE, CAPTAIN D.W, ABERCROMBIE III, LCDR R. E. PETERS, LT IJGJ R.J. SHANE, LT KJGJ H.W. ELLIOTT, ENS. J.P. CHAMALES, ITHIRD ROWJ LT CJGJ SELECT M.J. CAGALJ, ENS D.L. CURTIS, LT. T. V. KEENER, ENS D.R. THOMAS, ENS D.J. CLARK, LT W.P. KARMENZIND. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i I I I I I I I ?..i FROM THE EDITOR THE INDIVIDUALS SELECTED FOR THE T964 PROCYON CRUISEBOOK STAFF WERE HAND-PlCKED BY CAPTAIN ABERCROMBIE AND MYSELF. CREDIT FOR THE QUALITY AND SUCCESS OF THE BOOK GOES TO: SEAMAN G. POST, POST PROVED THAT HE HAS ARTISTIC TALENT AND IMAGI- NATION TO BURN ! HE SINGLE HANDEDLY PROVIDED ALL ARTISTIC INNOVATIONS INCLUDED IN THE BOOK . . . WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CARRYING A MAJOR PART OF THE DECK DEPARTMENT'S MISSION OF TITIVATING THE SHIP. POST ATTENDED CHOUINARD'S ART INSTITUTE AT LOS ANGELES PRIOR ,TO ENTERING THE NAVY. BOATSWAINS MATE FIRST CLASS W. PIERCE, HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING SALES MANAGER AND PROMOTER. AT THE CLOSE OF HIS FIRST DAY OF SALES- MANSHIP AT THEEND OF THE PAY LINE, PIERCE HAD SOLICITED PU-R- CHASES FROM 85'XB OF THE CREW. A FEW OF HIS PROFESSIONALLY AD- MINISTERED JUDO CHOPS CONVINCED EVEN THE MOST SKEPTICAL SAILOR THAT THE '64 CRUISEBOOK WAS A MUST ITEM. LT CJGJ J WHITE, OUR STAFF WRITER HAS COMBINED THE MORE SERIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CRUISE WITH THE MANY HUMOROUS INCIDENTS AND, I AM CERTAIN, HAS PROVOKED MANY A CHUCKLE AS A RESULT OF HIS TONGUE-IN-CHEEK STYLE THROUGHOUT THE BOOK. LT IJGI CSELECTI D. CURTIS, AS ASSISTANT EDITOR AND LAYOUT MAN, MR. CURTIS CARRIED A LION'S SHARE OF THE ACTUAL SKULL-DUGGERY IN- VOLVED IN PREPARING THE BOOK. HE SPENT MANY LONG HOURS AC- CUMULATING PICTURES AND MOLDING CARICATURES, WRITE-UPS, AND IDEAS IALONG WITH THE PICTURESJ INTO THE COMPLETED CRUISEBOOK YOU ARE NOW READING. PHOTO CREDITS ARE DIVIDED AMONG NUMEROUS CAMERA-BUGS. IT WOULD NOT BE FAIR TO SINGLE OUT ONE PHOTOGRAPHER AND NOT TO MENTION OTHERS, SO HERE THEY ARE: BAKER, SN, BURTON, HM3, WOODALL, SK3, WOOD, FN, LT UGI ELLIOTT, EELKNER, BT3, CAP- TAIN ABERCROMBIE, VIDRINE, BT3p SJOERDSMA, SN, HERIGSTAD, SN, STAFF MEMBERS. I WISH TO CONVEY A SINCERE THANK YOU TO EACH OF THE INDI- VIDUALS MENTIONED ABOVE. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY AND OVERWHELMED WITH THE QUANTITY OF THE PICTURES YOU SUBMITTED. WITHOUT YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO CRUISEBOOK. T. CHRISTENSEN 1.43, QR 'Q A FDNTES ABBEY :mass , 777 w. GRAND, UAKLAND f- 1 sHlP's SERVICEMEN, TT FIRST ROW CL TO RJ LT T. w. CHRISTENSENI HAMRICK, SH2, scorr, sH3- LT ucsp J w REEDY- sec ROWD CLEVERING, SN, CLARK, R. L., SN, LEssARD, R., sn-La, MCFARLIN, SN, DENNY siia NOT, ERESQSTI3 LEFEVER, sH2. A L'f . ' ' ' COMMISSARY STEWARDS STANDING QL TO RD BASS, C525 PRESTON CS3p O'BRIEN, SN, CLARK, J. W. CS3p KKNEELINGJ LT UGJ CASALJ7 GRANT, CSCAg LT T. W. CHRISTENSEN. NOT PRESENT: CLAPP, SN, HELGESON CS3p DARBY, CS3. STEWARDS STANDING CL TO RJ BULACAN, TN, GARCIA, TN, SEVILLA, SD3g ALFEROS, SDS, CUSTODIO, SDS, LKNEEL- INGJ LINSANGAN, SDlg LT T. W. CHRISTENSEN. NOT PRESENT: BUQUIRON, SD2. OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT STATISTICS MESSAGES SENT: 465 MESSAGES RECEIVED: 2786 MESSAGES SCREENED AND COPIED: 94,731 TOTAL SCHEDULE CHANGES INVOLVING PROCYON: 89 Ni I I , ,.- ,,,,,., I ,,,, ,, OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT IST ROW CL TO RD MCCULLOUGH RM3g KILLINGER RD3g ELLIOTT RDIg STOUT ETN2g CLARK RD2g HERSHBERGER RM2. 2ND ROW IL TO RI MOORHEAD RM35 RUNNELLS ETN2g ENS CI-IAMALESg LT CJGI RATHBONEp ENS MOLLINGg JOHNSTON RMC. MISSING: VALDEZ, RMSN. NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT CHARTED: 19,858 miles from San Francisco to San Francisco. UTILIZED: 70 navigational charts, using 347 star sights and I52 sun lines. ACCOMPLISHED: 300 visual messages. OBSERVED: Two water spouts, 6 whales. 4 .. w wf., I I f 5 f 1 f f 7 we , , Z1 NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT IST ROW CL TO RJ SJOERDSMA SNp ENGLAND SNy LUCAS SNp SHELDON QMCp 2ND ROW IL TO RI LT UGJ ELLIOTTp PEERMAN SMIg COOKE QM37 ROUSH SM3g JACKSON QMSN. X-DIVISION 4-:J 4,-I, TRANSFERRED: 22 SHIRNIAIES DURING CRUISE. dllun RECEIVED: 23 PERSONNEL ON BOARD FOR DUTY. f 'li ADVANCED: 48 PERSONNEL TO HIGHER RATING. ADVANCED: TWO OFFICERS FROM ENSIGN TO LT CJGJ. REENLISTED: TWO MEN-CSC GRANT AND SH2 HAMRICK. SENT: I556 LETTERS. I I lk USS RUQCQCYQDIRU O 49 .si X X x i P I 1 X 4. Q -600 4 8 ilfxf 1- - NRSV i t is L 3 . 251: l i f at :FN g i . ' xiii fs' vr-LY? 0 5 R ll all ' 11 AF-Stl THE SHIP'S INSIGNIA The insignia which is prominently displayed throughout the ship depicts many things . . . it is explained below: All AF Type ships are named after stars, i.e., VEGA, ALUDRA, SIRIUS, BELLA- TRIX, etc. The star called PROCYON is in CANIS MINOR fLesser Dogl CONSTEL- LATION, hence the dominant figure in the insignia is at dog. The Bull Dog vsfas selected due to his well known rugged, tenacious fighting traits and so symbolizes the spirit of the crew of PROCYON. The net held in the mouth of the dog is a cargo net similar to the nets used to transfer provisions to ships steaming along side. The cube of ice upon which the dog is perched represents the refrigerant capabili- ties of the ship. The Oak Leaf is a symbol of the Navy Supply System and here represents the primary mission of PROCYON which is Mobile Supply Support. The stars in the background are arranged in a W formation . . . this formation is called the GREAT W by astronomers and PROCYON happens to be the star located at the point of the W. In the insignia the star called PROCYON has been situated on the Bull Dog's collar. The white hat is symbolic of American Sailors and here it reiterates the vital part which the sailor plays in the overall perform- ance of the ship's mission.