Richmond K Turner (DLG 20) - Naval Cruise Book

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Q wma:--g -,'l.i.Q!,,.: nm: xru R-'x,6,T'1'r-,-.qt 6 j 6' , it 4 ,fl-i U , ,, A,hV f ' Www 1 YIVVA K X lyvy E My t 1 V. 1, 5'.gg3i.c:ketAt wife offtliestif-fo'rmer Vice Chief of.VNfavaVl:Operati ons . Upon coxfiipletioiiizqoff bnstruc - , X ,v ,.. ,J V . in ,N ,M X-Xa ',,1 ' , J My? , t--fl M ' -f X ' -X 33? 'V.cg3fri Hfsz1mcf2ft171?fa t'1ffvivWcriifgf? jim 'i f tctt hgcw . . ff TT 32MsLh9'i'Qh1QxDr09GdGdj'0 'Phll-Hd91Phlf1,,NHYx31-' Sh?-'i33Y2l1?Qf'lf9QfPlQj,QQxDiriiIiA1SS1On1ng availability a 0 x::',l7? Ntwyzxb - Y ' :V - X Aw MV I, XXV I ' ,,,, 1 .,,,,.,,, W! yyhi NIIVHWA N, ww. ,ZH-f ' 5l15f.3li2fSli'ES5i53 OPCC1' 'fm t' 13 A Tillftllig 546' with as 'A C i.t.,,Plate , USN' asifher I. - K ,, . ,,x .,.. b. v c, - L J x,,,..,.P , 5 , ' ,U V 1., H, xx x,,.,1..,. :J M ,,. Lrst Commanding Officer. wk n J l ,n y, U .1 7. ,JL .sins hmxg,-A nd' .fa an-, r.v i-.4 1. row . -rn Our Maiden V oyagefbgoiiiniehced 10 wheiiithc ship left for t' t,,..,,.. V g ' , 2 5-'XV' ' :M , s D' f' tl f th ' V j 't' t iff i h 6 Ort, an e irs eg o e voyage inc u e stop overs at Yorlgtovvn, Virgimamwhor mxlmgrxg 1 W ..,, Vi: , X Y - ' v n..,.i luantmiamobgay, Panamaxand ifkgapulcoil Mexico. She'arri'ved4in San Diego September' w, .964 onlymtggmdepart a short time later for operations in the: Pacific North West, This leg of our :m....4..5. X fi ' K x s SN' Z rm if :vt K- -KN.-. . , - c . '-- ' P F I' X t,,,,,,,. X '-'Ur' . . - ., af lv 4. an-,gym . .P R Gurney inclusnel .t.4 vi Sits no Bgfitislmflplumbia, seacle mdnaiigor, vtaghiangfon, and f1na11yiiiS6ft3 V . . ., , , we .-. , ,-Vw .Hi fn. qw-i. find, O1'e80iTWVhQi5'fiiQRV91'9 110511 'fO'LllEL63N,fg1.yfyw Leaguep,C'Efnvention for 6-8 OctioVbeVrV.iLQ64. We llso hosted the Honorable Kenneth Secretary,fo,t1,1e ,Na . , .1 ,.,, fqffvf '46 NIH -- . inf? 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MAIDEN VOYAGE L ful. ADFLLJL E XLEAXQH 1-1 Q ND X011 fa 42+ 13 JUNE 1964-16 DECEMBER 1965

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Long Beach Naval Shipyard forgphgg availability: The shimgreturned to San tions for our first' deploy to WES -..N ,. i f . PACIFI ' Pl an-ut uxfmsnnhonfn ., Q an . 1 ,i':'...f'f'f'7.,.. I K , r-s,.a-hunk-us-.,-:1.o.anN ' hounda shown craft npmximata ly d should nut be regarded as having official significance conduct shakedown training startingiiisi 1965 . This was the. molding period for the crew. It was also the period when cked up the nickname of The Tricky Dicky T or icky for short. We com training on 7 May and shortly thereafter COMDESRON 21 ke his flag on The next month was filled with the hectic prepara- M 7 'c'c cccc es' if Y 1 '1' if im s T A T E q-W-sf The 4th of june 1965 arrived t e departed to Join the Seventh Fleet It our first experience steaming in comtgf were a little shaky, but with Comix.. . ....,,. . , , 3' Fischer cracking the whip a short wo fwitlifl.1Qhe,Coral Seuamw shape to join Force 77 in the South China Sea. We worked mos't of the time witlgvthe ff it 'T ' Y ...x!,rfX1f'f' 1 ' A PENDENCE and we soon became a real team. Our rations viiith-the'nIND SEA, ORIS ran us through the s--fro g W, Q x station to life guard station. Liberty ports were far and few between. We began to think of Subic Bay had a week in Yokosuka, japan, one night in Okinawa, one week in Hong Kong andiltoo X Nalin. in Olongapo. , My On 14 Augustin Captaiii Alpine W. McLane took command. The plank 'Ht1ArmR off some new faces began to show up. The crew in general was slimming down, buftrm coii'ld,keep.u.p withthe best of them and most of the time we led the way. Then along came 4.- LCDR Chuck Sf3,iQIJ7'3I1d his crew from HC-2. This chopper outfit took us on a real bai?ii '1 Sea and surrounding area. These guys were the final bit Qof htoyy x-fir-stwrategc rew. With the help of HC-2, we were ablerto establishra dition of able to anywhere., -anytime and do anything--except talk about it. A In the lattertpalrt-of November we said good-bye to TNDEPENDETEICE, picked up a few lDoQneis from CINCPACFLT, COM Seventh FLT, CTF 77, and lgftlforihprijell. We comple our Maiden Voyage on 16 December 1966 and greeted our families wearing choice 'UZ Armed Fosries Expeditionary Medal or the Vietnameseifiervice Medal. L. 'Y S UVTII F -1 VIFIV 0C'E.i.X' -' i + ' ' ' L nm WAilNl 'W