Robert E Peary (FF 1073) - Naval Cruise Book

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'Navigation Department, more popularly known as NX division, is composed of several small, but essential work centers. Besides the 0 navigation team - Qttartermasters - the ship's office Yeonten, Personnelmen. and Hospital 'Corpsmen fall into the NX organization. For Yeomen and Personnelrnen. SOUTH PAC '79 was basically business as usual, with the extra challenge of Pearyis isolation from well established Naval administrative centers thrown in. The typical daily stream of official correspondence was substituted by a 'feast and famine' routine, depending on mail deliveries. Doctor Dick Herdener, the DESRON Twen- ty-iive medical officer, rode Pcarv for much of the cruise. Combined with the skill and exper- ience of our two corpsmen, the ship's medical capabilities far exceeded that normally found on frigates. And every bit of this cnpa bility was needed when Pearjt f embarked the refugees in May. The medical team, if by several volunteers from otha' worked around the clock to care for the hog people. That their efforts were rewarded Q success is well known. Navigation in waters seldom seen by Navy ships was ti challenge routinely encountered on SOLJTHPAC '79, Even today, much of the South Pacific is a mystery. Often the but charts available were based on pre-Civil War surveys and the uncharted reef sighted just west of the Tonga islands demonstrated a little too clearly how little faith could be placed in them. Thanks to the professional job habitual with the Quartermasters, Peary safely sailed some 25.000 miles. entered and left I8 differ- ent ports, set navigation detail over 50 times always on track and on time. ii Main-fvnn ,,, i lluinQ K Lieutenant fiunior gfadcl Bob Weir, NZlVlgIflltDf if lil

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ll-ml QMC Bob Cooke 3 2 YNC Jim Nevin X PNC Tito Santiago YNC Nevin represents the CPO mess in the Miss Lieutenant Dick Herdener rode Peary for much of the deployment Polywog contest if Taking a fix from the trusty SN Pimentel assists PNC Santiago, although he is officially a LORAN set member of First Division . l 1 'iv 4 'Nw-igsx' g 2 1 4.41. i .s. 7,4 Q.. 0 X I