Rogers (DD 876) - Naval Cruise Book

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F A 5 S JP-5 flows skyward II OOD MORNING, Fetch 51, you have a green deck . . . my wind is 30 degrees to port at 18 knots. And so began another busy day at Bullseye International. Thirsty helos were everywhere, it seemed. In April alone we refueled 37 of them with 11,362 gallons of JP-5. In June a record 55 helos--the most ever refueled by a Seventh Fleet destroyer in one month--were given 17,191 gallons from our tanks. I2 t There were other birds in the air, too. Helos bringing mail, spare parts, and chaplains . . . and taking away letters to home, personnel for transfer, and our beloved ailing Operations Officer. Even our own DASH got in the spirit of things by spreading its rotors in re- alistic full flight on several occasions. The air age has truly invaded the destroyer Navy . . and we were a part of it all the way.

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