Saint Paul (CA 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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M'-1 X Kb -I RD OR During her 1969 deployment to the Western Pacific, SAINT PAUL spent almost 150 days at sea and 93 days on the gunline off the coast of the Republic of Vietnam. On the line one-third of the crew manned their battle stations at all timesg every man stood eight hours of watch a day, as well as performing his regularly-assigned duties. The heavy cruiser participated in more than 60 underway replenishments during the cruise. Several times a week she left the line for brief periods to rendezvous with support ships and take on fuel, ammunition and supplies. Every unrep meant hours more of hard work for all hands. A cruise is a time of long hours and sobering responsibility for every man on board. Fourteen hours ot' work a day is not uncommon on the gunlineg away from it, there is paperwork to be caught up, supplies to be ordered, rust to be chipped. Every man has his job to do-whether calibrating the guns or sorting the mail-and every job is vital to the success of SAINT PAUL's mission. Y 1 ' 9-...sm-has '-aw ' f-

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t X But hard work is not the whole story of a successful deployment. Hawaii, Bangkok. Hong Kong. Saseho: these were some ot' the plaees SAINT PAUL visited, lt takes surprisingly few days of nine o'eloek liberty to make a sailor forget all about the sleepless nights on the line and the hours of handling eight-inch projeetiles. Body surfing at Waikiki: touring a few of Bangkoks 3000 Buddhist temples: bargaining for tailor-made suits in Hong Kong: eating sukiyaki in a Japanese inn: these were a few ofthe things SAINT PAUL sailors found to do during liberty hours. With so much to see and do in the Orient, liberty can become as exhausting as standing watches on the gunline, But sailors have always worked hard. and played hard. . ' 'rs' is . f -we-ff' H' 1 in in , 4 'yu' t- ji -,-l.v'.scfff-'Zyl '...J I'-' s fr' L-.