Serrano (AGS 24) - Naval Cruise Book

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J-f 'A I x I., ,, 9 , ' wi J iq- 4 xl 'H All I , a 4151 ,A, ,Q Faced with a multitude of diverse prublenls iii lunlslica :uid lin: s' the 5ERRANOusedimaginatiunlugicltliujulaviluilc. ' A ' i ' ' V 1 materials had to go just about evci'5pIacc winiucivaluilii, Nui vi illinu 1 '--illlll cumsnaw and fast talking, we utiliui-AG lviariiw lifliizuptvi 5 :xml f'Xi1llf.li,lir., ag Vietnamese Nam junks, NSA Danrangg Milw bums and iw! Slllllll liual boats, and even a basket buat. Our nwn suunubimls, inntm' wlizilif built, Boston Whaler sal.-. cuunllcss miles uf viqitw, Up a mountain or acruss a niarsli, sninulinvi wi, gint lliivri-, in R ai , 1 W I if Q .1 .Q Y

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J, 4 V , ,T ,' Hgh' , x f ,..4j : Kia. LEE , 4' 'Y 7 f f - 1 1 4- f t , ,it -, .nif- iff QmggX5+23'ix .wa . y L LQRAC SUPPORT Our men on the beach Coften to their own regreti were electronics technicians from the LURAC Support team Atlantic. The lVIini-Qadist system required two station- ary transmitting sites. Stationary meant on the beach and in Viet Nam on the beach meant C-rations, mud, rain, no shaves or showers, and VC. The ET's from LOPAC drew the short straws for this duty. For security and company they often had South Vietnamese or South Korean troops. lf they were lucky, the beach camp security forces were US Marines, who spoke Eng- lish and drank Budwieser like good com- pany should. The Viet Cong company wasn't so welcome. One hapless ET spent a night under a Marine Amtrack during a VC attack of 150-200 motar rounds. The SERRANUS own ET's pulled some of this shore duty also. Whenever our beachcamps came up on the radio, we could count on hearing: Send gedunks, send mail, send beer, send Ann lVlargret. They certainly were glad to get hack to the ship for some of our cooks' find food, and a hot shave and shower. Shown from top to bottom are ETSN James A. lirider, ETR3 Richard J, Kulweic, and ETNQ David C. Noll. Not Shown are ETSN Richard R. Cornwright and ETR2 William ti, Dorzok.

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lp M.-'H- '1h.-... Q te I 9 -Z , Q . I I Our most succi-sshil lynn: lit l2illlllf'J.l.lllll huuy i was thc' ?SLllllAlXltl 'in iigtllnn ilrinn sunt-r dmfluf l special. lhc slninfitturs limiter thtfin, thc bn'5un i malvs launched tht-in, an1llVlr'. li Filft 'PVUY' ll11ffTt. Buoys liy thc t-ntl nf thi: cruisi: we wtrrtr tried and true uxncrts in buoys and their relative! subjects, such as hnw ln makt: them, llnw to cumshztw them, how to plant the-ni Qand how not tn plant thumb, how tn run them, and hnw to run nvcr thevm, We uscvtl bunys its calibration points on all of our survey nets, and they took many and vztric-tl forms, including cone hunys, 55 gallon drum bunys, mnorinq hunys, channel bunys, and even fishinn stakes, Other cali- bration points inclumlctl rocks, fevnccs, piers, and the anchor chain, What- crvcr was iminnvabh: and acccssiblv, we used tn insure tho accuracy of our work. No tlnubt at fcw passinq nbstvrvtrrs must have wondered why we spent so much time runninii in circles arnund a biq fuzzy fishing stake with Z1 white SKIVY shirt ticcl to il. -4'-tri 5... xgzrk .4 , , v- .-bvh' ' 49 H Y V 1, . , - P 4, ,,,,.,, M yn' Mark buoy on the bow