Somers (DDG 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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HIP'S OPERATI During the 1972 deployment, SOMERS again proved her versatility by successfully completing a wide variety of assignments. Thanks to the hardwork- mg crew we managed to never fail to meet a commit- ment For the statistically minded among our crew, the iollowing summarizes exactly what we did during our cruise 10 Apr-29 Apr ll SE l ii Q. i l May-lt! .lun ltl .lun-IH .lun 18 Jun- 5 Aug i Y i ti Aug-ll Aug if , I5 Aug- ti St-p 3 , A 5 th i 1 ti i it C 1 1 -8 Sup- . Sep 3, 8 Sep-I5 Sep ii tt i li .t xi, 70 Transit from Long Beach to Subic Bay, R.P. with fuel stops in Pearl Harbor and Guam, in company with USS BERKELEY KDDG-151 and USS HULL tDD-9451 Equator crossing. SARATOGA ESCORT, and KITTY HAWK HSCORT. First gunline assign- ment. Sill-'S around Quang 'l'ri and lln Nnng. lit-t'vivt'tl hostile fire for tht- first time in the ship's history on Stl Mny. l'pkvt-p in Suhit' Huy and our first inport period. ASW opt-rntions with thc USS 'l'li'0NDl'IROGA tt'X'S-1-H. Two nwn ovvrhoartl from thc 'l'ico rvsctivtl hy SUNIKRS. An ovtfr- night stop in Suhit' tollowvti hy nn nssignmt-nt as shotgun lor l'SS LONG HICACII tt'tZN-EH at South Tnlos station from -1-Sl -lnl, Escort tor Kl'l'l'Y HAWK. Vpkccp tfor tht' ship and the crawl in Snhit' after -19 days at sea. The gunlinc again for two days. cs- rnrt for thc S.-XR.-XTUG.-X and KITTY HAWK and then hack to thc gunlinc Hnroutv to Sasc-ho, Japan Taiwan Strnights Patrol. l'pkv:0p in Saseho, Japan. - some people complained that they miss- ed Suhic. 1 15 Sep-13 Oct. l-1 Oct-20 Oct 23 Oct Our final line period - MIDWAY escort Q15-187. A last hectic appearance on the gunline Q2l.28t with most continuous tiring and no air conditioning. SOMERS find over 300 rounds during the final 24 hours. A sudden move to PIRAZ station Q28 Sep-12 Octl as escort for the USS LONG BEACH and USS TRUXTUN, with two CHICOM merchant ship escort assignments thrown in for free. Liberty tWHAT?l in Hong Kong, The long haul home begins. I. 'X 9 Nm, ARRIVAL LONG BEACH! Q fs, 0' Q L fu if is G XVZ3 . J B 84: l ff if , ,fi in .. . fi'7 I lux. X ' I Rm cwiu Oh .. Baird mf fl ,X