Stickell (DD 888) - Naval Cruise Book

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TH E Cl ll ll S IC '71 lt was a cold and windy day and mon wort' hurriedly inning Inst minute preparations for saying goodby to their wives and lm-ods .fs U35 SWCKELL approached the cotztrtivtzvttig date ot 'IVI RHI xl,-1 f ciwtse. , X' 1 By 7 January, H1051 of the crew had returned Iron: thtt.stm.t.s .ind New Year's celebrations and were reatlygzhle and. in most t'.isv.s. willing to get underway. STICKELL slowly pulled gtwaiy from tht- pn-r .ind u-.ts on her way. Within two days the weather vlt-nrt-tl and Wllllt'l was If-tt behind. We were nearing Puerto Rico when the first surprise ot thc- t-ruisr came, off the coast of Culebra, when the target pmvtin-, sulmitllt-ti for the firing range, was cancelled and the ship pulled into Noost-vt-lt h'o.itla early. STlCKl'.'l,L tlt-parted on .srln-tlziltn but tht- It Q first night out, tht- vtigitzvt-:trip spnt-f-.s tloodt-d , illltl WJIIUT IUMA to Ilia' tlc't'lilll:l!c'.N, NU t'l1Ult'r' frllf ks. -- ,, IUIUFH around :md .stvatn lmt-lf lo lfooswvf-lt lx'U:nl.s rf' 1 S gf jf for repairs. , i in At this point it look:-d lilo- tht- vrrtitm- miglit U 1 soma-wliat shortt-r than plzmm-tl. No ont' know 15 just what would lm ipvn. t'tlMSl'ft'UNlJlfl,'l' mint- j w - it on board :md inspt-vtt-d the ship. Alto: :l 'h ' lvvol' llllftlllllfl on tht- mfr, it was tlt-ritlr-fl that Qvt-ry cllort would lit- tnntlt' : ' , , S W Q w I Aim' I NL l n V : . ff' HMM Sllthlll U' 'ii tnoclititztczally Clllllllllt' ol trontmuznfg ht-r mi,-rsion. .- . . . ,Ugg M I In A 1 I A I anti in .n 3 no , L , . .Q n A I I I ,Q I X' J COMCRUDliSl l,O'I' l UUlm' tvrlnt' Ilbtlitlll personally suporvist- tht- rt-pairs. Hy 151 J: 4 STICKELL was tltrcrlutvtl HFS :mtl tht- f'flllSl' ' continued, on to Rt-cilt-, limzil. sgbilr :-

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