Taconic (AGC 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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Although the weather in North Star Bay would make a Southern California member of a Chamber of Commerce green with envy - twenty-four hours of sun- shine and no rain to speak of, we also had our 'liquid sunshine' in the form of very heavy fog. - This fog would come in very quickly and was ,very thick. The boats which were working steadily to unload the Victory shigas would sometimes suddenly find themselves in the middle of nowhere and no i ea how to get back to either shore or their ship. Almost always though, the boats did manage to find at least a temporary home. However, there were occasions when boats would get lost. In time, of course, .the fog lifted and they could get back. . 3 Besides getting lost in the fog there was an additional hazard which the small boatsifaced. Sometimes their engines would.stop'and refuse to start up. When fog and a balky engine combined ------ well, one boat was embarrassed. 12 ? h s V . I fr N QS? -f 1 L , f X! jk C ' - IX fm -3. I g X A-F-N,-'td-f 1 -,-RM i . p ri . ' pn fx .JN KMA A ,ci U A -N 'A X H 'nn' '., XPC: ' E W V ,A NX- r If L Sh A P-JN 'F-1 X J 1? P -HX? 'A ' -JXJ Qt r ' . Jax' Fpqnoq A r x v , ZS..-J Lqfgznn 'AX L 3' Q0-,r ,A L rpg 97 xt I i , li., Xxafl A X if f QQ? X gk , I R -xx Q14 'Rumi mvnulww ,Q ggi' T , , , X Q W K 4 a Wffmfxr Q-A 'RAN X , . i5kxMof,,,,, 5135

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Q t rovi- Various games and sports, some of which were P1BYed 3' tournamen 8' P ded sparetime amusement onboard ship. . I Y For those who liked a little more activity there were dart game! n ' ra s .. E1'lY corners of the ship one could find spots faintly fem1n1'cent of an ng 1. - l d pub, a dart board and a cleared space. It was usually qU1:5s3ti9:ggri 3E2i. space too, because there were very few dart throwing BXPC . ' thf Hot and heavy ace? deucy tournaments were held in the CPO mess and 10 in wardroom. - A very popular shipboard activity was ping PORK- The lE:l1::::igg1?uigs two serviceable ping pong tables, which were set ug imf 1 rd athletes provided a playing field or the more energetic of t e s 1P 95 ' A ping pong tournament was started Each division had P19Y0ff' to detef' mine its champion who would meet the other division champions in the final matches. V Th t t l ff f , th championship attracted a large number of spe:.ectoautronra:1et1o':ra:Z!h theolhotearfdegeavy play. f Q.C.D.Pl'8d0. of F1 Hg Division defeated A.E.Retti:, 'A' Divis on, to win the chamPi0h8 IP. BD Rettlg nosed out R.A.Burns, ' ' Division, to qualify for second place. Captain Richardson awarded prizes to the winners: a gold W8tCh for the first prize, and a camera set for the runner-up.

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There were several 0 ortunities for us tgpget some fresh air and stretch our legs. A number of . recreation partiesp consisting of men and beer were landed The men were of course, the crew, and the beer had been loaded just A before we left Norfolk and stowed in the brig. .The recreation parties landed on Sandy Delta gave everyone a chance to get away from the ship for a few hours and to drink a little beer. ' Sandy Delta didn't furnish too much in the way of facilities, but some softball equipment was taken.over, and those who couldn't play with the TACO- NIC Softball team had a chance to throw a ball around or hit a few. There was.also a limited opportunity' to explore a little bit of Greenland up near s glacier and the chance of looking at glacial streams' and lakes, not to ' mention picking flowers and wondering how they grew in suc surroundings.