Tanner (AGS 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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EKU ' ' ' ' CA PTHN I.A.i-I. SAMFSON Captain Righard Albert Holmes SAMPSON was born in Lansford, P l ' ennsy vania an attended Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PennSYl vania On l5 July l942, the Captain entered the Navy as an Avi?'- tion Cadet at Corpus Christi, Texas, where he received his comm1S sion as an Ensign Naval Aviator l3 March l943 During his career as a Naval Aviator Captain Sampson has d serve in many noteworthy positions Prom flight instructor in Oklahoma to Chief of Staff for Commander, Anti Submarine Warfare in Iceland Prior to reporting aboard the TANNER, Captain SamP5On served with the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations as DGPUPY Director of the Special Studies and Presentation Group. I I 3 l O , . . -- --- 4 - . V ' '

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n I N K 51 1 fb NXNS- LN A VW! Y vt AM Q. 4 5 : SJ.-it ,r gf A 1' 2 Q f xi S' -1 S X ii T .U JW! 52 E, Z1 ,T fill. Jfllf-'A' - W faammm, .Z I V ' Q5 1 Nmmwgg ml!!! SSNSNNM Q 112 S Qmrffzrfww I EQ za ear AW 0 ly dll mlm HQ SWIWZA gg ' Q X: 5 ,wmwmfw Qgiggmr TANNER departed Pearl Harbor on 10 October 1968, officially commencing her 68-69 WestPac Cruise. Our mission was to conduct hydrographic, oceanographic and photogrammetric operations in the Trust Territory of the Pacific to acquire information needed to produce nautical charts and associated publications. These opera- tions were conducted in the following atolls: Truk, Palau, Ponape and Ulithi. In addition to hydrographic sounding, wire drag opera- tions, unused by the U. S. Navy since 1954, were conducted in all areas. This relatively basic method of sweeping through an area at a given depth provided highly reliable data in detecting coral heads and other dangerous submerged obstacles. On 3 May 1969, TANNER returned to Pearl Harbor completing the deployment. During the cruise our accomplishments included: 133 square miles of wire dragging, 6,551 sonic sounded miles with the four island groups and 20,040 surveyed miles in the open ocean. The survey in Micronesia was particularly noteworthy in that the initial estimate of completion for this mission was March 1970. TANNER's high standards of performance and perseverance provided a fitting conclusion to her illustrious hydrographic career.

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