Vesole (DDR 878) - Naval Cruise Book

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UP AROUND ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA THERE IS A FANTASTIC PLACE KNOWN AS DISNEYLAND, U.S.A. IT WAS HERE THAT OUR CREW SPENT MANY EN- Q, . JOYABLE HOURS DURING OUR STAY. IT WAS NOT I STRANGE TO SEE MR. MARYMONT RACING AROUND Mmm f'I Mawr, -.-W 1-it ..1!-!5-z'-?J--- -iv TO ARRANGE TRANSPORTATION AND TOURS TO 'Gigi - THIS WONDERFUL NEVER NEVER LAND WHERE r WE SPENT OUR LAST FEW DAYS IN ' ' CONUS. 1- A THE 8TH OF NOVEMBER ARRIvED AND NL ' B' , i7x:N-arg., NL., X5 7 XT' VESOLE DEPARTED.OUR BIGGEST QUESTION gy' 'gzffgf DURING THE CROSSING WAS, WHERE IS I4 THE BEAUTIFUL, CALM, PACIFIC? THE I WEATHER WAS AKIN TO A TYPICAL EAST .2 I COAST NOVEMBER AND THE RAIN SEEMED Ffi--'11, f -7 f ' TO HAVE FOLLOWED US FROM PANAMA. NOT EVEN HAWAII COULD BRING THE SUN- SHINE INTO OUR CRUISE. WE WERE GREET- ED IN PEARL HARBOR BY A FLOOD, BUT EVEN THIS DID NOT STOP THE CREW FROM TAKING TOURS AND INDIVIDUAL JAUNTS ABOUT THE ISLAND IN RENTED CARS AND PINK AND WHITE STRIPED JEEPS. SOME VISITED THE U.S.S. ARIZONA MEMORIAL WHILE OTHERS WHILED AWAY THEIR TIME AT WAKIKI. MOST OF US ENCOUNTERED A STRANGE CONCOCTION KNOWN AS A MAI TAI, BUT ALL WE CAN SAY IS THAT YOU HAVE TO TASTE IT TO BELIEVE IT. AFTER TWO AMAZINGLY SHORT DAYS WE WERE ON OUR WAY WEST AGAIN. DURING A BRIEF FUEL STOP AT MIDWAY ISLAND MANY OF US TOOK A SHOART WALK TO TEST OUR LAND LEGS AND VISIT THE INHABITANTS - - THE FAMOUS GOONY BIRDS! THEY ARE QUITE A SIGHT AND FOR THOSE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO CATCH ONE IN A LANDING, THEY CAN TELL YOU, IT'S A PICTURE WHICH JUST CAN'T BE DESCRIBED. NOVEMBER THE NINETEENTH WAS QUITE A DAY - - WE LEFT MIDWAY, CROSSED THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE IWHICH MADE FRIDAY - SATURDAYI, AND WE WERE NOW IN THE DOMAIN OF THE GOLDEN DRAGON AND WOULD NOT SEE THE WESTERN HEMI- SPHERE FOR OVER FOUR MONTHS. GUAM WAS OUR LAST FUEL STOP, AND SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING WE TRANSITED THE HISTORIC SAN BERNADINO STRAIT. ARRIVING AT MANILA BAY IN THE PHILIPPINES ON 30 NOVEMBER WE MOORED IN A NEST OF DE- STROYERS ALONGSIDE THE USS DELTA IAR-9I FOR A FEW NECESSARY VOYAGE REPAIRS. WE HAD ARRIVED? - - 63 DAYS AND 13,200 MILES FROM NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. SO CAME THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY AND THE BEGINNING OF OPERATIONAL. COM- MITMENTS THAT WOULD SEND Us THROUGHOUT FAR EASTERN wATERS FROM JAPAN TO SOUTH vIET NAM. IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A DEPI.OYMENT WHICH NONE OF US WILL FORGET.

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Divisizflfz FIRST ROW: MOORE, R. L., DC33 STAPLES, N. E., MM25 IULIUCCI, C., FN3 KEEVER, E. W., SF2, PAWLOSKI, S. M., FN, DUFFEY, B. E., MMI, BOURGET, N. V., MR1. SECOND ROW: LTJG M. P. MULLER3 CORBIN, W. P., ENI5 NORTON, T., EN35 GALVIN, J., FN5 WAITE, S. D., FAQ DUKES, G. J., SFI, GUMKOWSKI, R. M., SFI, PORTER, EN 3, GOODWIN, H., DC2, WHIT- AKER, J. J., FN, RICHARDSON, A. T., MMCS. R DIVISION IS COMPRISED OF FIVE RATINGS, ALL OF WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO KEEP THE SHIP IN FIGHTING TRIM. INCLUDED IN THE DIVISION ARE MACHINIST MATES, EN- GINEMEN, DAMAGE CONTROLMEN, SHIPFITTERS AND THE MACHINERY REPAIRMEN. THE GEAR WE KEEP UP IS TOO VARIED TO LIST, BUT IT CAN BE FOUND FROM STEM TO STERN AND FROM THE TOP OF THE STACKS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BILGES. A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE DAMAGE CONTROL PARTIES ARE MADE UP OF R DIVISION PERSONNEL. WE TRAINED LONG AND HARD AND OUR VARIED SKILLS MADE US READY AND ABLE TO COPE WITH ANY EMERGENCY. BECAUSE OF THE WARM WATERS IN WHICH WE WERE CONTINUALLY OPERATING, AIR CONDITIONING BECAME IMPORTANT FOR THE CREW AS WELL AS FOR THE ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT. IT WAS A CONSTANT BATTLE, BUT MAN OVERCAME THE AIR CONDITIONER IN THE END. WE HAD ONE FIRST OF WHICH WE WERE PROUD? NAMESE RIVER JUNK FROM A DESTROYER WITH DIESEL FUEL. ' ' R IS FOR BRASS ASHTRAYS . I THE FIRST OPERATIONAL REFUELING OF A VIET-