White Plains (AFS 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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'L e sf e 5 sw ir? ri xi gg in ASSISTANT EDITOR Harry McLean, RD CHN1C1AN Riley Hendrickson, RD n ARTIST Q SALES Rodney Rudolph SH TREASURER Vincent Pierotu SK STAFF ADVISOR Chaplain David Hunsicker LCDR CHC CONTRIBUTORS Bob Baker, EN WITH OUR THANKS FOR THEIR HELP TO: CDR R. Backes CDR R. Luther LCDR R. Horner PN3 Glen Edman RD2 Lee Herb YNSN Philippe Schroth Mona and all our nameless contributors Tr

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few piece . N d sh' b 'ming company san Diego. Thavs how it 211 began' Ocfobef 2, 1965 'O be Steel an IP U1 ' exact. The keel was laid. Less than ay maze was dead. L alv f h t 1 and beams A welding torch. An October morning at National ' 5 0 S eet me a - ear later the ship WHITE PLAINS was afloat and launched, f h m a ne on July 26, 1966. But this grey steel Mrs. Bob Wilson assaulting her with a bottle o C H P 8 .f d 11 its associated activities would not come for months, not until her 1 e an a . d A d 0 until then Shipbuilders swarmed over her decks and in her bowels and left crew arrive . n -S at knock-off a ghostly Shell- 53.5 hen on January 5 1968, WHITE PLAINS as a living entity stirred, the first of the nucleus crew began arriving. Building 16 of National Steel, headquarters for Captain Thomas B. Brenner, prospective commanding officer, and the first installment of the crew, was created to harbor that first spark of life - that first bit of esprit de corps that was to form the working WHITE PLAINS. x.. VJ g 1 7 F .la t was confusion at first, it always is. Men had to be trained, allowances decided on and filled, supply demands established, and most importantly the ship finished and accepted. But the last task still belonged to National Steel. There was nothing we could do but be frustrated. Original plans called for commissioning in june 1968. But there was a strike at National Steel and a last minute major change to the engineering plant. The Automated Propulsion System, first pf its kind in the Navy, was installed after the plant was 'nearly complete. And there were changes to be made in the winches. And other minor delays. The commissioning date stretched out to September 28, 1968, and invitations went out. ut problems in the acceptance trials developed. October 12th was Settled on as the new date for commissioning More problems arose Time and again the ship set sail for Long Beach and final acceptance only to turn around half w h C1 ay t ere an return to San Diego Finally we did 3 9 8 WC acquired the status In Commission Special ' In ommission Active followed on December 10 1968 i make it to Long Beach where, on November 2 1 6 - , , . . - ' .H Q C ' - - - ,,