Worden (CG 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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54 19 1 S if Land! It's land! - Nah, how can you tell? 42 WORDEN'S quartermasters were responsible for knowing exactly where the ship was, keeping her on track, and recording all the information necessary for reconstructing events in the Ship's Deck Logs. The men responsible for safely navigating WORDEN were LTjg Frank Martin, Division Officer, QMC Scott Shumway, QM2 Randy Hayme, QM2 Todd McClain, QM3 Vin- cent Stazione, QM3 Patrick Durbin, QM3 Paul Degiorgi and QMSN John Brizendine. From a QM's point of view patrolling the Persian Gulf was truly challenging. Visibility was down to six miles and would sometimes worsen to three miles be- cause of sandstorms. It was hotf' QM3 Durbin recalled. Our air conditioning was working but it wasn't cold. It was a definite challenge keeping the ship on course with low visibility and at the same time keeping out of the Iranllraq war zone, he said. Tension was high and for me the most challenging thing about WESTPAC was just getting qualified for my watches, said QMSN Brizendine. The Persian Gulf was a vacation for me compared to my tour in Lebanon, QM2 McClain proclaimed. It was a piece of cake, really. My most memorable mo- ment in the Gulf was drinking a cold draft beer in the Bahrain Holiday Inn at two dinars each. What was challenging about the Gulf was trying to stretch your money when one diner was equal to 32.65 Aside from standing watches eating and sleeping the entire crew found themselves cleaning the ship every day due to the harsh environment Just imagine a float ing desert and you ll know what we went through The sand penetrated our equipment caused lots of trouble so intense cleaning was a daily requirement I ...X E .3

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