Yancey (AKA 93) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE CRUISE On T2 January, 1962, USS YANCEY AKA 93, accompanied by her sisTer ship, USS ALGOL AKA 54, sailed from San Diego enrouTe Norfolk, Virginia, via The Panama Canal. On T5 January, 1962 The ship conducfed a ship To shore movemenT exercise off Soccoro lsland, Mexico. ln The af Ternoon of The 15Th., while making an approach on The Algal during a Towing exercise, The Two ships collided carrying away The lifeboaf and daviT of each ship. The remainder of The voyage was unevenTful, arriving aT Rodman Naval STaTion, Canal Zone on 22nd. January. On The 28Th. The ship TransiTed The Canal and arrived in Norfolk, Virginia To reporT To The Commander of Amphibious Squadron T2 for duTy on The 2nd, of February. On TO April, 1962, The Yancey, wiTh a plaToon of US Army STevedores lefT Norfolk for Morehead CiTy, N.C. on The firsT leg of her parTicipaTion in OperaTion Rhiblexn. From There CapTain KeaTing, Commanding Ufficer of The Yancey and Task UniT Commodore, guided The ships under his command To Vieques, V.l., where They parTicipaTed in Training exercises. Un 17 April The Yancey seT ouT for ST. Thomas, V.l. arriving There 18 April. MosT of The crew Took advan- Tage of The Tax free porT and purchased a varieTy of goods from all over The world. We shall all remember The beach parTy held on The beauTiful sands of ST. Thomas and The many breaThTaking views from The high hills of The surrounding counTryside. Such names as Bluebe,ard's CasTle , Virgin lsle l-loTel The Fallen Angel , The MounTain Top'MoTel wiTh Their Banana Daiquiresn, Rum Swizels and The STeel Drum Bands will always sTir pleasanT memories for all of us. The Yancey deparTed from CharloTTe Amalie, capiTal of ST. Thomas on 25 April for Roosevelf Roads and backloading parT of The operaTion reTurning To Norfolk on 2 May, afTer dropping The Marines off aT Morehead CiTy, N.C. On TO May, 1962 The Yancey enTered The hisToric CharlesTon l-larbor and sTeamed inTo The ammu- niTion depoT To unload. AfTer unloading she sfeamed back down The river and moored To a pier where she accomplished anoTher Yancey firsT by loading nine boaTs in addifion To her own, a Truly remarkable feaT since five of These boaTs were 30 Ton LCM's. While in Charlesfon The crew Took advanTage of The recre- aTional faciliTies in Town and saw many of The hisToric sighTs of old CharlesTon. Un 5 July The Yancey Took parT in an amphibious exercise wiTh Rhibron 2. On 9 July she was underway for Rockland, Maine wiTh 75 SeascouTs llanded Then in a 1A aT LiTTle Creeki Midshipmen and reserve per- sonnel. EnrouTe The ship TransiTed The Cape Cod Canal, anchored in BosTon l-larbor and passed many of The hisToric ciTies and Towns along The rocky New England CoasT. Once aT Rockland The Yancey ran The meas-. ured mile and her crew will long be remembered by The Rocklanders for Their efforTs in bringing back The bell . Hundreds of Townsfolks waTched The Yancey's drill Team perform and visiTed The ship during an open house for The cifizens. On The reTurn run To Norfolk, The Yancey visiTed Texas Tower 2 and sighfed some Russian Trawlers. A 1 Alpha was held aT RrovinceTown, Mass., afTer which The ship anchored in Rrovincefown Harbor. She re- Turned To Norfolk on 20 April for an upkeep period. G ' Un 24 July The Yancey was underway for Davisville, R.l. and The firsT leg of her firsT TransaTlanTic cruise. A Seabee uniT was loaded aboard and The ship sfeamed for RoTa, Spain. There she offloaded The Seabees and The crew enioyed a planned sighTseeing Tour of The surrounding Spanish Towns. We all remember The Spanish Dance Troupe, The BullfighTs and The excellenT sherry from The vineyards of The Jerez disTricT of Spain. The ship Then headed for Lisbon, RorTugal for Three days liberTy. There The crew enioyed The excellenT ConTinenTal Cuisine and The many hisToric monumenTs of The early RorTugese exploreres. , Final ly The Yancey was homeward bound buT noT before a side Trip To The Rock of .GabralTar, The Yancey s firsT Mediferranean cruise CshorT as iT wasi. AfTer unloading The Seabees aT Davisville, R.l. The Yancey headed souTh and reTurned To Norfolk 18 AugusT, 1962.

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