Zellars (DD 777) - Naval Cruise Book

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OPERATICDN NEWLOOK ROTTERDAM, EURYALUS, SAGUENAY Ens. Rie-hm at the controls c ff x I i 5 i i i 5 2 i 2 N 5 if In e I AW A . Night helo transfer ' ' d Rummer M, xi ff Cross polhnators Wlnes an Brits 1 . ..,- 1

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From Newport, the Match Maker squadron proceeded to its last major 'operation of the cruise, New Look . While this exercise was going on-and on- and on, we discovered that we had a real cook in our new man Brown. Other important events included showing the midshipmen and our new captain how a twenty- five knot breakaway is supposed to be done. A DE alongside the MISSISSINEWA tried it first and looked as if she had a hernia. None of that for the Z , With that familiar smooth rumble and the Stern digging in, we left the oiler looking like she had run out of NSFO. a great sight after being in Port a long time. Others left that we will miss: from the wardroom, LtJG's Lang, Cost, Noe, and our gentleman, Mr. Kg Chiefs C'Leary, Spear, and Stanley, and from the crew, Charles, Davis, Gronski, Campbell, Wolfe, and McCormack to name a few. To all of our ex-shipmates, we wish the bestof luck in the future. But just before we headed out again, we received an early Christmas present in the form of thirty-one midshipmen-- the greatest painting, watch standing,holy stoning, log writing invention ever to grace the Navy. Left to the tender mercies of Paint Czar, Lt. Anderson,the midshipmen were put right to work. Before long,many of them were making solid contributions to the ship, stepping close on the heels of many of us who had to scramble to keep ahead of them. The squadron departed Newport on June 3, 1967. Now she is composed of EURYALUS, RCTTERDAM, and ZELLARS with SAGUENAY soon to join. it ga .1 I K w V ! , ew 'L ,'.' at f A M, '? '-wm...,,,,1w 31 . .,... K, . -.........,-.-1---,. f PV , ,Ma , 'Wir

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HALIFAX Match Maker came to Halifax on June 15th and departed for good on the eighth of July, thus providing time for all of us to get to know one of the best liberty ports of the entire cruise. The Canadians, in preparation for their centennial celebration, had organized everything right down to the tee, and we were all impressed with their hos- pitality. Add to your list of likely places the sidewalk in front of the Lord Nelson Hotel, the Pepermint Lounge, Victory Lounge, Port of Entry, anyplace in Dartmouth, and a coffee house with great folk music run by one Coleman Day called the Swordsman. The fishing season was back and our new corpsman, Doc Mercon, caught an Atlantic Wolffish, a monster so ugly mean that he might have stepped right out of that song about Sam Hall . When Mercon dragged him proudly aboard, the ship was in the midst of general visiting, but his catch cleared a swath before him. CSl Brown was adamant in refusing to let the beast into the galley. Nowakowski wails at ship's party Bodaddy Bork's Combo