Zellars (DD 777) - Naval Cruise Book

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Am sen' L- In R iz h , , 4,: 'E i , , t V ,,. i E pi If 1 3 1 I 4 1 I 4 4 4 w I 1 i 4 . l 1 , lr G ti 4, HAMILTON Q w X , ' P Q fr by W! ,W I . , I. it . X 30: 5 'a,,,ff ' g is' L 6 if I , 5' Z I f - 1 2 7 gf ,mil fl 1- gf For seven months, from the Caribbean to Lisbon, thence north to Tromso a- bove the arctic circle, and from Newport to Buffalo, ZELLARS operated with the navies or other armed services of Great Britain, C anada, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Portugal, France, and, if you include the Naval Assembly, even Italy, India, Columbia, and Denmark. Operations included Exercises Springboard, Wicked L ady, Birthday, Quick Pursuit, and New Look. Match Maker brought together navymen- from many different countries in a re- warding exchange of friendship and mutual professional respect. Forty-five officers and men from ZELLARS cross- pollinated to one of the Dutch, British, or Canadian ships. In the field of rec- reation, you can't beat an American movie, a break for tea, Amstel Beer and Borrel, and a Canadian party. Q' Sl 5 ' 42 3 4 ,Hy 5 'l At the beginning the question was asked: What is Match Maker? and, without doubt people onboard ZELLARS know more about that than most others, for ZELLARS was with the squadron for the entire cruise. As a NATO ship, ZELLARS steamed well over thirty thousand miles, visited twenty- five ports in eight different countries and four possessions, and received 80,000 visitors. ZELLARS' officers attended about 62 liver-killing parties and receptions. Two engagements and one marriage resulted from the cruise. In the food department, ZELLARS ate four tons of potatoes and threw and fired another thousand pounds worth at other members of the squadron. l OH the D-Made ground at Hamilton: the NATO color guard Wlfg ZELLARS' COmDany in the background. Commodore Visee inspec ZELLARS for the final time. 44-? :U'f'?2'?5?l'5T59W'5E-':'- .

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-:iw ..111:'f.- l I I i I They loved us in Buffalo. LR Following the visit to Buffalo, the squadron split up with i ZELLARS stopping at St. Catharines, a small town on the Welland 'J Canal. There the wardroom was introduced to none other than Miss St. Catharines, Miss Winter Festival, and Miss Niagara Falls Hospitality --plus a battle tested chaperone whom no amount of finesse could take out of the play. In addition, some of our fans followed us from Buffalo, including the young ladies who had promised to punch a certain Ensign in the mouth. , Something really should be said about taking a destroyer through these canals. The Canadians seemed to have the knack, P but the Dutch and ourselves only managed to crush fenders doing the bump and grind. Somewhere along the line our Desron 20 shie ' , ld was Jarred loose Long suppressed photograph fun water hours. WY'-SRO retouchedb of Main Control during

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When it was done, we are once again in Hamilton, this time Ontario. As- sembled are ships' companies of Her Netherlands Majesty's Ship ROTTERDAM, Her Majesty's Canadian Ship SAGUENAY,and United States Ship ZELLARS. We are told that following next year's Match Maker cruise, NATO will have a permanent standing force, that we have been a deterrent to aggression and an agent of peace and under- I i ,, I M if , Going Home Turns it standing, and that we have worked well and hard. But there is something in the atmosphere on the parade ground that more than words sums up Match Maker: familiar faces in the ranks of the other ships, the multinational color guard, knowing that the midmorning sun is beating down just as hard on the other guy's head, and that he's looking forward to the journey home also. GOING HGME Director manned and ready-