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Here for Aug-Sep 1965 |
| October 1965 |
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Worked on equipment all day. |
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Went to A-33 and ordered china
dishware for Mom. Another day of working on gear. |
Petersen and Withers
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Went on Tokyo tour. Went to Tokyo
Tower, Japanese Tea House for Dinner, Olympic Grounds and Shrine to the
Dead. Then to the Kokusue Theater where I saw the most beautiful
music-dance show. The Theater was HUGE. |
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Worked on the teletype system and
took R-390 receiver sensitivity tests. Had a working party in the evening
hauling stores. |
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Warm day |
Finished receiver tests. |
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Worked all day. Had the 04:00-08:00
watch. |
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Went on another tour to adjacent
cities and up in the hills. |
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Worked on equipment. |
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Shore patrol on base. |
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Tried to get underway. Had
engineering problems and was towed back to port.
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Tried to get underway again, but
couldn't. |
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Still not underway. Had Shore
patrol again. |
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Finally underway. Headed to Okinawa
to refuel. |
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14 |
Very rough seas |
Happy Birthday to Me. Almost got
seasick. |
Naha, Okinawa
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Pulled into Naha, Okinawa to
refuel. Underway again about 14:30. The SPS-10 radar went down at 21:15.
The Ships main power panel blew up and burned up. Steam everywhere. We are
sitting dead in the water.
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WX is fair. |
Steaming as usual. Passed the
Battan Islands. Holiday Routine. |
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WX- is sunny and partly cloudy. |
Holiday routine in morning and GQ
and drills in the afternoon. Now in radio contact with the carrier. |
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WX- rainy and seas rough. |
Joined the carrier. Refueled from
AO-46 and boy were there lots of greenies. I read in today's paper from
the carrier that there are a lot of demonstrations concerning getting
troops out of Viet Nam back home. |
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19 |
WX - partly cloudy and sea very
rough. |
Had anti submarine ops all day with
USS Cusk. Rolled heavy all day. |
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WX - very nice. |
Back with the carrier and plane
guard all day. Refueled from USS Haseampa, AO-104. On water hours again.
The crew is only allowed 6000 gallons per day. |
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21 |
WX- sunny and sea choppy. |
Independent steaming exercises (ISE).
Worked on a R-390 and URC-32. |
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Anti submarine ops with USS Cusk,
SS-388. Lots of heavy rolls. |
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Saturday. Plane guard all day. WX -
hot and sunny, sea calm. In evening took on 30 bags of mail and such for
transfer. |
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Steamed alone up to the Tonkin
Gulf and rendezvoused with the USS Safeguard, a sub salvage ship. Gave
them their first mail in 3 months. Also some flour. Saw a Russian trawler
nearby. Later joined the USS Gridley, DLG-21 and transferred mail and 2
officers. Had a steak fry on the fantail. Caught back up with the carrier.
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WX- hot and calm. |
Spent day I.S.E. Started working on
R-390 with VFO problems. |
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26 |
WX- very hot and no wind. |
Plane guard today. Worked on the
R-390 all day. |
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ASW operations with the USS Cusk,
two helos and one ASW aircraft. |
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WX- hot and calm. |
ISE today |
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WX- hot and water smooth as glass. |
Plane guard today. Showed the movie
"The Train". Beautiful sight after dark with the stars
reflecting on the water. |
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Refueled this morning. Worked on an
ECM antenna all afternoon. Hit the rack early. |
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Reveille at 04:30. Refueled at
06:00. Replentished from USS Pollux later. Worked on ECM antenna part of
the day. Hit the rack early. |
| November 1965 |
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WX- hot all day. |
Operated on plane guard. Worked on
ECM antenna. Just ask if I have 349 days left, or 300 with a college
cut...! |
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WX - hot with calm sea. |
ISE today. Worked on ECM antenna.
Got ECM up. Evening movie was "55Days to Peking." |
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Revelie at 03:30 to set the
replenishments detail and take supplies and 3rd class mail from the USS
MT. Kotmai. |
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Up at 01:00 to refuel. Received a
schedule change. Headed for Sasebo, Japan. Detached from Carrier. |
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Wx- fair. |
Steaming independently to Sasebo. |
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6 |
WX- terrible, seas terrible. |
Holiday routine in PM. Hit rack and
slept. GRC-27 down about 21:30, worked until 24:00. Servo working wrong.
Seas calmed down later in the night. |
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WX- stormy and seas rough. |
No signs of sickness yet. About 70
miles East of Formosa, heading North. Sky cleared in afternoon. Riding the
trough so plenty of rolling. |
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WX-partly cloudy and warm, seas
calm. |
Held a field day on ship. No one
knows where we are supposed to be due to 4 different schedule changes. |
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Arrived Sasebo in the morning. Had
on base liberty. Went to Navy Exchange. Ship refueled and took on stores.
Left port with USS Ingersole and USS Cimmeron in evening for home.
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Steaming in circles this morning,
trying to decide where to go. Finally left to join the USS Midway. |
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Steaming and refueling. |
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WX- cool and much more comfortable. |
Joined with the USS DeHaven DD-727.
Last night for movies. It was "Days of Wine and Roses." Wearing
a dungaree shirt during the day and using a blanket at night. Ship rolling
20-30degs and junk keeps rolling around. Met the Midway in the night. 13
days to go. |
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05:30 reveille to refuel at 09:00.
Holiday routine in the afternoon. Steaming faster now that the oiler
is gone. |
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14 |
WX- fair. |
Steaming as usual North of the
Marshall Islands. |
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WX- seas getting rougher |
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WX- very windy and rough. |
Only spent a few hours. Steaming as
usual. Refueled from carrier at 19:00. Crossed the IDL this morning. |
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WX- gettin worse. |
Ship is rolling very heavy. Waves
20-25'. Trays and cups jumped around on the tables on mess deck. Forward
gun mount damaged from water. Now North of the Hawaiian Islands. Getting
stateside AM broadcast stations tonight. One of the loudest was KEX in
Portland, OR. Didn't sleep very good.
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WX- roughest yet. |
Greenies over the bridge and 01
level. Too rough to go forward. Had a rough weather refueling with the USS
Chipola. It took 3 hours to rig. Used winch to pull rigging.
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19 |
WX- broken clouds and sunny. |
Finished refueling at first
light. Seas still rough, but not rolling so bad. Midway flew a jet
into Pearl Harbor to pick up the mail. Had a big mail call in the evening. |
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WX- rough again and partly cloudy. |
Worked on URA-8 all day. At
midnight only 1550 miles to go. Got channel fever. Notified of approval on
30 day leave from 3 Dec to 3 Jan. |
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Sunday Refueled at first light from
Midway. At 11:00 detached from carrier. Stoddard, Ingersol, DeHaven and
Wilson steaming to San Diego at 23 kts. At 2300 we were 1200 miles from
San Diego. Ate midrats. |
