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DATE |
ACTIVITY |
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| Jan 1st |
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| Jan 2nd |
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| Jan 3rd |
have copy of POD indicating we are still in Charleston. |
| Jan 23rd |
Around this date we commenced a 3-week "Ready For Sea" period |
| Jan 28th |
Took the Semmes to sea for the first time (sea trials, etc) |
| Jan 31st |
Returned to Charleston |
| Feb 14th |
Out to sea |
| Feb 15th |
Out to sea |
| Feb 16th |
Back in Charleston |
| Feb 18th |
Out to sea - storm. Around this date scheduled for "Ships Qualifications Tests" |
| Feb 19th |
Out to sea - storm. Around this date scheduled for "Ships Qualifications Tests" |
| Feb 20th |
Loading ammo. Left Charleston at 3:30 for Mayport.
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| Feb 21st |
In Mayport at 11:00. It snowed! |
| Feb 23rd |
out to sea again |
| Feb 25th |
Returned to Mayport |
| Feb 27th |
Going back to Charleston. Heavy seas, 40 degree rolls. |
| March 10th |
in Charleston this date |
| March 13th |
left Charleston for Norfolk. Weather bad, visibility zero. |
| March 14th |
Rendezvous with sub, USS Trigger |
| March 15th |
Storm at 0002, taking 40 degree rolls |
| March 16th |
Arrived in Norfolk (Mitch on one day liberty to NJ) |
| March 23rd |
Left Norfolk at 1700 |
| March 23rd |
Arrived in Charleston after a good trip |
| Apr 9th |
Underway for P.R & Cuba for 6 week shakedown |
| Apr 10th |
at sea. Thresher sunk |
| Apr 11th |
Scheduled to be in Cuba for 6 weeks |
| Apr 16th |
cruised past Virgin Islands |
| Apr 17th |
Anchored about 3000 yards from Culebra Island |
| Apr 20th |
In port, San Juan |
| Apr 21st |
In port, San Juan |
| Apr 22nd |
Semmes underway for Cuba |
| Apr 23rd |
At 0800 we passed Haite. Arrived at GITMO |
| Apr 27th |
at sea |
| May 2nd |
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
| May 6th |
Tied up at pier in Cuba today. Been at sea about two weeks |
| May 8th |
liberty on base |
| May 13th |
Scheduled for Missile Shakedown & Final Acceptance Trials at Roosevelt Rhodes |
| May 14th |
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| May 15th |
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| May 16th |
Left Cuba for Culebra and San Juan
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| May 17th |
Santo Domingo off our starboard side & Haiti on a 23-mile range |
| May 18th |
Arrived in San Juan for weekend liberty |
| May 19th |
Puerto Rico, Cuba and Haiti |
| May 20th |
Puerto Rico |
| May 21st |
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| May 22nd |
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| May 23rd |
left Puerto Rico. Arrived at Charleston for yard period |
| May 26th |
Shakedown completed. Joined DesDiv62, DesRon 6 at Charleston |
| June 3th |
still in Charleston |
| June 6th |
still in Charleston |
| June 18th |
still in Charleston |
| June 20th |
scheduled for "Post Shakedown Availability" at Charleston |
| June 26th |
in Charleston. It rained all day until the afternoon |
| June 29th |
still in Charleston |
| Jule 9th |
scheduled to go to North Atlantic. Mitch has duty |
| July 12th |
in Charleston |
| July 25th |
in Charleston |
| Aug 3rd |
in Charleston |
| Aug 9th |
scheduled to go to sea, but maybe for only the next 24 hours |
| Aug 22nd |
in Charleston |
| Aug 30th |
Putting out to sea, going to Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| Aug 31st |
Arrived in Fort Lauderdale |
| Sept 3rd |
Putting out to sea for St. Thomas |
| Sept 6th |
Arrived St. Thomas |
| Sept 9th |
Left St. Thomas for Santo Domingo |
| Sept 13th |
Arrived Santo Domingo |
| Sept 16th |
left Santo Domingo at 0330 to find pilot that went into sea. Not found |
| Sept 19th |
Arrived Cuba for refresher training |
| Sept 26th |
Bad Hurricane Edith |
| Sept 27th |
At 1600 left Gitmo for Bermuda |
| Oct 1st |
At 0900 arrived in Port Royal, Bermuda |
| Oct 3rd |
pulled out of Bermuda, enroute to Boston |
| Oct 4th |
At 1400 the Jersey shore is off Port side, 250 miles away |
| Oct 5th |
Arrived in Boston at 0900. It's COLD! |
| Oct 6th |
Mitch enjoying liberty |
| Oct 10th |
still in Boston. Mitch has "Sunset Liberty" |
| Oct 14th |
On our way to Newport, RI. Pulled in same day |
| Oct 15th |
Left Newport, on the way to New York |
| Oct 18th |
Arrived in New York in the morning |
| Oct 23rd |
Pulled out of NY (Brooklyn Navy Base) |
| Oct 24th |
Gunfire support off Little Creek, Virginia |
| Nov 8th |
Arrived in Charleston |
| Nov 23rd |
On Dependant's Cruise. President Kennedy killed. We returned to port. |
| Dec 25th |
In port, Charleston |
