I kept this log on my first Westpac cruise. The last several dates who question marks because I left the ship in Subic to fly home on leave.
| Month | Date | Time | Entry |
| April |
22
|
1000 | Left Pearl Harbor for Guam |
| May |
5
|
0700 | Arrived Guam |
|
7
|
0800 | Left Guam for Subic Bay | |
|
12
|
1330 | Arrived Subic Bay | |
|
26
|
1600 | Left Subic for Mindoro Straits job | |
|
27
|
0900 | On station – Mindoro Straits | |
|
28
|
1900 | Underway for Subic | |
|
30
|
0800 | Arrived Subic Bay | |
| June |
8
|
1510 | Underway for Danang |
|
9
|
2100 | Changed course for burning ship – V/M Galinda | |
|
10
|
1600 | Arrived on scene V/M Galinda – 10 dead, 38 rescued by ? | |
|
11
|
0200 | Left Galinda for Danang | |
|
13
|
0830 | Anchored Danang Harbor | |
|
30
|
0800 | Left Danang for Triton Island for salvage job on beached ship | |
| July |
1
|
2200 | Arrived Triton Island – Falcon Lady |
|
3
|
1700 | Left Triton Island – Reclaimer pulled her off | |
|
6
|
1000 | Arrived Kaoshiung, Taiwan | |
|
10
|
0800 | Left Kaoshiung for Hong Kong | |
|
10-13
|
Rode out Typhoon Susan. | ||
|
14
|
1600 | Moored to buoy in Hong Kong Harbor | |
|
18
|
0800 | Left Hong Kong for Subic Bay | |
|
20
|
0800 | Arrived Subic Bay | |
| August |
3
|
0900 | Left Subic Bay for Danang |
|
4
|
2340 | Class "C" fire on #4 Main Engine – no casualties | |
|
6
|
0800 | Anchored off Tan My – LST aground up river | |
|
7
|
0900 | Second LST ran aground | |
|
10
|
1600 | Both LSTs are free | |
|
|
1900 | Underway for Danang | |
|
11
|
0800 | Anchored Danang | |
|
26
|
1130 |
Left Danang for Gulf of Tonkin to take USS Lang DE-1060 under tow. |
|
|
|
2200 | Arrived at Lang – underway under own power. Followed her to Subic. |
|
|
29
|
0830 | Arrived Subic Bay | |
| September |
1
|
0800 | Left Subic Bay for Singapore |
|
6
|
0900 | Arrived Singapore | |
|
14
|
0800 | Left Singapore for Bangkok via equator | |
|
15
|
1800 | Crossed equator going south | |
|
16
|
1000 | Crossed equator going north | |
|
18
|
1300 | Arrived Bangkok – anchored in river | |
|
23
|
0900 | Left Bangkok for Danang | |
|
27
|
0800 | Arrived Danang | |
| October |
1
|
1800 | Underway for Kaoshiung |
|
5
|
2000 | 150 miles away from Kaoshiung, rerouted to Subic Bay | |
|
7
|
1740 | Arrived Subic Bay | |
|
23
|
0800
|
Left Subic Bay for Midway | |
|
?
|
Arrived Midway after riding heavy seas | ||
|
?
|
Underway for Pearl Harbor | ||
| November |
12
|
1000 | Arrived Pearl Harbor |
Romondo,
What’s with the Nike post? It’s far from anything remotely related to the Conserver or the Navy.
Dale Hower