USS RICH (DD-820)
Fleet Post Office
New York 09501
THURSDAY
JULIAN DATE 2333
PLAN OF THE DAY
30 November 19XX
CARRY
OUT THE NORMAL UNDERWAY ROUTINE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS:
TBA Station NGFS Team,
Starboard Section
0600 Messgear
0615 Breakfast for cooks,
messcooks, POl's and the oncoming watch
0630 Breakfast for the
crew
0630 Station NGFS Team,
Port Section
0655 Sunrise
0800 Commence sweep/clampdown
of messing and berthing spaces and
passageways
0800 Payday
1000 Executive Officer's
inspection of messing and berthing
1045 Messgear
1100 Dinner for cooks,
messcooks, PO1's and the oncoming watch
1130 Dinner for the crew
1200 Station NGFS Team,
Starboard Section
1300 Continue sweep/clampdown
of messing and berthing spaces and
passageways
1300 Payday for stragglers
1630 Check setting of material
condition YOKE; and material conditon
ZEBRA below main deck and make reports to the bridge
1700 Messgear
1715 Supper for cooks,
messcooks, PO1's and the oncoming watch
1730 Supper for the crew
1744 Prepare to darken
ship
1800 Station NGFS Team,
Port Section
1804 Sunset, darken ship
2400 Station NGFS Team,
Starboard Section
NOTES:
1. RICH TO THE
RESCUE
Yesterday
a report was received on some of the damage inflicted
by RICH during her marathon
gunnery excercise when 734 rounds were
expended. The report
read in part:
"17 confirmed VC killed, one M60 mortar captured, 65 rounds
of 91mm and 81 rounds of 61mm ammunition destroyed. The
artillery spotter credited RICH's gunfire with saving the
26th and 24th Vietnamese Popular Forces from being overrun".
What
most people do not know is that five enemy are wounded for
every one killed.
Also, Viet Cong do not leave there dead behind
if they can help it.
Therefor probably more than 17 VC were killed
and many more wounded.
That
isn't a bad track record for our first day on the gunline and
everyone should be quite
proud of it.
2. PAYDAY
All
hands are cautioned to draw only as much of their pay as
needed. Also, to
keep what you draw locked up so that it won't
be stolen.
3. RELIEVE THE
WATCH
Some
RICHMEN are taking too long to man their station when the full
NGFS team is called away.
The full NGFS team will not be called away
any sooner than necessary
if we can man up quickly and be ready for
a call for fire within
10 minutes.
However,
if the delays in manning up continue, the only alternative
will be to call the team
away earlier than should be necessary.
Everyone will then have
to stand easy on station while the slowpokes
take their time getting
there.
In order
to
avoid wasting a lot of unnecessary time on station the
obvious solution is to
be alert and man your station quickly when it
is called away. Team
up with a buddy in another section who can wake
you up if necessary.
4. SWEEP/CLAMP
DOWN
Field
day went fairly well today, for the most part. Unfortunately,
some of the berthing spaces
aren't being kept clean enough. The
reason for the sweep and
clamp down scheduled in the POD at 0800
and 1300 is to keep the
compartments habitable and clean. No-one
likes to live in a mess,
and if he does, there is no room for him
on board the RICH.
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