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Uss Prichett Look out June 2010 June 2010 Volume IV Issue I USS PRICHETT DD-561 REUNION ASSOCIATION LOOK OUT Prez Says WE ARE ON THE WEB Good Day Shipmates and Friends, www.ussprichettdd561.org I think summer has finally arrived, hard to tell with all the rain and rising rivers we are having, but we have been enjoying it anyway. Sounds like a lot of you are doing some traveling and we plan on taking a trip this summer and take our granddaughter to Yellowstone. I’m not sure if it is granddaughter or Mary Ann looking forward to the trip the most. The information for all the reunion tours should be in your hands now and it looks like we will have a good time. If you haven’t made your reservations yet you need to get on the ball and get them in. At the reunion we will have more information for you for next year’s reunion so you can make your plans sooner. The board was slow getting it together this year; we will do better for next year. It’s alright to throw things at me (I have a preference for money). You still have time to track down other shipmates and sign them up to be eligible for the grand prize, was that $2.00 or $200? We want to see our group continue to grow; meet back up with old friends and make new ones. Besides, we could use some new sea stories! Some of you have heard that Mary Ann had some health problems but that is all taken care of. Her medications were just off track and made her act a little more unusual than normal. Her medications have been adjusted; she is doing fine and looking forward to the reunion. Some day this census work will be over and I will have more time to get things done, until then have a good summer and see you soon. Smooth Sailing! Terry Crawford 618-259-3007 [email protected] "The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution is worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks." Samuel Adams WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE! This article was in the Jan., Feb., Mar., 2009 Tin Can Sailor paper . P a g e 2 Dear Editor: I enjoyed reading the article about the sinking of a sub during the Korean War. It brought to mind another incident that involved the USS PRICHETT (DD-561) and the USS CUSHING (DD-797). I was on the PRICHETT, and we were escorting the Task Force 77 carriers when, during a course change of the fleet, the CUSHING was given permission to leave her station early and to plot a course to end up behind the carriers at the end of the course change so she would be on station for the launching of aircraft. The course change was given about 3:30 AM, and the fleet started the change of directions. Shortly after we began to turn, the CUSHING hit us on the starboard side and cut a gash about 35 to 40 feet long below the waterline. The CUSHING’s bow was hanging and threatening to break loose. We notified the fleet command and were ordered to head for Japan for repairs. They sent a destroyer to escort us, the CUSHING and PRICHETT, out of the area. The next day, however, we received word that the destroyer had been recalled to the fleet because the screen was three destroyers short. The destroyer left us, and the word was that a salvage tug was being dispatched from Japan to pick us up and escort us back. The next day, before the arrival of the tug, our sonar men picked up a contact that they identified as a sub and the information was relayed to the fleet. They sent back a message that none of our submarines were in the area, that it was an unknown sub, and to take whatever action we could. The captain sent back that we would commence a run on the sub and would drop depth charges. The disabled CUSHING could only make about five knots. We increased our speed as much as possible with the gash in the PRITCHETT’s side and made a run over the sub. We were running so slowly that, as we turned to make the second run, we lost the contact. We searched for awhile, then rejoined the CUSHING, and continued to Japan. Later we were joined by the tug. We entered the dry dock where they put a temporary patch over the gash, and we were ordered to rejoin the task force. We located a floating mine on the way back to the carriers and were told to keep it in sight until a cruiser was dispatched to join us. She was to destroy the mine. She came up and lined up her marines. After they had shot at the mine for quite some time with their rifles and were unable to destroy it, the cruiser resorted to her five inchers to blow it up. We continued on to the task force at flank speed, and the patch held. We finished the tour of duty and sailed for home completing, a ‘round-the-world’ cruise. The CUSHING’s bow was repaired in the ship yard, and she returned to Korea. Bill Stegall SMOKY STOVALL HAS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION Regarding Stegall's article, he and I have some differences in what we remember. I was in the after boiler room for 0400 to 0800 watch. I logged the collision in at 0409. At the time of the collision I immediately checked for damage. Our 10,000 gal. water tank was full and it should have only been half full. I took a salt test and we had pure salt water. We did not have a 35 to 40 foot gash in the side as I don't believe we would have stayed afloat. We had about a 3 foot gash in the forward engine room coming back into the after boiler room six foot. The tank held in the boiler room or I would not be sending this e-mail. In dry dock in Sasebo they permanently fixed our The watch crew on that fateful morning in damaged side before we went out again. That's all Feb 1953. Left to right—(hanging) Elmer I've got to say about that but that's my story and I'm Kennedy, Rudy Godinez, Rolly Gimple and sticking to it. Later…..Smoky Smoky Stovall. NOTE FROM VERNA STOVALL: Don and Maria P a g e 3 Calvin, Smoky and I met Terry and Mary Ann in Galena, IL the weekend of 16 May to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. Jim and Charlotte Simms, who stood up with them at the wedding, were unable to attend. This picture was taken (by Verna Stovall) beside Grant's home where they stood when they were married ten years ago on 13 May. Congratulations!! Bill and Carol Kramer celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary December 26, 2009. Sorry this announce- ment is a little late. I don’t have a photo to include this time, but would love to have “then and now” pictures to put in the next issue. As Tommy Forcum would tell the story: In circa Jan 1958, on the way to Australia, at approximately 0015hrs, the Captain came on the “bitch box”: “THIS IS NOT A DRILL. I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL. ALL HANDS MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS!” About 15 minutes later, the Captain asked if anyone had seen Jack Lightfoot. After another 15 minutes “Secure from General Quarters.” was given. The next day, we found out that Lightfoot didn’t show up for mid-watch. He was found sleeping in the lifejacket locker. I think Jack made Seaman Recruit again! L. Gualtieri writes: I was aboard the Prichett in 1953 and we stopped in Genova, Italy. We (me and Tony Competlo) went to meet my cousin who was a police officer in Forgia, Italy. To make a long story short: I understand a little Italian, but could not understand my cousin. However, Tony was my interpreter...HaHa! This was the first and last time I ever saw my first cousin Frank. In all fairness to Bill Stegall’s recollection, (story on page 2) Smoky thinks Bill may have gotten his measurement from the ship when it was in for repair, as they had to cut out a large section to properly repair the ship. (photographer unknown) P a g e 4 April 19, 2010 Capitano di Vascello (Riserva) Salvatore (GO) Italy Dear Capitano di Vascello: I was pleased to note your letter as published in “Tin Can Sailor”. It was cited in a newsletter of the USS PRICHETT DD561 Reunion Association this month. I was Commanding Officer of the USS PRICHETT for 17 months from February 1963 to July 1964. I was fortunate in having the crew a talented damage control petty officer who took pleasure in ship repair. At his suggestion I bought a fine modern welding machine from the ship’s operating funds. He proceeded practically to rebuild the ship to overcome years of hard use. Many lapses of watertight integrity were corrected. He installed new hatch coamings to the engineering spaces and new gaskets on water tight doors and hatches. In some instances entire doors required replacement because of holes in them. In the meantime, our destroyer division was the screen for an Attack Carrier in the Vietnam War.
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