USS TERREBONNE PARISH (LST 1156)
Care of Fleet Post Office
New York, New York
PLAN OF THE DAY FOR TUESDAY 02 Mar 71
DO NOT REMOVE FROM THE SHIP
DUTY DIV DECK SEC/IDR MAA GMG1 RODE
DUTY YN PN2 MERRIL TIME ZONE -2 BRAVO
“ALL ENTRIES IN THE PLAN OF THE DAY ARE LAWFUL ORDERS AND WILL BE CARRIED OUT ACCORDINGLY. THE PLAN OF THE DAY CONTAINS OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL INFORMATION AND ALL HANDS ARE CHARGED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF ITS CONTENTS.”
SHIP’S ROUTINE
Carry out the normal underway routine as prescribed in LST1156 INST 5330.1A, enclosure (3), with the following exceptions:
0600 – Reveille
0615 – Breakfast
0645 – Sweepers
0700 – Up all idlers
0745 – Quarters
0800 – Turn to
1100 – Early dinner
1130 – Knock off ship’s work, dinner for the crew
1300 – Turn to
1600 – Knock off ship’s work
1630 – Early dinner
1700 – Supper
1830 – Secure from supper
1900 – Movie call
1920 – 8 o’clock reports
2100 – Troop movie call
2200 – Taps
NOTES
Reveille: A check made yesterday just prior to quarters showed that three people were still in their racks in lower ops, one rack was not made in Engineering and decent sweepers were held in only a few compartments. Each day since the new system of reveille went into effect more spaces and personnel have slid backward. I hold the petty officers in each compartment responsible for ensuring that everyone who is supposed to be up is up, racks are made and compartments look presentable. TAKE WARNING!
- 1. Schedule: Weather and other circumstances permitting the ship will fire all mounts Wednesday the 3rd. Additionally we will conduct CIC exercises, (tracking and tactical maneuvers) and an emergency breakaway with the ARNEB. The ship will cruise on two engines most of the way to Naples arriving Friday morning.
- The schedule for AQP training for today is as follows:
0800 – Career Information – Engineering – PN2 MERRILL
0830 – DC & FF, CO2 & Dry chemical equipment –
DECK/GUN – DC2 CHUROWSKI
0900 – Dependents Services Available Facilities –
OPS/SUP – ENS CONNER - Standby chits for Naples: Due to shore patrol orders being typed up each day, it is a must that all standby chits be approved and into ship’s office by 1000 on the morning prior to the day a standby is desired. This includes standbys for tours. There must be pay grade for pay grade standbys. Violations will not make their tours.
- The E-3 test for rate and the military leadership PO 3&2 test will be given today only at 0800 on the mess decks. The next time these tests will be given on 01 April.
- CAPRI – The song that bears this lovely island’s name has probably done it no good, if only because Capri is mispronounced. (Emphasis is on the first, rather than the second syllable). It is certainly one of the most beautiful spots on the face of the earth, a fact discovered by tourists in the 2nd century B.C. It is accessible by boat from Naples or Sorrento; you will probably land at the Grande Marina and go by funicular to the town of Capri itself. You ought especially to see the Villa Iovis, at one time the resort of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, who passed happy hours here pushing his enemies off the bluff. Also of interest is Villa San Michele, at Anacapri, which Alex Munthe describes so vividly in his celebrated story of San Michele. For a splendid view of the bays of Naples and Salerno, you should take from Anacapri the ride to the summit of Monte Solaro. Hugging the edge of the mountain is Piccola Marina, sung by Noel Coward with amusing disrespect. A worthwhile excursion around the island by boat will take you to the famous Blue Grotto with its luminous water, a source of enchantment, a memory you will cherish. But then, your recollections of all of Capri will be on this order.
- ROME – THE COLOSSEUM – The amazing thing about the Coliseum is that it is built in a marsh, and that its stupendous weight had been resting all those centuries upon artificial foundations set in water. It demands little imagination to rebuild these venerable ruins to its splendor, and fill it with the 80,000 spectators; Caesar in his royal box, the Senators in their privileged seats, the aristocracy and the Vestal Virgins in their reserved seats, and finally ascending to the mobs in the highest seats of all. The audience in the Coliseum was seated in strict social rotation. Such a gathering of people, assembled to enjoy and take delight in the sufferings and death of fellow human beings must have been a fearful sight indeed. The Coliseum was built about the year 100 A.D.
M.A. MURRAY, LT
EXECUTIVE OFFICER