Barth "Doc" Rishers Photos of 1967-68 WesPac Cruise

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HMC Barth "Doc" Risher was kind enough to convert his slides to digital images, and submit them to us for our viewing pleasure.

For those of us who have sailed on ships of the line, these images will bring back memories. The rest of you will see photos of life on the ship and some of the places we have visited.

Here is some background that Doc Risher provided for us...

Westpac Cruise of the USS Richard S. Edwards DD0950

September 1967 - March 1968
Commanding Officer was CDR Lee Blair Jr.
Executive Officer was LCDR Bruce Tager

The Edwards was part of Destroyer Division 172.
The other ships were:

USS LYNDE McCORMICK DDG-8
USS HOPEWELL DD-691
USS KNOX DD-742
USS ROGERS dd-876

The Edwards was the Flag Ship and the staff consisted of:

Captain Cummings Commodore
Lt. J.D. Lucas OpsOff
Ens. R.K. Stark CommOff
Lt. R.G. Booth MC
Lt. E. E. Snow CMC
Lt. J.R. Deboare Material
RMC R.M Robimson
SPCM Casarez Asst. Material
SD1 Reyes
TN F.P. Lopes
Lt. M.A. Cummin Mateial Off
Ltjg. R.G. Dietz OpsOff

A breif outline of our trip to and from WesPac is as follows:

Underway 29AUG1967 from San Diego to Midway to refuel.
From there to Yokosuka, Japn.
Then to the gun line.
Then its on to Subic Bay.
Back to the gun line.
Then to Hong Kong.
Back to Subic Bay.
Then to Kaoshung, Taiwann.
Back to the gun line.Back to Subic Bay.
From there, headed home, stopping at Manus Island to refuel. Detoured to Brisbane Australia.
Then stopped Auckland New Zealand.
Refueled in Pago Pago, Samoan Islands.
Finally - back to San Diego 12MAR1968.

Our Commanding Officer Lee Blair was tragically killed in an auto accident in May 1968, two months after our return from the WesPac Cruise.

Below are photos from Doc's collection.

Click on any photo to open a larger view. From there you can click on the Prev or Next arrows at the top of the photos to see each photo in the group, or click on "close window" to return to this page.

Hawaii


Diamond Head at dawn


Waikiki Beach	Hotel Plaza, Waikiki Beach	Waikiki Beach


Main Street Honolulu



Tour of the island


The Sea Aquarium

Midway Island


Entering channel. WWII hulk in distance	Small island with weather statiion	Midway island

Deparrting - it's almost sunset and a storm is brewing	Midway blessed the departure with a rainbow	Sailing off into the sunset