USS Cabildo (LSD-16) Early 1960s

Thanks to Don Wagner SM2 63-64 for providing this picture and the notes below.

This picture shows the USS Cabildo entering her home port of Long Beach, California and procedung to berth Mike - 7 (as indicated by 3rd halyard starboard yardarm flag-hoist (Desig M 7). She is making a speed of 8 knots (as indicated by 2nd halyard starboard yardarm flag-hoist at dip (Zero Eight). The special sea and anchor detail has been set and the starboad anchor has been un-housed and is ready to be let go.

On the port quarter (and in the haze), you will see the Long Beach harbor jetty/breakwater with the white light marking the end of it. Just about on the port beam, is what appears to be a small craft with the harbor pilot aboard. Beyond the small craft is a merchantman witha black hull and white superstructure.

Notes: The startboard accomodation ladder by the quarterdeck is the one the MERRICK mangled when she collided with us. Where we holded was above the battery room, just below that ladder and above the turn of the hull. In another incident, the starboard boat boom (in it's cradle) jumped out while the Cabildo was in a hurricane and when the ship rolled to starboard, the boom swung out and on the opposing roll to port, the boom swung back and Boom! It sounded like being inside a base drum. Does one wonder why they call it a boom?

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