NOTES ON "STABBRITE* OHUISB FOR OCTOBER 1961* 
The USS GRANVILLE S.HALL departed Pearl Harbor at 0830 Monday 28 September 
1961* with a small contingent of SHAD personnel. One Officer,four Chief Petty Of* 
fleers and thirteen other enlisted filled out our complement. Wq met with nothing 
but good weather,interspersed with fairly occasional rain squalls throughout the 
voyage,and the wa rm semi-tropic sun of the Central Pacific erased many cases of 
•Pearl Harbor pallor. 11 
The main purpose of the voyage. Avian Observation, was excellently fulfilled* 
^©claon collecting was well below usual in the case of USS G.S. HALL 1 3 previous 
records. Roughly sixty six percent of specimens brought down were recovered* Three 
MV and unusual specimens were recovered, and many new:i ones sighted* We were well 
equalnted with the Tfeora Leader of the Ornithologists,and good rapport was soon 
established with the newcomers. The Ichthyologists were slower fitting in,mainly 
because of bissarre hair-dos. Later,they proved to be good mixers,despite the "Beat* 
llsh* appearances. The Captain, Chief Welsh and SN Charley Hoteboom aided in the 
collecting with their excellent marksmanship. The whaleboat was lowered only once 
during the trip, in order to recover a Great Frigate Bird which was collected simul* 
tameously with a smaller bird. The water was never too rough for smallboat oper¬ 
ations,but it was felt that time could be saved by "alongside net recovery*# 
For the first week, the ship was stopped daily at 0701,133-0,1900 and 0100 for 
bathythermograph drops, but a welcome accident to the bathythermograph halted all 
BT drops* Welcome because of the cessation of nightly hour long rumbling and clank • 
tag of the dropping winch directly over the crews berthing spaces. Plankton and 
HP water samples were collected until we departed the grid. Plankton specimens war© 
placed on view with a microscope to aquaint interested members of the crew and aided 
the crew in understanding the mission. 
SHAD personnel spent the time at sea in maintenance work,painting and many drills 
which interrupted & continuous program. While at sea, all hands aired bedding and 
washed bunk bottoms where applicable. The SHAD personnel were required to shine up 
the lockers of the Shore Detachment but were excused from washing up the latter*8 
bunk bottoms. Almost daily bailing parties were organized because of leaks and rup¬ 
turing pipes. The air-conditioner in area tt W* went out of commission five days after 
sailing because of faulty pipe installation. The air-conditioners in the DeMineral* 
iter Boom furnishing cool air to the Ward Room went out twice. Valiga, Griff in and 
Feldman were kept hopping. Feldman also welded up many brackets throughout SHAD 
spaoes and spent much time in rectifying deficient "Fire" and other "General Quar¬ 
ters* Bills* DC 3 Hart in,before being evacuated to Johnston Island was unable to find 
any Hull Report forms, and seemed also unaware of the method of making the Hull 
Report* It is expected that there will be no recurrence* In fact, the re is a •peel* 
on i$l 
The Collecting Tanks in ?Jumber Two Held were pumped out with some of Ship 9 * 
Company participating,Chief Walsh also instructed all Field Crew personnel of SHAD 
in the procedure. HM1 Thornhill has inoculated collected specimens of the tank 
sewage into Thioglycollate Broth* 
The Ornithologists were aided by SHAD personnel in the Avian Census, England 
being especially sharp-eyed* Gordon,Valiga,Griffin,Jenkins and Peacock also assisted* 
Many fish were caught from the fan tail and sometimes there were from five to *•*» 
m fish hooked at one timej most of them were lost in landing attempts* However* 
The CO, Chief Zelaney and DC3 Poplelak were recognised as the champion anglers# The 
fish caught were Mahi-mahi, Albacore and King Mackerel. 
