USS MULLINNIX DD-944

Callao, Peru 1962

Callao, Peru (unknown year)

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Excerpt from "The Last Gun Ship - History of USS Mullinnix DD-944"
A Historical Novel By Frank A. Wood

Mullinnix Callao, Peru Vistor's Guide (PDF)

25 October: Mullinnix arrives and moors port side to pier at the naval arsenal, Callao, Peru. Later, she moved to the Repair Pier, Callao, at which the ship took on an additional 56,006 gallons of fuel.

Note: The crew is not told about Cuba until they are in the Panama Canal the following day.

0406 27 October: The word came early, "Steam to Cuba!" Fires were lit under 2B boiler. The crew mustered at 0700. Fortunately no one was absent, as this would have been the worst day in anyone’s career to be AWOL and miss ship's movement - headed to war!

She stationed the Special Sea and Anchor detail, shifted the electrical load to 2 and 4 s/s generators. As USS Lester stood out in the harbor, Mullinnix took the lead, and the pair steamed at flank speed north towards Rodman Panama Canal Zone as a unit of Task Group 86.4 in compliance with CTF 86 message 251641Z of 27 October, 1962.

In support of their US allies, the response from South America was almost immediate as several nations offered ships to assist, with many of the ships participating in Unitas with Mullinnix.

To be continued...

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