- SHIPS' DOCUMENTS -
Commanding Officer's Letter, ca. November 1966
  A letter from LCDR William M. Kelly, Jr. to each crewmember's home.  Apparently he thought we weren't writing home as often as we should.  It offers some interesting insights into the workings of the ship.

(Courtesy of Rick Hollis)
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Dutton General Information, ca. early 1969
  An informational letter sent by the CO of OcUnit 2 in early 1969 to prospective crewmembers.  All the info contained in this letter was equally appropriate for OcUnit 1 back to 1966.  The letter is unsigned, but LCDR Wayne N. Rauch was OcUnit 2 CO during this period.  The original was a barely legible mimeograph, transcribed by Ron Walker for this presentation.  See Ron's comments here.

(Courtesy of Ron Walker)
USNS Dutton Postal Cancel, 1981
  The cancel stamp celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Naval Oceanographic Office.

See the link for the Universal Ship Cancellation Society for the significance of Postal Cancels.

(Courtesy of Earl Adams)
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