31. Letter from a Crewman’s Father – 1973 Posted by Captain John L. Nicholson | Sep 20, 1973 | Sea Stories | 0 A father’s response to our first ‘Family-Gram. Response to a “Family-Gram.” Final ‘Family -Gram’ after completing our deployment to the Western Pacific. Replenishing the Fleet. Replenishing the fleet off of Hawaii. Returning to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after six month deployment.