When I was planning for the National Archives visit in December 2003,  I also called the Naval Historical Center  (also in the D.C. area)  and spoke to the four-striper in charge,  who seemed interested and helpful but overwhelmed by a backlog and a staff shortage.  He took my name and address but was noncommital about what they could do when.  I'd almost forgotten about it but had thought that I'd at least put a note on this web site with contact info in case someone else wanted to try again at some later time.

The mail on April 12,  2004,  brought a great surprise:  a package from the Naval Historical Center containing a copy of a 68-page Deployment Report for our ship's first Vietnam deployment.