 
	| OcUnit One Spaces |   | 

Richard Newman served on USNS Bowditch from mid-1972 to late-1974 as a Navy ET. About a month after being on board, he was designated the Crew's Lay Leader. He had a practice of putting scripture on the bulletin board once a week, as well as a bible study in the chow hall on Wednesdays.
 
	| OcUnit One Spaces |   | 
 
	| Southampton June 1973 |   | 
 
	| Cartagena, Spain and the Wreck of the Bowditch |   | 
After the collision between the Ivory Coast freighter T/N Penelope and USNS Bowditch on November 13, 1973, we pulled into Cartagena, Spain for temporary repairs. Penelope also docked at Cartagena.
 
	| The Yards |   | 
November-December 1973. Baltimore, Norfolk and Red Hook.
 
	| Norfolk |   | 
 
	| The Azores |   | 
 
	| LaCoruna, Spain |   | 
 
	| Storm at Sea 1974 |   | 
 
	| Pulling Into Lisbon |   | 
On the Tagus River.
 
	| Lisbon Monuments |   | 
 
	| Lisbon |   | 
The South Bank.
 
	| Arriving at Southampton |   | 
June 1974