Hard Charger USS Biddle, DLG-34 here. Same time period.
I was talking to a customer the other day, he’s active duty in Norfolk, says no one lives aboard ship anymore in port.
I can relate to many of those. But I have to tell you, the Navy also has an off-white paint.
Actually, I was on heavy cruisers and some of the stuff the author presented did not exist on those “warriors”.
Lots of memories in that article.