Arlington (AGMR 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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Where the Action Is Joseph Conrad, master mariner and literary luminary, in the ttvilifiht of his days, reminded those who follow the sea, of a truth that he had observed in a tvorld of change: And now the old ships and their men are gone; the new ships anil the neir men, many of them hearing the old auspicious names, have taken up their watch on the stern and im- partial sea, which offers no op- portunities but to those who know how to grasp them with a reatly hand and an undaunted heart. Appropriately, it is of men, of a ship, of memories and of old auspicious names that cruise lutoks are made. Lest new ships and neic men and the passage of the years completely dim our memo- ries of Arlingtitn and l )(tH, we proudly present this cruise bitok- to shore ourselves against forget- fulness of the year we were among those who go to sea in ships. Though each iTuise anil each cruise book may seem much like another, the major change is the faces. Thus ice hope that If ' here the Action Is will serve prima- {Continued on back flap)