Arlington (AGMR 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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Arlington ' s Heritage H But let us not forget old auspicious names. In the Ship s Library is a handsome volume, Eleanor Lee Templeman ' s Arlington Heritage, with the following inscription : Presented to the USS Arlington from the people of Arlington County, Virginia ...on the occasion of her commissioning August 27, 1966. Ostensibly, Arlington ' s name commemorates Arlington County, Virginia, one of the Navy ' ' s first sites for a wireless reulio station — a fitting designation for a sophisticated major communication relay ship. But there is another curious analogy, and this is to be found in another spirit of communica- tion that characterizes Arlington County today. Arlington County is best known because of the location there of two national shrines — Arlington House, the home of Robert E. Lee from which he departed to command the Confederate troops and to which he never returned; and the Arlington National Cemetery, the ground of Arlington House, the burial place of our nation ' s heroic dead since 1864. Significantly, spanning the Potomac River to the National Cemetery is Arlington Memorial Bridge, built on the axis connect ing the national memorials to Abraham Lincoln and to Robert E. Lee, Following the War Between the States, Lee had lived in the spirit of the tcords from Lincoln ' s second inaugural address : With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us strive on... to do all which may achieve a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. In similar terms General Lee had written the Governor of Virginia : All should unite in honest efforts to obliterate the effects of war and to restore the blessings of peace. It is fitting that the national memorials maintained in their honor be joined by Arlington Memorial Bridge across the River which once divided the Nation. The bridge symbol- izes the present bond between the North and the South — their peaceful communication and interchange. We of Arlington can only hope that out of this symbolic historical precedent can e- merge the successful fulfillment of a two-fold communications goal. First, and for the present, we continue to serve as communica- tions handyman and relay station for Seventh Fleet operations in Vietnam. And second, we sincerely desire that communication may reap communication. Thus, we who sail in Arlington and who are proud to share the chores of her mission unite with ready hand and un- daunted heart to obliterate the effects ' jaf tear and to restore the blessings of peace. V V V

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Where the Action Is USS Arlington (AGMR-2) Major Communication Relay Pacific 1968 ' A I 9«

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List of Illustrations by Page : 1 Arlington Bridge 2 Transmit Antenna 3 Satellite Communication Antenna and Hut 4 3 Inch 50 Gun Mount 5 Vertical Replenishment 6 Standing By for Underway Replenishment 8 Arlington Underway 11 Signalman with Spyglass on the Bridge 12 Captain on Bridge During Replenishment 21 Captain ' s Inspection 22 Prepare to Launch Helo 99 Silhouette of a Sailor 100 Quarterdeck Honors 121 Japanese Torii Gateway 122 Hong Kong Junk