Aylwin (FF 1081) - Naval Cruise Book

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Crash crew standing easy at quarters. All hands scramble when rotors turn on deck.

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Much of shipboard life cen- ters around flight operations, as the call to flight quarters is frequently heard before rev- eille and throughout every day of underway time. F I 1 h t O P Called a HIFR, the difficult maneuver of above deck refueling. Highly competent pi- lots routinely land on a moving target, the Aylwin. I

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Many different thing Mppened on the USS Aylwin during its seven months in the Mediterranean Sea. For all, crew, families, and friends, it was a unique adventure that occurred as a group experience with highly individual influence. There was a lot of fun, tremendously hard work, and some very sad moments as well. The activities of the Aylwin, during its deployment, tend to fuse into memory as ' the last Med cruise ' or ' the cruise ' , and much is lost to t The following section is a gathering of places, sights, an made Med cruise ' 84 happen ■ ; : ; : ; t to th mgn • ' m I anfl t Re r en.fl mory. aphic that