Bainbridge (DLGN 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Writing, The CaUing, The Return. The morale was greatly boosted when our chief radioinan made long distance phone patches home so our men could talk to their loved ones. Many thanks to him and the hams stateside who made this possible. Five long inonths accounted for many tons of letters that were written, and finally the return. . .

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Special Activities Sports contests between ship teams and local teams were a common feature of port visits. The ship ' s band played for entering ports and special occasions. The basketball and baseball teams did an out- standing job toward increasing good will among the people we visited.

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=mc2 Bainbridge was awarded the Cruiser- Destroyer Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet Batde Efficiency Award for having demonstrated her outstanding effectiveness in overall combat readiness. This award has indicated the outstanding performance of duty and achievement by each man in Bainbridge. The above famous Einstein relationship between mass and energy symbolizes the new mode of power and men which run Bainbridge and also the reward of a highly successful cruise. «4