Biddle (CG 34) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1989

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CHANGE OF CO IVIAND The traditions of the Change of Command ceremony reach far back to the history of sea- farers. With a hand salute and the words l relieve you slr the weighty responsiblity of Captains Allen and Fulker- son quickly reviewed the hon- or guard crisply presented by Ensign Wharton and entered the hanger bay while the crew swayed with the rolling deck. command smoothly transfers from old to new. The ceremony on Biddle was conducted on 10 October while the ship was at sea off the coast of Turkey. After a recount of the ships accomplishments during his watch, Captain Allen sat calm- ly while Captain Fulkerson read his orders and succicntly stated his philosophies. Captain Allen, in his last moments as Commanding Officer, delivers his farewell address to the ship's company. Captain Fulkerson speaks to the crew regarding the future of USS BIDDLE under his command l 12 Chaplain Bartz reads the invocation to start the ceremony

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Captain Fulkerson calmly watches as LT Pavlat conns alongside USNS Joshua Humphreys. Captain Fulkerson, as part of the dubious honor of oldest man on board, cuts the Navy birthday cake while the youngest man, SMSN Fischer, samples the first piece. 11 i -. W. .:.j.: a:1-:Jx.,' -' .,,seE:'r4.f Only a seaman realizes to what extend an entire ship reflects the personality and ability of one individual, her Commanding Officer. To a landsman this is not understandable and sometimes it is even difficult for us to comprehend - but it is so. A ship at sea is a distant world in herself, and in consideration of the protracted and distant operations of the fleet units, the Navy must place great power, responsibility and trust in the hands of those leaders chosen for command. In each ship there is one man who, in the hour of emergency or peril at sea, can turn to no other man. There is one who alone is ultimately responsible for the safe navigation, engineering performance, accurate gunfiring, and morale of his ship. He is the Commanding Officer. He is the ship. This is the most difficult and demanding assignment in the Navy. There is not an instant during his tour as Commanding Officer that he can escape the grasp of command responsibility. His privileges in view of his obligations are almost Iudicrously smallg nevertheless, command is the spur which has given the Navy its great leaders. It is duty which most richly deserves the highest, time-honored title of the seafaring world - CAPTAIN. - by Joseph Conrad



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