Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31) - Naval Cruise Book

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BON HOMME RICHARO (CV-Sl) ■- -; ' U% - O oe. J44Ai Le4 44At ta j lc At John Paul Jones KeeD this booklet with vou while aboard

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H After CV-31 was launched on November 26, 1944, she was a long way from being ready to lake her place with the combat fleet. When she left the shipyards and was moored at the outfitting dock, she still needed all her electronic equipment, gtm mounts, and luxury items. She had a length of 872 feet, and her extreme width at or about the flight deck (including all projections) was 147 feet, 6 inches. Her extreme beam, at or below the waterline, was 93 feet; and she had a designed speed of 33 knots. Her original armament was twelve 5-inch .38 caliber guns in four single mounts and four twin moiuits and seventeen quadruple 40-mm antiaircraft mounts. Her designed complement was 360 officers and 3,088 men. After outfitting, she embarked Carrier Air Group 16 and conducted training exercises in the Chesapeake Bay. After training she proceeded to her primary mission, combat with the enemy, by way of the Panama Canal. San Diego and Pearl Harbor. On June 4, 1945, BOX HOMMe ' RICHARD rendezvoused with Fast Carrier Force 38 off the Caroline Islands, and her wartime career began.

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Tlic folic ) ving arc a leu the original crew of C ' -: ' 1 Its from ilic -Welcome Alx.ard |) ' •44. Notice aii liiing different? ilel handed out t( IT ' S AN ALL-HANDS JOB, IHIS MKANS VOU! TAILS OVER THE DASHBOARD LET ' S GO! REMEMBER! This ship is thi cn by steam. It takes water to make steam, aiui it takes fuel oil lo run our evaporators, which convert sea water to fresh water, which in turn is used in our boilers to make steam. So, DON ' T WASTE WATER, as it costs us in fuel oil. GENERAL INFORMATION MAIL It is of the utmost importance that ail personal mail he mailed aboard ship, unsealed, .uid in accordance with the ship ' s censorship regulations. Telegrams both outgoing and incoming, will be censored. Telegrams will be kept to .ui absolute minimum and usetl only in emergency. MESSING NOTES will be sened in line at sen ' ice table No. , located in compartment . Line forms tailing aft at hatch frame, Hangar Deck. You will sit down to eat in Compartment . The section going off watch will have priority in mess line and ser ung to this section will commence at (1) (2) (3) (4) . The section coming off watch will fall in at end of line as soon as relieved. BE MILITARY Learn Your Ship From Stem lo Stern and Top to Bottom ' Be A Man-of-Warmanshii CLOTHING AND SMALL STORES Purchases will be made for cash. You are required to have a full bag of REGULATION clothing, properly marked. Mark it as soon as you draw it. The Bluejacket ' s Manual, Chapter 10, tells you how to do it. GET RID OF YOUR NON-REGULATION CLOTHING NOW. You can be an individualist after the war is over. No Lighter Fluid Permitted Aboard!