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HE S EAMING CAC During her seven month WESTPAC cruise CACAPON served as an integral part of the hard hitting SEVENTH Fleet, providing underway replenishment for fast attack carrier forces and other combatant units. By her action, CACAPON helped keep the powerful fleet on the prowl - - ready to strike when and where needed and independent of advance bases for resupply. CACAPON gained a reputation as a steamer - - she was at sea 80 percent of her cruise and was always available to back up a less fortunate sister ships. She pumped 35 million gallons of fuel to 340 customers and also transferred record amounts of fleet freight, movies, personnel and that all important mail from home. CACAPGN, named after a West Virginia river, was commissioned in 1943 and joined the Pacific Fleet shortly thereafter, serving through- out the island-hopping campaigns from the Marshall Islands all the way to Tokyo Bay, Japan. After the war CACAPON was sent on special missions including an around the world tour and a winter in the Antartic. During the Korean Conflict she supported SEVENTH Fleet units in the famous Inchon landing. After 1953 CAC APON took part in the evacuation of the Techen Islands and the Antiwok Atomic Test, and is now a Vietnam veteran of long standing. Normally CACAPON spends five months of the year under operational command of Commander FIRST Fleetg the re- mainder of the year she serves with the SEVENTH Fleet in WESTPAC, assisting in maintaining freedom of the seas and demonstrating Ready Power for Peace. CACAPON is a twin screw tanker with a designed speed of 18 knots. She is 553 feet long, 75 wide and when fully loaded with a displacement of 25,000 tons has a draft of over 32 feet. In her cargo tanks she carries a total of approximately five million gallons of fuel which is the foundation of her creed -4 - Mobility For Powerg Power For Peace.
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-53 54 E 51 ' 'Sri'-pg 'P+ fb 01 'Sf' 4-,f . I f-l CAPTAIN'S COMMENT I will long remember the exploits of CACAPON during her 1966 WESTPAC cruise and the wonderful crew of officers and mein who manned her. Each one of you played an important role in thecreation of a tre- mendous team, characterized by a Can Do Spirit , a sense of imagination .and a desire to excell unequaled in the SEVENTH Fleet. In addition, the Oriental people with whom you came in contact may now look forward to a brighter future as a result of your generosity and good works in their behalf. I am proud to have served with you. xl in COMMANDING OF ICER TANLEY E. SLOAN CAPTAIN U.S. NAVY
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