Castor (AKS 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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CASTOR supplies the Coast Guard also. Here the HALF- She ' s not as big as some but her needs are given the MOON makes the scene. same attention. Look, Daddy, a bird farm. There she is; the Big E they call her. icu coai ' j get lost in something so big. There ' s something you don ' t see every day— . Doating radio station.

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WELCOME ALONGSIDE Romeo is closed up and the customer ' makes her approach. The word is given to the helmsman, She ' s alongside. Lines and rigs are passed from ship to ship and over the bridge to bridge phones is heard, Hello, welcome alon gside. CASTOR is equipped to an ' : ' transfers stores to the smallest and largest ships attached to the US 7th FF.iii-.T. Coming alongside is one of the UiOFt delicate evolutions in the UNRK i- chain of events. The approach is somL times under less than ideal weather conditions. During UXRKP approaches the seaman ' s eye of the conning officer is the guide. Music to transfer stores by. Listen, darling, it ' s our song. Til.- . ightlng Saint ,. ,; , ,,ii... standing by to begin her approach. The Big Boys are sight to behold. They almost seem too huge to float.

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■Now man the helo detail. ' Stores and even people are transferred by the whlrly-bird. VERTICAL REPLENISHMENT The gawkie birds are practically indespenslble for fleet operations. Try lo land on ;i HO ' -, ami ivunclng around. Ui.it ' s h.u. Ill;; 1 y knots