Chipola (AO 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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uss CHTPQLA CAO-632 WESTERN PACIFIC TOUR OF DUTY 1964-1965 ,V T -----V - 2

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AI! VL! V-'v Lg T fl affvlzaaamasz, ygmqgw 7423 ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE, WHOSE ARM HATH BOUND THE RESTLESS WAVE, WHO BIDD'ST THE MIGHTY OCEAN DEEP ITS OWN APPOINTED LIMITS KEEP, OH, HEAR US WHEN WE CRY TO THEE, FOR THOSE IN PERIL ON THE SEA! O CHRIST! WHOSE VOICE THE WATERS HEARD AND HUSHED THEIR RAGING AT THY WORD, WHO WALKED'ST ON THE FOAMING DEEP, AND CALM AMIDST ITS RAGE DIDST SLEEP, OH, HEAR US WHEN WE CRY TO THEE FOR THOSE IN PERIL ON THE SEA! f MOST HOLY SPIRIT! WHO DIDST BROOD UPON THE CHAOS DARK AND RUDE, AND BID ITS ANGRY TUMULT CEASE, AND GIVE, EOR WILD CONFUSION, PEACE, OH, HEAR US WHEN WE CRY TO THEE FOR THOSE IN PERIL ON THE SEA! O TRINITY OE LOVE AND POWER! OUR BROTHERN SHIELD IN DANGER'S HOUR, FROM ROCK AND TEMPEST, FIRE AND FOE, PROTECT THEM WHERESOE'ER THEY GO, THUS EVER MORE SHALL RISE TO THEE GLAD HYMNS OF PRAISE FROM LAND AND SEA. AMEN ' REV. WILLIAM WHITING 'J IN MEMORIAM I I JERRY PAUL VAN VAULKENBURG MM3, USN I

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USS Cl-HPOLA is named for a river which flows through the state of Georgia and Florida in the Southeastern United States. She was built in V944 at Baltimore, Maryland and after her initial tricl cruise, left the East Coast for duty in the Pacific where she refueled battle-ships, cruisers, carriers, and destroyers during the maior engagements which brought the war to a close. Cl-llPOl.A was in Tokyo Bay for the ceremony aboard USS MlSSOURl which brought a welcome peace to the warring nations. Post war activity saw her carrying fuel to various ports around the world and serving with the Seventh Fleet during the Korean Conflict. For her participation with the United Nations forces she received the Korean Service Medal and the United Nations Service Medal. Placed out of commission in August l955, Cl-IIPOLA was back in service for the Suez Crisis but was taken out of commission again in late l957. Cl-IIPOLA remained in reserve until l96O when she was called on to resume her role as a fleet oiler . She was recommissioned in Baltimore, Maryland and in January l96l left the East Coast of the United States for Pearl Harbor, l-lawaii, which remained her home port. Since her last recommissioning, Cl-llPOl.A has made two previous deployments with the United States Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. Cl-llPOl.A's record of service is an impressive one. He: officers and men look forward to continued operations in the Western Pacihc serving the cause of freedom. This is the story of he: third deployment: