Claude V Ricketts (DDG 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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During the following months life on board Ricketts was a completely new experience for all hands. Overlap of personnel arriving and leaving crowded the ship UN- TIL EVERY bunk was occupied. For some of us, schools and classes continued even though we lived on board. For others of us language classes continued to ease the difficulty of working and living in a new environment. Everyone became accustomed to strange foods, strange uniforms, strange accents and pronounciations. . UNDERWAY TRAINING RETURNING T0 PORT checking missiles . i

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