Denver (LPD 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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LETTER FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER The following pages present a portion of the history of our ship and a part of our lives. In leafing through them in years to come all of us will recall times of boredom, times of action, long hours of work and periods of dispair, but each of us will take pride in having been a part of it. Men of the sea know their ship as they know a friend. They can pick her from a group, they know her sounds, her smells, her motions and her moods. They worry when she acts strangely, jump to help when she falters, curse her and praise her, preen her, brag of her and defend her. She has a personality all her own, one that ' s given her by her crew and one that reflects the aggregate personality of that crew. These pages hold the personality of our crew and our ship. Our pride in showing her off to visitors, compassion displayed in our mission of mercy off Vietnam, our concern for damage to her and our routine daily life in her, are all shown here. Each of us had a part in making DENVER a great ship, and great she is. Long hard steaming, continuous day and night loading or off loading, rushing to make up lost time, and rapid repair of casualties all made it possible for us to boast We never missed a commitment. Never will DENVER stand taller than she has during this period. It has been my good fortune to have been part of her crew. I am extremely proud to be counted among Denver ' s Sallors, and to have had a part in her history. H. T. JENKINS, JR.

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CAPTAIN EXECUTIVE OFFICERS . CTF 76 DECK POEM EVACUATION AIR MEDICAL HONG KONG ENGINEERING SUPPLY CHANGE OF COMMAND NAVIGATION COMMUNICATIONS LIBERTY CALL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE CANDID POEM EMBARKED MARINES . . CANDID TRAVELOGUE CRUISE BOOK STAFF . .