Durham (LKA 114) - Naval Cruise Book

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wmtkl W!l'l'lf': f:'. Towers and ships are nothingness void of our fellow men to inhabit them. Sophocles i496?- A406802 l All too often we think of ships in terms of hardware. The key ingredients, necessary to make the USS DURHAM an effective unit of the fleet, are the individuals who man this ship. Only trained men--- skilled in performance of duties---dedicated and enthu- siastic---treated with respect and serving with pride have the ability to make this ship perform as intended and an effective unit of the operating forces of the U.S. Navy. Such a ship's force has been assembled. . . A. . .These men will mold her character and establish her service reputation which will extend beyond the time they serve on board. As we take our rightful place with the Amphibious Force they will make her an effective unit of the fleet, and as always, for those of us who make our business of going to sea in ships in the world's finest Navy, some part of the USS DURHAIVI will be with us and our families from this day forward. from the commis- sioning remarks of Captain John D. Stensrud Photographed by Luis Segovia Uwll QW lThe crew mans the ship.l

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if . i f - .,,,Y.. , Captain Stensrud assumes command of the USS DURHAM lLKA-1 l4l lPh0tographed by Luis Segovial 44' f xl' 1 ffl 1 The hopes and dreams of all those who built her, of all who will sail in her, of all who have served our nation at sea, will now begin to be hers. What future she will have no one knows, nor what challenges she must meet in the storms of the world ahead-except that we do know she will play an indispensable role in the struggle for freedom, in which seapower has been decisive from the American Revolution to World War II, Korea, Lebanon, the Cuban Crisis, Santo Domingo, and Vietnam. BM3 John C. Harris, Jr. sets the first watch. R. Wensell Grabarek, Mayor of the city of Durham, accepts the commissioning -pennant presented to the citizens of Durham by the officers and men of the USS DURHAM lLKA-114l. f' Wir y . ' .1 , t 'f tt'srdf4-'ff--f-1 5 , if Q i 5' V , I . ' .Z Q y Z A, ! xy V ' 1:4 - Z 'Q yi I las. ' i 5 4 3. if ' lfrom left to rightl Fireman Milton Wells, Seaman James Whaley, and Seaman Byron Lewis stride down the brow after commissioning. iphomqraphed by Luis Segoviay lPhotographed by PH2 R. Pendergistl 19