Magoffin (APA 199) - Naval Cruise Book

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WHAT A COMBINATION - MILLER AND MILLER ' S THE ' I HEAR YA TALKING - BUT I CAN ' T SEE YA , SHIP ' S PICNIC AND THEN CAME THE RAIN

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REMEMBER WHEN PB iP ■ H ' 1 iih ■ ■ ' N !P WE HAD FLIGHT QUARTER ' S. ON AN APA ? HAMILTON MOVED FAST VHHK N 9 - ' r Hf r T . ' Jy W B WE DIDN ' T SHIFT INTO THE UNIFORM OF THE DAY YOU VISITED GRANT ' S TOMB YOU WENT ON A SNAKE HUNT YOU DIDN ' T HAVC TO MAKE A BOAT RUN TO GO ON LIBERTY

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HIGH LINE TRANSFER AT SEA Ahigh line transfer at sea is a difficult and tricky method of transfer employed BY TWO SHIPS underway WHO MUST COME PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER ON PARALLEL COURSES AND MAKE GOOD THE SAME SPEEDS. OnCE THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED A LINE IS SECURED FROM ONE SHIP TO THE OTHER IN SUCH A MANNER THAT ADDITIONAL LINE CAN BE PLAYED OUT OR SLACK TAKEN IN AS NOT TO DUNKTHE HAPLESS PASSENGER OR TO PART THE LINE AS THE TENSION ON THE LINE VARIES WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE TWO SHIPS THROUGH THE WATER. The FOLLOWING PICTURES SHOWN ARE OF THE SUCCESSFUL HIGH LINE TRANSFER OF CAP- tain ren fro who took command of the u .s .s . calvert , while underway in the south China Sea . A NOT TOO HAPPY CAPTAIN BEING STRAPPED INTO THE BOATSWAIN ' S CHAIR MOUAT LOOKING QUITE DOUBTFUL AI O ' JT THE WHOLE AFFAIR UP AND OVER THE ANGR Y SEA