Magoffin (APA 199) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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HEAVE LADS, HEAVE! HEY, SANDOVAAL - 1 WONDER WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE LET GO OF THIS LINE? BETWEEN GOD ' S BLUE SKY - DAVIE JONES ' GREEN SEA - HEAVEN AND HELl! HEy! WHO LET GO OF THAT LINE?