Magoffin (APA 199) - Naval Cruise Book

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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?

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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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AT SEA HAULING THE LINE BRINGING THE HOSE ABOARD Refueling at sea, as in a transfer at sea, requires the nicest ship handling and sharp , well led, deck seamanship, nevertheless, it seems as though the fuel oil line comes across like an ir- RATE Anaconda. The risk involved is WORTH IT, FOR BY THIS METHOD WE ARE ABLE TO EXTEND OUR STAY AT SEA, AND THEREFORE, ENHANCE OUR RANGE AND OUR TACTICAL POTENTIAL. ' FILL HER UP, VEEVEe! ' WHEN YOU NEED SOME EXTRA WEIGHT ON A LINE, CHIEF WARNER IS YOUR MAN. MR. GEHRLICH AND CHIEF DA V I =. bvVLATING THE WHOLE SHOW