Mauna Loa (AE 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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MAUN A LOA AE-8 4- ?«s - She ' s a steamer As sure as can be. She was born for voyage And lives for the sec. She ' s an old ship That just won ' t die. She s out lived her usefulness And I don ' t know why. She ' s braved the storms Fought like hell to live. With fires and engine trouble She still tries to give. She wants a good crew To guide her at sea. As long as she ' s movin ' She s happy as can be. She s been through a war And passed to much ammo. But she ' s got spirit She won ' t let go. When her holds are filled And her engines pound loud. As she limps on her way She ' s so damn proud. She ' s carried the E Two years in a row. It ' s for her efficiency Wouldn ' t you know. She ' s done her share Done it damn good. Her crew respects her The whole Navy should. Ship ' s go to yards People to the hospital. She needs plastic surgery More then a little. She needs a new stomach Shaft, boilers and engines too. With some time in the yards No telling what she ' d do. If there isn ' t enough money To pay for the bi II. It ' ll soon be too late She ' ll be over the hill. MAUNA LOA is her name U.S. Navy hired. After the fight she ' s given She deserves to be U.S.N. Retired.

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Capain Henry J. H. Cooke Captain Henry J. H. COOKE, son of Captain and Mrs. Frederick H. Cooke, CEC, USN, was born on 16 October 1920, in Washington, D. C. He attended school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Honolulu, TH. and Brookline, Massachusetts, before entering the Naval Academy in 1939. Graduating from the Naval Academy (Class of 1943) in June 1942, Captain Cooke served in the Destroyers USS BROWNSON (DD 518) and USS MONSSEN (DD 798) in the Atlantic, European and Pacific Theaters during World War 11. In February 1945 he entered Flight Train- ing at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas His first tour of duty as a naval aviator was as Com- mander Naval Air Bases, Navy 3205, in the Admiralty Islands. From January 1948 to June 1949 he served as a Flight Instructor at Pensacolo, Florida. Duty with Com- posite Squadron 33 (VC-33) based at Norfolk, Virginia and later at Atlantic City, New Jersey from 1949 to 1951 followed. During this period he served as Operations Officer of the Squadron. Captain Cooke returned to the Naval Academy 1951 as an Instructor in the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery. In September 1953, Captain Cooke reported to Fight- er Squadron SEVENTY-THREE (VF-73), based at Quon- set Point, Rhode Island, as Executive Officer. In January 1955 he became the Commanding Officer of VF-73 and •served as such until relieved in January 1956. His next duty station was the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D, C. and was attached there as Assistant Engineering Officer (Aviation Ordnance). In August 1957, Captain Cooke reported to the Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia, as a student in the Senior course and graduated in June 1958. In the summer of 1958 he commenced duty with the Commissioning Detail of the USS INDEPENDENCE (CVA-42) at New York, New York. From commissioning in January 1959 until detached in April 1960, he served as the carrier ' s Navigator. In May of 1960 he reported for duty on the Staff of Commander SIXTH Fleet in the Med- iterranean and served on this staff until May of 1963 as Assistant Operations Officer for Exercise Plans, Anal- ysis and Review. While serving on the SIXTH Fleet Staff in 1962 he was promoted to Captain. Upon returning to the United States in June of 1963, Captain Cooke entered the American University at Wash- ington, D. C. for graduate study in International Relations. One year later he reported for duty in the Strategic Plans Division of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Captain Cooke wears the following campaign decor- ations: American Defense Service Medal, European Cam- paign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Medal with four bronze stars. Navy Occupation Service Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal. Captain Cooke is married to the former Patsy Webb of Dallas, Texas, widow of the late Lieutenant William M. Knapp, USN. They have three sons, Midshipman William R. Knapp, USN, Robert M. Knapp, 17 and Fred- erick H. Cooke, 15.