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-4 .The meet the job, the officers and the men give significance . I M U LOA MAUNA LOA is a ship with a colorful and proud past which is reflected in her per- formance, today. First commissioned in October 1943, she started for her first mission in enemy waters, her destination: Marshall Islands. Soon after arrival she met with near disaster while transferring ammunition to the battleship PENNSYL- VANIA, when a powder keg exploded caus- ing a fire that was checked before major disaster could result. After trials in the area of the Marshall Islands MAUNA LOA made preparations for the first rearming of a fleet at sea. On 13 March 1943 in the waters of the Western Carolinas she ren- dezvoused and rearmed Task Force 58 to begin what would become a familiar rou- tine: Replenishment at sea. MAUNA LOA 'S first post-war assignment took her to the Pacific Reserve fleet in November of 1945, where she eventually become decommis- sioned in June of 1947. She was recom- missioned at San Diego on 31 January 1955 and reported to the U.S. Atlantic Second Fleet where she served from 1955 to 1958. Assigned to the Texas Group of the reserve fleet she was decommissioned a second time. Since reactivation in November 1960, MAlJNA LOA has serviced units of the At- lantic Fleet from her homeport in Bayonne, N.J. ln December 1963 MAUNA LOA com- menced an overhaul during which a Helo platform was completed which made MAUNA LOA directly involved in a revolutionary concept of ammunition transfer, Vertical Replenishment. During the fiscal year 1964, operating in the Atlantic, MAUNA LOA won the Battle Efficiency Pennant for Atlantic Fleet am- munition ships. And, in July 1965 she was, for the second straight year awarded the Battle Efficiency Pennant. MAUNA LOA started 1967 in Hoboken, New Jersey un- dergoing shipyard repair andupkeep. Ready for sea in April and after a stop in Guan- tanamo Bay, Cuba she left the Atlantic Fleet for a tour in Southeast Asia. MAUNA LOA operated almost continually for five months on-the-line in the Gulf of Tonkin, replenishing 142 ships with over 14,000 tons of ammunition. Returning to Bayonne and the' Atlantic Fleet in May. MAUNA LOA cast off once again for a tour in the Mediterranean on 6 January 1969. Con- tinuing to meet the challenge of replen- ishment at sea, MAUNA LOA continues to be a proud and, able ship.
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