McFaul (DDG 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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Supervisor of Shipbuilding Pascagoula, MS Captain Harry J. Rucker, Jr., USN President, Ingalls Shipbuilding Mr. Jerry St. Pe Utton Ingalls Shipbuilding »phl25.199a — USS McFAUL (DDG 74) OUSN Aegis guided missile destraye ' es o( Ingalls ShipbuiWmg, 1 congra t commissioning of the U S Nav s lih Ingalls-buiit ItansfomKng .ndwidual pieces fsS an ' h S ' ra ' TnaBmlo EBh We congratulate you and your r,T=T:r; rcZj.ss ' l ' !XZZ1 Sincel,, PresKtenl. Ingalls Shipbuilding d 22

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± o Be a Plankowner LCDR Hunt briefs members of one ofMcFAVL ' s inporl emergency learns before a main space fire drill. Someone very wise once said that it IS the crew that makes the ship. Though McFAUL is the most techno- logically advanced naval vessel the world has ever known, it would amount to nothing if the men and women behind the steel did not pos- sess the courage, the capability, and the spint that are evident onboard USS McFAUL. DDG 74 has been blessed with a crew that is highly motivated as well as qualified. There are 300 plankowners onboard McFAUL, that is, 300 origi- nal crew members. To be a plankowner is quite an honor and one that is truly earned. Only the initial members of the crew have the privi- lege of wearing a McFAUL plankowner ballcap and placing the plankowner plaque on their wall. It is an honor that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Precommissioning a ship can be a very difficult and frustrating process, from writing every smgle instruction and creating every file, to ensuring that each McFAULSfocsle in Seplember 1997 sailor and officer is qualified in their re- spective areas. Through all the late nights of counterpart training and the long hours of damage control fire party drills, and the numerous other tasks, this crew re- mained focused on the mission at hand: commissioning the world ' s most ad- vanced surface combatant. It doesn ' t take much to see that McFAUL has an espirit de corps that few ships possess. Shipboard life is tough, and tensions can run high, es- pecially on precommissioning duty. But McFAUL sailors have a sense of cooperation, professionalism, and teamwork that stretches beyond di- visional or departmental lines. DDG 74 may be better built and better manned than any other ship 4 m in the US Navy, but it is TEAM | McFAUL that makes this guided missle destroyer the mightiest fight- ing ship in the world. 24