McGowan (DD 678) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1960

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He was a man . Harvey O ' Neill Webster, Jr. Commander, United States Navy Commanding A perfectionist — his was a taut ship — a ship handler par excellence and a dedicated C. O. who inspired his crew to achieve an ' •impossible task. In his words and actions. Captain Web- ster personified the can-do spirit of a destroyer man. who knew his stuff and took care of his men. • , v

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This is the Captain Speaking: 1 December 1960 marked the end of our ship and of a way of life for us in ships company. I know that many of you felt as I did when the stars and stripes were hauled down on McGowan ' s fantail for the last time. In a very real sense we shared one of the toughest challenges ever faced by a ship in peace time, and thanks to you, nothing became McGowan ' s com- missioned life so much as the manner in which she departed it. I want to take this last opportunity to once more commend the finest crew any Captain ever commanded and a spirit which couldn ' t be beaten. You never once let the old man down, and we played in a tough league. Keep this invincible McGowan Spirit alive wherever you serve in the future and look back with pride to our last cruise together and a task that many thought impossible. Hold on always to that greatest of McGowan traditions: Victory. You, the U. S. Navy and our nation will be the better for it. Well done Tigers and Godspeed.

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