Monrovia (APA 31) - Naval Cruise Book

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ENS J. C. Wes pbal CIC Officer Bridg e, this is Combat. The Ops O fi, M Miles. RDl J. Coilnan. RD2 No haircut, no liberty. lv Bridge, this is Combat. Those three bogies you reported are plotting dead in the air. We believe them to be stars. mm ' Noble. RD2 L. Kasson.RD] 4 4 . Bova.RDi W.West.RDj M.Smolinski.RD] J Baglama.YNi L.Creus.SN H Hoeck.PFC

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D. Smith, SN J.Schueren.SMSA B.Howard.SMSN M. Crippin.SMSN

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The success of an amphibious invasion de- pends or weakening the enemy ' s resistance at the point of attack. This is where the big guns of the Navy go to work, and their effec- tiveness depends on the ship ' s Gunnery Department. In peacetime the guns are constantly ready for action. The complexities of the modern gunnery system require all the skill of care- fully trained fire control technicians and gunners mates. They must be able to send round after round of ammunition into the enemy ' s defenses with pin-point accuracy. The success of any amphibious operation depends on this. 6 M »ta ... and after 1 care ull computed the target angle and cautiously cranked in the elevation, I fired and blew down the mainmast. Whatta day. . . A.Baker.GMGl B.Depper.GMG2 D.Zywica,GMG2 F.Carillo,FTG2 D.Nicholson,FTG2 D.Althaus.GMGi R.Foreman.GMG2 J .Larimer. GMSN F.Maso.FTGi R.Carawon. FTGSN D.Clark.SN