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EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR TANORA
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USS MOUNT HOOD (AE-29) IS THE SECOND SHIP OF THE FLEET TO BEAR THE NAME OF THE EXTINCT VOLCANO IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAIN RANGE OF OREGON. THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE STATE, MT. HOOD RISES 11,225 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE PRESENT MOUNT HOOD WAS LAUNCHED ON 17 JULY 19o8, IN SPARROW ' S POINT, MARYLAND, AND WAS COMMISSIONED ON 1 MAY 1971, IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. ON 14 AUGUST 1971, MOUNT HOOD SAILED UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE ENROUTE TO HER HOME- PORT OF CONCORD, CALIFORNIA. THE GOOD HOOD, AS SHE IS CALLED BY THE SHIPS SHE SERVES, IS THE FOURTH OF THE KILAUEA CLASS OF AMMUNITION SHIPS TO BE BUILT FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY. HER MISSION IS TO PRO- VIDE THE EXPENDABLE ORD- NANCE REQUIRED BY THE NAVY ' S OPERATIONAL FORCES IN MAIN- TAINING THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS. MOUNT HOOD IS EQUIPPED WITH THE NEW STANDARD TENSIONED REPLENISHMENT ALONGSIDE METHOD (STREAM) WHICH AL- LOWS HER TO TRANSFER MUNI- TIONS QUICKLY AND SAFELY FROM SHIP TO SHIP, USING A RAM- TENSIONED HIGHLINE, WHILE UN- DERWAY. SHE IS ALSO CAPABLE OF CARRYING TWO BOEING VERTOL UH 46-D JET POWERED HELICOP- TERS, WHICH CAN TRANSFER CAR- GO TO OTHER SHIPS AT A RATE OF UP TO 100 TONS PER HOUR. WITH HER FULL CAPABILITY, SHE CAN REARM FOUR SHIPS SIMULTA- NEOUSLY, WHILE STEAMING IN EX- CESS OF TWENTY KNOTS, A REVO- LUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT IN THE EXACTING SCIENCE OF MO- BILE LOGISTIC SUPPORT OF COM- BAT FORCES AT SEA. MOUNT HOOD IS 5e4 FEET IN LENGTH, HAS A BEAM (WIDTH) OF 81 FEET, AND A FULL LOAD DRAFT OF 28 FEET, SHE IS FITTED WITH SPECIAL ROLL STABILIZATION TANKS TO PROVIDE A STABLE PLATFORM FOR THE HANDLING OF AMMUNITION. HER THREE BOILERS ARE CAPABLE OF DEVEL- OPING 22,000 SHAFT HORSEPOWER, WHICH CAN PROPEL THE SHIP TO A TOP SPEED WELL IN EXCESS OF TWENTY KNOTS. A SELF-DEFENSE CAPABILITY IS PROVIDED BY TWO 3 INCH, 50 CALIBER, DUAL PURPOSE GUN MOUNTS. MOUNT HOOD WAS DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC FOR THE FIRST TIME ON 27 APRIL 1972, AND HAS COMPLETED THREE WAR- TIME AND SIX PEACE-TIME CRUISES SINCE THEN. THE FOL- LOWING PAGES ARE MEMORIES OF HER 84-85 ' TOUR AND WILL HOPE- FULLY, BRING A SMILE TO EACH SAILOR AS HE REMINISCES THROUGH THIS BOOK IN THE MANY YEARS TO COME.
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