Mount McKinley (AGC 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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WE PROUDLY REPRESENT OUR COUNTRY AND ITS INSTITUTIONS. EACH NAVAL OFFICER AND BLUEJACKET IS CONSCIOUS OF HIS IN- DIVIDUAL CONDUCT AND APPEARANCE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.

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UALL HANDS TO QUARTERS . . . . . . FOR CAPTAIN'S PERSONNEL INSPECTION AS WE APPROACHED GIBRALTER .... ABOUT TO ENTER THE MEDITERRANEAN CAPTAIN SCHWAB HELD HIS PERSONNEL INSPEC- TION.

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Qi? . -nik.: - 0 I 0 0 0 0 u A 0 0 a on THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR ABEAM TO PORT. MOUNT-MCKINLEY ENTERED THE MED- ITERRANEAN AND JOINED THE UNITED STATES SIXTH FLEET. i THE SIXTH FLEET IS A COMPLETELY MOBILE, SEA GOING FLEET WITHOUT SHORE BASES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. IT HAS SPECIFIC MISSIONS ALL OF WHICH ARE FRIENDLY. IT PROVIDES VALUABLE WARTIME TRAINING FOR THE SHIPS AND MEN OF THE UNITED STATES FLEET, AND HELPS TO FAMILIARIZE THEM WITH THIS STRATEGIC AREA OF THE WORLD. AT THE SAME TIME IT HELPS TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT UNITED STATES FORCES AND INTERESTS IN THE AREA, AND PROVIDES ASSURANCE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN NATO COUNTRIES OF OUR FRIENDSHIP AND READINESS TO HELP THEM. THROUGH CONSTANT EXERCISES, INCLUDING REPLENISHMENT AND REFUELING AT SEA, OUS LANDINGS CARRIER FLIGHT OPERATIONS AGAINST OTHER FLEET UNITS AMPHIBI OR AGAINST SHORE AREAS, ANTI-SUBMARINE EXERCISES, AIR INTERCEPT, AND ANTI- AIRCRAFT AND SURFACE GUNNERY EXERCISES, THE FLEET MAINTAINS A CONDITION OF PEAK READINESS FOR ANY EMERGENCY. F S, P...- 1 I