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paint job of the Navy Yard painters took place. Arnned with spray guns, they came aboard and painted. Not only the ship was greyed. Anything in their way, whether a coat hanging on the bulkhead or a pile of crates, was painted. As those articles were removed in the future, their outlines remained. The ship was finally ready for her first big ad- venture. Out to sea, again, the ship left for New York City. The first load of troops boarded. The ship joined a huge armada for invasion maneuvers off the coast of New River, North Carolina. What followed was a month of hell. The West Point , Wakefield , and Mount Vernon were tested for their effectiveness as invasion transports. Hours, stretch- ing Into weeks, were spent shuttling troops from ship to shore. Boat crews worked ceaselessly, coming aboard every 36 or 40 hours to fall exhausted in their bunks, only to be sent out again. Fresh water was at a premium. Salt water was put through the showers; fresh water was rationed for drinking. Tired, sun blistered, and disgusted, the ship returned to New York in late August to debark troops. After a lay over In Hampton Roads, the ship proceeded to Boston. While the crew Investigated the city, gun emplacements were Installed aboard the Mount Vernon .
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Scolley Square and Beacon Hill did not realize they were saying Goodbye to the crew, not to see them for another two years. But the men had put two and two together. When the ship left Boston during the evening traffic rush, the men were not too surprised. The exact nature of their cruise was not revealed to them until they were well underway. Without a source of barside scuttlebutt, the ship ' s com- pany arrived in Halifax In the same condition as the weather: a com- plete fog. The ship remained at anchor, joining the chorus of fog horns. Speculation had been high regarding the appearance of the land, interest having been concentrated on bright lights. With long faces, the crew saw the bleak, weather-beaten countryside appear through the clearing weather. The Indians who lived along the shore greeted the ship in the true frontier style by letting go a few war whoops. That having enlivened the crew, they were disappointed again, when, instead of a rip-roaring frontier town, sleepy Halifax appeared around the bend. On liberty, the men found the town as quiet as they had feared. There was no place to go to uphold the reputations. After a few beers, a few souvenirs, and a walk on the main street, they relaxed and listened to the town ' s only excitement. In 1917, a French ammunition ship had rammed a Norwegian freighter. The excitement had been enough to last the city until the end of time. Back at the ship, British Tommies, shivering in the cold, awaited their time to come aboard. Some were prepared to not walk back, they had their bicycles with them. When, at the end of the week, the ship pulled out, she became part of a convoy including the West Point , Wakefield . Leonard Wood ,
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