Neosho (AO 143) - Naval Cruise Book

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--THE BIRTH OF A NEU YEAR-- by Lafuzg BQXEC IT'S MIDNIGHT NOU1 ANOTHER YEAR HAS GONE BY. AS I LOOK TOUARD NAPLES I CAN'T HELP BUT SIGH1 AND THINK OF OUR LOVED ONES S6 FAR AUAYQ 1 HOPE THEY AUAKE TO A BRIGHT1 HAPPY DAY. THREE MONTHS BEHIND US- AND THREE MORE TO GOA NE'RE ALL GETTING TIRED BUT UE'LL MAKE IT I KNOU. SHE'S A GOOD SHIP AND A GREAT BUNCH OF MEN BUT ME'D ALL GIVE ANYTHING TO BE HOME AGAIN. THINKING LIKE THIS ONLY DEEPENS THE HURT- SO I MUST STOP NON AND GET BACK TO UORK. TMO SECTIONS ASHORE AND ONE IN BED. SOPA IS ADMIRAL MCGLOUTHLIN COMFAIRMED. UE'VE GOT ONE THREE FIVE FATHOMS OF CHAIN LAYED OUT SEVENTY-SEVEN UILL BE A GOOD YEAR1 THERE'S NO DOUBT KEEPING ALUAYS READY NUMBER ONE BOILER IS UAITING TO BE CALLED BOILER NUMBER TUO IS NUMBER TUO AND THREE AND RIGHT ON TIMES ON THE LINE- AT A MOMENTS SIGH1 STANDING BY- GENERATORS ARE RUNNING STEADY1 UHILE NUMBER ONE GENERATOR LIES IN READY- THE BREAKUALL LIES AT THREE TUO FOUR - TO US IT SEEMS LIKE NAPLES FRONT DOOR. THE MONUMENT BEARS THREE ZERO FOUR POINT EIGHT - MATCHING US ALL IN IT'S SOLEMN STATE- AT TMO EIGHT ZERO A FLAG FLIES HIGH1 BIDDING IT'S UELCOME AND WAVES GOOD-BYE- AT ZERO FOUR ZERO IS SAN VINCENZO LIGHT- UHICH SLEEPS BY DAY BUT COMES ALIVE AT NIGHT- MOTHER NATURE IS EVEN TRYING TO PLEASE UITH ONLY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND TMO FOOT SEAS- SQ MAJESTICALLY NE SIT HERE NITH PRIDE AND CHEER- THE NEOSHO STANDS READY FOR ANOTHER GOOD YEAR- ' ,YA, RATT A Y' TQEAA , VY fffw f' I V f ,W .,.,,.,,,g,A ,.,5, 4,-A5 Y, 1 TA'Y iw ,M ,a2!'..f -. M44

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WE WAIT IN FAITH l One wat totd, o6 what to be, It giitehed thhough the tand. The gheat chowdi, they did come, In puhiuanee o5 the quoted iaw. wai it humoh, oh wat it Aact? Thehe'A no way to heeount. Vet they fsought, with cieanfsed thought The Aembianee o5 an oeeuit. what ii this thing, we hope to gindy That which we cannot bee. IA it joke, oh ,Qs it pun? Vet, it heepza ws in hahmony. Since ati wai Apohen, ati ways done, we've waited 5hom eahiy dawn. Many have come, they have gone, Vet, the biding goei orwvahd. It' A been iong, the iafst hepoht, One nine gouh aught in yeafus, Stiili we wait, with Miding gaith, But what ahe we waiting 5oh? W. R. BONE -C ,76- Deah Diahy, Well, it'4 chniizmai Day 05 7976. My Chhihtman T122 it the ioneiy one withehing on the Meth Deefzfs . . . 411 A 5oh evehyone, but it beiongfs to no one. , Mu W2QC0miH9 Fihe-ptaee iiei deep in the'boiieh hoom, hiding im wahmth, but Miiii it emiils heat. I iooh out ,my hound window, in ESZZQZZQZE 4 64gKd 06 quiet, Aogt Anww n a ' back aft mtg ay og wateh Atahing , My hamify io hQ1Q today though 4L66QQQHf than in the paat., Thii HQGR Lfkfb Q 6am4Ku 06 bhipmatei - a ghoup ZZHQWQ up i0day ginding no AtoehingA ' Hehe we nit in Naptei hahboh T34nfa4n4W9 peace thhough headineno, bk Gul 62CK0w COMHIKQMQH may eeie- M72 Chfwstmai the way they WANT xo. LA . Oh many Gn the Neoiho, Chkibfmdb LC Jwit anothefi day Ahohteh in the , 62 06 a Med Chuiae. But the good today, AO it mutt be a SO KOWQ 60h now, Diahy - Aee ya tateh DE EDITTER

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