Seattle (AOE 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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The ldeo of taklng supplles to shlps ot seo and hqndlng them across the water was new to the Novy at the tum ofthe century Solllng shlps had been able to gfqy where the actlon was for weeks or months sea breezes provlded the power sollor s dl6TS were less complex and round shot was more easlly stocked than bombs and mlsslles Then came the doy of the steam shlp wlth lt s huge UPPITITG for coal The large Men Of War burned 50 tons of cool o day and to keep thelr bunkers full had to return to port every T0 days or so to re cool The Navy learned o lesson ln T898 durlng the Spanlsh Amerlcan War The Spanlsh Fleet was blockaded ln the harbor at Sontlogo Cuba When the Spanlsh mode o run for the open sea three of our shlps llncludlng the old bottleshlp MASSACHUSETTSl were 45 mlles away belng re cooled at Guantanamo The need for on stotlon ot sea re fuellng was 0bVl0US Early efforts to solve the problem lead to the development of a hlgh llne for carrylng bags from o cooler to o war shlp one ln the woke of the other World War One sow the beglnnlng of the Navy s converslon to all burnlng ShIpS and soon the coolers were out of buslness lt took the pressure of the Second World War ln the Paclflc WhlCh reached lnto the for corners of that ocean to make Underway Replenlshment a regular feature of Naval Operatlons The Wor ln the POCITIC mode new demands onthe navy we had the flghtlng ShlPS and men but our new moblllty meant that the supply llnes had to be extended qulckly ln order to prolect our power The Navy has come o long way SINCE those days SEATTLE WhlCh IS thlrd and largest of her class nearly twlce the SIZE of her older couslns She carrles more fuel than any oller and more ommunltlon than most ammunltlon ShlpS grocerys and clothlng OTTICE supplles and hardware too SEATTLE IS o vlrtuol seo golng shopplng center For wont of a noll the war was lost sold Ben Franklln The lab and mlsslon of SEATTLE IS to make sure that the fleet does not suffer by even the want of o slngle case of ammunltlon As the Navy odds nuclear shlps to lt s fleet lt Wlll slowly aut grow ITS thlrst for black all But corrler lets wlll stlll need let fuel and lets have blg appetltes Also Navymen wlll never out grow thelr need for fresh vegetables and meats and mall from home Where ever ln the world they stand thelr duty the Fleet that can dellver anythlng anywhere wlll flnd T em from Beans Bullets and Block Oll wrltten by John M Gordon hung wld 7-lulgnwlm T3 9 1183533 TI:- ll ' ' ' ' F lj--,la V, I ' I ' v , , H . . . , wg, M . . f' We F , ' - . 5 ll ' ' ' . . 1 ' . . ' ' 1 ll ' - ' 1 ' F ll ' ' 1 , 1 X X 9 Fu A : . ' I ' .Q .' ' , P H . -1.iw-l?, 3 U, 1 L y I A ,. . . . fl . rw . . . 3 1 1 - across the oceans and keep lt there. 'S be g S ll I ll .vt ' W, . 's-- x , . . . ,,. ..., IS 1 F P I L ' .Q J K. K II ' ' ll ' ax s'tg, ' E A -K , . ... A . fl I A t. ,f,. -V K 4 ll . 1 - T V Q A 4 1 A ' ll ' I 0 0 N. ll A 5 ll . . , . . -I I X 1 - 1 f X. --- ' ll I l i L ll - . . , 1 1 A h ll 1 1

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