Spruance (DD 963) - Naval Cruise Book

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i 1 . Q 'fr P' W an 1 il. ' 1 V gi? ELK, ll ,A dis . '55 .. ALFA? W tw w N' M' ur . . Xu 3 .1 Vice President Richard Nixon is shown with President Magsaysay of the Philip- pines and U.S. Amhassandor Raymond A. Spruanee at the U.S. Embassy at Manila, Llzon Island, Philippines, 16 Dec 1953. Fleet Adm. Nimitz presents the Navy Cross to Adm. Spruance 1 n

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1 I .Q ff Its primary mission is anti submarine warfare, . The secondary mission for the Cfsilyer bird!! is tb of the shipboard ASW suite. Complete with sonobouys,32,radar,.tfif logistic support. It is here that she wins the hearts ofour at 'ff magnetic anomaly detection gear, IMADQ, and torpedoes,,,rt.,gfunc5Q,g, ' y bringing needed spare parts for our equipment, or new pegs: ul . ,g,e S , y S , ne tions asa first line of ASW defense for thetask force oref'ow1t.f shi 'K Kee in theenem innedvfdown and ,developing attack forilour watch standing or most im 5, portant MA carrier or other task fofce units. The Pon ix resILf mem the P , P. 8 , .YP s , .. , y . , criteria is the ultimate., goal, ,and the Yconsistency ,Dfw eaeffafe A ,,se w ell and eats JP-5. When all is said and zlonepwhjnlilfglmsny . n , Is SPRUANCE'S LAMPS to achieve thiSgh8Si beenwifS hallmark. LA MPS often works hand inyglo ve Witl1tI1e?sl1ip?s sonar gang in developing AS Wysolutions, and this combinationffofitalenf'has proved itself unbeatable every time. Andone mustsnot forget the LAMPS pilots,for they are the unsung .heroes oflthegafviation world, yet their skill, professionalism and spirit have helped immeasurably in keepingffSPRUANCE T HEJFIRST and the put into the barn, when the rattling of tie dow ly ' 1, and another sub has been stenciled to thenfusielgge afgjfasjlf heart out Red Baron j, it is comforting to know that just a tailyl bg and o tankful of gas later, LAMPS will Hy again, 'Kia C11 f. C-.Q f f 3 .- -vfcm-. sfif- - doe. '- '

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is WY... --u -Y x 'S 5 5? Q 5 E DL Q, A Q- -4.-ff A 5 .J f W ,- 4,igdgg2l,,3,,,U4' Standing: AEI Mireless, AX3 Henry, A W2 Mathis, AMHC Hoffman, AMS2 Wegman, AD3 Landry, AMS3 Moser, AE3 Bagley, A W3 ff .--, 4' Flynn, AT3 Thompson. Bottom Row: LCDR Radeacker, LT. Brady, LCDR Bradley, LT' Neville, L71 Mettam. Bef wa Qi ' 'g il f ,Q N i , L f'w 1pj 44 Division ofiioon LCDR Radeacker ' D . 5 .5 ,dj HELO DET Division onion AMHC Hoffman D-95,94 Division LPO: AEI Miro-io-so .hA,'vmtt...i,i. . o,..s.L'.--.u,....v.,. 4 - . - -if gt ir --Q