Stump (DD 978) - Naval Cruise Book

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Executive ff fl 097' slim fan ,,....lsi LCDR Morris C. Foote Exciting events have taken place in the two years Since the STUMP Precommissioning Unit opened its doors at the Norfolk Naval Station in january 1978. In our six months there, we greeted some 200 shipmates and grew from a land-locked administration and training unit to the crew of the nation's newest and best warship. We stretched from two office spaces and scattered accomodations, through the Hswankl' quarters of SARA- TOCA HALL, on to Lakeside Manor ffor somej, and finally to Hull 16, DD-978. We met the challenges of west passes and parking regulations while gaining significant schooling and on-the-job training at local commands. Who can forget the two or three airplanes they rode in july as the PRECOM Unit closed down. We joined the advance group in Pascagoula, moved aboard STUMP and began learning our systems and our ship. With commissioning on that very hot day in August o '78, we severed the EastfWest Bank umbilical cord and began the operational cycle that has led us to the eve of our first deployment. The number of advancements to date is almost equal to the number of people we have on board. We've greeted and given tours to over 15,000 visitors, played - and won - basketball games in Pasca- goula and Norfolk, bowled in Portsmouth, 'played soft- ball in Mississippi and Virginia, gone swimming from Montego Bay to St. Thomas, from Fort Lauderdale to Guantanamo Bay. The Executive Officer's responsibility lies mostly between the lifelines. Accordingly 1've been concerned with just about everything that concerns itself with life On board STUMP. The passageways, the bunk curtains the time of Liberty Call, and the times of meals during our always crowded underway periods. We've refined the concept of SH1PMATE and have always pitched in to help each other, and others, through Navy Relief, the Combined Federal Campaign, and blood donations , T ' programs he men of STUMP ARE USS STUMP. Victory belongs to the bold - you have been bold - yOU are VICTORIOUS! Godspeed. Morris Foote Executive Officer E Now lay before the ma ARROOUUGAAAHH .N fm, F'

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l 5 A 5 Q E X Officer The Captain: a helping hand, Proud to reenlist a longtime shipmate a watchful eye.

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