United States Coast Guard Academy - Tide Rips Yearbook (New London, CT)

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Zkird Class Cruise The lirsi siuiiUljuti t. ti lo Tail ii the cars of the class of U)4() was that ihice days after rcpor- liiiiJ; at till ' . (ackiii hall liic iiu inbcrs would be stilt on a cruise while the other half staved be- hind and studied. A inonih later the situation woidd be reversed. With heaiis lull ol joy we rolled our work wiiites and s(iiiashed them into a canvas bag, for we were going to sea. Over- burdened with gear we trudged the endless miles to the dock and i)oarded two shi])S v ' hich inuiie- diately reminded us of tales of .Sir Francis Diake and }ean LaFitte. Soon afterwards they became too familiar to us as just the ATL. NTIC and the DAXMARK— words which bring to mind an era of pushing the end of a .swab, polishing brass, jjulling on lines and climbing rigging. The nightlv c ries of liberty party on deck meant nothing to us, for we were the lowliest of the lowly— just swabs. It didn ' t take long for us to become familiar with our new home, though. Soon we almost learned how to be comfortable in a hammock: we had to, sleeping on the deck was an upperclass rate. Too, we learned to recogni e every city on Long Island Sound by its water- front. Sand, snngif anil swriit. The end of ii liiesonw da . W Whiilf So liurUti! 25