Worden (CG 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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kk fqf ,ff RADM MCCLINTON GIVES THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS X I RELIEVE YOU, SIR. . . . I STAND RELIEVED. N C-B.-1 X CH . S SEPTEMBER X377 MMCM SHARPE PRESENTS THE COMMISSIONING PENNANT

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55 -l CHANGE OF COMMAND A CHANGE OF COMMAND IS AN ALL HANDS EVOLUTION. THE ENERGIES OF THE SHIP ARE FOCUSED ON THE CEREMONIES AND TRADITIONS THAT SURROUND THE ORDERLY TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY. ON 9 SEPTEMBER 1977, IN YOKOSUKA, JAPAN, CAPTAIN J. F. BAUMGARDNER RELIEVED CAPTAIN J. F. FROST, III AS COMMANDING OFFICER, USS WORDEN. REAR ADMIRAL R. B. MCCLINTON, COMMANDER NAVAL SURFACE GROUP, WESTERN PACIFIC, WAS THE HONORED GUEST AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER. SPIRITS WERE HIGH AND CEREMONIES IMPRESSIVE INSPITE OF THE MORNING RAINS. ffl 'Q gf' EVERYTHING IS READY! REAR ADMIRAL MCCLINTON INSPECTED THE HONOR GUARD 1 w Y . an IE' i

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CROSSING THE LINE CROSSING THE EOUATOR REQUIRES SPECIAL CEREMONIES. TRUSTY SHELLBACKSH, THOSE WHO HAVE CROSSED BEFORE, ENTHUSIASTICALLY USHER POLLYWOGS , THE UNINITIATED, INTO THE REALM OF KING NEPTUNE. POLLYWOGS APPEAR BEFORE THE COURT OF DAVY JONES AND RECEIVE STERN JUSTICE AT THE HANDS OF THE SHELLBACKS. ARRIVAL OF KING NEPTUNE AND COURT TAKES PLACE THE NIGHT BEFORE AND IS FOLLOWED BY A BEAUTY CONTEST TO SELECT THE OUEEN. INITIATION BEGINS THE NEXT MORNING. IT IS GOOD FUN THAT EX-POLLYWOGS FEEL FOR DAYS AND REMEMBER FOR YEARS. F1YI:I rf- T 3 ,My . , .-QQ? - 'I' a, 1, ,, 4 'ty W I 46 f ...I ff' 'If' K ,.g - -L,