Mississippi (CGN 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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I. ODYSSEY -THE TROJAN WAR Paris was a young ,Prince of Troy, a city on the edge of the Aegean Sea, in what is now Turkey. When allowed by the gods to chose any woman in the world, he chose Helen, the most beautiful woman alive, and the wife of King 4' 1 h d th sand Menelaus of Sparta. Indeed, Helen had the face that aunc e a ou ships, for when Paris took her away to Troy, Menelaus and his brother Agamemnon gathered all the men ofthe Greek islands and set sail for Troy to recapture Helen. With Agamemnon were the famous warrior Achilles and the very clever Odysseus. Legend has it that Odysseus, tired of years of seige warfare, with the Trojans inside the walled city and the Greeks encamped around it, came up with the idea that ended the stalemate-the Trojan Horse. This tremen- dous wooden horse wasbuilt by the Greeks as a peace offering to the Tro- jans. Once the Trojans wheeled it inside the city, though, a secret trapdoor opened and out ofthe belly ofthe horse jumped a company of Greek soldiers, including Odysseus, who quickly opened up the gates of the city. The Greek army waiting outside rushed in, defeated the Trojans, and brought beautiful Helen back to Greece. .-. 2 2' -- I . ,-. ft ,.. ' -' Z ,f',.,,5,-ffffftgeff if ' Y' e -,-, -- A af, . , fi '- 'f-- k . .. ',,g.. 4 X .. 'Y 3 3 4 1 ii K r . i ? T ii tw, X f 15' A ' .. - T W K 'f '- ,X T. XXX? wgqexxlbh H X - G' Af GT-I-A a haf, X: X gf X 1 , D KKK ', ' ll 1 gi' . x ' : T ,f O X tr eff., f x - - a X D' Q- al is S. ,A at - f. 7 A ' A r 1 N 'a ' - . e .. .ff W rx' li -h -- x f . X ' N E E yyxgxxgixx fi 33 ' ' - , . Q m --.im .nf ' ' 'a N ' .4 X EP Q T. i , Q I at .,.. X: N A Q fb 3 Kp X .jgvcy svwx . , , K .. Q. I A 51: Q H. at t Q XX x 1 . ,.. T A -.t . . 2: w -. ,V is I .V :rx ' V h ..,,.xAmwf. 1 QXSX Q -n -XX X X 1 WA ' A a B X A G. f . ' f Q x - nf-J-.,f.. 'J N 1: ijt ju ,li J. . H l , ' ,yx:..q,x. v- l 1 'X-U, X X Ui B wi ll lj s . f ' -if ' ,O X - ' O 'Q Q' '5' ,X Q-Emi, . T .G -lf t . ' I 4 4+ 1 5 . -U-ex, mx- w 5 . ' -A o X .-X, ,l.xVX3XgN .Nl.X.X p , X , I 5 ,., tut. X'X'Wy'XXxbX 'Y if ! , ' X A ' was-X. .,,.. ,' T 3' Et Xi ' X , WV 'XXX T j ' f - Q Q lux' 4-xx T. iw I N -V LN .Q ' . ' , ' ' O E .V xwgwxillkix J - .QS Q .X 7 il X A :gh E '-'X A .- W ' ' ' N N. . fx? . V' 'X' X vt M45 - ' . - '. . l' - w My f N - - X . j . y 2' lil, .Cl x KV , 5- v -'xv X E. 'Yt-qual NA .tx A , I iX5h it . Qeiq ,,,,E.Tw-.2-?lg5:4 N5 :-,fx s -V Ph fx ,XY 'A Y 1, Q -A ' '. Q to . H X -gg?-',jZifL?1SJTFGyf ,Camel ' lt' - ' 95 ggi-XM T' -Q N .N 'M . as A af- . ., X Q X .X V ' ' M M '.Oi A 'ff 'xx Y A- .X ' - A O' 'k . A it f X 3 9 'MXN X-H 'W.wxfxN'-ln ' ' sa ww-it-X X ve . X 'lx X- WM1X'xX PQ?-fx XM- Q gs?-Frfxf, N - . WW-X 7' xx in ... J. x . :qz fixwx 'IXNNSX PM A i X9 ' IT' ' . X'Y'l'-x 3 2 '-. 4 K li: ' ' ' - , - - Q aww. ml T fi A '-3, iw lf? ,: I if A N .L u'a.i 1 -. - 'X ' L., fx ' I ' N. A ty. S.. s. O - T . ag, -eef Q, , if 1 T . -. ' ' A M - I ' A lr: ' 1 1 . tv - x If I+' .Qs . f ex.. Ev., j ' rs -X . , e 9 1 ,f .X M i7-YS V' ,gf FL , Y. W3 l ' ,xxx ., Uxxxxla I' se-. ' ' . ' I . Wx' WX.l,x. gf f' . ff NX Ah' Q ,A V, N . ,. fy -' g. JN, , N' '3 ,-. , g I cw, we Mn .x W: x - A in ,PU f' N1 X ew. tix f .4 Vx- '15 3. X In 1, 4, A1 lx I. .A I! -,ku E 'lr :D . ,Fixx ,'z ' . X' fix: , 4, friiiiiig fm' xv -' O -X Ag, 5-, . ra .1 r - 1 - H-Y . .-f. .i LA

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as .., 3 WM, ,Lf If D fs fgmir-1 if ,LQ Rx-yy fl- UXCMKX xx L! -A K at Battenburg Cup -A' Meritorious Unit Citation ir Top Hand Award -lr Battle E for Efficiency -A' Seven Departmental Awards This page, clockwise from top: Vice Admiral Briggs, the new Commander, Naval Sur- face Forces Atlantic fCom- NavSurfLantj, is piped aboard for the ComNavSurf- Lant Change of Command Ceremony, ETI Richard Bowling, the Surface Force Atlantic Fleet Sailor of the Year, is shown holding the Battenburg Cup, which is awarded to the overall best ship in the Atlantic Fleet, The Captain and Command Master Chief watch the awards ceremonyg Chaplain Lovejoy delivers the invoca- tion. Opposite page, clockwise from upper left: Vice Admiral Johnson, ComNavSurfLant, gives the Engineering De- partmental Award for Excel- lence to HT3 Cypriano Enri- quez, representing the de- partment, Captain Taylor greets the Chief of Naval Op- erations, Admiral Watkins, who was on board for the ComNavSurfLant Change of Command Ceremonyg Vice Admiral Johnson greets Ad- miral McDonald, Command- er, Atlantic Fleet, at the Change of Command, The Mighty Mississippi all decked out for the occasion. 6 .if 5 r -' M., 4, 'WFS 5773 --'ax rv5 f N , . 'Q