Arcadia (AD 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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On 21 October 1953 we slipped our mooring at Mike 12 and headed out of Narragansett Bay, looking at a gray misty Newport and Castle Rock where a few wives and children had gathered to see us off.

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In May we had begun to pre- pare. Everything was accel- erated with the word of the day being issue vouchers, in- voices, and work after 1630. Supplies came aboard and were stowed; records were ver- ified and re-checked; and two weeks before we left, the H div. started giving us shots and didn ' t finish until we hit Naples.

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- The North Atlantic knew we were coming and was ready for us with a 40 knot nor ' easter, which kept us pitching and rolling for two days. A number of times we rolled 30 and 35 degrees which is a long way over for a ship like this — and seemed even farther. There was a bit of damage but on the whole we coffee-ground sailors knew how to secure for sea.