Arcadia (AD 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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REMEMBER THE DAY WE LEFT NEWPORT. RHODE ISLAND? IT WAS THE NINTH DAY OF JUNE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, SIXTEEN THIRTY, TO BE EXACT. THE SKY WAS OVERCAST. IT HAD BEEN RAINING SOFTLY ALL MORNING. THE MEN WERE STRANGELY YET UNDERSTANDABLY SILENT. AND FEW THERE WERE TO LOOK BEHIND AS THE COAST FELL OUT OF SIGHT BUT THEN THE SPIRIT OF THE USS ARCADIA ASSERTED ITSELF AS MORE THAN FIFTEEN THOUSAND TONS OF WORKSHOPS. ENGINES AND ENERGY WENT PLUNGING AHEAD INTO THE SEAS. THE HUM OF THE ENGINES AND THE LILT OF THE GENT- LY PITCHING SHIP WERE REECHOING IN THE SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY HEARTS. THIRTEEN HUNDRED ARMS SETTLING TO WORK. OFF IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE SIXTH FLEET WAS WAITING FOR THE USS ARCADIA. WE WERE ON OUR WAY.

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connanoinc T. A. NISWANER CAPTAIN. USN THIS IS OUR SKIPPER. CAPTAIN TERRELL ANDREW NISWANER. AD- MIRED FOR HIS EFFICIENCY, INSPIRING AS A LEADER AND LOVED FOR HIS SHIP-WIDE CONCERN FOR ALL HANDS. CAPTAIN NISWANER TOOK COMMAND OF THE USS ARCADIA ON 3 MAY 1954. A RUN-DOWN ON THE CAPTAINS AS- SIGNMENTS. ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SER- VICE AWARDS AND RIBBONS WOULD FILL ACRUISE BOOK. LETS SUM IT UP BY SAYING THAT WHEREVER CAPTAIN NISWANER WAS ASSIGNED RECORDS WERE BROKEN. WE OF THE ARCADIA SINCERELY REGRETTED SAYING GOOD- BYE AS HE TOOK OFF MIDWAY IN OUR MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE FOR DUTY IN WASHINGTON. WE ALL JOIN IN EX- TENDING TO OUR FORMER CAPTAIN A SINCERE GOD BE WITH YOU . THIS IS OUR NEW SKIPPER. CAPTAIN CHARLES HERBERT ANDREWS. USN. GOOD FORTUNE SURELY FAVORED THE USS ARCADIA IN SENDING USCAPTAIN ANDREWS WHO TOOK COMMAND ON 15 AUGUST 1955 IN ISTANBUL. TURKEY. HE TRAVELLED FAR TO JOIN OUR SHIP AND HE KEPT ON TRAVELLING RIGHT ON THRU INTO THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF ALL HANDS. A SUB- MARINER AT HEART. CAPTAIN AND- REWS OUTSTANDING COMBAT AND ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD COUPLED WITH A RECORD OF MORALE-INTEREST- EDNESS SPOKE WELL FOR HIM. THE WEEKS THAT PASSED WHILE STILL IN THE MEDITERRANEAN PROVED THE ARCADIA WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF AN OUTSTANDING SKIPPER DETER- MINED TO MAINTAIN THAT OUT- STANDING RECORD. CAPTAIN AN- DREWS BROUGHT HOME TO THE U- NITED STATES A TIRED BUT A HAPPY SHIP. HIS WELL-DONE TO ALL HANDS WAS HEARTILY REECHOED IN THEIR WELL-DONE ' TO OUR CAPTAIN AN- DREWS.