Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

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Bremerton is a man-of-war. She exists, above all, forthe protection of the interests of the United States and her citizens-which includes the interests of free people throughout the World. ln these times of uneasy peace, while her guns are silent-but present and ready-along the borders of the Free World, she does not fight. Yet she is ever an active and effective weapon in the great struggle among mankind. She is a tangible representative of the American way of life and of doing things. She is reassurance where there is doubt, strength where there is weakness, an open hand where there is want. She is a symbol-both to free people who gaze at her with wonder and admiration, and to resolcte men who watch her with envy and respect-of a nation determined to foster peace. She is an extra tie in the bonds between old allies. She is an ambassador, making and keeping friends for the United States. To us, of course, she is much more than a sleek gray warship of trim line and effortless power. She is more than a threat of retaliation or a promise of protection. She is a home and a way of life. She's taken us places we most likelylwould never have reached otherwise, and made us a lot of friends we'd never have met if it hadn't been for her. She has taken us from one corner of the wide Pacific to the other- from California to Japan, from Canada to Australia. It seems to have become a habit with her that whenever there is something special going on-be it Seafair in Seattle, New Years in Yokosuka, or the XVI Olympiad in Melbourne -Bremerton will be there. W -