Camden (AOE 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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will DW F Jmls 291969 CWD xnxx g f I I q iss, Lis2.+2lgt3'if,, Q., 2' THE LEGEND CALLED CAlVlDEN A To meet her destiny, to the Tonkin she came And with sweat and guts she bought her fame To CAMDEN sailors there was no day or night Just Nlan both sides , for the carriers in sight Eleven day weeks, and fifty hour days. An hour off on Sunday while the Chaplain prays That this volcano we ride won't blow us to hell And to give thanks for the outcome of the Hancock flail Though our guns never fired a lethal round And we've never been deafened by battle's sound And we've never tracked NllGs over NVN skies We've fought the war with the rest of the guys With hoses and burtons and CH46's We've socked it to the sons of bitches Who ride out here for a few weeks glory While we do the work, it's the same old story A lt's been nine months, three seasons of the year Since we've seen the people, and things we hold dear But CANlDEN's a special ship, and we're a special breed The only ones who could fill the critical wartime need We're a special crew, unlike all the others Closer to our shipmates than our own blood brothers Career, reservists, or just passin through We'lI look back and remember the people we knew Soon it will be finished and our task will be done And our bow will swing eastward toward the rising sun Our hearts will grow lighter with joyous elation With Long Beach our Homeport, instead of Yankee Station We'll leave these Tonkin waters, but we'll leave our legend here The Sac will never match us, she won't even come near And when blue-water sailors gather with bottle of San lVlagoo They'll drink to CANlDEN's legend and to her special crew. 1

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CAPTAIN JOE P. MOORER Commanding Officer Captain Joe P. Moorer was born in Mt. Willing, Alabama, October 18, 1922, the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. RR. Moorer. He attended grammar cmd High School in Eufaula, Alabama and was a student for one year at Gordon MilitaryCollege in Barnesville, Georgia. He entered the Naval Academy in July 1941 and was commissioned an Ensign, U.S. Navy, in June 1944. After serving two years in USS COLUMBIA QCL-561, including the last year of World War ll in the Pacific, he commenced flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in July 1948. Between 1948 and 196O, Captain Moorer had duty in various carrier fighter squadrons, at the Armed Forces Staff College as a student and at the Naval Air Test Center where he was a project test pilot in 1951-1953. He was an instructor and Operations Officer ofthe Naval Test Pilot School in 1958- 196O. ln 1961 he took command of an F8 Crusader squadron and the following year assumed Command of Carrier Air Group TEN. After two years on the Staff of Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, he attended the Naval War College. Since August 1966 he has served on the Staff of Commander SEVENTH Fleetas Operations Off- icer for which he was awarded the Legion of Merit. Captain Moorer is married to the former Miss Eleanor Griffin of Savannah, Georgia. They have three children, Joseph Jr., 2O: Michelle, 17: and Randolph, 9. Captain Moorer reported to USS CAMDEN as she prepared for her first overseas deployment in April 1968. ' w..