Canisteo (AO 99) - Naval Cruise Book

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4 USS C ' t A0 99 Modern concepts of sea power have changed little from the days of the Greek and Roman . . Empires, security at home depends on strength at sea. Thus, the United States and her allies maintain strong navies. The primary advantage of a Navy as a fighting force is it's mobility. The ,A-stask force, then, must be able to sustain itself until it has gained it's objective. ' It is at this point the CANISTEO enters the scene. She carries no big guns, no supersonic aircraft and no guided missiles, but she carries the fuel and supplies necessary to give the fighting units their big advantage MOBILITY ,

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Executive Officer Commander Richard C. Branum has been CANISTEO's Executive Officer since No- vember 1980, as the Commanding Offi- cers right hand man the duties of an Executive Officer are many and varied. Commander Branum is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1967. Commander Branum's duty assign- ments have included USS LEARY lDD879J, as Navigator and MPA, USS FRED T. BEARY lDD858J, as Chief Engineer and Ex- ecutive Officer, USS PAUL lFF1080l, as commissioning Chief Engineer, and Com- manding Officer of USS PLEDGE lMS0492J. Prior to his assignment to CAN- ISTEO as Executive officer he was assigned to Naval Sea Systems Command, Washing- ton, D.C., as a Director in the Steam Pro- pulsion Plant Improvement Program. Commander Branum is a graduate of the Surface Warfare Officers School Depart- ment Head and Senior Courses, and the Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California. He holds a Masters Degree in Operations Research, two Navy Com- mendation Medals, two Navy Achieve- ment Medals, and various Campaign and Theater Awards. Commander Branum and his wife Kay' presently live in Virginia Beach, Virginia with their two children. sh vr2.,uvf.-A yvftisxswv- 1,.,:-?lfYiL. ii i-hifi ll -A t 1 . g l 1

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l 3 I'I . i I S S 0 r G O DID YCU KNGW? IN 1971 CANISTEO WAS lN VALLETA, MALTA? While deployed with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean CANISTEO again proved that in the Service Force Atlantic there is no such thing as a single purpose ship. - To commemorate the 87th birthday of the Archbishop of Malta, Monsignor Michael Gonzi, CANISTEO was asked to transport a life-size statue of the revered holy man from Naples, Italy to Valleta, Malta, where it was to be placed with those of past archbishops in the Cathedral Church of Malta. Monsignor Gonzi has been archbishop of Malta since its raising to the status of a metropolitan! archdiocese 25 years ago. Few archbishops have held similar office for this length of time and through such difficult periods of peace and war, Captain George R. Parish jr., CANISTEO'S commanding officer, was received by the archbishop and thanked for his kindness in delivering the statue. I ,.,,g f -'Q' 1 - iv ., . I5 . ,v A ,.-,l..,.,,,m1v' ...qfevrh -.,,-,, .- .-,, .. g- T. ... ,. , ,f.l.2:,-V. wr-Iac,tavlszuafz-sm1,21-mdtiheisw+1m44hn3wiuw:fri:nu1.-L1 1 .S1f4l:if i2 5 .91