Carronade (IFS 1P) - Naval Cruise Book

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.gnfroclucfion I AM THE SMALL BUT MIGHTY ROBERT E. LEE, RD3, EDITOR CARRONADE, INSHORE FIRE SUPPORT SHIP, THAT IS. I CAPTURE HEADLINES IN FLOYD I. ANDERTON, SN, BUSINESS MANAGER MANY PAPERS BY DEMONSTRATING MY TREM- ENDOUS FIRE POWER IN THE CLOSE SUPPORT OF AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT TROOPS. ALTHOUGH I AM ONLY 245 FEET IN LENGTH I HAVE A GREATER, MORE DEVAS- TATING PUNCH THAN MANY A CRUISER. MANY CALL ME LITTLE MO . MY KEEL WAS LAID IN 1952 AT THE PUGET SOUND BRIDGE AND DREDGE COMPANY, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, AND IRECEIVED MY FIRST BATH IN THE BLUE PACIFIC AT THE AGE OF ONE. AT THE AGE OF THREE I WAS COMMISSIONED A MEMBER OF THE U. S. PACIFIC AMPHIBIOUS FORCE. MY COMMISSION- ING DAY WAS A MEMORABLE ONE AS 132 NAVY ENLISTED MEN AND OFFICERS STEPPED ABOARD TO DIRECT MY ENERGY AND SERVE ME DURING MY ADULT LIFE. THESE MEN AND OTHERS LIKE THEM HAVE SERVED ME WELL DURING THE PAST 2 112 YEARS AS MY GUNNERY INSTALLATION IS RATED AMONG THE FINEST AND MY TWO DIESEL ENGINES - MY MAIN SOURCE OF PROPULSION - HAVE DRIVEN ME MANY A MILE. I HAVE ESTABLISHED LEGAL RESIDENCE AT SAN DIEGO, CAL- IFORNIA, BUT MANY NATIVES KNOW LITTLE OF ME BECAUSE OF MY VARIED TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS. ISPENDACONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE OPEN SEA TRAINING THOSE WHO SERVE ME. MOST OF MY TRIPS ARE SHORT BUT ACTION PACKED. NOWIAM ABOUT TO COME OF AGE BECAUSE OF MY RECENT SELECTION TO TRAVEL AND VISIT THE COUNTRIES OF THE FAR EAST. I AM SURE THIS TRIP WILL BE AN EXCITING ONE AS I HAVE NEVER LEFT MY NATIVE COUNTRY BEFORE. I HOPE . I THAT YOU WILL COME ALONG WITH ME AS I VISIT PORTS IN JAPAN, CHINA, KOREA, PHILIPPINES, 'IOHN C. COGSWELL, RM2, PHOTOGRAPHER AND OTHER NATIONS. YOU, TOO, SHOULD f' ENJOY YOURSELF ON THIS TRIP. I W. MOON, ETR3, PHOTOGRAPHER KNOW MY SAILORS WILL. f F1 .my-1-.