Carronade (IFS 1P) - Naval Cruise Book

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SHIP, HI TORY I H 'J The U S S CARRONADE is the only ship of her kind in the U SS ' Navy today She has a complement of 10 off1cers and 132 crew mem bers Desrgned and developed to f1re rockets at close mshore targets she has become a major weapon 111 prov1d1ng the tremendous f1re power necessary to support and protect landmg troops 111 a1nph1b1ous Warfare The 1dea for constructmg a spec1al rocket launchmg sh1p or1g1nated durmg the closmg of World War II E1ght years later, 111 May 1953 the hull of the CARRON E was launched at Seattle Wash mgton She IS a Vast 1mprovement over the old Landmg Sh1p Med1um Rocket, her predecessor CARRONADE S e1gl1t dual launchers can f1re her fwe 1nch rockets at tremendous speed, whlch gwes her f1re power almost equwalent to that of a cruuser Her F1re Control Sys tem, bmlt around a new type computer, makes poss1ble a slgatgunlaar rage of rocket fxre When ready for,f1re,,her deserted decks present a dece1v1ngp1cture However, ,111 the decks below, handlers 111 the magazmes load the rockets mto a holst an the rockets are hfted into pos1t1o11 Ln the1r launohers ready for f1r1ng S1multaneously, an el 1 ectromc bram IS chgestrng such lnformatwn as speed, course andmoll, ,f ff of the shrp, and d1St3.I1C9 and d1rect1011 of the target Seconds later, X the flammg rockets roar skyward, arch and d1ve w1th almost human ff X 11ke control, explodlng on the target The 1 5 0 ton CARR 91 EQ comparatwely small to the Punch she throws IS a sleek vessellde wtf? v f I ff ff srgned along crmser llnes and inlt 111 accordance wxth the jpdwegr ff ff- ff charafeferisfrcs of the cumbersome Scottnsh Gun from wh1c:h she takes! her namef Tlus gun was qu1teffswrYfai3'3f ?,iIgCEVfJIa31lES a 32 pound ball f ,fa'gNSfAi.fyfmffff X21 f 4s M 21251-f GARR N Etboascs f .af fi pff ff 1t1es and hab1tab1l11zy lwmg spaces and the ff f Q x Q f , ff ,V ' 4 , gf Qf iisiees qu-sf V 0 1 f My f my ff w ff 1 f 9xCQJd?t1i7EfiIikCj!05S farfe feed gFh?fotugh6nt the , oreggvms messjisylgke a small safe A j if 1 1 f Kay f X ' f' is f ggyzrf J, x If 5 Nl , '. , f 1 , .'1:1,. 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COMMANDING OFFICER J . W. Hulihan ICDR. 'mder john W. Huiihlan, 37 years oldn, ' V 'ew V Deir Captain first entered 1 mol gf3.dU2H'A .ax 5'