Columbus (CG 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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your ci nyof Tue who They have one Mrs, Meyers is a hard, who urunigraued no in the ear She was Jaav. :sue lived, am pw. if age arzendefi Sta. S.!ary'. 43 was asm ' , 'mm DISCOVHHER J ' ' ,N ' THE SPORSOR u.s,s. COLUMBUS cowffazlonau 'rom ing fjnrnpar.-,' EEAI1 :vmz-r.if,45, Ay, I gygcuuive Ufficer no sw. the aatch ,,,,,mD,w, the 11.1. :', f'f::.a:-,nmzpg will o mu: at our fi.41.x.:r.g navy. Y 'ZU1'1'hLli, 12' five inci. final-purpose in cu turrms and ':SCfJX'K'5 of :mailer comfort no she ex-nw und no maxe ner :ha unit. nf' hor clam: in CGf'xOi:Y.. Usher thu iI!d7f!!4Iv!q'u and Liu: PITYEHUFJEE have t.hn'r' pruwerzn in all corners o Qvorhld in cornouv. with ffm-'v-J 'ships and jbinihsr M 51618. I!17UqB!r:qb6rk 1845, the second IZCLUMEUS sail .J'dpun3i.n lm swamps so une a zreanv. The an j !811sdQ Iyappsara than history may repeani ' HXac1Q17 'hghutxdred years later a new U. S. S. '3g1BWj6Bi'lf.!tg for Japan. This Mme there will n la., failures DISKDVERING WATER spek P8 monthg 'rasuss conuususnssmraun nmmonnovxmaea so, 1944 13154, C0Li!Mie7!!, uiwmvv c:m1aex'nf!.2'.e EALTI. gym wx-1.w.1 nvm' vw :he hav-1 ny the Emi, elygux, Arran:-m3:s:,r. I-'.rsf.'aava1 Diszri gm, or-df-r of the Pavy per,zw:,rz,en'r. no ghip. CBIJBIJQYI Alum iiwbnfa will T865 the ghip :gnu iwccfzpt Lhl: 359419, fstld 4 i. nn cmiuur num:-nu. our i'1 een wi nh a po-um-. unit. ltis nxvnmi xi Lin .1 ewiw inch guns fnountedi anti-1' uma. Elura carries: if complement of 18061 Madman. Every 1I!L'7'LY' fiuvrrlopvrfant has gm-gg, th!! cnnutruction of the ship to add aafetyi mdat. Ship 5 Bama clams, nh' 5fAL'I'!'l0PE. the BOSTON. ther 'well f the Hou the U.S. 13. DL'.'.fi:'.!S is on her way . Sure han been no ozhfr Uni. wa:-ships named IJOLUMBUFI, Morals said about mem in anonher place. e pu texnpik

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copunsus SKIPPER NATWE ow MASSACHUSETTS Allen Hobbs, an officer wi nh a record of' out- P i v ce takes over the command of the U.S.S. COL- W W 'gov THE SKIPPER 0 Tho Captain wasborn at Lowell, Masaachuaettm 1899, He is the s on of Alexander Hobbs and Appointed to Annapolis from Massachusetts Lodge, he entered the Naval Academy in June, sea duty was as a midahipman on board the CAROLINA, in the su mar of 1917. The fol- had m re e d S tba H W88 uty aboard the cruiaer NORTH American troops to France. inJunaf1919,inzha claas ae an enaign. The SB- in bringing our COMDR, magna. DAVIS, .U.S.N. duty went to J CAPTAIN ALLEN HOBBS, U.S.Ng, COIMANDING OFFICER 1927 PERIENOED ON BOARD CRUISERS nhc Executive ,fficer of the Jefferson, Long Tsland, New f1TBT entered the Naval Reserves he was commissioned an ensign. his time to the naval service. U S. S. OKLAHOEUL Since the FLORIDA, nun mosn aboard cruisera Torpedo School an Newport. F.!. Destroyer EERNARDOUJm1 szudied Graduate School an Annapolis. of California an Bsrkely, Tal. which he complexed in 1931, him withengineeringabordoruixcra time he served on board the followina cruincrs: B the HELENA, the MILWAUKEE and the 0,1 Engineering Officer. Babel Merrie Ford of r 1 .in r and Mrs. Davis havv 1 1 I 11