Conflict (MSO 426) - Naval Cruise Book

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REPLENISHMEN T UNREP SHIP APPROACHING: A welcome sight on Market Time. Here the USS CACAPON CAO-523 comes. down the coast, carrying fuel, cargo, and mail for CONFLICT. ROMEO CLOSE-UP : our replenishment stations manned, we commence our approach on the oi1er's port side. din STAN'DBY TO RECEIVE THE SHOT-LINE : Richard Burton stands by on the tripod, waiting to rig the high- line. THE HIGH-LINE IS RIGGED : an oi1er's-eye-view of CONFLICT bobbing alongside.