Connole (FF 1056) - Naval Cruise Book

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A FEW WORDS . . . Kiss THE FAMILY cooD-BYE, PULL IN THE Bnow AND THE LINES, ONE ENSIGN IS LOWERED ANOTHER IS RAISED, THREE BLASTS ON THE WHISTLE - YOU'RE UNDERWAY. ' A A THE FIRST OF MANY, THE' LAST OF MANY, OR JUST ANOTHER MED CRUISE, ONE NEVER REALLY KNOWS WHAT LIES AHEAD, COLLISIONS, FIRES, MAN OVER- BOARD, DRILLS, OR THE REAL THING? HOPEFULLY, JUST SIX MONTHS CRUISING IN THE SUN SHOWING THE FLAG, BEING THERE - PRESENCE , EACH MED CRUISE IS DIFFERENT. SOME ARE REMEMBERED BY THE CRISIS OF THAT YEAR, AND SOME ARE REMEM- BERED FONDLY-GRIST FOR MANY A SEA STORY. BUT EACH IS DIFFERENT, JUST AS EACH SHIP IS' DIFFERENT, EACH CREW IS DIFFERENT. - ' THIS BOOK IS THE STORY OF THIS CREW, THIS SHIP, AND THIS CRUISE.

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Qlnefeof Via Zen Wk WL O fl Fast Frigute 1056 Q5 of ber Mediterranean Cruise zn the year 15 Aprrl 25 October Vue 5,5 ,,, C Q nn Nineteen Hundred Seventy-six foswj Si H' '- -'JE-cf. 67 Photographic Journal M75

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.ry :QA ,sv .' ,1 23+- : m- mm. USS CONNOLE FF 10561 The shrp proudly bears the name of Commander Davld R CONNOLE Whose naval career ended when the submarme USS TRIGGER whrch he was commandmg was overdue from a War patrol IH the v1c1n1ty of Nanse1 Shoto Asratrc Area on Aprrl 21 1945 and was presumed lost Commander CONNOLE was awarded the Sllver Star Medal the Bronze Star Medal and the Pres1dent1al Un1t Crtatron whrle attached to the TRIGGER The USS CONNOLE IS one of a class of 47 frlgates desrgned for locatmg and destroylng enemy submarmes Her capab1l1t1es extend also to m1ss1ons of search and rescue patrol evacuatlon blockade survexllance shore bombardment and antl a1r warfare CONNOLE IS equrpped wlth the most recent advances 1n underwater sound detectlon equlpment sonar rncludlng an rntegral bow mounted long range sonar and varrable depth sonar Th1s coupled Wrth long range detectron and attack capabrhtres provlded by the Lrght Alrborne Multl Purpose System QLAMPSQ makes the CONNOLE one of the most sophrstlcated antl submarme warfare QASWH platforms rn the world The shrps armament mcludes hcmxng torpedoes whlch may be launched from the Shlp by Antr submarme Rocket CASROCJ launched from torpedo tubes or dropped from the LAMPS hehcopter whlle rn fhght The 5 rnch 54 calxber gun mounted forward provrdes ant1 a1rcraft defense surface engage ment capablllty and the ablllty to support mland forces 1n shore bombardment The Interlm Surface to Surface Mrssrle System QISSMJ allows the CONNOLE to engage hostrle surface vessels and axrcraft Further protectron 1S afforded by the Basrc Polnt Defense M1ss1le System BPDMSJ whlch counters close range hrgh performance hostlle alrcraft , -. . . ' 1 ' 7 7 ' 7 7 a 7 - ' . , . . ' an - 7 7 ' 1 , 7 - , - , 7 7 7 7 7 1 V ' , . v . 7 ' ' . . . F 1 ' 4 ifrwgfrjm- I : '.5elxl' .' ' f :p1 2 f gifgggllgl-J: g.f:.q3a: