Conserver (ARS 39) - Naval Cruise Book

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MIDSHIPMEN FOUR ASPIRING YOUNG OFFICERS WERE OUR GUESTS FOR THE TAIWAN TO HONG KONG LEG OF THE CRUISE. h WONDER IF THEY ' LL BE SMILING SO GAILY AFTER THEIR COMMISSIONING.

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WESTPACK OF 1975 WAS A WORKING CRUISE. CONSERVER ' S DAYS AT SEA AND ON JOBS GREATLY OUTNUMBER HER DAYS IN PORT. THIS SHIP ' S TASKS WERE LARGE, AND MANY DIFFICULTIES WERE ENCOUNTERED IN EVERY EVOLUTION. SPIRITS REMAINED HIGH, AND EACH CHALLENGE WAS ACCEPTED AND ACCOMPLISHED COMPETENTLY HENCE THE NATURE OF OUR WORK, THE FINAL PRODUCT IS ULTIMATELY A RESULT OF THE CREWS ' INTEGRITY. HOWEVER HISTORICALLY UNNOTICED, THIS WESTPACK IS PERSON- ALLY SIGNIFICANT. MIRROR SEAS AND LACQUERED SKIES, UNINHABITED COASTLINES OF THE TROPICS VEILED IN VERDURE. THE NIGHTS OF INCOMPARABLE BRILLIANCE, WHILE FLASHES OF ENERGY BLUSH IN WAKES ' FOAM GIVE VISION TO STARS E QUALLY ABOVE AS BELOW. THIS BOOK MARKING THE EVENT IS QUITE DEVOID OF TEXT, SO DETAILED IS EVERYONE ' S EXPERIENCE. T AY THE MEN REPRESENTED ON THESE PAGES GIVE THE MOST ACCURATE NARRATIVE. CRUISE BOOK STAFF OFFICER: LT EDWARD C. CULHANE LAYOUT DESIGN; ROSS HOSKINS RIC KAIN EDITORIAL: ROSS HOSKINS PHOTOGRAPHY: SCOTT GOSSLER RIC KAIN ROSS HOSKINS ROMONDO DAVIS CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS MICHAEL CONE PAUL JESTER ROBERT MEHLMAN PAT SHEA BARRY SHOOLTZ BRADLEY STORSTEEN T ' TE WISH TO THANK CHUCK KLINGMAN FOR HIS INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE. THANK YOU SKC A.C. HOLSTEIN FOR PUTTING UP WITH US WHILE THIS BOOK WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN YOUR OWN OFFICE . BY THE WAY, WE DUMPED YOUR TRASH.