Current (ARS 22) - Naval Cruise Book

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A YULETIDE CREW MUST BE FED A PREPARED BY THE FINEST CHEFS CHRISTMAS DINNER ■▼PY •YA ... THAT ' S WHAT I SAID, MERRY CHRISTMASII

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o CHRISTMAS UNDERWAY WITH API--26 IN TOW CURRENT RETURNED TO SEA. OUR CHRISTMAS TREES WERE WELDED SECURELY TO THE DECK AND DECORATED. ENS WEIS AND RM2 JEFF JUGAR ASSISTED IN SPREADING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE SHIP. o CURRENT ' S CHRISTMAS POEM ' TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, WHEN ALL THROUGH THE SHIP IT WAS COLD AS THE DICKONS FOR THE BOILERS HAD QUIT THE CHRISTMAS TRE S WERE WELDED TO THE DECK WITH CARE, IN HOPES THAT HEAVY SWELLS WOULD LEAVE THEM THERE. THE CIC WATCHES WERE ALL SMUG IN THEIR PAD, FOR VIRIONS OF CONTACTS WERE NOT TO BE HAD, AND DOC IN HIS GARMENTS AND I IN MY RACK, HAD JUST SETTLED OUR BRAINS FOR A LONG WINTER ' S NAP WHEN OUT ON THfe MESS DECKS THERE AROSE SUCH A CLATTER I ROLLED FROM MY PAD AND FELL DOWN THE LADDER, AWAY TO THE MESS DECKS I FLEW LIKE A FLASH, TORE UP THE LADDER AND THREW OPEN THE HATCH IT WAS THAT DIVER FOX, SO L IVELY AND QUICK, I KNEW IN A MOMENT IT MUST BE ST. NICK, A BUNDLE OF GOODIES HE HAD FLUNG ON HIS BACK, AND HE LOOKED LIKE A PEDDLER JUST OPENING HIS PACK, he broke out a list, and went straight to and ' Pili??i ' all the stocking then turned with a jerk, and said, merry christmas to all, and to all a good night ,

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Back to the Islands--- THE TRIP FROM BREMERTON TO PEARL. WAS AN ENGINEERING WATERLOO. THE CHIEF ENGINEER , LTJG BRYANT, CHIEF ZEPP, ENt FERGUSON, ALONG WITH MANY OF THE ENGINEERS SPENT A LOT OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS KEEPING THE BOILERS AND EVAPORATORS OPERATING. MOLAKAI AND OAHU WERE A WELCOME SIGHT AS THEY CAME OVER THE HORIZON. SINCE WE WERE SCHEDULED TO STAY IN PEARL JUST A FEW DAYS, THE CREW WAS ANXIOUS TO SEE THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS BEFORE DEPARTING TO WESTPAC. FN PITTS, EM3 DELANEY. AND EM2 STANLEY MAN MAIN CONTROL i I WHAT, NO WATER AGAIN TODAY? EVEN SN RIVERA HAD HIS PROBLEMS. SA ISSAC CLEANING SHIP BEFORE ENTERING PORT