Dahlgren (DLG 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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SUPPLY LCDR. C.C. MADEIRA ENS. R. F. WORSENA DESSI , J. CSC ROSS , C . SHC SHANNON, E.L. DKC What can be said about Supply that hasn ' t been said hundreds of times already? Supply covers from spare parts for all our equipment to ship ' s parties to food and stewards - and certainly to pay day. without a good supply dept . , a ship cannot fight, the men cannot have the barbershop , the coke machine , the dairy queen , and the officers would be cooking and serving their own meals. as long as the way to a man ' s heart is through his stomach and his pocketbook the Supply Dept. will remain close to us all. BOTTOM ROW (L TO R) BALDWIN , M .H . SK3 , PIERCE , R .E . SK3 , POSTON , E. SH 2 , PRICE , R .L. SK1 , CAR- SON, R .L . SH3 , B LEVINS , C .T . SH3 , TOP ROW (L TO R) DILLINGHAM , J.C . SD3 , FRITZ , R .W. SA , ZAPPI- TELLI , A .E . SN , HARRIS G . SN , DATE , T .W . SN; RECH , A. SN , BURDEN , G . E. SN , DA YE , R .E . SN

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TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF DAHLGREN I joined DAHLGREN in Palermo, Sicily, and had command of THIS SPLENDID SHIP THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE. TO SAY THAT I AM PROUD OF HER WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATE- MENT OF SOME MAGNITUDE. MOST OF MY CAREER HAS BEEN SPENT IN DESTROYERS , BEGINNING, LONG AGO, WITH A 1937 MODEL WHICH, BY THE TIME I SERVED IN HER, WAS HELD TOGETHER LARGELY BY OLD PAINT AND THE FERVENT PRAYERS OF THE SHIP ' S COMPANY. SHE WAS, TO SAY THE LEAST, A FAR CRY FROM DAHLGREN. But DAHLGREN is much more than just a new ship. She is VIEWED FROM VARIOUS ASPECTS , A HOME, A PROFESSION, A SHOWPLACE , A FLAGSHIP, EVEN , IF I MAY SAY SO, AN IDEA . MOST OF ALL, SHE IS A WARRIOR. I HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT DAHLGREN IS A LIGHT CRUISER . THIS is not so. She is, in fact, the Cadillac of the destroyer Force, for she and her crew embody all of the anc ient traditions of de- stroyers a certain rakish dash, enormous competence , always ready, as the words of the old navy song have it, for a frolic or a foe. Beyond even the Destroyer Force, DAHLGREN ' s an- cestry AS A FRIGATE CAN BE TRACED TO THE SAILING FRIGATES OF THE American Navy of olden times . Theseships , also somewhat small- er THAN THE HEAVY SHIPS OF THE DAY, OFTEN ACTING SINGLY, ENGAGED the enemy wherever he could be brought to battle. many times the American frigate was lost in the process, but their collec- tive DEEDS HELPED TO GAIN AND, IN 1812, TO MAINTAIN, OUR INDE- PENDENCE as a Nation. Thus were the identifiable features of the frigate established the good and loyal friend or the uncompromising and deadly enemy. surely this is dahlgren. In the pages which follow, DAHLGREN ' s deployment as a part of the u .s . sixth fleet inthe first half of 1963 is com- memorated, for those who were on board it will never happen again-inthat place-atthat time-with those friends. if the mood is largely lighthearted , let no one forget that this crew was at all times ready, and on one occasion 100 percent of the crew did sail for an unknown but possible battle. Come then, single-up! sail with us for awhile! Leon I . Smith , Jr.

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SUPPLY WORK DAHLGREN ' S DEPARTMENT STORE - CLERK??? ' MONEY BAGS! ' I KNOW THAT ' S THE RIGHT STOCK NUMBER JUST A TRIM! 4 p WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SECURE THE MESSLINE? THE MAID! '