Essex (CV 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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Cit 0004, on Cmdreh 42, 4954, the ward went edt. ffifhe 8665.93 La refeerttng ger dede. We hed heen we end dawn gndn dre Heed dtrdde, and det d wdye ante the 7Ddetge Ucean, Dying, edr bear-eega. We hed heen dt Bangor to head drnww . . . Zfigdhe .Slegdnd gor gueg. Cllew we were rectify reed, ffger duty. gown, the C0l3b6ft we traueeed, tedrntng ta take grlxea dn neewetwned hghte . . . Eedrntng to tern the right valued ine the engtne roam . . . hedrntng fa read the radar acapea correctliy. gor mme, the 106 wad earsy. Hffhee efeqe Q9 end edde gram, redtee had d 641019-ge crewf' gor ethere, tt meant eearnineg, d ehdt thdt hed Keen, Ln, rnniftkalfe gor geearra or fm. Wie dtdn't get d chance te work wrath thee ededfernent rweh heeh dt the drrrnren' 3dr edt, there were rnernente og tension, and he- wwdervvtenrt dnd wondering, and edngdeten. Mtg, Clfhender where we're headed? 2Bdt, there were gmt thingea gtret. ainft fthe? alfarwneda.. detdtten fee.-te, eaguifemenelf 'fd-t-d! Cwerhtng perteee. igaleerfy in Gamand . . . 'grwee . . .the 03115, Zgridge . . . 3.42. dnd 3whernwn'e Cwhdwg . . . Sep og the Cmdrh. Hhen, elnwet Zagora we knew tt, we were drder- way asm- szgcwr S-Dbega. Zoranrado.. CU 3 5 Chricgee-dnalicfera . . . to, .... more trammg. . . . eQrz,afo,ectLon, and Jamey' . . . training, at aea...cla0aee aaftore. f,Drilfa...drdfEa...wwm eeedeerd . . . gtre qdrdthfe awvoge terntdy . . pereenneh inapectiana . . . more We worked hard. We played Heard. ?J3dt we tedrned te rdn the ehtfe. qbearnea funded dhedrd...teeh egg' 'mere trdtntng. flhe h3hre 7Jertl3. We watcffeed d fpdnther get rife tte tender-fetnntrge KonrseLn.twawLfddaef'4,ehttfetiieg5igZ,tdecf:. . . end etwt tt gllew. .Qte fedet Zreadeed gdr the heeeh, WOPPHJ iw the watch ww WM wh 511 'L lwfmff deafrayer, and tdrned Ln, hte wLn,g,a. We warlicfired whde dnether went dewn wtth he fddne. ghwwmgorheepe. CWetra,ined...tZen, tradlnred mme more. Handghf, heeh fa Mrervterfon, ger ehghd twerhewh- tn9....hdeh to SD.eee...dnd ttwewftwteheet time. 0n Ecard edrne the fddnee, the men, like ,edee og air Qreefe give. Chew we were reehh, dn Clar- cragt gcwrakr. dtgtwttteeemedhhedtrghtgt. We hedged here dnd there' 33dt, ahh the fdreeee leergeetlly and we were aet. fwdh d ghwh, we were fsreaecled gar cpearf Qtdder. Quai rrdnete recareea gram eeheeli, Beane, hherte. Q3 51.9 Cihetetdr arrived gram Cwbaconfuln with hw guide og dnt, daege. Qiltte heneenwen wee ta ge tn gmfanadag We and hw grzkie arrived at 2430 gene 26th. Efhe neexll day, age watched like 529- 563.93 defddrt. Cwwee . . . and ehtedren . . . weeet- Zeeaerta . . . grew awuealfer and awwtefer. ffhey dtedfefeedred. We were dnderwey gon Cpedrh.

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