Estes (AGC 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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0 R CRUISE H D TWO CH PLAI Chaplain Lowe Chaplain Epps One of the busiest officers on beard is the Chaplain. As a Chaplain, he must be the spiritual leader for the ship in the areas of worship and counseling. He has a wide range of other duties which include serving on the Recreation Committee!Counoil, Tours Officer, Editor of the ESTES PRESS NEWS and Port Brochures, Director of the monthly Newsletters, and Custodian of the Ship's Library. Of these many responsibilities one of the most difficult is that of relating emergency messages to members of the crew. During the 1968 Deployment, ESTBS saw two Chaplains. LGDR Sidney D. LOWE came to LSRLS in June 1906 and made the majority of the cruise. In June, 1968, he was relieved by Ll Elwood W. EPPS, who cane to E IES from the Naval Training Center, San Diego. Chaplai LONE reported to the Naval Station, Charleston, South Carolina.

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OUR CRUISE must down to the seas agaln, tn the lonely sea and the sk And all I ask 15 a tall shlp and star to steer her by, And the wheel's k1Ck and the w1nd's song and the whlte sall' shaklng, And a grey mlst on the sea's face and a grey dawn breaklng John Masefleld Sea Fever I . ..v - y, . , . .S