Evans (DE 1023) - Naval Cruise Book

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rm--'- '--llllllllllll---155 -. EVAN :WT The United States Navy is currently faced with a challenge unpar- alleled since the Korean War. This challenge is taking place in a very small country in South-East Asia called Vietnam, a country that has no similarities with our own except a love for freedom, a freedom which other powers are trying to deny it. Our Navy is facing this challenge with every means it commands, with schools and educators, medicine and doctors, new construction and the tools and men needed to bring about this construction, and finally with the arms and military power to defend their freedom. This is not a new experience for our Navy, that of defending the inalienable rights of mankind, that of ensuring the preservation of world peace by denying to those who threaten it the easy access to defenseless countries . Our Navy has been countering this threat in all its many and varied forms for almost 200 years, since the conception of our nation. In Vietnam we are continuing to keep this proud heritage alive and active, for only through such a naval force can we ensure the security of not only our own nation, but of all the other freedom loving nations of the world. The United States Navy represents the largest and most formidable sea-force the world has ever seen, with its gigantic aircraft car- riers, missile equipped cruisers, and its multi-weaponed destroy- ers . With this force comes the awesome responsibility of officers and men who man these great ships to make decisions not only swiftly, but wisely . Gone are the days when a naval engagement only affected the officers and men of the combatant ships . For today it is not two ships, or two nations but rather the world which is affected by any threat or breach of peace. The officers and men of our modern Navy are better trained and better educated than ever before in the annuls of our history . This training is not limited to technical and scientific studies, but includes studies in leadership and management as well. As a result the Navy is com- rised of men dedicated to the principles we are fighting for, and P . . y who are trained for the job that needs to be done. This responsibi- lity, therefore, rests on mature, knowledgeable menwho are ready to carry the weighty burden of defending our nation and ensuring the peace of the world. Our Navy then is a team, a team of men so dedicated, so prin- y cipled, that it takes them into the far reaches of the world- away from their loved ones for many months at a time, to answer any and all challenges . The challenge in Vietnam is but one that is being answered, for there are many . Some take the form ofban Antarctic exploration, a venture into spaCG, .H 1Q11elY'aHt1 Su ma' rine patrol, a good will tour, or a mercy mission with food and y medical care . No matter how many challenges there are, .OI TIOW faraway they be, our Navy will answer . Our Navy has a right to be proud, and we have a right to be proud of it. p

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-,,f :J HIPS HISTORY With the awarding of a contract for construction, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company began construction on Evans. She was the first of a new postwar class of Destroyer Escorts to be launched and completed on the West Coast since World War II, the first ship of its type to join Cruiser-Destroyer Force Pacific Fleet, and the first of her type to suc- cessfully complete a Par East Cruise. I-Ier keel was laid in 1955, she was launched in September of 1955 and delivered to the Navy in May 1957. Evans ar- rived at her Home Port, San Diego, California, in August 1957. Westpac '67 is Evans' seventh WESTPAC Cruise . CRUI EBOOK TAFF WESTPAC '67 is the product of many hours of hard work. But for those of us on the staff, those hours will have been well spent if you are able to display this book proudly to friends and relatives . Your book was meant to be a reminder of the many months you spent thousands of miles from home - the days and weeks at sea living experiences unique to our Navy. It is our hope that this book will serve you as a proud example of your cruise to WESTPAC '67. PHOTOGRAPHY VAN EATON, HJ. RM3 GASTUCH, C.C. RM3 CARTOONS Dolwich, LR. SN Wright, B.W. RMXSN Layouts Van Eaton, HJ. RM3 Planning Tucker, F .j. MM2 Secrest, j.W. BT2 CRQLQISE BOOK onfucnn ENS. J.L. Richard LJ, 2