Firedrake (AE 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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- ' V v o . « n u W. a FACES OF THE ORIENT

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£ t ! MUTINY ! !?? Now, Moon, fhof ' s going fco far!! m ENS Smith, Navigator, and GUck, QM2, shoot the sun. - Greater men than I may have lived, but I doubt it. [ Sextant, dividers and needle-sharp pencils are the tools employed by the Navigator and the Quarter- masters to guide us on watery paths charted by seamen of centuries past. The QM ' s keep the diary of FIREI )RAKE ' s life, whether she is transferring bombs to an aircraft carrier or steaming silently through the night to make a rendezvous. I he QM ' s constantly keep surveillance of our position while steaming in the hostile waters off ietnam, and their visual bearings guide us safely to our assigned anchorages in the liberty ports of the Orient. ' Left to Right) M. McMullen, R. Johnson, ENS Smith, C. Glick, H. Simonson, L. King. -— l r i r: iu m

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