Ford (FFG 54) - Naval Cruise Book

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DEPARTURE! ..lSS!ti With tensions mounting amid the Persian Gulf and the threat to free shipping a painful thorn in the side of oil dependent nations, the USS FORD was called upon to aid in America ' s support of free trade upon the sea. Her weapons were to add muscle to our Naval show of strength in the Middle East, a show to lessen the aggressiveness and hostilities among those coun- tries of a huge economic concern. As duty called, so answered the crew of the Ford, preparing gear, guns, and hull for her maiden cruise. Haze, grey and underway with sister-ship USS THACH