Franklin D Roosevelt (CVA 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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Our Captain, Sir John Thach, USN, is a gallant and worthy gentleman, brave in battle and courteous among the ladies. Against the infidels in the Great War II, he conceived and applied the noble Thach Weave where- upon the then cursed Orientals fell by the thousands before His blows. l-le hath served our nation and her ships for 30 years, and hath subdued Every type of aircraft. l-lis excellence in marksmanship, from the sling to the cross- bow, ls renowned. It is told on Winter evenings while the chestnuts crackle on the hearth, that over the Wide Pacific in which we Sail, our Captain engaged the enemy and, applying his magic Weave, did like Achilles destroy I9 ofthe Z0 planes which were sent Like a flock of gigantic insects against him. Sir John's jacket sparkles with many emblems and decorations, including Ye Naval Cross, Dis- tinguished Service Medal, Ye Silver Star and the Mighty Legion of Merit. He has served, moreover, off the bleak mountains of Korea, commanding the USS Sicily, the first aircraft man-of-war of this nation to support the United Nations in desperate Battle in these domains. Our Captain assumed command of his Nation's ship, the Brave USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, on May 22, I953. - Our First Mate, Commander Sir D. M. Minner, was a mighty leader even in the Budding of his youth. When but a Subalturn, he held the clestinies of I75 officers and 6,000 men in his Forthwright palm. Sir Delbert has spent his Naval career among flying machines and atom weapons. Yea, he was one of the First qualified atomic fusiliers. l-le has served in lllustrious positions in our far-flung battle lines, participating in the atomic gunpowder explosions on Eniwetok in l95l. The Commander, from whose chest gleam three Air Medals, was ordered to be First Mate of this Goodly ship in November I953.

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From Pollywog To Shellbackz I3 January 1954 . . . On this day, 'twould seem that all the universe were rent asunder. The sea heaved as if in sullen anger, slimy things did crawl upon its surface and from its deep came Weird but Royal messages predict- ing doom and gloom. For our trusty bark was invading the Royal Domain of King Nep- tune, and dire punishment awaited those Pollywog land- lubbers who had not yet felt his mighty wrath for their pre- sumption. b At high noon, the Court of Neptunus Rex, a most terri- fying, cutthroat band, clam- ored aboard. Cruel, inhuman, but necessary tortures were wrought on Pollywogs, one and all. What shrieks, what roars, what howls of p-ain echoed 'through the cavernous entrails of our ship before the sun's celestial globe sank in the West, and the complete crew could claim proudly the title of Shellback. Our ship's po- sition on that day: 00-00'-00 . . . Ye Equator. 43 THE EQUAToR