Fresno (LST 1182) - Naval Cruise Book

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HERIT GE LAUNCHINC1 . THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY - 28 SEPTEMBER 1968 UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT NASSCO SHIP YARDS

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PREVIOUS USS FRESNOS Two former FRESNO's have served the Navy and the Nation. The first, serving honorably in the First World War, was the cargo ship USS FRESNO. Launched in 1918, she made four Atlantic crossings that same year to ferry troops and supplies to the battle lines in France. After cessation of hostilities, the ship was decommissioned and turned over to the U.S. Shipping Board in 1919. - The second FRESNO was launched in' 1946 under the sponsorship of Mrs. Ruth Martin of the City of Fresno. This ship, USS FRESNO QCL-1215 Cpicturedj had an overall length of 541 feet and was armed with twelve 5-inch 38-caliber guns. This USS FRESNO served as flagship of Rear Admiral R. L. Conolly, Commander of Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. After making goodwill calls to England, Ireland, Denmark, and Norway, the FRESNO returned to the United States, where she was decommissioned and placed in the reserve fleet. FRESNO' MRS. FLOYD H. HYDE, Sponsor of the Christening Ceremony MRS. JACK E. OLIVER christens the FRESNO with a bottle of champagne made in Fresno county

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-An Z-A 2- I I i I I 6 CAPT IOHN c. M KI LEY Captain Mtliinley intently observes some close steaining rnaneuvers. welcoming Commodore Higgins QCOMPHIBRON SEVENJ onboard the V Ta The Man In The Arena It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how strong the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds Could have done them better4 The .credit belongs tothe man who actuallyvin the arenag whose face .is rriarred by dust and sweat and bloody who strives valiantlyp who efrs and Comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasrns, the great devo- tions, and spends hirnselfsin a worthy causep who, at the best, knows the triumph sofuhigh achievernentg and who, at the worst,.if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his plate shall never be with those coldnand timid souls wht-5 know neither victory nor defeats Theodore Roosevelt FRESNOA One of his favorite jobs, reenlisting a crewmember.