Gearing (DD 710) - Naval Cruise Book

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NROTC and Danish Naval Academy midshipmen included: Niels Faye, Snekkersten, Denmark, Michael V. Clark, Corvallis, Oregon, Roger Graeme Austin, Mt. Kisco, New York, James Wright, North Hollywood, California, David Miller, Marshfield, Missouri, Claus Fjord Christensen, Struer, Denmark, Richard L. Yoder, Norfolk, Vir- ginia, Keith E. Rodwell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and James R. Pate, Lawrenceville Georgia. . ..M1DsH1PMEN, CLASS OF ,69 - - ath used in In Menorca two Academy midshipmen carry the wrC h I d Pendence DQY Ceremonies at the American Cemetery f C fl C near Port Mahon. Bef - - . . . werzfe finishing their tour of training, midshipmen C0PterfranSfeffCd by boat, highline, and even heli-

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Academy First Class Midshipmen included: David M. Lumsdenf, Annapolis, Mary land, Edwin A. Platt Woodbury, New Jersey, George W. Mather, Wilmette, Illinois, Robert L. Ledbetter, IH, Norfolk, Virginia, David B. Maher, Jr., Camarillo,.California, Stephen T. Linder, Bradfordwoods, Pennsylvania, David W. Parsons, Cary, North Carolina, and jerry D. Kolman, Morrowville, Kansas. During the course of the cruise two groups of midshipmen came aboard for six weeks of active duty for training. The operating schedule and liberty ports visited made it possi-- ble to show them a good representative sampling of de- stroyer life. Eight First Class Midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland embarked while the ship was in port at Valletta, Malta, and remained with us through various operations and the ports of Port Mahon, Menorca, and Casablanca, Morocco. In addition to their regular training at watchstanding, navigation, and de- stroyer characteristics, they were on hand for the Fleet Anniversary Parade Exercise, and participated in cere- monies in Menorca and honoring visiting dignitaries in Casablanca. In Menorca, the twentieth-century midshipmen learned of those of a hundred years and more ago, who trained there instead of at Annapolis. , , Hardly had the first group left the ship in Naples, Italy when a second group arrived. These included seven Naval ROTC midshipmen from schools throughout the United States, and two Danish midshipmen from that country's equivalent of Annapolis. Through six weeks ofrather strenuous fleet exercises, intefrupted only briefly by a port call Bandol, France, these nine also went through the paces of a modern Naval Officer, standing watches on the bridge, in CIC, and below decks in the engineering spaces. Both groups learned quickly, and soon found themselves taking on many of the responsibilities that will be theirs in one more year upon their commissioning. And we learn- ed, also, in the process of teaching and showing them what had become almost second nature to us. lt was good to See it anew as though for the first time. TRAINING AT SEA . . Academy midshipman Ledbetter takes his turn 21S Junior Officer of the Deck on the bridge.

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