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Named after the great natural wonder in the Southwestern United States, GRAND CANYON was com- missioned April 5, 1946 and has seen continuous service in the active fleet of the US Navy since then. The ship was built by the Todd Shipyard in Houghton, Washington, and launched under the sponsorship of Mrs. W.L. Mann on April 27, 1945. Under her first commanding officer, Captain H.D. Hoover, she had a brief shakedown in the Pacific, transited the Panama Canal in July 1946 and has been a vital part of the Atlantic Fleet ever since. Herpres- ent commanding officer, Captain J.W. Hayes Jr., assumed command on April 7, 1970. In October 1970, GRAND CANYON sailed on her sixteenth deployment to the Mediterranean, a series of not Only cruises which dates from September 1946. Between these long Mediter- CQI1 QO ranean deployments were many shorter ones, such as the one to but Scotland for six weeks in the fall of 1968 to participate in a NATO Will d.0 exercise and the many working visits to cities along the eastern seaboard of the United States. During her 16 deployments to the Mediterranean, GRAND CANYON has visited nearly all the pictur- esque port cities of this historic Sea. GRAND CANYON has been flag- ship for Commander, Cruiser- Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet; Commander, Service Force, Sixth Fleet, and for the Commanders of Flotillas Two, Six, Ten and Twelve. GRAND CANYON weighs 14,683 tons and has an overall length of 492 feet. Her beam is 69 1 2 feet and her draft is 27 1 2 feet. With a range of 10,500 miles, she is able to maintain a maximum sustained speed of 17 knots. She has a wartime complement of about 800 men and in peacetime will normally carry about 650. To enable her to accomplish her mission of repair and upkeep, she has 23,200 square feet of shop space.
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this book tells the story of men who live these traditions daily the united states navy men of the uss grand canyon 3S !
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