Grasp (ARS 51) - Naval Cruise Book

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MOTTO.' ON A SCROLL AZURE DOUBLED ARE THE WORDS ANY OCEAN ANY TIME IN GOLD. SHIELD! THE SEA-HORSE SYMBOLIZES THE GRASP CARS-50 AS A NA VY WORK HORSE AND ALSO DENOTES THAT ITS DUTIES ARE PERFORMED BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW THE WA TER'S SURFACE. IT ALSO ENDOWS THE SHIP WITH THE FINE OUALI TIES OF THE HORSE-STRENG TH, ENDURANCE AND SPEED. THE GRAPPLING IRON, AN OLD BUT EFFICIENT METHOD OF LOCA TING AND RE TRIE VING WRECKA GE FROM THE SEA, INDICA TES THE SHIP 'S SAL VA GE OPERA TIONS. THE LOOPED AND TWISTED LINE RUNNING FROM THE IRON TO A NEA T ORDERL Y COIL SIGNIFIES THE SHIP'S CAPABILI TIES OF RES TORING ORDER FROM CHAOS, AS DEMONSTRA TED BY THE GRASP CARS-260 DURING WWII, KOREA, AND VIETNAM IN THE CLEARING OF HARBORS AND THE RES TORING OF DAM- AGED SHIPS AND INS TALLA TIONS. THE THREE ARROW HEADS C OMMEMORA TE THE SER VICE OF THE FORMER GRASP CARS-240 IN THESE THREE CONFLIC TS. THE WA VY BL UE AREA AGAINST THE GRA Y RIVETED BORDER, SUGGES TS THE SEA AGAINST THE HULLS OF SHIPS AND DENO TES THE SHIP 'S MISSION OF SAL VA GE AND REPAIRS. CRES T: THE TWO HA NDS GRA SPING THE TRIDENT ALLUDE TO THE SHIPS NA ME. THE UPPER HA ND SUGGES TS THE HEL PING HAND AND DENO TES THE MANY HUMA NI TA RIAN SERVICES PERFORMED S V THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE FORMER GRA SP IA RS-241. THE MA IL ED HA ND S YML-TOLIZES THE PAS T AND PRESENT SHIP 'S COM- BA T CA PA BILITIES, THE MODIFIED TRIDENT IS A S YMBOL OF THE TOOLS USED IN SEA SAL VA GE AND REPAIR WITH THE CENTER PRONG, A FLAME, SUO CES TI VE OF THE CUTTING AND WELDING TORCH, THE HANDS HOLDING THE TORCH ARE ALSO SUGGES TI VE OF THE PASSING ON OF THE TORCH, HIS TOR Y AND HONORS, OF THE PAST SHIP TO THE PRESENT GRA SP TARS-541 THE FOUR STARS COMMEMORA TE THE BA TTLE STA RS A WARDED TO THE ORASP IN WWII AND KOREA. THE GLOBE DENO TES THE EX TENSIVE CRUISES OF THE FORMER SHIP AND WORLD- WIDE SAL VA GE AND REPAIR CAPABILITIES OF THE PRESENT ONE,

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DIRECTORY ASSIS TAN E SHIP S HIS TOR Y C OMMANDING OFFICERS EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMAND MA S TER C HIEE DEPA R TURE HAIL AND FARE WELL GENERAL QUAR TERS UNREP G UNS X FIREFIGH TING TARGET TO WIHC PICNICXS WIMCALL A WA RDSXES ws CHANGE OE COMMAND SHIP fs SCHEDULE PALMA TUNISIA NAPLES A UGUS TA BA YXSIRA C USA ROME IZMIR HAIFA CAL VI PORT MAHON EINALE LIGURE f AL GHERO RO TA MISC DECK DEPA R TMEN T ENGINEERING DEPAR TMEN T OPERA TIONS DEPARTMENT S UPPL Y DEPAR TMEN T FIRST CLASS BREAKFAST NEW ARRIVALS H OME C OMING MEMORIAL S TA FF ' 3 25 4 26 5 27 5 29 6 30 8 3I I0 32 I I 33 I2 . 34 HELO OPS I3 SIX TH FLEET SHIPS 36 I4 37 I5 43 I6 49 I7 55 I8 60 20 6 I 2 I 62 22 63 24 64 I -8 00- Y0- GRA SP YOU CALL, WE HAUL!