Hancock (CVA 19) - Naval Cruise Book

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Admiral, U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Arleigh Burke lt is becoming more generally recognized throughout the world that American seapower in the twentieth cen- tury is a powerful influence for peace and stability. Our ships and Navymen stand watch at sea in support of the cause of freedom under moral law and iustice. Our operating fleets are evidence of our active partnership in the free world effort to create a stable world com- munity in which men may live in freedom and peace. Standing astride man's path to progress in civilization is the concept of Communism-a concept of slavery and oppression. United States Naval forces are deployed and constantly on the move throughout the world ready to extend the friendly hand of American support to any free nation whose independence is threatened by Com- munist force and violence. Naval forces are more important in the missile age than ever before. Mobility is a primary capability of navies. Support of our free world allies depends upon the ability of the Navy to move, unhampered, to wher- ever it is needed to support American foreign policy. This is the great contribution of United States seapower toward the progress of free civilization. You officers and men of the HANCOCK have shown through your performance the value of a united effort towards preserving peace through power and mobility. You may think your sacrifices have gone unrecognized, but I have been following your record here in Washing- ton, and thank each of you individually, if not personally, for your fine contribution this past cruise.

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Medical l and Dental Operators of a full scale hospital and dental clinic - carers for the health of the crew. Air Group The HANCOCK's fighting arm- planes and pilots upon which the free 'world's safety depends- the men 'who leeep these planes serviced and ready. - Power for Peace Picture of the HANCOCK in battle dress -flight and surface operations- molding of our deterrent strength. Hanarama What occupies the leisure hours ofa city of three thousand men is important for good morale- the I-IANCUCK men in their ofduty activities. Ports of Call Ports of the Pacyic visited by the HANCOCK-a pan- oramic and colorful display of our foreign neighbors. Roster The names, rates and hometowns of the men of the HANCOCK and CVG-15.

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Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy Commander Seventh Fleet F. N. Kivette ' An operating area of 85,000,000 square miles, a two- fold mission, a force of l25 ships, 600 aircraft and 60,000 men and the distinction of being the world's largest peacetime fleet, describes, in a few terse words, the magnitude of the most powerful naval striking force ever assembled, the United States Seventh Fleet. it has many iobs to do-of greater variety, in more widely scattered areas of more immediate impact on world affairs and involving more nations than ever be- fore in its history. With its air power, its surface strik- ing force, its amphibious forces, its Marine Corps units and its mobility, the Seventh Fleet has the capability of controlled force-from merely showing the flag to an all out shooting war. lt can be and is used, readily and economically, any place in the Far East where trouble appears to exist, and it can provide gentleness and sympathetic action to unfortunate victims of adver- sity. ln its ceaseless, round-the-clock vigilance in Far Eastern waters, the Seventh Fleet is symbolic of the principles of freedom that brought it into being. USS HANCOCK can take pride in its contribution to the collective fleet effort. For in the final analysis, it is the intangible but indispensable ingredients of skilland dedication, so ably demonstrated by the officers and men of this fine ship, that makes a fleet great. JQQM