Hornet (CVS 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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OCEAN LONG BEAGH SAN DIEGO HAWAII 1967 PACIFIC CRUISE is the story of the second deployment of the USS HORNET to the Far East in support of the Navy ' s mission in Vietnam ... a 60,000 mile trek which included 77 days in the war zone, exercises in the Sea of Japan and the South China Sea, and liberty in ports as familiar as Hawaii and as remote as Bangkok. This is a record of what we did and how we lived for seven months.

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The conveyor belts rattled incessantly as working- parties loaded the vital supplies on board HORNET Preparations for the cruise in- cluded the bringing- aboard of tons of supplies for the cre-w and the ship and the materials to support the elements of our mission. In late March, 1967 the ar- duous work of loading- took place. The train of trailers and vans arriving on the pier in Long Beach with vital supplies seemed endless. The conveyors rattled incessantly as, piece by piece, the crates and boxes were stowed on board. And there was ammunition to bring aboard. That meant two days at anchor off Seal Beach and work around the clock. Barge after barge came alongside and the stuff for Hornet ' s sting was lifted aboard. The day of departure. Hornet steamed to San Diego to pick up the Air Group. In four hours, the two halves of the fighting team were joined.