Hornet (CVS 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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4 THE CRUI E In The yards HORNET had been an inanimaTe obiecT, a greaT grey ship wiThouT life, wiThouT a soul. l-ler boilers and machinery had been overhauled and replaced, she had been chipped down, sandblasTed, red leaded and repainred. Her sophisTicaTed elec- Tronic insTrumenTs were updaTed and Tuned while paperwork coordinaTed all eTTorTs and recorded The sTaTus of every iTem on board. Enough Tood was loaded aboard To feed a small ciTy and susTain iT Tor considerable lengThs oT Time. Then came The cruise. For The TirsT Time in almosT a year, HORNET TelT The Tull complemenT oT her crew. WiTh Them came The liTe and spiriT To guide her on her mission, mainTain her eauipmenT, and live wiThin her bowels as well as high above her TlighT deck. I I, w ,, ,,. , ,,-is ,,-' ,,,,,.-

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Each lormg aroluous olay aT sea is lorokerw periodically by visiTs To The chow hall. VVaiTirig more or less ioaTieriTly Tor Their Turn loefore The serving lirie, crewrrieh TraoliTiorially Talk of l-KDRNET Chow ahol Toolay's gasTroriomic:al surprise. 30 5 fx 1. ! , WA A , .64