Juneau (LPD 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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HISTORY OF SH IPS NAMED JUNEAU THE THREE NAVAL WARSHIPS DESIGNATED JUNEAU WERE NAMED FOR THE CAPITAL CITY OF ALASKA WHICH COMMEMORATES AMERICAN PI- ONEER, JOE JUNEAU. THE FIRST JUNEAU (CL-52) WAS A LIGHT CRUISER WHICH PARTICI- PATED IN NUMEROUS NAVAL BATTLES OF WORLD WAR 2 AND WAS SUNK AT THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL IN NOVEMBER 1942. THE SECOND JUNEAU (CLA-119) WAS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT CRUISER WHICH PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE KOREAN WAR EARNING 5 BATTLE STARS. THE THIRD JUNEAU (LPD-10) LIKE HER TWO PREDECESSORS, DISTIN- GUISHED HERSELF IN MANY WAYS THROUGH THE MEN WHO HAVE SAILED HER AND THE WORK THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. HER KEEL WAS LAID ON 21 JAN 1965 BY LOCKHEED SHIPBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. JUNEAU WAS LAUNCHED ON 12 FEB 1966 AND WAS COMMISSIONED IN BREMERTON, WASHINGTON ON 12 JULY 1969. M

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-A 2 ' . HP-- „ ; ' „■• ' U- -«ra SEA-FEVER I must go down to ihc seas again. to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. And the wheel ' s kick and the wind ' s song and the white sails shaking. And a grey mist on the sea ' s face and a grey dawn breaking. I must go down to the seas again. for the call of the running tide IS a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I a.sk is a windy day with the white clouds flying. And the flying spray and the blown spume and the sea-gulls crying. John Mansefitld

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THE JUNEAU INSIGNIA OUR JUNEAU INSIGNIA IS CIRCUMFERENCED BY AN UNBROKEN LENGTH OF LINE, A HERALDIC SYMBOL OF UNITY THAT EACH OF US STAND BEHIND TWO DISTINGUISHED LOOKING GATORS SUPPORT OUR COAT OF ARMS SO PROPER. TRADITIONAL AMPHIB POSTMEN THAT REMIND US NONE CAN STOP HER THE TWO STAND ERECT AT THE JUNCTURE OF LAND AND SHINING SEA, BECAUSE WERE ABLE TO CHASE YOU ACROSS THE OCEAN, AND RUN YOU UP A TREE TWO EMBLAZONED STARS ARE AT THE TOP OF OUR SHIELD OF FAME. BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO MIGHTY WARSHIPS THAT BARE THE SAME NAME. A TALL SITKA SPRUCE TREE IS ALASKA ' S STATE SHRUBBERY AND JUNEAU ' S THE STATE CAPITAL THAT A MAN NAMED JOE WAS FIRST TO SEE SNOW CREST JAGGED PEAKS CAN BE SEEN AS AN ILLUSTRIOUS BACKDROP. ONE LOOK AT AN ALASKAN SUNSET IS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOUR HEART STOP THAT ' S WHAT OUR INSIGNIA MEANS ABOARD THE PERFECT TEN AN ARCTIC NICKNAMED SHIP THAT HOUSED NAVAL FIGHTIN G MEN