Kenneth Whiting (AV 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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HMETM WMITl - 1 THIS IS THE STORY OF THE 1957-58 FAR EAST CRUISE OF THE USS KENNETH WHITING. AS YOU TURN THE PAGES OF THIS BOOK YOU WILL BE TRANSPORTED. BY PICTURES AND STORY. TO THE MYSTERIOUS AND INTRIGUING PORTS OF THE FAR EAST. WE INVITE YOU TO SHARE IN THE FEELING OF SADNESS AND LONELINESS AS WE DEPART OAK HARBOR IN AUGUST 1957. COME ASHORE WITH THE CREW AND SWIM IN THE BEAUTIFUL WATERS OFF WAIKIKI BEACH IN THE SHADOW OF FAMED DIAMOND HEAD. OR PERHAPS A SUKIYAKI DINNER DATE IN JAPAN, OR A SHOPPING TOUR IN FASCINATING HONG KONG. THE CROSS ROADS OF THE FAR EAST. YOU WILL SEE US DOING THE LITTLE JO BS THAT GET THE BIG JOBS DONE. YOU WILL SEE THE AIR DEPARTMENT WORKING WITH THE SEAPLANES OF VP-42. YOU WILL ALSO SEE THE MEN AS THEY CARRY ON THEIR WORK THROUGHOUT THE SHIP. IN THE GALLEYS. THE MACHINE SHOP AND THE MANY OTHER SPACES OF THE SHIP. MOREOVER. IT IS THE STORY OF AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY AS IT LIVES, MOVES AND FULFILLS ITS MISSION.

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IT HAS BEEN TRULY STATED THAT, THEY ALSO SERVE WHO ONLY STAND AND WAIT. WITH THIS THOUGHT IN MIND THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE USS KENNETH WHITING AV-M AFFECTIONATELY AND WITH DEEP SINCERITY OF HEART DEDICATE THIS .957 CRUISE BOOK TO THOSE DEAREST TO EACH ONE OF US. TO YOU WHO TEARFULLY SAID GOODBY ON 12 AUGUST, ,„7, AND UTTERED PRAYERS FOR OUR SAFE VOYAGE, AND THEN PATIENTLY WAITED FOR OUR RETURN, WE WANT YOU TO SHARE WITH US IN OUR ADVENTURES IN THE FAR EAST, VSS KtmMTH WKXTITIG

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BRIDGE POSITION Whose gonna peel all them spuds? Chow to satisfy the ever present appetites of Our crew is handled by the Supply and Deck division in preparation for a long cruise.