Kishwauke (AOG 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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': -I- .sgl For 'rhe Commanding Officer, who has been relieved 'rhere is li'r+le lell To do buf say good bye. l-le carries wilh NWN ' him Jrhe commissioning pennanf which had been his personal flag during his command. ff O35 J! Receiving his Commissioning Pennanl. -C Culling fhe cake The end and lhe beginning 40 f4J4 The cooks come Through

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CHANGE or CQMMAND Thelad'words Since OcTober I965, when KISHWAU- KEE was noThing buT a brown hullc Tied up aT NorThwesT Marine lron Works, LT G. Yarber had been TirsT The prospec- Tive CO, and Then The Commanding OTTicer. T-le had supervised The insTalla- Tion oT every nuT and bolT, argued Tor improvemenTs, and generally was The driving Torce in creaTing The ship ThaT KISHWAUKEE is. On 23 February, CapTain Yarber was relieved by LT. E. Brooks in change oT command ceremonies aT Da Nang. For LT. Yarber iT was The end oT his TirsT command and The beginning oT his sec- ond Tor he was To reporT as Commanding OTTicer, Naval RecruiTing STaTion, Kansas CiTy, Missouri. For CapTain Brooks iT was The beginning oT someThing he had wanTed all his liTe. The challenge oT command. I relieve you Wei

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QE '-, -- -V.. , 'l,,4f'.' .rn , , .4 . l 'T ' Rendering side honors. The gig pulls away. 'im' The final good bye. Aller Caplain Yarber lell, we began To gel lo lcnow Caplain Brooks. On llwe evening of clnange of command, we lell Da Nang lor Subic Bay, Pl. aller serving 93 slraiglwl days on The line. .:3f-g , --s,,,k 5, le- ,. -1..Dads..g i -..,., Q f'!u f ..-4 Q-r l