Lake Champlain (CG 57) - Naval Cruise Book

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Lake Champlain may not be an air- craft Carrier anymore Csee our history on the page 335, but the ship is still a floating city. The following blocks explain how much effort--and stuff-- it takes to keep us sailing. How Much Stuff We Used to Accomplish Our Mission 8,982,209 ...........,.................... Gallons of Fuel 590,345 ......... .................. G allons of Lube Oil 834,533 ..................... Gallons of Fresh Water 358,931 .............. Pieces of Paper Written On 212,345...S1nall Arm Training Rounds Shot , f , 0 3 2 Quality of Life Numbers Meals Served ......,.....,..... .... 1 80,2341 0 Chickens yyliilledi. ,.....,..... ..... 21,300 Cans of Soda Sold...i, ......,..... 122,032 Miles of Toilet Paper Used ...... 417 Sea:Sic:kness,,Pills Dispensed ........ 1435 CFB-ecause chicken is healthy and inexpen- fsive, galleys serve it Way too oftenj it iiM0f8iiNUmbBIS 2 48,231,-milesl ..... ....,. 43gDiSfanCerTfave1ed 194,400 .... ,..i....,.Watch Stood by sailors f HSL MWR. money to buy a screwdriver

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A bunch of strategic gamers play a game of Risk. GSM1 Gilbert chows down on a slice of pizza that the Wardroom's officers prepared for the crew SWIM CALL Everyone waits their turn to take a plunge into the pacific. BINGO AM1 Nation Wins a hand at bingo. '+i. .a.s.h...--A

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WESTERN PACIFIC! RIM OF THE PACIFIC DEPLOYMENT 24 May e name 'USS Lake olain' honors the battle Sept. 11, 1814, in Lake lain's Plattsburg Bay, the war of 1812. Commandant Tho- MacDonough com- the United States comprising of the 26- Saratoga, three ships, and ten gun I-Ie was opposed by a J larger British under Commodore Downie, whose flag- as the 37-gun frigate OF LAKE CI-IAIVIPLAIN Treaty of Ghent, Which con- cluded the War of 1812. CG 57 is the third U.S. Navy ship to honor the name. The first was a cargo vessel serving in World War I. The second, the Essex-class air- craft carrier CCV 395, earned one battle star in the Korean superior tactics, Donoughdenied the advantage of his range guns, forcing the to retreat to Canada, ing any British to Lake Champlain the negotiations of 1 November War. CV 39 was also the recovery ship for CDR Alan Sheppard and Freedom 7, America's first manned space flight, in May of 1961. Our USS Lake Champlain, CG 57, was commissioned in 1988 in New York City. Our 2004 Rim of the Pacific cruise was the ship's seventh de- ployment. The first six took the ship to the Western Pa- cific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Arabian Gulf. Iminedi- ately after the terrorist at- tacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Lake Champlain responded by participating in Operation Noble Eagle, and then de- ploying to the Middle East for participation in Opera- tion Enduring Freedom. 57 IS THE 3RD U.S. NAVY SHIP TO HONOR THE 1814 BATTLE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN.