Lang (FF 1060) - Naval Cruise Book

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...,.....,. ...........,.......,..s..,... -'. v.. I 9-'. , CHANGE OF COMMAN CEREMONY f AT WHICH CDR. CLYDE J. VANARSDALL, III, U.S.N. RELIEVED CDR. THOMAS G.KELLEY, U.S.N. EIS L COMMANDING OFFICER, USS LANG QFF-10605 AT NAVAL FACILITY, SUBIC BAY, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 26 NOVEMBER 1979 CDR KELLEY delivers farewell remarks and reading of orders. Reading of orders by CDR VANARSDALL, the new C.O. THE CEREMONY The Change of Command Ceremony is a timehonored naval tradition which formally proclaims the continuity of authority of com- mand tothe officer and men of the command. lt is a short ritual conducted before the assem- bled company of the command. The change of command of a naval unit is nearly unique in the world todayg it is a transfer of total responsibility and accountability from one individual to another individual. YNCS CREASY, Senior Enlisted Advisor, presents the Commission Pennant to CDR KELLEY. a5,1,,,,fJ, ,.,f7.i, 5f'T,,jx-...-,511-41417-?.-35-...:3',..f i,j-.-i2l2iGl-f1,iT'7Z , A

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Q.-ifg1z.t,Q Q1l 3 . Le X . CDF? KELLEY congratulates the new C.O. THE COMMISSION PENNANT The Commission Pennant has for centur- ies been the symbol of a man-of-war. Today it is a distinctive mark of a ship of the Navy in commission and is flown from the masth- ead, except when displayed by the personal flag of an admiral or commodore aboard a flagship. lt is said the commission pennant dates back to a seventeenth century war between Holland and England. A Dutch Admiral hoisted the traditional broom at his mast- head, indicating an intention to sweep the English from the seas. This gesture was an- swered bythe English Admiral, who hoisted a coachwhip, a gesture not traditional but quite definite in implication. The English were the victors, and since that time a long pennant resembling a coachwhip has been adopted as a distinctive mark of a warship. The modern United States Commission Pennant is blue at the hoist with a union of seven white stars and has two horizontal stripes, one red and one white, at the fly. CDF? VANARSDALL receives the command-at-sea pin CDR KELLEY and CDR VANARSDALL pose with RADM SINCLAIR, CTF 75 and guest speaker for the ceremony.