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owzmhazbazm LTHOUGH a pouring rain continued throughout the day when the USS LANIER was commissioned, the spirit of the officers and crew which permeated the ship s atmosphere from the first day was not dampened in the slightest l ,was a green crew that took over on that 22nd of December l944 Many of the officers themselves had never been to sea and had little more than book-knowledge of what the Navy was all about lt was the primary concern of the LANIER S first Skip- per and 'Executive Officer to whip up a crew that would be ready to sail within a matter of days ' I The whipping up task was admirably accomplished by Commander Walter W Rockey USN Captain and Lt Commander HubertW Fisher USN Executive Officer Commissioning ceremonies conducted aboard the LANIER were wltnessedyby sev- eral hundred officials friends and families of the officers and crew. The ship was spon- sored by Mrs Earl English whose husband IS vice president of the Industrial Engineer- ing Company Oakland The LANIER was built by the California Shipbuilding Corpora- tion San Pedro Calif and outfitted by Moore Drydock Company Oakland. Calif , MRS EARL ENGLISH . . ' 1 . . 4 L I , . . . . . , . . . . . . . n f v 11 - . . . I I I ' . . . . , , . . . . . .. . . . . . , ., . . . ' I . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . I I 'I . I I ' . l a
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f .X ,Q-,wggq Chests, hair and helmets Ensign Tuttle's Twenty ' 'Ready, load! ' ' Target practice Off to the beach
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