Long Beach (CGN 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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4' ima, 'Nw-. Marine Detachment Personnel of the Marine Detachment aboard, while probably not originally envisioning sea duty when they joined the Corps, are nevertheless justly proud of their heritage as usea-going marines? Marine Detachments afloat date back to the earliest days of American history. As early as 1740 marines were involved in combat aboard vessels in the British West Indies, where they fought with the British Royal Navy. The Coloni- al Marines, as they were known in 1775, served on American ships and participated in numerous overseas expeditions. The first written record of American marines was included in the payrolls of the American vessel Enterprise in 1775. When the Continental Marine Corps was founded on November 10 of that year, one of the prerequi- sites for a marine to be selected was that he be a good seaman or so acquainted with marine affairs as to be able to serve to advantage at sea. C GN-919 Marines conduct their own training 30 aboard, including two physical training periods daily at sea and one while in port. The training of the ship's two-platoon landing party is a ma- jor responsibility of the Detachment, who make up the nucleus of it. This force must be ready at any time to Hhit the beacha' if upon the develop- ment of an international crisis, U. S. forces are summoned to protect or evacuate U. S. citizens or even take offensive action. Other duties of the Marines include manning the 53' 38 battery, looking after the internal secu- rity of the ship and the security of its nuclear weapons when embarked, and participating in honors and ceremonies. It is indeed a tribute to the men of the Detach- ment presently embarked that they can readily engage in the friendly ribbing which has taken place between Marines and Hwhite hats over the generations of their existence, maintain their dignity and famed esprit de corps, and still ex- hibit such a high degree of cooperation and amicability with ship 's company. . V rrfrwf ,' ' fw- H . . .

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The ,Marine Detachment aboard has a variegx of important functions to per- form, and in between, finds time for a regular schedule of physical training, far left. Below, the marines make up the nucleus of the Long Beach landing pargz, and train those white hats who are members of it in small arms fire. Right, whether its hoisting the colors or lbarticzloating in other honors and ceremonies, the Detachment is al- ways squared away. E i