Maury (AGS 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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It was the privilege of USS MAURY on the morning of 26 january 1962 to welcome aboard His Royal Highness Crown Prince Vajiralongarana and his sister, Her Highness Princess Ubolratana Rajkalaya, along with twenty seven of their classmates from the Chitra Lada School in Bangkok. The Royal Party was conducted on a tour of the ship, shown cartoons, feted at lunch on the mess decks with the enlisted personnel, and presented with gifts which included white sailor hats, MAURY-made models, and pictures of MAURY. The men of MAURY were delighted with the opportunity to meet and entertain these members of Thai1and's Royal Family and their young friends. In commemoration of this visit, and in honor of His Royal Highness, this Cruise Book is dedicated to the Crown Prince of Thailand with the fervent hope and prayer that in the fullness of time he will be every inch a king , and in the words of William Wordsworth, be possesed of reason firm,temperate will, endurance, foresight, strengh, and skill, a perfect man nobly planned to Warn, to comfort, and command .