Midway (CVB 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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U. S. S. MIDWAY (CVB-41) DATE, 1 JAN 1952 DTG ..I,?j4l2 ORIGINATOR AL.MIRA3LE ICARUS ACTION USS IL,.AY iZV:: 41 i COMCARDIV FOUR TOR:2359Z CWOiE TMIS IS Y T ' )- I ' SS ID PWECEDENCt FAST MESS COOKS any inter ec ted eu ' ;op ' -:an o les en IS Y OP-OPEER 1-52 X riOT L ' TEP THAU 9 jAtJ 19S2 SS ID ' .VAY (Z ' i Al), COMCARLIV 4 E 3ARK.ED, ' .VILL SAIL FRCM TIER 7. t.CB, Ur, CPUISE IN THE EEI I.GPVA FOP Al. EXTEIjSIVE TRAIN- TTERANEAIJ AREA X UPON ARRIVAL inP-LTEP, THE IE-AY ,;ILL ELIEVE THE USS FRANKLIN D PXLEVELT (CVB 42) WHICH AT THE PRZIENT T r ' E IS IN A ST.«TE CF EISREPAIR 3EY0N1 BELIEF X PARA X UPON SORTYINC TH£ MILViAY .ILL JOIN TG ?? -.HIGH r,ILL TRAVEL ON RILICULOUS COURSES ANL AT IMPOS0I8LE SPEEDS TO THE PRUI£tJTIAL ADVERT I SEf. ' ENT X THE ONLY RESTRICTIONS MED. j 1 CHAP. A CIC AERU swu CO OFF. AS TO COURSES AND l PEcDS ARE THAT TG 99 BEYOND THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC CIRCLES MLL NOT GO AT SPEEDS OF XO OFF. A6C VF VF VC VC V A ORE THAN 39.7 KNOTS X PARA X EXERCISES TO BE CONDUC- TED DURING THE CRLISE SHAU INCLUDE Gi ' S, AIR DEFENSE AND PLANE- PUSHING X NOT LESS THAN 17 NOR MORE THAN 22 OF THE FI ST TtvO DRILLS ARE TO BE HELD DAILY X PLANE PUSHING AILL BE HELD TO A V|N| Uf. ' OF 27 HOURS DAILY X HOLIDAY ROUTINE WILL BE KEPT TO THE BAftE VINT ' U IN ORDEr TC EI.SLf-E THE PROPER UPKEEP OF THE 3- ' IP AND THE RE:UIRED Tfi.MNlUG OF THE CRE ' .V X THE J-: IF . ' . ' ILL ARRIVE AT .IBRALTER ON 21 JAN 19 2 A ' T ANCHOR AT LEAGT ?5 ILtS C T IN CREEP TO .E A DANGER TO IIAVIGATION CONFI NAVY :ruiting l TG. Sl Z JAN

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u . .T - ' PoaJa WHEN ih,. U.S.S. MIDWAY left Norfolk. Vir-inia. for its iq:.2 Mediterranean cruise, it traveled as part of Task Force 87 to its first port of calk Gibraltar. From that time on it became an intefjral part of tlie L. S. . ixtli Fleet eni;af;cd in the historical task of showiiif; the flat:. Commanded by ice Admiral M. B. Gardner, the Sixth Fleet is the Navy ' s largest permanent operational fleet on the high seas today. (Con- sisting of several score or more ships manned by approximately 20,000 officers and men, it makes continual visits to important ports of the Mediterranean area. These ports may range from Suda Bay, Crete, to the French Riviera, and in all of these, it is the individual sailor ' s task to find a means of rapport with the civilian populace. The success which has attended the mode of operation is shown by the fact that the Sixth Fleet is com- monly known as the Friendly Fleet.

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