Midway (CVB 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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Qibraltar

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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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