Midway (CV 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 su OLOGUE Soulheast Assn The an Navy d War PAGE l INTER SAN tnd Towbars . Routine . . Fixes, S and Fog Signals uls' ION . . Pump rop P THREE NG ' Staples. . . d O Slocks, Breech and Bo suns Reams, pn References lol Drugs, Rest, FOUR i Reluguon . THE ir 158 162 167 180 182 205 223 225 227 FLAG STAFF ORIAM Bid e Cold War AIR GROUP CVG-25109 . . . VF-21 VA-22 vA-23 VF-24 vA.25 VAH-8 . . VMA-311 . VCP-63. . VAW-11 .

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A ty y u A- g A ff 'ay l t A ' , - Y tv ,f ' , 'A 1 --9 -- 1, y , - d Who! is Q cruise book? Many Ore n0Th'il9 more. Than ct few .mn ol: shuts of sailors standing in front ot or leaning against various paiesles Ok goo! or airplane wings smiling sweetly at the ph0f09 0Phe - In Qc sedlan of such books are some pretty but unrelated color shots of r', Bud- dha, shrines, Japanese girls and more smiling sailors, this time..thy6ld'iyng gldilol of Asahi. f lg the Wal Midway Cruise Book, Westpac l96l, we have attempted :to avoid randomness by stating a theme at the outset and following it througbhtxy description at parts visited by the ship. ' Our theme is to show as comprehensively as possible what aboard on aircraft Cartier in Westpac. What keeps 3700 men busy day? Why does the ship operate airplanes l5 to 20 hours C1 doy, every day at sea? How is o ship of 62,000 tons propelled through water oiliprvds up to 32 knots? And: why have aircraft carriers at alll? The Boolz esaniin-as first in the Prologue the Midway's Westpac role United Solis Cold War strategy. It then turns to the ship's primary mission sptointcining the readiness of the Air Group. However much of 6 I fl . , , the book is spent on owen neglected support functions: lobs and duties Pcffofmed 51 men many of whom have never seen a launch. Flight operations may be the most spectacular part of carrier life, yet somebody :os tahcooir hh! taodk Somebody has to supply power to the ship. Some- ody as to :paint staes. Somebody has to fix broken legs. The ke totund e.. E, .el ' - . . Y ,tt Us yd 'Q 'le Operohort of an aircraft carrier is realization of the ways insgiiivhich each division and department on board Contributes to the worlcn T tts, nt . t' l gig g S D C5 G Whole. For without the smooth connection and itting ofigtlte parts, the whole could not exist To r .d h. d , i H . l p ovi e t IS un ers onding p,.rpase of this Cruise Book, ,s 315 ai. if-. .,. ig , X in it fs -E i ln the four lnterludvs, we have tried to present a serious and initelligsiflfgs A . i . , gf'f1f'j,:ff A - 151154,-'idf ' ll it fl i,l.p . 5 2' ,,,...Qf1':' ., , , ' 2 ,Y , 'WA UTI J ' ' ' sfglf in . 4 I-5 1. 1 i ,v . 'P it J 1 6 'l fi. s, :.:r.3 'J s Q, k, 1 xi +1 , . , '.. 4 ,.: W. -lt ., - ' .1 ' tl? ff 5 1 k i 'Y if. if ' yi I '.: .tt f-'if all is 'iii .AL . .yy .r..y . 1.5 s

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