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DEDICATION Setting sail for the Mediterranean Sea in August, the crew of MONON- GAHELA answered every bell, met every commitment, delivered more fuel, ammunition and stores than many thought possible. Upon return to the United States in February, we looked back and reflected on what we had accom- plished. The crew of MONONGAHELA made everything possible and this Cruise Book is dedicated to the men and women of the USS MONOGAHELA. The World ' s Finest Crew proudly serving on the World ' s f ' inest Oiler.
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' JkfV THE FIRST MONONGAHELA: Birth of the Tradition The first Navy vessel to bear the name of the ri er that winds its way through Pennsylvania and West Virginia took to the high seas in 1863. The barkentine-rigged screw sloop of war earned a reputation in violent action during the Civil War. She served for a time as the flagship of Admiral David G. Farragut and made travels as far-reaching as the Orient. In May 1904. MONONGAHELA set sail for Guantanaino Bay, Cuba, where she was to serve as stores ship. It was to be her final resting place. On March 17, 1908, she was gutted by a terrific fire. The heat was so intense, her cannon barrels began to droop. One of these drooping cannon barrels stands today on the naval base as a monument to this 19th Century workhorse. THE SECOND MONONGAHELA: Child of War In the opening months of World War II, the cotumercial tanker ELKAY was acquired from the Maritime Commission by the Navy. She was commissioned in Norfolk July 3 1 , 1 942 as USS MONONGAHELA ( AO 42 ) and quickly assigned to the war-torn Pacific. MONONGA- HELA participated in assaults on Guadalcanal, the Marshall Islands, the Philippines. Iwo Jima and Okinawa as well as many other places that the war in the Pacific spread. MONONGAHELA sailors returned home with stories of how their proud ship narrowly avoided destruction dunng the kamikaze air attacks at Kerama Retto. The veteran ship won 10 Battle Stars in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre as part of the life-giving supply line of oil, dry cargo and ammunition. In 1951, MONONGAHELA was assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service, supplying United Nations Forces in the Far East during the Korean Conflict until the day she was finally transferred to the Atlantic Fleet in 1 953. She .served with distinction on extended operations in the Mediterranean and on the East Coast until she was decommissioned. The second of the MONONGAHELAS was retired for good on February 1 . 1 969.
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