Mount Hood (AE 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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-4' U. .I ,S V: ' A , 'wqqnww-f.i,wg1-.awe-eyf,,.5fe The Co III The Principal Speaker Honorable Mark O. Hatfield United States Senate, From The State Of Oregon ' Mark O. Hatfield was born on July 12, 1922 in Dallas, Oregon, the only son of C. D. Hatfleld, 3 railroad construction blacksmith, now retlred, and Dovie Odom Hatfield, a former school teacher. I-Ie received his BA degree from Willamette University in 1943 before becoming a midshipman in the Navy dur- ing WWII, where he saw action at Iwo Jima. and Okinawa. In 1948, after receiving his MA in Political Science from Stanford University, he became an Instructor of Political Science at Willamette Universi- ty, then Associate Professor, as well as Dean of students. From 1950 to 1954 he served in the Oregon State Legislature, as a State Representative, being first elected when he was 28. He then served in the State Senate from 1954 to 1956. In 1958 Senator Hatfield became Secretary of State of Oregon. Two years later he won the Republican nomination for Governor and went on to defeat the incumbent Governor. Four years later, Mark Hatfield became the first two term Oregon governor in the 20th Century. In 1966, Mark Hatfield was elected to the United States Senate. - He serves on the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, Commerce Committee, the Senate Select Committee on small Business, and the Select Com- mittee on Equal Educational Opportunities. . . Captain L A Taylor takes command 5 53--mms. -W missioning arri L.QfWWf f, f KMQMHWQZ! MW! hx' CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS ,f!., i 30 April 1971 Dear Captain Taylor, My best wishes to you and to your crew on the com issioning of MOUNT HOOD CAE-291. It is your privilege to command a high perfor- mance ship in our new Navy. MOUNT HOOD, embodying the most advanced equipment for the handling and transfer of ordnance, will significantly increase the fighting capability of the fleet. Using tech- niques developed in World War II, and greatly refined in recent years, the underway replenishment forces provide the fleet with the capability to carry out sustained combat operations wherever required. In such operations, demands on ships of your type will be particularly high in view of the greatly increased am unition usage rates of modern ships and aircraft. Every man in the ship's company now has the demanding task of developing to the fullest degree the readiness of MOUNT HOOD to carry out her vital role. Your selection as Commanding Officer of MOUNT HOOD is a tribute to your past performance and attests to your ability to meet the challenge of Command, the most cherished experience of a Naval career. You know the truth of Admiral Arleigh Burke's remark that any 5h1P iS 'good because of the people in her: without them She is an inert mass of steel.' Our need for highly m0tlVated, experienced personnel has never been greater- I urge you to be keenly aware of the welfare of your men There is no substitute for a crew who is well informed and whose talents are recognized. I encourage you to delegate responsibility down to the lowest level and in know will be' one of our Navy's finest fighting unite On behalf of the Navy, I welcome MOUNT HOOD to the fleet- MBY every success be yours. Sincerely, if 42, Uiiiiif JR. Aamir' 1, u.s. Navy so doing develop a real sense of being part of, what I

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ff I Mrs. Robert A. Frosch, the wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development at the time of commissioning. The Tradition Of The Sponser The origin of the christening ceremony for seagoing vessels goes far back into antiquity when the spirit ofthe person christening the ship was said to center the ship and remain there forever. Passing on to modern times as an inviolable tradition, the christening of modern ships and boats by a special person is still practiced by all nations in one form or another. Ships of the U.S. Navy were orginally christened by men until the middle of the 19th century. On 22 August 1846, the first woman ever to sponsor a United States Ship, Mrs. Lavina Watson Fanning, christened the sloop of war, GERMANTOWN, at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Since that time, the christening of a U.S. Navy ship has always been carried out by a woman. Even today, the sponsor continues to hold a special place in the hearts of the men who sail the Navy's Ships. . A, I H , 1 'su , , ,f f J, Wg, ,, fqmffyf, I ,, , ff, , f, ,ww Q

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i 2 1 viii LCDR F. R. Ford sets the first watch. THE COMMISSIONING OF A NAVY SHIP The commissioning of a naval ship marks the end of its long journey to become a member of the Operating Forces of the United States Navy. At the moment of the breaking of her commissioning pennant, MOUNT HOOD becomes U.S.S. MOUNT HOOD. Simultaneously Captain Leslie A. Taylor becomes her first Commanding Officer, who, together with the ship's officers and men, has the duty of making and keeping MOUNT HOOD ready for any service required by our nation in peace or war. The origin of the commissioning pennant is believed to date back to the Dutch War of l653-4 when the Dutch were fighting the English. The Dutch Admiral Van Tromp hoisted a broom at his masthead to indicate his intention to sweep the English from the seas. The gesture was soon answered by the English Admiral Robert Blake who hoisted a horsewhip to indicate his intention to overpower and defeat the Dutch. The British succeeded in fulfilling their boast, and ever since the narrow. or coachwhip, pennant tsymbolizing the original horsewhipl has been the distinctive mark of a ship of war adopted by all nations. Finally the ship becomes a vital living emnity as her crew comes aboard for the first time. .1..........-...-,- A, 13