Point Cruz (CVE 119) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain C. C. Marcy Commanding Officer

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. . . there were two captains during the Far East cruise. Captain C. C. Marcy took com- mand long before the ship left Bremerton, and it was he that brought the ship through the hurricane off the Washington coast and down to San Diego for underway training. He was the captain that built the ship from a mass of men and steel int-o a coordinated group-with the men controlling and oper- ating the steel. ln May the ship began the Anti-submarine Warfare training for which it was designed. And soon the team of men were skilled in more than simply moving a ship around. . . . ln July a new captain arrived: Captain J. T. Hayward, who concluded the ASW training. Then under his command the ship went West-to Korea, a marine squadron aboard. A new captain and a different rou- tine, for the ship n-ow patrolled the coast to prevent any infractions of the newly signed Korean truce. Then there came Operation Platform with twelve hundred helicopter landings and launches. Through his efforts the ship adopted an -orphan from Korea. And when December came with the con- fusion of deployment to the states, the ship undertook one last maneuver and conv-oyed a group of cargo ships home-in time for Christmas.

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Captain J. T. Hayward Commanding Officer the captain . . . point cruz, arriving and the command is his . . point cruz, departing and no responsibility is dropped. in charge of the regulation of a thousand lives- their safety, work and recreation each operation a new test, each evolution a new proof . . at night, advice from the end of a voice tube, in the day, letters to sign and the everpresent cognizance of the entire ship. mast in the morning, and in the evening on the bridge, the action to bring in a crippled plane.