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C Y U. VokjC£. USS PONCE emblem is comprised of four major elements: A Rampant Lion (coat of arms of Juan Ponce de Leon)‘signifying the high-spiritedness of the Navy-Marine Corps team that will serve in her; A trident, emblematic of U.S. Naval power and supremacy; Commission Pennants, visual symbol of U.S. Navy ships in commission; An Anchor Chain, linking the ship’s name and its designator symbols. The royal purple Lion, which is the coat of arms of Juan Ponce de Leon, Spanish Explorer, Discoverer of Florida and First Governor of Puerto Rico, is a continuing reminder ol our bond with the people of our namesake city. CRUISE 1974 1975
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UNITED STATES SHIP PONCE LPD-15 REFLECTIONS Reflections in the wake of an LPD are many. In the case of the United States Ship PONCE, she was commissioned in July 1971 and was the first warship to hear the name. During a short hut active history, a constantly changing crew of 400 and their 16,320 ton home have successfully cast reflections in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas. PONCE made her maiden voyage in 1971, deploying from Bremerton, Washington where she was built and commissioned. After several port visits along the West Coast PONCE transited the Panama Canal and proceeded to PONCE, Puerto Rico, the city for which she was named. From here, PONCE sailed north to her new home port, Norfolk, Virginia. Today PONCE's reputation is a proud one. She is the newest LPD of her class and has won the Battle Efficiency E Award twice in her short history of amphibious operations. In only four years, PONCE has sailed to many ports of the world, having deployed to the Caribbean four times, the Mediterranean twice, and the North Atlantic once. On the Morning of 25 September 1974, PONCE, with men and combat equipment of Second Battalion. Eighth Marines embarked, was underway for a repeat performance of her 1973 Mediterranean deployment with the Sixth Fleet. It is the reflections of this cruise to which this book is dedicated.
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