Quincy (CA 71) - Naval Cruise Book

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JOI NG THE PLE M 4-warg ...rs ' ,s.unllU5 '- :kdm TAKING STATION CAPTAIN AT THE CONN UNDERWAY FROM U.S No two men were burdened with the same thoughts, as they heard that one long blast of the bugle by which we knew the last line was cast off and we at last were under way for Europe. Each of us would leave a different life behind for the next six months, and each would return changed in his own particular way. But we did know that our training and yard overhaul would now be put to use. For we were on our Hrsi mission -- we as a ship would now, after seven months, be producing as well as consuming, Fourteen days were allotted to crossing the Atlantic, and our time was occupied with an intensive schedule ei drills and exer- cises and fleet maneuvers. For the Hrst time in her new life the Quincy was operating extensively with other ships, Huge carriers and scurrying destroyers ploughcd the sea alongside. We learned to coordinate our movements with theirs. At night we darkened ship, and wathched tensely on the bridge and in C.I.C. lest out of the enveloping black 30,000 unseen tons of steel should come hurtling suddenly at us. We turned, we formed and reformed, and seemed almost to spiral across the Atlantic, But, by the time our searching eyes made out the first welcome landfall, we had grown accustomed to the company of other ships and confident in our maneuvers. We felt ready for whatever Maiubruce might bring.

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