Shasta (AE 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE CREW lllith the end of the war SH.-XST.-Xls mission, operations, and future all changed drastically. lt is appropriate hc-fore continuing with the Odyssey to step hack and examine the crew. Vkho were the men of SHASTA? What did the men look like that proved to he so adaptable to new situations, so ahle to change? .-X ship is inert. lifeless. of no particular use without a crew. The crew is the ship. .-Xny reputation. any plaudits or kudos which SHASTA attained were the result of many. small. individual efforts. SH.-XSTA did receive many compliments during her voyage, and these compliments were justly paid to the men pictured in the following pages. The crew of the SHASTA is not paraded in full dress uniform, they are not lined up for an inspection. A sailor spends 909 of his time working. and the SHASTA sailors are pietured in the actual spaces where they worked. It is only right.

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sim bash reached llflicn the ncws of the ccasc-firc reached the crew, most wa-rc not cxtrcmcly surprised, for rumors had bccn flying for wc-1-ks. The typical rcaction was what now? ffm-ry man on board had hi-cn working and training for months in pri-paration for thi- war. :Xll ul rhi- drills, :ill of thc vxi-rcim-N and iiispi-ctiuns, in fact t'Yt'fNflllllf1 that haul trgiuspircd in rhi- pri-cce-iliiig yi-:ir haul puinti-d toward lVl'lS'l'l'.Xf :ind rlii- war. Now rhi- wgir was mi-r. Spi-ciiliiriim gan- rin- to mzuiy pusailili- iiptiuns, hu! thi- fcclillg prriucgiriiig inns! uf ilu- crvw was that thi- whip was all rlriwwrl up with no wh:-rc ru gn. llliiilil ahc gn to thc lim-, would shi- hi- an-nt liumc, would shi' hi- plgicvil in atzimlhy in Suhic? 'llhc futuri' in-mziinccl clourly for sonic timc. hut it mon hi-cami' rcadily nppairi-nt that Sliaftak drc-am of liczuling hmmm- carly was not to hc rcailivcd. Hs-r Uflyasc-3' was far from OX'Q'l'.

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X xiwns my Q. WARREN C.GR.aH.m1,JR. CAPTAIN, US. NAVY CQMMANDING OFFICER