Shenandoah (AD 26) - Naval Cruise Book

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Pf The crew has been entrusted with the challenge to make SHENANDOAH the best ship possible-That is our charter-That is what our Navy and our fellow citizens expect of us. l have every confidence that we will not disappoint them .... As we move forward to accept the challenge, remember always to be loyal to yourself and to your ideals, loyal to your ship and its mission, and loyal to your shipmates. My hope is that SHENANDOAH's plankowners-each and every one-will have no more fond or more satisfying memory than to have been a member of this special crew that commissioned UNITED STATES SHIP SHENANDOAH May SHENANDOAH always serve with honor and distinction From Com manding Officer s Address to Newly Assembled Crew CAPF McN:cholas cuts the rlbbon which sagnlfies the official openmg of the Enlrsted Dmlng Facllrty A srmllar cake cutting was held m Norfolk at Bldg L 28 wrth the same tradrtlon of oldest and youngest crewmembers performing the honors l 4 . - - . ni- - Ja :Z I ' ' , I ' 1 x. g i - 47' U , V,-,fm X fl Qt. ' i 792:11 ' - 1 1 M 1 , , . n a Q 0 2 - . , I in nw-l mf. 1. ' N v l 4 ' v 45 4, N, i ig,-gf. ' f W ' swf f - 31-'Z A . Q :iff ' i K ,-is V - s ' ' . . A - ' ' e g , 1 A - O ,I VI T U F if g y T Y it I s 1 El i 23 A V i , -1- -...A-Q-mir' ' A .cw 'V' K 'Q'

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OFFICIAL COIVIMISSIONING ll , Y I is 15AudUsT 198 in i f i , , ,J 'i At 0800, USS SHENANDOAH was officially commissioned in San Diego, and the Balance l crew of 294 reported on board from the precommissioning detail in Norfolk. Medical and Dental were busy seeing sick call patients, while together with other departments, continuing to outfit their spaces. For- mal ribbon cutting ceremonies marked the opening of the ship's stores, bar- ber shops and enlisted dining facility. The next day, the first of more than 2,000 remaining triwalls, pallets and multi-packs containing allowance material began coming aboard. By the end of the month, the shipboard computer system was producing its first required reports. i 22 .15 Sw .f X'-li The commissioning in San Diego was celebrated with a cake cutting ceremony on the High! deck CW04 the 04051 and Y0UU8est crewmembers, assist CAM I M. MeNiehelas,'BTCM

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