Somers (DDG 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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-'IDP' vi 'ff X. -X is U REP In the course of the cruise, SOMERS took on fuel, stores, and ammo a total of seventy-- nine times. A successful UNREP requires precise ship-handling, professionalism on the part of the riggers, and quite a bit of hard work on the part of the crew. As our perfor- mance during the cruise shows SOMERS satisfies all of the stated requirement? We wfjj consistently C0I11Phmentgd -0 our ship-handling and nggig by the shipS we were 81011355 A Although UNREPS ha hen tendenCy to fall OH a day wled Holiday Routine was Scheqg ig the crew can justly take pn e79 its accomplishment ' successful UNREPS- l so 5 I

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