Talladega (APA 208) - Naval Cruise Book

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D E D I C AT I 0 In the last year this ship has done a great deal of Work. All of it was good. From the first off load in Da Nang last May t the last on in Chu Lai this past March the Talladega has displayed a Spirit and t , ,- w ere in this Navy' T The Spirit didnft UO t but from the flesh -and blood this crew's made t always easy to spend 36 pa Boat, nor is it easy to Stand 24 a time, but this crew did it, not occ n. The ship w ded and offload L,,kv ,:,, AIAA The boilers tha ip couldnrt fix were fixe by our OWn ,,,,, lriz hat other Ships W nsidered indispensible e Without. Wh viznii V e was a job to e here were no questions was just done. t 'no spare parts to f i' ik at they were another boat, otherg Q as needed they were ta Vl out of the Mi This was true throug ffpg hat was old was made to last,WH hat was broken w s fi d, all because this ,T ade Y. v , Ther pride on ,.l, ation. The gripes, at tim e s, ay be loud ..,. 'V., ' 4. 'f -'.i f .. . Yet k PI-IIB around, se it'S air pviipp AIAAA p ,.,, , A conditione rammed, it's is no other AMP HIB o de that can do lou I job be an US. ..., Q. , L . The sho ay count the the ands may re is better times in the old them admit to themselves that She' old ship . She's good alright, because we ped make her that Way. In the th sea miles that have passed under the .,,, a ecome a skill m ,,,,, ,,t ine with the competence given her by those Q O I 2 iiii ii ir.k It seems only right that instea one person that this book Should be dedicated to all of us. This book is a gl at some of the things we did. Some were funny, and some were serious, but all are memories. - 'f-'-ur 0 v-v-.-- . 0

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CAPT DAVIS is a native of Chicago, Illinois. He attended the U,S, Naval Acadamy and was graduated and commissioned in 1943. CAPT DAVIS has served as Gunnery Division Officer aboard the U.S.S. NEW YORK from 1943-1944. He attended flight training during 1945-1946, and was assigned to Fighter Squadron 1B, de loyed in the Mediterranean aboard the U,51S, MIDWAY, during 1946-1948. His other duty assignments include: Flight Instructor Advanced Training Command, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1948- 1950, Exchange duty USAF at Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nevada - Flight Instructor, 1950-1951, Air Development Five - Project Officer, 1951-1953, Flight Squadron 191 - Operations Officer, WestPac Deployment in , . H. , 'V 1 Commanding Officer Captain John F.. Davis Oriskany, 1953-1954, Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, as Test Pilot, 1954-1957, BUWEPS, Project Officer for the F4 airplane, U.S,S, CORAL SEA as Executive Officer, 1962-1964, Staff COMNAVAIRPAC as Force Training Officer. CAPT DAVIS was Commanding Officer of Fighter Squadron 174, 1957-1959. He was graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College, and also the Industrial College of Armed Forces during 1961-1962. He re- ceived the Distinguished Flying Cross for setting the World's 100 kilometer closed course speed record, of 1390 mph, in Sep- tember 1960, in a F4 airplane. CAPT DAVIS assumed Command of U,S.S. TALLADEGA qAPA208j on 10 April 1965. , , x ,yn as I .