Ticonderoga (CVA 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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744 eww S It has been only a short tlme smce the TICONDEROGA left the yard after converslon to an angled deck camel' The nn roved hghtmg ahlht adorded by the angled deck makes this ip an nnportant and rtlon to the Pacrnc eet I am sure you are all aware that lt takes more than steam catapults modern radar, an angled deck and 40 W0 tons of atm! to make a carrier Into an effectxve n htm Shlp The men who man her are the most 1m portant an vita component reqmnred to melee a dghtrng sln It requn-es men dedicated to the task at hand, endowed with ose strong tralts of character honest loyalty truthfulness, courage, devotlon and humor whmch have n a part of good samlors amos the era of :nan began It IS hoped that all of us are able to see beyond the damly routxne and see our role and the role of our slnp ID then' true perspwtwe We are cxtrzens oi the reatest natzon on the face of the earth and members of the st Na ln the world. or happenstance but were through the blessings of almxghty God carved from a wilderness and burlt upon the courage sacrifice, and devotnon to duty by those who have one before us, Ours rs the rmch herrtage pmsed on to us by our orebearers Today rt ms our task to patrol the ramp-arts that rotect that henta e so that we may continue to en oy those bene ts of free men an pam on those benehts unalay to posterity I need not remmd ou that we as members of the forces adoat are onl da s and per ape hours from any troubled spot in the world t be ooves ns to tram and prepare ourselves to perform our Jobs to the best of our alnhty so that we can perform any task that may be assi ned to us If each of us does hls best at all tunes we shall al be able to perform any assigned task successfully This book lS a Iplctorral record of work and play aboard the TICONDEROGA t rs a book that wrll grow mn lntrmnslc value to ns over the years Ma each of ns look over thus tour of duty as one of the most useful and enyoyable pemods of service ffmf' W A STUART Captain USN , , W V Q Yii V ' Y Y 1 --X vw 4 i ,I K' vi, i A H Y lx N ,Q 2. Y 47 ,av V Q Y' Q! ' Q H v -4 - dee H A l Q- T e 9 me ' This nation and thisdnary did not come into mere chance Y ti ,ij , ,,, , , ,.V, , Y, , 4 Y, Y ll X, KY' , u J T u T to- is ld ig Q f fi 'p 3 M . - ' 4 we N ex. .Y v A' .. ' ' - -eg . ve