Yorktown (CVA 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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Somehow, regardless of the operating schedule, there was always time for payday. , CW CW 'Jrst you get MPC . . . then change it for Green . . . and hen buy Hong Kong Dollars . . . very simple! Mickey Mouse Money, MPC, Military Pay Currency, or whatever it was called was certainly popular. Pay Day was as regular as chow and just as welcome. It seemed to have the only line in which everyone griped, but no one left. Disbursing personnel put in long hours to handle travel claims, and to pay promptly. Perhaps they felt somewhat rewarded by the smile of a man with money in his hand. is Everybody needs a little Yen. r

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The Yorktown primped and prepared from the United States to Hawaii to be ready for the annual Operational Readiness Inspection. Everything from man overboard drills to actual air operations was thrown at the LADY in a hectic forty eight hour period. Full cooperation and a complete detailed knowledge of each man's job was required. When the operation was over, the FIGHTING LADY had compiled the highest mark ever given a CVA in a similar inspection. Record times were made in several of the required drills, and the LADY'S men had given her an indication of the way they were capable of performing. Some of us would have enjoyed using one of the inspectors for the man overboard dummy. 238 I I 1. 1 , il lf ll K1 Fa ,a V 4 I if ll l lil fl 1 l H sf E 6 al 3 All hands in battle dress for general quarters. l I We simulated so Well that the inspector could almost smell I the smoke.