Yorktown (CVA 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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,UMM ila Catholic Mass is offered daily to the LADY,S men of that faith. The Protestant services are held on Sunday with a prayer meeting on VVednesday evening. Later Day Saints, Hebrews, and Christian Scientists meet regularly with laymen of their faiths guiding the meetings. Truly a cross section of America is presented here, as the LADY'S men in their many Ways demonstrate their beliefs.

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Some of our men of The Latter Day Samts Church. Chaplain Paul conducts the Protestant Services. The Choir renders a humn. Chaplain Pa1ub1ck1 conductmg Catholic Services. euine The change of Hangar Bay One to Cathedral A or Church takes place quickly and quietly. Simple as the setting is, this is Where the A LADY'S men meet God. Every man has the opportunity to meet with others of his faith and exercise one of the great freedoms of the United States, Freedom of Religion. l e

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l It's our homey lets keep it clean. The LADY has her share of spit and polish, and on Friday afternoons the evidence is clear. Inspection teams, and officers with microscopic eyes and mind- reader assistants, look the LADY over. Gleaming brass and polished decks are a tradition in the Navy, and field day is not a Walk through the Woods, as every Seaman can verify. A mystery of the sea is, Where does dust come from a thousand miles from landv? From stem to stern the Yorktown is a glittering example of a proud ship when her men have really turned ton. All hands turn to in order to keep the LADY looking her best