ALICE MUNRO 'Boys And Girls' My father was a fox farmer. That is, he raised silver foxes, in pens; and in the fall and early winter, when their fur was prime, he.Narrative. USS NEW JERSEY1. CHRONOLOGY OF OUTSTANDING EVENTS1. March. Crew. Moved Aboard. March. Machinery. Trials. 6. April. Re- Commissioning. April. Inspection. Survey. 16. May. Departed. Philadelphia for West Coast via Panama Canal. May. Calibration. Norfolk, Virginia. June. Transit. Panama Canal. June. Arrived. home port of Long Beach, California. The volatile period of civil unrest in France during May 1968 was punctuated by demonstrations and massive general strikes as well as the occupation of universities. The BITCH Manifesto by Joreen. Written in the fall of 1968, this paper was first published in Notes from the Second Year ed. NARRATIVE 1968 HISTORY OF USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) In August of 1967, the decision was made to commission NEW JERSEY for the third time, this time to serve for the. Ford Mustang Shelby; photos (1732) Videos (69) By 1968, the Ford Mustang had already become one of the most popular cars in the United States. Affordable, available. June - 2. 6 July. Refresher. Training. July - 2 August. Advanced. Training. 2. - 2. August. Yard. Availability and Pre- Deployment Inspections, Long beach. August. Ammunition. Seal Beach. 30. August. Family. Cruise. 5. September. Underway. Western Pacific Deployment. Neda believes in 'an inclusive australia where cultural diversity and disability rights are valued as essential aspects of an equitable society'. September. In. port, Pearl Harbor. September. In. port, Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines. September. Fired. DMZ3. 0. September - 8 November. On. station, Viet Nam. November. In. Port, Subic Bay. November - 3. 1 December. Naval. gunfire support, South Viet Nam. NARRATIVE 1. 96. 8 HISTORY OF USS NEW JERSEY (BB- 6. In August of 1. 96. NEW JERSEY for the. Southeast. Asia. The program change decision which approved the activation of the. The real motivation behind the. Much has been. said as to why the Secretary of Defense chose the battleship over another. Some contend it was because the 1. This was not the rationale of the. Secretary of Defense. His primary contention was that the battleship was. The decision to activate. NEW JERSEY rather than any of the other three was non- political. NEW JERSEY was. in fact, in better material condition than any of the others. NEW JERSEY had had. MISSOURI had a speed. Norfolk. WISCONSIN had had a fire. Some controversy has also surrounded NEW JERSEY's mission. NEW JERSEY was. activated for a single purpose and a single mission. It. was intended by the Secretary that the activation and installation of equipment. Activation was also. Activation and equipment and outfitting decisions were fully in. It has been said that the activation was austere. The Secretary, in fact. Twenty- seven million dollars was. Only about $2. 1 million was actually expended. The existing stockpile of 1. NEW JERSEY. The initial schedule. NEW JERSEY to be on station off the coast of. Vietnam, as part of the naval gunfire support force in Southeast Asia, prior to. September 1. 96. 8 and to remain during the northeast monsoon season for. March 1. 96. 9. The most controversial item concerning NEW JERSEY was how many officers and. The. Navy's initial request was reduced by the Office of the Secretary of Defense to. The Navy disagreed and requested an. This reclama was not approved and the 1,4. Mr. Nitze, Deputy Secretary of Defense, on. November 1. 96. 7. This decision was modified four months later, however. In March 1. 96. 8, as a. Prospective Commanding Officer, and after lengthy. Office of the Secretary of Defense, an increase of 1. This brought the authorized manning level to 1,5. In reviewing the chronology of events, it is first worthy of note that the. Department of Defense had set down a definite team schedule for the. In August 1. 96. 7, she would be moved from her berth of. IOWA and WISCONSIN, to drydock 3, and. Pier 6 in January. Here a force of 2,0. Spring. Meanwhile, the balance. West Coast, with the Prospective Executive Officer. Commander J. Elfelt. While the days were devoted to rigorous training and drill, one of the. NEW. JERSEYMEN, at the Balboa Park Auditorium on 2. January 1. 96. 8. Seven hundred men. A quick. canvas of San Diego State College and other local schools produced more than. On 1. 8 March, the balance crew would arrive in Philadelphia and move aboard. On 6 April, NEW JERSEY would be placed back in commission by the. Commandant, FOURTH Naval District. On the 1. 5th of that month the ship would perform sea trials for the Board of. Inspection and Survey, which would include firing her big guns for the first. On the 1. 6th of May she would leave. Philadelphia, transit the Panama Canal on the 4th of June,, and arrive in her. Long Beach, California on the 1. After a summer of shakedown and refresher training, NEW JERSEY would depart. Long Beach on 5 September and arrive off the coast of Vietnam by the end of. September 1. 96. 8. The men of NEW JERSEY, under the command of Captain J. Edward Snyder, Jr.. Every deadline was met and on 3. September, NEW JERSEY took station in a gray dawn off the coast of Vietnam's. Demilitarized Zone. With the eyes of the world on her, at 0. The road from Philadelphia to Vietnam had not been an easy one. Many. decisions had to be made. When the idea of reactivating a battleship was. Would all the guns be reactivated? Would the entire. In effect, would NEW JERSEY serve as nothing. This question was answered on 1. January 1. 96. 8. Prospective Commanding Officer, Captain J. Edward Snyder, Jr.. NEW JERSEY will be a battleship and nothing. All eight boilers and all four main engines would be. Work, which had commenced in August of 1. By 1 January 1. 96. NEW JERSEY had begun to breathe life. Guns. were elevated and depressed. Directors could be seen training and locking onto. Steam again flowed through miles of pipe. The ship was a. daily beehive of activity. Since the dreadnought's crew would number. World War II complement, there would be more. Extra bunks were removed and remaining bunks were relocated to. The benches were removed from the mess decks. Tile was laid on interior deck spaces to. The loading that had begun in mid- January and which was to continue until. Long Beach reached it's first milestone on 1. March with the. moving aboard of the crew. A fully- operational crew 5 mess greeted them with a. The refuse of a long yard period was. Messing spaces were cleaned to spotless perfection. Yet as 2. 6 March. A Philadelphia Bulletin writer, Mr. George Staab, visited. NEW JERSEY was to get underway. He expressed his. And, she was. At 0. Tuesday, 2. 6 March, the world's only active battleship edged slowly. Pier Six, with the assistance of six tugs, and slipped into the main. Delaware River. What would have been a routine evolution for any. NEW JERSEY. The cameras, microphones and. Throughout. that day and the next every system on the ship came under the careful scrutiny. Shipyard Commander, Captain Floyd W. Gooch, and. the officers and men of NEW JERSEY. At 0. 60. 0 on the 2. Virginia Capes. NEW JERSEY's engineers began building steam for a full power run, a brutal test. At 1. 03. 9. the pit log read 3. And there had been no casualties. Speed was reduced. The tension in the men's faces was. All engines were ahead flank. More turns were added. At 1. 54. 7 the OOD ordered maximum. There were no. casualties. NEW JERSEY kept up this tremendous speed for six hours, and when the. Captain was satisfied with the performance of his engineering plant, he decided. Young crew members braced for a. But the Captain appeared confident as he watched the engine. When the order was given there was surprisingly little shock. One could feel. the ship slowing, but gear did not tumble about and there were no shuddering. If anything was noticeable, it was the silence. A smoke float had been dropped over the side at the instant of reversal to. It took two miles for the ship to go dead. After the tests, a thorough inspection was made of the engineering plant. It. checked out perfectly. As the ship approached Pier Four, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, at 1. Thursday, 2. 8 March, Captain Snyder ordered a broom run up the halyard for all to. Navy's traditional symbol for a clean sweep. Now the ship must be readied for the most significant step to date in her. That she would rejoin the Fleet on 6 April. The requests came from as far away as. Europe. Many were from former crew members, other battleship sailors, and Navy. Some were from people who knew nothing more. NEW JERSEY than the tremendous nostalgia she invoked. NEW JERSEYMEN were. Captain Snyder analyzed it this way. She combines the latest in technological advances with the glory of. NEW JERSEY is one of the few remaining symbols of a time when the. United States was undisputedly the world's greatest sea power. There are still a. Americans who would like to identify with this period in. About 1. 0,0. 00 people attended on a warm Saturday. Yet the mood of the day was. Dr. Martin Luther King had been shot. Philadelphia, like. Nevertheless., the ship and her. Red, white and blue bunting draped from. One could sense, the excitement among the officers and men of NEW. JERSEY and in the huge crowd gathered on the pier. At 1. 41. 5 the dignitaries began to arrive. Sharing the speaker's platform with. Captain Snyder were: the Honorable Paul R. Ignatius, Secretary of the Navy; the. Honorable Randolph S. Driver, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower) the. Honorable Robert A. Frosch, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research and. Development) ; Admiral Thomas H. Commandant of the Marine Corps; Admiral Ephraim P. Deputy Chief. of Naval Operations (Fleet Operations and Readiness) ; Rear Admiral Robert H. Fahy. Commander, Naval Ships Systems Command; Brigadier General William C. Doyle. representing the Honorable Richard J. Hughes, Governor of New Jersey; and. Captain Floyd W. Gooch, Jr., Commander, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Promptly at 1. 42. Navy Band began the USS NEW JERSEY March, composed. NEW JERSEY's Senior Chaplain, Commander Harold D. Bodle. read the invocation as a hush came over the crowd. Gooch, Jr.. Commander, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, pronounced the welcoming. He was followed by Rear Admiral Speck. Then the Honorable Mr. Ignatius stood at the podium for the address. Echoing. the words of President Woodrow Wilson, spoken a half century ago, he said. Following the re- commissioning directive by. Rear Admiral Speck, Captain Snyder proudly read his orders and accepted command. Elfelt, to set the first. A new era in the life of the dreadnought had begun. With the commissioning, the ship now officially belonged to NEW JERSEYMEN. She was ready for sea. Engineering trials two weeks. Paint was fresh and clean. The decks. had been thoroughly cleaned of eight months of yard work. Her next test, and her. West Coast, would be Inspection and Survey. April. On the 1. 0th, NEW JERSEY hosted 4. South Jersey Council of the.
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