Navy ROTC
Midshipman Abbott
| My father (second from left) and two other midshipmen from Tampa, Florida receive instruction in the use of the Boatswains Pipe |
| My father's midshipman cruise aboard the USS Missouri, BB 63, took him across the Atlantic Ocean to France |
The Mighty Mo's starboard 5" guns firing
| A Sikorsky HO3S helicopter operates from the Missouri's main deck aft. Helicopters were a new part of naval aviation. |
Underway replenishment: The Missouri takes on fuel oil at sea