In a ceremony held aboard the WCERN "Fred Astaire",
Admiral Lloyd Bridges assumed formal-command of the gleaming new carrier.
Clad in immaculate white ducks, and adopting a crab-like, bow-legged
gait (the legacy of his years spent as a cannon-cleaner aboard the
USS Missouri), the Admiral stepped forward to accept the ensign
from his 2IC, Capt James T. Kirk.
"Thats a few small steps for a man, and one giant leap
for sea-dogginess!", the Admiral said.
Gazing up at the gleaming new carrier, he said "from her
gunnery to her flummery, she is a fine ship".
"With salt back in my loins again, this takes me back to when
I first enlisted, at Pearl, all those year's ago!".
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