USS RECRUIT Traditional Cache
Hidden : 4/30/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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USS Recruit (TDE-1 and TFFG-1) was commissioned by Rear Adm. Wilder D. Baker on July 27, 1949, the USS Recruit was the Navy’s only non-sailing ship that was officially commissioned. It was the first of its kind -- not quite a building, not quite a ship. It was the first of three similar structures built by the Navy following World War II and is the sole survivor. Affectionately known as USS Neversail, the Recruit was a two-thirds scale mock-up and served as a Sea Daddy to new recruits. When completed in 1949, it was 225 long, had a 24-foot, four inch beam and a 41-foot mast. It served as a school for all recruits going through basic seamanship indoctrination. The ship's deck was an exact replica of what a Sailor could expect in the fleet. The Recruit had cleats, chocks and mooring lines and operated as any standard Navy ship. Sailors learned seamanship, ground tackle operation, cargo booms, deck fittings, lift boat handling and signal equipment. Decommissioned in 1967, when it could not be classified in a Naval inventory, the USS Recruit nevertheless continued to train recruits and was reconditioned in 1982, as a training guided missile frigate. On August 13, 2005, the USS Recruit was designated as a California state historic landmark and is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Plans are in work to renovate it and perhaps use it as a museum. Please screw the container back together tightly! Thanks!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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