In the ship's insignia we, the first crew, have sought to symbolize those outstanding qualities and salient characteristics which our ship embodies and which make her unique. Quite naturally, therefore, a prominent feature of the design is the large number one: ANNAPOLIS is the first, the prototype, the only Communications Major Relay ship in the world. Secondly, we have employed the shield, the time-honored symbol of strength and the defensive bulwark, as the basic form of our emblem in order to indicate strength and reliability of the vital service which she will provide. Symbolic of the fact that this service can be delivered to any command, afloat or ashore, we have chosen to use the Navy's blue and gold, and lastly, in choosing our motto "VOX MARIS," "Voice of the Sea," we desired to indicate the far-reaching, completely mobile, entirely self-contained and independent nature of our ship in the performance of her duties. In ANNAPOLIS, the Navy has truly found a powerful voice, a voice which can range far over the oceans of the world, which can reach into the remotest corners of the globe. The Navy has carried its own voice to the sea.