Abbot (DD 628) - Naval Cruise Book

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gf? The xxetthcr mms plelsant ln lllll mtl IIIOXILS wut sho 1 thc lou lstlt lm Sniper at Beirut l'll+s Phula Sailor A Ph11adelph1a sa1lor servlng aboard a destroyer anchored 1000 yards off Be1rut Lebanon was wounded slxbhtly by a bullet late Saturdav as he watched a moue on deck the U S S Abbott Author1t1es bel1eved the bullet was fxred bv a smper M3Ch1HlSlyS Mate 3!C Joseph A Domotta, 20, of 2326 N 3d St , was struck 1n the left shoulder Domotta was treated and re leased for duty Domotta, the son of Mrs Samuel Davxes, of Beirut Slug Hits Local Crewman MHChlnlSt s Mate 3 C Joseph A D1Motta USN of Phlladelpml Pa a crewman aboard the New port based destroyer Abbot was Y PP ently flred from shore wh1le that warshlp was anchored off Belrut Lebanon Sept 13 the Navy re xealed today D1Motta was h1t ln the left shoulder by a 35 cahbre steel Jacketed slug whrle he was watch mg a movxe performance in the Abbots forecastle He was treat ed aboard the ship and wa: not hospltalxzed The Naxv descrlbcd the wound as superflcual Capt A D Jackson Jr of 087 Boulevard Mxddletown, Destroyer Dunsion 102. Wlth the Abbot as hrs flagshlp conducted an lnvestl gmon The slug had penetrated ln a sharp downward arc to a c' pth of one mch Lt Allyn G May of 447 Broadway Newport medical offlcer aboard sald the bullet apparently curved hlgh ln the alr before plungmg mto D Nlotta s shoulder The Abbot was anchored 500 yards from the shore at the tlme Cmdr Robert M Pond of 26 H 'cfferson Road Brenton Vlllage sklpper of the Abbott stated th shot was undoubtedly fired from the sholr- The Abbott left Newport Iulv ll for duty In the Mediterranean Its Sp9C1flC task IS to pxovxde sup- port fol Amemcan forces ashore m the Bemrut area. l ll . O . f I 1 ,L I U L , ' ' Z , ' 1 . BQ' 5 '-'- Q wx '., v- A . , , , . 1 :L , A 1 li on ' .' '. lh'1L IS til. ' .- . f v ' 1 ' waunded by a stra bullet, a ar- . . ' . ' ' . ' a . . i- ' Q , - 1 Y . A ' l ' . . . ' . . ' - v . 1 . v r ' - ' .. ' - 9 1 . I X y L. . K ' Y V 1 Au ' 7 u ' t l ' H, a 1 1. A, :J D ' . . 1 I - y . . ' . ' f ' l 0 . Q O V. 7 . . . . . ' l ' ' . . 1 . J 2739 W Harper st, began hrs three-year enl1stment 111 Aprrl, -1956. A 5 -..

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