Albany (CA 123) - Naval Cruise Book

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' V ? wu. — , !■; . »v FIRTH OF SEPT. 14, 1957 - CLYDE SEPT. 17, 1957 i Operation Sea Spray was the name of the A NATO Commanders used to describe our cruise across the Atlantic to the area in which Opera- tion Strikeback was to take place. In between them, we had three days in Fairlie, the little , ' town off which we were anchored while in the Firth of Clyde. Since our liberty day came up once every three, each man had only one day ashore here. In any case, we went to Glas- gow and Edinburgh for what little culture we could glean in one day. The beauty of ( the country- side and the delightful aura about the people made us all sorry that we had so little time there. We proceeded north from Scotland, beyond the Arctic Circle to our operating area of the coast of Norway. Deployed with three British carriers and several destroyers, we gained greatly by our experience here with the other units of NATO. Our service in Strikeback completed, we set out for the Mediterranean via the English Channel. FIRTH of CLYDE ,--»-,

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SUDA BAY OCT. 7, 1957 - OCT. 9, 1957 Suda Bay was a stopping off point for our change of command ceremonies. Ordinarily not a liberty port, we were granted our freedom here: we had been underway for 48 days with only one day ' s liberty in Scotland. Captain John S. McCain, Jr. relieved Captain W. B. Sieglaff in a ceremony on the Main Deck Aft which we all attended. When Captain Sieglaff prepared to leave the ship, the Albany Song which he had written during refresher training in GTMO came over the PA system bidding him a farewell and smooth sailing on the part of the entire crew. «.-■ ' u a u: u a . w • . ' ' •y a « X — ' . N ! N 6 I •— .- i u ... - ' Xu 0C » l J 1 I | • 1 », 1 V? S . »! = •» . »■- I I fe I w» u» = . 0mm i ' V. I «■■ e ;• 2 «0 . = v o. I i i ML ' « % , y » , a k a ■ i V 8