Allen M Sumner (DD 692) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1962

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long days, and UNDERWAY It was a bleak day in Mayport, When, after a day's delay due to bad weather, the SUMNER pulled out for her seven month Mediterranean appointment in company with the BIGELOW, LAWE, ZELLARS and BRISTOL to rendezvous with a tanker, the USS ALLA- GASH. After being continuaI1y Rocked and Rolled by waves of up to thirty-five feet in height for eleven days, on March 20 We passed Gibraltar and entered the land of midnight refuelings, large fleet operations, short nights. It was a battered ship' and a tiredierew that relieved the USS SOLEY off Majorioa on March 22 but reoupera- tion was rapid and the crossing soon belonged to the past. REFUELING AT SEA FORWARD STATION BRIDGE MIDSHIPS STATION AFTER STATION 15 FORWARD INHAUL

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1962 MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE From exhaustive days of fleet operations to relaxed times in hospitable Mediterranean ports this cruise will long be remembered by those men aboard the Sumner. The at sea periods were ever filled with the many exercises necessary to maintain the fleet and the individual ships in a high state of readiness. Fleet anti-air exercises and anti-submarine exercises, NATO exercises, engineering drills, plane guarding, and underway refueling and replenishment were the rule broken by welcomed spells of independent steaming, holiday routine, and even a task force swim call. ,However it was the in port periods that were anxiously awaited, and for small wonder. Sumner sailors left their tracks throughout the ancient ruins in Greece, Italy, and Malta, over the Maritime Alps, on the beaches of the Isle of Capri , throughout the French and Italian Rivieras, and at such attractions as Rome, Pisa, Florence, Cannes, and many others. The ship sponsored a party for orphans and school children in Greece, donated blood to the Greek Red Cross, opened the ship for visitors in many ports, and participated in various other good will activities. There were many events for the crew also such as a ships Tea party, athletics, crew rowing races, smokers on the flight deck, and even a French style show on the fantail. Sumner was on hand for the earthquakes in Naples, the flight of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton through Civitivecchia, and can truthfully say no other Sixth Fleet ship had closer contacts on the French Riviera than we did. Athletics also gained popular support as witnessed -' by- a fine record of 19-6 for basketball, 21-7 for softball, 4-2 for football and a decisive O-1 tug of war loss to the HMS Broadsword in Malta, In resume' the cruise was interesting and eventful but seven months is a long time and there is no place like home, so October 2 becam ' - of the day. e a magic date and channel fever the disease Thus with seven fruitful months behind her and ten long days ahead, Sumner departed the Mediterranean on September 22, Proudly entering Mayport October 23 Her duty done and a Well earned reunion and rest ahead, -skimme- P 5 v



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git-if STROMBOL, STRAIGHTS OF MESSINA Our first scheduled port was Thessaloniki, Greece for a two week tender period and liberty so the SUMNER set out for the Eastern Mediterranean, passing the active Volcano Stromboli and navigating the Straights of Messina, between Sicily and the Italian mainland on the way. Arriving in Thessaloniki on April 2, after twenty-four continuous days at sea, we moored in a nest of five destroyers alongside the tender USS TIDEWATER. Athletics, historical tours, and solid land were the prime attractions here. ASSISTANT NAVIGATORS THE ROOST I XR, The Ba skei' ba I I fedm. stuffs ns Wlnhlflg wqys 51. the local YMCA. Victim is th USS LAWE 58-30? K, X-. N '--1

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