Austin (LPD 4) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1998

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Rota, Spain 14-16 JULY, 27 AUG - 03 SEP, 21-26 NOV 98 The city of Rota is located on the south coast of the Andaliisian region of Spain. The AUSTIN visited this port three times, for the purpose of turn- overs with the WASP and NASSAU Amphibious Ready Groups, and an IMAV (Intermediate Main- tenance Availability) sandwiched in-between. Al- though each visit was a working port, AUSTIN s sailors and Marines managed to take advantage of what Rota had to offer and spend some pesetas, which the crew quickly rename potatoes. Rota was AUSTIN ' S tlrst experience with a Eu- ropean city, make all the better because we could explore it from the relative safety of the joint Span- ish and American Naval Base. The Base and MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation) facilities were awesome and enjoyed by many of the crew. Those who were more adventurous went out to the city of Rota as soon as they could. They found Rota to be more like a small seaside town than a city and en- joyed the people and the sights while remembering not to touch the Orange trees owned by the King of Spain. Destruction or perceived destruction of these trees would result in jail time. Many of the crew explored the nearby city of Seviila and the British territory of Gibralter in September, during the AUSTIN ' S second visit. The third and final v isit found the crew busy with the Agricultural Wash-down, the command Physical Readiness test, and the turnover with the incoming NASSAU ARG. Rota was the gateway to our Mediterranean deployment and it was approached with great anticipa- tion and excitement and we left it with a sense of relief and expectation of being reunited with our friends and loved-ones A shot of the populace of Rota, Spain on a beautiful summer evening.



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Rhodes, Greece 29 July - 05 August 98 Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese islands and the fourth largest is land In Greece. The city of Rhodes combines the cosmopolitan charac tcr of a contemporary city with the quaintness of a medieval town un- touched by the passage of time, the juxtaposition of monuments and ruins dat- ing from antiquity, the Byzantine period, the European Middle Ages, and the centuries of Turkish rule, combined with the beautiful scenery, a mild climate and a well developed infrastructure of hotels and other facilities have truly made Rhodes, the Island of the Sun About 14()0 B.C. Mycenaean Greeks settled on the island and about 1 1(X) B.C. they were followed by Dorians. In 408 B.C., a unified .state was estab- lished on the island with the town of Rhodes as its capital. Successfully with- .standing an attack by Macedonia in 305 B. C, the Rhodians erected a 98 foot high statue called the Colossus of Rhodes. It was the shortest-lived of the Seven Wonders of the World and collapsed in an earthquake in 227 B.C. A new era began in Rhodes in 1309, when the order of St. John established itself on the island after the loss of the Holy Land. In 1522, the Knights were compelled to surrender to the Turks, and the 1 80-surviving Knights moved from Rhodes to Malta. After two hundred years of European rule the island fell under Turkish control for 390 years. In 1912 the Italians captured Rhodes and occupied the island until 1947. Rhodes became a part of Greece in 1948. The bronze statues of a stag and a doe sit on top of pillars at the entrance of Mandraki harbor. According to legend, the Colossus of Rhodes stood at the same site with a leg on each side of the harbor entrance. The male and female deer are symbolic of Rhodes. The Marine Gate entrance to old town Rhodes which was built by the Knights of Saint John. A beautiful flowering bush next to one of the entrances to old town Rhodes.

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