Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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GIBRALTAR RELIEF OF THE PITTSBURGH An unusually calm sea befriended us during our Atlantic crossing. Arriving in Gibraltar, we found tbe PITTSBURGH in a state of wild elation. The ship was decorated with trappings from all her ports of call, and the quarterdeck was lined with posters giving hot tipsv on where to go in the Med. The men were stationed all over the upper decks, some with musical instruments (at least two groups were busily playing two different songs at the same time), some with banners and flags, and others, in flagrant violation of the uniform of the day, wearing turbans and robe-like affairs. This latter group was the focal point of the ceremony during which the PITTSBURGH was reUeved by our ship, for, after much salaaming, gesticulating, and jabbering in a wholly original language, the head swami presented CAPT Tedder with the key to the Casbah, and the BALTIMORE was oflBcially launched on her Mediterranean