Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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SI DIVISION i- -till oil llu- )ol). xttini: a The S-) Division l a.s ((unc a loiij; wav ii((.rd nl ( r i.c lli.il ran he sincf tlial cold and rainy (lay last INovcinlx-r luok, .1 ii|M n with r. ai |priil ' . when thiv rt ' itorted aboard at Bremerton, K-iAr Irum it- inilitary and Wash.. Id [dav their part in reeoniinis- |ii uti -iuiial liimtiuii- (wliirh. sionin- the BALTIMORE. At that I,. I, .v. u-. r.ach Im-xuimI time, the .livi-ion couhl boast but I ' .ul.l--i .,l and zii prrlc-- tnul men - t raii-rerr (l innii arioiis hi|i- and w e a I - h t r li r a r in alter Station- in the Pacifir area. GSKl. mMnlM-r-: „i -[ liave e ■e the ■■■. . S-l kept ilf liead above parlHipaled in ariou- athlrtic s-a1tr diirini; thr- early panic ita ei and ix.-nl- ami arr npn-intcd in th.- -hip- band and otiier on- boar.l aelivitie-. Today. S-l Dixi i..n. i:? men -Iron ' . i- a tar rr IVom the orl-inal dix JMon that out thr hall rolhn- m the eariv la-e- of reaelixati.m. I ' he sn -.es . i; dne lar-.K I o I he t ir( h» eliorl ' ' ■ :• and uholehearled ooperal ion (.1 oilier- and men. The record speaks lor itsell. Vmjd.K r..!-. ' i),:.c ' iL.k., Knu.-o Chjicllt tjirtn, Johnson %cthui on