Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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' INTER l T ln mid-November oT I952 a new experience occurred in The liTe oT The USS BALTIMORE, a visiT To her namesake ciTy, BalTimore, Maryland, aT The head oT Chesapeake Bay. l-ler arrival on SaTurday morning was greeTed by TugboaTs spraying Their saluTes, crowds along The banks, and The ComCruDiv 4 band on The pier. The nexT Three days were busy ones indeed Tor The oTTicers and men oT her crew wiTh many oTTicial calls To be made and received and parTies and recepTions aTTended. BuT Sunday was The biggesT day Tor The BalTimore herselT, and Tor The ciTizens oT The ciTy oT BalTimore. IT was a beauTiTul, glorious day wiTh open visiT- ing aboard, and iT seemed as iT every person in and around The whole ciTy came To have a look around, making The decks and passageways look more like Macy's basemenT on The aTTernoon oT December 24Th Than Those oT a TighTing ship oT The Navy, The visiTors included everyone Trom Tull Cub ScouT Troops To The Governor oT Maryland himselT, who came guiTe unoTTicially iusT To look around like every- one else. Monday broughT wiTh iT iTs share oT show and ceremony, Too, wiTh all hands aTT To wiTness The presenTaTion oT a pic- Ture oT The ship by CapTain Caswell To Mayor D'Alesan- dro, and The Mayor's giTT To The ship oT a Tlag oT The ciTy oT BalTimore, and a plague oT The ciTy's seal. Tuesday morning brighT and early, aTTer all Too brieT a visiT, The BalTimore slipped her lines, backed ouT inTo The sTream, and headed back down The Chesepeake Toward BosTon, leaving behind her a new Tound Triend . . .The ciTy PresenTaTion of The plaque OT BalTimOre, 6 a , T I 5 A welcome of SPMY -The dance ThaT nighT i i l E E I 2 T l

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