Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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Her Majesly, The Queen Then ul was lhe I5lh ol June and lhe day had arrived lhe day lor which lhere had been so many weeks ol prepa rallon lhe day lhal all lhese shlps and lhousands ol people had galhered lo see lhe day ol lhe ueen s Review All week lhe slcues had been low and gray ram had fallen In spasmodxc bursls bul lhns day was clear The sun shone on a calm sea as ll nalure loo had been walling wllh lhe ships and had lolned lhem In pulling on her lmesl In lhe ueen s honor By T230 all preparallons were compleled ol war remained paunl scrubbed clean brass shined men an quarlers poised lor lhe grealesl peacelume naval show lhe world had eve seen Guns crash across lhe waler In salule and lall sllenl lvlaleslucally lhe shnps ol lhe procession malce lhelr way belween lhe gray sleel rows lhe ueen bows and smiles lhe world s navnes shoul lhelr homage Overhead lhe Royal Naval Anr Arm shows :ls wings Nxghl lalls Across lhe lleel a long lone hugh pxlched signal sounds and all IS Inghl Thousands ol bulbs on hundreds ol shnps show lhe lleel In all lhe splendor ol lhe Coronallon Revuew lllummaluon Fureworlcs elch lhenr way across lhe mghl slcy lo add lhelr bruel brllllanl glory lo lhe show and dre Then all IS dark ness once agaln and lhe Coronaluon Naval Review rs over BELOW: H-MS Palricia-Trinily house BOTTOM HMS Surprise good seamanshlp lhe small crall had disappeared, and only lhe mighly ships I u Q T Q . T

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Aller our all loo briel slay in Porlland we moved lo lake our place in Hue greal Heel galluering in Hue Solenl, be- lween Hue Isle ol Wiglul and Spilluead. From all parls ol Hue world Huey came, sluips large and small: lrom sixleen nalions, lo pay lribule lo Hue new sovereign ol Hue Brilislu Empire, Queen Elizabellu ll. Ballimore luad Hue place Ol luonor, lueading Hue line ol Hue represenlalive sluips lrom loreign nalions, Our neiglubor was Hue migluly Brilislu Bal- Hesluip Vanguard, luosl sluip lo us during our slay, l-lospilalily was Hue order ol Hue day, and Hue Royal Navy lurned oul lo be a royal luosl, wiHu parlies, recep- lions, leas, and dances every day lor everyone, Tlue lown ol Porlsmoullu luad ils welcome mal oul lo luelp in any way il could lo malce our slay a memorable one. Two seclion liberly was granled luere, and everyone wenl asluore, de- spile Hue luour-long. somelimes wel ride lo Hue beaclu. And as Hue days passed, Hue lines conlinued lo grow, eiglul ol Huem in all, eaclu seven miles long, unlil Hue wluole cluannel, as lar as Hue eye could see, was lruly a sea ol sluips and a loresl ol masls. Carriers, cruisers, lrigales, de- slroyers, mine vessels, auxiliaries-every lype ol navy sluip lcnown lo modern sea warlare was presenl lo sluow Hue Queen, and Hue world, Hue assembled miglul ol Hue Royal Navy. Plumb-slemmed channel cullers and sleek yacluls conlrasled Hue color ol llueir sails wiHu Hue business-like gray ol Hue men-ol-war, as siglulseers by Hue Huousands loolc lo Hue waler lo see Hue Heel close up. As Hue day ol Hue Review approaclued, greal aclivily was evidenl on every sluip as Hue linal louclues were added, rigging ol ligluls compleled, crews inslrucled in Hueir iobs ol lfuandling Hue vasl numbers ol visilors wluo would be aboard on Review Day, and assigned Hueir places al Hue rail. Tluen Hue aclivily ceased, and Hue lime was near al luand. U.S.S. Ballimore--glowing emissary TOP: The Sverdlov-U.S.S.R. ABOVE: Amerigo Vespucci-Ilaly BELOW: Navy cluow-Yanlr slyle BOTTOM: Califorinans all Sf 79

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