Brumby (DE 1044) - Naval Cruise Book

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night. This unexpected liberty was welcomed by everyone except the duty section. The next day we pulled out of Palermo. On 5 March, BRUMBY entered the large har- bor of Palma, Mallorca. The harbor is busy with the traffic of private yachts, passenger ships and commercial freighters. Palma is the capitol of this Spanish island. The largest of the Balearics, Mallorca is 115 Miles from the Spanish coast. The major industry by far is tourism and the is- land's 200 hotels host vacationers the year round. The climate is reputedly so mild that women never grow old, CDRATSJ but we witnessed the island's first snowfall in twenty-five years. The island has varied terrain from the beaches, to the mountain ridge in the northwest to the plain of the central part. The plain produces olives, figs, oranges, lemons, almonds, and vege- tables. Hundred of wind mills stand idle in the fields as electronic power runs the pumps that provide the water to the crops. Limestone, marble, iron, lead, and coal are mined. Other industries include the making of wine, brandy, pearl jewelry, ceramics, leather goods, and embroidery work. In the east near Manacor are Cueva del Drach fCaves of Dragonb famous for their under- ground lakes and formations of stalactites. In the largest part of the cave is a lake over 1000

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airstrip. The war games were fought by two forces set up with the task group and included many hours of general quarters. The personnel of operations department had a particularly rough schedule during these exercises. The most dangerous evolutions carried on at sea during peacetime are vertical replenishment and refueling. It takes precision and skill to com- plete these operations safely. Slippery decks, heavy seas, and the darkness ofrughtincrease the hazards of these operations. The vertrep and refueling details from the bridge to the fireroom, however, always completed their tasks with dis- patch and purpose each time it was necessary to do so. We refueled from Oilers, ammunitionships, a carrier, and a stores ship. Food and supplies came by helicopter from the USS SYLVANIA These helos came with two tons of cargo every three minutes but we never failed to clear the decks 1n time We were always happy to set the helo detail because that meant the coming of mail from home A favorite sight was the approach of the helo 4007 from the carrier FORRESTAL CCVA 599 On 24 February after a long fifteen days at sea the BRUMBY pulled into Palermo, Sicily for fuel Our orders were to fuel and leave the same day but a delay made lt necessary to stay over 1.1 2 0 7 KW Q, U vgfdi ful, , :umm , ,..f4,,4,g,fei,,N ,Mu Q 'G . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Q x f ' 3 , A V , V 4 - - . -' 1' ,J a - .. gk 2 Q 'a li 'K ff n 4 - K- A In ' ' .1 i f 1f Z- t an W K P-'I , . , nf, Q .yhkn f Mi 'L ' e , K. ,, K X A 3, 27.97 fxtwgizg ,FQ I :X , .I K . sg ' ,Q ww , 1 2 'f-x - ' - ' , V SWF? il, SW X' ' - . Xa ' y .. evict if fc ,Q : V , .s.,W.'5H x y r A. en- H -4 ig ff h f L X , , , 'lf' 11 , , - ., -A H f . T . S, f t if Jw- t , , We MJ- f .7355 ,' rp' ,,, :ln V-ig, - ' - 2, , xx 4 I ff ' ,vinft .H-4 ., I nvvigtihz M N VME, I s - ie jgg-am.. '., ..--' , X Y , X Ng f .1 Rf. Q 1 lj . 1 ,51 'g . x Sky, 4 1' ' . ' - 'I !,,.,X:'ffHiA 15 -Z' 'I' - -f 'iff'2f,fL.sg2E1: Qf-s if 'gg .nbc if , -1-.-fy.,--. ff- A . . ,, .,. -. at 'N , , , , 4 3 ' 0 4 :.u,fZ N'f'7 'x ' X gf., f g ' 1 t i l' 'E . Q Wal K F V + V V M , f f 4 , p . . , :-

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