Edson (DD 946) - Naval Cruise Book

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The canal transit took all of daylight, and we transited Lake Ontario by darkness, preparing for our final Open House, full-blown Great Lakes port visit, Oswego. 24 4

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The Welland Canal connects Lake Erie with Lake Ontario, and when we left Port Col- burne our altitude above sea level would drop through 8 locks. The photographs de- pict our approach to the flight locks, three-in-a-row, exit the first into the second, until you've dropped about 120 feet. A merchant vessel is going up as we go down, and the contrast in heighth is interesting. The top row de- picts us entering the Upper Flight Lock, the left hand photos show the merchant vessel rising, and on the right is a view from the foc'sle as we drop in the lock. On the next page, we're all the way down, and finally the lock- gate opens, and on we go.

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OSWEGO Oswego was our last visit. Sena- tor Alphonse D'AMATO vis- ited us, and our 100,000th visi- tor of the cruise came aboard. She wasn't expecting it, as the picture shows. The town was glad to see us, and the NRD Buffalo folks eagerly greeted the ship, as some of us had shown our king-sized hearts. We left Oswego with much sat- isfaction of a job well done. Ahead of us, the Seaway, two days in Halifax for fuel and rest, then Earle, New jersey to on- load ammunition. 'l00,000!! I 1 We crossed Lake Ontario, and anchored the afternoon we left Oswego for a cook-out and a quick dip. lt was a good way to get a break from the every-day crush of the cruise and to start thinking about heading homeward. 25