Farragut (DLG 6) - Naval Cruise Book

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14017515 V p ln The pasT year, FARRAGUT visiTed Naples 5 T Q separaTe Times, wiTh The lirsT visiT occurring in SepT- l ember l962, during which Time we assisTed The Squad- ron in giving a formal adminisTraTive inspecTion To T USS LUCE QDLG 75. WiTh iTs cenTral locaTion in The MediTerranean, Naples has come To be The closesT Thing The SixTh l:leeT has To an acTual home porT. TT T l l Though Commander SixTh l:leeT is always afloaT in his cruiser flagship, he keeps much of The aclminisTraTion parT of his command ashore here along wiTh a few , auxiliary ships. ln addiTion There is a Main NATO Command here. As a resulT, There are always some l SixTh FleeT ships inThe harbor, and aT TirsT impression, Naples shows The waTerTronT of any oTher major sea- port, wiTh buT a single strikin excepTion: The whiTe- copper Top of MT. Vesuvious Erooding over The ciTy. l 'Tl T.. l T fl T, ll 1. ,. l l l .li li lgr 1 Capt. Wicks leaves for Luce Admin. Inspection ,,, T T iz l - l l T 3 Tl l Messdecks bazzar l !' l Laundry on a clothesline: the Flag of Naples Now about this place Naples ....

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Alongside the AE Last but not least, get it below into the magazine farm hy Another phase of the complex at-sea supply pro- blem is that of provisioning a combatant ship with ammunition and, inthe case of FARRAGUT, missiles. Specialrigs, procedures and precautions are in order for a iob like this. Rearming is not accomplished os frequently as are some other phases of underway supply, butis not less important and has much higher danger potential. Prater strains to hook up ..,..,,m Q W -M The Exec. keeps things moving 'A L--,-5,,,5,' gg. 43,4 -.H 4714. fi.'. ,s ,,