Marquette (AKA 95) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1946

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The shadows W were beginning to ' lengthen as the jag- ged skyline of Port Said pushed its way up at the end of our watery high- gi. 1 i ,. ,, . way. A heavy black gray.-,xt 5 fvffvgf Q? -t-N cloud of s m o k e J,-f- from coal-burning ships covered the harbor. Small Craft were running in and out from the docks and whistles and horns shrieked The Canal at Port Said in c e s santly. We were greeted by a conspicuous neon s'gn, Simon .4rtz, something we had not seen for many months. We tied up for the night and Hnished the routine of oflicial business, including the granting of practique and checking in with the harbor authorities. The following morning the details of Port Said were clearly visible for the first time. The water front was lined with small boats serving as water taxis. The dock area was separated from the town by a wire fence which ran to the end of the mile-long break- water. Roof-top signs such as Johnnie lIf'all-rr and lfxflmrzge llotrl had a familiar air. It seemed that here, even more than at Singapore, the East met the West, a trip ashore bore out this impression. In the town were combinations of stores we had seen in Aden and Singapore, side by side with European restaurants and hotels. Arabs in desert garb walked the streets talking to Egyptians in occidental business suits. We were fortunate enough to arrive at Port Said during a lull between the violent riots that had troubled Egypt for the past few months, thus we proceeded with great caution. Port Said had all the typical earmarks of adventure and mystery, especially in the Arab quarter, but few of us were bold enough to investigate. After this short stop, the ship was soon on its way towards the climax of our trip - the Mediterranean and Greece. W1-t4r.x..!,7?' Q lllllllllllllllfllfl 2 22 ' XXW ' ,ff i Gai? 46 i C I I

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TYRONE AND ANNABELLA - Suez - Instead of being the oven promised us, the Red Sea turned out t-o be the coldest stretch we had hit in a long time. We shivered our way past historic Sinai Peninsula, spotted Mount Sinai by radar and went on to drop anchor at the southern entrance to the Suez Canal. Almost immediately, the ship was deluged with a series of official boats containing representatives of the Suez Company, as well as British and Egyptian authorities. On the following day, these visitors were replaced by a host of bumboats and water trade was once again resumed at brisk pace. The details of the canal transit were finally thrashed out and we prepared to pass through the famous waterway. The ship got underway just as the sun began to cut away the haze over the purple hills surrounding the har'bor. At the entrance to the canal stood the Canal Company building, with the little city of Suez in the background on the left. On our starboard hand were a few rolling hills and Hat stretches, not to be relieved by buildings or people for the entird passage. The canal, itself, appeared to be little more than an irrigation ditch. Its width of five hundred feet seemed to dwindle down in the long stretches ahead. There were embankments on both sides built up of sand and stone, which appeared to be the material taken out during the original construction. The water for the length of the canal was mostly fresh and, in some spots, bright blue in color. As we started to move inland, we could look for miles over the desert towards deep- colored hills in the distance, although haze and heat waves cut down visibility. Now and then an oasis was spotted. If it was close to the banks of the canal, we could see tents and small adobe buildings built under the cedar trees. Shepherds were dressed in long, white robes and turbans, and tended their sheep and goats in a manner that differed little from Biblical times. The west bank of the canal was paralleled by the Egyptian National Rail- road and a fairly modern highway. The diminutive trains were twin brothers to our 19th century Union Pacihc that puffed its way through buffaloes and Indians on the western plains. At times, the highway and railroad would veer out into the sandy plains. In these intervals, the canal was guarded by members of the Egyptian Camel Corps. The men were dressed in forest-green army uniform, with wide-brimmed hats, crossed ammunition belts, and rifles slung from their shoulders. They were mounted on long, thin-legged, slow-moving camels which plodded at a slow, relentless pace over the dunes which bor- dered the canal. Now and then to complete the picture, a few vultures would circle lazily overhead as a string of camels would move along the ridge of a hill on the horizon. We passed through Great Bitter Lake, across which Moses had led the Israelites 3000 years ago. Further ahead, just before the canal runs into Lake Timsah, was a large solitary monument on a conspicuous sand dune of the western bank. It was built in the form of an obelisk and on a wall around its base was inscribed 1914 - Defence du Canal de Suez - 1918. This reminded us of the great drive by the Germans during this war to cut the Suez Canal, of which, until, then, few of us had realized the significance. The Italians had dropped magnetic mines into the canal during the war, and here and there the wreckage on the banks indicated a success for their efforts. On the west bank of Lake Timsah stood the city of Ismalia, a picturesque place with colorful Oriental buildings. It was here that we changed pilots and proceeded on the last part of the run up .the canal of Port Said. ' C457



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