Monrovia (APA 31) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1956 volume:

XJ 5,1 PARIS f Q4 ,. 4-H-'V 0ss:i,f ', Q. , ,- iQ ' -MILAN QJGENOA Q 'SS , s ' x Q5 BAncELoNA Y Ammo V. M GIBRALTAR ,Q bl Maasai 5999 C4066 Q1 SA on A J 4 0zgjaGL POQTO SCU Sf. 4 3 Q - ,f ' Z f .. F - ----' J: D E THE- '.. IVIEDIT E R RANEAN 'XL t. SEA XE 33 I' Y X if 1 - MILAN '- mA XP- 'iv ,,I '. 4 ' L ' , ng' ' SJA ,--E, I if s s s 1 , Q ,f 04 -' . X p 'J' 'c 'N 1 I ,Q ,501 S ,, ..-.-.. s V I ' c U HUNGARY sf suJ'S xx 1 X 1 SJ S 4 ' ROMANIA G08 I I l4vl 4 3. ms xxx f H o P 'XA-xx KE- ', 5 mes My QD: A k r . x 2 'rq :T 'CD I L 'Z s I R . GLIARI IKILI umm F s m 5 : X ! Q I si Y' 2 1 N 1 LIQIA I I I I 5 I far Q 57 W ff ,X ' , ,Zi . .f ffl, ,77M'f f' 34' dv 5 I X, 6,,MdQ,, fffivt' fL'f5fmffQ,..f ,M 2 W f f 5if f pQ,, f f -1 if J' fi-ff' fo .ff f ' xi' .J AW K W Aikf, gg, , .-,5,' .S.S. MDN ROVIA APA'31 v . gn- -'rl 1' fr I l 'Q I V' 1 X , :' -iF!!'j ' L -I fri V 'f'Lf ' 1 Ig , A -'HID 'ffm .Q5 ':- H Ill tv T. ' 1 AQ 1- . Tl - V7-5 A -- M if 5 5 ip i, ...f r. ,lf-fr ' Jn-1-J ' ,lrfzx , I M355 ' 1 Q ii .I ' J fl MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE 1 9 5 6 '-:T Ex? ,fir marked troops despite hectic: ' ' fi I in tl X X 4-1 , .e jan E' 1, .sf 1 ! -' 54411 1 sw A .i 1 , .J-M -4 16 , ,ff-4'J-rl 1 J Q Q G 1' 5 4, M. Q , . 1, -'Cf j 'f.' i ,ia .J--J U.S.S. MONROVIA . . . . , . ' - ' -told lrlsit mission: The U.S.S. Monrovia is :tn ztttztck trztnspott, -11111 .lb N11111- 11-11' '1 W0 ' lits . i . . , . - - 1 and -1etOI1d vt, transporting troops and colnbztt equipment from rt-an :nuts to .u coxnlmt lone, 1 incling them in an assault upon :in enemy-hclcl Int-nth, V l ed 1 , , . Vi I I t . . - - X115 t'UIllH15Sr1t0l1 The Monrovias naval career begun in Dutlnlitt ol ISHZ. uhtn slit 1 I Yixm-oe ' 1 ' i' i 'i tl ml'tt' 1 ol i'l'CNl11C111 11111161 ii' i I nnowm, X'llQ,lIll.l,11f 111 1I 1 1 - I I I em .. . . . . 1 .- - I N- . 'V - 1 ' ng QL 1117- ' ir hrst combat experience was in the inversion ol 511111. 111111118 11111111 Sm 1 and nznned alter the townshi J ot' Tvlf Ht - . . , 1 . 1- 1 m-IJ1tt-.MOH we ttltjlt :intl heavy enemy 11-sistztticc-. Intel she mm - p. , , , . , . 1 gnu, I6 bitter contests at Tarltwzt, It-.t'pqgtItif1n, Saipan, l.c-ytt-, C-nann, l.ulon, .intl Oktn 1 Alter Post-war occupation nervite in the Fan' lizist sho l't'llIl'llCti to the U1111f1'l Mdies tlecorzited with more bzittie stars than stairs :mtl was rctirt-tl to tht-1not.I1lmll Heel. With the outbreak of the Korean 1Nar the Monrovia was recommissioned and bf1'i1111e- a part of the :unphibions forcefs ot the 113. Atlantic. I-ICU. Ul,gmtillg Ott! of Norfolk. Xttgtttie, She has P2'1i1if'1l1f1tf-:tt in numerous tiunining' excrtiacs in the Ciurilmlzczui and Meditmranieztn hens, the North .fXtlznitic', and :timing tht cus K ., ' 71 stern roast of thc- l1nitt-tl States. On 3.Igt1'Cl12tl H156 fl.. ..,e - - , , . f . , . ,'- K 5 I ,rCiiC'ld cu Y , H Ihtplnp lor ,Il'2lllSPilliJRUl1 Iwo, the AIUIIIOXIA leit N ok tells 111. North tmolizm, on her way to the Mcditcrruncrzni Scan lor the Iitth time. lhis 171111 the story nt that rrnisc, 2 A 55-X . V L1 . , E , C r ,---v I fin' 1. . . -. ,.,. . CI,Xl l'.tXlN l R.XNli CL. Xfllilzll, l NN. t.Xl'l.XlN Rl-,X li. l,ll ll,l',, ll. I, l Q Clatptatiu ,Xtlser .tssuuivtl touuu.uul ol Nlontoxm qu Rliotlr-s, f.tc-me, on lil Nlziv lfl5li. ,X l l lSlfl2 Ntivatl .Xtguletny gnulugttv, lut spent most ul ilu- it-n -.inns lollowing lflflli in tlie suliniztrine l servic'e. lluring XYotltl XX'.nt ll lu'u.tstou1m.uuliug olliwr ol l'.S.S. S'l5 :and ll.S.S. l'otnlt'et :ind nuule two wtu' patttols in l'outltt't. llis tletotpttions int lutlt- tlu- lltonn- Stair witlt ronilmt V , letter ol totnntendtttion witlt rilsliou. .intl mrious tlu'.ttre gind service niedzils. lfrotn lllllti to ISHS Catptatin .Xrker :ittendetl tlu- N.ix.il Xtlir Clolltge. 'l ltis was lollowed by at yezir :is Under- sea XX':trl'zire Ollicei auul Flag Setrvtairy to CQotniu.uulc-r, Second lzisk lfleet :md tlien :ts Deputy I Director ol lrziining in tlie Central Intelligence .Xgr-tus lrom llllfl to lflfilf. He coinniztntled the l'.S.S. .Xjatx lront N52 until :assignment to the U.N.l. in lflifl. I Clgtptziin Little's tour in Nlonroviu began in Porto Studo, Szirdinizi, in April, l955, :ind ended in Rhodes. Greece in Mary. lil543. l A N32 Natvztl Acuttletity grauluatte. Clziptziin Little during World XVztr II served as Gun- nery Officer ol' the cruiser Salt Luke City :ind :is Gunnery and Executive Ollicer ol' the Iowa. He was :twztrded the Bronze Stair with comlazit in ztddition to theater and service niedztls. Captain Little ltzis conuntinded the destroyer H. XV. Tucl-ter, the Hlestern Pzicilif' Trztin- ing Group :ind has ztcted :is Executive Ollicer for the lfnderwzty Trziining Element, Suhic: QPhil- ippinesj, :ind att the Illinois Institute ol Technology. He served :is Comptroller for the Twelftlm Nuvztl District belore reporting to Nlonrovizi and has now been assigned to SACI,AN'1i' at Nor- lolk, as Comptroller. 3 K USN lI.1X1 l','X1N lfl'11V.'XR1J C. STIQPHAN, U.S.N- CAP I'A1N H. ' ' ' F 1 , ., 1 ' 1030. 1. , 1 S 1N11v111 .-X111de111y 111 . 1 - 1 111211 1111111 1111 1..-- Commodore James H. Howard 111215 gfidul . C-im-inn-111i NVvo111i11g 211111 Phelps' His first llllfy WHS in the battleship Arkansas and mul m1111111 le served on 11eut1'alit1' patrol ' i ' Q- Q' . x l m I I' 3 1 1 ,Xfter El post g1'111111ate course 111 or1l11.1111:e e11g111ee1111g 111 1 - ' 111 1 . , , 1. 1 Orleans 111 elg .. - . , . - J -- ' 1 - I1 1111o.1111 N111 111 the 11est1'oye1' Philip. During Wo1l1l 117111 I1 he 5.111 111111 1 1, . - .. , ' 1 1 'lfllllll 111111 SZIVQ C11g2lQC111C11lS i11 the Pacific i11e11111i11g Pearl Harbor, c,.f1l'2ll Sea, 11111111-'111 cfugiltllgoblcg amd the 1s1111111. He 11115 1'o111111111111e11 the 11tt111i11 cargo ship 1xlCl'l'11'1i, t11e :1t1.1111 1111115111 In the Oi-me of fleet oiler C,111111f1111w1111. A gr11111111te of the N21l1CiJI1lll VVZII' 12111161191 Qlw fellas' l kJ Ymuehcd to C2.N.U. 111 1952 111111 195?3i11e was Chief of Stuff to CiOlllcll'lll,lV wo Ill 10111110 it ' ' Sixth Fleet. 111 May. 19511, 11e 11e1'11111e CO111TT1i11SI,l111JR1J1l Two 111 Mo111ox1.1. - 1041 211111 ClOl11111OClOI'C liltlwllffl Cl. StG1Jf11111 was 1-5l':11l1111te11 f1'o111 1111: N1lXi1l1 Af'ililfT '1'l 71diiiind of 1'1'po1'1e11 11111111111 the U.S.5. i'5xI'1-i2lI1SI1S. He 1111211111611 11s 21 s1111111111'i111rr Ill 19113 111111 JXP 'mer two W111111 111111' 11 111111 I111rti1'i1111te11 111 six NVZII' lmatrols with the Silent Se1'v11'C'- In li l'liS1l11ROIl 1111111 i11 111e execixtive office of Se1tN11v, 1112 took 111111111111111 of S1111Div 8? 111111 111011111 It of the lfour 1111111 1951. Duty 11s Chief of Staff to COlllSll1ll,2ll' p1'e1'e11e11 his l1111111g .L'0I1lllld,qf VU His fiOl1lli,l11lJl,.I1l11 1111111511113 Po1'o11o. 111 1 e11r11111'y, 1955, he 11611111111 C111111'l'1'1111s1'11111R,0ll SIN? leav- 1fe1'o1'11tio11s i111'11111e Navy Cross, Silver Star Qlhree ZlW21l'l1S5, 211111 Navy U11i,tC1tat10rl- 1112 3l0H1'01'i11 in May, 19511, 1l11l1t11i11 81011111111 was se1e1'11-11 for the l'2Ill1L of Rear 141111111111 - 1 4 iii? 1 X ,K 41, 1.-., , , ,fag 1 ' -4 -J , . A ' -lv fu F - Q - vvf X-, u 5-.ff 'Q Q 1 ' ' ' fe- x I N 5 rg 4 Q N ' 0 X Q I I TRAN PHIBRON TWO I ront Row: ljl' Cilnis , , . Xiumv. llnrh Huw: ls lu ll Slhlllll lXI'l Il:-xs.mI, l UR Run- I I 1' 'mx I III Ifl' Daniels, l.'l'lCL lluulnls I Ill. lla-:mln-:gn-1 1 HC x i ' fn 1 'V I R li. R. RWXIXS icf Stnlf Ul'fiu'l I ? Q i 3 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT CDR R X SCURLOCK Executixe Offxccx Home of Paperwork ack of All Tradcg X XX X N W.. ,ww W1 ,f X T TQ-H M , , if, T-a'sT'w-w1 tsl? .L ' F T' X T ,. T ' N1 f' Q I an lg P , 1 O ., w a QTTE TS 'T -3 - , T , , 5 X, T I '- f E 3 -as J?- E x pi? Unk il Ai Routing thc llozmi Visual COIIIIIIlll1Tl'ZlflUHS l, IIN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT I R R. tl XYINI-'Y wnltiolls Ultiacl' S-'A iii' g ' ZW ff fx E ff E' . if -fx fo 1 ,L lilcftronics Trouble Shooters Radar Gang J 55-i ,Av-V arf' -1 f 1 e. ,Mgr I il fzf . fig Q w I I ., , 1 Y 47 Y K f I.. XY , I , ,,,, I f ' 1 It Ya ,' ,L - i I Ks. if 'hifi l I , 1 w GR DIVISION T ' Second Row: Baker, Streicher, Mills, Crornbie. First Row: Ebaugh, Richardson, Brown, hezbeth, Harris. FM. A -V'-...., . I 5 E 1 ...,,,,-ww I . .4 -,kv 'L 'Z 5 . . W X Fu 3' 3' 9 ' . 2 V H ff.-,,, ' HE OS e DIVISION First Row: Roberts, Stiles, SIQUI ly. Second Row: ENS. Llddlfk Delancey, Snyder, QMC Beale P? .. 1? 1-,.,,, by y.. If Q f-9 I V f ' T' l A f I I .4 I if r rr 5 I fuk, V, N I 8 5 .tx 'I v ' ' f I it . ., . i I , 'I vi 1 w b N1 -Q 4 t I I I I 1 I 4 I !.EN,. I E. I' 1 I iii N sm, - .34 ' . F wler Sni e. Second Row: lfllmark, Hurt. Iirzastck, Closscr, CI DIVISION Fir5tR01u: Piscopo, Lyon, 0 , p OE DIVISION ETC Banks, Garrett, Bradford, CWO Soehner. X k K A- X , I ,V ' IPP Z' - ' avi. P . Y V9 Q Xt 3 1 ' X 'if . z . A-b v fi. Y 1, yy 9 Lx' 5,1533 if 1 B' I fb ,+ V n-,L ,gy .3 . , .,, A. . ,f. .. I I, ,Q If yfiiflrfiif' Sr!-rw , f . 1 .f .xr gi NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT ENS J. R. DANIELL Navigator T T .Ty QM Collzitcrzll Duties ..Hmm Xvhere A M, , ' , re Mer -I' X A 1 N DlvlsloN First Row: Tomlinson, QMC T035 T 0 l b e r I. Second Row: Singleton Payne, Ray. I Slack the High Line! Daily Housekeeping DECK DEPARTMENT LT C. PEER First Lieutenant Owl' lin- Sidi' l. Ilivisiun Kihillcis Y-ff? I S X G., K , 'AF f ,gm I, 4 I .I p' X I '-.1 , Q , , gy I I ,W ,X I ' ,I , ,f H . 4 4 I X W, I I .I A x 1 I Q A 1' A i I .T . I ' . 1 I VIR! . ' ' '44 A ' 1 Y, I -1 ,141 -SI f , id ,Y x I FIRST DIVISION 1: ' 2 in lfirxsf Ifuzv: Daw, Ilnnnullx, bmlm, lmmlwixm, IIISICL I'IlII'IIIIliI'l, Greer, Hzimacher, Damon. Second Row: Alexander, Claunphc-II, IIIIIIIIIIIJSUII, II2IllIll'UI, IIIIRHS, II111'1'ix,A SL-III, IIULQZIII. BMC CIOIIinS, Franklin, Cabagnot, INIIICIICII, Dietz, .XmIl'zuIff. SECOND DIVISION Ix'm'r1ing: Mcliinncy, lixnlinlm, XVIIINIIII. 'Ixh-1. Mm! lfmr: Linmln, Pccha, L. johnson, Huszar, LTJG Klippcr, Nlillvr, I.cI3Inm'. Irwis, I-Irickson. .Swmzfl lfmr: I'n'cmmn. Innes, Rngalski, Cox, Skinner, Keogh, Holt, Long. Iluff. I.nuIx. Lawson, Ranul:nII. 'l'l1m! lim:-: Ric-tIm'1, Spurgur. Sncll. DcI'crsia, Luiz, Rudel, Brumfield, Fradella, I. sluhnsun, Klci x 1' ...Q rn, -4 i 1, I I III! 'fu I IIIY 7 ' A I I - 1 y M53 H MI I, xx? 'qi A ' A signal, ji , . :.r, I - .. 'I II' I K f , 1 J I 'Z' W: , -3. Q? 1' w . 'M - e U 1- ' f ' 1 ' I. . F V x I ' M - . fxinigulagf Nj :X f ,.,,f if - --we: ' '-L THIRD DIVISION First Row: Clark, Sapp, LTJG Osgood, LTJG Spicer, LTJG Bascom. GMC R1llllCllI4I'2lllZ, Wood. Samui Huw: Miller, Wheatley, Barnes, Olwig, XVhite, Roslito, Roberts, Nlacllziniel. 5 First Row: Newman, Dinges, Brown, IQNS Harmon, BMC Masi, Mayfield, Haynes, Pilclier, lNIc,-cltes. Sf'f'U71lI R011 Iluxhaum, Ives, Kubinski, Ray, Stine, Storage, llrziendle, Sheffield, Stewart, Phillips, '1'l1m1Rozv: I'erry, Bud A gett, Holmes, Xirinachs. -2' X! if ,Q , ii Q dui- 1:1- Fi - '71 'F' A . lf. '?f '5 o' QW I I ' I wi N il 'Y -V fi I U' Q N . ' if , -r -i' ff ' 'I ul f4-rj ' 1 E -4 4'f A if-1 , il! A ' Xf ..- ,.. J ,o TI T ' x X 1 I 2 5 I 1, 5' tx 5, I I fi x v- ,mf x 1, ENGINEERING if Q, YV .. 2 DEPARTMENT E LT j. L. L. METIVIER Engineering Officer I 6- A K ' I g b 3 by 6 I - Winch Mninlcnaamc l uwcl' l.cx vl I I I I4 N-..-I Lighting Off Boat Repair ' vw v . t Eg , f'Z:JX Y I U 2 2 'V 8, A ggi I V fS1Il2E'gIl - ...N fx Q Jw 1 I Q sh, I A DIVISION Aneelmg BICDZIDIBIS Iltzpatrick. First Ruzv: Clurr, Ackcr, firms, Wclmcr, I-'NN SQINIIII INC Sdmlmcxl Hub 'ml Rush XdkmS Norflect Second Ruzu: SCIIIIUIIWCT, IiCIIIJL'Ig, 'III1umpwn. xIlIIXIIIII I ahs xl x Xiu Skmner Spence! Nichols, Ross, Inman. M DIVISION list Ron R Iph IIIIDSUII NINIC1 Inns, CNW? Ilxu-us, NINII Quick, I.uwn X aludw I IHIIIH IS sku SILNLIS Phillips, Slmvkvx, IIIITII, KW Q., . Xtwl' rl f U su J. in -4 cg 9 1 .J , ' M I A. I ' Ln- I. ' , 2'4- sri B DIVISION I H IQNIS Male, Borden, Lejeal, Carter, Osborne. Second Row: Forker, Blatnik, Ross, lfizzsl Row: Neff, Tasga, enry, '1 Spangler, Zeclalis, DeShong. R DIVISICN lx'm'vling: MISC Kocbke, CWO Mays, DCC Sherer. Walker, lflztherty, Sharp. Second Row: Blanchfield. I'rcssIey. If la - , I I' I First Row: Martin, XtVade, Gilberto, Peterson, Moinette Abbott fobscuredj, Ciondrey, jones, Dennick, Stack, Fant 3 5 - ,,,,..,, N 3 W . , 1 . Q , , I Q i ' . I b ' 4' . I I X - E' , ' I -5 is rg! X 1. 1 ' I K - , ' If ,f ff X1 ' ff ' X ' I ' .3 'Q' 1 . :I A 5, - X l wh AXA K Ts 4 I wkyf E DIVISION I lin! l'f1 IIIIII I 111111 X111 1.1.1111 4111111 Itllll N HI I1 1 mff'Ii11g: H:1111111c1', IIm11I1, 1 1 II w, w, 1, mes, 'I'i11cI1c1', lL:11'1I1, IIi1Ix111z111, NIIIIQ1 I111k.1I.1 11' - , ,111 1 '11g'j IIl'RIIIIN, MIXED ENGINEERING DIVISIONS lfiul lfmv: NXIIIIIIIIIN, I'11lIx, .XIIIIIIIIINUI nu! Ruzv: IIcgi11, IIz1I1cI, NI11-1s, I11g.1II X U' rx I ,Q '. x14 Y.. 51 I- lllf 4 . . 1m'I1fI, Ig1st11 N11 y . s, 1 XI1111 ll' l,ll NIIIII IIXII II II11 N II lf111 SII XII ll NI1I 1 III IIINI II X1 1 I I XXIIII IIIIIII 1111, 1 11' . - - .,. IM 5 1' gf. F . - .1 . .sf N' ' , 1 , 1 Y 5 K A I '- of 4: I D , AJ' 1 5' I I I fs A 'Y 7 1 1 2' AT I I b ' 4 .' I .I A I I I ' I 4 I I -11 n 1 A. 1 . I2 I N-yn, ' 1 ft, H N V I -ar , J '27 ' a- I 5 , E- 1 QV f 1. -E 'Q f Y 19 1 ,E in un P? SUPP Y EFARTMENT I. S wx LT fs. w. ClALl,.Xfil'lliR, jk. f - Supply Officer ' f ,I ' ' P'w Q1:- 4 as ' K --N., .aff Name It, We-:'ve Got It Galley Manned and Ready Sl'PPlY Offifc just Like Mom Makes in 'THQQ-ix 3 ' V F- 3 nil -'if 1' 1 l I8 4 1 I . 1, :H cd ' s fi . A A sv 5, .,'. if '51 '99 , ' ' v A I , ,I I .I ,., .. Q :F .-1 If . I Af. ifp if , A . I ' r . :' 1 , . ,v Q Sgr., .I I 'hs QV.. i -S' S-I DIVISION I . -, Si vn If , xg 5 R ..' 5 'JF is 'ra lxnrrling: ligmuml, II.nn.I, hulls, Ix-,hmm Iv-Q' lfff. Nrnmli IIHII IIINN, I.Il!IIIl'l, Ski I'u-xml, I-XS I Irgcl, KIIYU Hillizum, LSI, RuIIu'nImIII:-1. XMIM-IIA I'.nrffu'Il-- Imam N ,'., ' H . I'.mI, XNIIIIIIINII Rilvx. RM. NIIIIH, 'I'uIe'nI-gn, Ihuwn,1.11-4-nwwml, Idnmlnu, I'.nluuI-, Ilrxghw Rfulh Russ- I XILIIINII If:-I! H141 txixp, I-. Rllmlvs, R. II. RIIUAII-s, Ihulxlm Xl :II I-xl Illl 1- Ilan f'-IN 1.11-I-3 XI:I1e'I. '.'.y..x L.: S-2 DIVISION mrlmqj I'II'I'II, IIm..ut IM-II. Xklumnklu XI-'lux M. L.-, Nw- Lqmml IXIIIIII-x, I.mx, Inlmwn. NImIu'II, III, IIIIIN I-uw! IIc'I4Iu'1 QQ xii --F - ' 'fn I 4 IX? Q4 -I A r l' I u P I 3 5: I A - Q..- Y N' Q X . I I s.. . is . I9 1 It I 5 ! '.-- 1 Y B. A. GILLEN MC LT F. BARLOYV DC LT G, N. POLIS MC Mcclifzll Officer . R - EMU'- Dcntal Officcr Medical Officer MEDICAL Ei DENTAL DEPTS. ., Q A .W-,A lvl . 1. .glfif -.':zf'w,'. L ,- -if 'W' ,' 5, Q-213 5 fyw - ,. Q43 5 L A 'aa , A, 53: . yo Y: . A , .' - Q. 'Viz L',.:Qf5 40' 4' I lr - Fi IE 21 P Z 33 O F5 U s. E- Q 5' 77' W 2 Q Q U T' ' I - 7 EE' P? :1 4 -1 '5 :Z Q S 0 Q F ' N '1 7, Q. vm 5 is 5 O 5' if Q U ' - 1 E' S ' 3 E' cz: F US 3 'I' F' I X , , . A . L. gk A e ,, :H EJ LT H. FREEMAN DC .Xppcndcctol f A S ' . Ny '1 ea Dental Officer AC -I-,-f-2 Q, 'X 'Qwv' lv , . I I xl I If 5 I Q Ixfq Y v gi ,i 44, FLAG DIVISION 'mwlingi Iuwvll, xxIIIIllIIIw, Nlxllm-n, Ru Luul, IN.1ll-I.-I wumlneg lrvwl hm Imku, RmnIuu5,,In, NNI I , ' - 'm .IIIIIIIII u lx I IJ! Nlmm, I'ulur,FiQchc1',RNIl.Nlmmnl Nu'-f ff l.'.f, IIXII Ihuzmw Iknmn. Quuk, Innes, In Ilzlvid. MIXED DIVISIONS ' Inlw I'IIIIl'I NI.sxI1ru, INIIIxI.III1I. I'nwx, Nrrmul Him l'ir.sI Rout Shiny I.nI'mIx'. KI:-umm, Rwivxmmn, I, I- . . . I UI? mu'l NIH IIe1mngw I'a1Lin- I'lIINNlNII, IILIIIINILI, klI1Ic'al I'zu'l utl, D.-X 'l'hi1'rI Ifrmt Simhwn, SIll'IIlUI'l', XI.utx. Immun. Ixlmml tr M- - , Sands, XIIIIIS , micu, ,I2lI1IIlI.lIIIl'N, RNIK' I'.IIIlI'I'I, INN -. . , ' , . I lux n In-uw Nmilll, Yuung, Ilupc-. liunlla Him IX SI'ILlIIIIlIIlgl'I, XYIIQIIU1. Lux, Ixlemm. f.rc'vlmfuuI I I f , 4 5 B I I X . CO, QND BATT. fREINF.j, 8TH MARINES .KND STAXFF First Row: MAJ Dixon, LTCOL Stallings, INTIAAI Schwzxrtl. Se'rmzr l Ruzu: CI,-Kl'T Kiracofe, lst LT Hagerty, lst I,T York. EMBARKED MARINES fi v I , i .X X XY xx . - x-.NX 4 I .51 7 !.f1 ga is I 4,52 THE 'sv -:-.11-.3 ko i e-res 1 -Nw-r., ., CRUISE Early in Nlarch, 1956, orders were re- ? ceived for the Monrovia to return from Caribbean operations and prepare to join the United States Sixth Fleet in the troub- led Eastern Nlediterranean. With a typical Can do spirit the im- posing task of making the manifold prep- arations lor a Nlediterranean cruise were begun at at feverish pace and completed in lour days. Hurried farewells were said and the ship sailed lrom Norfolk on IS Nlaich. 'llte crew relaxed their aching muscles briefly while enroute to Nlorehead City, North tlarolina, and then activity began anew as some 600 men of the Second Battalion, I-Qighth Nlarines and their equipment and ve- hicles were embarked. Finally on 20 Nlarch, the Nlonroxia in company with the l'.S.S. 'l'aconic, U.S.S. Rockbritlge, U.S.S. Rankin, U.S.S. Bassett, and I'.S.S. I'IymoutIi Rock began the ten-day . .... I . n 1 . ll l Atlantic crossing with its drills, seemingly interminable ninnunuation shots .ind thc niuita i e mal de mer. The imposing Rock of Gibraltar was sighted III March and the long-awaited first liberty ' ' ' ' ' is is thc Iirst intinrite look 'tt lfu- call was at last made at Cafrliari, Sardinia, on fi .XpriI. I Ins x, - . . . . D rope as liberty parties alighted and were greeted by the Iirst ol many accented Iley, lloes ' ' ' ' ' -'-s in 'I'he Med. and Hallo, llohnniesf' those familiar vestiges of piesions ,Xinc-iitaii libeitic Cagliari wasn't the ultimate in liberty ports but there was the promise of better things to come. There followed, at Porto Scudo, Sardinia. the lirst ol Ionr amphibious landing exercises. then the many operations, repetitions and tedious at times, but essential to the readiness of the shi . The cruise was not without its disappointments and frustrations, but there was consola- P tion in the esprit de corps and in the knowledtge that a nselnl role was being performed as a member of the Sixth Fleet in the smoldering Near East. Clonsoling, too, and refreshing and informative, were the interspersed opportunities to see much ol Europe first hand and to make fleeting but pleasant friendships from the mosques and minarets of unique and mysterious ' ' ' ' - l'ttreas- Istanbul to the awe-inspiring ruins of ancient Greece: from Italy with its gaiety ant ar ures and gracious France with her beautiful and well-groomed mademoiselles to the exciting bull rings of Spain. This book attempts to capture in part som -xl ., aday activities that constituted the cruise and life aboard the Monrovia during her nearly six months of service in The Med. 5 23 e of the tx Jeriences impressions and work- J H9 ff' -gm f lm Z' - ,, Q, , - ,Q ,MZ 5 og. il QW X E Loading at Mo'licad K M v- Q-A, f 4' First of Many wk Down Two! I 4 D N Early Morning Farewell . . . . . . And Then To Sea PORTS OF CALL .-.fe F' L ,A , - ., . I. WW Q as wx T ,. ia ,I , wg A is A 1 1 . , i f, wx Q ng, 1:2 lj g .Tp Q ,. fl 4. I A' A , . I , is I A i 4 .1 sfwpfyhgu 3 5 :Jw Q J 7. 2.1-1 QV' ,gy 1 , , 1-gg, ' A f I . y . 'ii 9 S. - 2' 3 A W 'E is' 1 'I . . ' Q - 3 T ' 1 '- K6 NL ' R l ' H - ' Q E ' Q, 'O JH-.y,,L' ' ' . E' V 1 . 'ff , ' ..,' . L.-If gs Y ,AL K I 't Y , , , B F?-w, . ,iff in 5 ,wil 4- Q 5 , -N 5, 1 2 Y 4. ,N j 1 .. A I 53 -9, 0 .,1ifi-f'.:.V'-' F N-,. 1,.,,.f3i, H I 4 , 'T' ' ff' y an A' ' par ' JV A ' . U 7 f' 4 gl ' 9 , A. 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