Mount McKinley (AGC 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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.,.i,,.,?.,,,., ' A CARTAGENA, S PA IN 4 .,nllllnl . CARTAGENA, SPAIN, OUR FIRST LIBERTY PORT, WAS A FORTIFIED SEAPORT AND NAVAL ARSENAL IN THE PROVINCE OF MARCIA, ON THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF THE MED.. ITERRANEAN. THE HARBOR WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND SAEEST IN THE WORLD. THE CITY, LOCATED AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE HARBOR, WAS SURROUNDED BY A LOFTY WALL, FLANKED WITH BASTIONS. SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS WERE: THE CATHEDRAL DATING FROM THE 13TH CENTURY, NON CONVERTED INTO A SIMPLE PARISH CHURCH, THE OLD CASTLE, SUPPOSED TO DATE FROM THE FOUNDING OF THE CITY BY THE CARTHAGINIANS IN 225 BC, 'THE ARTILLERY PARK, THE OBSERVATORYg AND THE CONVENTS OF ST. AUGUSTINE AND MONJAS. THE CITY WAS TAKEN BY SCIEIO AFRICANUS IN 210 BC AND AFTERWARD BECAME A ROMAN COLONY. IN 425 AD THE VANDALS LARGELY DESTROYED IT5 AND 711, AFTER HAVING BEEN IN THE POSSESSION OF THE VISIGOTHS, IT AGAIN SUFFERED DESTRUC- TION AT THE HANDS OF THE SARACENS. UNDER THEM IT BECAME AN INDEPENDENT PRINCIEALITY, WHICH WAS CONOUERED FINALLY BY JAMES I OP ARAGON IN 1276, IN 1585 IT WAS SACKED BY THE ENGLISH FLEET UNDER SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. IN 1873 A BODY OF COMMUNISTS OBTAINED POSSESSION OF THE CITY AND EORTIEICATIONS, BUT THEY WERE COMPELLED TO SURRENDER IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

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Qi? . -nik.: - 0 I 0 0 0 0 u A 0 0 a on THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR ABEAM TO PORT. MOUNT-MCKINLEY ENTERED THE MED- ITERRANEAN AND JOINED THE UNITED STATES SIXTH FLEET. i THE SIXTH FLEET IS A COMPLETELY MOBILE, SEA GOING FLEET WITHOUT SHORE BASES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. IT HAS SPECIFIC MISSIONS ALL OF WHICH ARE FRIENDLY. IT PROVIDES VALUABLE WARTIME TRAINING FOR THE SHIPS AND MEN OF THE UNITED STATES FLEET, AND HELPS TO FAMILIARIZE THEM WITH THIS STRATEGIC AREA OF THE WORLD. AT THE SAME TIME IT HELPS TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT UNITED STATES FORCES AND INTERESTS IN THE AREA, AND PROVIDES ASSURANCE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN NATO COUNTRIES OF OUR FRIENDSHIP AND READINESS TO HELP THEM. THROUGH CONSTANT EXERCISES, INCLUDING REPLENISHMENT AND REFUELING AT SEA, OUS LANDINGS CARRIER FLIGHT OPERATIONS AGAINST OTHER FLEET UNITS AMPHIBI OR AGAINST SHORE AREAS, ANTI-SUBMARINE EXERCISES, AIR INTERCEPT, AND ANTI- AIRCRAFT AND SURFACE GUNNERY EXERCISES, THE FLEET MAINTAINS A CONDITION OF PEAK READINESS FOR ANY EMERGENCY. F S, P...- 1 I

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P E THE POPULATION IN OARIAGENA wAS IN EXCESS OF . . . . . . . . . . 125,000, CARTAGENA OFFERED A GREAT VARIETY OF FOOD, WITH SEA FOOD THE MOST COMMON: SQUID, BARNACLES, SHRIMP, SOLE, EELS. THE SPANISH CURREN- CY . . . , MONETARY UNIT WAS THE PESETA. THE OFFICIAL RATE OF EXCHANGE WAS APPROX- IMATELY 60 PESETAS TO ONE U. S. DOLLAR. OUR VISIT TO CARTA- GENA WAS BRIEF . . JANUARY 23 - 24, AND THE PORT SECTION LEFT WITH POCKETS FULL OF PESETAS. X SPANISH NAVAL ARSENAL , E2 .A I I Q 5 s ...aa-Wm, '2 v 11 F T P 2 I 5 I U f i E