Mount Olympus (AGC 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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11 November. . . I With our force steaming steadily through the myriad islands of the Aegeydhg we left to rendezvous with the Columbus at a secluded bay to .transfer Admiral Carney, Vice Admiral Wright, Vice Admiral Ioemonnler f FN 7, Lieutenant General Hays CUSAJ, and 14 Ambassadors and Ministers who form the Standirigkroup of the NATO Council. They will ,observe LONG STEP from the Mount O . LONG STEP, like MAIN BRACE, is a combined operation of the navies of the NATO nations, this time involving the U.S., U.K.,Italy, France, Greece and Turkey, plus a full-scale amphibious assault on a beach in Lebedos Bay, Turkey, by U.S. Marines, French and Italian Commandoes and Greek Raiders. Planes and ships of the various nations form both the Blue forces and the, enemy, Green forces. LONG STEP has much the same objectives as MAIN BRACE. It is the 'first such large-scale exercise of the southern NATO nations, recently augmented by the admission of Greece and 'Turkey, in the Mediterranean area, and the first full-scale amphibious operation in these waters. So again the Mount Olympus is part of history, as she was on MAINBRACE, the first exercise of its kind by the northern NATO powers. 12 November. . . Perfect weather greeted us this morning in Lebedos Bay as the landing force hit the beach under the watchful eyes of the high-ranking observers. The landing was smooth and sure, and by afternoon the marines and commandoes had seized their objectives and were preparing to defend their beach-head through the night. We furnished control for the supporting aircraft and gun- fire ships. Admiral Carney's party departed this morning on the Quincy. We haddseveral air attacks today. Vice Admiral Arnom CTNJ joined to observe the an mg. V 13 November. . . ' I g With the operation ashore completed and reloading underway, we prepared to sail for Istanbul at noon. However, Ens. Moriarity decided to need an emer- gency appendectomy, and it was 1330 before Dr. Rourke, assisted by our Dr Bartosh, Dr. Brown and a colleague from the Chilton, completed the job and we were on our way. . As we departed from Lebedos, word was flashed that'LONG STEP was term- inated. We received well done from Admiral Carney CCOMNAVSOUTHJ Vice Admiral Wright CCINCNELMJ, Vice Admiral Cassady fCOMSIXTHFLEETi and from the members of the Standing Group of the NATO Council Most of our liai son officers had departed for home in ships of their ,e 13' 'b t ' I and Greek officers will go with us to Istanbul. Own na Ions' u some Turkish Darkness fell as we entered the storied and strategic straits f th D d , , , 0 e ar a- negegl enlczgince to the Sea of Marmora which with the Bosporus joins the Aegean an ac eas and separates Asia and Europe. 32 , . A ,,. S .iv f. , m :ig -' .fix r f is . JJ hifi. .E if ' 1 1 'if 1 'A Q ' 41,2 i ff. fff kir i , --.VUE iw: . We - g,.e'f,tvL ' , . .1 .'...N.i.

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Q. rd- 11 V G - A t , ,E .. - '-- 'xr--wus... --an - 4. .. A l. . I f ' A me ff f if! Q QTANBUL TURKEY I4 November . . . t G Slender minarets by the score point -skyward from this ancient city's: dozens of mosques as we anchor in the swift-Howing Bosporus between lf.ur-opean Stanhui the old quarter of Istanbul, and Asiatic Hydarapaszi. Upsteam lies the bolder Horn and Galata, the commercial and social center of the city. On the left are St. Sophia, the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed and the Seraglio Palace, towering almveold Roman sea walls. Our landing place is the glorious llolrna liahce Palace, and to our right are the great military barracks and thc hospital where Florence Nightingale began her career as a nurse. 18 November. . . Istanbul wasa surprise to many of us - a clean, modern city superimposed on an ancient walled Byzantine town. From Taksim Ct-ntcr with its hotels and night clubs, along Istakal Caddesi with its shops, tln-atcrs and restaurants, to the Galata Bridge, Istanbul is a new city. Crossing thc Golden Horn we found our- selves in the old city of ancient mosques, the Spice Market, the Sultan's Palace. the covered bazaar and towered Roman walls. . .We were visited today by two vastly- different delegations of Turks -a la 're gnilitary and naval party headed hy General I3-aransels, commanding the Turk ' econd Army, and seventy orphans from three institutions. General Baransels' Sanity toured then ship from Flag Bridge to Combat. The child ren saw color cartoons. at a . f' H- ' - . ' r u eas ID te crew s mess, did a folk dance and sang. and were each given a gift on departing. 19 November. . . Admiral Rose and th b lk f th PHIB GRO I . . d B ' ' 'A l General Hogaboom and his sflaff O e if L P TWU satan.. an Headset departed today by air for Norfolk. Remaining aboard are a few of- ,V fv- ficers of the Phib Group, the men .0 I 1 R and a few officers of the landing Q N L5 gorce, and twoofficers of Tacron - ' i t I w 'N 3 A IX We have picked up some pas sengers for transit to the States ,i is i a.