Northampton (CLC 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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26 FEB ABOARD THE SECOND FLEET ELAGSHTP IN THE NORNESTAN SEA-- AFTER THREE DAYS OF BEING-BUFFETED BY HIGH WINDS AND HEAvY SEAS, THE USS NORTHAMPTON, HAVING COMPLETED HIGH LATTTUDE COMMUNICATIONS TESTS, RDLLED INTO SDDS, NORWAY, ABOVE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE WHERE VADM DEUTERNANN WAS FLOWN ASHDRE BY HELD FOR A TN6-DAY ORIENTATION TOUR OF THE AREA. THE SHIP DEEARTED GREENOCK, SCOTLAND, WEDNESDAY FEB 24 AFTER A TWO'DAY STAY THERE. DURING THAT PERIOD THE OFFICERS AND MEN WERE ENSASED IN MAKING NEW FRIENDS AND ENTERTAINING HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, OF WHICH A LOCAL NEWSPAPER SAID QUOTE WITH MEN LIKE THAT ON BOARD, IT INORTHAMPTON CAN COME BACK TO SCOTLAND ANYTTHE! NORTHAMPTON IS NOW MAKING ITS WAY TO THE NORWEGIAN CAPITAL, oSLo- WHERE VADM DENTERNAN AND HIS CHIEF OF STAFF WILL REJOIN'THE SHIP EDR A SHORT STAY IN THE NORTHERN PORT. THIS WILL MARK THE SECOND LEG OF THE NORTHERN EUROPEAN IN EACH PORT OF CALL THE SHIP WILL BE OPEN TO VISITORS WITH A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBIT ARRANGED ESPECIALLY FOR THE O M TION AGENCY AS ONE OF THE MAJOR CRUISE BY THE U.S. INF R A Y A ATTRQCTIONS. THE EXHIBIT FEATURES THE FAMILIES AND HOMETOWNS OF 2 CREWMEN SELECTED FROM THE SHIPIS CREW OF OVER 119 . PURPOSE OF THE EXHIBIT IS T0 GIVE EUROPEANS AN IDEA OF THE' HOMELIFE OF AMERICAN SAILORS. THE MORE THAN 209 PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THE SAILORS' HOMES, THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN VIEWS OF THEIR TOWNS SCHOOLS, CHURCHS, AND SHOPPING-CENTERS. CAPTIONS WILL BE CHANGED INTO THE LANGUAGE USED IN EACH PORT VISITED. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SUCH AN EXHIBIT HAS BEEN CARRIED ABOARD A NAVY SHIPff

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