Quincy (CA 71) - Naval Cruise Book

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NOVEMBER 1952 Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. THE RELATIVE MOVEMENT J LONGSTEP Again the NATO forces were to be put to a test... again a cryptic code name spelled out days of pretended war. Operation Longstep was ready to leave the confidential files and move onto the waters of the Mediterranean. When, on 3 November, ships of the combined NATO navies slipped out from their harbors to rendez-vous at designated spots, the Quincy' left la Spezia to join the Wisconsin, Roosevelt, Midway, Wasp, Des Jlloines, and Columbus, and a screening group of destroyers. We swung back into the routine of condition watchesg we held ourselves ready for aircraft launching speedsg we answered the ringing call of One Able Able and General Quarters . Again distraught communicators worked through sleepless nights. But this time we were well prepared. We had behind us the experience of Mainbrace, and no difficulty that could be offered was new or insurmountable. Carrier-based planes roared over our heads in swooping arcs. Day after night after day the exercise continued, until finally peace was declared. We had fired at a rocky Aegean island, while a few miles away marines stormed the Turkish coast. Vile had defended against enemy planes, and stood guard over our own striking carriers. The Quincy was then chosen for the post-Longstep conference. On Wednesday 12 November, with the simulated rubble cleared from our decks, we paraded a full honor guard. The ship was called to attention. A nineteen-gun salute was fired. The boatswain's pipe shrilled, and Admiral Robert B. Carney, Commander in Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe, and Ambassador Ylfilliam H. Draper, Jr. mounted the gangway at the head of a procession of some 27 officials of the NATO organization, including Vice Admiral Wright, CINCNELM, Lt-General Haynes, and the ambassadors of all eleven participating nations. Tfhey had lunch aboard as we sped at 30 knots to Izmir. The results of Mainlzrace had lang been inconclusively debated. but that afternoon the following message went out over our radio: Admiral Carney sends: My admiring and enthusiastic congratulations to all who planned and executed an extensive and complex operation which was a long step toward our twin goals of teamwork and security. The fact that you smoothly accomplished every assigned task in spite of weather and other obstacles bespeaks hard work, intelligent effort, friendly cooperation, and a high degree of uniform technical excellence. Nobody won the Longstep war but the danger is lessened by efforts such as yours. 'Well done' to all the land, sea, and air forces of l,cn1:stt-p . NVe were coming into our own as a fighting ship.

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P l LODGE or THE SIGNORIA FLORENCE FLORE CE A D GE OA Genoais history is too long and complicated to describe here. As early as ships sailed in the Tyrrhenian Sea, that long Genoa has been a port, The discovery of a Greek ce- metery dating back to the Fourth Century B.C. proves that Hellas spread her civilising wings even here. Cities like Genoa are literally built on history. Wllen the Via Venti Settembrc was constructed 85 tombs were found under the site, They were full of Greek vases dating from 500 years before Christ. One of the tragedies of Genoa in the 15th Century was that she was unable to supply Columbus with the ships he demanded, Thus the riches of the New World poured into Spain instead of Genoa. Another great Genoese citizen, Mazzini, completed the modern history of Genoa by kindling the republican flame which assured the Ligurian Republic's final independence from France and Sardinia. FLORENCE, the capital of Tuscany, is another of Italy's cities whose history de- fies description in a short space. One might say that modern politics were born in Florence, first of the Guelfs and Ghi- JG bellines and then of Machiavelli. If Athens A . is the scat of man's ancient civilisation A K, 1 'i then Florence represents the world's mo- , s I dern civilisation. The world's poetry was :M 1 JE re-born in Florence when Dante wrote his A I I ' 15,32-. 'fl lx I iii Divine Comedy' there at the beginning f- X' ' ,i A7A H2 N ui 1-'w -.:.: of the 14th Century. The Uflizi and Pitti - Iles? ' g I 'fl I W O art galleries contain the greatest collection Wi U , I f.,-.35 .E Q i F I S of paintings in the world, while its libra- I f lg r Q ull ll lTi mmV-Y! , 1. 5' 4-as if gi' ries contain the most complete manuscript- M In S -'ft l K 1 IQ . 1 H2 : ed records of mediaeval life. .K -ii. '--' Q- 4.I fy? But even lf none of that interests a 1 ' -'LA ifgffgim ,l. . 5 person he cannot but gaze in awe when -,'7 he first sees the natural beauty of Flo. 275135 nlg f giti in .Q rence, with the broad Arno curling be- at ' I, neath the Ponte Vecchio, and the green .f ,.,,,, s , y -- In Q- I' vine-terraced hills of Fiesole providing a f :Ef f '3'i'f 'i-- 3 dream-like background to the great round CHURCH OF SANTA CROCE, FLORENCE cupola of the cathedral, li I,-r '-- E, -- frees . , 3 ' 1-:Lilly-AV ' ,Q , , , ,-- V , X 'L-ti -fes C C J... .A - . 1 .-1 Y s,,f,N I I 1 1 ' ' i 'VII I 1, 4 r-r.l A-All' ' U I I- -un I - I ' il 'J Q ...--........ . l .. it l ,I .5,iWEf,, if ff -J' is 1 u - - .1 'v 1. -. -' l . -L,--.Ang PJ s , - -gr-- ' ' i ' 4 :Y on 5' '-1 ' 'Ju ,:.463' - - N' 3' t 'S' .ac 1 'i v 'K 4 I I- J 11 'lt J ' fm s. ,5 ...bfi eff Q T ,, '-E , -. wax ' V 'f F .J 'iw ' G' A'-H 1 1 '- MONUMENT OF COLUMBUS Ffa' tb PORT AT GENOA '.:f Q ' , - fi ' '1 ., - X W, 1' be f 5:7452-.',,gx- 1135.5 Q' - ,.-gf: ' f-In-T41 T - as I 'iii X -,--A f' ' 'FT 1.+Q'J'gfi+1t1i f' cf , S' 'J' at .E - il i I -'W F I I -3.,E':f.i4,f5l? ' V 9!'3n't,z.- Q '... '..E lf C ' T '.. a ff l.:'f:QA, .T --Jilin ' D -Ii' t ' ,Q . - ry -,-, Us - ' . L. .. ' .. ' ' ' . - ,JI Ursula ' . - mu-L .ii il 'wart 4 fee , , ' f ' f ir f -or-' ' 'lklla 'ff . f BRIGNOLE STATION AND ARCH OF VICTORY Ili A .Q V 4, . , lg V M r i t Y -14.4 1, K- . , x h A I' fsii 3 5- taser f 'S - - TEA: 'H- , .4- , , - F, 11 A-, . ,V ' Q ' 1 . 1'7 . 1: J:,' -f. , Q-'ff-'K'-1' M . 15.5 f' , A' fp '..,,.-,- Q .5 Q. li. ser .2-Zi, ?+f .-- af-f--+ -g , V f iff, '.- ml 5' f-., 'F ' 5 ' f 1-fits ' Fi3t54-s-.L - 73 on v.14:': QT-y.d aaityff. at . - , . - , , ' CORSO ITALIA , GENOA

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