Richard E Byrd (DDG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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Riots force destroyer to cancel Corfu visit ATIIIS CUPU 'The USQBAQA grip' Xhard Er Byrd Mrnday cn:-nfien aru.an-nevmiwirfemmfifcfiffuaf all ol ur.rA.rmnaa - luc,nU.S.E:rihnqqanknm.muA. A spoke-nrnxn la nh: pnn iulhlflj an 3 lin uhm d Cufu aid ur Mun, li l5ciuft4 ll I Lm. Hind-ry Al lk p1.lUadcn.ll14Jp.m aluardcnxnr IIUCT nude! wnnrd me pun cn.m.u.':4 nu-Arnericunbnll WIZBH and the aotd. mimarnng I-vid lhodldl nnnhed coward mr hu Alrrrinm ou! of llrrv-rr ' Two U S naw otha-rs who dm-iv: ui the IDU!! were hmrl in ntl! ti mf- pun mi! 'KClDXfH,l1'H lld M ddrdy prim ndmg an nimorryrlr Hi to the pan! :rd was hull-y inyurvd darn he was puma-d by nv ai-n-immrnnn l'llhf1ll'1l1lld Fhllcn UM Um :hath d Un nnwn'yv.'lc ndluuuwcxt-ruzh.iih.admicm mcumivullmhrmnm.ruun 9 848645 U.S. destroyer leoves Greek port offer mobs slone officers 'PV 4-f fs'f 'ii' Thr- I' S 2 ' aff? if ihrrl nhriipily mile-d H11 A ' f 2 :ar Kris inland nl lhr- T J-H' i' -f fnf-it :flu-rrimvnl lasl ' i af'vr arf. fxrvirerifan muh: nun:-rl 'Y' 'f 4 l'f7fl fifflfvrl and ifltnf, in lt' 'Sr ' grg 3' v T'-o 'lff'T', rr ,ffl Mahi hours aft:-r ar- rvrzzi !'r 'Lf feral xml of a VS war- lhz: ff- a Crwk port xinfr- anti-American unfzmvnt wept the rfiunlry alle-r the f 'fT'2F 'rms Tart July Many Gr:-ck: Flare- the Vmtf-fl Slain lfir the Turkish zrvasmn of Vppmr The iw- officers wont ashore while ah-out 4.010 Iwfifrhi wr-rv df-mfmslrating against the ship! visit. Police said thc mrib stoned them as they left their mrilor- boat and :fit mln an autnmfihile. Then mme in the crowd tried to throw gno- lme on the car and set it ablaze, but police rescued the men and escorted them to their ship.

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Wm' if ff wr-7: 'Q-tetonitmr, , , can it aww time to an to 40: wx! Navy officers 5 fi nearly Iynched' X I 'Qing CORFU, Greece tAPl - Anti-American demonstrators today tried to set tire to an auf tornobile carrying two Ameri- can naval officers who had landed on this western Greek island during a protest against a visit uy their destroyer, po' lice reported, Police managed to get the ol- liceu back to a motorboat which retumed Jierh to the U.S. 6th Fleet destroyer Rich ard E. Byrdtlne ol the police men said the ollirers were nearly lynched' but there ms no immediate ininrrmnun lu support the statement The home port ot the destrov- er ls Norfolk. Une ol the estimated 4,-Ili ueinqpuratnrs. an Btlye-.ir nk! Greek, sulh-red a serum' had injury and doctors uid hr rm very little chance nl sursni al A statement ny the drgan- ixen ol the denmnstraunn uid they nad nent a mestuge in tht- Greelt government calling fur an end to all visits hy lf S nr-r ahlps. The statement said thr- uenmmtratlon was held in pm test 'against 'xthc antntirmk policy ti the l'.S. adminis- tntlon, and not against the America.: peiwplef' Local naval authorities had named against the siup's vnu. police reponed A L' S. Embassy spokesman called the nsit a Hschediled routine port call Apart from movements ol 6th Fleet vzssels based in Green-e. LYS udhcmls said it was the tint scheduled port cali since :nu-Amencan leelmg swept me counuy in the wake ol the Cyprus crisis and wllapae of the Greek junta last Juis 4. ix f its LJ 5, , We-,, 'Q -V , A-w K' rv .. I Y., qv am.-1 if, W-it It It ' l QL.

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