Yellowstone (AD 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Suda Bay Smoker was made posslble by the personnel U B al of fha YELLOWSTONE. Here we and 48 other ships en- From: Commander Service Force. SIXTH Fleet To: Comnmndmg OmuH,llSS.YELL0WL STONEtAD2U Subi Conunendauon 1. lDudng dm pedod 27l5doberto 2.Novmnber 1953, the '-U.S.S. YELLOWSTONE lAD27J set up, and openued Heetciuhg and organhed and implemented three l3l Fleet Smokers in a most credhable and outmanding rnannen Tlns was ac- complished while participating in a strenuous rephnushnnnn schedule and xvhHe conducung re- pairs on six ttij destroyers. 2. Considerable hnaginathon,forehandedness and ingenuity were demonstrated by all YELLO'W- STONE personnel participating in the implemen- tauorn of the Fdeet Srnokers and the cnustanding success of these snaokers was in a large parg due to the Conthiuing efforts of these personneh 3. Commander Service Force, SIXTH Fleet takes pleasure in commending the YELLOWSTONE for an orustanding perfornaance in aH respects during the above rnenthoned period in the face of highly adverse condiuons. R. F. PRYCE loyed good Egh+s and cold beer

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The sight of shattered buildings was frequenl' in Cagliari, I+ surprized us to see that not much restoring had been done since World War ll. The above building is now used as a market place. Taxi - Taxi . . and some places were out of boun is il' Marilyn? Liberty call f ' ' e.V, ZH Cagliari Cagliari, population 139.399, capital of Sar- dinia was our next port of call. Here again was a port that had little to offer us in the form of sightseeing or entertainment. Many of us made only one liberty and that one just to be able to say we had been ashore in Sardinia. The in- habitants resemble the Spaniards in their grave and dignified manner rather than that of the vivacity of the ltaliansg this perhaps being a throw-back to the rule of the kings of Arragon lSpainl in the 16th century. Since 1928 Sardinia has enjoyed a regional autonomy. Suda Bay, Crete. scene of Fleet Heplenishments and Smokers. The island of Crete was the seat of the first European civilization and the stepping stone by which the arts and sciences of Egypt and Asia passed over to Europe, Excavators have uncovered ruins telling of the once wealthy, pow- erful and highly developed civilization that arose nearly 5.000 years ago. lt was this island, during Vlcrld War ll, that the Germans invaded by para- chute, inflicting l3,000 casualties on the English garrison. ln Suda Bay the YELLOWSTONE or- ganized Fleet clubs and operated a three day smoker for the Sixth Fleet, for which the follow- ing commendation was received:

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