Abbot (DD 628) - Naval Cruise Book

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- On the Hlh we arrived in Naples to turnover with DESDI 1 . V 362. The midshipmen were ll'2lIlSiL'lTl'Cl to the honleward bound ships as we took ollf on tours for Rome, Capri, Vesuvius, and Sorrento. Naples was our Hrs! Med. port :incl it was all over much too quickly. NVQ officially joined Task Force 60 on 20 August and than was a day to remember: we screened, lifeguardecl, replenished, relueled, hred at a sleeve, and plane guarded for the Saratoga that night. But we learned quickly that this would be a rough-and-tumble outht and We were pre- pared for anything from then on. 'Ja' -.J' to 'XXX . , i--1 RH k 1, K S ml , . L lw V cf gcgsa t A .,w,w,., , ' N AS A?Qv'3'Xs'!4 Q i 9's4 5 gg-E, Q. ll? Fifi 3' 02 az.- Whfi QM it ,- lxfyf jr, V53 Piss, Ll? Cixi lt .-1 -. XX

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nf-su It was on the 27th of August that the Sherman, Hale, Roan, and Royal were detached with the Essex to transit the Suez Canal and assist with operations in the Formosa area. We oper- ated with the fast carrier group until 29 August when we were detached to proceed to Beirut to relieve the Hunt as a gunfire support ship. We thought that W the assignment would be for mJ2Z.l,fwwm5,,azf1i7,, '7 't'2' M.. fum 0 ' 1 .,. - f, W, ,, wsgafm ' M 1 ,.,.,,4u, MMWW .,,,,, 'X' a week or ten days and we hoped gi W 'r ' M M J that there would be liberty. 'i t 't , X. V f,,' ,af f , I fe if i s, - 21 f . , ff ,f x 9, f 'r Y' 'f fyvpi ,- M ti . E.- 1,11 ' ' ' I i 7 ,,, 5 C C- - -rv 5 X V , f mv, 41' , ,wp 6 M ,, ,, ,, A MW, f ' wfz,1'ffff'We , 9 ...iv f fr fw, ,, ,,,,,.. .0 , , f, J , ,, we aw, 'ffaffwffb mv me Ww ipf' If ,,aWI7', ,'.,3fl,r',f ww ,, Ziff rf Q I 'fff' mu ' f U , ,, Y' 'f , 'ZA 'I , V,,V.. ,f ,,,,,,, I I, ,,,, 47 f f' ' 5 V 2 K , V X X Z XX f X 4 4 ,fn f fri Z Z I 2 'Z if A o ' n U C- tslgf fA,VAI.FR'0 X! gl il we S TQ!! S. C 5 1 XY I f , 's W, 'Q