Altair (AKS 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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lLS.S , AL TAIR I Caro of Fl Airs 3 ' eef P New Y osf Odfcil orlg New York In F890 my 1,, 5 '4-lYS32:DGF:cc ' 24 February l958 F From: Commanding Officer To: All 121138 The tour. of the ALYAU? with the SDITH Fleet for the past two years is ok which .911 of Us can recall with great satisfaction. The unique pleasure of being hvmeported overseas has f,'IVSn each of US 6 P661 I adventure in developing lasting QC-'qmintaflces among 0111- S?Q'7iSh f'f'fe'U-9 and the pr-Onotion of international goodlvill- Dqrjng our tour international tensions were high enough to cause E disruption to our normal operating schedule and to cause Us to be away from Barcelona for extended periods. However I an confident that the role of the ALTAlR contributed materially to the strength of the Fleet and the lessening of' tension in the Middle East. In the coming months many of us will leave our ship, whether for other duty or to return to civilian life. Regardless of where we go or what we do in the future, all of Us can look back with pride' to our service aboard the 44I,TAlR, Gfli in Pal-ticular to oln- contribution to the maintenance of peace in a most critical per-i0d. , . s. PQVFLL, Ji- . 1 i i R-