America (CV 66) - Naval Cruise Book

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. re rl minds d were Well. pulllllun Vadorr Blhzi' l. r llayS asthi gee Wag umm. alge warship of the lecillrle Qll entertained rrdlhress of eh, ode up for what ached, occurred in ,hi el0lll1'5 A ll Through Wg ell uith eolorel 5' could heur rlr ol fireeroeleg, ldreu. Scores of 0 Salvador hoof, holhnutiredirlrg re hospilollry, Slice lestirr f Salvador ro tle ropical chmuler hot, humid dejre wers nearly der. ed ro this liud rl ins on one side rr the olher. re1 .. .r r1r,.n.ggggpn-qogggiu W' my-.....v-..-...... Y H Z 1 . ..---f...-.... A. -,r makes oodwill tour to Brazil . . . the street and not on the other, said one sailor on his return in rain-soaked clothes.'Salvador was a city where the simple pleasures prevailed: the beaches, the sun, the friends. Joint operations a success Operations with the Brazilian Navy occupied much of the time between Salvador and Rio de Janeiro. The maneuvers were nearly flawless and spoke well of the training by both fleets. Operations as simple as forma- tion screening or as critical land often dangerousl as night refueling were per- formed with such ships as the Rio Grande de Norte, Serjipe and the Barros. We were impressedg they were impressed. The Brazilian Chief of Naval Operations wrote, The opera- tion conducted was a great success, and has resulted in a great improve- ment in the training of all our fleet per- sonnel, especially the pilots and per- sonnel associated with flight operations. The Task Group crews highly impressed us for their high degree of proficiency and left a strong favorable impression on our people during their stay ashore. I hope the future will bring us other opportunities for the presence of USN ships in our waters. Rio de Janeiro captivates everyone Rio de Janeiro will leave an im- pression in the mind of every man in the Task Group. A longtime favorite but seldom-visited port by U.S. ships, the city was first charted on 1 January 1502 by none other than the Portugese navigator Amerigo Vespucci. Mistak- ing Guanabara Bay iwhere AMERICA anchoredl as the mouth of an enor- mous river, the area was given the name Cidade de Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro iRiver of Januaryl. Settle- ment did not begin for another 63 years and today the city has a population of 4,500,000 people. Rio is complete in the variety of activities it offers. For those intent on sight-seeing, there is the fabled Sugarloaf and Corcovado, each offer- ing panoramas of the sprawling city below. For those seeking natural beauty, the Barre Tijuca had the lush jungle greenery and waterfalls ex- pected for the tropical climate. Those looking for beaches and nightlife had at last come to the right place. The in- ternationally famous beaches and nightclubs along Copacabana and Ipanema lived up to their reputation. Samba still the King Jet-setters, American sailors and local people alike flocked to the beaches by day and walked along the rambling, abstractly-designed sidewalks by night. Music from both the traditional Samba and modern hits filtered from second-story nightclubs onto sidwalk cafes below. Independence Day was celebrated while at anchor in Guanabara Bay. Sharing the day with more than one thousand local citizens, crewmen brightened AMERICA with signal flags, bunting and lights and presented programs, a 21-gun salute and an old- fashioned hot dog and hamburger pic- nic. Leaving Rio on 5 July, AMERICA remained with Brazilian naval units until beginning her return transit to Norfolk on the ninth. U Navy Task Group ar ive tad y First Naval Di RIO DE JANEIRO IBHJ - The five-shlp U.S. Navy Task Group - one of the largest U.S. Naval missions to O Brazil in many years - will arrive in Guanabara Bay this morning, firing a 21-gun salute. Braga de Far Commander V At noon, the the USS Amer p.m. V , Independence Day - will depart July 5 t0 Join :omblned exercises with the Brazilian Navy off The Task Group - whose visit will last through UESS coast r ' ll Air Operatl s , who WlllhlemlNavy and the leelaull 9 Saturday, Fr - gploel. . ou ll lj? would behind me could lm ' , au, ll of Mb VN he f ol lhlhlia lcatilf if me ls mad - nt l 'he Sh i 'ne' oraspallell I ' Senei. efl',,, reef' ' mir lille MZ'i'1fil for four days. on with aircraft fsmeem' 0110508 Nav? T 0 . GRQUY S Ana-9 e uve Qmpxpd DY t v ,,a...e- T t oi Uaeatg 0' meekos Stay - Guanib T5 1109 ed a W s W :till emu' grim WF ififelo YW' !?f..mn eElT'..e me sew M .. .A-u.4 Navy to send task force to S. America in June By HARRY PADGE'I'T Ledger-Star Staff Writer NORFOLK - The Navy will send a na- val task force, including the carrier Ameri- ca and the nuclear cruiser South Carolina, to South America in early June in a dem- onstration of increased United States inter- est in the area. The task force operation with ships of the Brazilian navy will follow closely a visit to that country by First Lady Rosalynn Carter. While Navy authorities here and in Washington, D. C., declined to confirm the operation at this time, other sources indi- to do more operations in the South Atlan- tic, a vital oil route from the Persian Gulf. As Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, a NATO command, Kidd has been author- ized to draw up plans for operations in the South Atlantic, an area that lies outside the NATO command's responsibility, but which would be iinportant to the alliance in a war at sea with the Soviet Union. 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