Boston (CAG 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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arlcfl. 1961 YARD PERIOD After a seven month deployment with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean BOSTON returned to Charlestown Mas- sachusetts on 27 February 1960 to begun a long yard-overhaul period. For the next five months BOSTON had extensive work done on everything from the missile system to the boilers either In the line of repairs and rennovatlon or replacement. And of course since the Boston Naval Shipyard In Charlestown is BOSTON S home port the brown-bagger never had it so good. ervatlon and painting of the shlp s bottom and hull as well as for additional work in the engineering spaces. After five months in the yards BOSTON emerged as a new fighting ship with a new captain and many new officers and men She was in the most complete sense ready to reas- sume her duties with the Second and Sixth Fleets. Left full rudder aye IBOSTCDJN' NA. V .A.IL. SIE-IIIP Y ARE l ' , ' .In May BOSTON entered dry-dock number two for pres-

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The name BOSTON has appeared almost continuously in the history of the U.S. Navy. The first ship of the name, a 24 gun frigate, ioined the Revolutionary Navy in 1776. The present BOSTON became the sixth ship to bear the name when she was commissioned as the CA-69 on 30 July 1 943 at Quincy,Mass. Later that year BOSTON sailed for the Pacific Ocean and part- icipated in the Marshall Islands, Marianas, Iwo Jima, Philippines, and Okinawa Campaigns. After the war she was decommissioned and assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Bremer- ton, Wash. ln February, 1953, she traversed the Panama Canal to Philadelphia, Penna.,for con- version to the first guided missile cruiser. During the conversion, the after 8-inch gun turret was removed and replaced with two twin missile launchers and their associated maga- zines and handling system. The 4OMM battery was replaced with the new 3-inch rapid fire mounts, new fire control and search radars were installed, the ship's engineering and pro- pulsion units were overhauled, and messing and berthing spaces were modernized. BOSTON was recommissioned as the CAG -1, the world's first combatant AA guided mis- sile ship, at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 1 November 1955. On 30 January, after a ten day cruise to test her armament and special equipment and a week at her home port, the ship sailed for a two and one-half month shake- down period in the Caribbean. Based at Guan- tanamo Bay, Cuba, BOSTON conducted train- ing operations which prepared the ship and her crew for integration into U.S. Atlantic Fleet. While there, BOSTON made weekend trips to Kingston, Jamaica, B.W.I., and Port Au Prince, Haiti. BOSTON returned to Norfolk on 15 April 1956 and remained at the Norfolk Naval Ship- yard, Portsmouth, Va. for minor repairs and adiustments prior to resuming- operations in early June. From June until October the U.S.S. BOSTON conducted further missile evaluation and participated in small fleet exercises. BOSTON demonstrated the ' potential deadli- ness of missiles in her first maior fleet exercise from 25 October to 6 November off-the east- ern coast ofthe U.S. ' ' . I On 23 November, BOSTON departed on a four-month deployment with the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. While in the Med- iterranean, she obtained the distinction of hav- ing fired the first missile in the area and con- tinually demonstrated her advance air defense capabilities. BOSTON visited Naples and Genoa, Italy, Valencia, Spain, Beirut, Lebanon, and Gibraltar during the tour. BOSTON returned to Norfolk, Va., on 19 March 1957, for fleet exercises and for the fleet review at Jamestown, Va., in early June. During June and July, BOSTON partici- pated in Midshipman Cruise BRAVO which included visits to Valparaiso, Chile, Cristobal, Panama, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. From 3 September through 22 October 1957, BOSTON took part in NATO exercises in the North Atlantic, with ports of call including Firth of Clyde, Scotland, Oslo, Norway, and Portsmouth, England. BOSTON was honored when it was chosen to represent the United States at the funeral of Norway's King Haakan VII. On 25 November 1957, BOSTON entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for a four month overhaul period. Upon completion of the over- haul, BOSTON sailed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba taking part in a six week shakedown cruise. From June until the end of September, BOSTON operated with the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. During this cruise BOSTON visited Cadiz, Spain, Athens, Greece, Rhodes, Greece, Izmir, Turkey, Palma, Maiorca, and Gibraltar. It was during this period that BOSTON took part in operations off the coast of Lebanon during the crisis there. From 3 November through 27 November 1958, BOSTON participated in LANTFLEX 2-58 in the Caribbean, with her port-of-call being Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Upon completion of this cruise, BOSTON returned to the U.S. for the holidays. During February and March 1959, BOSTON participated in Operation Spring- board with port-of-call including, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Port Everglades, Florida, Fort de France, Martinique, and St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. BOSTON returned to Boston on 21 March 1959 and remained at the Boston Naval Ship- yard for minor repairs and adiustments. On 1 April, BOSTON got underway for the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. From Ann- apolis, she sailed to Norfolk, Va., where she spent four. days taking part in the celebration of the tenth anniversary of NATO. , Shortly after her-return to Boston, BOSTON took part in INTEX 1-59. That summer she played host to 'a group of midshipmen during LANTFLEX 2-59., ,f . Q Zln.August, BOSTON sailed-to the Mediter- ranean for a seven month deployment. During the cruise BOSTON visited ports in Spain, France, Italy, Africa, Turkey, and Greece.

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