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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