Canberra (CAG 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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Saturday 17 February 1200-1600 1210 Sighted Cape Spartel Light- house bearing O9.5 CTl, distance 14 miles. 1244 Sighted Point Malaibata Lighthouse bearing 097.5oCTJ, distance 17 miles. 1254 Commenced transit of Strait of Gibraltar. cfc to 0779lTJ. CHOP to Task Group 60.9. CTG 60.9 assumed OTC. 1303 Flight Quarters. 1305 Passed Cape Spartel Lighthouse abeam to starboard, distance 5 miles. 1318 Helicopter clear of ship. 1328 Heli- copter hovered over flight deck, transferred guard mail. 1330 Passed Point lvlalaibata Light- house abeam to starboard, distance five miles. 1334 Secured from flight quarters. 1404 Passed Punta De Alcazar abeam to starboard, distance 6 miles. 1405 Passed Isla de Tar Lighthouse a- beam to port, distance 3 miles. cfc to O85 lTi 1436 Passed Punta De Cala Arenas Tower abeam to port, distance 5 miles. 1448 Passed Punta Almina Light abeam to starboard, distance 8 miles. 1450 cfc to O65olTD 1454 Passed Point Europa Light abeam to port, distance 5 miles. Entered the Mediterranean Sea.

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QQ fffi 'W 'M -LZZEQN 1 jg fl ll fl l, ii, E53 ?. ,l i , li? l l z '3 li l ,l fi if li E t My Wal W all vs 151 72 W: ' 1 ,, s A - x The Chaplain conducted lessons every evening in basic French and Italian, and we sat in, im- patient to learn how to ask attractive young ladies polite questions that might serve as conversation openers-e.g., Pardon, mademoiselle, a quelle heure commence le cinema? -and to ask for other equally, vital matters- Sousa, per favore, accom- pagnatemi all'ospedale, and Dov'e il gabinetto? We read the little books that said Europeans are just like you and I and Italy is the home of some of the world's greatest art treasures and don't speak to women with veils and the first four blocks are the toughest. The trip over was a chance, the first for some of us, to test our sea legs, but as Gibraltar hove into view, we were all on our feet. That is, all of us ex- cept a few of the bosun's huskier side cleaners whom an alert OL division lookout sighted on all fours climbing the Rock. It was only upon muster- ing the bosun gang that we determined that the simian-like creatures sighted were, in fact, the famed Gibraltar Apes swinging on the Prudential sign. ' ff-w4,,,, - 'fr

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,, .t ,N A 1XYQ,-3',faf?f-fx WX, ., CANBERRNS sister Ship the USS BOSTON KCAG-ll with USS INTREPID QCVA-lll in rear February 19, we relieved an expectant USS BOSTON in Pollensa Bay, Nlallorca. With Gitmo be- hind us, we had joined the Sixth Fleet. Our Med tour had begun. , H lt's either a cloud or the BOSTON'sank, Captain!