Charles R Ware (DD 865) - Naval Cruise Book

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4 fwge, CARTAGENA On I7 June, our eleventh day out Of Newport and now well within the con- fines of the Mediterranean, we drew North from the crowded shipping lanes towards Spain's Southern coast and made for the port of Cartagena. This, though not our first landfall, was surely the most important to date, for there, we were to put in for our first in-port period of the summer. We were in Cartagena primarily to inaugurate a program of ioint United States-Spanish training and thereby WARE became part of the first combined operations of the two countries in naval history. But of course, the first order of business was to get ashore and experience once again that wonder- ful solidity which land provides. n Since Cartagena was our first taste of Spain, most of us took advantage of the Sunday bullfight to witness fl-,e festa brava and were thrilled by fhe color of the spectacle. This and other typically Spanish sights we took in with interest, and our appetite for Spain was well whetted for our future ports of cqll by the three-day stay of Cartagena' The next week was comprised of our operations with the Spanish Navy and theWARE played host to seven obi serving officers who were aboard to witness our anti-submarine team in full swing. Returning to Cartagena at the weelcs' end, we left our Spanish visitors ashore and proceded towards the Bal- earic lslands for the next phase of our cruise, and in high anticipation of good times to come. 'V-K I G, S A V A . .V Q , :- me Q , -: f , --w ' W -' ,Q ., f. 1- D f ,m f ' 'wy ' 'vf' AW . Q ' 'VF' ' lei? if K f -- s o A ii ' My ne, , - ' --iff 3- iii li

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