Odoe . al-. I T T Ti ZsTablished on 8 January I95I wiTh CHGUN BECHNELL as Division OTTicer and CHBOSN FOX as Junior Division OTTicer, The Oboe Division, composed oT BoaTswain's MaTes, Gunner's lv1aTes. and Yeomen Take pride in The TacT ThaT Teamwork has been The conTribuTing TacTor in enabling iT To become one of The happiesT divisions aboard ship. The Oboe Division's work can be besT divided inTo Three phases: Seamanship, Gunnery and AdminisTra- Tive work. FirsT, The BoaTswain's MaTes. They have a number oT varied Tasks To perTorm. The sail locker, hangar deck and boaT sT,orage spaces. peTTy oTTicer in charge oT side cleaners, Gunnery DeparTmenT Bookkeeper, and The painT locker come under The cognizance oT The Oboe Division and all These iobs are supervised by BoaT- swain's MaTes. We have a sTorekeeper sTriker who Takes care oT The aThleTic gear locker. A seaman assisTs The IsT LieuTenanT in The mainTenance oT all divisional bunks and maTTresses. We call him The Bunk MasTer . Second, The Gunner's MaTes. They are assigned To The ship's armory and Their responsibiliTy is The sTowage and preserva- Tion oT all small arms and spare parTs Tor The ship's armamenT. They also man The saluTing baTTeries when render- ing The cusTomary saluTes. Third, The Yeoman. The large amounT oT paper work necessary To keep The Gunnery DeparTmenT operaTing as well as The mainTenance oT The Gunnery Library which consisTs oT books, pamphleTs, ammuniTion Torms. eTc. is handled by These men. Size means noThing-alThough The Oboe is one of The smallesT divisions on board, iTs versaTiliTy and hard work has made iT equivalenT To any oTher in The ship. 0 VT , ' y l ' gli fill gl , ' 'JA bl if . M Y fyaznvwgf' . -':u1T....f. 411 T f JACK OF ALL TRI-XDEST.. ' fl! JIHJ J QJZB LJ SJ H: km Ligffif - gxjw -yff CAM ,G B L wh ofa' fi -33:1 - Y - Y , Qf: 5 ez, ' -..,,- r 44 ' U I fp if -, '44 AE A -1 4 TX- 4-Y ,.4'- F , 1- L' 3,TQ 4 7 hkx J,-X rg gy-b.?!y L,,Lf K RRABIH ' . 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CARNEY, d , The COLUMBUS managed To Commander in ChieT, U.S. Naval Forces. EasTern ATlanTic and Me iTerranean add up more Time and mileage in NELM waTers Than any oTher ship in The SixTh FleeT. Since The COLUMBUS nd ToTal oT 66,662 miles in 15 leTT The UniTecl STaTes aT T627 on The I2Th OT June, I'-750, she has sTeamed a gra monThs LengTh - 674 TeeT WidTh - 70 T'eeT ArmamenT- Nine Seinch guns Twelve 5-inch guns 4Omm. gl 2Omm. A. DisplacemenT- l7.000 Tons Top Speed - 32 lcnoTs AircraTT - One helicopTer and 23 days oT Travel. The COLUMBUS has visiTed a ToTal of 55 porTs in I8 counTries or possessions A. mounTs Personnel - OTficers 6I WarranT OTTicers I l ChieT PeTTy OTficers 44 A EnlisTed Men T350 ConsTrucTion - BeThlehem STeel Co. Launched - 30 November T944 Commissioned - 8 June T945 ITI EIIARY Depar'Ied: Bos-Ion - I2 June I950 PIymou'I'l1, England, 22 June -f I-0'-July I950 Anlwerp, Belgium, I6 - I9 July I950 Ro'I'I'erdam, Holland, 20 - 23 July I950 PIymouIl1, England, 24 - 3I July I950 Gibralfar, 3 - 4 Augus'I' I950 Famagusla, Cyprus, I0- II Augusl I950 Beirul, Lebanon, I2 - I4 Augusl' I950 Suda Bay, CreI'e, I6 Augus'I I950 VaIIe'I'+a, MaII'a, I9 Augusl' I950 I Naples, II'aIy, 20 - 2I Augusl I950 Cannes, France, 22 Aug. - 5 Sep'I. I950 Bizer'I'e, Tunisia, 9 -I3 Sepfember I950 Oran, Algeria, I5 - I9 Seplember I950 Aranci Bay, Sardinia, 22 - 24 Sep'I'. I950 Villefranche, France, 25 - 28 SepI'. I950 C gliari, Sardinia, 29 Sep'I'. - I Ocl. I950 VaIIeHa, Mana, 2 - 5 oaober I950 AugusI'a, Sicily, 5 - 9, I I - I5 OcI'. I950 TriesI'e, I'I'aIy, I8 - 26 Oclober I950 Venice, I+aIy, 26 - 30 Oclober I950 Pirgalus, Greece, 3 November I950 Suda Bay, Crele, 4 - I3 November I950 Izmir, Turkey, I7 - 20 November I950 Villeiranche, France, 25 - 29 OcI'. I950 VaIIeH'a, Malia. I - 2 December I950 Naples, II'aIy, 3 - 7 December I950 Plymoulh, England, I3 Dec. - 5 Jan. I95I Villefranche, France, I0 - I3 Jan. I95I Augus'I'a, Sicily, 20 - 22 January I95I VaIIe'Ha, MaI'I'a, 22 - 25 January I95I Augus'I'a, Sicily, 29 Jan. - 2 Feb. I95I Naples, Ifaly, 3 - I I February I95I IsI'anbuI, Turkey, I6 - 2I February I95I Piaars, Greece, 22 - 27 February I95I Suda Bay, Crele, 3 - 5, 8 - 9 Marcll I95I VaIIeH'a, Malla, I0- I4'Marcl1 I95I Villefranche, France, I6 - 28 March I95I Bizerle, Tunisia, 4 - 9 April I95I Augusfa, Sicily, I2 - I5 April I95I Naples, I'IaIy, I8 - 24 April I95I Villefranclle, France, 25 April - 2 May I95I Oran, Algeria, 5 - 8 May I95I Naples, I'I'aIy, I5 - I9 May I95I Augus'I'a, Sicily, 24 - 29 May I95I Pings, Greece, I . a June 1951 Taranlo, I'IaIy, I4 - I8 June I95I Genoa, I'IaIy, 23 - 29 June I95I Villefranche, France, 2 - I6 July I95I lsI'anbuI, Turkey, 23 - 28 July I95I Suda Bay, Cre'I'e, 2 - I2 Augus'I' I95I Beaulieu, France, I8 Aug. - I Sepl. I95I LaSpezia, I'I'aIy, 8 - I2 Seplember I95I Lisbon, Porfugal, 22 - 26 Sep'I'ember I95-I Arrived: Norfolk, Va., 5 Oc'I'ober I95I zeaemeeg Admiral, Uni+ed S+a+es Navy, Commander-in-Chief Naval Forces, Easfern A+lan+ic and Medi+erranean fRelieved I November l950.l fogmt 3 gdlmgy Admiral, Uniled Sfafes Navy, Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces. Souihern Europe and Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Easfern Allaniic and Mecliferranean Sphadm 2. Wklmw. Qc. Capfain, Unifecl Sfafes Navy Commanding Officer 3 Ociober I949 To I2 Sepfernber i950 F fx iff? HRX ,Si . A I fb K5 xii eapfain Ephraim R. McLean. Jr., was born in Cleveland, Mississippi. Alfhough on only parf of ihe presenf cruise, he has been in fhe Columbus for mosf of her ofher cruises, as his dufy iusf prior fo becoming Commanding Officer of fhe Columbus, was Operafions Officer on CinCNEl.lvl's Sfaff. ' 4 ln his final message fo fhe personnel of fhe U.S.S. COLUMBUS Capfain McLean said: l am proud fo have served as commanding officer. lf is a greaf ship and if has proved fhis by winning fhe Baffle Efficiency Pennanf and having fhe highesf reenlisfmenf rafe in fhe fleef. Aw Q f pew 'Wcvzald mmm Capfaln UniTed STaTes Navy Commanding Officer I2 SepTember l950 To 2 Augusf I95I fW fx !'1:Q?6 ill XSEX . i ,V LJXXM apTain Wellings came To The U SS COLUMBUS from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii where he was AssisTanT Chief of Sfaff To The Commander in Chief Pacific FleeT During The war he commanded a desfroyer in The SouTh Pacific. The USS STRONG Capfain Wellings firsT command was aTTaclced and evenTually sunk on The FourTh of July, I94-3. AfTer a period of recuperafion in a hospiTal, CapTain Wellings was appoinTed Desfroyer and Squadron Commander which he held for ThirTeen monThs. I-le was laTer assigned To The Bureau of Naval Personnel and The NaTional War College, WashingTon. D. C. While on duTy in Washingfon, D. C. he was made AssisTanT Chief of STaTf To The Commander-in-Chief, Pacific FleeT. For Two years he sTayed aT This command. During The summer of I95O he was relieved of his duTy as AssisTanT Chief of STaTf To The Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleef, and ordered To assume The new posifion of commanding of The U'.S.S. COLUMBUS. In addiTion To The Silver STar Medal, CapTain Wellings has earned The Bronze STar Medal wiTh Two Gold STars and Combal' V , The Purple l-learT Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Base Clasp: The American Campaign Medal, The AsiaTic-Pacific Campaign Medal: The World War ll Vicfory Medal: and The Philippine Liberafion Ribbon. . ,Z - lu LA . 415. -EJ F fx 'wif ew I 'N 7eedeu2:4 Zander: Wada Capfain, Unifecl Sfafes Navy Commanding Officer 2 Augusf l95I To Presenf Dafe eapfain F. B. Warder was born on March I9, l904. He graduafed from fhe Naval Academy in l925. He joined fhe U.S.S. MILWAUKEE for 'Iwo and a half years and fhen wenf fo Submarine School af New London, Conn, Affer complefing fhis course he was ordered fo S-I6 for four years where he qualified fo command in July I929. He was nexf ordered fo fhe Posf Graduafe School and fhe Universify of California for a course in Marine Engineering which he complefed in i934 wifh an M.S. degree, His nexf assignmenf was fo fhe Asiafic Sfafion for fhree years, including one year in command of S-38. Afer fwo years af Porfsmoufh Navy Yard he was ordered fo Command SEAWOLF, in which he served for over fhree years, including fhe firsf year of fhe war. He made seven pafrols in Philippine and Dufch Easf Indian, wafers. This was followed by one and one-half years in command of Submarine Division One Twenfy-fwo, which dufy included fhe second wolf pack operafion againsf fhe Japanese. Following fhis dufy Capfain Warder was ordered for fwo years as 0inC Submarine School. From here he wenf fo command Submarine Squadron Three in I946 and in Sepfember i948 enfered fhe Nafional War College al' Washingfon, D. C. On complefion of fhis course he was ordered fo dufy in fhe Deparfmenf in fhe Division af lnfernafional Affairs lOP-35l, Office of Chief of Naval Operafions. His mosf recenf dufy, before reporfing fo fhe CGLUMBUS, was Chief of Sfaff and Aide fo Commander Submarine Force, Aflanfic Fleef, Rear Admiral S. S. Murray. He has earned fhe following awards and decorafions: Navy Cross and Gold Sfar, Legion of Merif lCombafl and fwo Gold Sfars lNon-Combafl, Bronze Sfar lCombafl, Leffer of Cornmendafion and Bronze Sfar lCombafl, Navy Unif Commendafion and Bronze Sfar, Asiafic-Pacific Theafer wifh nine sfars, American Theafer, Vicfory Medal, Philippine Defense wifh Bronze Sfar, Orderof Bronze Lion of Nefherlands, Submarine'Combaf Insignia for six successful pafrols. i 'ii 2 ix l?i A367 . .f - 5 K sf-f'E'49,lg5g..+f rv X! .s Q' ' Edmund fsaaztez 'gifldagdeq CapTain, UniTecl STaTes Navy ExecuTive Officer July I949 To January I95l 6apTain Billingsley, an Arkansas Trav- eller . aTTended The UniversiTy of Arkansas. graduaTed Trom The Naval Academy in l932, and earned his M.A. degree in Personnel Ad- minisTraTion aT NorThwesTern UniversiTy in I947. He was mosT acTive during The war years when he parTicipaTed in The NorTh ATrican, Normandy, SouTh- ern France, and Okinawa campaigns Tor which he was awarded The Tollowing special awards and ciTaTions: Silver STar, Bronze STar, LeTTer oT CommendaTion, and Croix de Guerre. He wears ribbons appropriaTe To These TheaTres oT miliTary operaTions. Upon deTachmenT Trom The Columbus, he was assigned The imporTanT Task as ChieT oT STaTT, ComCruDiv Six in which posiTion he conTinues To daTe. Wahve oT WashingTon, D. C. C5raduaTed Trom U.S. Naval Academy in I934, and served in succession in baTTle- ship COLORADO, deTroyer ELLIS, STaTT oT Commander ScouTing Force, cruiser NORTHAMPTON, desTroyer HUNT and was serving in The aTTack TransporT MCCAWLEY as gunnery oTTicer when.World War ll sTarTed. ln The MCCAWLEY, Took parT in The iniTial landing on Guadalcanal and The FirsT BaTTle oT Savo ilsland. ThereaTTer. on duTy in The OTFice oT CNO engaged in communicaTion inTelligence. Took command oT The desTroyer MERVINE in The winTer oT I944 and escorTed high speed convoys. beTween EasT CoasT porTs and The MediTerranean. ATTer The MERVINE was converTed To a DMS in l945, and enTered The PaciTic, engaged in minesweeping operaTions in The China-Japan area on surrender oT The Japanese. Com- missioned The new desTroyer DAMATO in 1946 and com- manded her unTil I948. Then aTTended The Armed Forces STaTT College and wenT To The OTTice oT CNO Tor duTy in The STraTegic Plans Division. From January I95l, served as ExecuTive OTTicer oT The COLUMBUS, Flagship oT CinCNELM. Vwdng S6455 pfzeafm Commander, UniTed STaTes Navy ExecuTive Officer January l'95l To PresenT Q E? E5 X - .navy - O I hx s- IW, f 5 2 ' X ' 3 i , yy N , W W ' ,,..-I 0' ....-. -... n ---s., ,,H...., . , , ' g f .w . , . , 'S '- up ff N 'wh ml N K ., s Q - ' Q 'A Q , gg? , hi? . ' 1. WM o Q if N fr K vi ---i FRF X is N, X Q X l 3. l'O o 0 ' 'Q , . - W' ww A mf -ff K Q NNN? gi tg-gk QSMSQF. 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N ww Xx x ' N X X xi A X Q x A X W W X N X x RNQQX XX O D , b ,---...... wx Yfgfx' X Y w s X ' Aw gfxwf--My ' .S VE T N545 .Qs X3 9 Q ' if - . - ,gig X x XL Q ,W K Y '1 E Qi ' X 1 .g g. y s 'T A533 f 3 ff' W 4 ..yyy 4 p. . , , s , w ff- .. QfifiQQf c W 'A V -' . 'an -I -M , ,fl .,.,.,,,Wg:g3,vg.!,,lg,, W . .., Wwcs, fr I he FirsT Division is one oT The more responsible declc divisions in The Gunnery DeparTmenT. ConsisTing oT ap- proximaTely 55 men wiTh division oTTicer LT. M. lvlayer and Junior Division OTFicer Ens. R. E. PeTerson. The FirsT Division is responsible Tor The sTarboard side oT The TorecasTle which as every sailor knows is The quarTerdeclc area. There honors and ceremonies have Taken place Tor high oTTicials Trom various naTions The Columbus has visiTed on This cruise. Each Time The Columbus noses iTs way over The horizon inTo a new porT The FirsT Division will always be on The sTarboard anchor or furnishing shaclqling deTails Tor The buoy manning The chains rigging The Admirals gangway and doing various oTher iobs abouT The deck. IT is also accounTable Tor The uplceep and mainTenance oT TurreT one, which is The division's General uarTers sTaTion, Tor all ground Taclcle on The sTarboard side and declc area from The sTem aTT To Trame 65 sTarboard side. The FirsT Division malces up The TirsT' rifle plaToon oT The ship's landing Torce, Turnishes one-Third OT The Honor Guard, sTands anchor and senTry waTches. and plays a maior role in case oT a surprise aTTaclc on The ship in a Toreign porT. , ln shorT, The division being The number one division on The ship, Teels aT ease aT Taking The number one place on The ship. WheTher The iob is a small one or rigging Tor re-arming or re-provisioning aT sea or TransTerring emergency cases by high line, The division will always be ready and able To mainTain iTs righT To be The number Q. QQQQWX 5 f A X . N is :mx 3 Q 2 qs T- My ff. T - f W MINT! T ...Q Q'1 , 1:1551 A 0 f i 4 Jw' ' THQ' 'W Ti ' T . 'aff 2 W Ts f 1 ' T are K ' Tl! 1 ' J 7 1' QT ,Q is A V x a IE M id W er 5 331 f :ssl l if . fl '11 arf l I . f l 1, I X' j R I 'gh zz i T l - G ,I Vi Q fb-as 5 f H fl 4 N, li F 2 vm X V i Q 9: T T . ' V' v 4 T in T T' W V 4 V . , e I 5 , xxx 41 L. 6 r T' gg ', ua' in ll ,J Jef' ,fr 1 RIT T , x , . ff 1 1 1 uf, MT il .Sli Q Q W six is 5 E ff E Ii lm , ff yi M if fs 1 , 'T Q 4, v e Q. V, , f , , if by T ,, 1 G8 Q W-,,,.,, 'TM X TWT T ' K M uw TTT' T WM-r 'mo W 'xwrwm , T N, Awww -e- ew-.9 ' Q- c f . . . one division. f-5a ,ffxmg i I.. , , A .,.', A 'WEEE i f T . T T W fl f if D -' Q, .- si' 7 X 45r3?Qi!'EJ!'k.m sc ii- A WHEN i TELL You TO no SOMETHING - - ---- -no fr! i i JE ,- Q. ' F F? :- ' D V179 . 4' V .,, , ,Q , , .4 nfl, I: A V.,.,.f5 , , 1 ..-J .- Wilh LT. F. A. Carrier as The Division Officer and Ensign Kramer l'he Assislani Division Officer plus ihe capable assislance oi R. Knuison GMC, lhe Second Division along wilh Jrhe Firsl does an excelleni iob in keeping 'rhe 'forecaslrle in lip lop shape. Our parl' of Jrhe ship is The porl' side from The sieel deck in Officers Counlrry forward of ihe Officers Wardroom lo lhe Windlass Room and las? fhe Second Division Comparlmeni' localed clown on 'ihe iourlh deck. i Enlering and leaving porl we man lhe porl anchor which is used more oiien Jrhan lhe siarboard anchor. Ege BMI Division Pelly Officer and Dayberry BM2 are in charge of lopside and Chrisiian BM3 below decks. R. 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K f f 1 W ,gy li .- M J' wg ' :Si Wo' lynn 'L' Q pf ' Q Z, ii 'wneuieel ouv, l'LLW-MAKE A :me pmmlerv' -,A W., WW-My Mffzvww 'Q-WWMQ-,m ww.,-M1.wWd'v as .. f' . f ' ? I 47 I 2w.M4--eased P P PRAISE THE LORD AND P-P-PASS THE AMMUNlTlON T JU. T T5 veil i I . 7he TighTing FourTh Division, Third largesT division in The Gunnery DeparTmenT, is under The very capable lead- ership OT LT. W. J. Bennis and Ensign R. W. Arn. The division is responsible Tor The mainTenance and operaTion OT The Torward Tive inch baTTery. You will Tind mounTs SI. 52 and 53 welded inTo a highly eTTecTive TighTing Team under The guidance oT A. J. SabloaTini GMC. This baTTery has Two very deTermined characTerisTics - iTs eTTiciency and readiness. You will Tind upon inspecTion ThaT The mounTs are 4.0 in appearance, and while in acTion There is apparenT The harmony beTween gun and crew necessary To make The 5 38 The Torrnidable weapon ThaT iT is. 'The deck hands under The supervision oT C. C. Locke BMl and L. G. Willingham BM2, have numerous iobs. The main deck Trom Trames 53 To 74 on The porT side is up To par under The waTchTul eye oT R. McDaniel BM3. When passing Through The cormparTmenT occupied by The TourTh, you will Tind D. R. Sever BM3 making cerTain ThaT iT is kepT orderly and neaT. The O-I level porT side Trom Trame 53 To 74 is kepT in order by leading seaman SnuTTy Boyle and his crew. As Tor Admirals CounTry. iT is a well esTablished TradiTion ThaT Tor The Tops in mainTenance iT can be TrusTed To no oTher division Than The FourTh. When going down any oT The six passage ways which The FourTh diligenTly cares Tor, while going on liberTy in eiTher No. 4 moTor launch or No. 2 moTor whale boaT. The man in whiTes need noT worry: spick and span is The moTTo mainTained in all spaces. 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'Q' , , f 'iff' ip ' V if-Vfca T 'A 'V N g . M -VVV - V s A M W 'Hf-ff-1-,.NN.QW- f. Tia-SF s .idea-aQgv,sps,. ., 7he FiTTh Division of The Columbus is a gunnery division coupled wiTh proTiciency in searnanship. The division mans The Three aTTer secondary 5 38 mounTs To compuTe. shooT and hiT any and all air or surface TargeTs, From dawn unTil aTTer dusk The FiTTh Division may be called upon aT any Time To perform such Tasks as fueling aT sea, manning special sea and anchor deTails or general quarTer sTaTions as may be assigned To The division. AddiTional duTies include The rigging oT The accommodaTion ladder and The mainTaining and operaTion of a moTor.launch and moTor whale looah The men Take pride in knowing Thah They are parT of a deparTmenT ThaT is prepared To Tulfill iTs mission oT winning baTTles and also Thaf They are a TighTing Team. Each man has a iob and if he is unable To do iT, a shipmaTe sTeps in. ' LTJG W. Durden is The Division Ollficer and ENS. M. Mooshagian as The J.O. wiTh l'm glad To geT rid of Those poTaToes Balinslci BMC, The FiTTh claims wiTh disTincTion To be The noisiesT division on The ship. Wi+h such characTers as BuclcshoT Weaver BMI and Love ShurTs, This division claims To be The happiesT on The ship. Under The leadership of Curran GMC and Andrews GMI, mounT 6, one oT The aTTer mounTs, claims The only E wiTh 5 in. baTTeries. iv, K R-Z 49 'fff is so V l X f ' 'fill yr, i V ff J, yi in 2 f af f f ' is .al I F 4 '-'r Z if 'yy W5-ff ,if fa - . ,MJT 31 : --,, , ,Z . , ., 4 -. . L I g g - ' f J 6,1' v- s1.as2,:7? - ,QQ 4 YEARS OFF A MANS LIFE We are quiTe sure ThaT all The divisions rely on us To Take care of Their disposals. And if we musT say so ourselves. we Think we do a preTTy good job oT iT. Besides This responsiloiliTy, we also have The CapTain's Gig. which you all know looks 4.0 aT all Times. ln acldiTion To This we have The loesT looking and Tiring 40 millimeTer baT'Tery, which has broughT many complimenTary remarks To The COLUMBUS. Yes sir, The poFT side is The side. And as you look up Trorn The porT side, you agaih see a space ThaT The ship can well be proud of - This is The O3 and O5 levels. As you go down To The'ship's sTore you come again To The SixTh Division. This is one oT our hardesT spaces To keep looking 4.0 because There's so much Traffic ThaT goes Through here, and inTo our Two o'l'her passageways ouTside The Crew's Lounge and The posT oTFice, which even now looks preTTy good considering The TraTFic. Our division consisTs oT one good launch of sailors. We have a comedian by The name OT Gerald lYuk Yukl CHICK, and none oTher Tor The line oT bull Than Leo ARCHER. And iT you ever wanT The hoT scoop, see ALBERT The AlNav Kid, ln lover's field, you'll Tind Don Juans such as Gum Shoe MOR'l'ENSON.and lasT l3uT noT leasT Don MILLER. All This comes under ,The greaT supervision oT LTJG. Rol:aerT E. BRICKATES, ENS. Wallace P. BEHNKE, l-l. COOPER, GMI and J. D. McQUEEN BM2. From all This we Think The SixTh does iTs share aboard The U.S.S. COLUMBUS. . 1 y JL A f:,,f ,SXK U7 .. 4 fi , K f-' R57 s'es c -1. TM a 7 ex - T . 7+ fx f! ,, KNOCK OFF SHlP S WORK 664 764 4 x X , si K 2 ' T v '-af:-mfgze'1y1?,3g.,vf M, ' W am .' 9 Q A S G , i .wi-:m2.2':1'-2 2241 W5 'iw A .N f Alf A We ,fww-ffw,.w sf ee.. .ffrfavwf 0 ..ff,-nzwfa was V ,V , M., ,ms N.. v e,..,.M V,Mx,..,,s1.,,,.,,,n.4f,, .,wb,..e-5v.f,kw..,,r ,. .www-4.4 ..f6.1i.s .6 fwsfff .0 .3 ,, .41 , ,f 1 Mfg., s'a'Af 4, few, f .Nags A., M4119 5,gf.,-,,,,,f,,fA,,,fX .1 ' ' s i e was '- J ' M, ss.. , ,. , J , . , ,W fx Mwf- ,. 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A 3 14,5 -v. fc, Z ' . .Tw-Z ' ' ' A3141 if . ' , - 7, ' ' L fin ' .. rsffiiy-. ' ' NW' is ' ' sl' - r ' . .fl 2 ' 'ie r W so I A ' - 1 U W .iv 32' - V nr' -sw .vs W, ,1 Qi f 1 :vs -. Hsrfiwsa -:..y.WM,:fw..s..s,. , - A . ff , 3, W . ,Nf l 1 w.f:.11 W 'Wi r , ' Mfr . . f-' fm s . . wi .. . ,fa 1 r.. M W. ' g.. shell-G' - V 1 A' . Y he Sevenfh Division Officer L+. J. l-l. Glominski and his Junior Division Officer LTJG. N. A. Lefleff can iusfly be proud of fheir division. The daily work of fhe division under fheir supervision is plainly evidenced in fheir divisional spaces. The hard working Sevenfh Division considers ifself. unique among fhe deck divisions. If efficienfly mainfains ifs fopside cleaning spaces on fhei sfarboard side of fhe main deck befween frames 93 and I27, including fhe affer supersfrucfure up fo fhe O4 level. H' mans fhe sevenfh divisional affer sfarboard fueling sfafion, and mans and mainfains fhe smerl' looking officers mofor boaf. ' The Leading Peffy Officer of fhe Sevenfh Division is Chief Boafswain lvlafe Joe BarreH', and his fwo capable assisfanfs D. D. Thomas BMI and A. W. Benner BMI have sfeadily rounded The sevenfh division info a smoofh work- ing machine. The speed and ease wifh which if rigs and unrigs ifs mulfifude of hoses, lines and ofher gear is quife an achievennenf. The sevenfh division wifh ifs gun gang, headed by Chief Gunner's Mafe W. A. Boggs and J. A. ivlacDougall GMI has earned for ifself an enviable repufafion on fhe sfarboard side machine gun baffery. The keen compefifion wifh ifs neighboring rival, fhe sixfh division. is greafly responsible for fhe enfhusiasm shown during fhe ships drone firing pracfices. Bofh divisions have downed 'lhe speedy and fricky iefs, as well as fhe convenfional propeller driven drones. V C, P awp q ,P M., ,- f ' 1. -. - ,J , ', 1 - - .. 9 Tx' fo Z df V 'hal 23 04 gx f' , 56' mug 8 y 1 n , J. v '- T' fp A Y- M A- Q. , :tx , f A N' f f 1 nr 7 ,fe 1 i U L 4 HI '. qv D if I 'ff ' li 'ual' A k y if I I 66 s . I 17. f- , ,o , Lf X A ll 1 , ,.,g.4f, i 'TK :gf .W .. .w f -1 'cs W 22, ' -I ' Ang AS uwAs swans M 8:4 xi' 3 ff if 7haT The Marines have landed and The siTuaTion is well in hand is definifely a facT abouf The gyrenes of The Columbus. Whafever Their dufy, as orderly, senfry, or honor guard, we are proud of Their esprif de corps and The enfhusiasm wiTh which They perform Their assignmenfs. They have earned an ouTsTanding repufafion in The Fleef as a sharp ouTfiT. LiTTle wonder Then why They were especially selecTed To be The honor guard aT King GusTav's funeral in Sweden laTe in I95O. When The new command was cenfered in Naples. Admiral Carney once again looked To his flagship Marines To be The firsf DeTachmenT To serve wiTh CinC SouTh. Our buddies would help sei' The high demanding precedenfs in This command so imporTanT To our nafional defense. We saluTe our shipmafes who, by characfer and diligence, live by Their moTTo Semper Fidelisn. The Marine DeTachmenT is under The exemplary command of Capfain Clifford Miller, FirsT l.ieuTenanT Beniamin Leffler and SgT. Maior Barker. The iarheads spend We won'T forgef The The X-O orderly who was ioes and our cruise woud Their spare Time in shoe shining, pinochle, caressing The rifle, and shooTing The bull. characTers - Werner, The WalTer Winchell of chaffer in our l-lappy Hours: Chico always on The rung and Pepper, The snow iobber and sea lawyer . Buf all are okay noT have been compleTe wiThouT Them. 's W me . I , , ff x ,v Vilff' A' 1- if 4 ' ' f Lf 'l ' J ij., O Q .ww ' I-------f ' Vx- .JG 'Fl , ,zgfz-3 .. ff . X -YQ! I, will T if f T My M 1 V if , X ' , T Q ,ff . h 1 ag ' Ye? 4' ALKlGHT T N - wincu one or You ROBBED amunsrf fi'ZKe f4division under Ihe leadership of LTJG. E. P. Schuman and chiefs McNabb, Wineland. and CrockeH' is one of Ihe mosi popular divisions on board. H' is comprised of four gangs. The ice machines, wirh Sequino in charge, fakes care of rhe ship's ice boxes, all air condiiioning, geedunk siand and all scuHIebuI'I's. -. The Diesel gang, wirh Bolen ENDI and his able assisI'an'I Ashron EN3 rake care of rhe ship's emergency diesels and all Jrhe boais. Much 'rrouble and hardships have been encounrered by I'he Duiy Boa+ Repairmen I'o keep our liberry pariies ashore. I The Sieann heal' and Hydraulics gang, 'Formerly under Srornbaugh MMI Iacring sheriiifl, now under S+oui MMI, has burned much midnighl oil in keeping our laundry coming ou'r on rime. This gang is all over rhe ship faking care of almosf everyihing imaginable, from Ihe pneumaiic Iube syslem Io spud peelers. The machine shop wirh The guidance of Hendricks MR3 is responsible for making and repairing everyfhing from ash+rays 'Io fixing The microscope in 'rhe sickbay. The shop does much in keeping I'he ship underway and in fighiing condifion. As Mr. Schuman is also +ranspar+a+ian officer fhe vehicles also come under A division. Viancavilla MM3 and Marianso FN are Ihe repairmen. The man who is responsible for keeping ihe peons under conlrol is ihaf chubbie characrer Keiih Illoseyl Milliken MMI who is 'rhe backbone of The division as lead- ing P. O. 6 53 ca X '.,., G 01 4 ' X u i ' 'i ,. H 1. ' -2 if! f if . ' fgll L-yi,-- vyii, F ,c Toy! KTA P QEEJVY Qfiffff s' iff ' 1'f'17.'Ta- T' ii-I --. 0 gg Now- WHERE WERE we? - if ' goadm if .Li 7he B or Baker Division, one of The largesi on ihe ship, is divided inl'o +hree groups: Boiler fenders, in charge of boilers and some of Jrhe associaled machinery: lvlachinisfs males concerned wH'h Jrhe olher auxiliary equipment and wha? is known in naval parlance as Jrhe oil gang who occupy Themselves primarily wilh Jrhe receipt lransfer, and fhe accuraie accouniing of fuel oil and fresh wafer. Each of fhese groups have 'rheir separale iob +o do in regard lo mainienance buf +hey are all one in Their responsibiliry for ihe generalion of sl'eam +0 The main propulsion machinery while in pori. For normal sfeaming only lwo of +he four boilers are required for efliicienl' operaiion, buf on many occasions. especially during emergencies or fasl carrier operaiions, four boiler opera+ion is called for requiring a four on four oil walch sei-up which over long periods of 'rime becomes exhausiing for Jrhe emlire division. This condiiion, however, is noi wilhoul i+s compensarion for in many U. S. por+s and yards when 'rhe ship is in for long periods of lime sleam and olher power is obiained from 'rhe dock and an auxiliary boiler and wafch personnel required is noi necessary, The B Division is qui+e proud of +he faci Jrhal' during more lhan a year of conlinual operaiion wiih +he Sixih Fleel in +he Mediierranean Area The ship has always mei ihe requiremenis of fleel and force commanders in regard 'ro speed and power and frequenlly has exceeded +hem -- an alriribuie To eiclicienl' mainlenance. as al ig.l 'g?f f My ,l ls ff lil 4' if TMZ, il' fa l if a ll 'V' M ! . , ,' l, A 4 Q31 iki -. A f , l l 1 1 Q, ff f 1- ,fs , I i lil - 'Raf t ' 4 W as , , f x ' x Tefyf' ,gee 1' , l I yv -' Q31--,QSM f' s - ' ' me y Q.?65E..3if'5:,W as fil l . 3 a , if L f a as ' M ARE vou SEIPENG over., .Joe ? Zv- sn H . I I E,j:2j-:fi-:I-'vi , W mike Division is direcTly responsible Tor The operaTion, mainTenance and repair oi The main engines and Their auxiliaries in The Torward and aTTer engine rooms. The division is under The direcTion of Ensign Davi aT The presenT Time, and all The men in The division agree he is doing an excellenT iob aT supervising The division on The necessary iobs in porT and aT sea. The main iob oT The division is To keep Those screws Turning as needed by The 0.0.D. and To geT The ship where and when she is scheduled. ParT of The division known as The EvaporaTor gang is responsible Tor The operaTion oT The highly essen- Tial evaporaTors which disTill The salT waTer To Tresh waTer. In The evenT oT a breakdown, you'll Tind Them working nighT and day unTil They are puTTing ouT waTer again. lT is due To Their eTFiciency and hard work Thai' we seldom had waTer hours during The cruise. They call us The lowly snipes BuT iT you decide To cruise again And really we don'T mind, Upon The briny deep We realize ThaT Too much sunshine You'd beTTer bring The snipes along ls apT To make us blind: 'Cause walking weTs The feeT. ENCr. Toot. as-sus Room Q 0 I 4 A 45 ' 99Q'9'0s9Q'o'999S,Q 4 0 o qs - .QQQQQQSQQQQQ Q4 9 u -T we w.g93gS3'v: 1 iii Wil lm. ar P - I . O.9,Qa, ,mv if zu 5. 95 o ' ' ' . 'Vos V' . 5 5 5 O O ,Q Q at 9533 ,??,z. Q:'::: Q03 'Qs' s Q' OS l WANT ons or THOSE LEFT HAIIDED NONKPI wmvuffs I 3 1 fi as 7he Navigalion Depl. is one ol 'rhe smallesl, sharpesl and mosl vilal on any ship, from canoes on up. Our oullil, al presenl, is lhe Iargesl il has ever been, consisling ol: I3 Quarlermasler's'l'ril4ers, 6 P.O.'s, 2 Aerographers. 3 louglers and I yeoman. Cdr. S. l-I. Kinney, lhe navigalor, assisled by Ens. Junior Magellan E. A. McLean, lhe assislanl navigalor and division officer have done a 4.0 iob ol gelnling us inlo lhe good Iiberly porls on lime and oul of lhe burn ones a Iillle early. Lange Qlvll our leading P.O. does a line iob in pushing lhrough all special requesls chils, including his own. I-lonesl George lvliller QM2, lswealing Isl classl does a noisy iob ol li-ying lo gel' a Iillle worl: oul' of lhe boys and 'collecling money, ioe cups or somelhing. The overall lheorelical iob ol lhe Nan Division is lhe lceeping 'rhe logs lolzlicial record or diaryl ol lhe ship while al sea and in porl. In addilion all The Charls, publicalions, navigalional gear, elc. musl be lcepl up lo dale 'ro insure sale passage from conlinenl lo conlinenl while olher ships sleam from porl' lo porl. Our aerographers Slormy Wealher Wiorek AG2, and his slrilcer Foggy Nelson SA. keep us well supplied in loul wealher and weird wealher lorecasls. Choiniere YNSN. is lI'ie Barney Oldfield ol lhe lypewriler. Were il nol' lor his abilily lo Type, l'he bureau would never be able lo decipher 'rhe hieroglyphics submilled under lhe heading ol logs. Ol course-lhe buglers need no explanalion ol lheir dulies, as lhere is none. .. 4, Y- ix ii NWN 5 hs .': S. Ul f dx ' 5 ra, qs I e 34, 'ff l v WM -322' if -. rim :rf- Novv PASS THE wono' Wan O s Q 1 s l es f W is gljjml, -.gn figs, A., r g i N f.:1ee,5s, A Y'Wo-. ,Q 1 .-3 'P w:-we. .:-11, -A. ,. ' V X , an-ws? CS Division, a vi+al link in 'rhe communicaiive chain of ihe COLUMBUS, is parl of ihe Operalions Deparimeni. Allhough small in size, when compared +o oiher divisions aboard, Hs iob of receiving and sending all visual com- municalions is a vi+al one. Experi in 'rhe elusive arf of semaphore, flag bag and blinlcer fechnique, 'ihe men on ihe signal bridge spend many long hours ar drill and praclice io mainlain fhe high efficiency for which l'he 74 is widely acclaimed. Under The able direclion of Ensigns McCain and S+. Germaine, +he slcivie wavers 'lalce pride in Jrhe appear- ance and eiiliiciency of lheir division. Eagle Eye J. R. lvlacCarl'hy, lhe division LPO 'raises greal pains 'lo see 'rhal his sl4ivie wavers can read any- lhing fha? waves or blinlcs. ll' is wiih 'rhis same spiril lhal all hands l'urn +0 ai' Jrhe command Sland by your bags . .:-x ' 7 i if . ' - -i, ',- - . fr ,..f .- l , -: - - Q -Ik? ,,'fl',,, K gg, . . y ff , ,f V Wu l. WA i if I yyffw ,f gf 7 V7 fe: f egg ?V'rr5.' ' - 3:2715 , W, xx ' s '-K, 'rr nAPPeNs Au. me ' - TlmE..,HEAl.wAYS -I M h - f GETS CRRRIEDAWAY-.. - . 4 X PL va ' 1 ,F-.vw ' :w igs qi...- -5 nm' . 5444 gQgv.,w.4sgmqm1--ff:-N N - Zznder The supervision oT LT. E. G. Parker USNR, ChieT WarranT ElecTrician Hodges USN, and ChieTs Adams. STanley and Wawiernia, Easy Division operaTes and mainTains elecTrically The Tollowing elecTrical uniTs. Easy One comprises all oT The lnTerior CommunicaTions elecTriciTy aboard. These are The very imporTanT Telephones, boTh sound power and ship's service, and The alarms in The various engine and Tire rooms. The gyros are also included in Easy One. ln Easy Two we Tind a deparTmenT labeled DisTribuTion , which supplies all source OT A.C. and D.C. power Tor The perTormance oT The enTire vessel. This uniT also mainTains and repairs elecTrical equipmenT ThroughouT The engine and Tire rooms. T Easy Three. ship's lighTing includes The maior porTion OT The ship's lighTing, along wiTh porTable appliances such as ToasTers, hoT plares and such, This uniT is also responsible Tor The saTisTacTory living condiTions oT The personnel on board. Easy Four, Able and Baker. General and Ordnance power. Ordnance power Takes in The mounTs and TurreTs noT only seeing ThaT The weapons are operaTing, buT ThaT The venTilaTion and lighTing oT These uniTs are operaTing properly. General power cares Tor mosT OT The resT oT heavy power, which Talces in STeering gear, air condiTioning, gallies and shops. Easy Eour. Charlie, VenTilaTion, has all The supply and exhausT blowers. iT mainTains a conTinual Tlow oT air Tor The enTire ship. The lasT oT The Easy Division is The boaTs, baTTeries, ship's vehicles and movies. They malce sure ThaT we geT To see The movies every nighT. This deparT- menT also mainTains and repairs over IOO baTTeries Through- ouT The ship. , 'I' 9 Nl' AZT! ' TZ ' 2-Fo. BZ -C fl 1 f Z ' T' ' 2? 4 1.45 I as 1,94 ix I ., R F- U. 'Ai -a.. 'Ie'-we Ar lee il s ' TWP -: '- TE D -.fi T il E -' I-ffm' g5,f-ix-lies: -55 HE DlDN'T enuevsin sions BX 52' . pfiszsfcslfiw si me W age - Timm. Q . .umwzmswssffwffigfwlfwipeisbxffyiwfmfffy f ' 2 . ,,,, L . ..,g ,,, ,I Y e , WHS gm T' :A' T: V- ,.-V .. h f X., - ,.vf ..-, W f - ' 1 Af': 4 T. W , T ' : T ii :fees E:-.-,231 V 1 ufvffw' ' f . We. i H ' Je. , - f, z ,-'Z 5.-vw,-22 . 'Napa a 1 If , 1 - 'ii,.11'v' r i i 'J ,, . - 'T ' ' f be .fq gi .ie x. sv i I VI. , .. I I AA- . I Ei 'a g i L - - , T is ii T f A T, g si is Tl T ' T T 1 f KK', li l L' T T T ii ' f-'W T W',, -li ?T? W 'A' . ,r 'Tr . : .--.irlfyf ,lf Niggaz, Ygfm i,'. ' I e' . Wg QA v ' . . ,, .v,. . l T T T ' i. g X. 1 V , '- ,b,V T Lb,' f ., i A 'b ' T ' T is T i s W 3-j,.g'Jr-geVsm45'?-3 I . 'ff 4393' . V 31 Y .Zvi 'ii - ir LLC.: fi 23 . r - s5i'1-all ' Z - , v . rv' L .T H L ' 4'WJ'Z- 7 . 5y T'- vga' 5 V W Y ,f 'Z my ,fe-w-fa' - ,k,,,L. 1 z is Quay 47 , , 1-:M . , ' A ' . ,..L .. V,b, . WL-Q 1 Q . . f is .T , 'fi' .- ,, 1 Q ' T were he EX Division under The capable leadership oT LT. A. L. VinceleTTe and SCLK R. B. l'leiTner handle The enTire personnel adminisTraTion oT The ship, The shipboard Training and educaTion program. a prinT shop, all legal and Technical work, oTTicer personnel, The spiriTual welfare of The crew and The police work. ChieTs Wenzel and McGahan wiTh seven assisTanTs handle The never ending Tlow oT work in The ExecuTive OTTicer's OTTice. ChieT Brown and his Tour pencilpushers are quiTe a Team and have done more Than Their share OT work. LT. Wheless and R. N. lviook, YN3, and one assisTanT handle The Training. The involved legal work is handled by LTJG. LeTleT and C. J. UmbrighT, SN. The prinT shop handles The mounTainous Task oT running OTT The many and varied Torms and publicaTions. Chaplain Brenneman and his Tour assisTanTs in The Chaplain's OTTice have clone much Toward making This a happy crew. In addiTion To handling all sorTs oT personal problems, They also operaTe The Crew's Lounge, library, anj record room. They also publish The ship's newspaper and arrange Tor all sorTs oT games. parTies, dances an Tours. ' LasT buT noT leasT, we have The lSheriTT's OTTicel MasTer-aT-Arms OTTice, under The direcTion of ChieT Kodrick and lDadl Dunn who is also The Leading PeTTy OTTicer. Their iob is To mainTain order and discipline aboard ship. AlThough many oT The men in several oT The oTTices had To give up some oT Their liberTies, due To The heavy inTlux oT work, we can look back on This cruise as a rnosT enjoyable one. e 7,0 Ei' I + of A ' ' - 4 1 4 'Q Q 7' I 'I-Oli 1 J jfwhhyy 5 4 1 A lf s Q - , -L , , , , f,J'f' We ' H1W a 7 ' ' ,- .. I gaufcraaasl : i UIM fl 4 . .W . 5 , , X' QU . 6? 2 : TWT ' '- A H af A , 5 a D 2 ' f 'muy A s sw, xx, ,, .. A 3 14 2 y 6 as sr , V .,, w,w'Zf ff!W3 T ' ,,,M4?.,:,, ,W .W... s :vs,.1,,.,,,., ,,--. Q. l ', N . W., W My sf., off, fm c H J. l W - W, W. 1.12-.9 mf., ws,,mf,.,,wsf,,g, W, A w,mw,fw, hw . W fi ff , . is A Nw, aa . . ws as f.. ,awww ss Wu W,,wW, - .,,... ,. ..,Af , ., , .,.,. , . , , W. ..,,X, .. A M ,. , . ,, . es W V l ,J .- ' , 'f T'i T f , s . 42, ' T Y , , TT fs i , I-, ig K 'fss r iu 1:- s- sm .A j jji 3 1, V V Y f .1 ., f W W' ' V its - sf' i ' T ' .5 f . J f 1 . W c f sl T as M 4 ' ' f ' 5 5 . TQ' is .. T' ' A A ' , T3 T . A T T Y' yj . 1 g A, 5 y , L 5 , Q T Q, s my y J- if 'I T Z, 1 ' V' T 1- gf f. 29x - f' EWS 7 JL i ' J sf' ' 5- .M mf. 1 .14 'TY ' A f . f N 5 1. W .T . ls 1. -1 . 2 .. . f A H . qwyx 1, , , .V . , t ., M ., . V . . 8 ,M , ... N f, ,r,..,,z,,g,.4.. 'T . s T .Ty -f'k - J., he S-I division is one oT The imporTanT cogs in The wheel iT Takes To run' a Man-OT-War. This is The division ThaT has The iob OT seeing ThaT The crew is, paid every Two weelcs, and also oT malcing sure ThaT There is a Tull allowance of spare parTs on board aT all Times. WiThouT These spares, a ship could noT run and operaTe up To par. We are also The boys lor girls, as someTimes calledl who procure and issue The painT, brooms. soap powder, rags and oTher GSK. maTerials Tor The ship. All you have To do To geT any oT This Trom us is To submil' a chiT. This oT course makes The sTorelceeper very popular on The ship. Some oT The very capable oTTiCers handling These iobs are: LCDR. J. E. RAYNES, Supply OTTicer, LTJG. J. NAISMITH. Disbursing OTTicer, who is also The Division OTTicer, and Cl-TPCLK. H. E. ROBINSON, STores OTTicer. The U.S.S. Columbus Supply DeparTmenT has helped many a ship OT The SixTh FleeT wiTh spare parTs and GSK maTeriaI. In doing This we have helped keep The SixTh FleeT operaTing eTTicienTly, Thereby gaining The repu- TaTion oT a well run Supply DeparTmenT. The reason we are called upon To help The SixTh FleeT ouT so many Times is because oT Their long operaTing schedule in The Med .... S2 7he S-2 Division oT The Supply DeparTmenT is a large and imporTanT parT oT The Ship's organizaTion. Under The guidance oT LCDR J. E. Raynes and assisTed by Cl-lPCl.K N. O. Nelson, The S-2 men perform The Task of keeping up The morale of The ship. The Division consisTs OT l38 men and is divided inTo Three secTions as Tollows. The Ship Service men, beTTer known To shipmaTes as RackeTeers, underTake The Task'oT running The service acTiviTies, The never ending job oT washing cloThes, and cuTTing hair. The eTl:icienT operaTion oT The cobbler shop, Tailor shop and soda TounTain, provide all The comTorTs oT home. The cooks, who willingly provide us wiTh chow, play a very imporTanT parT in keeping up The high morale on The COLUMBUS. The long hours and cheerTul aTTiTude They have while going abouT Their iob, insure us a wholesome and palaTable raTion. -- And also leT's noT TorgeT The sTewards who prepare and serve food Tor The wardroom and WarranT OTFicer's messes. PUT crediT where iT is due, Tor These men are noTed Tor Tine Tood and service. They know Their iob and do iT well. i DespiTe The TacT ThaT our iob aT Times seemed never ending and liTTle appreciaTed, iT's been a very pleasanT cruise. fi y , . 1 l Zoo ,ig . X l Tri- ' S . E 'Li ya 4,3525 'VM No'r Mmuuo soup. r-'M usqwwcv Tl-IE Po-r. .TBM , 1, e.s,nw.mw1,:5:?l King l 3 Since Time began morTal man has been searching Tor a way To look inTo The TuTure. Trying To Tind The answer To whaT lies ahead oT him. Probably The ones To come closesT To This goal are The Radarmen. WiTh Their crysTal ball in The Torm oT a radar scope They reach ouT over The horizon, scanning The sea and slcy Tor signs of enemy Torces, land and weaTher TormaTions. ln Toul weaTher They acT as The eyes of Their ship, inTorming The command oT The proximiTy oT oTher vessels or obsTacles which mighT endanger her. The measuremenT oT a good radar gang is in how well iT TuncTions as a Team in The collecTion, evaluaTion, and disseminaTion oT This inTormaTion Trom The radar scopes To The bridge. The responsibiliTy Tor The insTrucTion and Training oT This Team lies wiTh The Tive division oTTicers, LT. Tozzoli, LT. Komorowslci, LTig Davies, LTig Allen, and Ens. l-lall. Ample prooT oT Their eTForTs may be Tound in The TacT ThaT The U.S.S. COLUMBUS' C.l.C. Team received The highesT grades in The lasT compeTiTion Tor Cruiser Divisions, ATlanTic l:leeT. ln addiTion To The Radarmen The King Division conTains The seven ship's phoTographers. Their iob requires ThaT They be on The spoT and ready aT all Times in porT and aT sea To record various TuncTions oT The ship as well as all emergencies or unusual occurances. T They do Their own developing, prinTing and enlarging aboard ship and some excellenT examples oT Their worlc may be seen in This log. , ff ' A fry , KW ,T ,M g f ., ! ! Wilma me manner v il 7 ,. , - mf ffiivf 2 - f V , L14 ,V ,,. y,4' 5 I , 0 25 ' .QW --... ,P ' df 'f lf, - ,giif-:Af ,v,,,,,....gF-e- ez , y i fi g i H' J ' 7he CR Division which is more frequenfly referred fo as fhe lRadio Gangl is under fhe leadership of Lf. H. F. Wiley, fhe Communicafions Officer, Lfjg C. A. Reaves, Jr., Radio Officer, and Ensign S. L. Beck. Assisfanf Radio Officer. , Chief radioman Berriffella and W. R. Johnson TEI head fhe gang af ifs hideouf in radio cenfral. The moffo of fhe division is reliabilify, securify. and speed. We have fried very hard fo uphold our moffo. Seven hour wafches are sfood by fhe men af fheir various posfs - wafch supervisors deslc, radio posifions, felefype machines, and in fhe comm-office and lasf buf nof leasf fhe messenger on fhe ioe pof w-afch. The ship's mail is handled by chief mailman Yeaffs and his fhree able assisfanfs. When mail call is sounded once again fhe ship's company knows mail has come fhru and fhe men of fhe posf office have beafen off fhe affaclc of sleep and fafigue. The ship's morning paper lThe Discovererl appears in fhe hands of fhe crew fhrough fhe efforfs of fhe radio, personnel. Alerf radiomen and felemen on wafch always keep a sharp loolcouf for fhe headline news and all fhe besf in sporfs. ,. Our cruise has been very inferesfing, fhe men of fhe division have learned a lof fhrough fheir jobs in radio I, 'rhey have seen many inferesfing places, and have purchased many arficles of foreign manufacfure. However when fhe cruise is concluded if's going fo be mighfy good fo ioin our wives and sweefhearfs in fhe-good oldUSA ' 15,715 ' ii . 7 , 'Vi' 'ffl . , 7 7 - + z.--11 7 I 1' ' if Z .Q' J fl-A -- of :El I E O o 6 1 I s, K Q 3' ' a o o 0 rv 7, , K -.1 I -7 , .lx U-A .ge . .vw -1 - W i 1 4' We -' 5255 - f ,. , -2-I -2425-re:-1--' c as-af ' I -, S is f - ' il l if - miwi' Z?2gf' ,'4iT7f42,4: ,i ll we 9. .'i ye, 9 .s,,qf7.x.m.m: - sw i fl ' Qlildilii l rar! Nl l D ' WATC H W if wwe La X l ff . . V . ' , x a ff rw ' L vw, ,,,,. WS., egyfgajwvikg V V X V JMX 2 J. ' - ' , Wm' V ' n ff' Vi M--Y f -- T 'V T . . s 4 .f T -J fff'.QZg?g,f -MV em .. T. , 1 ..-..s ,,,.. , , ,V -ff L, Sam,-me-sa ' - W ,, , .ca ,x L 4- Qkf. Q 2' ' 7' :V V ' if , 1 rssi V E. 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They musT mainTain and repair all waTerTighT comparTmenTs, and repair. inspecT and clean all venTilaTing sysTems, and keep a consTanT check on The operaTing condiTion of all TiTTings. The meTalsmiThs are in The ShipTiTTer Shop which Take' care oT all shipboard welding. cuTTing. brazing. sheeT- meTal layouTA and sTrucTural meTal work. The PipeTiTTers mainTain The Tiremain, sprinkling sysTems, piping and plumbing TixTures. The CarpenTers, who are Damage ConTrolmen by raTe, operaTe The TourTh oT The Tive shops. Their greaTesT concern is The upkeep oT The COLUMBUS! many small boaTs. They also make all Types of wooden arTicles Tor use abouT The ship. I ln The CO2 Shop all porTable CO2 Tire exTinguishers are reTilled. The DC Gang also have To repair, TesT and mainTain all Tire TighTing equipmenT along wiTh The high capaciTy Tog Toam sysTems and all oTher Tire TighTing equipmenT insfalled. Each man in The R Division is considered an experT in The Tield oT Damage ConTrol. These are The men who make up The main sTrengTh oT our Fire ParTies. Fire and Rescue ParTies, Ship Salvage and Repair ParTies. AT AA DeTense and General QuarTers you will find Them sTanding ready To Take prompT and eTTicienT acTion To M quickly eTFecT any required emergency repairs. 1 , - ' Q-ln ITE' 1-,mr Aessuv-Mfmpab CARPENTER AGAIN. NE FORUOT Htl 1-Mb A HANIHERHV H15 HAND v-:HSN HE SM-arab. 7m E 7uclced away in a corner of The FirsT Division comparTmenT is The home of The ship's Tare Division. Under The capable direcTion oT LT. L. E. Klepin and CHRELE T. L. FreshwaTer, These men's iolo is To insTalI, service, and mainTain The maioriTy oT The ship's elecTronic apparaTus. During The course oT The day Their worlc may Talce Them from The keel, where The depTh deTermining gear's sounding head is locaTed, To The upper reaches of The masTs, where radio. radar. l.F.l:.. and counTermeasures anTenna probe The slcies. AT The presenT Time The division is broken inTo Three small groups Tor beTTer organizaTion and efficiency. Fire-con,Trol, under The direcTion oT l-larry GusTaTson, ET2, mainTains The radar equipmenT Thai' conTrols The gunTire OT all The ship's mounTs Trom The 4Olvllvl To The main baTTery. Leon EveTTs, ETI, is The head oT The Search Radar gang, responsible Tor The mainTenance oT The ship's navigaTing and early warning gear. EveTTs also doubles as The L.P.O. oT The division. And lasTly, The Radio gang, under RoberT Miller, ETI. services all radio TransmiTTers, receivers, and communicaTions equipmenT. The main worlcshop is loCaTed beTween The gedunlc sTand and The crew's lounge on The second deck porT, The radio workshop is inside Radio II, on The main cleclc. All oT These men musT graduaTe Trom one oT The Navy's longesT Class A schools, ElecTronic Technicians, locaTed aT GreaT Lakes, Ill. and Treasure Island, Calif. The school, which is now ThirTy six weelcs, sTarTs wiTh basic maTh and goes righT up Through some of The mosT complicaTed elecTronic circuiTs. ...LL , X pi IK?-wif mg, Jfc A 0 --T--T 997 9lf . i T fig - f V , X T .ga V in H T X .ig .ggi A-L. ... YE P, WE Fly TELEVISIONJTOO. v ig when 'The ship sailed Trom BosTon heading To PlymouTh, England The division was headed by W. E. Morris, LT lMCl U'SN,iSenior Medical OTTicer and The Junior Medical OTFicer W. C. Sharp, Jr., LTJG TMCTQ USN. TheiDenTal 'OTTicer was 'P. Hass, LTDC USN. The enlisTed sTaTf consisTed of 2 ChieTs, 4 FirsT Class, 3 Second Classfand 4 Thi'rdJClass. .IT was a good crew and everyone knew his iob and did iT well. We had The usual spaces in The sick bay. One large ward, one smaller ward, an operaTing room, a pharmacy and laboraTory, The DocTor's Office and TheisTorerooms. 5' K A ' The deparTmenT is now headed by W. C. Sharp, Jr., LT lMCl USN, Senior Medical OTTicer. Our Junior Medical OTTicer is J. C. Ladenheim. LT lMCl USNR. C. A. Harris, LCDR TDCT USN is The DenTal OTTicer. OT The original crew who came over wiTh The ship There are Tour OT us leTT, and one of The Tour now has his orders. z ParT' oT The Time There was a loT oT hard work and long hours. The TirsT case where everyone did his iob and proved she knew whaT To d.o was aT The Time The rnanxwas sTruck by The l'lelicopTer propeller. Due To The TasT and eTTicienT work of The crew The man's liTe was prolonged Tar beyond all expecTaTions. AnoTher accidenT wheres The'i H Division was on The ball came when The helicopTer crashed and sank. L. E. MapleThorpe, HMI using poor gear did an excellenT iob OT diving Tor The helicopTer. AnoThier Time when all hands were called upon To do a iob was The occasion where a man was accidenTally iniured in The gun mounT. Everyone piTched in and did a superb iob. One oT our presenT men, J. L. Cogborn, l'lM2, comes To us Trom The Marines and Korea wiTh a hero's record behind him. Wm W , Www l E 7he VicTor Division is a small uniT consisTing oT Tive enlisTed men and Two piloTs. Our work aboard ship is somewhaT diTTerenT Than our Training schedule aT The home base, l.akehursT, New Jersey. Our shipboard acTiviTies consisT oT The Tollowing Types oT hops: Guard mail pickup and delivery, spoTTing Tor gunnery. TransTer of personnel. Plane guard is one job we are called To do when operaTing wiTh a carrier. We are also airborne, or Ain The sTandby condiTion whenever The ship is refuelling, or TransTerring personnel by high line. The helicopTer uniT comes aboard a ship Tor a shorT Tour oT duTy on TAD orders. Our sTay ranges Trom Tour To six monThs. One Thing is sure, and ThaT is helicopTers are here To sTay. They have proven Themselves Time and Time again. Proof is shown by The work and rescues perTormed in The pasT Two years. Rescuing a piloT ThaT is down now only Takes a maTTer oT minuTes. The enlisTed man's duTies in The helicopTer crew are To keep The wind wagon in operaTing condiTion aT all Times. The daily preTlighT, and periodical checks are his main iob. Our oTFicers are, of course, piloTs who have had many previous hours experience in convenTional aircraTT. They musT also go Through a Training period aT l.akehursT beTore Taking a uniT aboard ship. Flying a helicopTer is a Tricky ahfair and a piloT is always busy and on The alerT. '9 .Y0u mo 5 Lf- f ' . r UGHT , ..I I, Hour . vas, 4 ,A H If . PNA-fu ff x,,y6' 1-li T Y ' 0 1 'V 'IV 1' f'ouLpN,T Du IT 1, us ,ff . ' L1 . T Z 5 y J V ' -5-' N , ,-Q, , M 15 I f . .f m 42 'i x XX H-'va 15 .1 V.1F,1-..fNf-- I a XX' ,fxigzs .A I--N Tx ' y F..-r:,. X 7oz l S in 'ev .saws 7he Fox Division is composed oT men who are iacks-of-all-Trades, alThough.our primary duTy is To operaTe and mainTain The equipmenT which conTrols The laying and Tiring oT The ship's guns. We serve The OOD as messengers- OT-The-waTch and pinch-hiT Tor The Marines during Their absence. By The Time The war in Korea was in Tull swing, The reserves were wiTh us and we were in The Med. The reserve componenTs were incorporaTecl and are carrying Their Tull share oT Theiload wiThin The division. We had relieved na ship in order ThaT our naval forces could be sTrengThened in Korea. Now ThaT iT is iusT aloouT all over we can look back and see ThaT we have done our besl' To sink FilTa Island, and have had our share oT General QuarTers and CondiTion III waTches. We can also hold our heads high when we Think of The job ThaT has been accomplished. ln our sixTeen monThs in The NELM area we have developed a closely kniT Team oT which we all can be proud. ATTer considering our ups and downs we Teel Thai' iT has' been a pleasanT and successful cruise. BUT THEY WERENT 'VF-W FOXES AT ALL M j iff . ' ,L ' YI! Corian N , , o A , Q , : Um T fl A Q Q? ' Nxfe' ' . . Q E. 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W Q I 5-1' ' rn 'E he iff? 0 Una ff. 9 .2af - 0 -, .1 9 Q Xxx x 5 ' Q 0--I VJDQ ., - Ci - 'i C 3 T m I X --L 5 X A Q' 'fain 'T 4 45 ' , O P Nm , X l PLYMOUTH, E GLA D 0 n The I2Th oT June, l95O, wiTh a long blasT on The bugle, The COLUMBUS sTarTed 'on her way down The channel aT BosTon, and headed Tor The open sea. Threading her way pasT The many islands of BosTon Harbor, once The scene OT piraTi- cal operaTions, The ciTy was 'soon iusT a Thin line on The horizon, and a memory in The minds and hearTs oT The crew. Then on The 22nd oT June, aTTer an unevenTTul nine day passage across The ATlanTic, The COLUMBUS enTered The harbor oT PlymouTh, England, and wound her way up The Hamoaze To Buoy No. 9. , lT is well To noTe here ThaT The COLUMBUS is lor wasl The only major American Man-of-War lcruiser class and abovel wiTh an overseas home porT. And now beTore conTinuing, how abouT a Tew words on This home porT oT ours. Originally a small Tishing village, PlymouTh has grown unTil iT is now one oT The Two major naval bases in BriTain. lPorTs- mouTh is The oTher.l PlymouTh has played a role in The hisTory oT noT only England, buT America as well. Sir Francis Drake began his voyage around The world, and Sir Humphrey C-5ilberT sailed on his colonizing expediTions To America, Trom PlymouTh. Drake's Tarnous baTTle againsT The mighTy Spanish Armada, which soughT To invade England and make iT a Spanish colony, was ToughT oTT PlymouTh. And iT was Trom PlymouTh ThaT The Pilgrim EaThers seT sail Tor The New World, and Treedom Trom religious persecuTion. IT seems raTher paradoxical ThaT a good Three cen- Turies should Tind The COLUMBUS arriving aT PlymouTh, England, iusT as The Pilgrims had come To PlymouTh, Mass. The village slowly expanded, and in l928 became a charTered ciTy. l-liT heavily in World War ll, iT is gradually being resTored To iTs Tormer posiTion OT honor. Union STreeT, PlymouTh On The souTh side oT Town, Tacing The harbor, is The picTuresque l-loe, wiTh iTs promenades and various monu- menTs dedicaTed To The BriTish Armed Torces. The' Hoe is also The siTe OT The ciTy's aquarium, and a TorT daTi'ng back To The l8Th cenTury. The broad green lawns are The TavoriTe Tor sTrollers in The brief' summer season, and There is a large open-air bandsTand, miniaTure golT course, and bowling greens Tor oTher amusemenTs. Leaving The Hoe and heading Towards The ciTy, we come To The NAAFI Club, similar To The USO, and open To The Armed Forces oT all naTions. From The NAAFI Club iT is buT a shorT walk To Union STreeT, The cenTer oT The Town's nighT liTe, where a maioriTy of The pubs are locaTed. The souTh end oT Union STreeT runs inTo The shopping disTricT aT Drake Circus, and iusT beyond ThaT, MunTley Plains. Skipping back To The norTh end oT Town we come To The Royal Navy Dockyards, headquarTers oT The BriTish FleeT. ' England is a counTry rich in hisTory and color, and This brieT hisTory could noT begin To include all The spoTs . f ' f' ,fx , English Counfryslcle To see However There IS one oTher crTy ThaT should lee menhoned cenTer of a once greaT emprre caplTal oT The coun Try and one OT hlsTorys mosT lmporTanT clT1es London One cannoT begun To describe The piaces To see hui' here are a Tew London Brndge The Tower oT Lon don Downing STreeT Baker STreeT RegenT STreeT TraTalgar Square LelcesTer Square and Pnccaddly Circus cenTer oT Londons nlghT lTe which should be seen To be enloyed Buckingham Palace The ParllamenT Building and lasT buT noT leasT The world Buckmgham Palace London famous wax worlcs of Madame Toussard Throw In a number of museums libraries and un1verslT1es and There IS enough To keep The slghT seer busy Tor days provided he geTs pasT Plccadully On The lOTh oT July ClnCNELlv1 Admiral R L Conolly embarked and we goT underway Tor BresT France ATTer a Tog bound passage across The English Channel The COLUMBUS enTered The harbor aT BresT on The morning oT The I ITh and exchanged saluTes wnTh The French baTTleshlp RICHELIEU which was salvaged aTTer bexng Torpedoed ID The harloor during This pasT war Early In December C1nCNELM relurned ro London Leavnng Naples December 7+h nmfh anniversary of Pearl Harbor was a happy day for rhe COLUMBUS we were on our way home Plymourh England Jrhal ns On Jrhe I3lh ol December al+er a slormy sux day passage rhe Columbus was again swungnng al Buoy No 9 Faiher Chrlsfmas gnvnng ou? presen+s a+ Children s Par+y Our slay al' Plymoufh was a pleasan+ one for If gave many men a chance 'lo be wulh lhexr famnly for lhe holldays and many more a chance for a l1'Hle deserved leave On December 2ls'r a parly was grven for lhe chxlolren of ships personnel and 'rhe followung clay +he COLUMBUS broughl' a lrH'le cheer ro 55 Englnsh war orphans who came aboard for a Chruslmas parly given by members of lhe crew The COLUMBUS was underway for 'rhe Mednrerranean again on lhe 5+h of January l95l 'ro resume Irs achvlhes wllrh 'rhe Suxlh Fleer and on lhe IO'rh of January was anchored a+ Villelranche. I+ began ro look as if lhe COLUMBUS was nolhing buf a ferry belween Plymoulh, Villefranche, and Naples, excepr Thar H' clioln'l' hir Ply- moulh offen enough. I. All for me? 2. The Lone Ranger perhaps? 3. Merry Chrisfmas 'lo all Ciiy Cenler Plymou'l'l'l Piccadilly Circus, London The Hoe Plymoufh Boy meefs girl Plymouih if FRA E dur lirsl experience in France was lhe arrival ol Cin- CNELM, Admiral R. L. Conolly. on lhe lOlh'ol'July, I95O, and we gol underway lor Bresl. Aller a log-bound passage across lhe English channel, lhe COLUMBUS enlered lhe harbor al Bresl on lhe morning ol lhe lllh. and exchanged salules wilh lhe French ballleship RICHELIEU which was lorpedoed in lhe harbor during 'lhls pasl War. Slrolling Through Bresl began as a Roman lorlress in lhe middle ages, and gradually developed inlo one ol lhe maior naval bases ol lhe Iolh cenlury. ln lhe Isl World War, Bresl became lhe disembarlcalion porl lor all American lroops. Laler. in lhe second World War, lhe Nazis eslablished a submarine base in Bresl. Unlorlunalely in deslroying lhe sub base. lhe Allies also removed a maior porlion ol lhe cily. Bresl has been a lishing porl 'For cenluries, and is now one ol lhe maior bases ol lhe French Navy. There was lillle lo see or do in Bresl. and il would have been poor liberly excepl lor some line games by lhe baslcelball learn. Then loo, a parly was given by lhe French Navy which was enjoyed by all lhal allendecl -- no doubl helped along by liberal porlions ol line French wine and champagne. On our nexl voyage lo France lhe Sixlh lleel arrived al lhe famous Cole D'Azur or French Riviera, on lhe 22nd of Augusl, and splil up - lhe COLUMBUS anchoring al Cannes. Allhough lhe folks al home were begin- ning lo plan for Aulumn. COLUMBUS men were enioying lhe sandy beaches ol lhis famous resorl cily, and hav- ing swim call on lhe ship every allernoon. Camera lans held lield day on lhe lilm supply. and souvenir hunlers relurned daily wilh lresh loads ol perfume, ololls. and a dozen-and- one olher lhings lo send home. There are a number ol places nearby worlhy ol menlion. Firsl is lhe very elile resorl al,Anlibes. where lhe very rich ol lhe world have buill beaulilul villas. Second is lhe small lown of Grasse, in lhe mounlains norlh ol Cannes. whose perfume laclories ship lheir lragranl bundles all over lhe world. Originally noled lor ils glove laclories, lhe perfume induslry slowly began edging ils way inlo prominence in lhe lblh cenlury, when Calherine de Medicis, an llalian noblewoman, was queen ol France. She could nol sland lhe smell ol lhe lealher-lanning process, so eslablished a small labora- A Parl: in Nice lory lo manulaclure perfume, which was used lo counleracl lhe slench ol lhe lan- ning. ll was from lhis modesl beginning lhal one ol lhe largesl perlume cenlers in lhe world was crealed. A small place. bul quile well lcnown. is Monle Carlo. parl ol lhe liny princi- palily ol Monaco. which was founded in 50 B.C.. by lhe Romans. The chiel induslry , n . t ol Monle Carlo is, ol course. gambling. and il supporls lhe bullc ol lhe populalion. Visilors and gamblers lrom all over lhe world visil lhe Casino every year. lo ef'l0Y lhe moiof and YaClW'f VBCSST Swimming. sailing. parlies. and opera. The Casino employs aboul 3.000 people. ol which 500 are croupiers in lhe gambling hall. They are highly skilled and allend a school for six monlhs lo learn lhe lrade. Nice is iusl a len minule bus ride from Villelranche. ll is silualed on lhe Baie des Angles , and is a highly lrequenled summer and winler resorl lcnown all over lhe world. Nice is lhe largesl cily on lhe Riviera, and whal a cily! Wilh ils balhing beach all along one side ol lhe famous avenue Promenade des Anglais . ils gardens and Tlowgrs eVe YWlTeVer il is V10 WOnCleI' lhal ils quarler million inhabilanls considerlhemselves so lucky, ancl lhal ll rales high on lhe lisl ol good liberly porls. There is much lo do and see in Nice. and lhe nighl lile is lhe linesl' on lhe Riviera. Reminds me - anyone hear lrom Chrisline lalely? Cannes in all ils grandeur WAI. M.,-.- ide, in-r Columbus sailors in formaiion 'for parade, held in Nice, on July 4, I95I. A second parade was held on BasTille Day , July I4Th, in which CA74 also pariicipaled. Our arrival aT VilleTranche marlced The TirsT Time we had hiT porT alone since enTering The Med. The name VilleTranche means Tree Town , and iT has been a porT OT call Tor The American Navy Tor IOO years. On The 26+h and 27 oT SepTernber we held a ship's dance aT Jimmy's Place, iusT a Tew sTeps Trom The liberTy landing. AbouT l5O girls Trom The Nice Y. W. C. A. came as hosTesses. and wiTh The ship's cooks supplying The chow, and a local nine piece band, The alzlair was very successTul. Since Then many privaTe parTies have loeen given There, plus anoTher COLUMBUS parTy given in July, l95l. This also was a grand success. On our visiTs To VilleTranche, many Tours were conducTecl To The perTume TacTory aT Grasse. There also were Tive day Tours To Paris and Geneva, SwiTzerland, which made our sTays in Villefranche more enioyable. I L 'ide waw. Case in vme iranche Famous Jnmmies Ba F Villefranche Our Home Away From Home on the I .4-' V Q W! . nB5 m can bead' Pa dcueboaj' We ferfrohf Cam, Es The promenade in Nice Nice df nfghf Arch of Triumph Monk sin business Eiffel Tower Swiherlancl four pariy admiring monumenf +o Wilson Mouniainous beauiy Msman 6.'1 4 3 Y 5'5 E S . P. ,J-w ww ,f.',,f zz. - Q Q ' i.,xF!'-.-.. H 1, , Wv' , QS E ,w1i+ 5ff-. ' 1 rn rw- 5 5 ... A fy-, -' X fi S u5'2,gw? 1 A - ' N-Q.. 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Because oT her greaT value as a major porT, The hisTory Cajhedraj and panorama oT Anhzverp has been a bloody one. In The middle oT The l6Th cenTury iT Tell To The Spanish, who plundered The Town and massacred 7,000 ciTizens. During The French rebellion in The l9Th cenTury, The ciTy was besieged Tor Two years beTore iT Tinally surrendered. The ciTy Tell To The Germans in boTh World Wars aTTer Tierce, buT TuTile, resisTance. AnTwerp was severely damaged in The lasT war, buT The majoriTy oT The damage has been repaired. During our sTay in AnTwerp, Tours were conducTed To The capiTal oT Brussels, and The war-Tamous ciTy oT BasTogne, now known as NuTs . lT goT iTs name Trom General lvlcAuliTTe's Tamous reply To The German surrender Terms. In AnTwerp iTselT. There were a number oT places To see. Add a Tew bars, a Triendly populace, shake well, and you'have a wonderTul liberTy porT. Museum To The dock Some of The crowd of curious specfafors The lTTle DuTch boy and The liTTle DuTch girl ROTTERDAM, HOLL 2oTTerdam is anoTher maior porT, and like AnTwerp, has had a bloody hisTory. IT was baTTered by The French in The I5Th cenTury. The Spanish in The l6Th, andagain by The French in The IaTTer haiT oT The I8Th cenTury. In May, l94O, The Nazis subiecTed RoTTerdam To The mosT Tremendous bombing Then known, and The Tiny counTry Tell in a Tew days. RoTTerdam was used by The Germans as a TransiT poinT Tor supplies, and The porT was all buT desTroyed in The Tollowing Allied aerial aTTacics. Now iT is rebuilT, and larger Than beTore The war. While in RoTTerdam, Tours were conducTed daily To The capiTal ciTy oT AmsTerdam, and The nearby Tiny Tishing village oT Voliendam, which sTiil clings To The dress and TradiTions oT The ancienT DuTch. The Tair, RoTTer- dam Ahoy was visiTed by a maioriTy oT The crew, and again The Triendiy people made The visiT a wonderful experience' and puT RoTTerdam on The lisT oT good liberTy porTs. There was one Thing ThaT many people noTiced, which aTTer subsequenT Trips abouT The MediTerranean, greaTly added To The opinion oT The DuTch. ThaT is, oT course. Their cleanliness. Every morning The DuTch housewiTe was ouT scrubbing The sidewalls, The'sTeps. and The windows. JusT goes To show you ThaT The Navy isn'T The only place wiTh a passion Tor geTTing rid oT dirT. Fishermen and Triend The Roclc GIBR LT R 6inCNEI.lvl reTurned To his headquarTers in London on The 22nd July, and The nexT day we leTT RoTTerdarn Tor PlymouTh, England. The morning oT The 24-Th Tound The COLUMBUS again Tied up aT Buoy No. 9. Days passed, and each one saw The Tlames oT war creep TarTher over Korea. Then on SaTurday, The 29Th OT July, iusT as The liberTy parTy was To leave Tor The weekend, The word was passed ThaT The ship would geT under- way aT 2000 lvlonday nighT - desTinaTion 7 And how The rumors Tlewl Monday nighT, 3l July, and we were underway again. ShorTly aTTer clearing PlymouTh l-larbor, The command- 'ing oTTicer CapTain E. R. McLean Jr,, inTorrned The crew ThaT The ship was heading Tor The lvlediTerranean To ioin The SixTl1TleeT, and ThaT our nexT sTop would be aT GibralTar. ' We arrived aT GibralTar on The 3rd oT AugusT, and immediaTely began loading on sTores and ammuniTion Trom The BELTRAMI. There was no liberTy granTecl, and load- ing conTinued on inTo The nighT. AlThough iT has an 'area oT roughly Two square miles, iT enjoys a presTige greaTly ouT oT proporTion only To iTs size, Tor iT commands one of The Two enTrances To The lvlecliTer- ranean. lT has been a BriTish Crown Colony since I7I3. The Spanish aTTempTecl To capTure iT in I779, buT aTTer a Tour year siege, which ended in The sinking oT The maior porTion oT The Spanish FleeT, leTT iT To The BriTish. IT was while in GibralTar ThaT CapTain McLean congraTu- laTed The crew on Their winning oT The Ba+TIe ETTiciency Pen- nanT, on The basis oT The excelIenT showing made on operaTions aT GuanTanamo Bay, Cuba, in April and May. l950. Close up of The Rock F TVIAGUSTA, CYPRUS 7m AugusT l95O we pulled inTo FamagusTa Bay, Cyprus wiTh oTher uniTs oT The SixTh FleeT. LiberTy was granTed ThaT nighT, and alThough There was liTTle To see in Fan'1agusTa iTselT, iT was a pleasure To geT OTT The ship and sTreTch, and sample The local vinTage. The nearby ruins aT Salamis and some local color gave camera Tans some pracTice, buT prices were high, The Town was small, and FamagusTa raTed only Tair as a liberTy porT. CinCNELlv1 Tlew down Trom London The nexT day, and The COLUMBUS helicopTer was senT To The airTielol To pick him up. ln landing on The reTurn Trip. iT sTruck The porT boom, broke in Two. and sank in I4 TaThoms oT waTer. There was no loss oT liTe, and Thanks To The quick acTion oT SN Z. C. Kleczlcowslci, who imrnediaTely dived over The side To render assisTance, There was no serious iniury. ThaT aTTernoon . CinCNELlvl made The oTTicial presenTaTion oT BaTTle ETTiciency Award To The commanding oTficer, and The E Tlag was broken ouT aT ,The main. Diving operaTions Tor The helicopTer were begun aTTer The ceremonies by QM2 R. L. Miller, and compleTed by HMI L. E. lvlapleThorpe. The helicopTer was Tinally recovered shorTly before midnighT, and The ship goT underway Tor BeiruT. Lebanon. The hard way The remains of wl1aT once was in The cify of Beirui Wham' now? BEIR T, LEBANON We arrived aT The capiTal-ciTy OT BeiruT wiTh oTher uniTs oT The SixTh FleeT. BeiruT was a ciTy oT conTrasTs wiTh iTs ancienT donkey-carTs and modern Amer- ican auTomobiles, The TourisT, and The deserT Tribesman: modern buildings and Tiny naTive shops: ChrisTian churches, and lvlohammedan mosques. The ciTy DownTown, Beirut had Ii++Ie To oTTer excepT iTs local color, buT Tours were conducTed To The ciTies oT Damascus and Baalbek. Damascus, which lies iusT across The Lebanese border, was a leading ciTy even beTore The birTh oT ChrisT. AlThough noTed Tor iTs Tine swords and knives, iT is a Trade cenTer Tor many oTher arTicles broughT Trom Through- ouT Syria. i Baalbek, considered by The ancienTs To be one oT The Seven Wonders oT The World, is a remarkable spoT. Thereon sTands a Roman Temple, The consTrucTion oT which amazes scienTisTs even Today. The sTones OT The Temple are' almosT The largesT ever quarriedy and yeT, using only The simple machines oT ThaT day, and manpower, They raised These giganTic blocks carved Trom a single piece oT rock, and placed Them on sTone columns more Than 60 TeeT high. Considering ThaT The Temple is IOOO TeeT long, iTs consTrucTion is as amazing as iT would have been iT The Panama Canal had been dug wiTh picks and shovels. ' i E.f-Zia E Hey Joe, whoT does ThaT sign say? 'ren A -7 fly J62 l 'af ,H D - 4 -+41 ' T f X -5 x iz if A2 55- gif' . a l fx 5g Y? fl '- x ' .3 ,ff 'Ta 2 ,r .i1,::f if A 1 'A -'GSK uomf' -'ifi Z X Y XIX A Frawswx , Mfr 699031 ' 9 ' 'Q X y 3 f sf? , ' I W X 5 '1 A If 15' , fi - f W, 4 s X' T s ?f' J H ff an our TirsT Trip To BizerTe, SepTember I95O, CapTain E. R. McLean Jr. was relieved by CapTain J. H. Wellings. In The morning various emergency drills were conducTed, which gave CapTain Wellings his 9 TirsT chance To waTch The crew in acTion. AT T300 The crew Tell in aT divisional parade and aT l3I5 CapTain McLean and CapTain Wellings inspecTed. lmmediaTely Tollowing inspecTion, all hands Tell in on The Tan- Tail Tor The oTTicial change oT command ceremonies. CapTain McLean Then leTT The ship To reporT To Commander DesTroyer Forces, U. S. ATlanTic FleeT Tor duTy. The ciTy oT BizerTe had liTTle To oTFer The liberTy parTy, excepT a Tew bars and limiTed souvenir buying, buT recreaTion parTies Took up The slaclc, and iT wasn'T Too bad. Tours To Tunis, The capiTal, and The ancienT ciTy of CarThage, one oT The leading ciTies oT The Old World, were conducTed daily. BizerTe began as a Roman colony, which was capTured by The Arabs in The 7Th cenTury. The French Took con- Trol in I88I. when all oT Tunisia became a French ProTecToraTe. When The Allied armies swepT across NorTh ATrica in I943, iT was used by The Germans and ITalians as a major supply depcT. WiTh The Tall oT NorTh ATrica. The Allies Took conTrol oT BizerTe, and used iT as a iumping-OTT place Tor The Sicilian invasion. We leTT BizerTe on The I3Th. joined The FleeT, and headed To-r Oran, Algeria. A Tew hours aTTer sunrise on The I5Th Tound The TleeT Tied up aT The breakwaTer aT Mers-el-Kebir, The French naval base. Taking The family ouT 'For a ride Swabby geTs Taken for a ride mg. Bvl- X Seege- SVBE The Casbah Tunis, Tunisia Local ialeni ,. jd T T 1 Moslem women in +he cify Some peirol Joe? ,fm OR , ALGERIA 0ran was seTTled loy The Arabs in The lOTh cenTury, and was capTured, pil- laged, and rebuilT by The various con- querors ThaT Tollowed. ITS ever-changing leadership ruined Orarfs prosperiTy, and Mers-el-Kebir became a piraTe , , sTronghold. Spain conquered lvlers-el- Kelair in l505, and Oran in I509, and massacred a Third oT The populaTion. The inquisiTion was inTroduced, TorTiTicaTions resTored, and Oran loecame a Spanish penal seTTlemenT. ATTer The devasTaTing earlrhguake of I79O. The Arabs again Took conTrol, buT aTTer Algiers had Tallen To The French, The Aralos surrendered Oran, and The French Took Tormal possession in l83l'. LiberTy in Oran wasn'T load, and The horse-Traders, who by now had learned The Tine'arT oT bargaining, picked up quanTiTies of leaTher goods and rugs. Tours were conducTed To Sidi-loel-Alobes, base of The French Foreign Legion. The men were shown selecTed parTs OT The base, including a small museum depicTing cam- paigns in which Legionnaires have ToughT. ATTer seeing The base The men goT a chance To go Through The local casbah, or naTive disTricT. ' The swabby soon learned how To bargain wifh The sTreeT salesman, and ofTen came auf ahead wiih a good deal. ly AA IBY, C SGLI Rl, ARDINIA NoThing bui- barren mounTains We ioin The COLUMBUS aT her anchorage in Cagliari, Sardinia, where she arrived SepTember 29Th, 1950. on a sTricTly business , mission. On The 3OTh, The Commans-in-chief of The French and lTalian Navies, CinClv1ED, ComSixFlT, and Their sTaTis emloarlced, and The nexT day ll OcToloerl we were underway again. We sTopped by ValleTTa early on The morning of The 2nd, long enough To Transfer The Tlag personnel To various desTroyers, where They had grandsTand seaTs Tor The aTTernoon's shore loombardmenT and anTi-aircraTT exercises. We reTurnecl To ValleTTa, and The various Commanders-in-chief meT Tor a criTique of The previous olay's exer- cises. Noon 'Found The COLUMBUS underway again wiTh The TleeTs To observe The French Torpedo exercises. She reTurned laTer ThaT aTTernoon and olisembarlced The various Flag uniTs. CinCNFLlvl reTurned To London The Tol- lowing day. Looks a liTTle like The Rock Halian Iighf cruiser Halian heavy cruiser MALTA 7m MalTa shorT Tours oT The ciTy were conducTed Through The courTesy oT The Royal Navy. The maioriTy oT Val- leTTa's beauTy was desTroyed in World War ll, ValleTTa was The principal obiecTive oT The unparalleled, bombing raids on lvlalTa by boTh lTalian and German aircraTT, which commenced on June I I, I94O, and conTinued Tor Three years on a scale unequalled elsewhere in The world. There is a sTory oT how aT one period There were only Three anTi-aircraTT guns in commission aT one Time, and aTTer each raid The guns were loaded on Truclqs and moved To a diTTerenT secTion oT The ciTy To keep The enemy Trom locaTing and desTroying Them. The Tour began aT a Tiny memorial park seT on Top oT a high bluTF overlooking The harbor, and Trom There wenT To The ancienT ciTy, which is noThing more Than medieval casTle compleTe wiTh moaT. The lvlalTese are highly religious, The KnighTs oT lVlalTa being world-Tamous. There are a number oT beauTiTul churches in ValleTTa perhaps The mosT Tamous being ST. Paul's CaThedral wiTh iTs mosaics and caTacombs underneaTh. l.iberTy here was generally whaT you made iT. All hands however enjoyed The drives Through The ciTy in beauTiTul horse-drawn carriages. The people here were very Triendly, and much could be enjoyed Though liberTy was shorT. The walled ciTy of MalTa an Q Y . ATHE S f4Thens is rich in hisTory, much Too long To be included here, buT There are a Tew poinTs worTh menTioning. IT was orig- inally builT on The plaTeau oT The sacred rock oT The Acro- polis, and was inhabiTed I6 cen- Turies beTore The birfh oT ChrisT. ln The 6Th cenTury B.C. a lower Town was Tormed aT The base oT The Acropolis. Alex- ander The GreaT broughT pros- periTy To The ciTy, buT Tinally in The 2nd cenTury B.C., iT Tell under Tew cenTuries laTer iT Tormed The ByzanTine Empire, and during This period The spiriT oT ChrisTiani'l'y began To replace The worship oT The pagan gods. AThens Tollowecl The TaTe oT The ByzanTine Empire, and in l456 bcame parT oT The Turkish OTTornan Empire. lT was conTrollecl by The Turks unTil I833, when They wiThdrew, and AThens was chosen To be The capiTal of The newly esTalolishecl Greek kingdom. ln a way Greece was unique, Tor people There were much inTeresTed in buying, as well as selling. A Tew opporTunisTs Took aclvanTage oT This To dispose oT baTTereol pea coaTs aT prices averaging around SI5. BUT a Tew days laTer'They Tound Themselves Tacecl wiTh The prospecT oT doling ouT 40 shekels Tor a new one ..., The new price lisT had come in. When one visiTs AThens, especially on Tour, The dominanT TeaTure is The hill oT The Acropolis lliTerally upper ciTy l crowned wiTh The world-Tamous ParThenon, and a number oT oTher renowned examples oT Greek archiTecTure. In l687, during The war beTween The Turks and The VeneTians, a shell exploded some gunpowder sTored There, and blew iT To ruin. aTTer iT had sTood inTacT Tor over Two Thousand years. ln AThens iTselT There are a number of museums housing various works oT arT and sculpTure Tound in The excavaTion of The ruins. AThens and Pireaus sTand side by sicle, and While visiTing one The oTher always looked Te-mpTing. On visiTs To Greece liberTy was always enioyed. Birdseye view of AThens Roman clominaTion. A PIRWUS 0m I November, l95O, Admiral R. B. Carney assumed command as +he commander-in-chief, U. S. Naval Forces, Easlern Allanlic and lvledilerranean, relieving Admiral R. L. Con- noly who reporled lo 'rhe Chief of Naval Operalrions, for duly. On Jrhe 3rd, l'he COLUMBUS slrood inl'o Pireaus, Greece, and Jrhere disemloarlced lhe Marine delachmeni who flew To Sioclcholm, Sweden, lo form a guard of honor al l'he funeral ol: lhe lale King Guslav. Pirfdglus, alihough il' is The second cily of Greece, and The perl of enlrance for Aihens, had liH'le io offer excepl for a few bars, which managed lo do fairly good business, selling coke of course. Our lasf visil' whichqwas in June of I95 I, proved +0 loe a greal' success. A Seamans Club was opened in Afhens, and wifh all lhe American girls, free food and beauliful music, lhe enlire sixlh Heel had an unforgeflable 'Hme. Liberfy par'l'y in Pipgus Some of 'Phe old ruins Full dress ship in Pireaus Harbor 'fi Wonder whai if says? Hugh and mlghiy The Acropolis e Parfhenon Pireaus Time ou'l' for a picfure Turkish fishing boaTs IZIVIIR, T RKEY yn November I95O, we arrived aT Izmir, Turkey wiTh The ALBANY. The Tollowing morning we Tell in aT quarTers Tor inspecTion by Rear Admiral J. L. Holloway, Commander Cruiser Forces A+Ian+ic FleeT, and his parTy. ATTer personnel inspecTion, Admiral Holloway and his parTy inspecTed The upper decks. In Their opinion, The COLUMBUS and iTs crew was one oT The smarTesT ships in The TIeeT. As Tor Izmir iTseIT, There was Ii++Ie To see or do. There was a cerTain amounT oT local color , buT liTTIe else, de- spiTe The hisToricaI background oT The area. There was Ii++Ie recreaTion, and Tew bars or clubs, and prices were sky-high. Izmir Ialso know as Smyrnal is said To be The birThpIace oT The Tamous blind poeT, Homer. However, The oTher six ciTies ThaT claim The same honor would probably disagree. IT is one oT Turkey's maior seaporTs, and The home oT The 2nd largesT Army and Navy bases. MosT recen+Iy, Izmir was given To The Greeks aT The end of The IsT world war. buT was Taken over by Turkey in I922. The ciTy iTselT is beauTiTuI, and Those oT The crew who did go ashore had an enioyable Time Taking picTures and visiTing The various monumenTs. LiberTy in general was iusT whaT you made iT. I fwiffi, f, W Afzfgfy -T ,life-.g sex . if ' ' The old and The New T-irq ISTANBUL 7he ciTy oT lsTanbul sTands on The souThern exTremiTy oT The Bosphorus, upon a hilly promonTory ThaT runs ouT Trom The European side oT The'STraiTs Toward The AsiaTic bank. lsTanbuI was TirsT known as The CiTy oT ByzanTine, and was Tounded by The Dorians in The year 660 B.C. When The Persians enTered Europe, The seTTlemenT Tell To Their arms, and was desTroyed. TT was rebuilT, and Tor a long period was in alliance wiTh AThens, reTaining iTs righT oT selT-governme-nT under Alexander The Great ConsTanTine renamed The ciTy ConsTanTinople in The year 330, and Trom ThaT day iT has been one OT The greaTesT ciTies oT The world. Due To guarrels oT various TacTions in The year 552, The ciTy was almosT desTroyed. In The years Tollowing. The ciTy suT- Tered severely Trom many civil and Toreign wars. The Avars, Persians, Arabs. and Bulgars all besieged The ciTy, and in The year 860, and again in l048, a Russian TleeT Torced iTs way Through The Bosphorus wiTh hosTile inTenT. ln The year I204 The LaTin Crusades Turned aside, and in alliance wiTh Venice, capTured The ciTy, sacked iT, desecraTecl iTs holy places, and creaTed ouT oT The empire, a LaTin EasTern Empire, and a number oT minor sTaTes. ln l453, ConsTanTinople Tell To The Turks under Mohammed The Conqueror, and was made The chieT ciTy OT a sTill greaTer OTToman Empire. IT remained as The capiTal unTil The TirsT quarTer oT The 20Th cenTury. In The year I924, The new Turkish Republic moved iTs capiTal Trom ConsTanTinople To Ankara, and oTTicially renamed The ciTy IsTanbul. WiTh respecT To iTs inTluence over The course oT human aTTairs,. lsTanbul is rivaled only by AThens, Rome, and Jerusalem, and is now The culTural and educaTional cenTer oT Turkey. There are a number oT places To see in lsTanbul, mosT oT Them grouped around The Aya Sophia, builT as a memorial To The wiTe oT ConsTanTine. WiThin easy walking disTance is The Blue Mosque, one oT The hundreds scaT- Tered ThroughouT IsTanbul. Then There is The old l-lippodrome, The ancienT meeTing place and sporTs arena, builT by ConsTanTine a cenTury and a halT ago. A shorT disTance Trom Aya Sophia is EgypTian Bazaar, an open markeT place which caTers mainly To The TourisT Trade who are willing To pay The exhorbiTanT prices asked. There are a number oT clubs scaTTered abouT The cenTer oT Town, buT The prices in general were high compared To oTher Med. porTs, and The recreaTion was limiTed. However some good bargains in Meerschaum pipes could be Tound aT a TracTion oT The cosT in America. The February Trip To lsTanbul was oTherwise peaceTul, excepT Tor The sinking The Blue MOSQ'-I0 oT T13 moTor launch. ln coming Trom The lib- erTy landing on The aTTernoon oT The l8Th. TT collided wiTh a Terry, and sank. Luck held and There were no casualTies, buT no one escaped a dunking, and a Tew men were . Taken To sick bay suTTering Trom exposure. PrompT acTion oT The ship's boaTs, and local naTive craTT is crediTed wiTh keeping The iniury aT a minimum. Tor The sTrong currenTs running Through The Bosphorus makes swimming almosT impossible. :Tim YW REMEMBER THESE Izmxr Waierfronf LITTLE Busmgg s CA THAT ADDED 50 MUG?-'Di THIS PORT OF PORTS O S Wil S1013 iimf DON T N dgowve Wage K 550 x LUNUU TD6 M09 WT KSTANQXTDR me ami H . Tm bask BEND and Sxpfl 9 CPE eVERY O- for vw 9,pecKaN Pnces 3 No. 310 Qxu Xsiiwbx caddeb , aavv Americafl Bdverfising Turkish giyle I7 Looking 'for 3 bargain B D4 R E. D- . ls+anf view of Turkish cuH'ure DDNCTNG-TAD DMERTCDN BDR musno D-.NX E R I C D N DMERKCDTN DRINKS ls the best place to past ons time V , - ADREST BEKARQSOKAK No. 1 A T A Uiski Fkorya Barj Lale Sinemasx karqxsmda ' A CEEP - PRISES JT CLEEN S EFiVlS ff The above piciures give general views of Suda Bay On our lasi' occasion in Suda Bay, Fleei' boxing exhibifions were pui' on, and fhe Columbus gave a good showing. While, of fha Fifth Divison fool! 'Phe flee? heavyweighl' crown. SUD!-l BAY, RETE 0m Jrhe 91h of November, I95O, +he chief of siraff, ComCruLanl' and his pariy came aboard, and 'rhe COLUMBUS gol ,underway for her Operalional Readi- ness lnspeciion. Various drills were held in 'rhe morning, gunnery and lull power drills in The aflernoon. We re- lurnecl lo Suda Bay l'he same evening, and received our Adminisiraiive lnspeciion lhe following day. Though very irequenied by lhe COLUMBUS, Suda Bay, Creie was poor as a liberry pori. There was noih- ing 'ro see or do, and 'rhe maioriiy oi The crew caughi up on lheir sleep and leiiers home, Recreaiion parlies Jroolc up some of 'rhe slack wiih sollball games and moun- iain climbing on a nearby'hill. I+ was a COLUMBUS man, Buck 'Read oi CS division, who sei' a record by Jropping ihe hill in I hour and 35 minules. When in Suda Bay, one could always depend on many inspections and drills. LQGUSTA BAY, ICILY jgugusra Bay, Sicily, similar +o Crere in many ways, was very oiren a mainsray for 'ihe 74 . y Tours were concluded ro +he very famous ciiy 1? vyx 1.1 '-v, Aw 2 2? 5 A promineni feaiure in Augusfa was ihe horse and buggy of Syracuse nearly iwenry miles away. The Greek and Roman Jrhearers, which were louilr during Jrheir occuparions, proved very phoiogenic: io Jrhe camera fiend. Excavarions of rhese ancieni' srruciures are srill being carried on. Orher recreaiion consisrecl mosrly of sofiball games, bui' Jrhe maioriiy of Jrhe crew speni' Their liberry aboard ship. w 'f'?.f The scenic beaufy of ML E'l'na TRIE TE SiTuaTed aT The head oT The Gulf oT TriesTe, on The lsTrian Peninsula, aT The norTh end of The AdriaTic Sea, The ciTy oT TriesTe rises picTuresquely Trom The waTer in an amphiTheaTre Tormed by The sloping escarpmenTs oT The KorsT PlaTeau. The old secTion oT The Town wiTh iTs CasTle oT San GiusTo, sTands upon The hills and has iTs old crooked sTreeTs carrying memo- ries oT The pasT cenTuries which daTe back ' as early as T78 B.C. The new Town con- necTed by The broad and beauTiTul Via del Corso, The busiesT sTreeT, is modern in every respecT and conTains many popu- lar shopping places and resTauranTs. ' MosT Typical as a seaporT, TriesTe has 3 hosTed more Than 34,350 ships annually wiTh imporTs such as coal, coTTee, and Tobacco. Good wine, TruiT and olive oil are The mosT imporTanT naTurai producTs. 'i A few of The many visiTors received in Triesfe The people OT The world know much oT TriesTe because oT iTs sTraTegic locale and imporTance in World T War ll and iT is good To see The ciTy arising Trom some OT iTs ashes oT war To become once again an enTerprising ciTy oT lTaiy. WiThin The porT were The remains oT many sinkings, yeT mosT oT The wreckage is being cleared away rapidly and by now probably is compleTe. The U.S. Army mainTains large warehousing esTablishmenTs cared Tor by The QuarTermasTer Corps, as well as ample airsTrips and repair TaciliTies. A sTaTion hospiTal oT 200 beds is also mainTained by The Army. PoinTs oT inTeresT in TriesTe include The numerous and very excellenT U.S. Army operaTed esTablishmenTs. The besT club, by Tar, was The Hangar Club which provided spacious gymnasium, reTreshmenT sTand, indoor recre- aTional TaciliTies, recreaTion rooms and movie area. SighTseeing around The Town included such spoTs as The Miramar CasTle. There is also an old Roman arch called The l Arch di Riccardo, named aTTer Richard, The Lion-l-learTed. in The spoT where The king, allegedly, was imprisoned while reTurn- ing Trom one oT The Crusades. The San GuisTo CasTle conTained some inTeresTing relics. Inhabi+anTs OT The ciTy number some 238,000. il li .,fff3:,,f hough our TirsT Trip To Naples was brieT There was suTTlcenT Time To learn a llTTle abouT The cuTy Perhaps The TlrsT Thing ThaT impressed The TeeT guards The Bay of Napoli Conversely The nexT Impression came Trom The dozens OT peddlers ThaT swarmed around The lcberTy parTy as They wenT ashore TLY crew was The Towering maiesTy oT MT. Vesuvius. lTs cloud-capped 4,000 P 9 Naples was Tounded by The Greeks buT aTTer an earThqualce shoolc IT, and halT The clTy slid lnTo The sea, The Romans moved in and Took over, The porT iTselT is second only To Genoa in imporTance, and was The base OT major lTalian warships during The lasT war. Many of The ciTy's aTTracTions were desTroyed or damaged by The war, buT There are sTill many poinTs of inTeresT Tor The shuTTerbug. There are abouT 300 churches and Chapels, The mosT beauTiTul being The CaThedral oT ST. Jan- arius The paTron sainT OT Naples. There are. also a number of Tine museums. Three or Tour ancien-T cas- Tles, The Royal Palace, The UniversiTy, The San Carlo Opera l-louse, and The CaTacombs. And oT course no Tour would be com- pleTe wiThouT a sTop aT The cameo TacTory. Add dozens oT clubs and bars. shalce wiTh some Tine IT- alian Tood, and you have anoTher good liberTy porT - even Though mosT OT The Six+h FleeT does hil' iT aT The same Time. On subsequenT sTops- aT Naples, Tours were con- ducTed To Rome, buT There are a number oT inTeresTing places buT a shorT disTance Trom The ciTy. The summer resorT oT SorrenTo lies abouT ThirTy miles souTheasT of Naples and The Island oT Capri, abouT TwenTy miles souThwesT. IT was on Capri ThaT Caesar spenT The lasT years of his liTe. The mosT ouTsTanding aTTracTion of Capri is OT course, iTs caves - The mosT Tamous being The Blue GroTTo. lT derives iTs name Trorn The eTl:ecT OT The sunlighT which TilTers inTo The cavern and TinTs The waTer and walls a pale blue. AnoTher Tamous spoT Ts The ancienT ciTy of Pompei, which lies aT The TooT oT MT. Vesuvius. IT is one oT Tive ciTies buried when Vesuvius erupTecl in 79 AD. ExcavaTion oT The ciTy began in l748, and now mosf of fhe cify has been uncovered. Many of us will remember February l95l and our few days of shore dufy . Liberfy boafs on fhe 4fh found if rough going because of high seas and sfrong winds, and fhaf nighf when fhe men refurned fo fhe landing, fhey found fhaf boafs fo all fhe ships oufside fhe brealcwafer had been cancelled. Hours passed and fhe weafher grew sfeadily worse. and finally fhe word came fo load fhe men onfo buses and disfribufe fhem amongsf fhe various hofels in Naples. Nafurally fhere were foo many men for +he limifed space available, and a frip fhrough fhe hofels fhaf nighf found sailors sleeping in fhe lobbies, on fhe sfairs. in fhe halls and iammed by fhe dozens in rooms. There were also a few opfimisfic souls who slepf in some box cars af fhe landing. There were sfill no boafs fhe nexf morning. and iusf abouf everyone headed for fhe Seamen's Club, and a hof cup of coffee. Around noon fhey were herded back fo fhe landing, and fhose whose ships had come inside fhe breakwafer refurned. COLUM- BUS men were spread abouf fhe various ships, fo waif unfil fhe morning of fhe 7+h when liberfy boafs resumed schedule. We gof aboard iusf in fime fo load sfores - oh well, be if ever so humble There is no place lilce home . Waferfronf Pigna+oro Maggcre Caserfa Parade in Naples TARA T0 ane of fhe four maior naval bases in lfaly, Taranfo, in fhe insfep of fhe lfalian Boof forms fhe soufhern anchorage for her fleef. The disasfer inflicfed on fhe lfalian Navy by fhe Brifish in I94l, is well known. Brifish planes from fhe lllusfrious flew over fhe lfalian fleef, apparenfly quife secure in fhe harbor, and broke fhe back of lfalian sea power in a few hours. Taranfo is one of fhe cleanesf cifies visifed in fhe Med. If is rafher small, and fhe sfreefs are very narrow. Wifh a populafion of abouf lO0,000, she does nof have fhe air of a big cify as some of fhe ofher-porfs have. Amusemenfs are few, and luxurious bars and hofels are non-exisfenf. There are a few side- walk cafes fhaf offer a pleasanf place from which fo view fhe Taranfios. Shop- ping is limifed, wifh mosf of fhe producfs coming from fhe norfhern cifies. The cify is nof indusfrial, nor does if have any nafive handicraff fhaf is worfhy fo menfion. Three Naval schools are mainfained here, and lfalian courfesies are many buf noi' lavish. Noi' far from fhe fleei- landing one can find modern club-hofels, which serve cognac, gin, and beer af reasonable prices. Fafher's Day was celebrafed by in- vifing a group of lfalian orphans fo a parfy aboard ship. If was hard fo fell who had fhe mosf fun, fhe children or fhe fosfer fafhers. The Navy meefs fhe Navy fglfhough if would be impossible fo lisf all fhe affracfions Venice has fo offer fhe sighf-seer, fhere are a few of fhe beffer known fhaf should be menfioned. From fhe liberfy landing if was buf a few shorf blocks fo fhe cenfer of Venefian life af fhe Piazza Di San Marco lSf. lviark's Squarel, filled wifh people, and E I E pigeons. On fhree sides if is enclosed wifh symmefrical colonnades, from which 1 exfend numerous cafe fables. On fhe fourfh side is fhe fabulous Basilica of Sf. Mark, fhe pafron sainf of Venice. The roof is a greaf clusfer of golden domes of various sizes, and is adorned wifh 500 columns of rare orienfal marbles, inside and ouf. The building is covered wifh mosaics of gilded glass and semi- precious sfones. On your leff as you leave fhe church is fhe l4fh cenfury Campanile. Above fhe brick shaff, I62 feef high, is a limesfone bell chamber which affords a wonderful view of fhe cify. Direcfly across fhe Piazza from fhe Campanile, over an archway leading info fhe maze of fhe cify ifself, is fhe Torre Del Orlo-Gio, The principal feafure of which is a frick clock. The bronze gianfs called fhe Mori or Moors, each armed wifh a sledgehammer, have been sfriking fhe hours on a large bell for fhe pasf 450 years. There are a number of palaces fo visif, perhaps fhe mosf famous being fhe Palazzo Ducale lDucal Palacel. This sfriking building has seen as much magnificence, cruelfy, lavish generosify, low infrigue, cafasfrophe, and prosperify as any building fhis side of Hades. The Grand Canal, fhe main drag of Venice is a rubber-neck's paradise, wifh anofher dozen famous and beaufi- ful spofs +o see. The Grand Canal In fronf of Sf. Mark's 7his was The TirsT visiT oT The COLUMBUS To This porT oT call since The midshipmen cruise in I948. Nobody knows iusT when The ciTy was. Tounded. IT was a very long Time beTore The birTh oT ChrisT aT any raTe. The name Genoa is probably derived Trom The Greek word Zenos or sTranger. and The early civilizaTion oT The ciTy is due To The conTacT oT The primiTive Ligurian inhabiTanTs wiTh Greek and Phoenician Traders. TT is boTh a medieval and modern ciTy. crowded and busTling. The old parT oT The ciTy is Tull of narrow winding sTreeTs, wiTh sTairs and bridges and hemmed in by old buildings, daTing Trom The middle ages. Carved doorways, oTTen wiTh wroughT iron grills or gaTes open inTo inner courTyards. GreaT Renaissance palaces loom over one as he passes Through Those crooked alleys. and rear Their loTTy walls Tar above his head as They elbow neighboring palaces. One soon noTices ThaT homes or dwelling places have black sTreeT numbers, and places oT business and oTTices have red' ones. The new parTs oT The ciTy have broad roads and well spaced dwellings and give The appearance oT a modern ciTy as we know iT. YeT, iT can be said. Genoa is pre-eminenTly a ciTy OT palaces. These range Trom The medieval homes oT Genoese Tamilies in The old quarTer oT The Town To The magniTicenT sixTeenTh and sevenTeenTh cenTury mansions which line The Via Garibaldi. IT is oT special inTeresT To noTe ThaT The year OCT. TZ. T950 To OCT. l2. l95l is The Fif+h CenTenary CelebraTion oT ChrisTopher Columbus. The exhibiTion in progress aT ST. George's palace showed much oT The hisTory oT Columbus' Times. Genoa has very imporTanT meTallurgical and engineering indusTries which are mainly connecTed wiTh ship- building. The reTining and processing oT vegeTable and seed oils, which are inainly imporTed, is a considerable indusTry. The soap and Tood indusTry. coTTon manuTacTures, especially hosiery, Tanning and leaTher indusTries lglovesj, painT TacTories, cemenT works and quarries give a TurTher picTure of The Genoese aT Their work. Neaby poinTs oT inTeresT include The STaglieno CerneTery Tor iTs world-famous TombsTones, also Tomb of Giuseppi Mazzini, Nervi Promenade, Gallery oT Modern ArT, Pegli Park and l'TeadquarTers oT Civil Naval Museum. The hearT oT The ciTy lies in a Triangle bounded by The harbor, The Via Garibaldi and The Via Carlo Felice. IT is Tilled wiTh crooked sTreeTs, Towering buildings, and many churches. IT is in These old churches ThaT you will really Tind someThing'worThwhile. While in Genoa a Tour was made To Pisa and Florence. Pisa is world Tamous Tor iTs Leaning Tower . lncessani' land-slides seem To be The explanaTion oT This oddiTy. Florence like Genoa is boTh mod- ern and medieval wiTh The picTuresque characTerisTics ThaT such a combinaTion has To oTier. Many museums and arT galleries are available To The visiTor. Some oT The world Tamous masTerpieces can be seen in This old lTalian ciTy. Florence also boasTs oT having The only bridge in Europe ThaT has buildings and sTores on iT. The greaT culTural awak- ing ThaT Tinally shook Europe Trom iTs sTagnanT sleep oT The Middle Ages sTarTed here. MonumenT To The discoverer of America and The house in which he was born. ,...4' f , ,Ly JYHQWM ! f If fr N! , gf? f , , I I i VX fig icecream via bike in Pisa -5-v,f,,, ,A U 'Z f.,i ij ' :Y . , K ,N , Q Leaning iower of Pisa ,i 7' if' - i if -Ni f 11 i i ai ' 'My im' Y, , ' i 51251 Y wY'r?5f-.A nibf' f N QQ 1' 537 A 'IMT' ' SW if Y ..,,, A. 4 ig K ,',, si ,.W,'1, j A .1 .V KLVA L iwii ,. Columbus 'Pour pariy in Florence The old laul modern cliy of Genoa Covered bridge in Florence complefe wilh housing, mar- lcel and slores. many oT The crew were TorTunaTe enough To Talce one oT The exciTing Tours offered each Time The ship visiTed Naples. JusT a Tew hours away by The excel- lenT Rapido service, The lTalian capiTal was wiThin easy range OT The sailor's camera and poclceTboolc. This Trip oTTered Tive days oT relaxaTion in one OT The ciTy's modern hoTels and an opporTuniTy To see The very cradle oT our modern civilizaTion. The eTTicienT ITalian Train arrives in one oT The mosT modern and large sTa- Tions which can be Tound ThroughouT The world, and iT is a surprise indeed To see whaT lies only a Tew blocks away. There is The old Roman Forum, originally a marlceT place and cenTer oT Trade buT Tinally The cenTer oT religious and poliTical liTe OT The Romans. AT each sTep, The TourisT sees his- Tory wriTTen in marble. NoT rnuch TurTher sTands The sTaTely Colosseum, marvelously preserved and mam- moTh even by modern day sTandards. lT covers six acres, is one-Third oT a mile in circumference and T50 TeeT high. This sTrucTure is a grim reminder of The second and Third cenTuries when Thousands oT ChrisTians were rnarTyred on iTs bloody sTage. AnoTher noTorious hisTory book picTure is ThaT Arch oT ConsTanTine which poses even more maiesTically Than iTs phoTographs irnply. The Tamous PanTheon builT in The year 27 B.C. in commemoraTion oT The vicTory over AnThony and CleopaTra is The mosT perTecT Roman Temple. Since 609 The PanTheon has been a ChrisTian church and wiThin iTs walls are The Tombs oT Two lTalian lcings and many Tamous painTers including Raphael, IT is a circular sTrucTure wiTh a diameTer oT I43 TeeT aT The boTTorn. and iTs huge dome has a 28' opening aT The Top. The PanTheon is used Today as a church as iT has done Tor I3 cenTuries and is Truly a monumenT To Roman archiTecTure. As The Tour progresses, The works oT The Renaissance are unTolded, wiTh The wondrous accomplishmenTs oT Raphael, Bernini. and Michelangelo. The mosT rnagniTi- cenT building in The world, ST. PeTer's CaThedral, sTrilces The pilgrim breaThless wiTh iTs beauTy, size and perTecTion oT proporTion. One enTrance To The CaThedral is sealed wiTh concreTe and has a large cross painTed on iT. This is one OT The Tour Holy Doors fPorTa SanTal which are opened only during The Holy Year, which is every 25 years. The oTher doors are in The ancienT beauTiTul churches of SanTa Maria lvlaggione, Basilica oT'ST. John, and ST. Paul's ouTside The walls which also is visiTed. The VaTican, a ciTy wiThin a ciTy cannoT be denied The disTincTion as being .LL L . . I . .i u u il'---2 ROA Y ZOO smaller ones, iis 20 couris, and iis Il,OOO halls. Chapels. rooms. ancl aparlmenls one can see 'ihe world's granclesi' collec- 'rion of painlings, sculpiures, fapesiries, and relics. Here also is Michelangelo! amazing work on fhe ceiling of The Sisfine Chapel. Raphael's The Transliguralion and Coronaiion of Jrhe Virgin, and ihousancls of worlcs by 'rhe world's greaiesf ariisls. lv1ussolini's residence, Jrhe Palazzo Venecia i'emp+s everyone +0 i'rain his camera on lhe balcony from which Il Duce macle his violeni speeches noi i'oo long ago. Rome is oiien called 'ihe oily of Founfains. and 'ihe lourisi can easily unolersiancl Jrhis afler he has walked several blocks. ancl he sees as many founlains. The largesi and mosf celebraiecl of l'hem is lhe Foniana Di Treni, ancl by Jrradiiion if one of fhem ihrows a penny mio ii' on lhe eve before leaving Jrhe ciiy 'rhen liaie will have him rei'urn wiihin a year. Noi far away is l'he magnificeni lvionumeni +o Vicior Emmanuel ll which Jroolc 26 years +o compleie. The visil i'o ihe l-loly Cily is highlighfecl when Pope Pius granis an audience and The Holy Faiher makes an inspiring speech in very goocl English. ITALY Enirance +o La Spezia 7he porl of l.aSpezia lies a+ The head of ihe Gulf of Spezia on The Ligurian Coasr, 43 miles easl-soulheasl of Genoa, and 40 miles norlh norlh-wesl of Leghorn. The gulf is large and surrounded by mounlains Before The war of I94-O, l.aSpezia was The largesl llalian Naval Operaling base. and had developed 'lo some exleni' as a commercial porl: Approximaiely 70 percenl of lhe pori' faciliiies were deslroyed by 'rhe Germans, l3u'l' damages are almosl complelely rebuilr. The lown is buill up Through Jrwo valleys and is spli'l' in 'lhe cen'l'er by a ridge-reaching almosl' lo The walerfronl in a norih-souih direclion. To The easl' of 'lhis ridge are The freighl yards, small facrories and workers homes. To lhe wesr is The business clislricr and doclc yards. Because of The war damage and insuliicienl oulside illuminalion l'he Town now has a drab appearance especially al nighr. There are several good reslauranis including Risloranie Mariini and Risroranre Ruffini. Prices ln resfauranis and bars are reasonalole. l.aSpezia iisell has lillle of inleresl, loul Jrhe surrounding counrryside is very beauliful and offers much lo 'lhe sighlseeing shuH'erbug '. The. village of Lerici, 4 miles ro The soulh is an in'l'eresi'ing liH'le place and a popular summer resori. H has an old caslle and good examples of medieval archiieclure. Scenes near K K 'Phe Fleef landing K 11 1 . - A SPEZIA LI B0 , PORT GAL lisbon The capiTal and largesT ciTy oT PorTugal is siTuaTed magniTicenTly on The norTh bank oT The Tagus River. Few porTs are more beauTiTul as you approach Trom The sea. The cenTer oT acTiviTy in Lisbon iTselT is The ROSSIOJ a greaT cenTral square unTil The l8Th cenTury The scene oT pub- lic execuTions. bull TighTs and all sorTs oT acTiviTy. Today iT is crowded wiTh all kinds oT TraT- Tic, noisy, brighT, animaTed. The wesT side is lined wiTh caTes. You can geT a good view oT The casual liTe oT The ciTy Trom This vanTage poinT. During our Time in Lisbon, sighTseeing Tours were con- ducTed daily To FaTima and Lisbon and environs and many oT The ship's company availed Themselves of Them. These Tours included The Jardin Boranico which is an excellenT example oT a garden-park: iT.will be oT inTeresT chieTlv To Those who care Tor sub-Tropical Tlowers and planTs. The Museum de ArTe AnTiga is a small museum wiTh a good collecTion OT painTings and gold and silver plaTe. The mosT popular oT The Tours was The one To The small vil- lage oT FaTima, where The Blessed Virgin had appeared on Three diTTerenT occasions To Three PorTuguese shepherd children. Those who made The Tour saw The place where The Virgin had appeared and also The beauTiTul church which The blessed Virgin requesTed be builT. IT is now nearing compleTion. AnoTher rnusT on everyones lisT was The bull-TighT which was held on Sunday, Sepjrember 23 in honor oT The U. S. Navy. WiTh iTs pageanT oT color and some oT The besT bull- TighTers Trom Spain and PorTugal iT provided us wiTh one oT The mosT exciTing evenTs we have seen while on This cruise. The souvenir hunTers were ouT as usual and came back wiTh such arTicles as gold and silver plaTed lighTers, Swiss waTches, pure sillc, pure gold. silver, Tilligree. hammered cop- per. corlc ice buclneTs and oTher cork novelTies. Local handi- craTT, Madeira and local embroidery or linen and coTTon. Bargaining was in eTTecT excepT in The principal down- Town shops. ,, A9699 one R We YXQWS 0 Some or' W e v R-Aa 5 K MW fo. M uf 4 f- A J! The bulmghi arena in Lisbon HTHVIEW RD BOUN While we were in LaSpezia, lTaly The sewing machine in The BunTing Repair Locker sTarTed whirling and The job order Tor oreaTing a homeward bound pennanT was begun. The man behind The machine was John A. ivlclvlahon, QMS2, USNR, who had received The go ahead signal Trom Ensigns McCain and ST. Germaine. The use oT The homeward bound pennanT is TradiTional. A vessel which has been on duTy in Toreign waTers ouTside The conTinenTal limiTs oT The UniTed STaTes conTinuously Tor a period oT one year or more Tlies The home- ward bound pennanT upon geTTing underway To proceed To a porT in The UniTed STaTes, The overall lengTh oT The pennanT is normally one TooT Tor each oTFicer and man who have been on duTy ouTside The UniTed STaTes in excess oT one year. Our pennanT is 520 TeeT long wiTh one sTar in The blue Tield .indicaTing The Time ouTsicle The U. S. A. This blue porTion conTaining The sTar will be presenTed To The Commanding OTFicer upon arrival in The UniTed STaTes and The remainder will be divided equally among The officers and men of The ship's company. Much inTeresT was creaTed in leaving Lisbon when The pennanT was unfurled To The blue skies and genTle breezes assisTed by five helium filled balloons. The sl'iuTTer-bugs were ouT in Tull Torce. Rigging The Homeward Bound pennanf on The fanTail K I SEA ACTI ITIE mm in acfion Roanoke along side 'For fransfer The man behind fhe direcfor Tra nsfer ai sea Y was b Hifc 'v-G.-- Fueling Desfroyer El' Taking on Fuel fof ihe fueling defall Bug guns Mm. ,pf Plenfy room fo spare BASEBALL TEAM 7T was The TourTh game oT The I95O season againsT The U.S.S. Bronson ThaT The Team hiT iTs sTride againsT The opposing piTcher Tor TourTeen hiTs including Three home runs, To win 8 To 4. CompleTing I3 games wiTh 9 wins and 4 losses in Cuba The Team was challenged by? The Grand Canyon who boasTed 2O wins. Team CapTain Spooner piTched a brillianT game holding The Canyon To 6 hiTs and 4 runs while his TeammaTes collecTed 7 runs and IO hiTs including one home run and 2 Triples. The ouTsTanding game oT The year was played aT GiTmo Bay againsT The Supply DeparTmenT oT The Naval Air Wing, The game lasTed 5lf2 hours and I6 innings. The Columbus won ThaT game wiTh a score OT I6 To 6. The Team played some 26 games wiTh a season's average oT 2I wins 4 losses and one Tie. The lasT game oT The season was guiTe a disappoinTmenT To The Team as well as To The ship, Tor aTTer com- pleTing 2I games wiThouT a loss They were desTirued To mar Their record againsT The Holland Team wiTh a 3-3 deadlock, when according To The rules oT ThaT counTry when you play nine innings Hue ball game is over. They do noT believe in exTra innings and undoubT- edly if The game had conTinued iT would have been The 22nd win Tor The Team. This year 76 men Turned ouT Tor Team TryouTs, wiTh only I5 oT Them To be selecTed To make up The Team. In a Three game pracTice series wiTh The NewporT News a ToTal oT 40 men played each game. The NewporT News won all' Three games. Farm Team mem- bers oT big league clubs plus The sev- eral choices oT new recruiTs placed a beTTer lineup Than any ever seen beTore by This ship. EnTering The nexT porT The Team was challenged by The McCard. ATTer accepTing The bid Tor a game The Team wenT over To win by a score oT 9 To 2. ThroughouT The resT OT The games iT was To be The same sTory, when The runs came They came in bunches or The errors came in The same sequence. IT is well To noTe however ThaT The Team had very Ii++Ie, iT any, sulosTanTial prac- Tice To keep iT in The Top shape ThaT would make iT a winning ball club. STill They had a preTTy impressive record oT 9 wins and 5 losses, which Tor The Med is a preTTy good record. All These games have been played againsT Tellow ships oT The U.S. Navy and Thereufore The Team has had Top compeTiTion Trom some oT The besT Uncle Sam can oTTer. PasT and presenT members of The Team are as Tollows: Miller 2nd div, rT, Dolan, CaTcher, 4Th div, CasTigalia, ce-nTer Tield, 2nd div, Marinek, leTT Tield, 2nd div, Wilson, M. M.. Third baseman, K div, Seals, shorTsTop, S-2 div, Rosinski, Marines, second base, Sequino, M div, Third base, I-larper, S-2 div, TirsT base, Owens, Marines, TirsT base, Bench and Becker, R div, piTchers, Carlson, piTcher, BeTTe, V div, caTcher and' inTielder, Drews, piTcher and Ranney, Team capTain, inTielder and piTcher. Columbus vs. flue Tunis Sporls Club Columbus vs lhe Belgnum All Sfars Sliding home Sv -...gg Two l1urlers J 4-. 1 Iii ' . l, :Q f f'1' I W , I .ef W ,,.. fr' ' ' A ., S E, A , Q 1 , ' V ,N lr 4 , .'?, nf N A W W A ' f?'b X xifla , ' H 1 . ,V , i A l 1 s sssLs u l A ' iii l l l Q ' - 1 :fi ' Z ' ji ESQ' Q15 l I 4 V in Base lui BA KETBALL TEAIVI 7he Columbus Explorers, who have probably played more Toreign basIceT- ball Teams Than any oTher Navy quinTeT. have rounded ouT anoTher successTuI season. I-Iindered by no pracTice games and on The shorl' side in heighT in all encounTers, The LoopsTers Through dog- W W 1 ged deTerminaTion and sharp shooTing ended wiTh a Team record of 35 wins and I7 losses. A special saIuTe To The Tour members of The quinTeT Thai' have seen The compIeTe campaign should go To AI I-Iudson. Ecl Niclay, Gil Dancler and Joe Brown. WiTh CI-ISCLK Walsh aT The helm, and Joe Trimarco GM2 managing, The Explorers goT oTT To a 3 game winning sTreaIc and never wenT behind average. JusT shorTIy beTore The close oT The season, CI-ISCLK Walsh was Transferred and Trimarco wenT To The managemenT oT The ship's soTTbaII Team. The Tive now wiTh Ensign Jimmy I'IaII aT The helm broughT The season To a close wiTh a hard ToughT overTime win 'againsT a French all-s+ar Team. The final score aTTer an hour oT playing was Columbus 62 -All-STars 60. The games played on The IasT Tour: ToTaIs 35 I7 T Games Won Los PIymouTh. England 3 O BresT, France 5 I AnTwerp, Belgium O 0 RoTTercIam. Holland 2 O 'lump ball BizerTe, Tunisia 2 0 Naples, I+aIy 4 5 TriesTe. ITaIy 5 O Venice-, ITaIy TIE! TIE IsTanbuI, Turkey 6 2 AThens, Greece 0 6 Nice, France 8 I The mosl' impressive viciory for The Explorers was over lhe U SS Salem shorfly afier ihey had reiurned l J. Garrify Division O in C Manager S I ' k V , y . . . i - - - ' - I u . . . . . an overfime by 2 poinls in 'rhe finals of 'rhe Norfolk championship. The Columbus won +his game 49 +o 47. 5 F. J J. ' f . ' L. F E. ' T P. ' E li J. T. E , F. J. E y L. T . ' E y , C, ' J. A. F . 3 d l R ' 7+h from The Slales The Salem had won The Cruiser Divisional championship and losl' lo Jrhe U SS Mississippi in The members of The preseni' and pasl' baslcelball Jream are as follows Presenl' Alumm Name Division Name Ens Hall O in C Cl-lSCLK Walsh Johnson Manager Trlmarco G Kander King Carpenler ox Niday are Pumenfal asy Brown Tare Johnson asy Barber Tare Sheefs as Nugenl' are C Smllh as Bissegger Tare Bench Roger Hudson ox J Johns+on r . Rubino J. Shover 3rd J. Zelinslci 7+h D. Heverden S2 4+h W. Seidel l-l. Rafferly 4l'h D. Driver Sl B. Sianfil CR W. Mearns SI L. EveH's Tare E. Lorenc Mike R. Reeves s Fox J. Hayes 5i'h NWS. France HIP'S SOFTBALL TEAM 7he Ship's Sofrball Team, wilh LTJG Durclen acling as soflball officer, and Joe Trimarco, GQMZ, 4l'h Division. manager, came Jrhrough wilh a line record, winning 22 and losing I4 games. The 'reamsuwirh which 'rhe Columbus squad played againsl' included Jrhe besf in Jrhe Sixlh Fleei' and l'he .besl lhal' l'he counlries, which we have VISITS could provide. The ship's Team was composed oT men Trom mosT divisions oT The ship. 1hII'hOUqI'I'I'lWG Team did VIOI' PVGC Tice very much. iT sTill did a preTTy 'Fair iob and won iTs share of games. The ship is very proud oT The Team and beTTer luck Tor The coming year. Below is a lisT oT The Team members who are sT1II aboard. LQTZ Calfcher 3fOI LEWIS CaTcher 5-I FRIDAY IsT Base S'l IVIASSEY IST Base IST MEARNS 2nd Base S'l DEATON 3rd Base 3rd SEILLER 3rd Base 6+h WHITE ShorTsTop K BEATTIE Ouhfield EX BARONE OuTTieId FOX MELLO OuTTieId 6+h ARMSTRONG Pusher 'S+ MITCHELL PiTcher l'I SANDBERG OuTTieId FOX REYMAND PiTcher ZHCI DIVISIIINAL IIFTBALL Divisional soTTbalI was The mosT popular recreaTionaI sporT during our cruise. IT also broughT ouT many a sore back Tor some oT The men who are really Too old To play. One oT The mosT noTed divisions To play was The CS and The Nan. They always seemed To play a very close and inTeresTing game. Their besT game was when The CS nosed ouT The Nan Division by a 29 To 27 score. There were many divisions really Too numerous To men- Tion who boasTed sTrong Teams The Third and The Marines, who won TwenTy-Three sTraighT games, were abouT The besT. The aged TirsT class Team and The oTTicers Team always seemed To give each oTher sTiTT compeTiTion. The Fox Division had a fairly good Team and was always a sTrong conTesTanT Tor. any division. All in all The boys were noT good or noT load, buT They all had a loT oT Tun and may we conTinue To repeaT our divisional soTTbaII Teucls. QXQXUW Q Q i i gg X w: R' o afne a me head!! X , ' And i1 s a line --Q drive off The fanfail 623' 753.2 cdr X -I 166532 . su. Z- . 1. N QMElli vii,-yjgsss Nl Q 'viigggs , , X ,M :V .Q 47 1 ,f ,W f 7 UU: he 1 i' 9 1 X f ' C f XX X N , QA W ffff Mig A fm Q 'Z V N K X s 1? gf QW Ll!! K , .. A - e 7 AQ 1 Ah! Safe a+ lasi' f .W ma A C . if Y - f 5 4 -fi sg rf N,-fmt RECREATIO CQHVINIITTEE 7he mosf ouJrs+anding aFFairs presenfed by 'rhe Re-crea'Hon CommiH'ee were Hwe Jrwo ship's dances held in Villefranche dur- ing '50 and '5I. Below are shofs faken ai' Hwe dance on fhe 6 and 7 July I95l. The dance was a grea'r success as Hwe phofos indicafe. V if J! 1 'W X CHANGE OF CIHVIMAND The Hrsi' ihree phofos show fhe change of command from Capt Mclean 'Po Capifain Wellfngs . . . . Sepfember l950. The boH'om fhree phofos show cere- monies held in Augusf I95l, when fhe change of command was from Capf. Wellings fo Capiain Warcler. I PECTIO t 'M Q gf .,. Q 5 N X ' ' X A N Good fellowship Mlclmghf mass on Xmas and 'Hue Lord said .... WMM, Services on Hue focas+le Sl-nipping over Cu'r'Hng a rug in France I I 1 I K 1 Y verur pupes from Turkey A visif from CinC NELM's band , Sou ' ' 1 ,an N 'fd v 4 Mai A f A 5? 7 ig? Hx.. zwwfz L .' .,.,v! H . , Q W ,, W Wie: 2 5 , ,ff ,,. , M4 X 'o W Q 2 ' f dxfi. ' ' l Officers' Club in MalTa l A+ The Ship's Dance Villefranche During The monTh oT December, I95O, The Ship's Band was Tormed. Spending The ChrisTmas Holidays in PlymouTh, England, The Band Tools parT in concerTs aT The local hospiTals and schools. WriTe-ups in The local newspapers aTTesTed Their success. While on The cruise in The Med,, dance daTes became rouTine wiTh The Band. STarTing aT The Seamen's Club in Naples. lTaly The Bands populariTy grew noT.konly wiTh The crew buT wiTh The Med. l:leeT. Being whaT is known as a pick-up band, a band made up from Ship's5:Company. Their performance exceeded all expecTaTions. Many OT The dance daTes played loy The Band included The Seamen's Clubs aT AThens, Greece: lsTanloul. Turkey: The Ship's Dance aT VilIeTranche plus a Ships Dance Tor DD-822 and an oTTicers' dance in TaranTo, lTaly. The Bands Comloo also enioyed playing aT CapT. Wellings' coclcTail parTy aT ST. Jean, France-OTl:icers' Clubs in AugusTa, Sicily, The Isle of MalTa and oTher porTs. UnTil recenTly, Ensign C. J. Meade was oTlicer-in-charge oi The Band. Now The Band is in The very capalole hands oT Ensign R. W. Arn. . 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Ensigns Meade and Sherman: carrying The ball Trom The TiTTy yard line To The T.D. oT The book you hold in hand were Chairman and co-chairman LTig Luykx and Ensign Mooshagian. The commiTTee was TurTher en- hanced by The services OT Griliiis and The boys oT The PhoTo Lab Tor picTures. Milligan and Lawrence on layouT. lvlarcon and Silva Tor carToons, Cvinar and Florence on sTories and Typing, news reps from all divisions and l-lonesT George Miller as general kibiTzer. They were glad To do This book Tor you and now oTFer iT proudly in Tond remi- niscence of a happy cruise wiTh a happy crew. I, OWEKQQEIQ, Q r- fixing ei., E N WSDL! vi! ' lxizqi Q XX ff er We ' if il r 'J'p , M -2 ' z I f 9' . : A ,fi a cg CR U I Cl K fl ' X C C T if T TTT' A X CRUISE' BOO STAFF Eighi' Sefs of Bro+hers V' . 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