Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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. 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