Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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ANT ERP, BELGI l4TTer our TirsT visiT To France we Tound ourselves in AnTwerp. Belgium, aTTer a TorTuous Trip up The Schelde River: Tor alThough iT is one oT The major European porTs, iT lies more Than 50 miles Trom The-sea. Large crowds gaThered To see The COLUMBUS ThroughouT The daylighT hours, and remained well inTo The nighT. IT was probably due To The TacT ThaT The COLUMBUS was The TirsT major American warship To visiT The porT in years. 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