Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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.

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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