Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 114 of the 1955 volume:

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Je , fe- IQAARSEILLE 3 GENOA 7 LEG-HORN X I LISBON I 4 GIBRALTAR ALGIERS LISBON-por+ugaI 22 Sepiember Io 27 Sepfember I954 ATHENS-greece I I November fo I6 November I954 ALGIERS-algeria 2 Ocfober fo 7 Ocfober I954 IZMIR--furkey I7 November Io 22 November I954 GENOA-i+aIy I3 Ocrober +o 2I 0c'I'ober I954 LEGHORN-ifaly 29 November +o 6 December I954 MARSEILLE-france 27 Ocfober fo 4 November I954 NAPLES-i+aIy I7 December +o 27 December I954 9 n ,ani I NAPLES El 11,5 6 IZMER y TOULON--'france 28 December I954 fo 3 January I955 PALMA-spain 8 January 'Io I4 January I955 GIBRALTAR-I.:riI'isI1'crown colony I5 January Io I8 January I955 arrived Bosion, Massac-Iluseffs 29 January I955 if .,, CA RL, MAIOCCO DEIJIGATION . . . a mixture of gold bars, red chevrons and white stripes . . . a combi- nation of hard work and even harder play . . . a series of emotional differences and understanding accord . . . this is the crew of the Columbus . . . men from all walks of life . . . fighting the same battle . . . at times with curses . . . at other times with prayers . . . but these are the men . . . and to them . . . this book is dedicated. ,Vs fffozvcc fxecutnle Uffzcer COMMANDER ROBERT C MORTON USN graduafed Ensign U S Naval Academy Class of I936 served as Engineer and Gunnery Offlzer og e board cruiser Minneapolis and baffleship Texas December 7 I94I performing gunnery an al duhes on Amphibious S+aff un Ailanhc parhcnpafed an early Iroop movemenfs fo England and Ire I d 'r d lannln Norfh Africa Invasion allied forces landing al' Casablanca In I942 an BSSIS E In P g Execuhve Officer desfroyer Branne in Pacific operahons an Solomon Islands Bouganvulle area fool: I lal'er arhclpaled In nu command of ZIOO 'Ion deslroyer Bache operaflng off New Guinea coas p merous campaigns from Manus In Admlrallfy Group lo Leyle Gulf Oclober 1944 involved in baffle off Surlgao Slralghr lafler parf of same year 'roolx command of deslroyer Wadlelgh carried American officials Io Japan enferlng inner Tolxyo Bay on mamenlous Sepfember 2 I945 from Execu live Officer duhes and Assoclale Professor of Naval Science af N R OTC Unll Norlhwesfern Umver sily Illinois fool: command deslroyer Compfon In Sepfember I949 boarded COLUMBUS as Execu hve Officer on I2 November I953 4 Commanding Ufficer CAPTAIN J. D. L. GRANT, U.S.N .... gradualed Annapolis I930.,.boarded balfleship New York l93I 'fo I936 served onboard baffle- ship California, heavy cruiser Louisville and deslroyer King...sIuden'r of Applied Communicafions U.S.- Naval Posfgraduafe School, Annapolis... l94I onboard flagship Honolulu wilnessed allack on Pearl Harbor.. .as Communicalicns Officer ComTaslcForce I4 aboard Sarafoga in I942,..survived enemy lorpedoes off Johnslon lsland...assisled in organilafion of Allied Naval Forces, Souih Wes? Pacific . . . aclive in Pearl Harbor, New Zealand and Ausfralia areas . .. I944 fo l945 as Navigalor and Operalions Officer on heavy cruiser Alaska operated in naval sfrilnes againsf Tokyo, Iwo Jima and Olri- nawa . . . Execufive Officer of flue Alaslra in I945 . ..looL command of Ihe cruiser in I946 wilh promo- lion Io ranlr of Capfain . .. Ialer in I946 fransferred Io Jacksonville, Florida as Dislricl Communicafions Officer of Sevenfh Naval Dis'rricI...from Commanding Officer U.S.S. HYADES in I948 fo 2 years as Allanlic Fleei Personnel Officer . . ,fools command of U.S.S. CHILTON . . .alfended Senior Course al Naval War College, Newporl...pricr lo boarding COLUMBUS on I8 November l954 was Chief Sfafl Officer for CincNELM Subordinafe Command af Naples. , .. sm 5-Q... ' bepartment M1444 CDR Edward F. Carl-Operafions LCDR John C. Herron-Supply CDR Ira B. Ramsey-Engineering LCDN William B. Dickson-Gunnery LCDR Alex Baker-Naviga+ion CDR Arflnur Slone-Denfal LT John F. McVay-Medical SUPPLY OFFICERS Y Y GUNNERY OFFICERS ENGINEERING OFFICERS A MEDICAL OFFICERS A ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS A OPERATIONS OFFICERS Y ik NAVIGATION OFFICERS V Nobody paid much affenfion fo fhe dark gray sky, nor fhe heavy downpour of rain . . . people sfood on fhe docks, frying hard fo smile, fheir arms growing heavy as fhey kepf fheir hands waving . . . fug boafs pushed and fauf lines slackened . . . sfrong bellows from fhe ship's whisfles . . . fog horns blasfed fhe affernoon air . . . wheels furned . . . and slowly . . . ever carefully . . . fhe heavy vessel leff her berfh and sfarfed ouf fowards fhe open sea . . . fowards fhe beginning of her five monfh . . . 01 editer ane n Cl-ui e If was a sfrong wind fhaf guided fhe sleek gray form of fhe cruiser CO- LUMBUS fhrough Bosfon Harbor, ouf fo fhe beckoning Aflanfic. She made a handsome picfure as she glided fhrough fhe dark green wafers, whife foam pushing up againsf her freshly painfed sides. Her guns poinfed up fo fhe darkening skies and seagulls, pushed by fhe sea winds, gracefully fol- lowed fhe ship's wake, calling in coarse voices for food. If was Sepfember 7, I954g firsf sea dufy for some men, lasf for ofhers. If was fhe beginning of a long period of fime . . . away from families and friends . . . away from fhe old haunfs, movie houses, deparfmenf sfores, Summer and Winfer Sfreefs, fhe Buddies' Club, Soufh Sfafion, Scollay Square, Beacon Hill, Joe's Pizza Garden, fhe Charlesfown Y , Bun- ker Hill Monumenf, Mercury Cleaners, and all fhe ofher places fhaf made Bosfon home. And in leaving fhe Sfafes, each man leff a liffle bif of his hearf . . . maybe wifh fhe friends who promised fo wrife af leasf once a week, or wifh fhe mom and dad who swore fhey wouldn'f worry . . . may- be if was enclosed in fhaf lasf-minufe leffer before ouf-going mail closed onboard' '... or maybe if was clufched fenderly in fhe small fisf held high so fhaf fhe flimsy handkerchief could be seen for along while. Crossing fhe Aflanfic was far from dull. The daily roufine was a busy one . . . early reveilles, condifion wafches, baffle problems, drone firings, Ex- ercise Blackiack, leffer-wrifing, movies, innoculafions, Sixfh Fleef briefings, and fhen. . . on fhe morning of Sepfember 22nd . . . quarfers for enfering por+ . . . YT, lg., 1 ul .'t4..i m'....--2----Q ai , 'd..m H 'l 1 1 . nl' far.:-7,-9 uv --f-IARULD MAF' FORD N, ! wi H L-0 V 1 1 X X 1 A x ax f x I , , D f. , fuqgqggrgm -1-.f.l,4r' 4 mem. Q 1 1 1 is Enfrance 'I'o +I-re clfy below fhe L beauhfully sculpfured arch 'From rr-t -.xr aff, , , Q.. --5, 335 A massive s1'ruc1'ure . . . dwarfing +he human visifor in size and siqnifi- ' canoe . . . +he handsome side-sfrucfure of Monas+erio dos Jeronimos . . . ,AA , i A brief visii inio 'rhe pas+ . fhe unfinished Cafhe- dral of Lisbon . .. Inside 'rhe Cafhedral gar- den . . . a close sfudy of Manueiin Ari' . . . The Royal Lion Founiain . . . 1 E . .ul-D-M Enroufe Pena Palace . . . a vlsl1'+o afabulous garden . . . P Framed in arHul arches . . . a ram- par+ of +he unfinished ca+hedral . . . I . i aw' , .NIA ca-of-sf 7 . , 0 .f .Mi 75' a' Oui' of rhe garden under ai maze of arches . . . a doorway leading in+o a world of sroned beau- ry... Zf Q! T!! 1 . . .. :HS gn':. The sound of a 'rrumpe+ . fh L cllclung of casfanefs . . . a holiday splrn+ and fhousancls crowdmg +o fhe arena .A The fullfighi' fhe mafadors slull fh en 1 raged bulls charges . OLE' Sai?- , -fa M V- 51 my l .. 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Mark's Church, Camp- anillo, Clock Tower, and Square . . , lhe beauli- ful QHY of Venice . . . Apfzm lp ,.m.4,-4,,m.,.sa-s-:1 J' 'MN' 1 1 X 1 I I ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 '11 1 Z 1 I 1 1 1 X 1 V 5 N x ' X I I 1 1 1 1 l A remarkable landscape . . . depicling his ihree ships . . . a greaf dedica- lion +o a greal' man . .. si Q I A 4 4 Surviving +he passage of lime . . . preserved in memory of 'lheir grearl son . . . +he house of Chrisfopher Colum- bus... V Cily of greai' heigh+s and depihs . . . looking down on+o 'Phe busy square . . . Alop a high hill . . . an ancienl' palace ga+eway of yesrer- d 6 A .uv XV, 1 ll? 'I v ,Q- 'QKM I' ff Wx iw Q ..,,, , F I 'N-,,...,-,I 5- sg ,Q 3 2 G Q 1 .QQ a.lQHl'i lx.. mn. amy :mul F iu Q awp .Q , , 4. 5 A125 . A 519.3 , my A ,. , ..t. K Win if Q es I-,W-Q1 :nada , Ewygfsf -Q,f f. . ..- 554' 'r ii- !'W' 'S sg., 3 IBIHIY Q 'sg .1 aan.-'S Y' . I!! U'- Black sleek gondolas . . . res+ing ai' fheir poles . . . across +he canal, one of many fowers . . . i 4 All se+ for busman's holiday . . ou+ +o view 'I'he maies+ic ci+y by gon dola . . . Beiween fhe Palace of 'I'he Doge's and I 'rhe prison . . . fhe famous Bridge ' of Sighs . . . 'I'he prisoner'slas+ view ofa beaufiful canal . . . In blue and gold . . . hclung away fhe hours for cenfuries . . . 'ihe s'I'rik- ing Clock Tower -of S+. Marlc's Square nl fvagvri- +4 'ii 2 4 A Piazze'H'a of S+.Marlc . . . adelica+e lamp posl' . . . you don'+ have +o From +he Palace of lhe Doge's . . . know +he language Zeus sfanding guard . . . whi+e mar- - bl d d l . . . + d f earl rZr+?.r?LSureS ,a Fciur Yar 0 Ancienl- +reasures . . . jeweled Y domes . . . gold carvings . . . fhe bre'a+h-faking S+. Mark's Church . . . 144 2' . 1 I' 'w I i rv I 4 S LP.1 l??f r4ff7.fT'1N goq: A. p 1, qw. -'Hel .'? ,f AWN. 'if far E, 4 529' Siler my Fe' ' 1, e. 49' X Y' r w wi A :bran if-H 3 '4b XV' 11 gl. 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P ,JET A+ Arles . . . medieval cafhedral s'rill used by +he +ownspeople . . . a greai lribule +0 yesferyear . . . A s 1 ' i le 5 ki u. S, Q, l A In 'rhe cour+yard of +he Popes' Palace, From +he balcony of 1-he Popes' Palace, A Avignon . . . a s+roll+hrough a medieval Avignon . . . slender arches +o 'Frame selling . . . fhe huddled visi+ors . . . Looking clown from 'Hue Roman-buill' coliseum a+ Arles A . an ancienl s+ree+, remnan+ of a greaf era . . . 4 Befween Arles and Avignon . . . +l1e A'l'op Arles coliseum . . . sailors sil- A marble quarries . . . Dan+e's inspira- l1oueHecl a'gains+ a French sky . . . ' V cl' Flmedlhere . . hon for Inferno . . . Quo a IS scenes I W-' v i 9 l , uf- , YH? G A. -. --.... Q M I N A, f 9' iii-?f f ' eff ,, ' wzyw x ll M -R,, p 3 ' , , ,K f W , ,gh-3' - '-?1EH'. ' W J--f:':12.mv 1. ,A was -, x L n ' vid f ff, T-5f '?i . . V. . L . , .lf , ffwgvjn'- ' ' ., Y if It A A,-., .,., Q, v w ,bf K 'rig-el.: H L - lr, fbi' M 'N 'l P K gui-',':'.v 44M., 4 ' '- l 5 - W 1 1 1. ' ,Ar 1 , 5 uw 3:0 C X 5' .pf f IvpP, gn 1.5 f' -.-N K .6-'-7' ,.L,. -f ' , , 'Pl -,. fu 'ff-5 W wxlsgefk iff-f F +555-., ' Y ,Q SN 1 Qsq.,-trknsa-F . xi , cis l 47 Q 13 - 1 .4 I lffl A gh .Qu t- ,. .. K-H K iw' Av.-fun . cl'- tO .l F X 1 S x X 1 4 ' N, f r va I r X X f 1 , x A 0 Massive columns of fhe Parihenon . . . dedica- +ion 'I'o Aihena over 2000 years ago . . . il. L1 'T.a,. A Inside +he Parihenon . . .where Greek high priesis oiiiered fhe animal sacrifice fo 'rhe gods . . . a hisfory of greainess . . . A Amid a femple's ruins . . . an archiiecfural won- der . . . +he Parfhenon aiop 'rhe Acropolis . . . Aihens . . . w ,.unei e M 1 sa R W., I ff 'Hg ' A Arena of 'I'he gods . . . Ephesus where Greek afhlefes offered +heir skills +0 please 'rheir myfhical leaders . . . ' w, 5- we W waz, 4 A guided +our fhrough Ephesus . . . Afop 'the Acropolis . . . a perfeci 'rhe ruins of af femple +o +he gods . . view for perfeci' pic+ures . . . A mighfy column sup- porfs a corner of fhe femple . . . from here +he gods smiled +heir favor or rained 'rheir wrafh . . . 2000 years ago . . . V Nafional Library and Museum . . . Afhens . . . a mullicolored foun+ain . . . a nigh+ scene illu- mined in rainbow hue . . . i r i i ,'J,l,,N QW 41 li '71 18:1 A Amid fhe ruins of a greal' femple . . . Greek pillars of +he Parfhenon . . . a Sfeps fo fhe Par+henon . . . cenfuries A +he Acropolis of A+hens . . . where guided 'rour fhroughaglorious sire . . pasi-, high priesfg climbed +0 offer 1-heir 'rl-ne ancieni' Greek worshiped . . . sacrifice fo fhe gods . . . foday, a where fhe Greek gods lived . . . wonder of 'Phe world . . . I l- -s... X 5, A A greaf lwisiory . . . an explici+ ac- A headless s+a+ue . . . a fempfafion Early CPIFFSHBH CIWUFCI1 - - - end Of H19 A counfing of fhe old days . . . safisfied . . -. pagan era . . . s .w n avi-fell 4. JRR F iz-iw 'ff A W' was Q . wwzefq fb if ,wif 1:2 if 33. Ge f 171i .Sf K 4fs'Qg ,A 'M .vii vi RL x A 1 u if, A Turkish mosque . . . filed mi beau+y of a dying faifh . . . Aiafurk . . . greafleader of fine new Turkey . . . Y Turkish s+ree+ scene . . . +i1e price of a cab . . . six American cigar eH'es . . . Qt '41 Q ,c5'., S H ,tw ,R in , .,-qs., . , ,ww cw? 'WJTCQ S an-. an ' 455-117. , 'gx 'Vr- ui 7 ' 1 gal' i W ?Wi5 ff Swv' as I ,W 353 4 'i An aloof camel . . . a pas- sen-ger sailor . . . a puzzled , driver . . . 4 Looking ou+ +o sea . . . over +l1e rooffops . . . from +he Roman forf high on +he hill . . . In +he markef place . . . con sfani' bargaining . . . where every kurush counfs . . . N. l L .1 H Q 'Mx '-wr' W 0 s L s M. i Q ffew' 0' f Viv, I r. A 4 X 1, P1934 2 Mmm 'AZFFUHP I1 ,, 4 I Y.. 5 1- -ug f., i L Pizza pie and coca cola . . . greaf pas+ 'Hme Ci+y square . . . complefely demolished . . . a sidewalk cafe . . . grim reminder of World Warll . . . Y AFisl1ermain's family . . . makinganew ne+ . . Leghorn . . . frying +o rebuild a devas+a+ed Y all hands help ou+ . . . cify . . . -.. -.I-..4.A.. .1 me - . 7' 2 .. . A will 1 3 ,IQ .1 N 'Y ' 4 1 l I Q. A The Bapis+ry . . . like a vanilla frosied cake an unbelievable sighl' in while marble . . -n. From +he leaning +ower . . . a panorama of Pisa . . . a view nof quiclrly forgoifen . . . P A wonder of +he world . . . fhe fabulous Leaning Tower of Pisa . . . builf in II73 . . . I79 feel' of marble columns in round arches . . . leaning I3 feel ouf df +he perpendicular A Florence . . . +he arf cenfer . . . l5+h ce-n+ury fame . . . home of such grea+s as Michelangelo . . . Dan+e . . . Bo++icelli . . . Raphael . . . Worlcs of fhe greal- esl of sculp'I'ors preserved in Floren- l fine ar+ cenler . .. -'1.:1': 'f , , ,,...,,,,,,,..,,w,,,.lMm new N-yer P Gianl wonders of sculp- 'rured s+one . . . a world of maslerpieces . . . a 1 pho+ographer's dream Even fhe res+auran+s of +he old ci+y boasl' an arHs+ic in+erior . . . a weallh of hand-painfed files . . . Y colorful mosaic murals . . . A Q-iViGl . . . creafed by Michelangelo . . . a mas- lerpiece in bronze , , , WAIQMSK ' -K wym 1 f9' Q V --Q., 4 ,bww E44 ufffrwf m'mw'iMA!LVR1 Making friends . . . Welcome Aboard +l1e U 5.5. COLUM- V In flme Bay of Naples . . . vis- lhng Americans . . . in 'I'l1e background . . . 'l'l'1e sleep- ing volcano . . . Vesuvius . . . Walhnq for liberfy call . . . +l1e horse drawn carriage of Naples . . . V 4 An arch-framed view of Naples . . . 'rropical frees line 1'l1e boulevard . . . double - decked buses and foreign cars . . . The greai' arcade of Naples . . . hundreds of li++le shops . . . hundreds of big bar- gains . . . ln fhe shadow of Vesuvius . . . +he COLUMBUS . . . visH'- ing Naples for Chrisfmavs . . . The oldesi' church in Naples . . . red baked clay walls . . . gray pillars . . . ebony sfafues . . . fhe markings ofa successful epoch . . . Former palace of Neopolifan royalfy . . . nexfafori' . . . now,amuseum . . . x , 's Vic+im of Vesuvius . . . Pompeii lies a+ her mas- +er's fee+ . . . a rain of volcanic ashes and fhe 'greaf cify died . . . , Once a lavish +emple . . . des+royecl by fhe anqry Vesuvius . . . buried for cenfuries . . . 4 P Mufe wifness +o +he lasf clays . . . a scorched s1'a- fue in a dead garden . . . K 4-fx Y f1 . ' S'-. FOX' v- Y L- 6 if! '-4, -1 mmm . f N K - . gust? i -L ,gan :rv so ' RL W., 'ENV 'F H 52' iog'R,.s- 5 -F g if75f,f s 3 . Q fluff, gy M.. ' 'r-mu'-1'!!'3?.?,'-52 QI. i 5.1 if? 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Q V I li X M 'fi X 1- Wan bi aim 11441 7 .T--u L was CI' NX C1-uiAe Koala' Committee Edifor in Chief Assis+an'I' Eclifor Ari- Deparfmenl' Business Deparrmenf V Pl1o+ograpl1y Lay-ou+ Officer Advisors Daniel V. DePalma, JO3 John S. Berman, FT2 Carl Maiocco, YN3-Harold Trafford, YNSN-Dan Williams, ETSN Harry Persu'He, SK2-Leonard Rubenoff, SN- AI Taylor, DK3-E. L. Abl'Jo++, SK2- Richard Hills, PH3-Dave Moore, SN- Daniel V. DefPalma, JO3-Carl Maiocco, YN3- Ensign Julius Trub-owifz-Ensign Dalvid T. Lowell I e. , 1 5- P...-1 11 fs -4 . . . a mix+ure of gold bars, red chevrons and whife sfripes . . . .,,,,. flax a combinafion of hard work and even harder play . . . ' -it X , 1.1. n YSL s I- I ,, f 1 n. . 1 . . . men from all wallcs of life . . . figl1'I'inq Hue same l::aHle . . . a+ +imes wi+l'1 curses . . . a+ o+l1er fimes will-1 prayers . . . I ' l'l :XFS ' bu++hese are+l1e men . . . and +o H1em 1 J If w J ,IM Q rj 'jim W? w N1 0' A K 15: ' A 1 'Sf fx' 52? vi rhg iii? 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