Compton (DD 705) - Naval Cruise Book

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3 Q oo-04 5 We've traveled from our quaint fishing gown On New England's shores where our Navy first grew. Tonight in Naples, the port anchor's down Medmooredwith four others. The old year is through. Crossed the Atlantic and into the Med To join the Sixth Fleet, both friendly and tough. Power by the U.S.S. Cascade's CAD-195 now fed. Comfairmed is SOPA. The bay is not rough. First stop Fiumicino, Olympic games. Then Piraeus and Athens gave us some sport. Cascade is to starboard, U.S. ships with the names Hyman CDD-7325, Wood CDDR-8175 and Massey CDD-7385 are nested into port We greeted Istanbul and Beirut. Then rainy La Spezia, a town of good heart. We'Ve set Yoke and IV, our ship is a beaut. Trust Compton to help keep the Sixth Fleet smart. Many the EX'es that busied our days. ' Out at sea where we've trained and sharpened our Calls to Augusta and Aranci Bays When we've come together to critique our ills. skills, We visited Naples a month ago, FEX'ed on to Genoa for gay holidays. At berth fifty-one Mole San Vincenzo We welcome the New Year, resolving new ways. Navy ships and merchants sing Auld Lang Syne And odd harbor craft share the bright festive night. We can tell by the OpSked our future's fine, But Flaminia light is passing from sight. From The ship's log of The U.S.S. COMPTON KDD-7051 l January 1961

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