Coral Sea (CVA 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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RELIEVI Monkeyshines unlimited were the order of the day when we arrived in Oran, Algeria, to relieve our sister-ship, the U.S.S. MIDWAY. As the ship drew close to her berth, thousands of MIDWAY bluejackets, sporting a myriad of Mediterranean costumes, marched down the jetty followed by the brass band to meet us. There, a raucous cheering section, seated on the jetty wall, happily spelled out messages with large painted flash- cards. Arab fezzes, Spanish sombreros, French berets, World War ll helmets, Cossack hats and kepis had all but replaced the usual white hats, and everything from Moroccan sultans to Spanish motadors helped moor the ship as the lines went over. Anxious mothers with CORAL SEA babies scrambled for the gangway and the Exec, calling daddy, followed by subversive looking characters armed with leaflets tull of MIDWAY propaganda. Shortly afterwards, costumed members of the CORAL SEA assembled with the ship's jazz band on the jetty to pay their respects with a show staged aboard the MID- WAY. Lampooning every man from skipper to sidecleaner, the varied skits poked fun at the MlDWAY'S Barcelona lncident, a memorable occurrence in which a ship's dance in Barcelona was extended 'til early morning to GCCOmm0ClOfe 300 SGNOHTOS 5fl'Gl'1d9Cl On board by weather and rough seas. I3