Dahlgren (DLG 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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SWIM CALL ENJOYED DAHLGREN sailors were able to observe sev- eral swim calls during this deployment due to the lack of suitable liberty ports. The ship was well ahead of its intended track during the transit to the Mediterranean when the skipper announced the first swim call. It was approx- imately midway between Norfolk and Rota and the water was three miles deep. Quite an experience! The opportunity came again in St. Maxime, France and Sudha Bay, Crete. A good time was had by all in each case.

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HERE WE ARE AGAIN Naples, Italy, the most visited port during the DAHLGREN ' s voyage to the Mediterranean provided many visual delights. There were cu- rio shops, restaurants, parks, museums, opera houses and colorful street vendors with every conceivable object for sale. The most fre- quently visited spots in Naples were the Naval Support Activity and the NATO Base ex- changes where stereo and camera equipment was purchased in tremendous quantities. Na- ples served as a base of operations for many who traveled to Rome, Pompeii, Mt. Vesuvius, Capri and the Italian Alps. Tours to these places provided stimulating and enlightening changes in scenery from long days at sea. The Rome tour was unanimously acclaimed as the best one available. A two day trip, it left all who went with a lasting impression of the beauty and spectacle that is Rome. Naples will remain in the minds of DAHLGREN sailors be- cause of the three trips made there, but mostly because of those crazy, zany street vendors who lined the walk back to Fleet Landing ev- ery night.