Fitch (DMS 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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STEAMING There are many little cliches, bromides, aphorisms and stock sayings in the English language but probably the one that has been recorded most often and been subjected to the most use and misuse is the ready little entry HSTEAMING AS BEFORE . Walker Baca Mr. Darling Replemshmg at sea. Ship's work?

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I -L to-f 0Q,!!N.E3 Dear Mom, well here I am in Cannes That's on the French Riviera you know. Went up to Nice last night and, uh, well, that's all for now. Love, Salty A Cannes was good liberty, even if one didnat go to Nice or Monte Carlo one could have a good time at the beaches, which are the best on the Riviera. The scenery was nice too. We got a close look at the Bikini suits and a distant view of the Maritime Alps and adja- cent areas. There was always something to write home about. Probably the biggest attraction was Nice with its famous Promenade des Anglaise fthe name is almost synonomous with Rivieral and its foot-bruising cobble- stone beaches. Nice boasts a number of small cafes that serve an interesting variety of foods, wines, and enter- tainment, but who said that French wines aren't strong? There were many ships in the harbor with us, six in our nest alone, if you want to count a submarine, so we were never lonesome ashore for the sight of a fellow Casino at Monte Carlo UST fl'l9HdS Monte Carlo from Palace at MonaC0 gil. 5 , If View from Eze mariner. Such large numbers of men enabled us to have a choice of tours every day. The Riviera tour took us to Monaco and Monte Carlo where we visited the famous Casino. We had lunch in Nice and visited some of the ancient little towns of the interior, Eze and St. Peter, after which we stopped at the perfumerie at Grazze to see how they turned hog fat and musk into' rare French perfumes. Though not as varied as the Riviera tour the Alpine tour provided us with some magnificent scenery, a rest- ful day ashore, and a few more photographs for the album. - A few of us and a couple of officers managed to get to Paris for four days and a few went fishing for two days in the Alps. It's hard to write a letter convincing the folks that the Navy isn't a tourists' paradise when you're on the Riviera. Letters ring with familiar names associated with the 'cplayground of Europe we write of liberties filled with peddle boats, sidewalk cafes, streets full of bicycles, Madamoiselles, French cooking and a hundred other won- derful new things. For every day ashore, though, there is at least one at sea. For an account of this less glitter- ing aspect see the next section. I Monaco Palace Guard

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rf, Just what does this magic phrase mean? It means one in three watches, four hours on and A eight offg with ship's work, sleep and meals on the off hours. It means that . . . but wait, if a picture is I worth 10,000 words then here are several volumes. After Engine Room V You're not lucky, you're lust quiclcl Mr. KENAN 2 'nf M LaFontain Smoke Screen Machine Shop ,Mem i Q I , 3 ,, Ship's Office and Company w, -4 X . ' srs M if he