Heerman (DD 532) - Naval Cruise Book

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Sunday. -' American electronic anti-aircraft guns. anti-aircraft rocket installations. antifsubmarine depth charge throwers, torpedo tubes and various cannon of uD to five-inch calibre arrived in Haifa port today-but Only Diplomatic Game Preiullioes Goodwill By Our Diplomatic Correspondent TEL AVIV, Sunday. - The visit arf the U.S.S. Heermann, as well as the rumoured visit of British men-of-war, have aroused in the public ml.nd a faint suspicion that the United Nations not- withstanding, Corfu politics are still close- to the hearts of the mighty. The Captain of the Heermann asked not to be greeted omcially. For the man in the street this ls a sure sign that his mission ls not one that bean talking about. The great task of uinvestment ln goodwill, of which Mr. Ber- nard Katzen has spoken so elo- quently in reference to his own mission, and towards which Dr. Lincoln Hale has labour-ed so patiently for some years, ls be-, ing undermined by the State De- partments diplomatic game which shows all the signs of dogmatic thinking and mis-l.n- terpretsftlon of facts on the part of the Secretary of State. It may well be that the naval visits indicate that the U.S. still mean to show that they Cwlth the Brltlshl lead in the Eastern Mediterranean, in spite of the admission of the French to the debate: One may assume that the idea of creating a punitive force stationed .in Cyprus has been abandoned, lately under French influence. However, somebody in the British Foreign Odice or the State Department has conceived the idea of mak- hg the British and American presence palpable. Why the West - and in fact the East as well - should be ln- tarested in maintaining a strong Israel has been explained many tlrnes. Foreign diplomats in Cairo could hear lt expressed openly in the street, if they only care tn listen to the right people. But diplomats, like farmers, are most stubbom people. They often refuse to believe even facts. France, of all the Westerners, must have the strongest reason, at this moment, to wish Israel were well equipped. French sbs-tasmen have said it quite openly! recently. If Egypt had felt mel was a menace, she would have stopped making trouble in North Africa. But France is extremely cautious in .proffering to hel-p Israel: because by sending arms to Isra.el,'she might give Syria offence. France hasfllttle influence left in Syria. In order to maintain a shadow of a link, France sends arms to Damascus and trains Syrian officers. But, were Israel to ask France officially for a considerable quantity of defen- sive arms, it ls still feared that the. answer would be in the negative, for Israelis to look st. The weapons constitute the ar- mament of the 2,100-ton Ameri- can Slxth Fleet destroyer U.S.S. Heermann QDD-5323 which ar- rived at 8 a.n1, for a four-day visit, The vessel, flagship of a four-destroyer division, is on ex- ercises with the Sixth Fleet. She left Newport, Rhode Island, on February 1. Her previous port of call was Beirut. The ship tied up along the main quay without the usual 21- gun salute ceremony at her mas.. ter's request. All her 14 officers and 220 men will get shore leave. The first group of '15 men left in a Sightseeing Ltd. bus shortly after the ship's arrival to see the holy places of Nazareth and Galilee. Her captain, Commander Mel- vin E. Meahl, came ashore soon after the ship moored to pay courtesy calls on the U.S. Ana- hassador at the local Consulate, the C-in-C of the Navy at Naval I-LQ., the District Commissioner and the Mayor. He was accom- panied by the U.S. Air and Naval Attache and a Navy liaison odi- cer, They drove in an Embassy station wagon. The visits were returned ln the afternoon. Two Israel Navy girl N.C.O.'s boarded the vessel as soon as sho had tied up and distributed to the crew copies of The Jerusa- lem Post and illustrated informa- tion on Israel. As the first Ame- rican warship omclally calling in Israel, the I-Ieermann and her crew were carefully looked over by sailors, seamen and stevedores in the Port, They found the crew much more free and easy than they had been used to from Bri- tish worships with their strict dtsclpllne and clockwork precl- I on. During an informal press visit to'the ship, one of her otlicers said he believed that the call was a courtesy visit. It would also be a chance for her men to et shore leave and recreation. 5-Ie thought that most of the men and officers knew little about Israel. Maps of interesting sites here had been prepared for them on the ship. The American Con- sulate would have to decide whe- ther any resident who wanted to could visit the ship. All the ship's men were volun- teers, as there was no conscrip- tlon to the U.S. Navy. The ship, commissioned in 1943, saw very distinguished service in the Far East against the Japanese. She is believed to have fired the last surface shot during the Second World War. She was decorated with a number of stars whose ribbons she bears on her bridge. The destroyer is taking on two weeks' supplies, fuel and water in Haifa. AFTER MIDNIGHT The President Giovanni Grosclrl left Home last nllht on I. mission to America with A coll to extend grzumllltzryz teamwork of that At- epsc o esansmh . lltlul lsldl. G ul W Haifa We caught our first glimple of this port on the sunny morning of February 26th, noti merous goyly colored homes perched under MT. Large crowds gathered on the landing to view the U. S.. Navy ship to enter port since the formation of state of Israel. Mclny people stood and gowked of most of the dcly, leading us to wonder if we were people, on cl Fletcher-type Destroyer. The S. S stitution arrived the following day, mooring cistern of and 9lVln9 mGny of the crew ideas about taking U l wolk in hope of possibly seeing foldl friends. Some of us visited Nazareth, and the S0 Galilee, while others took advantage of this V1 0PP0l'fUnily to view the Holy Lund by taking. the our Jerusalem. Yes, Haifa was quite an interesting GH uccltionol port for all concerned. . We kissed our HHANNASH goodbye thu? 'UQ of March lst saddened by the thought of P0 never returning again to this fun loving and hoSP' port. 'Q ! S l d l I gy ssi

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