Luce (DDG 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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»Aerial view of the downtown area Jacksonville, the largest city in the United States, is also where Mayport Naval Station is located. Jacksonville started out as a French colony on the St. Johns river. The city soon grew in size and importance as an Atlantic sea- port, not slowing down until the great depression. Today, still growing and in the middle of the so called billion dol- lar decade, Jacksonville has a wide variety of leisure ac- tivities to offer, including water sports, concerts, sight seeing, and of course, a good selection of shopping malls. B :

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m wd ' l@@k lo)@(slk o o o On June 5. 1 long days an Hea Temph,i is of training received exc: (lenl sco detachment with Comm. cise. LUCE VIS port in over;i during jacksonvni ' 1 I iSOCflk f LUCE departAl fo A I p r rtMn!.sa|!rrtrjrinir i 07501 ng at Guantanamo Bay. Ci nights of intensjiii ining ' J( tl ' arei»s of surfaci;. anli-ai ' f ' .f flftPIni is wasjjLi»?r ' (T7ip datipgc ccffitrll and engineering casualties. Afte TpJ fBtional Pnia rfiloii Pla t xhmination (OPPE) board vviwadn: ndv for th board ' ror the ( aribbea le nbkl jijsignment. LUCE (l( [)iirtcd Cuba n fon liu enforcement ope» ' iTiTiTwr-Aikij ' sion LUCE ntiirn rfto Mayport in early Augtl t for two weeks htfTnti licgiii Jer. fuiser Destroyer Group Twelve embarked tedfhe island of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Island ' j inrK rntnrnnfl t 44- M ' 1 vpnrt Kf i ffeornhnr rked fbr FL TKX - md, WTiere the sHl| er 11 .T Off wr r B f | r ' f| tf lii-i lowed by a brit Dei ay • moer VELT. On D. ' was underw.i visit, return in ITE for upkf. 1-88 LUCE .v on Jan 27 for on Feb 29. l ' » ' Italy. Turke ler l@h ;he fnWfAx lome Decrfn and thi»undi illed again scori inal deployment preparali Over the next five monll ! Israel. At sea LUCE wa turned triumihanlly to Mayport on Aug ' J r .• k ' I Navy ' sjewestgarrier. ! chanjji comigand ci m -st()n.« K AJ?iitTi| f anititt) on )lul.iys) Wie N kv eV ' ear foirffd Luce i.st ffl; .;xcercVse4iefore th(Pi «W|li .ind surface targets. LUCE ll.iy of the departure for tli ' y visift ' d exciting ports in !m grpip anti-air warfare c( r task c nleted. O ' OOOE Civ 1.1 Following were li-surface warfare. ilmost a full month iiii.slcrt ' d and lAK ' E ith i ( oasl Ciuard ninplcting her mis- ' k to the Caribbean ollowing the exer- ii t ' (l its first liberty ii ' pn ' scnl the Navy n illc i.sil ,i,s fill- SlIIFODORKROO.SK- nimlt ' sron 12. LUCE I, III and a brief wx MIol ' SSYO.SKM- iisr Duiinv Fl.i ' K.X nivi ' d in homeport Med finally came Mill, France. Sicily, inlander. LUCE re- QicKjee OO00OC 0IO00»i

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••1 ;5 i! 1 MIAMI SOUND MACHNE, kve. at the Metropolitan Park tor a Free concert 2 A tine exannpie ot Jacksonville ' s magnificent wtnte sorxly beacfies 3 Don ' t pnind the Fkxtdo ' s Gator The water is tine 4 THE COMMODORES performing ex- clusively for the military as part of trie USS STARK ' S Welcome Home celebra- tion 5. Fkarido ' s workj famous oranges