Murray (DDE 576) - Naval Cruise Book

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Frfteen days of steaming and drills across the Atlantic and on the morning of the nine- teenth the pastel colored buildings of Algiers stood before us and after fifteen days at sea the thoughts of many men aboard the MURRAY wereofasingular nature all that and mail too Algiers first port of call captial of Algeria situated on the North African coast line 450 miles east of Gibraltar Here was really inter- esting liberty The various peoples French Arab African the veiled Moslems the beau- tiful Mosques and of course the Casbah---who could ever forget the Casbah and those kids those thieving begging kids Ask any one of the frightened out of their wits tourists who squirm- edthroughthe narrow winding menacing streets of the Casbah brother what a place ' Flve enjoyable days in Algiers and just the beginning of a wonderful cruise Next stop--- Taranto Italy Taranto, situated in the instep of the Italian Boot one of the four mayor naval bases in Italy It was here in 1941 tnat the British planes from the aircraft carrier Illustr1ous flew over the Italian fleet apparently quite secure in the harbor and broke the back of the Italian sea power in just a few hours Taranto afforded many of us a chance to v1s1t the beautiful city of Bari and also the Eternal City of Rome and the shutterbugs went crazy A few of our Pa1sans' visited relatives that they would never had seen had It not been for this V1S1t and for all of us Tar anto proved to be a pleasant enjoyable visit 3: I .aan E 2 L. 2 X I Toulon France our third port of call 18 I the chief French naval port on the Meditteran 1 ean As was true of Taranto Toulon 18 known , for the part it has played in naval affairs for the past two centuries It was from this port Q that portions of the French fleet sailed to help the Americans during the Revolutionary War t Toulon IS best known as the scuttling grounds 1 of the main part of the French fleet during I World War II It was here that a total of sixty l French vessels were scuttled in the harbor to , prevent their falling 1nto the hands of the Ger 4 mans There was good liberty in Toulon Many i of us took tours to the French Riviera including 5 Nice Cannes and Juan Les Pin There was i also a fishing party to the beautiful French Alps R where veryone had a terrific t1me including the fish none of which were caught' Most everyone had a good time in Toulon everyone that 1S who managed to make it from the ship to the gate about three miles away Coming back wasn't so bad at least by that time we d1dn't feel it as much port of call We had a couple beach parties and the beer flowed like water and after the b ach parties when the beer cans floated in the water 1twasn't safe to walk around at the beach party w1th anything more than a bathing suit on sure as hell you' d wind up swimming clothes and all This went for ALL HANDS We did a lot of swimming here but the b st swims of all were yet to come when the ship was stopped underway to Gibraltar and swlm call was sounded Swim call 1n the cool blue Mediterranean what a life JE , , , . , . . . , , --. ' 1 u 4 2 . , I , ' 0 , 0 I 0 O u , ' ' . 0 . 3 , 0 . A g ' s 1 I ' . , . . - 1 Q O . . , . a , . Q i 3 I , , . 0 171 , 0 ' ' . . . . , 8 , , , ---, , O . , . . 3 ' . 9 I . 7 ' ' ' H ' . . . . . - 9 . . , ' 2 8 . - - H - Palermo, capital of Sicily was our fourth . . . , ' , . . . 0 S ' - ' e ' ' - v a, . . I . --- 0 u n Q . . ' . . . ' . - ' ' ' e n 0 n 1 3 -. . . A 9 ,

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