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THE A private edition printed and pubtishedfif the UgS.s. NEWPORT NEWS by David Waddington Publi- cations Via San Nicolo 22, TRIES TE. v ROVI G AMBASSADOR United States Ship of the Line' A - W NEWPORT NEWS On 6 January 1953 the United States Ship NEWPURT NEWS, in her fourth year of commission, left the United States on her fourth Mediterranean cruise, which is de- picted in the following pages.
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'-- ' xxxxx U. S. S. NEWPORT NEWS CA 143 . OUR MEDITERRANEAN QUEEN A The U. S. S. NEWPORT NEWS, a queen among our Navyfs most modern ships and ag sister ship of the U. DES MOINES ...mx -Ujsg S. SALEM, has been serving in thejSixth Fleet sine-5-'20 January 1950. That began her,Hrst'-tour' of duty when she relieved' the U. ,,.' SS. PS. DES MOINES at Gibraltar. ' ' ' . The NEWPORT NEWS, DES MOINES and SALEM, which serve on. a rotation basis in the Mediterranean as flagships of the Sixth Fleet, are the only three of ia United States Navy cruiser class. They displace 17,000'. ' by . 9- A During our ship's' dfirstdtwo cruises, she flew the flag of Vice Admiral. John AJ. Ballentine, USN, .former commander of the Sixth Fleet. In 1952 the flagvof Vice Admiral M. E. Gardner, Sixth Fleet Commander, waved from our ship's pigstick below the main truck. S' The NEWPORT NEWS' main battery consists of three 83755 automatic rapid. fire turrets with three guns each.dSecond battery consists of 57' and 3 f50 mounts, also automatic rapid fire. With. I116 exception of machinery spaces, all living and working spaces are air conditioned. The NEWPORTE NEWS, named after the shipbuilding city of Newport News, Virginia, where she was built, was com- D missioned 29 January 1949. '
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