Newport News (CA 148) - Naval Cruise Book

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Mediterranean Cruise Aboard The Nineteen Hundred Fifty Six USS Newport News Contest Fad Hits Ship The ship's contest season climaxed with a CAPTAIN-FOR-A-DAY contest . . . complete with all the privileges. But the next day . . . The Funnies Come To Us 25 Dennis The Menace Iwith Ruffl com- pares the USS NEWPORT NEWS with ships he has known as Charlie Brown ' f ' 'Q I comments upon saluting Iwith Linus and Lucyl. Mediterranean Travel 26 color pictures record the ship's cruise in a section that takes you out, over and back. The First Newport News Ye Newport News in a movie of naval battles in the old sailing days that ends in tragedy. Athletic Season in Review 97 A 5 page look at the ship's major sports including a page on the entire navy's most popular sport. Rope Yarn Sunday When knock off work is sounded what does the sailor do for relaxation ashore and aboard? Q :- I I I W3. ,XI I 1, ll . 'sv 4' I-A COVER With Villetranche as a background, this shot was taken from the ship's helicopter by Chief S. S. Howell. He used an f5.6 opening at 11100 of a second using a number 20 filter on 10.2x 12.7 cm safety film. The helicopter uses a Continental R 796-46 engine with blades at 270 RPM constant. RELIGION Man worships his God on the high seas. 16 CONTESTS Sailors compete for geedunks, cash, plane trips. 19 COMICS Dennis 8. Peanuts view the Newport News. 25 CRUISE'S EVENTS The Sixth Fleet gets a new commander. 26 BUSINESS A study of one of the world's largest businesses. 28 smsonv Pnzcsvrloru A test for your sense of observation. 29 NATURE Rare Kilo in unnatural surroundings. 41 PHOTOGRAPHY The navy's only sextuplets photographed. 44 EDITORIALS What is this Navy bit? 46 ART A complete new design for painting ship. 48 FEATURE - TRAVEL - LIFE ON A MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE 49 Who takes a ship out? 52 32 pages on Med. ports . . . photograhic essay 57 MOVIES Twenty Years Before Captain's Mast - an old sea epic. 93 SPORTS A successful year recorded. 97 ENTERTAINMENT A quick look at a sailor's spare moments 103 The missing 10M - who never get the word 104 Sailor's photo album - what a sailor does 106 LIFE VISITS - Spends a day with A division 117 OTHER DEPARTMENTS Letters to the editor S Speaking of pictures 10 Picture of the cruise 120

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SIXTH Decker Gardner-Bastyr Metzner-Bower Brocock-Asadoorian Kieffer-Upton Jackson-Trimmer Wilkinson-Webb Martin-Wallace Jones-Krchelich LIFE ABOARD THE USS NEWPORT NEWS EDITOR-in-CHIEF LTJG M. G, Myers MANAGING EDITOR ENS W. L. Gray TRAVEL EDITOR LTJG R. P. Blake ASSOCIATE EDITORS LTJG M. F. Marchitto LTJG W. M. Harris ART EDITOR . .. .. . E. A. Coates, SN COORDINATORS ............ R. Runnels, SN D, O. Shelmadine, YN3, B. J. Cassidy, SN PHOTOGRAPHERS ........ S. S. Howell, PHC W. Williams, PH2, R. H. Rosello, PH3g J. R. Weidle, PH3: Sylvester, PH3. CREDITS: Our thanks to Dorothy L. Smith of the Editorial Services of the Pub- lishers Office of LIFE MAGAZINE for al- lowing this modification of trademark reg- ulations. Also thanks to the following who ma- terially contributed: Fred Petera iAmeri- can Express Agencyl - Milton Caniff, Rockland County, New York - Hank Ketchum, Carmel County, California: Chester Gould, New York City - Charles Schultz, Minnehaha Pkwy., Minn. - Robert Hall Syndicate, New York City - Gary Moore, CBS - Steve Allen, NBC - Cecil B. DeMille, Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Cal. PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS: Mme. Leilla by Paul-Louis, Nice - Mme. Tunk by Svend AAge Nielsen, Copenhagen. COLOR CREDITS: p 57 ship . . . Howell, PHC, Captain , . . Williams, PH2, lifeboat . . . Williams, 'PH2, p60 bullfight . . . Wil- liams, PH2, ' log 8: cart . . . ENS Matthews, flowers . . . LTJG Coover, p 61 Mosque doorway . . . ENS Harper, Mosque . . . LTJG Blake, belly dancer . . . Howell, PHC, p 64 stairs . . . LTJG Farrell, land- ing . . . Howell, PHC, Parthenon . . . LTJG Farrell, p 81 arc . . . LTJG Blake, clock . . . LTJG Coover, Monaco . . . LTJG Coover, Nice . . . LTJG Coover, p 84 festival . . . LTJG Coover, girl . . . LTJG Myers, bird, man . . . LTJG Coover, fisher- woman . . . LTJG Myers, p 85 flowers . . . Rosello, PH3, birds . . . Rosello, PH3, bulls . . . Howell, PHC, p 88 change of command . . . Weidel, PH3, Salem . . . LTJG Blake, sunset . . . Williams, PH2. PUBLISHER .... H. G. Roebuck 8: Son, Inc., Baltimore AGENT .... . , . , Lloyd Hanson, Norfolk DlvlsloN Zi, E . A E swf? 'TQ qi-1 A I Q iff cf ,I 4' N, , 1 'Q Q? , . i s 2 i 1 T4 1 ri' Anderson Washburn4Undari Marray-Torres Simmons-Foster Nagle-Rosado Blake-Linder Lares-Brintle Pionke-Kaintz Kneepple-Tays Buffa-Gagne P T - f- Y ,l X: I l w