Noa (DD 841) - Naval Cruise Book

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.7fLQfl.0 wr www, HM Jusl like in lhe insurance poslers, The Big Rock lhal lhey say lhings are as solid as. Gibrallar was A bolh arrival poinl lor The Med and deparlure poinl from lhe Med. Gibrallar, a lillle bil of England and a lol of Spain. Probably our mosl indelible memory is of lhe shops. The shops allracled us all and we slulled our lockers wilh silk paiamas, ivory carvings, rolls razors . . , dlzdjhmfhayv flmbmdm- .Lima We weni' fo ihe bull fighis as is Jhe Sunday cusfom in Spain. If was iusf like we'd read-almosf! The bull didn'+ get 'Phe word fhaf ihe fighi' was fixed. Thinks. anyway-I'lI sfick 'ro plnochle.

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wjlwm will Q d,SI7'l.0A.Q!2 Some said if coulcln'+ be done on a desfroyer some said +l'rere wouldn'+ be room . . . buf we had our 'lTrs+ smoker in GIB ' h f ' ' wif our boxing boufs, music, comedy, food and movies. Tice lrighll decisioned Bryce in fha evenings opener. The smoker was a mileslone lor The old NOA boar. ln addilion lo Jrlme boxing bculs we scraped logellwer a lillle Jralenl in llwe form of llie HNOA lvloosnlminersf' who slrumm Welch oui' Mr. Mellencamp! Tyson and Carfer mix if up in one of fha oulsfanding boufs. ed, picked, pumped and blew Jrlweir way lhrouglw some line musical numbers. Mr. Sam Slade Buz and Mr. lv1os+ Decoraledn Gurney provided 'flue comedy and -'rhe cooks and mess cooks provided Hue relreslwmenls. All in all il was a memorable evening and our lirsl smoker was delinilely a success. A-71 ' Panfina and Virfue in fhe corner Pan+ina.goes clown buf nof ouf. He comes back +o Fighi' 'lo a draw.