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As Commander of the Cruiser Division, Rear Admiral Carson, with the Roanoke as his flagship, received and translated decisions from higher authority into orders for his own command, and assumed tactical command of the operations of his part of the Fleet. Rear Admiral Carson graduated from the US. Naval Academy with the Class of 1916, and during a considerable part of his naval career has specialized in the held of ordnance. Cn 1 july 1931 Rear Admiral Carson, then Lieutenant Commander, Was executive officer at the commissioning of the USS. Constitution, Old lronsitlcsfy which had been restored at the Boston Navy Yard With funds provided largely by the school children of the United States. As Operations Officer of Cruisers Battle Force Rear Admiral Carson served on board the U.S.S. Honolulu during the attack 017 December 1941 on Pearl Harbor, and during the early part of World War 11 his organization and super' vision of the convoy system in the Southwest Pacific contributed materially to the success of our forces. Later in the War he had command of the USS. Boston, and in 1944 assumed command of the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, R.1. just prior to assuming command of Cruiser Division Two, Rear Admiral Carson was Navy Secretary of the Research and Development Board in Washington, D.C. Captain E. E. Yeomans, USN Commanding Officer 1 ,1- .az -wx.. . ,, am-.ap 'E ii Q 1 A J. A si R i' Af E 'I-his informal record of the Roanolcefs first year in commission and 1950 Mediterranean Cruise was compiled for our pleasure and with the hope that it will help preserve the many friendships which sprang from experiences shared by men sailing the historic ancient seas. It was created by our talented shipmates under the guidance of Charles Conner Hartung, Lieutenant Commander, Chaplain Corps, U.S. Navy, one of the finest upadresn any ship ever had. We are all very grateful to them for this lasting record of our days together. Behind the informality of the record we are aware of the serious and important task that was ours-the Navy's task of giving lastmg evidence of our country's desire for peace and friendship with the world. It is with pleasure that I set in the record one of the messages from Vice Admiral John Jennings Ballentine, U.S. Navy, our Fleet Commander during the Mediterranean cruise, concerning the accomplishment of our task. I am deeply gratified to be the recipient of the following message from the United States Ambassador. 'On your departure I should like to convey to you, and to the officers and men under your command, my warmest appreciation of the perfect manner in which the largest and most powerful Naval visit ever made to this port has been conducted. The magnificent appearance of the vessels and the Splendid bearing of all personnel have not only filled every American here with pride in the Navy but have notably strengthened the growing bonds of international understanding and confidence so necessary in the world today.'-Well done. Such fine tributes were earned by the ofiicers and men of the Roanoke and will be the source of great pride in years to come. We Captam Harold Payson, 1' , U Executive O er v s wv r n Q . .., if w e 53 ,f 1-' fi ff J. n K ' s X K M Q' 1 Q fn , . ? Y: ,. ,J ,N mv , . ' 4 O x R . I . , 11 Y 'Q 1 Y kr - 22 , I, sl x wg. , 1 F r ft- ll M U MJ.,- x t, 'ze 1,41 s ,.. ,- ,.,f. J ,. gf., iii 34 V 1 fw f-Q 5, .. ,g .f,.. .fx ,ww .X 1? K, fix ,Y 'WT v -an 11:'f??a ,y 'fig ,V fi' . sq. Hn.: 11 31 FZ C? Vi 2 U A U in ' n Az .2514 .. K y ' w ..- , H-vs, s..,, 9 ..f.Ma......,,N.N ,,,,, , V , 4-may ' Ul'7 S-...W The ROANOKE, the last Word in her class, goes to join the greatest fleet We have ever maintained in a With these words, Secretary of Defense Louis A. johnson, in his first public speech after joining Presi' dent Truman's cabinet, opened the ofhcial commis' sioning ceremony of the USS. Roanoke CXCL'l45D, on Monday afternoon, 4 April 1949, at the Phila' delphia Naval Shipyard. With his personal flag broken out above for the First time over a US. military installation, Secretary johnson dedicated 7 791 time of supposed peace. this new vessel, one of the most powerful cruisers in the world, to carry our flag on friendly visits to all quarters of the world. The ship was then turned over oihcially to its hrst skipper, Captain D. Kelsey, USN, after which the Executive Qfiicer, in time honored manner, inaugurated the ceremony of setting the watch' '-a ceremony in which the crew of 922 men was run aboard while the ship's 51 R 4 .515 4 Q V . 4 5' JE 1 P 24' f f g - QNX Z 'A I iizg 53:1 423 s1'F , Rav? V62 X A. :W .lf f 15 I3 4 1 A gi 92 sp U Q 'll T!! .1 N fx lb 1 -R! . , 5 sv'3f! 't 4.- if f Y W Va 'fi Equipped for bi11etinv ov er 1400 othcers and men Us 9 o o is in itse1f 1 com e e se suthcient unit contiininv 111 the services ot1ered by Cobb1er Shop Ti11or Shop 1'1ospiti1 Post Qihce Liundry Print Shop Birber Shop Co1d btorave P11nt Photo Lib -Xrsen 11 1ce House Ridio Center VX iter xy orlss C1ener11 Store Six 0111eys Sodi Fountiin Vw dl i- . . . . 7 - N Q 551 cv Q ' ' Q' the ., .,. R .Iii hi' . S , 1 ' p1 t lff .ff - - - - . A . any modern community, 1nc1uc11ngi .4 . y 1, . i 5 1 ' v 7 . 1 L 1 i 1 - 'T . - 1. LO l 1 ' L Q . H ' . T L k i T 'Qi 1 YL T Y P: L 'Q' TTT!! . . r x V .. K Y 1 A. Oc I b A L L Carfiaixj. D. Kiisi-.Y, USN Tirst Cforvirvitimiirxg Offitcr officers stood at attention The Roanoke was now an integra1 fighting unit of the US, F1eet, a ship to maintain peace through strength. This commissioning ceremony cu1minated hfiteen years of p1anning and building an automatic sixfinch 1ight cruiser. Qrigina11y authorized by Congress in 1934, the actua1 construction of tae Roanolct did not begin unti1 eleven years 1ater in May, 1945, at the New York Shipbui1ding Corporation in Cam' den, New jersey. lr was another two years after the kee1 was 1aid before the ship was launched in june, 1947, by Miss 1u1ia Ann Henebry, daughter of the erstwhile mayor of Roanoke, Va. Two more years of construction were necessary before the Navy ac' cepted this 680 foot cruiser, which by this time was equiva1ent in va1ue to one'ha1f the assessed eva1uation of all rea1 estate in the city for which she is named. After one mi11ion manfdays of 1abor, the Roanolcg c1eared the Camden ways of wartime construction, as this was the 1ast ship ordered by the Navy during Wor1d War 11. 9? Movies are shown night1y in one of the three mess ha11s, weather permitting, topside on the main deck aft. The ship carries two trucks, nine sma11 boats, and one he1icopter. A11 this, of course, in addition to her defensive and aggressive potentiahtiesfher many guns. The main battery consists of six dua1'purpose, 6 47 ca1iber turrets. The two guns per turret can hre every few seconds, emitting a barrage of pro' jecti1es against either air or surface targets. These six turrets are semifautomatic and can be oper' ated with great 11exibi1ity. The secondary bat' tery is composed of ten twin 3 50 caliber mounts, each of which can be automatically contro11ed by radar. Supp1ementing these impressive batteries are six 20 mi11imeter antifaircraft mounts, manned by the Marine detachment on board. It is genera11y be1ieved that the USS. Roanoke is unsin14ab1e, for her hu11 is divided into hundreds of comp1ete1y iso1ated, watertight units. This 1atest type of hu11 construction is a1so incorporated in the Roaiiolctfs sister ship, the USS. Worcester, CL'144, commissioned severa1 months ear1ier. If all the e1ectrica1 wiring on board the Roanoke were 1aid end to end, it wou1d reach from Chicago to St. Louis. And if Annapo1is, Md., were sudden1y without e1ectricity, the Roanoke cou1d furnish the city amp1e e1ectrica1 power. And if Mr. Rockefe11er had S100,000,000 to invest in a sea'going yacht, he cou1d put in his bid for this vesse1. This ship is the third to bear the name Roano1ce, which, incidenta11y, is an o1d Indian word meaning she11 money. The hrst was a steam frigate, pres' ent during the historic engagement of the Monitor and Merrimac at Hampton Roads. Later she brought the hrst japanese mission to the United States fo1' 1owing the opening of Japan by Commodore Perry. The second Roanolcc was a minep1anter which he1ped 1ay the North Sea mine f1e1d in 1918. The third and present Roanoke, however, is a masterpiece of mod' ern science and engineering, capab1e of propelling 17,500 tons through the sea at 33 knots, or 37.5 mi1es per hour. On 25 june 1949, e1even weeks after commission' ing, during which time the ship was being fitted out and readied for sea, with her fu11 comp1ement aboard, the U.S.S. Roanoke nosed down the Delaware River under her own power for the first time, This was Ships officers and offl the beginning of the 12 weeks' Shakedown cruigg to ribbean Sea, where intensive drills, tria1s, and ba tt1e prob1ems were to take p1ace. We were on our way to coordinate the five ship'board depart- ments into one formidab1e fighting unit. After reporting to the Nava1 Cperating Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, our official shakedown began, under the instruction and supervision of the Training Command at Guantanamo. Each day we went to sea. We he1d man overboard dri11s, damage the Ca cial party render first Salute to the Roanokeys colors -H210 Z y i 'J The two early Roanokes before the days of radar, oil and gtdimks control and battle problems, ship's tactics, casualty drills, battle messing, signal drills, radio drills, radar navigation drills, and emergency drills. After a few weeks we became intimately acquainted with the complexities and capabilities of our ship. Each man developed pride in his job. A thousand men were integrated into one fighting ship. To break the intensive schedule of shakedown, we visited four Caribbean ports during our three months' training-Kingston, jamaica, Port'Au'Prince, Haiti, Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone, and San juan, Puerto Rico. These ports of call were welcomed reliefs, especially Kingston, where ship's dances were held at the beautiful Myrtle Bank Hotel, and tours ar' ranged to the new, luxurious hotel at Tower Isle. What money we did not spend on mahogany and native straw goods was spent on cold beer and tropi- cal rum drinks. After several more weeks at Guantanamo under the Training Command, we were finally graduated cum laude, and again we headed northward towards Philadelphia, on 25 September. Four weeks in the Naval Shipyard lay ahead, with leave for some of us, then on 1 November we were scheduled to participate in the cold weather maneuvers in the Arctic. We wondered if, perhaps, someone in the Bureau had a morbid sense of humor, sending us down to Cuba during the stifling summer months, then up to the Arctic Circle in the winter. Dperation Frigidaire was not as cold as we had expected it would be, but the seas were rough and treacherous. The purpose of this three weeks' cruise of over 100 naval ships was to test all shipboard Ili' equipment and personnel operating in extremely cold weather. Ice formed on deck and it snowed oc' casionally, but the temperature never went below 170 F. We returned to Philadelphia as ofhcial members of the Royal Drder of Blue Noses-an ex' clusive order of all persons who have sailed or steamed across the Arctic Circle. The month of December was spent on replenishing the ship for Mediterranean duty, for we had received orders to report to the U.S. SIXTH FLEET for a four' months' cruise, leaving Philadelphia on 6 january 1950. We were also designated as flagship for COMMANDER CRUISER DIVISION 2, RADM. H. CARSON, USN. During the middle of Christmas leave periods, our new skipper, CAPTAIN E. E. YEoMANs, USN, reported aboard relieving CAPTAIN J. D. KELSEY, USN. The remainder of the month of December was spent in ship repairs and alterations for our duty in the Mediterranean. QRDERS: Mediterranean Duty We were ordered to rendezvous at Gibraltar on 16january 1950 with the US. Sixth Fleet for four monthswrduty in the Mediterranean Sea. The Sixth Fleet comprises all US. Navy ships in the Medi' terranean, furnished on a trifannual rotational basis, our turn coming, fortunately, during the winter months in the sunny 'Medf After only nine months in com' mission we were ready to carry the American flag to Europe and the Near East. Prior to our departure, we embarked 180 Fleet Marines for confidential security reasons, and we realized that our cruise was not just for sightfseeing 9 1 ,.. 3 54 A Jr Wm 1' 1-., hh '-.11 ix, ' QL. , , it Q M 1 X MQ ' 1 Q X 5 lr A Yf W ii ' CP 'ing E' wx K ,we-4 x f-'Wy 'R fi. 451 9 f ww f , V 1, irst pcrsmmfl msguction dl'LM17'n1 Roanoke during Sl1dIiCc10ll'll cruise to lush, tropical Gmummamo Bay, Cuba Z 3 '- and recreational purposes, but to uphold and enforce, if necessary, our foreign policies. VVe were prepared to display our flag and ourselves as unofficial am' bassadors from the US., to exercise with our iqeet between ports in all types of naval warfare, to pro' tect American interests abroad, and to observe the customs and traditions of our foreign allies so that We might better understand their problems and their attitudes. The officers and men of the USS. Rruiioke were to fulfill a vital role in the preservation of world peace. So We loaded our ship with stores, provisions, and ammunition, loaded our cameras, kissed our wives and Sweethearts goodbye, and sailed down the Dela' Ware River on 6 January 1950. Oil to the lands of champagne and olivesl Urthiilx in Jaime lee in the :Xrtti Santa in Lux Captain Ycomans relieves the watcli 13? 'Q Yr. ,I 5 5- 723, !'?'g'Nm ,, . 5 ,X WMM., , P 1 NZ' ,1 xv g A ,, j x rp? WW f Q . gf I .h:f'11 ' ,P y. lux.. 5' -2 our Sunn , carefree month 0 5, ,Y f, 1 '7.'ZZ..4L. ,ff ,ANI 41' ,A 41-3 if-sling-.u-me-. 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The Roanoke Plan Dollars to Pounds to Lire Sightseeing in Europe is educational, romantic and highly interesting. To the student of history it is thrilling to gaze upon sights that up until now have been mere words in a history book, to the student of geography the islands of the Mediterranean and the coastline of southern Europe fill in the lines of the gailyfcolored maps of the National Geo' graphic Society, to the lover of travel the miles that go by on board ship or on a tour ashore present an everfchanging scene that never grows old. The 1950 cruise of the Roanoke to the Mediterranean meant many things to many of us, but the one thing that it provided to all of us, without exception from the Admiral to the seaman apprentice fresh from boot camp, was an education in monetary exchange. 'Tain't easy, we found, to walk off the ship in a land where the American dollar is not a unit of exchange for money as well as for goods, to talk familiarly of pounds and shillings and pence, of lire and piastras, of drachmae and escudos. It was a sink or swim proposition, and our education began with our first liberty port and carried on until we were westbound for the shores of the United States. Wherever we went the everfpresent need for knowledge of the current money exchange went along, and while none of us emerged as experts in monetary matters, we did eventually find it possible to go more easily from dollars to pounds to lire to drachmae and back to lire and to escudos than we had once thought possible. It was an excited group of shipmates who stood at quarters as the Roanoke entered the harbor of Gibraltar for the first time. just as Prudential Life Insurance had always advertised, there stood The Rock as the symbol of British might and security- the entrance to Mare Nostrum, the Mediterranean Sea. Une could not help thinking, as he gazed at the tremendous outjutting formation of solid rock, of the military captains of history who had looked ,ff l with envy upon the possession of that very rocks L the Rock of Gibraltar. Since Gibraltar was the meeting point for the incoming and outgoing ships of the Sixth Fleet, only ten per cent of the crew members of the many ships present were permitted ashore at one time, Those of us who were fortunate enough to get into the town which huddles itself in terraces at the foot of the Rock, found a welcome from shopkeepers and club owners alike, as well as from our British mili- tary friends who were found strolling the streets everywhere. Streets barely wide enough for two British cars to pass gave the city the quaint look, without which American tourists would feel some' how cheated. As we walked, or rode by ancient X I v carriage or modern taxi, in the streets, with their 1 Q shops in which the lightning calculators of money E .L 1 exchange left us breathless and wondering if what we were paying was a bargain, we got the feeling that here at last We were on European soil, the soil of the ancients, the land ofthe old World. Here GIBRALTA our forebears had lived, here in this great continent we had had our beginnings. We from the New World had returned to visit the places where, centuries ago, we were born. The Rock-it guards the Mediterranean and sells life insurance if 16 Y,,.s l i l , . , -., 'tr J.-.Y I 'lr ox' A-,W 4--7... ,L -- f'...4-....-H- r . . ' 4 3 5, .-A' -E rl, Q -. -1 ,, j-l - wggi. , 'gf If ,LJ Cfity of fiihmltur rust of ithitli lm iiilrrnturt 1 runnin... ' 'E '3 ' -f , fagsyl -2' Q.. uf' ' .ef S ,f 14 'h . , , 1 ,i Ii if r o, i-- f War Memorial to heroes who dial for this British Croim Colony 17 'ff After live days in the harbor of Gibraltar, the Roanoke in company with the other ships of the Sixth Fleetfethe carrier Midway, the cruiser Newport News, the destroyer tender Sierra, the auxiliary ship Arneli loaded with Marines, and numerous destroyers --esteamed to the great harbor of Augusta, on the east coast of Sicily. Augusta itself is small, offering no more liberty facilities than a small town on the east coast of the United States that might suddenly hnd itself invaded by ships carrying nearly ten thousand sailors. However, it was Europe, and we wanted to see it. We found a povertyfridden village, not yet rebuilt from the ravages of war brought about when the Allies pushed through the east coast of Sicily on their north' ern drive toward Messina not many years ago. Here we found our first business representatives from southern Europe. They came with all sorts of things to sell, setting up their shops on shore and travelling in rowfboats to the ships to sell their wares on deck. Portrait painters, cameo salesmen, watch salesmen, glove and hat M X N xw X x L , ,w.x,,,,,41 A . Y' N,,. N 'fair 'ff' m 5- P - '- 'W' 44,4 Y ,EMM , I, .,,. 2' 1 ,M w a' Q1 WX w i X sw ims u s hw Q .Mg X l WN:- xx XX Tx :N N 3 '5 xayM NNLFM ,X -, . . Hge'2'91M Wx- 9 VW'f1.',' 5 SX H 2 'X 5 V w 1 fja -z .4 Y V, . Tj jj.. all , fy f f Z if f' f ff f f 4 ,I jafjvf salesmen, purveyors of the knickfknacks found at any American amusement park-they all came to Augusta. And for nine long days they did business with the Navy of the Sixth Fleet. Syracuse, an hour's journey by train from Augusta, is a city which at one time had a population of a million people and which had already enjoyed several centuries of glorious exist' ence when the Apostle Paul visited it while en route to Rome in the First Cen' tury A.D. It was visited by some 700 of us by courtesy of the professional tour arrangers who were to become a solid part of the Roanolccls cruise to the Med. This was our first experience with guides who had a great feeling for the dramatic, and as we were led through representative pieces of a culture long gone, we felt that Tony, our little Sicilian guide, was carrying us in spirit back 25 centuries. The Greek naturalfstone theater, the finest of its kind in existence today, and the Roman amphi' theater, speak of two different periods of historic significance. The great marble quarry with its Ear of Dionysius will long be remembered. ln the Ear, a highly vaulted cavern built in the shape of a human ear, our guide demonstrated an echo the like of which has never been duplicated. It is an echo that returns amplified many times, whether it be the echo of a scarcely audible whisper or the sharp crack that returns from a clap of the hands. Modern Syracuse is a city of 50,000 people. Not badly damaged by World War ll, Syracuse today is perhaps Sicily at nearly its best - independent, industrious, hardfworking. After leaving Augusta and exercising at shore bombardment off Malta and landing some of the Fleet Marines, the ships of the Sixth Fleet parted company, dispersing to different ports, the Roanoke and Sierra steaming northward to Messina, located on the Strait of Messina, a few scant miles across from the hilly southwest coast of Italy. Although Messina was a much larger and more prosperous city than the village of Augusta, little more was offered in the way of entertainment. We had not yet arrived at what in the Navy is known as a good liberty port. But sightseeing was available, and many of us took advantage of it. Dominating the entire eastern coast of Sicily is towering Mount Etna. It had been visible from 19a swf. Looking our City of .Nlcssimi across tlic Straits toward Italian Mainland Augusta, and it was even closer to Messina, its snow'capped peak rising into the clouds in such manner that frequently it looked like another fleecy cloud riding the billows of the air waves-until one noticed that it never moved as did the real cloud banks around it. We had become fairly well acquainted by now with the lire system of money. The exchange had become rather easy, for, as 625 lire equal one American dollar, we multiplied by four twice, dropping the last three numbers, or, if we felt that we were seasoned travelers, we just divided by six, dropping the last two numbers. Sort of like the old story of the rapid means of counting the cows in a field. Because there were not too many sights to be seen in Messina, after one had taken a gander at the famous clockftower of the Cathedral and perhaps had climbed to the top of one of the hills overlooking the city, a lot of us went for a day' long trip with our American Express agent to the lovely resort town of Taormina, twenty miles south of Messina. Here, at one of the Winter playgrounds of Euro' pean royalty, perched part Way up a cliff overlooking the traditionally blue Mediterranean, We got the feeling We were at last getting some real enjoyment out of our Mediterranean cruise. We found the Sicilians friendly, as they had also been in Augusta, Syracuse and Messina, but here also there was good food, excellent scenery and an absence of havvlcers trying to sell their cheap Wares at high prices. To have dinner on the terrace of one of the hostelries, looking out on pastel villas, formal gardens, orange and lemon trees leading down the Winding hillside to the sea, is an experience even Capri cannot offer. As one retired U.S. Army colonel, vacationing in the year 'round paradise, said, 'Taormina is closer to heaven than any American deserves to be. Distinguished Italian military leaders in Messina Taormina, Sicily, playground of European royalty and American sailors Q20 Gigantic clock tower in Messina, Sicily Wheels of Messina and Roanoke an tandem Caboard J Basking below Taormina or slcung above on Mt. Etna 21? .Lf If .f U 11 b 0 a 1' cl . A popular social getftogether-stores working party Pierre, our maitre dlhotel, prepares a delicacy-hors C'gul Ships medicine men prepare for an operation on the high seas Splash . . . launch another drone . . . Splash . . Q22 Fullfbag inspection f ff! N WMU No thimblc in your sewing kit? ' 239 x , ox ,.,z o ff . -J' 1 The Cobbler repairing our Allan Plg'IY0llgIl ivzltmtiovx for newly .zppointmf Chief Pfttv Of r 1. M 'S v ' ,x ., . LIRE TO POUNDS TO LIRE TO DRACHMAE We were at sea again, on our way from Messina to Eamagusta, Cyprus Cvia Sfax, Tunisia, a port we never saw because rough water prohibited putting boats over the sideb, basking beneath the warm Mediterranean sun, 5900 miles from snowbound Philadelphia, At Eamagusta we were to embark Admiral R. L. Conolly, Commander'in'Cbief, US. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, the big boss as it were, with a part of his stall from London, for a courtesy visit to jidda, in the land of King Ibn Saud-Saudi Arabia. Needless to say, since the Roanoke was to be the Admiralls flagship for this trip, our sun basking was inter' rupted by frequent field days throughout the ship- holystoning the decks, shining brightwork, chipping paintwork and chipping teeth. But this was the life, we thought, cruising in the balmy Mediter' FAMAGU S TA Cha lain Hartun , P S with a U'Drii'c'lt Caravan in Famagusta, Cypr ranean in mid'Eebruary, on our way to the farfaway enchanted lands of Egypt and Arabia. Cccasionally our thoughts wandered homeward: what were our wives and families doing? Shovelling snow and coal, making payments on fur coats, snillling and sneezing, feeding the baby codfliver oil and putting chains on the car? . . . Such a lot of botherl Cnce ashore in Eamagusta, on the ancient island of Cyprus, we found ourselves back in the dollar' pound money exchange again. We were old hands at it this time. We'd spent five days in training in the British Crown Colony of Gibraltar. Our now familiar American Express agent was awaiting us in Eamagusta to take us touring to see the Cthello Tower in the old walled city, scene of Shakespeare's great tragedy , the nearby city of Salamis, founded in ancient times by the Phoenicians, where the dust HS -4,4 '+L 'J 64 Roanolce in full dress on Wasl1iv1gtoi1's Birthday of the bones of Barnabus, traveling companion of the Apostle Paul, lie buried near the ruins of the church of early Christian times, and outside the limits of Famagusta itself the sites of camps which were used recently by the British to care for jews attempting to illegally enter Palestine. Arriving on board by helicopter from the air strip near the center of the island, Admiral Conolly and his stall' saw the Roanoke full dressed in honor of Washington's birthday, with signal flags strung from the bow over the masts and stacks to the stern, in a rainbow of color. Weighing anchor in the late afternoon we departed on a southerly course, ac' companied by two destroyers, toward Port Said, Egypt, the entrance to the Suez Canal. We were scheduled to begin transit of the canal two nights later, a little after midnight. Liberty was not granted in Port Said, for it was a Friday, the Moslem holy day, and during the greater part of the day while we waited for the convoy of which we were to be a part to start through the canal, we observed the city from the level of the main deck. Toward midnight our Canal pilot and six natives came on board, and, while most of the ship slept, the first part of the big ditch was covered. In the morning, the natives who were making the trip unveiled a horde of curios from their small punts to sell to the travelers from America, so that before long, in spite of no liberty in Port Said, leather belts, painted purses, mosaic jewelry and tooled 25-ff ff,- 5 f1n'- ,. .Jf,l 1 .4-W. 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Two days in the Red Sea-what a disappoint' ment when we found it to be as blue as Alice's gown-brought us to Jidda, the diplomatic capital of Saudi Arabia. From the harbor it didnlt look like much of a city, and when we got out of our boat that took us to shore it looked little better. The small, crowded town, Where Lawrence of Arabia once had his headquarters and which today is the residence of the Embassies and Consulates of all the nations which have diplomatic dealings with the government of King Ibn I Saud, offered no opportunity for gen' J eral liberty. We were allowed to make conducted tours of the city, with a stop at the local market place, fifty men at a time, with a quick return to the ship to allow fifty more to see the sights. It was here in jidda that the ancient and the modern side by side were most noticeable. The few women we saw in the streets were heavily veiled, the men wore bulky cotton robes in the timefhonored custom. Men who are wealthy enough are permitted to have up to four wives each. Along with the old customs, money made from rich oil concessions has brought 1950 automobiles from America-nothing smaller than a Buick-the construction of new No camels, no shicks, no oascs, just saml anal sun along the Suez Canal 1 5-4.5, N f -s Ml N I l 1 ., N .1 ' i M U - E ,,.-..... l .., 1 Prince Mansour inspects personnel with nltlmiriil Cfimolly in ,li.l.la, Saudi Amhiu buildings, a modern road and a new dock for small ships. Prince Mansour, son of King Ibn Saud, and minister of defense of the country, represented the government at a luncheon held for him and other important guests by Admiral Conolly on the Roanoke. After landing on the Roanokc's fantail in the heli' copter, the Prince inspected the Marine guard drawn up in his honor, and, after the luncheon, enjoyed a pleasant twofhour trip to sea for the purpose of a demonstration of a good oldffashioned drone shoot. Later some three hundred invited guests-plus a couple of dozen uninvited guests who crashed the gate -attended the Admiral's reception under awnings on the forecastle of the ship. Cn our last day in jidda, the Roanoke looked as if it might have been turned into an ark, as six sheep from the royal flock grazed on the main deck aft. Gifts from the Prince, the sheep were given in gratitude for the visit and the reception given him by these representatives of the government of the United States. A problem in diplomacy developed, 27? 6 poutlar case inscrilml with Araliimi clmructcrs, as gift from Adm Conollv to Prmcc ,Xlunsour lk h..,a-vaannni , .af 'T'- -lwuq-,.i- It was at Izmir that a committee of hardfworlcing and gracious American ladies opened a canteen for the sailors of the four ships there at the time, at the Izmir Palace Hotel. Free sandwiches, cake, pie and soft drinks were dispensed, beer was sold at cost, and music for dancing was provided by the band of Cruiser Division Two. It proved a popular spot, and coming two months after leaving Philadelphia, what a treat it was to talk to real American girls and women, and to find American hospitality dispensed as freely as at the USO at home. Cut friend, the American Express agent, had a tour for us from Izmir to the site of the ancient city of Ephesus, a twofhour bus trip over roads that were certainly no superfhighway. Une of the seven ancient wonders of the world was located at Ephesus, but now, as we found to be the case with so many places known to students of ancient history, only the crumbled stone remains where once there was rich alllffl -4'.' fm- 9 lil qu.- Curtain time for native floor show in Izmir, Turkey Famous ruins of Eplicsus-vivid imagination absolutely necessary I 'X .lvl in-in 'ls X? Rllxl tim in Turlty Jw ,X . , .4 . KZVM , 1 -Jvmwaqn. K 'mmf .W w-awww W..-.....M, ATHENS The Aclmiralls liarge speeds smartly hack to the ship in Athens, Greece splendor. A vivid imagination was necessary on the tour of Ephesus. At last We were to see a city that should offer a great deal in the Way of good liberty and good sightseeing-Athens, Greece. When we dropped the hook in Phaleron Bay, the outer harbor of Athens, the American Express man Was Waiting for us at the dock, his face all smiles as he pointed out that here was the place to see the good ruins, ruins with character, ruins With real history. We said We'd buy that, and took his tour of the city of Athens and Went with him across the peninsula to the city of Corinth. Located near the center of the city, the Parthenon atop the Acropolis thigh hillb, takes a commanding view, and climaxed the daily tours of Athens. Qur Greek guide, frequently losing himself while de' Roanoke plan in the policyfmalcing stage Lihertvfpiirty rushing ashore in Athens-with over 1,000,000 drachmas between them scribing with great pride the days of Helen of Troy, was even more emotionally dramatic than our Sicilian and Cyprian guides had been, but we decided he dial have more to Work With. Again it was a thrill to stand at places that had only been names in a book to us before. The spell of ancient Greece was well woven about us as we descended from the Acropolis, but, in Athens as happens so often in our own country, the spell of history was soon broken by irreverent hawkers selling plaster facsimiles of the Parthenon, post cards and American type ice cream. We thought how pleasant it must have been to sail around the Mediterranean with Ulysses before the days of the American tourist. Athens is a modern city today, with streetcars, busses, subways, nylon stockings and daily rush hours, all subtly fused with the beautiful landmarks of its glorious past. At twilight the sidewalks around Constitution Square are crowded with Greeks, interspersed with the many American repre' sentatives of ECA, strolling about engaged in the ancient privilege of arguing politics, pausing oc' casionally at tables on the square for cups of bitter coffee or for a glass of the native drink, Quzo. Since it was expected of us, being Americans, we tried Ouzo, but shortly decided that since we didn't plan to live in Greece we would prefer not to get used to it and quickly reverted to the local beer or Coca'Cola. With little time to practice during our busy Mediterranean cruise, the Roanolcis basketball team played several club teams in Athens, winning the majority of games except much to our chagrin one with a girls team which ran away with them on the basketball court of course We soothed our masculine pride over that one only bv remem beting all the good will we left behind us Costumcd Sentry Uuarls tht tntran to Kina Paul 5 Palate Atlicns The Parthenon tlcrucs mmlt 0 its ar lntt tural magni cfnce rom optical illusion Athens a modern my of strtct tars ruslt hours and nylon stoclcings 3115? C . . , . i f' ff fl f A Greek photographer in Athens waits patiently to taken Roanoke sailors Then there was Suda Bay. Located on the north of the island of Crete, the Bay offers a perfect place for the Fleet to rendezvous for reprovisioning, re- fueling and the practicing of amphibious landings, lt is also a good place to go if one Wants a rest. Hiking trips into the surrounding hills occupied the time of those who Went ashore. At dawn of the first day away from there, the Fleet Marines, loaded With full packs and equipment, landed from all the ships upon which they had been embarked, and took a beachhead near Suda Bay with full air and sea support. The realistic conditions under which the landings were staged must have confused the Cretian shepherds no Roanoke group lveing Ntakenl' before the Parthenon, in Athens i ' MW mfg: 3 3 Q - 2 E it f-IQ-'ggi-J' .., .,,,,' My 150- fi,-43 ,Tsai A -es-Sf'i'l'-w.J- .ff :xg A -M,,n..K0 W V ,ag Ji' ' -,A A p ' .. 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Down its narrower streets lined with shops ranging from notion shops to the more exclusive leatherfgoods and fur shops we found no dirt or other indications of a poorly administrated City of the 20th century. The many city squares or piazzas were widefspread, well'paved, clean and, at their center, planted with colorful flowers. Here, we thought, was a city, a proper city as the English would say. From the Broadway of Genoa, Via XX Settembre, to the skyscraper dining room in a setting much like the Top Of the Mark, the 1400 and more men of the Roanoke took a look and liked it. Being a city of merchants and business, Genoa is not the great city for sightseeing that, for instance, Rome is. But worthwhile sights are to be found, and in the nine days during which the Roanoke lay at her Mediterranean moor most men who went ashore at all saw Columbus's birthplace, the magnificent and world'renoWned Staglieno Cemetery, the Piazza Della Vittoria, and the Riviera town of Rappollo. These were the sights to be seen, along with the art museums and ancient homes of nobility, hours were spent in browsing until the sun hit the yardarm and the familiar Roanoke haunts began to fill up-the New York, Texas, Scandinavia, or lppo Campo. Our big hope as we went through the days of our stay in Genoa was that Italians visiting America would hnd Americans as warm and friendly to their foreign guests as the Genoese were to us. Une sailor described our stay in Genoa rather tersely, on a post card to his family back in North Carolina, Am line. Will write. Genoa very continental. Awfully busy. Having fun. Broke. Take care. Love, Davief' Christopher Columbus and Kilroy lived kara 37 it A... I.. 'Fx v t + ws 4. w Their attcry was tempting, You so gudc looking, -loc. Mc taka' pictnrc, no? Payday Payday! You fleeing, false sense of security! You mad instigator of rolling bones, bleeding ulcers, Tfzone hack, and straight flushes! April 1, 1950- Payday on the Roanoke in Genoa, ltaly. Now when a ship has a payday, wherever that ship is, the city is going to notice it. Philadelphia and Norfolk knew when the Roanoke paid, and Genoa knew it. Gn March 31st every last man was broke. On April lst their wallets were full-well, at least half full. And so, as would be true any' where, the city of Genoa lighted up on payday, for news of the Roanokfs financial bonanza spread through the city with great speed. lt almost seemed as we went through the gates of the pier that the whole western coast of Italy was alerted, for many more businessmen were gathered in the streets offering their cameos, P. Arker pens, watches, Frenchy pictures or plans for a night of whoopee. It was great stuff for a while, and we felt more like big important people that night than we'd ever felt before. For as the gates opened and the guards poised their rifles to allow the vanguard through from the Roanoke, cheers were heard from the side- line, Vive Americanosl Vive Americanosln We felt for a while like Lindburgh stepping out of his Spirit of Saint Louis. That night in Genoa the Marshall Plan, E.G.A. and American -Aid to Italy were ably supplemented by another lucrative pro- gram-the Roanoke Plan. Nearly three months in the Mediterranean had enabled us to develop effective counterfmeasures that we had not had upon our arrival in January, however, and by now we could say No with the peculiar little sound that means an emphatic no to all Europeans. So it was that while some of our weaker companions were intimidated as they walked out the gate, others of us were able to successfully push our way through the admiring crowd and, with the exception of a stubborn hangerfon or two, get on to less crowded parts of the city. Breaking out a map of Genoa, we decided to walk up towards the center of the city to the Piazza De Ferrari, then over to the house where Columbus was born. But our constructive plans for sightseeing were altered when we saw another group of men set up for business down the street just ahead of us. So we left the Via XX Settembre, turned down into a narrow, crooked side street of tobacco shops, stores and linen shops and found what we thought l would be our refuge, a small bar hidden almost out , of sight. g The sound of the door slamming behind us echoed l loudly throughout the small, oak paneled room. We 5 sat down at a large round table at the back, where we could not be seen through the front window. There were no other customers, waiters or bar' tenders in the cool, quiet room. Safe at last, WC , thought, in an outfoffthefway bistro, where tourists l, probably never enter. lg I think we all need a cold beer after that chase. l' Beer in a place like this? Don't be foolish, they've probably never heard of cold beer here. Yeah, this is strictly native. We'd better order cognac or some other Italian drink. Vermoutll, maybe. n 1238 I 1 f eva. SIQQQ. U 'N M .ff tw, R I -1.- .IM vw ' 'Qi is f YVIVI, 11 lrt uf, Cl um Lllfll fx mi T g V Ill XMVLV H1 rlqllt l'dCI4xQT0lHIJ plulzzul Ju PM s. , CL L4 f. , W 'Q UI' 4 '. . X Wk lfilfixi the tuml' of CTUlHH1l'lli. To L'l1rufq'l1fr Cfol14n1l'1u, .1 patriot . 1. cn1sTomw i I P ,, M .f-7'7 ,,,.q- i ,4Ae M I J V Vf-,N N. , ,f ff , Q. .,-f f' awww ,. Exclusive Genoese boulevard, near cabaret Ippo Campo-collector of old and new money Cburcb founded by St. .lolm the Divine, in downtown Genoa Gold and marble altar of same clmrcll ,je 1 '. 'W na I, 'X 'PE -- A . ll, J! pn-.1 Q 1 -Qi 9 ,. 5 Q-'xp- 5 if' I 545, ea -. V :-'Q if . vm, -.-5. 5 , ..r.,a,A. ,f ,M A - f - Q1 . 'li 1 -n. LLM . Q 5' lofi! -vii-1 nw-4-Junt X be 'g -QQ' Qs- J r .V ya Q , gs -Q Q ll nie qr. wt 5-. 'UE M AQ! 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The Cathedral procession was im' pressive because of its size and because of its quite evidently being a religious procession, not a parade. While thousands of people lined Constitution Square and the surrounding streets, every last one holding a lighted candle, components of all military and city organizations walked by to the slow cadence of two excellent bands. At the center of the procession, following the archbishop and other priests of the Cathedral, marched a band of pallbearers carrying on their shoulders a simple casket, and, as the casket passed by, hats were removed, heads were bowed and the sign of the Cross was made. Then Sliipls offccrs rest at Gu5's after wild has trip to Corinth 'Q vi 1244 Greek thiltlrzn wait for their itcftraam .intl :aka ui Roanoke niesslialls came a male choir singing with deep religious fervor, their voices echoing through the quiet streets as they poured forth the traditional funeral music of the Church. During all this in the streets of Athens, a con' stant procession of Christians was wending its way with lighted candles up the Hill of Likkabettos, highest spot in Athens, to the church that sits high upon its pinnacle. Up the winding path they climbed, making a snaky line of hre visible to the entire city below. Thus we were privileged to view a Greek ob' servance that, strange to most of us, left us with the feeling that we had witnessed something extremely worthwhile, It gave us a good feeling. We liked the Greeks after that night, as we had perhaps not liked them before. A phenomenon of all Europe is the driver who depends on a wild use of his horn to get him through any and all tight spots, and no where was a better demonstration of this fast, hornfblowing technique provided for us than on our trip to Corinth. Never have we had such a ride, and never do we hope to have another like it. The driver of our bus either didn't trust his brakes or didn't know where they were located. He did trust his horn. There was nothing, he felt, that his horn couldn't move or scare, so we made the harrowing sixtyfmile trip at 45ir fd P- ,fp- ss p A, ,ei JI? I Playing Santa Clausn to the Grcclc war orphans was fun Rear Admiral Carson receives local dignitaries aboard in Salonilea, Greece fifty miles an hour over narrow, clillfhanging roads riding on the horn. Frequently Popolopus would turn his head around, smiling proudly, to see if we were duly impressed with his power over his rasping horn. Entering into the spirit of the countryside, we pleaded earnestly with the local god Zeus to deliver us from this hotfrod Greek. Being outfofftowners, our prayers were answered considerably sooner than Popolopus would have liked, when finally the steam' ing bus coasted a few blocks past the ship to a miraculous Halt. It was then that Popo removed his hand reluctantly from the groaning horn. And .Q wx .M-rtsif QYQXQ ssft.Nzby.s . . zssgi, sg N-Nagel: as we filed wearily out of the death comet, he said, still smiling proudly, You lika', no? He would have been jailed long ago for reckless driving had he been a driver on the Indianapolis Speedway. Salonika, the ancient home of Phillip of Mace' donia, is located near the northern border of Greece, where Greece joins Yugoslavia, Albania and Bul' garia, and it was our next port of call. All was quiet when the Roanolee arrived there, although guerrilla warfare had ceased in the surrounding hills only a few months before. We were unable to visit the nearby Voice of America relay station, but we learned that it is the nearest transmitter of the Voice to Moscow, and transmits daily through the Iron Curtain to the Balkan countries and Russia. Here at Salonika we had to be content with the knowledge that we were making a diplomatic call, for there was little entertainment other than a few highfpriced pseudofnightclubs, and little sightseeing. An interesting sight that some of us saw was the remarkable American Farm School, founded a number of years ago by a Presbyterian mission' ary, which trains young Greeks in modern farm methods and itself maintains a model farin. It was the one place in all Europe where we were able to get a drink of fresh, cold, pasteurized milk. After tlie trip from Salonilca, our fleet landing in Naples-witli a battalion of guides waiting lieliind column at left Q46 47-Af N: .74 W 2 K Hcfwcnty licks to thc board, O.K. sailors, heave Wound, ready, syncopatcn 'wwf' 1 2 155 .lin NB X xx Bay of Naples, with Vesuvius in background City of music, flowers, and delectable food Restaurant Zi Teresa retains the charm of olol Italy N A P L E S Verdi, Veal, and Vino Naples is a charming city of paradoxes. Wide, clean boulevards cut through the city, but frequently they are intersected by cobblestoned alleys alive with odors, trash and lined with tenement houses, Expensive Mercedes and Fiats speed by antiquated taxicabs and horsefdravvn carts. Marbleffaced town houses and apartment buildings, once elegant homes of the rich, novv frequently shelter the poor in dimly lit, unheated rooms behind their faded pastel facades, The city is aglovv With brilliant flower stalls, yet only the tourists wear corsages. The Bay of Naples, surrounded by Vesuvius, Pompeii, Sor- rento and Capri, is an excellent harbor, famed for its prefwar shipping and its beauty on calm, sunny days 3 but the Bay is treacherous during storms, with svvamping Waves ten feet high, as the Roanolce dis- covered vvhen a storm followed her in the day after her arrival. Much of Naples has been rebuilt since World War Il to its former beauty, but human life carries on the tragedies of War. Destitute orphans scavenge the streets for cigarette butts, and it is a pathetic sight to see these thinffaced children beg' ging in front of the fashionable hotels. There is no resentment in their hollovv eyes when the expen' sively dressed guests step out of the thiclcfcarpeted lobby of the new luxury hotel, Albergo Vesuvio, there is just hunger and pain behind their out' stretched hands. Naples is Italy at her best and Italy at her Worst. No where in all Europe were we so beseiged as vve were in Naples by peddlers and hawlcers, salesmen and shortfchangers, guides and gyps, all attempting to sell or swap through the medium of handfvvaving, haggling and just plain hollering, a seemingly inexhaustible suppty of cameos, bracelets, jewel boxes, watches, rings, post cards and sou' venirs, tours and trips. All surged about us in a clamoring sea of salesmanship, through which We plowed resolutely on, knowing that Woe befell anyone who so much as hesitated at the cry, I giva you good price! He'd probably be found hours later sitting in the midst of a mountain of lcnick' lcnaclcs and trash, moaning softly to himself as he gazed mournfully at his empty poclcetbook. The center of Naples, so far as tourism is con' cerned, is Within the glassfcanopied expanse of the Gallery of Umberto, Where, at prices you felt were 14:48 1'hz ruins of fponipcii had character Sil'CVdl of OHV fdl'0l'lIC Cl1ilVi,1CICTS ilHIOHg Ill! VHIH reasonable enough considering all things, you could buy the souvenirs you wanted-leather, cameos, gloves or silver. A few blocks away were the excellent shops of the glove manufacturers them' selves and of the Borsalino hat people, where quality goods could be had in a quiet enough atmosphere ol' shopping. Naples was known to the Riiaiwlcc as the starting point for a numher of tours, arranged hy the ship with our popular tour agent, Tours hranched out to Rome, to Pompeii, to Capri and to Vesuvius Though we were hindered from leaving the ship for two full days by the storm that churned the harhor into fury, nevertheless a lot of us went on these tours and returned to Naples feeling well satished In Rome we had the chance to malfe the Holy Year Pilgrimage, to tour the Vatican and to see Pope Pius XII. In Pompeii we walked through the ancient city and marvelled at the things explained to us hy our guide. Un Capri we let the heauty ol' the enchanted isle soak into us while we wished only that there were more time to stay. Scents at the Isl: of C apr: Roanoke tour party climbing the Back in Naples we found time to browse a bit and discovered one of the few places that still retains the charm of old ltaly to be Zi Teresa, a large ristorante on the edge of the Bay. A flight of concrete steps leads down from the waterfront boulevard to the open dining terrace on the bay. If the breeze is too stiff, you may dine inside behind glass doors. Not elaborately decorated, Zi Teresa depends upon only the blue water, warm sunshine and tuxedoed waiters for its decor. As you step down onto the terrace, to the left is a flower stall where an armful of roses can be bought unbelievably cheap. To the right is the sea' food bar offering oysters, clams, starfish, mussels or any other sea'food imaginable, caught nearby. After you select your seaffood cocktail, the maitre dlhotel, who speaks ltalian, French and English fluently, will escort you personally to your table, two waiters standing behind your chairs to seat you. You realize that it would be a sacrilege to spend less than two hours dining here, for the sun is warm, the breeze off the bay is fresh and cool., the view of Vesuvius is magnificent, and the violin music by the strolling trio completes this setting of leisurely dining-really an art at Zi Teresa. The poster size menu is in Italian, of course, but your waiters will suggest everything once you tell them whether you want veal or seaffood as your entree. Leave the rest of the meal up to the waiters, who will describe everything dramatically, with closed eyes and heavy sighs. And you neednlt worry about the prices for this proposed banquet, your bill won't be over 1500 lire QSZSOD for the works. The trio plays request numbers as they stroll from table to table, and periodically one of them st CPS to St. Peterls Cathedral in Rome will pass the hat soliciting lire for de music. It is quite a surprise to you when your waiter sud' denly bursts into song, while the trio is playing, perhaps, an aria from Verdi's Aida. He puts down the bottle of wine and the large white napkin to pour out his heart to Verdi. This melodic outburst is contagious, for another waiter on the other side of the terrace will join in, and the spontaneous duet will finally meet in the center of the floor, as the diners stop eating to listen to these beautiful tenor voices. Frequently a third voice will join in, either another waiter or an inspired customer who has enough music in his heart to break away from the delectable food. When the music stops, the waiters resume their duties of catering to you, intent upon making this a meal you will never forget. After your seaffood cocktail you will have Zuppa di Pesce, one of the thirty kinds of soup, containing lobster, clams, shrimp and even a few miniature octopi. Dry wine is a must with this soup. Then there follows the sphaghetti, followed by entree of tender veal cacciatori, or cold lobster, or a steaming platter of pizza. Your dry wine will be replaced with a red wine with the veal and pizza, and yOU will taste spinach as you've never tasted it before. At least an hour and a half later, your musical waiter brings fruit and cheese, or a richer dessert if you desire. You will linger over your strong, black coffee because the violins are playing YOUY favorite music, and you do not want to leave the leisurely charm of this last bastion of the Italy yOU have always dreamed of. Soon, however, you muSt climb the concrete steps to the boulevard, where children with rags wrapped around their feet will lift their sad brown eyes to you. You will be l3HCk in the ltaly of today. 1250 i Q1 x ru xi-fra' A ' a 4 ,a2' if 5 P 11 2 t 95 X E Q J 4 X-ov xi I llWY0l4ld you arrange my mail alphabetically liy 5tatc5? Sl1ooting,' tlic sim, to determine if we are still in tlic Nlcilitcrrancan Sea Roanolcc ltclicoptcr tlclivcrs mail to other sliips in the formation K .naw S. QP' X a. - .1 . i ff? T ,N u N V' K f I , FRANCS TG ESCUDOS TO DOLLARS Three hundred and fortyfhve francs to the dollar made easy figuring, for anyone could figure that a lOOO'franc note was Worth about three dollars' With these instructions from the port information sheet that Was handed us before We arrived in Marseille, We were introduced to France. Though We Would have liked to have seen the Riviera, Mar' seille, the largest port in the Mediterranean, a city of a million people, Was a good second choice for our only stop in France. Unfortunately our visit carried over May l, Europels May Day, and liberty was curtailed in order that there would be no chance Marseille-the Brooklyn of France 1 AU 'tv-yi! anna ,qv -'Z -Af . gig-iz. ut, lei HE MARSEILLE for any incidents that might mar our stay, during the May Day parades and celebration downtown. Marseille, like Genoa, is not a glamorous city, but a city of industry and commerce, centering, of course, on its milesflong waterffront. We took a taxi up to the church of Notre Dame de la Garde, the mariners' church of Marseille, built high atop the highest peak in the city, and from it we got a breathtaking view of all the city there was to see and its tremendous harbor. Gur stay was not long enough to make it appear worthwhile taking the tours offered by our roving friend the American Express agent, but some of us did go off to Paris for the live days that the rest of us spent in Marseille. Cur sightseeing in Marseille was done by walking through the busy streets, shopping in the many small perfume shops, and sitting at sidewalk cafes to sample the French wines and watch the passing parade, an excellent vantage point for this latter pastime. We were interested in the French girls, Were they as voluptuous, beautiful, chic and passion' 55a ' - --siiiiwfw -A A-+'-ffffrffx' ate as Life Magazine has always hinted? Well, we looked at them, and they looked about like the girls in Ames, Iowa or Macon, Georgia. Those of us who went to Paris reported that the girls there were really French, meaning the ooooooflafla type. The ones we saw in Marseille were more like the ones at home, and, frankly, we were glad they were. The members of the France'United States Club, an organization founded for the purpose of bringing about better relationships between American and French people and fostered by our State Depart' ment, offered its facilities to the Roanoke during our stay in Marseille. Each night a sizeable group of us went there to meet the girls, to dance, to drink beer and Coke, and to eat the sandwiches which were generously passed out. It was our experience that the Club was doing an excellent job in May 1950 of cementing good relationships between some of the youth of France and America. Algiers, in French North Africa, was our next stop. The Casbah, famous stamping grounds of if? Ac1miral's reception Marseille-with music Qin:- -55:56 Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamar, is in the city, and is its main tourist attraction. Unlike tourist attrac' tions in many other places visited by tourists, the Casbah has little beauty to offer. The residents of the Casbah are a mixed group, Many of them are Moslems, and these rather resent the horde of tourists who flock through the place ohfing and ahfing at whatever they can poke img, We went through the narrow sidewalkfwide streets of this native quarter on an afternoon when a light drizzle was falling, and we rather felt that appro' riate attire would have called first of all for a air of high rubber boots, a suit belonging preferably P P ro anybody else than ourselves, a battle helmet and, if available, a gas mask. Perhaps only the rain heightened the smell of the Casbah, but then we doubt if the odor of the Street of Meats could possibly have been brought to such heights by just a little rain. All stores are open stalls facing the streets, and where meats were displayed without benefit of refrigera' tion the sights were strong to say the least. Life appeared to be at a low ebb in the Casbah, and its only concession to the modern world appeared to be the existence of electricity. Referred to by many as quaint and exotic, we rather felt that such descriptive words must have come from those whose nearest approach to it had been via the romantic motion picture, Algiers. The city of Algiers, aside from the Casbah, was quite charming indeed in many aspects. Our Amer' ican Express tour took us up to the high hills surrounding the city and its harbor where we could look down on the red roofs. There, back away from the crowded city itself, we found many lovely villas surrounded by colorful gardens and thought to ourselves that here there was at least a measure of the prosperity of our modern world. Back down' town we were able to find excellent shops where we could haggle to a minor degree if we were of a mind to or we could pay the asking price and still feel we were getting about what we'd paid for. From francs to the escudos of Portugal was quite H jump, but we were so delighted with the city of Lisbon that we accepted it without a qualm. By far the most modern city that we were able to visit during our fourfmonth trip away from home, we walked, or rode by taxi or street car, up and down its beautiful boulevards and felt that we could easily be in a city in the United States. Untouched 57a Many sidewalk cafes line the lucautiful laoulcvards ofLisl1on, Portugal Faculty of Medicine building Roanolee personnel crowds stadium to watcli torcadors sling Portuguese lmll Entrance to arena. The laulls are not leilled in Portugal by war, Lisbon presented an appearance that was clean, well'ordered and businessflike. As Gibraltar had been in January, Lisbon was in May the meeting place of the two Fleets, outgoing and incoming, and hence some 20,000 sailors were there to partake of the sights that were to be found. One of the sights that Lisbon offered that was not found anywhere else in our travels was a bull light, staged during our stay there primarily for the United States Navy. ln a colorful review, the finest horses to be seen anywhere were brought into the arena, or ring, and paraded before the hundreds of specta' tors. Then, one after another, the bulls were brought in to charge at the picadors and toreadors, only to go down in defeat after a ballling battle where they never had a chance from the beginning. In Portugal the bulls are not killed, and we were spared the spectacle of the slaughter of helpless animals surrounded by those who fought them for what must appear to the bulls to be no apparent reason. Relieved by the Worcester, sister ship of the Roanoke, on May 15, we weighed our anchor, called a halt to the Roanoke Plan, steamed clown the Tagus River into the broad Atlantic, and headed westward to that magic place called home. As we bade adieu to the lands of cameos, taxi horns, guides and bistros, we half suspected that we would see our old friend, the American Express agent, waiting for us on Pier 5 with tours arranged to Ccean View, Pheobus, East Main Street and other points of interest in the Norfolk area. A . L 1258 'hu-1 f ff! STATE DEPARTMENT The visit of any ship of Uncle Sam's Navy to any European city would not be complete without the excellent cooperation and ministrations of the representatives of our State Department, the Ambas' sadors, Consuls General, Vice Consuls and Envoys. We met them everywhere we went. They invited us to their homes and oflices, and were frequent visitors on board. The ambassadors to Portugal, Greece, and Saudi Arabia greeted us with great courtesy, and the Consuls General of Genoa, Naples, Izmir, Salonilca, Marseille and Algiers welcomed us with equal courtesy. And last, but by no means least, we are indeed grateful for the invaluable assist' 59a ance rendered by the Navyls own Naval Attaches in the Embassies wherever we went. The Admiral's receptions given on board at Jidda, Marseille and Algiers were truly international receptions, and many honored guests came up the gangvvay to express their gratification at the visit of the Roanoke to their city. Other high officials too numerous to mention visited the Roanoke as she carried on what we believe to be a successful goodfwill tour throughout Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. We hope it has had lasting effects, and that the next time our cruiser pokes her nose into familiar ports she will be welcomed as an old friend. -gd-,11-1 Back in Norfolk, U.S.A., our fleet marines render a farewell salute as they leave us Duty Completed Cn 15 May l95O, we weighed anchor in Lisbon harbor, steamed down the Tagus River into the Atlantic Sea, and bid adieu to European waters. Qur course was due westward, back to the land of milk and honeyf, Having displayed the American flag in most Mediterranean ports 5 exercised frequently in fleet tactics, maneuvers, and firing, created goodfwill and friendship, and gained a more accurate concept of the lives and problems of our allies, we had successfully completed our missions with the US. SIXTH FLEET. Westward ho, to that fabulous land we have been telling anxious, desperately interested Europeans about. How often in each port we were asked: ls everyone in America divorced? Does everyone have an automobile? ls anyone poor? Are all American women beautiful? Why do Americans drink so much? If we could not satisfy our interested friends with the truthful answers, we blamed their concept of America on seeing too many Hollywood movies. But we also felt a keen sense of national pride in explaining the customs of the American way of life. Never before had we thought about, nor expressed in words, the countless privileges, and everyday luxuries we have in America, such as free education, ice, electric irons, steam heat, salted butter, Kleenex, and pasteurized milk. Yes, we had enjoyed our foreign cruise, but how thankful we were to go home to that far away place peoples in every land dream of. We were returning to the United States proud and humble to be Americans. VVe were returning as better citizens. Q60 ' z ,wa ,faya f-an Q5 4,7 5 .iff :ff I4-X iffy i?5 ,iif vfgyyf wa 1 1 C is 3 0 l If it Q .M Q o 0 ' . . Q U O o V ' . , -211: if Q 2- -- f- , 3 , f X, Q . y w ff Vw , fy LQQ lg Q ,pm-w-Q - fm m,,..z1f,f ffff ,. f ,4 QM 5.4 E M Q5-if ' X - -ka Q' , ' V :ff C . eq 1-Nm. .G,' 'A I Q Q Q3 Q .4 fl Q f W , 'gy ' was' , Q 1 , R, X , ' . A n. al Q lf it LCDR W MADDOCKS Gunnery Ojicer Gunnery Department lst Division W ii EL it Q Lr. D. BREWSTER LT. G. W. DAVIS BOSN B. KNIGHTLY Asst Gun. Off. 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Yr 67 fr A Division his is, 9 B Q1 D DIVISIOH 51, 1 V 15 , , 'f H n ' K 'if ' ' , 1 X K . W' - ,R . . K f . N X Y .T K , 5' 5' 9 1 2 Wm V 'Q A 'f' 3' V' '? 3 - fii VSV, L -'U 3 54' 3,,x .xg ff 1 wg., fx .K J Q Max, A S 5 - 3' U 5w+v L Q . N- L L 5 Q 5 ' f 'f ? f W V W7 4,5 -WJ, ff 1 Y 45,7 , ,fx , . ' v 1 Q W if - w,.- Ls ' Xi, f 1,2 f ' f' 4' 1 I M r Q H ' 1 r 'X LCDR. R. H. SEVERANCE Supply Officer ef 1 5' ENS. F. CHESTER , G . A 5 I Dislmrsing Qfflcer ?Qi!L,M, . . . form 307 . . . small stores . . . pay clay . . . Pierre, the maitre d'hotel . . . cobblersliop . . . allotments . . . GSK . . Jack, the Ripper, in the laundry . . . menus . . . inventories . . . messcoolcs . . . politicians . . . tailor sliop . . . barbers . . . insurance . . . Department geclunlc stand . . . bakers . . . closed. . . . W-ragga I t 1 gh :b 4 If mu . gg K XM!!-2' 1 J ' Sfl Division Q 70 E74 ,. -My 4,1 i S 5 if by 'vm . Q kg? R xr W5 , S4 . X x 4 o 'Y' 33' ,A hx 1-, I 5- ' ' l 4. 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ROANGKE QCL 1451 Itinerary of ROANOKE-4 April 1949-23 May 1950 4 April-Commissioning Day 4 April'25 june-Fitting'Out, Philadelphia Naval Base 25-28 Jana-Eaaaata Norfolk, va. 28 june-12 july-At Norfolk 12-22 july-Enroute Guantanamo Bay, Cuba zz july-23 Sapa-Shakedown 5-8 Aug.-Kiagaraa, jamaica 12-14 Aug.-Port'Au'Prince, Haiti 24 Aug.-2 Sept.-Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone 14-19 Sept.-San juan and Culehra, Puerto Rico 25-28 Sept.-Enroute to Philadelphia 28 Sept.-31 Gct.-Post'Shakedovvn, Philadelphia 31 Oct.-22 Nov.-Second Task Fleet Exercises 14 Nov.-Crossed the Arctic Circle 22-24 NOV.--Norfolk, Va. 24-25 Nov.-Enroute to Philadelphia 25 Nov.-6 Jan,-Technical Availability, Philadelphia 6-16 Ian.-Enroute Gibraltar 16-21 jan.-Gibraltar 21-26 jan.-At Sea-Exercises 26-31 jan.-Augusta, Sicily 31 jan.-3 Feb.-Exercises At Sea 2 Feb.-Marines Landed on Malta 3-8 Feb.-Augusta, Sicily 9-14 Feb.--Messina, Sicily 14-15 Feb.-At Sea 16 Feb.-Sfax, Tunisia 17-20 1:el'J.-At Sea 21-23 Feb.-Famagusta, Cyprus 24 Feb.-Port Said, Egypt 25 Feb.-Transit Of Suez Canal 25-27 Feb.-At Sea 27 Feb.-2 March-jidda, Saudi Arabia 4-6 March-At Sea 6-9 March-lzmir QSmyrnaj, Turkey 9-11 March-At Sea 11-14 March-Piraeus, Greece 15-18 March-Suda Bay, Crete 18-24 March-At Sea-Exercises 20 March-Marines Landed on Crete 24 March-3 April-Genoa, ltaly 4 April-1st Anniversary of USS. Roanoke 4-7 April-At Sea-Exercises 7-13 April-Piraeus, Greece 14-18 April-Salonika, Greece is-zz April-Aa Sea 22-27 April-Naples, ltaly 28 April-4 May-Marseille, France 4-6 May-At Sea 6-9 May-Algiers, Algeria 9-12 May-At Sea 12-15 May-Lisbon, Portugal 15-23 May-Enroute Norfolk, Va. 23 May 1950-End of Mediterranean Cruise and in Conclusion . It is fitting that the closing Words of this history of the Roanolcels first year- a year that ran one month and 19 days over the usual llfmonth year-should come from the Editor. There are so many people who had a hand in the preparation of this book that it is difficult to name them all. But appreciation must be expressed for the Writing done for the history by ENS Frank R. Pirkey, Who later sat through tedious conferences with the editor and publisher 3 for the cooperation of Harold Schwartzrauber, PH2, and his assistant in the photo lab, Donald Carleton, SN, for the excellent pictures lent to us by amateur photographers, notably LTJG Malton, ENS Palmer and LT Ulrich, for the voluminous notes turned over for our use by joseph Ewing, SN, who Was acting as ship's journalist during the Mediterranean cruise, and for the line Work done by the Chaplain's yeoman, Donald Kervvin, SN, in keeping the records straight as subscription lists were made up of those of our crew who ordered this record on faith. Harry Lavelle and the artist, Mrs. Evelyn Bodine, of the Thomsen'Ellis' Hutton Company, generously shared their vast experience in the design of the book. And, lastly, the book could never have appeared Without the Whole' hearted cooperation of both our commanding ofhcer and executive ollicer. To these and to many others in lesser degree must go the credit for the book. It is a record of which We are proud, and one which, in the bound pages of this book, will be read many times in the future. This book h b p b lished withou D I t the U.S. G HOMSEN-ELL Pridema k P TIMORE I Q 1 3 K 6 il CN 1' Q Q., .1 X! igw H x' hi .1 1 i -il 1 .I l1p I .al IQ? I' la Q l 2 Yr iiliijl 'll l ll 'ith ll I 7 li U U1 Y 7 :P 1 L rg 1 5 D sm --.---7he-...- .-...........--- ----Q---- - - --Q--Q---nn--n- ' s F S B D fbff-if Ju, SP5 ik H 0 55 Q' W-,......n X,.5 ' M 4- v L.-f I If--.,-5 rap 1 2 1 F 1 Q E --.---7.-. 1 O
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