Saipan (CVL 48) - Naval Cruise Book

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-s 3113 .0-fx? N Early on March 16 the portholes of the Saipan were crowded with faces eager for the first sight of Gibraltar. No ordinary coastline or range of rocky hills could appeal so powerfully to the imagi- nation as these Pillars of Hercules. Covered by a tantalizing fog which gradually rose unveiling dramatically this unique sight, there appeared what we could easily imagine to be a crouching monster, a gigantic sphinx set to guard the Mediterranean. Three miles long and about fourteen hundred feet high, this majestic rock had seen the conquest of Spain by the Moors, their expulsion by Isabella and Ferdinand, the departure of Columbus and his triumphant return. And now we were looking at it, this British for- tress, the proverbial symbol of endurance and strength to all the western civilization. Looking across the stretch of water we discerned clinging to the side of the rock a group of yellow stucco buildings, a town, but as insignificant, at this distance, when compared to Gibraltar, as barnacles on a ship's bottom. But when liberty was granted until 1600, this town took on new meaning for us. We found it a curious mixture of East and West with modern cars and shops situated along narrow crooked streets. Evidence of the English domination of Gibraltar is found everywhere. However, there was a large proportion of Moorish, African and East Indian merchants who, as well as the patient donkey, gave this corn2r of Europe the unmistakable flavor of the East. Hurriedly we bought souvenirs for the folks at home before getting back to the ship to move into the Mediterranean.

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