Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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VENICE, ITA L y f 'Wi , ,yu -4 o 0' -P+-FPQPQOOOOOQQ L .ssv.'uKK'Qk Wenice, The Queen CiTy oT The AdriaTic, where Taxi drivers and corner police haven'T a chance, was visiTed by The SALEM Trom The 2 l sT unTil The 25Th oT June. Surely, This was one oT The mosT amazing ciTies The SALEM visiTed. To men who are used To busy sTreeTs and racing auTomobiles Venice presenTed an amazing conTrasT. The honlcing Taxi is a gondola, The UpTown bus is a yachT. The police car is a moTorboaT and insTead oT crossing The sTreeT, you cross a bridge. Venice ,consisTs oT a group oT l22 isleTs, close TogeTher in The middle oT a large shallow lagoon abouT one and a halT miles Trom The sea. IT covers an area oT 944 square miles. An added oddiTy was The TacT ThaT This is probably The only porT ever visiTed by The SALEM where she Tied up righT in The cenTer oT Town. The Big WiTch dropped her anchor direcTly opposiTe San Marcos Square, hearT oT VeneTian acTiviTy. Erom This poinT, iT was possible To wiTness The evening acTiviTies oT The people oT The island ciTy. Venice was a mecca Tor sighTseeing and Touring sailors. They were able To visiT The CaThedral oT ST. Maris. where The body oT The AposTle is buried: They were escorTed Through one oT The Tamous VeneTian blown glass Tac- Tories and here purchased many giTTs Tor people in The STaTes, Une oT The mosT amazing sighTs is The Bridge Oi Sighs , a span across one oT The numerous canals. lT is carved Trom a single solid piece oT marble and is highly decoraTed wiTh carvings and painTings. This was a Typical sailor's Towng waTer, waTer everywhere , . . -T L I T' l I I I 0 I -g 3. I I I . K -A-l Q .--l .Q 131- 1

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