Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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Through The Dardanelles. lT is possible while passing Through These narrow sTraiTs To see The shores oT boTh The conTinenTs oT Europe and Asia. The Tormal arrival in lsTanbul was The occasion Tor a Two hour and TwenTy minuTe sTand aT quarTers as The SALEM anchored in The Twelve knoT currenT oT The Bosphorus, which Tlows Trom The Black Sea To The MediTer- s ranean Sea. I lsTanbul, like Rome, is builT on seven hills. IT is made up oT all The villages and Towns on boTh sides oT The Golden T-lorn which is The river shaped like The horn oT plenTy and Thriving in commercial TraTTic which brings prosperiTy To The ciTy. Through The cenTuries, 860 To IO48, lsTanbul was seized successively by The Avars, Persians, Arabs, Balgars and The Crusaders, IT remained under The ioinT power oT The Crusaders and Venice unTil The Turks conquered The ciTy in I453. ln I923, Turkey obTained iTs compleTe independence under The TreaTy oT Lausanne and in I924 The capiTal was moved Trom lsTanbul lTormerly known as ConsTanTinoplel To The inland ciTy oT Ankara. To The liberTy parTies, lsTanbul was a long walk inTo The ciTy and visiTs To such places as The Pigal Club, Dogan's, Piccadilly, The Havana, The Cuba, buying Turkish waTer pipes and Fez', and collecTion oT cards adver- Tising ceep drinks . cleen servis , dansing , Hceep prises , and Welcum U.S.S.S. Navy. 7he visiT To lsTanbul, Turkey, acTually sTarTed many miles souTh oT The ciTy, when uniTs oT The SixTh FleeT passed i A ful f I . . , xl I .-'MQ f A C 4 yi' A,+fig62'fiif fy' ,mi A fkii'-ti? 1 A Another Mosque ResidenTial SecTion 2 4 ph Gafe To lsTanbul -' X I X UniversiTy , V X f yulggay Malia H . I V C-I Sn umm. i he-1 ii- T 1, . T Q-FN'iw nk , , JA Iowan' F A, View of The Old CiTy

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