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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5 I Qi i L, Q TARANTO, IT LY 7h dale Augusl 23 l952 The place Taranlo llaly The occasion vsil ol lhe SALEM lo lhe porl ol Taranlo Ilaly Taranlo is one ol lhe lour malor bases in I+aly and is sulualed in lhe inslep ol lhe llalian bool lorming lhe soulhern anchorage lor lhe llalian Fleel Founded in 706 BC by lhe Sparlans Taranlo rose lo greal splendor and weallh I+ was noled lor ils weaving and lhe purple dye which lhe people oblained lrom a mussel lound on lhe coasl ln I86l Taranlo was incorporaled inlo lhe llalian longdom which eslablished a lor- pedo base lhal has grown inlo a lirsl class naval base lhe principal supporl ol lhe cily. The cily is ol an unusual lorm and is buill on lhe roclcy longue which separales lhe inner harbor and lhe old lown lrom lhe Mare Grande and lhe new lown. For lhe men, il was lhe lasl opporlunily if-v ,, ,A1'f. 4 Aww-fl' Y lhe pause lhal refreshes l y lo enioy real llalian spaghelli, ravioli, pizza, y i and wine. ' Highlighl ol lhe deparlure was quarlers Q lor musler lor leaving porl whileisleeping in I lhe rack, lor lhe SALEM sel oul lor lhe M Balearic Islands al Ol45. Q E l ? E l 5 T J i i T T f i i l l li i l l 2 1 The Old Forl The Governor's Palace