Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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VADM Cassady greefs Marshal Tifo .1- ab .-1 SPLIT, 0ne ol lhe mo-,l lallced abou? and lOOlred forward +0 Visifs i fhe Medilerranean cruise for fhe SALEM was fhe can to H? Yugoslavian naval base af Splif. e ll was lo be a meeling of fwo peoples, Opposed infheir ways of fhinlcing buf unifed in fheir currenf efforfs fo esfabligh world peace. The SALEM, in company wifh fhe aircraff carrier Coral Sea and four desfroyers, comprising fhe firsf large Unifed Sfafes Naval Force fo visif a Yugoslavian porf, sfeamed inf fhe harbor of Splif in fhe mid-affernoon of fhe Ilfh of Sep. 0 fember. As 'rhe ship sailed fhrough fhe narrow channel fha? ioing fhe cify fo fhe Adriafic Sea, fhe shore was crowded wifh whife handkerchief waving inhabifanfs. Hardly had fhe anchor been dropped a shorf disfance from The enfrance fo fhe brealcwafer fhan excursion boafs, so loaded wifh curious onloolcers 'rhaf fhey lisfed sharply, sfeamed around fhe fleef on imprompfu inspec- fions of fhese gianfs of fhe seas. l The same curious affifude prevailed on land. As fhe liberfy boafs approached fhe landing, fhey were greefed by crowds sfanding four and five deep and eager fo gef a glimpse of fhese Americans fhey had evidenfly heard so much abouf. Whaf fhe men found was a quief fown, void of fhe familiar faxis, busses, and nighf life. In place of fhe usually seen window display ads were picfures of Marshal Tifo, Prime Minisfer of 'rhe Q slcc N-ss? Waferfroni' Yugoslavian Enferflmmenf yu!-4. Gelfinq A ficlwf counfry.

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5 4 x' YLIGOSLAV A l l' Enfertainmenl highliqhl in lhe oily was limited lo a physi- cal lilness exhibilion held in lhe cily sladiurn lor lhe visilinq naval forces. i i Qufgfandinq occurrence ol lhe slay was lhe visil ol lilo. li The Prime Minisler was guesl aboard lhe Coral Sea for demonslralion al' sea ol lhe power ol lhe air wing ol lhe Si 5 Fleer and thai' evening was lhe personal quesl ol Vice-Adrni l Cassady, aboard lhe SALEM. FG at , X, Physical culfure demonslralion ii ll l s sr, K 'fer i KJ V K : Q 2 51' , 7. li ,gf , s if f iw Q K rel' I Y will mf J! rg XA ,4- . M1 5 1 Connoisseurs, All 4 E , f fp, , ' 1 H .....,, viwuzis..-:1 Flea? Landing ,....g...... A W Gosh! They'ro real l l Pium' mun-