Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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Une Thousand Tour hundred and eighf TeeT above The level OT The sea rises The Rock of TAR B.C.C. ff! wiis'g! Gibralhar, second porT visiTed by The SALEM on This cruise. SiTuaTed aT The mosT souThern poinT of The lberian Peninsula, and gonnegfed To +I-,e mainland oT Spain by a one and one half mile long sandy sTrip oT land, GibralTar sTands guard over one oT The Two enTrances To The MediTerranean Sea. A BriTish possession since l7I3, GibralTar serves as a maior porT in The lvlediTer- ranean area Tor The The Rock Ships of forces as seen from The Spanish side. From The naval base, sTeep ramps and nar- row sTreeTs lead Through The SouTh PorT gaTe inTo Town. PopulaTed by more Than l5.000 people, The limiTed space occupied by The Town gives visiTors a Teeling oT being overly cramped in. Numerous shops doT The sTreeTs and evening enTerTainmenT is limiTed To a few nighT spoTs Tea- Ttrring Spanish singers and dancers. While in GibralTar, some of The crew mem- bers Toolc a Tour To Spain and oThers visiTed The Thousands oT honeycombed Tunnels oT The rock ,,- 5 A 1. X' iTselT. A T When all The uniTs oT The SixTh FleeT had arrived in GibralTar, The newly Tormed TighTingi Torces oT The SixTh FleeT sTeamed inTo The Med- iTerranean Tor Their TirsT big exercise period. Souvenir hunTers wg, T -, NJ' ' x as I T ofa Oran 234 ml- 1' g ,, A ii f' v 0 I. me ' , is, .TF Q 4 i QC? 1 . f' 712' f ll ' f ' 5 G 2 nl . i ' K f T 9 fi ' T T' i T i our PM Y SiOps for lunch durin ' T q a Tour To Spain. 4,31 ' . f' ' f ' 5, ,M V P Q95 WA ,ix -'N 'A

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-I :ery H- 7he SALEM's TirsT porT oT call was a quiclc, one day sTop in The culTurally. mixed ciTy oT Algierff. Algeria. SiTuaTed on The wesTern shores oT The Baie D'Alger, iT is hemmed in bejween The sea and The hills ThaT overloolc The ciTy. As The SALEM Tied up nexT To The NewporT News CA-I48 in preparaTion To Talcing over The Tlag oT Commander SixTh EleeT, we were greeTed wiTh sTrains oT The SALEM is coming, her sails are in sighT. Because oT The operaTional urgency oT The SixTh EleeT, iT was necessary To cuT shorT The inTended sTay. ln one day iT was noT possible Tor The enTire crew To enioy The scenes ThaT have placed This ciTy among The legendary oT The world, buT Those who did geT over, enjoyed such Things as The Casbah, The.Tlea marl4eTs, where naTive salesmen will Trade anyThing Trom brolcen pieces OT glass To old coTTee poTs wiTh rusTed ouT boTToms. A shorT disTance Trom The ciTy is one oT The mosT beauTiTul cedar ToresTs in NorTh ATrica, conTaining The Cedar oT SulTan , lcnown To be over I-400 years old. Probably The mosT welcome sighT To The SALEM sailors aTTer Ten days aT sea was The women oT The ciTy, even Though mosT oT Them wore Tace- covering veils. Early on The morning of The 29Th oT April, The SALEM, now Tlying The Three sTar Tlag of The Commander SixTh EleeT, geT Sail on The TirsT leg oT her Tour oT duTy in The MediTerranean. N ll If '71 Walls and enfrance To The Casbah '-s., .,v American Naval vessels in harbor of Algleri X Ss xi SS T5 is Q v We A QQ -if x QS QS M Ss N Qt N! N Casbah exiT

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GRAN, ALGERI 70haT was missed in The one clay visiT To Algiers was Tound in abundance in Oran, Algeria. The Oran of Today is a large and Tlourishing porT ciTy of 300.000 populaTion. lT has elemenTs of The modernism and advancemenT Tound in The STaTes mixed wiTh The naTive Touch of civilizaTion and The sTrains oT Far EasTern culTure. Two of The mosT inTeresTing sighTs were The visiTs To The headquarTers oT The French Foreign Legion in Sidi Bel Abbes and The ancienT Arab ciTy oT Tlemcen. Members oT The Legion showed The sailors Through Their headquarTers and museum. In Tlemcen They received a TirsT hand view of a real Arab ciTy. T'lisTorically, Oran was The obiecT of many biTTer baTTles beTween The Spanish, Arabs, and lvlohammedans. The French Army Took Tormal possession oT The porT in I83l and con- Trol iT To This day. rl X French Legionnaires on firing range fa- xx., L 17, so L ,f-7911! 1' . i cy' t Z I N Lats. ii jg. I K . S l if ' Q ' '13 - il7 A i I S . Tilly 'Sig I A' ll: ' -- 5 A A ,.-- v. '-, 4 .' -It L A monumenf To war heroes USS HALE 81 USS ABBOT Tied up near the SALEM in Oran