Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAGLIARI, SARDI IA 6-will-iri, f1hieT Town oT The province oT Carales and The fapilal ol Sardinia, was The hosT ciTy To The SALEM when she 1elebraTed her Third birThday, May l4. The hisTory oT Cagliari goes baclc To The year 485 AD. when The Vandals Trom ATrica conquered The island. lT has been besieged, capTured, Treed and exchanged by iTs rulers lor oTher island possessions. lT was bombarded by The French FleeT in l793, buT Napoleon's aTTempTs To Talce iT Tailed. Many oT The buildings in The ciTy sTiIl carry The scars oT bombings suTTered during The Second World War. Some are being rebuilT, buT oThers are being leTT as They are, sorT oT a monumenT To The desTruc+ive powers oT war. During The visiT, The Town was in The midsT oT a heaTed elecTion campaign beTween The CommunisTic and ChrisTian DemocraTic parTies, The sailors were given a TirsT hand view of The meThods OT campaigning used by a counTry oTher Than Their own. 4477231 Overlooking The Town and harbor of Ca9lla i Town Sq uare

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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

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WWF, l l l l l i I l i I I I I I I I I i I l l I I . Z rw - 5 re nc Iviera 5 , . ,R T , E' , is I ff 7he French Riviera, sTreTching Trom Toulon To The lTalian border, is world- 1 E a' Tamous as The TourisT spoT oT The world, baThed by The brighT sun oT 'X 'N l 'F .'I4f' SouThern France, washed by The blue waTers oT The lv1ediTerranean sea. v ia T, scenTed by semi-Tropic vegeTaTion. xi ' T, A Z I , The SALElv1's Riviera, a special segmenT oT This coasTline, exTends IX Q Al 5 I 7 Tor approximaTely 20 miles Trom Nice To MonTe Carlo, or as some mighT A sf? ai 2 R say, Trom The Promenade To The Casino. M f iiii Fix , Roughly Tour miles Trom Nice is VilleTranche Sur Mer, or Villa as iT iS RWM I comynonly called, acTing as The cenTer poinT abouT which acTiviTy liberTy , co.c frc, i Q S 'M revo ves. To sf . 'T' 1 -'f'37'2f: As Flagship oT The Commander SixTh FleeT, The anchorage in The Villa harbor is The French parlcing loT, so To speak, Tor The SALEM on her visiTs. 5 VilleTranche is a quieT, peaceTul, Typical small French village. SiTuaTed aT WI - l . . ' , . . . - h IeV9lS of I e T The base oT The Alps-lv1ariTimes, The Town is arranged in a Tier eTTecT. or as The sailors call IT, levels. I 9 I Tranche exTend Twelve or ThirTeen high, buT The acTiviTy is cenTered on The TirsT Two. , . ,L ries OT T As The boaTs approach The landing, liberTy parTies, poclceTs Tilled wiTh Trancs and minds Tilled .wiTh SQdewalk . mademoiselle, gaze on probaibly The mosT Tamiliar scene in The lv1ediTerranean, The Welcome hoTel wiTh IIS 5' I benches, and umbrella covere Tables. , d IT is noT an impossibiliTy To spend an enTire liberTy righT on The landing, wharl wiTh Jimmy'S. The Umversal' an numerous resTauranTs, perTume shops and souvenir sTores. C rasoul, , As if driven by The Call OT The Wilds , The liberTy parTies malce Their way To The higher levels, To The and On. The American bar, The lvlonTana, The CenTral, The Oasis, The Wedding Bells, The lea lkirinlgirw, Queenies, and on QI' 'fake For Those noT saTisTied wiTh Villa, and There aren'T Too many, a 35 Tranc bus riclc or a 700 -Franc cab fare W'+ ,fhaif I Them To Nice, Here, in The mosT American-like ciTy visiTed by The SALFM, iT isn'T unusual lu liear a sailOQ iolgeidenf. he isn'T home and sTrilce up a Triendhf cpEversaTion in English wiT:w am begvyildered lwuT lrierirgy lrlrenyll spadliglr? gil, H19 I Da or ni hT, Trom The Time T e i erTy parTy arrives unTi lr e . Tore llalrol rmniiii f. lie aw 9 SEV IasT busils leaving Tor VilleTranche, Nice is a beehive oT enTerTaining ac:TiviTy. 1 , resenf I The cool salT waTer oT The lv1ediTerranean and The ever presenT, never Torgolhsn liilmini T lnil lmlliirwcl befllmes 25+ is a quiTe an aTTracTion Tor swimmers. AlThouQh The beach laclcs The sandy sollnoss nl Slnliwirlv lgwrii luis, The VUCIKY CO I minor inconvenience when one considers The scenery. I T E