Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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Salem? llmmsr cruise, 1955. as the lflagship of Sixth Fleet, provided us all the wonderful op- ' ity to visit and for some revisit numerous inttrest- Ports of call during our operating periods. Our itinerary. n rgvjng good will ambassadors. sounded almost like a Phincjug Togg. around the world in forty days opera- tional schedule with such ports as l.islion, Portugal. Ville-- franche. France, Naples, Venice. ltaly. lluliroynick, Yugo- slavia. ,-lthens. Greece. lstanliul. Turkey. and many others. As the cruise continued many of us lor which this was our first cruise, not only found ourselves becoming qualified sca- man. but also visiting many places only a short time ago never dreamed of seeing. lluring our July visit ln Ville- franche we had the opportunity to get cyen heltcr ac- quainted with one another on our diyisional picnic oycr on Blue Beach. A full day with the weather giving many ol us just a little of that lobster red hy the time wc were ready to head back to the ship. but not before wc found out who the real horse shoe champions were, Whoill forgffl ililiomp- son our turret captain teaming up with Pruitt. turret l captain to try and stop the iron men of the horse shoe pits, Hender- son and Mciiarlin but they bowed in the contest just like Kaufman. Carson, Anreoli. Smith, Williams and Mr. Hig- gins before them, lvhile the shoe slingers were at it, some ofthe old salts like Pegden lElmo to the rest of The Salem l . Andrews, Gibson. Smalley and Anderson were checking themselves out as coxswains and engineers ol Riviera paddle boats. For the rest of us swimming. softball. beer and sea stories made a wonderful day fly by. Far from being all play and sightseeing. the cruise also meant many long hours of work to keep the front porch 4-.O and many drills and exercises lu keep The Salem at top battle efiiciency. Wihile Thompson, Palmer. lxautiman and Smallwood took mighty good care of the c-lieezelioxu ltur- ret 2l with their willing strikers, Jerrard lthe old man of the seal and our leading petty ollicer Pike and Warren ran the deck gang keeping the rest of us really moving particularly on those long days just prior to entering port. but it really paid off in ship shape spaces. For liberty call Burton and Dinty, as our boat coxswains, ably assisted by Blaise, Cash. Wyuch, and Pagaughi provided first class water transporta- tion all over the Mediterranean, Chief Groene, as the main battery chief, had to divide up his time among all three turrets, but always managed to devote a little extra time to second division. Of course heading up our divisions. al- Wflys present just to make sure everything was 4.0 at sea or in port were our divisional officers LTJG Higgins and LTJC Hall. Now as we complete our summer cruise. we head hack for the good old USA with eagerness, but not without a certain regret leaving a cruise we feel has taught us a great deal more than books and given us experiences our friends at lwme may never have the cipportunity to have. It truly was a shipping over cruise. Melvin KGUHIHHH, CM2 sv: I-ffl' Wilt? A GONDOLIERS The Salem is anchored at Villa. You want to go ashore. but how do you get there? The answer is obvious: the Liberty Launch. of course. You take it for granted but you shouldn't. Your safe conduct ashore is hinged only on two factors: the skill of the coxswain and the seaworthiness of the craft. The coxswain and his crew are responsible. not only for the appearance and operation of the boat. but for your life as well. Your liberty is not their only concern. Rescue work. handling and transporting supplies. and other thankless jobs are equally important. A nonym ous 72 73 74 75 AND.

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MCLEAN SWEEP DOWN . . FROM TOP, Le-fl' lo Riql1'r:Van Leeslen, H M SA-Sallerfield R D SA' Kaplan R L SA Cars n B E . ., , , . .. , , . ., 3 o , . ,, SN, Croslcey, C. S.. SA: Dorily, D. D., SN Smillw, J. R., SN, Smalley, R. L., SN: Haslcell, E. J., SA, Henderson, C. F., SN. THIRD ROW: Andrews, L. H., SA, Jackson, J. C., SA: Aclcerneclwl, E. SN: Wyriclc, V. M., SN, Pagluiglwi, P., SN, Anderson, L, H., SN: Williams, J. B., SA, Wagoner, D. G., SA: Mori, M. J., SN. SECOND ROW: SmallWOCd 4 E., GM3q Fislc. R. R., SN: Andreoli, F. l.., SN, Slevens, J. D., SN, Slolces, D. R., SA: Slarlcs, M. D,, SAg Gibson, R, J., SAg Jolnn, W, S., SA: Rosslrer J. F., JR., SN: Fosler, C. L., SN. FIR ' ' - sr Row. me, D. e., Bm, Kaufman, M. J., em, me W A Hall- me D .J Haaasm- Tlaorn Sm R. ln. . . . , . . AJ , I P 'v 1 GMI, Palmer, A. E.. GMI, Jarred, J. F., BMI: Peqdon, E., SN.

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RlD'EM COWBOY FIRST ROW: Cooke, SN: Breaull, SN: Lonzo, SA: Sousa, SA: Pepin, SN: Olal, SA: Weikil, SA: Brewer, SA: Kubaclci, SN: Tifmas, SA: Beal, SA. SECOND ROW: Lydon, SA' Thomas, SA: Laporle, D A., OM3: Byrd, GMI: Milclwell, GMI: Hass, BMC: Napoli, BM I ' STRUBLE, BM2: Perpamo, GM2: DaAngeli5. BM2: Rankin BMS. THIRD ROW: Law, SA: Osborne, SN: Ouesl, SA: Sanburq, SA: Wendland, SN: Munroe, SN: Smilli, SA: Kidd, SA: Torberl, SA? Harrison. SAI: Graham, SA: Slwaller, SN: Celesle, SN: Knox, SA: Weslcoll, SA. FOURTH ROW: Sirnkowilz, SA: Sagrno, SA: Slraling, SA: Sumflef. SAI Laporle, R. A., SA: DUNN. SN: Berfidqe, SA: Belzlwold, SA: Hager, SA: O'Brien, SA: Songer, SA: O'Neil, SA: Bradley, SA: Ouinn, SA. Wit -ln ,