Taconic (AGC 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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I ,uf Mi March 20-Underway swf , i , r 'Q if XS 'Q rx -, rw llbziiili 1-ai After a few days of liberty and repairs in Portsmouth we be- gan to prepare for our cruise to the Mediterranean. Many of us still had fond memories of the warm and hospitable Caribbean, as we worked far into the night loading provisions. Ten days on the Atlantic and we sighted the familiar Rock of Gibraltar, another three days and we arrived at our first port, Cagliari, Capital City ofthe ltalian island of Sardinia. Almost a week of HEY JOE SMOKE? and we began to look anxiously toward new horizons...