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ltinera ry 12 November 1953: Departed Norfolk, Virginia 23 November-25 November 1953: Gibraltar, B.CC 26 November-30 November 1953: Algiers, Algeria 3 December-4 December 1953: Naples, Italy 5 December-10 December 1953: LaSpezia, Italy 18 December-28 December 1953: Cannes, France 28 December 1953-4 January 1954: Genoa, Italy 9 January-13 January 1954: Valencia, Spain 14 January 1954: Gibraltar, B.C.C. 20 January 1954: In transit Suez Canal Q9 January-31 January.1954: Colombo, Ceylon 4 February:-6 February 1954: Singapore, B.C.C. 15 February-18 February 1954: Yokosuka, Japan 26 Februarye27 February 1954: Yokosuka, Japan 8 March---15 March 1954: Yokosulca, Japan 31 Marclj-4 April 1954 : Sasebo, Japan 6 April-+15 April 1954: Yokosuka, Japan 30 April-4 May 1954: Sydney, Australia 5 May-9 :Muay 1954: Melbourne, Australia 13 May-17 May 1954: ,Wellington, New Zealand .......- -Q,:,:,,,fu - - --A .:.. A -1-,. ,.., ...,..,. , ...L
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Contents page A Short History of the U.S.S. Tarawa. . . 2 Itinerary ..... ..... . 8 Underway .... . . . . 9 Gibraltar . . . A . 11 Algiers . . . . . 13 ServForSixthFlt . . . . 18 Naples . . . . . 19 La Spezia . . . 21 Florence . I , . 23 Pisa . . . 24 Rome . . . . 25 Fueling . 1 . . 28 Cannes . . . . .9 129 Monaco .... 1 1 . . A .9 31 Ville Franche and Nice . . 32 Paris ...... . . 33 Geneva g 6 . .4 37 Auron . . . . 39 Lourdes . 7 . . 40 Christmas. . . . 41 Genoa. . . . 143 Venice ..... . . . . 47 Bern ...... . . . . 49 Zurich, Lucerne and Inierlachen . . . 50 Flight Operations . V. . . . . 51 Valencia .... ' . I. 53 Sagunto . . 56 Madrid . . . .y 58 Suez Canal . . . . 59 Colombo . . . . 63 Kandy . . . . 67 Reception .... . . 68 Singapore .... , . 71 Crossing the Line . . . . 78 Tarawa Talent Show . . 80 Japan ...S . . . , . 81 Arrival in Yokosulka . . . 82 Scenes from Japan . . . 84 Sydney and Melbourne' Wellington .... Homeward Bound b Carrier Air Group Thre Ship's Company . . . . . . . . . 93 . . . . . . . . . 99 William Allingham . . . 102 .........103 135 , ,4...-.- wx- ....,,.
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, if i' i W' C 7 ,',- X f' l lf ic' l .fl loin-. if i For our departure, the pier behind us at Norfolk became what it had been, as the stadium after the game, emptied of its activity. No longer were there working parties among piles of supplies, no longer the winding, anxious lines to the phone booths: the pier became its own complete but empty readiness. Thus at 0800 on the morning of November twelfth, l953, we cast off our last holds on the U.S.A. The gift was motion. Within the hull men concentrated on obtaining precision performance from all machinery, on coordinating the activity of detail and division. The big grey walls of steel which lately seemed immovable edged away. The great grey mountain of our ship went Out to Cut the world of water like a knife. f
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