Tattnall (DDG 19) - Naval Cruise Book

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Panama Canal Where East Meets West A first for many crew members of the TATTNALL was the transiting of the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal Company supplied a pilotlguide for an ex- planation of the history and operation of the Canal. As he spoke over the 1MC, the crew took hundreds of photographs, including a sunken ship, a monstrous crane, a floating nuclear power plant and the monstrous locks themselves. At the end of the transit we moored at Rodman Naval Base - near Panama City and the Pacific Ocean. Panama City, although not the sightseers city that some of the later ports were to be, nevertheless offered some outstanding shopping buys, especially for photographic and stereophonic equipment. When we left Rodman it was to enter the Pacific Ocean and heading south for Peruvian and Chilean ports, iwe thoughti. -- --. 1 - .,....-..,.-........,,.,.,.,,.., A .........,,.,., - .,,,,,,s,,,,, K ,- ff f f f W .str .t.r g..s .tts 'W M. ...wma ' Q, .--x.,....- .,.--,-,,.,.1.....,,.,..,N.,4,,.,.,......,-1 ,L 4, , .ay .-ugxgrr-.,.,-...., -,W A .- l . A w '--- -...,.....---.1.n.....,..,,4,,--..v ---- ,,. ,

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Cartagena Colombia Our first stop in South America was at Cartagena, Colombia's leading seaport. With low prices for just about everything, fine beaches near the hotel district and an interesting tour, our five- day port visit passed quickly. The tour included the fortress of San Feiipi, which protected the city against pirates during the days of the Spanish Maing the Palace of the Inquisition and La Popa Monastery. Many crewmembers spent long hours helping with various civic action projects. TATTNALL's soft- ball team played two games. Emerging victorious over two commendable Colombian destroyer teams. lve seen the world and kicked off my shoes to stay in Cartagena mark d th l l I i e e words of CoIombia's master poet.