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USS Salem CA-139
Flagship sixth fleet
1952 Mediterranean cruise book
Previous owner’s name “Donald E. Hawks HM3” on ffep
Also laid in matchbook cover of USS Salem-used as bookmark
USS Salem, the 17,000 ton Des Moines class heavy cruiser, was built at Quincy Massachusetts. Commissioned in May 1949, she spent her decade long active career alternating between service in the Atlantic and deployed to the matter rainy and C as a flagship for the sixth fleet. Salem made her first “Med” cruise in may-September 1950 subsequent annual deployment to place in march-September 1951, April-September 1952, April-October 1953, may-September 1954 and may-September 1955.
The American boy is not raised and trained to eight military life. It with in the first half of the 20th century there have been few men in our nation have not served in the military ranks of the country for some reason, patriotic, professional, or of necessity. And come to the navy from all walks of life and in a host of ways. Each is the story within itself:The kid thathad a fight withhis girl, joined the navy, and returned to marry her; the18 year olds whosesingular purpose is to see the world: theveteran who’s seenlean and the good years come and go: and the reserve left wife who and family to do a job that someone had to do… Somehow through it all, the good and bad, trying and enjoyable, Amy and seems to retain only the better parts of his duty in the navy. This book is the story of six months in the life of a ship, the USS Salem, and her crew, places they visited, and the most memorable things they did.
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