USS Canberra CAG 2 1960 Cruise Book [CD-ROM]
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USS Canberra CAG 2 History
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- Edward Meyers FT2
Fox Division
Mark 56 Gun Fire Control System,
aft port side
Naples, Italy
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USS Canberra CAG2 World Cruise Data
Departing from the normal operating schedule, Canberra CAG2 got underway from Norfolk, Virginia on 3 March 1960 on a good-will cruise around the world.
Captain Walter Harlen Baumberger was our Commanding Officer during the 1960 World Cruise.
Canberra CAG2 got underway from Norfolk, Virginia on 3 March 1960 on a good-will cruise around the world. She was flying the flag of Rear Admiral J. McN. Taylor,
Commander of the Atlantic Fleet, Cruiser Force and Cruiser Division 6.
On this cruise Canberra CAG2 operated with both the 7th and 6th Fleets as she sailed across the Pacific, through the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Cannel,
the Mediterranean Sea, and across the Atlantic Ocean. She returned to port in Norfolk, Virginia on 24 October, 1960.
For the remainder of the year she operated off the east coast in the Atlantic Ocean.
U.S.S. Canberra CAG2 1960 World Cruise Ports Of Call.
Date of Visit |
Port of Call |
| March 3 |
Norfork |
| March 6 |
Quantanamo Bay |
| March 9 |
Panama Canal |
| March 16 |
San Diego |
| April 2 |
Long Beach |
| April 6 |
San Diego |
| April 19 |
Pearl Harbor |
| April 25 |
Crossed Equator |
| May 2 |
Sydney, Australia |
| May 9 |
Melbourne, Australia |
| May 24 |
U.S. Naval Base Guam |
| May 30 |
Yokosuka, Japan |
| June 24 |
Moji, Japan |
| July 2 |
Peppu, Japan |
| July 13 |
Hong Kong |
| July 18 |
Subic Bay, Philippines |
| July 22 |
Singapore |
| July 27 |
Cochin, India |
| August 2 |
Karachi, Pakistan |
| August 10 |
Aden, Aden Protectorate |
| August 15 |
Suez Canal |
| August 19 |
Golfo di Palmas, Sardinia |
| August 27 |
Cannes, France |
| September 1 |
Leghorn, Italy |
| September 7 |
Fiumicino,Italy (Rome) |
| September 9 |
Naples, Italy |
| September 15 |
Piraeus, Greece (Athens) |
| October 3 |
Istanbul, Turkey |
| October 9 |
Piraeus, Greece (Athens) |
| October 14 |
Golfo di Palmas, Sardina |
| October 24 |
Norfolk, Virginia |
USS Canberra CAG2 World Cruise Ship's Log Notes
On Monday 25, April 1960 at 0744 Hours, We crossed the international date line at 180 degrees longitude and equator
at 00 degrees latitude.
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