MICHAELANGELO'S MAIDEN VOYAGE
Naples, Italy
photo courtesy Bill Cook, ET2 USS Tidewater 1962-1965
View of Michaelangelo from the Con aboard the USS Tidewater

ou couldn't hear anything over the horns of the ships in Naples harbor that day, says Bill Cook, who snapped this photo. "When the Michaelangelo cruise ship pulled in on her maiden voyage every ship within a half mile sounded whistles, bells, and horns. And the tugs alongside spouted water in a tribute to the occasion."

It was an unexpected round of excitement that no one would forget.

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