The Tidewater In Naples, Italy


photo courtesy Bill Cook, ET2 USS Tidewater 1962-1965
View of Michaelangelo from the Con aboard the USS Tidewater

You couldn't hear anything over the horns of the ships in Naples harbor that day. When the Michaelangelo cruise ship pulled in on her maiden voyage every ship within a half mile sounded her whistle, bell, or horn. 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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