photo
courtesy Bill Cook, ET2 USS Tidewater 1962-1965

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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