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Here's a photo of the Marine Detachment
of the USS Pittsburgh CA72 (heavy cruiser) taken in the
Mediterranean Sea, probably in Late 1953 or very early
1954 when she was the flag ship for
Admiral Jerald Wright, CINCLANT.
I'll send along a photo of the ship also from the same
era. The Pittsburgh did it's last cruise in the
Pacific in 1955 and was subsequently decommissioned at
Bremerton WA and a few years later
sold for scrap. She was a beautiful ship.
I served on her in both the Atlantic and Pacific and was
transferred from Sea Duty at Treasure Island
to FMFLant HQ in NorVA. I never saw so much MC brass in
my life as that place had. :-))
Photo courtesy Ed Bair
SGT USMC 1390789 ~ 1953-1961
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USS PITTSBURGH CA72 ~ Mediterranean
Sea, circa late 1953.
Flag Ship for CINCLANT, Admiral Jerauld Wright.
Jerauld Wright 1954-04-0606 Apr 1954 Supreme Allied Commander
Atlantic/Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander
in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (SACLANT/CINCLANT/CINCLANTFLT),
1954-1960.
Photo courtesy Ed Bair
SGT USMC 1390789 ~ 1953-1961 |
United States 
