Cruises Of USS Columbus CA-74
Flagship of Admiral R. L. Conolly

Admiral Conolly

"To the Officers and Crew of my Flapship, USS Columbus,
with appreciation & every good wish,
R L Conolly."
The photo was signed in 1949 by R L Conolly, Admiral, United States Navy,
Commander-in-Chief Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean


Gibralter Gibralter 23 Sept. 1948 27 Sept. 1948
Venice Italy 23 Oct.      " 04 Oct.      "
Trieste Italy 04 Oct.      " 07 Oct.      "
Bizaerte Tunesia 10 Oct.      " 07 Oct.      "
VilleFranche France 13 Oct.      " 16 Oct.      "
Algiers Algeria 18 Oct.      " 21 Oct.      "
Naples Italy 23 Oct.      " 27 Oct.      "
Gibralter Gibralter 30 Oct.      " 30 Oct.      "
Plymouth England 02 Nov.     " 06 Dec.      "
Gravesand England 10 Dec.      " 16 Dec.      "
Plymouth England 17 Dec.      " 06 Jan.   1949
Casablanca French Morocco 09 Jan.   1949 12 Jan.      "
Gibralter Gibralter 13 Jan.      " 14 Jan.      "
Malta Malta 17 Jan.      " 19 Jan.      "
Phaleron Bay Greece 23 Jan.      " 26 Jan.      "
Istanbul Turkey 27 Jan.      " 04 Feb.      "
Salonika Greece 05 Feb.      " 08 Feb.      "
Taranto Italy 10 Feb.      " 13 Feb.      "
Tobruk Libya 15 Feb.      " 28 Feb.      "
Malta Malta 01 Mar.      " 02 Mar.      "
Augusta Sicily 03 Mar.      " 04 Mar.      "
Toulon France 06 Mar.      " 10 Mar.      "
Gibralter Gibralter 12 Mar.      " 12 Mar.      "
Plymouth England 15 Mar.      " 04 Apr.      "
Torquay England 08 Apr.      " 11 Apr.      "
Plymouth England 14 Apr.      " 24 Apr.      "
Tobruk Libya 01 May      " 08 May      "
Gibralter Gibralter 13 May      " 17 May      "
Augusta Sicily 21 May      " 26 May      "
VilleFranche France 28 May      " 07 June      "
Naples Itally 08 June      " 12 June      "
Tobruk Libya 14 June      " 23 June      "
Tripoli Libya 24 June      " 24 June      "
Gibralter Gibralter 27 June      " 27 June      "
Plymouth England 30 June      " 12 July      "
Sheerness England 13 July      " 14 July      "
Oslo Norway 16 July      " 21 July      "
Copenhagen Denmark 22 July      " 27 July      "
Kiel Canal Germany 28 July      " 28 July      "
Amsterdam Holland 29 July      " 03 Aug.      "
Plymouth England 04 Aug.      " 13 Aug.      "
Gibralter Gibralter 16 Aug.      " 17 Aug.      "
Tobruk Libya 21 Aug.      " 28 Aug.      "
Gibralter Gibralter 01 Sept.      " 01 Sept.      "
El Ferrol Spain 03 Sept.      " 08 Sept.      "
Plymouth England 10 Sept.      " 27 Sept.      "
Manuevers English Channel 30 Sept.      " 04 Oct.      "
Torquay England 05 Oct.      " 06 Oct.      "
Plymouth England 07 Oct.      " 10 Oct.      "
Gibralter Gibralter 13 Oct.      " 13 Oct.      "
VilleFrance France 15 Oct.      " 21 Oct.      "
Argostoli Greece 23 Oct.      " 24 Oct      "
Fleet Excercises 24 Oct.      " 27 Oct.      "
Athens Greece 27 Oct.      " 29 Oct.      "
Plymouth England 05 Nov.      " 29 Nov.      "
New York USA 09 December 1949 Home !

One Comment from me:
This Man knew how to get a ship around !!

Paul commented: "one could not pay and get a better Cruise"

John Galla said that Admiral Conolly was also CINCNELM for the Cruise that he was on, from around June or July 1950 until October 1951, they also hit a lot of ports.

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