European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                              A lure Fleet Cruiser leaves Mediterranean for Iff by Brendan staff writer year for he to t k tie heavy or Tuisku s i Flash Tai of the navys file in Oie in various t i m f s since is Chii fins for a a unit of Nivy Zipper a Woertink to an  by i h Navy f us for with Flor Chirles k Hus serving than As flit ship for acim Michael k Flaherty Crit scr division  with Goth join inst i Phr is not the of the Road for adm Flaherty 4s a new and u still potentially us fal to the Navy will offt future tis Ami a the Thor Are rarity Knitl up r ton in full Ani for of Jet in h if hit Ruiwu Vii no of Rorn to n for th1 her ships Art the 1v Matinos and ten Newport a  in 1949 them ius Malnes is currently both Fleet in commission too into to see action in world War the Salem Ojer it cd to the Atlantic and med Terrean Dur ing conflict and at intervals the fact that she does not have i combat the ship Haa established m firm reputation for combat readiness As n leading participant in Many left sex and the ship has several times town in november she received the navys highest peacetime the Battle readiness for general performance during a oneyear in june the Crew of Sal Ems gun Turret three was awarded a Gold e for excellence for five consecutive years of bound and headed for the navys Zipper the stars and strikes photo Short Range surface this Only Gold k Ever awarded to an automatic fight Inch Turret on her last tour As with Fleet from August 9ti6 to March 1958 Stem played Host to a number of National Ami for Hin including the Shah of capt Francis co of so Lent for Tail two former Navy Secretary Charles Thomas and adm Arleigh chief of naval at Villefranche on the French which has been Home for the Crew and their dependents for the past two Salem families Are preparing for the trip my family has enjoyed their stay in France but it is time to move on it Thomas Noble six Earold Sally has just started school and she has picked up quite a bit of she will have to Start All Over again next in Salem families Are milking an orderly departure from t h e Riviera in most cases the Iju arters they occupied on the Economy arc Hwi Nir taken Over by dependents of members of the pcs Moines before transferring he Flag to Brown sent thin dispatch to stems Crew for 2o Long yet Smirh too Short my Home and my command Post has been in the Good ship while a Flag officer can never aspire to More than the status of inlaw on Hoard i count myself inmost fortunate of we have Hail our ups and Downs and our ins and but we have done it and you have Lipan a source of you have been Long on both performance and for my warmest thanks and most affectionate regards to each and every one of i no Happy we shall have a few More months together before you Ami your families at Long last head for Good Lurk and god bless i fore depart ure for capt Francis salems command ing officer for the past two another note in of his Crew Salem Hus hit almost every port in the med in the time we have been Here and our men have earned nothing but Praise from the local populations wherever they went they have been Good representatives of the Navy and the american we leave now but the ship will Long be remembered in the various coun tries around the