March 2, 1958 - A day at sea and we find
the body of Mohamed Mesbah Baghdiai
March 6, 1958 - Back to Plama, Mallorca
for a few days off
March 18, 1958 - A visit to ancient
history at Athens, Greece
April 1, 1958 - Arrive at Mersin, Turkey
and go looking for a flying carpet
April 4, 1958 - The Moale and Sumner head
off to the island of Rhodes
April 15, 1958 - Change of Command
ceremony as Captain Oller relieves Captain Beers in Izmir, Turkey
April 19, 1958 - Back to the other side of
the Med at Barcelona, Spain
May 2, 1958 - Time for more Bull Fights at
Valencia, Spain
May 9, 1958 - Our Spanish tour continues
at Palma, Mallorca
May 21, 1958 - A typical fun filled day
operating with the Sixth Fleet
May 25, 1958 - Suda Bay, Crete and we man
the rail for the King and Queen
June 10, 1958 - Lietuenant General
Ketseas, Commander Third Army pays us a visit at Salonika
June 23, 1958 - Time to head back home as
we transit the Straits of Gibraltar
July 2, 1958 - Back home at the Des-Sub
piers in Norfolk
August 14, 1958 - Virginia Capes OPS with
the bird farms and bubble heads
August 29, 1958 - Another change of
Command ceremony this time for COMDESRON 16
September 17, 1958 - More OPS with a new
Bridge Crew - Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy assumed the helm; Chief of Naval
Operations Admiral Arleigh Burke assumed the deck; Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet
Admiral Jerald Wright assumed the lee helm and the Assistant Secretary of Defense assumed
the duty as Quartermaster
October 17, 1958 - One more round of OPS
to close out our active year
November 21, 1958 - Time for a make-over
so we head to Portsmouth and the shipyard
December 19, 1958 - Enter the drydock and
find a seven foot section of the bilge keel is missing, anybody know who has it?
The rest of the year we spent making snow sleds out of the keel blocks
