USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
1969/70 Cruise Book - Med Cruise

Yeah, yeah, I know there wasn't a cruise book for this cruise (or at least not one I ever heard of),
but here's some cruise information taken from "Hymie" Helmboldt's personal diary.

Date(s)	NOTES
12 NOV 1969	Departed Newport, RI.
20 NOV 69	Astronauts landed on the moon.
22 NOV 69	Eastward through Straits of Gibralter. Lots of porpoises.
23 NOV 69	Anchored at Cartagena Spain.
26 NOV 69 - 12 DEC 69	Med-moored at Naples, Italy.
19-22 DEC 69	Anchored at Izmir, Turkey.
23 DEC 69 - 03 JAN 70	Tied up in Piraeus (Athens), Greece.
05-07 JAN 70	Tied up to USS Yellowstone in Naples, Italy.
10-12 JAN 70	Anchored in Rota, Spain.
17-21 JAN 70	Anchored in Pollensa Bay, Mallorca.
22-31 JAN 70	Med-moored in Barcelona, Spain.
06-14 FEB 70	Tied up in Valetta, Malta.
17 FEB 70	BIG storm! I estimated 25'-30' seas.
20 FEB 70	Another storm. 20'-30' seas.
21-27 FEB 70	Anchored in Soudha Bay, Crete.
04-05 MAR 70	Anchored in Soudha Bay, Crete.
06-09 MAR 70	Tied up in Alanya, Turkey.
14-20 MAR 70	Med-moored in Thessalonika, Greece.
24 MAR 70	Swim call at the Crete Trench ±4000 feet deep.
28 MAR 70 - 03 APR 70	Med-moored in Piraeus, Greece.
09-18 APR 70	Med-moored in Valencia, Spain.
23 APR 70 - 04 MAY 70	Med-moored in Naples, Italy.
08 MAY 70	Anchored off Corsica for a few hours.
09 MAY 70	Anchored in Porto Vecchio, Corsica, for a few hours.
11-12 MAY 70	Anchored at Pollensa Bay, Mallorca.
13 MAY 70	Passed westward through Straits of Gibralter.
22 MAY 1970	Tied up at a foggy Newport, RI.