October 28, 1945 Fire Hoses turned on crowd (mob) to protect the innocent
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November 7, 1945 Providence leaves Boston for the Mediterranean
November 17 After a rough Atlantic crossing just over nine days Providence arrives in Palermo, Sicily
November 21 Prov departs for Naples
November 22 Prov arrives Naples
Nov. - Dec 1945 First ports included: hollow, hungry, war-torn Palermo; disheveled, bombed-out Naples; expensive, but striving Marseilles; and Athens, hit hard, but refusing to take it lying down.
Most of January, February, and March was spent in Naples but were fortunate in obtaining Rome trips.
March 15, 1946 Carl Dustin departs Providence but only after great Liberty
 St. Peter's Square The Vatican |
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 Athens, Greece |
 Ready to go home |
Jan-Feb 1946 Visits to Capri and Rome, Italy
March 20, 1946 Nice, France
April 1946 Turkey and Beirut, Lebanon
May 1946 Egypt, Tangier, Algiers, Gibraltar
June 16, 1946 Depart for home (Philadelphia)
1950 Malta
August 31, 1973 Decommissioning Ceremony of USS Providence/Carl Dustin was there....
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The decommissioning ceremony marks the retirement of a ship as a unit of the operating forces of the United States Navy. At the moment of lowering the commission pennant, USS PROVIDENCE (CL-82/CLG-6) is no longer the responsibility of the Commanding Officer who, together with the ship's officers and men, had the responsibility of making and keeping her ready for any mission required by our nation in peace or war. An that we did.
Carl D. Dustin, FCO2c
