1962 Cruise Book

This is the story of the USS Allen M. Sumner and her Deployment to the Mediterranean - March to October 1962
Divisional pictures
		1st Division Bosun's the Deck Gang - Page 1 2
		2nd Division Gunners and Fire Control Techs
		3rd Division Sonar and Torpedo Gang
		C Division Yeoman, Radiomen, Corpsman, Personnelmen, Signalmen, Postal Clerks and Quartermasters- Page 1 2
		M Division Machinist Mates & Boiler Techs - Page 1 2 3
		O Division Electronics Techs and Radarmen - Page 1 2
		R Division Electricians, Ship Fitters, Machinery Repairmen, Damage Controlmen, Interior Communications Techs, Machinist Mates and Enginemen - Page 1 2
		S Division Storekeepers, Ship's Servicemen, Commissarymen, Disbursing Clerks and Stewards - Page 1 2

Memories of the Deployment
	In Memorium - Charles Edward Aubert, GM2
	The United States Sixth Fleet
	Honor Guard and Ship's Mascot
	Underway from Mayport and Refueling at sea
	Stromboli/Straights of Messina/The Roost and Basketball
	Verea/Edessa/Pella and Narousa
	Kavalla and the ruins of Philipi
	Kavalla and the Orphan Party
	Party aboard for the Orphans
	Small arms and General Quarters practice
	At sea exercise and Valetta, Malta
	Ancient temples and HMS Broadsword Tug-of-War
	Underway Replenishment and taking it easy
	La Spezia and lookin' pretty
	Frogmen and recovering a downed drone
	Civitivecchia/taking it easy/a little baseball
	The Forum, Coliseum and Circus Maximus
	Shangri-La Seranade and Drydock in Toulon
	Drydocked and cultivating the Hedge Hogs
	Cannes and several new Strikers
	More exercise and a few whirley birds
	La Spezia and Divisional Rowing
	Almost victorious and the Leaning Tower
	The SUMNER Sluggers and the Tower is still leaning
	Messina and the Saturday Night Fights
	Hanging around the SUMNER and unrepin'
	Swim call while some of us work
	Looks like everybody is working, Cribbage!
	Plane guard/bubbleheads/sun bathing
	Taking on stores, what fun!
	Golfe Juan and some hard days
	Shipping Over
	I'M GOING HOME
	The Squadron Skippers
	Where have we been?

A Sincere Thank You to Chuck Bigsby who let us borrow his Cruise Book for scanning