NAPLES, Italy Home Port for 6th Fleet Replenishment Ships AO-143, AO-144, AO-147 from 1955 - 1979 per current records on hand A secondary Port was Pozzuoli, Italy Mooring
in Naples was accom- plished at Fueling Piers or Sea Walls. In
Pozzuoli a process called Med-Moor was used, which was
we would anchor and
let our stern swing around till the stern was up to the pier. Then we
would
tie the stern to the pier and the bow anchored. ...............Ed
Mclaughlin
600th
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Attached
is picture taken in Naples as a tug starts to bring the USS Neosho
along side to relieve us at the end of our Med cruise, It's amazing but
she was always a welcome sight!
