Received from Ed Daly LCDR, (Staff), 1974-1975: "Following the transit of the Suez
Canal, LR visited Alexandria, which at that time was host to most of
the Russian Mediterranean Fleet. The pilot purposely circled the
harbor so all the Russian ships could be seen and identified. (The
alliance between Egypt and USSR was about to break up). The
Intelligence types had a field day photographing the ships to the
extent that they ran out of film, as did the ship's store. The
Intelligence officers then requested that any crew members having
unused film to donate it to them!"
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