aboard USS Saratoga, December 1961 (Official U.S. Navy Photo K-80498) |
Bob Hope USO Tour performs at 1400 hrs. on board USS Saratoga (CVA-60) with Miss World 1969 Austria's Eva Rueber-Staier, Hollywood stars Connie Stevens, Suzanne Charny,the Golddiggers, Ellen Farley, and Les Brown and his "Band of Renown" while moored in Gaeta harbor, Formia Bay, Italy. Over 6000 Sixth Fleet sailors attended the event held in the carrier's hanger bay. USS Saratoga was moored to buoy Alpha 1, and LITTLE ROCK to buoy Alpha 2. Other ships in harbor included five destroyers and one fleet oiler. |