The United States Navy cruiser Wunsocket, walking a calm path through the Mediterranean Sea, up the Aegean Sea and through the Dardanelles to the Bosphorus, stopped for the night in Istanbul, and then turned and returned. Along the way, he stopped in Gibraltar, Barcelona, Marseille, Genoa, Naples and Athens - the main friendly ports on the northern side of the Mediterranean Sea. On the way back he performed the same ritual on the African side of the sea. His most famous passengers were the US Secretary of State, two senators and three representatives.
