USS Duxbury Bay (AVP-38) - Around-the-world Cruise 1949

Around-the-world Cruise 1949

Departing Long Beach, California, on 17 March 1949, Duxbury Bay headed west on the first leg of a round-the-world cruise. She spent one month as flagship for Commander, Persian Gulf, then moved on to arrive at Norfolk, Virginia, on 3 July 1949.