This photo was taken in June 1975 aboard USS Little Rock on its way to attend the opening of the Suez Canal on June 3, 1975. Little Rock made the first US canal transit, first port visit to Alexandria, first US port visit to Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia and a great time was had by all. The individuals shown are all TAD from SecGruDept, NCS Rota, Spain: Left to Right: CTI2 Steve Thickstun, CTICS Walter "Butch" Wallace, CTI3 Roger Summers, CTI1 Tommie Thomas, CTI2 Steve Hope, CTISN "Rags", CTISN Don Wittenburg, CTISN Terry Morris, CTI2 Charlie Farr, CTI3 Jerry Wipperman, CTT3 Rusty Albee and CTIC Brown Stokes.