After making a Midshipmen 's cruise to South America , taking part in NATO exercises in the North Atlantic , and receiving an overhaul , '' Boston '' made her second Sixth Fleet tour during June – September 1958 . This cruise included participation in the Lebanon crisis . During the next eight years she frequently operated in the Mediterranean , often in the role of flagship , as well as taking part in exercises off Northern Europe , in the Caribbean and off the U.S. East Coast . '' Boston '' served as flagship for the recovery effort of the Palomares Incident from February through April 1966
Palomares Incident
1966 Palomares B-52 crash
USS Boston (CA-69)