Bainbridge (CGN 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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AS THE BAINBRIDGE STEAMS PROUDLY INTO THE NAVAL STATION HARBOR, HUNDREDS OF OUR FAM- ILIES AND FRIENDS CHEER US ONTO OUR FINAL NAUTI- CAL MILE OF WESTPAC '79- '80. A LIVE BAND, SIGNS, BALLOONS, AND MANY, MANY SMILING FACES GREETED US AT PIER 7. 'DDM I N' six ,QQU J. F3 Qui, IH MSIE

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xx .l' S WHEN THE LINES WERE CAST AND THE SHIP WAS MOORED, THE WELL-WISH- ERS MOVED TOWARDS THE SHIP AND UP THE PIER. WHILE A LOCAL TV STA- TION FILMED THE EVENT, WE ALL REALIZED THE 7-MONTH SEPARATION HAD FINALLY COME TO AN END.