Bairoko (CVE 115) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 108 of the 1951 volume:

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The splendid spirit shown by you during the octivo- tion ond shokedown period, wos corried over into the operotionol phose. Thot we were oble to cut short our prirnory troining period ond onswer the urgent coll of our Country for ossistonce in Koreo, is o tribute to your keen Ioyolty ond spirit. i It is no wonder thot the ship's motto, The BAIROKO is the Best, hos o most genuine ring to it! You hove rnode this rnotto corne true. Shipmotes ot the BAIROKO, I wish you oll Godspeed ond hoppiness wherever you go. W. F. RABORN Jr. Coptoin, USN CAPTAIN W. F. RABORN JR., USN COMMANDING OFFICER : msn N .jp ' -Q J X ., X X x :Nb tw N Q R, X av ,xx N JN, mx- TQ ' QQ ,Exxjzlv-+ R ut, pig., f' -fX-X5 15, .A- . ,U , .Q -1+ if '.,.x,, 1, , 1 ug? N. 'R 1 wy bmw' - 'wx :ht gg, , xtg fxA .XL'i5?a.Qg ff! 1 4 Quai 'Q . .,.:,,1., sw' .V Q,-S -' '- . ..,:fg?Q3, Q, 1, .X-sk ' ..'-, .m.,-j - 'KW , Q5 , gg fzfj? ,N . vi, , Q A 7 , X, sn ' 'n g xl 3 'G hx. F fgwxw SU! S Gif mx' 2. , 3- iw, 9.41, . 141. 1 Q, na F? Zi av '42 ff P YW! L It G INF F -ao, U 0 f I,'l ,ff , . AM I , lffjf l.74v,- YGZ41 f A ':- '- yu Ill ,glitz . WE,-Q .514-'.' '-932' Il was 5 kg L1 P1775 l!5:f ' wi f G lv 6 , ff. 1212: 5. . .41 '5' 111' ' . ,- :aff o ,153 L' ' 'Leaf' ' 4 22.1 -.4241 I ldff? .gif w T Q X T W , - 1 J-.2-. ff , ftwrr, ,i PQ eg g W 1 , X X X T rf' fix XX IA kt? R X I 1, Q E r, T V X hx -:1 Tr N Q15 eu' f Q-asv: .. - The Boiroko's motto, TI-IE BAIROKO IS THE BEST, portroys my feel- ings for better thorm I could ever express. Cdr. M. C. Reeves, USN Executive Officer ' if? fczfedaga The USS BAIROKO CCVE-1151 wos ncimed ofter the World Wor ll fight- ing which took ploce oround Boiroko Horbor, on the north cocist of New Georgio Islond of the Solomon lslonds. The seizure of the Boiroko Horbor on 25 August, 1943, morked the end of the vicious fifty-seven-doy compoign for the recopture of New Georgio. The USS BAIROKO is the ex-Portoge Boy of the CVE 105-120 closs. The vessel wos built by the Todd Pocific Shipyords, Tocomo, Woshington. It wos lounched on 25 Jonuciry 1945 ond sponsored by Mrs. J. J. Bollentine, wife of the then Reor Admirol J. J. Bollentine, USN. The ship wos first commis- sioned on 16 July 1945. On 18 October 1945, the ship deported Son Diego for service with the Pocific Fleet. During her short but octive ccireer, the Boiroko porticipoted in the Chino Occupotion, tronsported oircroft ocross the vcist Pocific Ocecin sev- erol times, conducted mony weeks of l-lunter-Killer operotions, ond engciged in oll Fleet exercises ond moneuvers. ln oddition, severcil Morine fighter squodrons completed ccirrier quolificotion troining ciboord the Bciiroko, ond she olso porticipoted in the fomous otomic bomb test ot Eniwetok Atoll. The Boiroko's lost yecir with the cictive Fleet wos porticulorly outstond- ing, os it is believed thot she steomed o greoter distonce thon ony other type unit of the Pocific Fleet ond met oll commitments on schedule. On 15 December of 1949 the USS Boiroko reported to the Pcicific Re- serve Fleet for inoctivotion, which wos completed on the fourteenth doy of April 1950. The Boiroko wos reoctivcited ond recommissioned on 12 September 1950 ot Alomedo, Colifornio, ond this book depicts the highlights of her crew's octivities from thot time until 15 August 1951. The bulk of thot time wos spent in the oreo of Yokosuko, Jcipon, on Anti-Submorine Worfore duty, where the crew become ocquciinted with the orientol woys of life ond got o close view of some of the scenic wonders of Jopon. ln the course of one operotionol phose, the Boiroko sow duty with British destroyers, during which she visited Okinowo for o few doys. At 1700 on 5 August 1951, the Boiroko upped the gongwoy ond set o course for the Stotes. She moored ot North lslond's King Pier ot 1530 on 15 August ond wos welcomed by o tremendous throng of wives, fomilies ond sweetheorts-thus ended o hoppy cruise with ci delightful finole. REAR ADMIRAL, RUBLE 1 REAR ADMIRAL CRUISE Com Cal-biz! ff E ' 7 , QI 5521 545 Change of Command J LW!! 9 W R M Back row: Lcdr. Forrester, Cdr. Bettens, Lcdr. Cambron, Lt. Deege, Lt. Hill, Lt. Col. Feldmier, Cdr. Gill. Front row: Lt. Carroll, Lcdr. Fisher, RADM. Cornwall, Capt. Kohr, Lt. Wym Ltijgi. Crawford. Comfarbi I Standing, left to right: Buck, Hobson, Fuller, Fiske, Springer, Smith, Darlington, Putman, Wilson, Moore, Littleton, Curry. Front row: Chambers, Reuschoff, Swesey, Miccolis, Parker, Walker. ar g i lv? X .W . 75 Q 'SBE-lla cf E LTlJGl, R. L. SELF X Division Officer 'flue fxecutiale Ufficer Never bow dnything-Kat!! Executive Officers ore o fortunote lot. For, cis everybody in on officeiknows, on ex- ecutive hos nothing to do. Thot is, except: To decide whot is to be done, to tell somebody to do it, to listen to reosons why it should not be done, why it should be done by somebody else, or why it should be done in o different woy, ond prepore orguments in rebuttol thot sholl be convincing ond conclusive. To follow up to see if the thing hos been done, to discover thot it hos not been done, to inquire why it hos not been done, to listen to excuses from one person who should hove done it ond did not do it, ond to think up orguments to overcome the excuses. To follow up ci second time to see if the thing hos been done, to discover thot it hos been done, but thot it hos been done incorrectly, to point out how it should hove been done, to conclude thot os long os it hos been done, it moy os well be left os it is, to wonder if it is not time to get rid of o person who connot do o thing correctly, to reflect thot the person in fciult hos ci wife ond seven children, ond thot certoinly no other Executive Officer in the world would put up with him for ci moment, ond thot, in oll probobility, ony succes- sor would be just os bod or worse. To consider how much simpler ond better the thing would hove been done hod he done it himself in the first ploce, to reflect sodly thot if he hod done it himself, he would hove been oble to do it right in twenty minutes, but thot os things turned out, he himself spent two doys trying to find out why it wos thot it hod token somebody else three weeks to do it wrong, but to reolize thot such on ideo would hove hod o highly demorolizing effect on the orgonizotion, becouse it would strike ot the very foundotion of the belief of oll honds thot the Executive Cfficer hos reolly nothing to do. Y bimion KH' ,yi If 4' f. wwe 5193 . -1 tart Q WNW X Zf f Q2 gg , 1 3 ,vw , .ov z 4 . .. N . 5 K 5 5 gf 1 Y D sw z office Q3 P5 P QQ 'li lt takes a heap ot living to make a house a home. It also takes a heap of living to make a vessel a ship. Common experiences shared as revealed here pictori- ally gave us this transition. l've enjoyed being your shipmate and trust that lite may always be full and rewarding to you all. l Lt. David M. l-lumphreys, Qi f5 Chaplain 13--r.. 5 xl. I , Sv NXNQXNX j 4 ffl' For Yl'fQI'b',- Ccyc: LJEJLQE- ivwp , A fdacation Uffice Sears, Cdr. Docherty, Ens. Hair, Horner n X . .. W-f 4 1,1i:2 V 5 my 4 ,J lib-ar . . . 'va QLCQI ' . ,H Hx' fy, ...g.-'-.:S' . ,,,,, - Mx. W I . x - ,Aww .. f-vu, E S 1 wmv + , 'ww , U- -U- lun 1 2 I , 1 I 'Z , 5 . 477- ID 11 'i-' A oh . . . M1414 ?0l'C0 'Wu ' 1 The O-I, O-A, O-R ond O-S divisions comprise the Opero- tions Deportment. The O-I division's rodormen help to supply the smooth tlow ot operotionol intelligence to the tcicticol plon- ners ond the Novy oirmen operoting from this tlooting oirbose. The O-A division's cierologists ond photogrophers collect, disploy ond disseminote vitol combot intormotion to the plonners ond oirmen. O-R division is hornessed with the never-ending tosk ot sending ond receiving rcidio messoges, ond O-S division's signolmen hondle visuoi signols. O CDR. C. F. VOSSLER Operations Officer ff R QQX' I . r 1 11 7r . xb- LTUGD. H. S. SWENSON, O-S Div. Officer LT. R. W. AMES, 0-A Div. Officer 0-5 bialifsion 0-14 billidivn K . . ' ky . V -Fha. V -., S , V - - ka . 3 'll .V if A v , 1 f K 1'-.ra ' ' 'zz plww F! R 4Y'l J ,Q Y v 7 , , -E Tw ..,' 7 BkowY LT. N. C. MCCULLCUGH 0-R Division 0ffiCel' 0-K bizlllivn fi! 'Ei al l .X ly . X 'Q x o' ,Q 3 v..1 ref' ' 3 Y 0000 X N .,.,f? 9,6 'QP- ' I Q X ' I 'ST ! R -RANGER! , ' E' : g ' Z INM U57 Ig rr5'hlHH : onnozzo, Reim, Lively, Boker, Formichello, Show, Davis. Front row: Burgess, t. McCullough, Ltijgl. Sinfield, Young! Mattingly. 0-Y bll7lJl0h LTUGl. C. H. KNOWLES JR. O-I Division Officer 4 l 96776 .1 f' I ix G L L 5135 H- x let ef U F R CA! IX X A x F S 1 XX-f Vw? C-Al - S 6 G5 ., f?,g ILTOIY 51 Ar 4' SFALSWQES L McCardle l-lamilton Sumption McCanna Baldwin, Williams, Back row: Edwards, Kerste, Valentine, Overman, , , , , Fagan, l-lodkinson, Pettit, Pettit, Cunningham, Nicholaw, Middle row: Polstien, Van Leuven, Odland, Bejarano, Ens. Rooney, Ltljgl. Knowles, Lt. McCabe, Green,, Garrigus, Lawhorn, DeBusk, Carlyle. First row. Lansdowne, Brown, McMahon, Perone, MacLeod, l-leiland, Kenny, Bart, Boknevitz, Keller. oo 5 X5 WFT 5 bfrtlffi Smtfs O V POS lTiON , LCDR. G. L. CASSELL Navigation Officer UL S! 'I' SI X fx. 3 YI bimion X f i. ENS. M. M. DAVIDS N Division Officer CWQQQBSB CDR. M. C. HOFFMAN Air Officer Mfff LCDR. R. M. McCONNELL JSR. LT. J. P. CONWAY V-'I Division Officer V-2 Division Officer i i Wg 5 'ii' i I7 c 1 is ,f . Tk f . Q.. if Q i Q? i 9' Hx S r f Xi' QX ri ' , 'Z' 5, 14 LJHH in egxbg ENS. J. A. THOMSON V-3 Division Officer X HOPPEN'P U-3 biaIiAion if Ai P' Q Q 1 I fi, A we if ...F X if f im fi s g Wt LCDR. J. F. WHITE Engineering Officer The reol job of the engineers is to keep the screws turning-operoting the boilers, turbines cmd ouxili- ories thot provide the moin propulsion power of the ship. LTUGP. T. E. GROVES B Division Officer LTUGJ J C SMITH A DIVISION Officer I L O u v 14 biiidivn K bialigfion lg 'I 5 I x 49470 '4 49 6,1 X 60g Q S S049 Wo? I I LT. T. W. BURSON E Division Officer qgw'WW ?i 1,iii x LTUGJ. I. M. SLEPICKA M Division Officer wi f bividivn xl! il Q s14fff,s, 0 0 0 fx? I I I A T Q :sf kg? Q M it 'Q ,,.v ' ,X W, 22' . ,,,. 9' fi' Ng? V if .M ,ff ENS. R. T. BILLINGTON R Divisiop Officer LTUGD. H. N. CRAWFORD ER Division Officer Q R , 1 RRY' O v 1 f i, -,wif Riff EMA . , , Q' fshwi, ' z 45 X ,?,Q 9 if fl W LT. W. F. JOLLEY Gunnery Officer The Gunnery Deportment includes thot very reol but not integrol unit-the deck torce. The deck torce pertorms the jobs commonly occorded o soilor plus severol more: The pointing ond cleoning of the hull, the core ond use ot the onchors, the upkeep ond mointenonce ot the boots ond rigging. The gunner's motes ond tire controlmen hove the responsibility ot keeping the guns ond directors reody. +A ,vc LTUG . J. B. 'lst Division ' X 2 HARSHA Officer ENS. B. R. McCULLOUGH 2nd Division Officer , , FQ QS .. x Q '-g vSzat,1:z3 ,My 4, A QQQVQNA ., Mx,,,,w,MV,QV.,,i - ., my Q VS y Offfivx-A WVQQQ fxfvimvv-V.xfVQ.WVM ,ww -X VVv,.,m VA-.M-Qmmw, ,Q,v,W,-VNM V: lf.. X, my-,,QV,,XV, .- fx: - V iiif , V, Q,':zef3w1V-,ig . - WY. J V Vf. V .,fV-iff ., 1 . , - 4 P X ff'- 6Q39ex3S3wieS,,w-:yi Pa qgfsmwvni .Vim Q.sf.xv-wie:-wx ,-asV.Miv-Sfgwzwqagwgi W ' 555332112,b4.-mg,-4:Q-5455276-Q4 4- -'::':f':e'. 'S ' , war - .V -. . , -, -V f gym , V, Q yi - - Q- ,713-MQ V V - 5 - - ' - Q-V V V . -, V , -g-V , .- .jg 55543 - an .V . ft. U , V f Q , av- 42.1-- ., V ,. . .i , V V, Q ww 1 .. Q, V 3- , .. 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ESTLER 3rd Division Cfficer F Division Officer IEE! .lr K s S ' 1 O uauuunnv -- nnilgllll Ill llliiglnlv Q- , .- -I v K Z i by ut D , A , 1 i , ,.. , .- .L 3 'V I p 6: V4 -AA:., ' 1 :,, -1 - f 'jfs-' 7 v f- K I ' D .D f D - ' D Q . I . .. l V I A 'V ff,- V ',: i 1 7 If , f - DD D. ., 2 V ' ' I iii'4ii D i xt, X D + , fi N. ' f, K If V f ' gg: V V XML I' A nb Y K 1 I N -Q 1 ' Q A A. -. , A i Q gp Q ,, 0 5 ' D D I xi, DDD DD Q D i ii i 1 D 5 is i -'P D . i W 'iq M M W ex ' ' Q' ' ' A' fl' :,.,, zii Ni., A. - 'f .3 A + ' KQVZ: A 4 ,. ,.,, . .V .. H .M , . q , i 3 - M Q-1. S , I7 A iiii x i i li ' A ' X wsk Y if A .D - 4 ff a X wg WS' - A , 2-, w 3lF 1 , E . X ' email 4 Spf? he D 1 5 4 1 WY , 'ct 'E ' 1 1, D I . vi QQQV V 4' 1 fs 'aa E 1, Q ,1 , I ,i ff xl f ig., W , 2 . Q Q kv 1 W4 , K if , , Y V, ,P , gif' I '4 an K W fl' I gm if D y . , o 1 O. - X xx LCDR. R. C. BEASTEN Supply Officer CHPCLK. C. D. MERRIAM LTUGP. J. W. OLSON PACT. F. B. ALLGOOD S-1 Division Officer S-2 Division Officer S-3 Division Officer 5 1 Xl' PHYSICAL ltoking one, random thoughts whilel For for horizons-lor Bclrboro Ellensl Come the mystic Chort of Snellens Right eye, left eye- coused no stoggers But eosy, Lod, here comes Joegersl Twenty-twenty-- Twenty-twenty With lshihoro, thot is plenty. Pressure, pressure: one systolic Thump thump-Thump thump: diobolicl In the eighties: diostolic. Shall we donce? it's quite o frolic. CDR. N. W. DODD Medical Officer Then with pleosure we observe Rogerl for old cordioc reserve. -Er-just for the record, nothing more The nurse in white points to C1 door- Time lobors by-it's quite o chore I The toucet dripples . . . I We've mode o score! And whot o score torevermore: Sp. Gr. one point-oh two N QOH X ..- fourl 4 27 lt's bend ond stoop, oncl now: R fx X soy A-h-h-h! U X Agoin-ond once ogoin: -u. ond yet no flow. I l K it X Chest is normol, both eors ore ' , there - xf But one thing missing: 1 ' , h where should behoir J N . . . is bore I N J X Long lost 'tis over, just wosn't X g it fun? Under tinol remorks, the X ti 7 comment is: NONE, K p --L Q. Counsil 351-'PY ' + SICK Bm V! f - FM 519, Ami A ' X ry .f' I Y 1 -I -.f , X, If X , 3 X 4 I I . , Q' -I 4. ! X 4.2 'f bulwon --Um M 'HfLL fvof rms fsngr 7245 5fcf45HY' ' Xi o o o N y ! x K , I, 0 ' 0 ..Lk,i w ' Q ' 4 1- H X51 - X W . if C '-' M 4 X r I mx., 'V X i K F , , - MTV x.-5 3 X , R 3 JK j I Ji IZORQ4 ff Yil ..,f f 3 5 HYPERBOLE I The dentist drills and drills LTlJGl. C. J. SWANSON Und drills Dental Officer Mylittle spine reocts in time with We Chains w'th - I Mme chills. With novocoine ond hyoscine We sit ond squirm ond try to grin While woiting for it to begin To soothe the oching from within. Then the ongel with the drill Decides it's time to work his will And willingly he works until Our shrieks ond groons ore long ond shrill. Our dentist hums ond hums and hums While beoting slowly on our gums With forceps, pliers, fite ond drums. The bicusped: o vonished roce. The eye-tooth next ond in its ploce A voconcy-on empty dell A wondrous covern-deep os ---- But, thuweetheort: l f peek thoo wel Il -J. Q. Counsil 3 M Mi 405' 'Wag Q 'N K Change of Command CAPT R D HOGLE USN Commanding Officer ' f Q ff ' 5 my' ,fd , f X40 Q, 2 sy . by Cf, f Af 47 14: 1-IZ., . PW 7 s, 2, z, 1 M M f, 1 , I . V K c ,-I . lg: 7 ' ' I -W A ,QM . . X K . J . 4 . Q ' W 1 1 .4 Y A- .,.. -,M...... nip 7 5 I -0 ' ' US Zl D' --X -ef .fs,f US-Zl H 4 5 5 1 ! r 3 X I I 'x US'-Z3 CDR. NED BROYLES Squadron Skipper 5 6 z F JK 2 I Officers 0 --y,',-nh.-1.fwrf4v...f.,------we--f '- f ' Enlisted Men Enlisted Men Chiefs -'F' V,-NM...L-A Q N .aS '1 1-in EFS s I Sr if L. H 'fd at My Q 31. V . 16 xl 'muy U? W a U 'Wm ' C gli?-7 I -JM! x ali Z- a Qi!! I x Z. 00 W W X uf an Q' 3 NJ ,Y '23, 'N x S Q ' I df C5831 rc .Q 2 G J The turnout for the recommissioning porty wos Terrific . . 'P at I 1- fl! Y. ' K i S X Oo .'r ya? :Z i v .P ,.' HN I' .2 in-:lt --.f--. X B-QQH-: H733 , the receiving line stimulated the evening's c'est lo vie Planes were loaded aboard at Alameda . . . 7 , , vm 7 2 ff' . and a helicopter was received at North Island. 'Q l'vaq, Z W 4 - 1 A . .alt I. A , .0-2 Qf- we .em .rv ,,..,.-7 ....Q,.,w, ge .15 K2 llw L.. l ! ...-ff O1 M1 .J A S K S XX 1 Y WM KIQ1, 4271: ti 1 v , ld 1 ,AL 1 ,+I NVQ A 'W KC x, .. jp 3Xfr r 'QW X r Monogram Pictures filmed port of NAVY BOUND oboord the Boiroko. Cotopults ond orresting geor were tested. f , , . . , if ' f 4 G 1 ,i W N A, ,.. q ,. A L --- ' 1- -J ' ' 1 'm:'1...,, -.-, ' ay -.. 1: JU wx .. ,-iv 1. -K1-- A, -1:.,:f- 'fw' ' , - Trucks ond equipment , fwwfff f ,H ,,,. H. , 1,4 W Xxx 4M0w1Mfwwwwma,ffY,: ,,f1 ff, f,1,1,, N ,.f,,..,,.f 1 , , V W 'WwfWMwffwwgMfffwfff,,, Ww.,n, ,,,.,.,,.,, , , ,f,,,,,W H' ., -ff-..,, f f ,.,. ,,,,, ff:...,L K -gg M , f U y, ,, , , J L 1565546 vgrdk 4 ,ij y X - G j X 1 1 fy' . I , ond Morlnes occornponied us to Japan. . Air Force men . . . syqbff t T . - , , '21- 4-, , fr ,--f X I. mix! x is gk Q, I s 'X X J Y ,4-1 Qi pf 'Liz -ui: fm 1 K f-gf? 62' 6 GG ' ,xx 5 N--A, 0 ' X Q 'I :iff ' i A flight deck full of jets olso mode the Trip. 0,95 'xv x M- M Q Mqxwx W mx ,.. A , , Nj k.k- gifs W V . z.. Q 13.15 'w...1, --- 1 - .aw it QAK, W WMM ,,..,, - ,,m2gf3gw f' gm The forward 40's . ond starboard 20's were exercised rrrddd XV Yakasuka orphans were guests at our Christmas pa -fa' ' ff . . V ' ffw- . , -- ' 'G we ?' M i 1' 54, af ',', ,A j, .1 aw. ,.. - i '1f,.,....m.,., 0 fx is The Past Office was swamped. 551.133 v O I ,e in I Xifkii' 4 in ,,. is 5-1 'v 4, - ,r 1 ,,,-fe I .,, .Y A 4- af, - .. :frm 'V I- 'X I What, no chap sticks? 9 2 I Exotic entertoinrnent f 'ZZ XO's inspection J. Woterspouts .... Heaven In the form of Rest Hotels. . . ,Q,.W.,,, f ylquuu HGTEL 5 J C A F' taxi! 6 wtf' , ll ' .. WXYH ' unniiw 0541- ' 4A,t xg fb X , Ill fr: M s me QQ 1 q M .X 4 Mattingly and Forrnichella bent their knees -and elbows. Nara's gracious gardens .... Alf? ,. i Snape did a Sonja Henie nurnber. , , PIO team worked constantly. , . . - --- fv-1:--If . L W W n ! In Jonuory!! I 3 X J' ry X K , f ' ' s ' t -Q A ' Q cf-Q21 A V,-at D ,Q ,,'. r mv? 1 4 ' L 1 Current Stateside .RQ La in tx H Q The scenic rnorvels for some . . . beginners' ski slope tor others. mv-fum-...Q Y magazines in hotel libraries were constantly perused. , ,X Awpc f K f M X VW if it 431, Y. A .f f f f gi: . .K,',f X , A YQ J' . . HolIer1beck's native clime. 1 the epitome of luxury. , AT, :gym .11 1 - A , W 'I 9' X S a All ' Lovers Wilson and Farnham on lake un Nara 5 own Central Park. 3 i I3 Q xx 3, X 4 761 A if v - wvkfizfgi . ,. xii: M ' X .M -V x X e ,..-fx xx A, ,e N Q QQ 'WX fl gg,-,E Q s Xi Q Q n A fi TRY T af, ,A . gif 5 A V, , ibm ea L, f, . ,Q L if W? x L 'Q K ,QP , 4 391, K4 ,Q ng X 4 R . wav f,gf,, Lowhorn, honeybucket wagon . . typical street scene. Q K , , Y ,l', if ,arg we . 15, ee I A' if the Pcrgodo of the Kofukuji 5 fi Ae Z? e 9 gi ,K X 3 . fy P' x V 5 , Y ff 2. X 9 C 'K X x Temple In Nora. 1 f-f 5' J 4 ie 3 Awe? Fuji from the oir W f W 'W ff ,ww fn, 1 ,ya df,'7f,'f,, 'wf ff ' ' , ,, A Ziffmwyw ffm! ' ZW E 'ymf ,ff f f , ,Q L, f ggyyi, , WW 'Wf Awfyf if M Wivfhffff f Wx f 'f Q In I 211215 -LH: -I 135'- ll ar- 'K - ,, Ulla-i' Q77 u-2 7. .J -I: ffl: 1- ww 'B 6 .W . 'E oi. , ,Q ' , O, f - . ff , - ' . -V -14 . mg,-x 1 A Q - f 14' r ,, J 3 .x ,S X X: ..'... 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Fj,g,5,, ,,,. ,X A I' I, 'Bfy' A A ,ggi 4jx',,.:6' xg-Q V..-4' ,,-.1,M ?Fm.f3 -,..i ,fiif-ff gi, ,, If .. -1 V. f f ' :, f 3 2- ' i 1 5 bmaag A 4 ,J f ' ' 9 ' +-,,.,,,f b Q? 1 , ! , , A , ,,,, ,! A s v 1 g A 2 5 i 1' , ,Q 1 4.17 I3 1 X! Q .. , N - - 5 X X X X Q - YQ-:Q X 4 'N vu 40 . Typhoon Our ship sailed from the Bay of Tokyo. Distantl F ' - Qhostly arm: waving bon voyage. Y' ullyomo S Snow plume Wmhed 0 To port, the harbor waters corduroyed: star-sa hire to e ' - fingers in the crests of small waves, firing their ppopm-pomspllwiflh -s-l:1cEriSUrllcC:lshFFrid f:CoTmIC Starboard, the ancient cliffs of Japan drowsed: Sentinels weary from centuriesgof dgfsl High above the flight deck our radar whirled, inquisitively seeking. The curved rid rhythmic, beating turns, added to the hypnotic backdrop of the bay. lt was weavingg fret- fully, relaying to the quartermaster on the open bridge below myriad quivering lines of detection: A mosaic of awareness to danger. I OUI' Ship drove 'fl'lV0UQl'l blUe'bl0Ck, Cl 0PI3Y Seas: The pivot point of an horizon battle- mented by faery forests of clouds, beyond which lay our destination-unknown. Flying fish emerged flippantly from tops of rollers, contorted through limited flight then butterflied a landing into an advancing curler. Hummingbirds of the sea. The ship's bow pushed doggedly through the black water, spearheading the surging blackness turn- ing it aside in a curling grimace. A metamorphosis of dark monotone to white-frlothed translucent green in a magic color show. The green then returned, through a swiftly darki ening spectrum, to the abysmal darkness from which it came. Groping, reaching: Mouthing the ship. Yet it all seemed still: Quietness of vast movement. Looking down from the port bow catwalk,- the waters menaced: Black-cold. Nightfall. The stillness whispered of latent power. Tattoo. Five minutes later, the farewell of Taps faded. Sleep was uneasy. Dreams weighed heavily . . . indigestible. . . . . . . Ships with tumorous, festering sails, moved insanely over an undulating sea of black lava . . . the lava softened to green ice. Flying fish smashing into the green ice ex- ploded it into a spray of white, foaming champagne. The champagne melted the green ice . . . the ships with scabrous sails sailed, one by one, each into a separate snow-bank wave: They did not appear again on the other side .... Awakening was rude: Tossed out of rac ks to slide, helplessly, under other racks across the deck, as the ship rolled deep into port water. Bodies shivered in the pit of pre-dawn, while the force of the storm pressed in. Overhead, glass medicine containers crashed to splinters as they hit the steel deck of Sick Bay, above. The return roll to starboard neared the ship's maximum. Planes, broken loose from their moorings on the hangar deck, smashed together in wild carousal. Snarling hills of water blasted an enfilade of fury against the agonizing breasts of our carrier. lt grew. A thing of blackness and fury. The ship, a toy balloon tossed into the air by the hands of a child at play. Tossed, then dropping was caught and held close for a .lit- tle moment-then tossed high again. Lightning graphed the elemental problem. Plunging bow deep down into a welter of smoking, twisting madness, the fantail rises to the shudder of free screws wracking the sobbing ship. The night, long and filled with questioning, broke to a hybrid dawn. ln. the filtered light of morning, grayness held the ship as in an opaque block of dirty ice. Irish pennants flew in crazy parade the length of the flight deck. Wallowing cumbersomely, idioticallyg how much green water can she take? The flotilla of screening destroyers is lost in the frenzy of infuriated combers. The starboard athwartship catwalk, forward, swayed In twisted arabesque, clinging to a weakened superstructure with a slim grip of faulty welding bead. The wind massed in a crushing stream. Whale-boats and life-rafts carried away. A starboard mount of 2OMM's no longer had life with which to sing their staccato chant of defiance. A racing' green mOUl'1'f0m Of water had swept them outward and over with a gesture of casual, invincible -power: They died there in primordial chaos. Rain and sleet, rocketing in arrow-straight lines aheadhof GH elQl'1'fY-knot gale, beat a pagan requiem against the gray steel of a gallant ship. T eg the cacophony stilled. Thess are the waters where the Seas of lapan and China meet on hold converse. This is what they are, this their gentle conversation .... We scudded lonkg, running before the hurricane. The harbor came out of the sea to welcome us . . .ht E sun danced again . . . the drowsing palisades opened one eye IH Q ee'f 'lQ - - - OU' O0 ClI'Opped, reassuringly, in placid anchorage. We are sailors home from the sea: Benedicite. . ...J, Q. Counsil f 1511, P flvi L tzfffcn n -0 xv? . , 1 o I W dag 0 :- 4ffnJ!Qgqq3. A Z' .. X ' 1 1 ' ' K , X 'a QQ '42 A ' ' it .5 f .av XM- mf , 1 ' ,V . 'f, ' ' ,,,, , .V 'J f,.f. n,,4-,,-,744 Na. ' I .4 'ff Cuff'-i2?5Q www? .jf 'rl V! , ,Q ,V D. y f A ,Wagga f w' J D 1 'I I r l I I x I A I KT WM ,,,, WMU W fill!! fl! -1 5 x my ?7vW? 5 was Will QW A fl KW X10 33 I was 1160-ty T , , ' 1 Q .fx 'ivfva . ,' K H , l , V , V .4 T A U x .. F L , Q tr X X 'H' 1 -' V lf. ' f A ffm o ww' ' , S ,g,,. . f I 7 '. ,' , , A ,. Q , 3 i V- s . L . i V 2 ' 5 7 . 1- ' ' K 'L 'ff 1 , ' ,, V K 322, 552 3 I . at-ww . 55 V- 9 ' W I' if rl. 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