Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

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WE SEE OUR LAST SUNSET OVER KOREA AND ARE RELIEVED BY THE TOLEDO :gg -v . ..1vx1....u.-' ..z'.:3. J'-'Eze-,1'1x.,:su..,. Eirwrr: :T .:. H- 'QB HEAD FOR THE BARN

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JAPAN Yokosuka: whaT a Tamiliar name now To us On The BREMERTCN. NoT'Too long ago iT was The sTrange name oT a sTrange place Tar away. BuT The evenTs oT The lasT several monThs have made all The diTTerence. A Trip To WesTPac is a Trip To Korea-and police acTion. BuT occasionally There is Time Tor whaT we call upkeep, Tha'T's where Yokosuka comes in. Since we've been in The PaciTic, Yokosuka has Tor all pracTical purposes become our home porT. We came here TirsT on our way To Korea, and we've been back several Times since Then. We've been To oTher porTs oT course, like Sasebo, Pusan, and Keelung, buT iT's here aT Yokosuka ThaT we've seen mosT oT The OrienT and had our besT liberTies. ForTunaTely,Japan is a world away Trom Korea and The war. We've all been impressed wiTh Japan and 'her modern ciTies. JusT a Tewimiles norTh oT Yokosuka is Yokohama, and Tokyo, The Third largesT ciTy in The world. ln Tokyo we've Tound abouT every- Thing ThaT can be Tound in The big ciTies back home, wiTh an OrienTal Tlavor added. We've Tound Tokyo To be a cosmopoliTan ciTy wiTh ThaT OrienTal Tlavor plus The mosT neon signs we've seen ouTside The U.S.A. and some oT The world's TinesT hoTels. One oT Them, The Imperial I-loTel, was builT by Frank Lloyd WrighT, The American -archiTecTg iT liTerally-TloaTs on oil, being earThguake prooT, and is considered by some experTs To be The mosT beauTiTul and well consTrucTed hoTel in The world. SighT-seeing and shopping have kepT us busy during The day and The nighT liTe-well., we won'T' TorgeT ThaT Tor a long Time. Some oT us Tried To go Through The Imperial Palace, buT iT seems ThaT They haven'T opened ThaT To TourisTs yeT.H