Brinkley Bass (DD 887) - Naval Cruise Book

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i i ,i S S l l l l l 4 i l Q 5 3 l i I F l cameras over our shoulders and went ashore and tried to buy out the place, After I-long Kong, the lonely port of Kaohsiung, Formosa, seemed quiet, but all enjoyed the quicker pace of the Formosan Patrol. On 30 September, we were heading north for Yokosuka, and hunter-killer exercises. After these exercises, we put into the town of Kure, Japan. This was a first for most of us, so there was much sight-seeing to be done. Many of us took a tour of Hiroshima and were a bit surprised to find non-English- speaking guides. We left Kure and went to Sasebo, Japan, for upkeep, by the way of the Japanese Inland Sea. During our stay in Sasebo, we threw a fine ship's party in the China Night Club that most of us will remember for a long time. The rest of our cruise reads like a travelog. We went down to Subic Bay, where typhoon Pamela forced us to pick up the hook and head south, almost to Borneo. We returned just in time to escort the carrier Hornet to Hong Kong, where we spent five days getting Christmas presents and enlarging our wardrobes. J On 2l November, a shipload of financially broken sailors headed for Manila, the capitol of the Philippine Islands, our last port of call before head- ing home, via Yokosuka, Midway, and Pearl Harbor, having steamed 36,077 miles since the cruise first began in June. ,4

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THE CRUISE UF '54 On the morning of l5 June, l954, a CruDesPac launch bearing large signs reading bon voyage and carrying a band came out in San Diego Harbor to bid farewell to the U.S.S. BRINKLEY BASS and the rest of Destroyer Division 52 as they set a course for the Far East. Our first port out of San Diego was Pearl l-larbor on the Island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Chain. We stayed in the Pearl Harbor area for one week to conduct anti- submarine exercises before we con- tinued on our trip east to Japan via the island of -A Midway, which, strangely enough, got its name from the fact that it lies approximately half-way between the United States and the For East. The stop at Midway, although it is only for a few hours, offers quite a relief from our at-sea routine. Most of us spent our time sitting be- hind a chocolate milkshake, playing with gooney birds, or swimming in the lagoon. , l The cruise really began when we arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. That is where we received our orders, and the orders - this time were to proceed to Subic Bay, Lu- zon, Philippine Islands. Before we left, however, we entertained ourselves by visit- 5719, ing the many souvenir shops, taking pictures ,E and renewing old acquaintances. fm X We will always remember our trip south. Q iff N it Subic Bay in the summer can get more than uncomfortably hot. The liberty wasn't the best at Subic Bay because the harbor is surrounded by impassable jungle - covered X mountains, but an occasional trip into the D little town of Olongapo for a cool glass of San Miguel or to take in a cock fight gave us the spark we needed to operate with Task Group 70.2 During this period we made our first visit to Hong Kong, where we slung our

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