Cook (FF 1083) - Naval Cruise Book

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Bunbury G ' day mate! was the familair greeting during our weel long port visit in Bunbury, Western Austrailio. Home to th e kangaroos and emu, this little corner of the Land DownUnder is a vocation paradise and a cornucopia of agriculture v ith ranching, vinyards and orchards. Western Australia reminded us a great deal of the Western U.S. (i.e. Southern California) and we would soon be home. Aussies by nature are very friendly and they seemed as charmed by our accents as we were by thiers ' . 50

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Siotttit 9Sle0tmt crimes ESTABLlSHCO IBM Thursday. September 10 1987 ' it Vv P h ' i All I ' HORlTlt.S have prjiscil the nien ahix liir ihoir roll- in amlainin u I ' lrc al Bunbury ' s IV Mj c. hich Ihrcdlcmxl (ho (H n x huff WA Oiip .iihI ( it W ' i14Mk ' htp US Navy lends a hand fighting harbour fire .1..., — ... ..; hricaJc .iitcmlciJ (he tirv which Inukc t«ii m ; i vhip- I hc wcic uuicklv IrtMii the USvS 0 » ' % ' iKy loam. Jmg ro USS tirv marNhall Bukh H- ' .ms. the iijni rvyiit.irly helped ciMhan ciiKryciKy M:r- VKO hilc in |x»fi in (he United Stales. Fire t ' l hiing ci utp- iitxJ ihc liniltxl Slalcs Navy frigate USS Cook inner hurhour t n Tuesday. HK-m jNxmi the tu ' ■ ' Mi: in Wits alst» t into ojVf- it n . vtcrc ih» critmN iDiuiKsdunn the mci dent .tpari Irom lour TiK ' n tthovfccre transfer red to h npilal uffcr ini: MiH kc ;ihalation Bunhur p ilKe omt- mui)M ItiiMm otTicer Mark Demis said Ihc tiK-n Innn the USS ( ' t»t k tfcefv III ' ' i • • Nil k, I ' lii.... titadiiii; Udiilr a eel v%ali r tu iMi III. vMHttlihip n lttcrs Ih-Ioh I S4»l of the fire. ship- r to • • Hitnbiiry Purl Aulhuiilx lepreseiiluliveN Kriaii 1 umiinuhani. Ka Vndersofi and John Willinm ' and I SS ( iH k (ominaiidrr I anye surrounded b nuiitlK-rs of the einerKeni team whivh helpeil exlin uish I uesdti fire at the inner hurlNiur. •. k Tlicre wetc fear the lire may tnvcl ikiwii ihe convey x hell to the vi.H kpile ■■ ( mMaMe ortieer I he way ik wn the belt Ivlorc il W.IS evtin - ashed (. ' onntable Retther .lut ilaniu ed ijusetl hv the firr wduk) pn h ,»,!. . ... ..i,oe s • ( lo j. ' i c a t .iiiNiu viiiii.iic unnl all (he niachiiK ' ry haJ tven ussessetl llHHigh unable lo olfer .1 cause Uir the bla e WACAP i pera lUKis NuperMsi»T John Bctic as gratelul tor thi- US Navy ' s eon tnhuiitHi in euntainin ' the flic Their avsistanee was invaluable. We owe thini adcbt of thanks, he said Yesterday nH mnip the crew of the I ' SS C ' ikik was (wesentetl with a SM t (.beguc Ironi WACV P aikl a 111 i.u..- o( i raiiiude ' ninbury Port u chainnan John A Himjre Mr Beale said that as a result ol the ffU ' ' he ship M 2 .t rl fc ' - ' ll B J -■ -- • Z- . 9