Cowell (DD 547) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1953

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After bucking storms all the way from Midway we sighted the Island of Kyishu. We viewed the landmarks of Sasebo harbor for the first time, but we were to see these landmarks many more times in the next few months as Sasebo was to be our home port in the Far East. There are certain things that we will never forget about Sasebo. The assortment of vehicles constantly cruising up and down the narrow streets. Cars, bicycles, rickshaws and other modes of transportation which defy name or description. We shall never forget that street in Sasebo called 'Robber's Row . You could walk down this street and seemingly never come to the end. Every type of article could be bought there, from a pair of chopsticks to the proverbial kitchen sink. Stroll- ing down this street was like a walk down Coney Island, East Main, Clark Street and the Barbary Coast all rolled into one. We learned to bargain effectively with the high pressure Japanese merchant, starting ridiculously low on the price, of some article and he extremely high. After haggling for an hour, a mean price was established, and both sides were happy. As for entertainment, Sasebo was too Americanized to have Giesha houses or muchin the way of Oriental entertainment. To the enlisted men the meeting place was the Western Res- taurant and for the officers, Matsu Lodge. 5,-A S660 wield?



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iv-. -v, f ' i Some of us took tours to Nagasaki while we were anchored in Sasebo. What a sensation it is to wait in a Japanese railroad station and try to find out when your train leaves as they call off the timetable in Japanese. The train ride alone was worth- while, passing through small remote fishing towns and then through checker boarded rice paddies. 'Nagasaki was a little different from the other cities that we visited in that it was truly an Oriental city. The tour of Nagasaki was made in a sense of humility, when we realized the tremendous damage wrought by the A-bomb here. The devastating damage is still visible and we viewed it with the common thought in mind that never again in this world would there be an occasion to use such a destructive weapon. -

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