Durham (LKA 114) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 i 1- - - .. .QA 7 - . Jef ,.,. Y f he crew looked forward to coming to Long Beach. . . especially those who had been dis- placed from their wives, families and homes on the west coast. But California excited everyone to some degree. Each person had his own varied reason, whether it was the sun, women, surf, oranges, or Disneyland. They had all agreed that California was a happening. It was where people were going and they all wanted to see it at least once or once again. . California is the most populated state in the union with over 19,000,000 people. The state was named by the Spanish Conquista- dores, California being the name of an imaginary island near the earthly paradise in Las Sergesde Esplandian , a romance of chivalry written by lVlontalvo in 1510. Long Beach, almost thought of as another suburb of Los Angeles, is the fifth largest city in the state with a population of over 345,000. 1 1 i l i i 26

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. hat was intended to be a short layover, prior 5ftOqCOHUU9DdDQ Reheshm'1Tahnngin San Diego, developed into an extended yard period as boiler complications put DURHAM in cold iron for over three months. Shipboard training was conducted as often as practical so as not to lose the benefit of all the schooling the crew had received in Norfolk, and yard work, which would have normally been accomplished at a laterdate, was hurriedly resched- uled. ' Nr 1 if 4 x f , if