Fox (DLG 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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yektazraa, japan Our last foreign port of call. Yokosuka is a seaport on the West shore of Tokyo . Bay, in Kanogawa perfecture. Yokosuka has a population of 301,309 519641. The port is sheltered by hills and affords anchorage. The site was occu- pied by a small fishing village until 1865, when the Shogun's government established a shipyard there, In 1884, it was made a first class naval station by the Japanese government. After World Warll, it became a base for the U. S. Navy and a station for the Japanese National Safety agency. The city has been reborn as one of Japan's im- portant trade and fishing ports. In the eastern part of the city are two fine harbors, Yokosuka and 4 Nagaura. The latter is a base for ships engaged in whaling operations in the Antartic. Shipbuilding accountsfor 497, of the city's employees. The Kotoku-in temple in Kamakura. The Great Kamakura Buddha has been exposed to sunshine, storms and snowy weather for more than 700 years. The Kotoku-in temple in which the Great Buddha once stood was destroyed by a tidal Wave in 1495. The height of the Buddha is 42 feet with a weight of 210,000 pounds. We tied up in Yokosuka, Japan, another working port. Tunnels and bomb shelters left over from World War II Tsuru-ga-oka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura,

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Aberdeen floating restaurants. It is said, the food is still alive while you're on the boat trip to the restaurants. Mary Soo and the Abstract Six. Amidst the paint, rain 8, soda pop, Talk about a working girl-this girl is a the fantail Was never dry. painter and a dirty dish doer.

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Mount Fuji d up a little I On March 22 We left Yokosuka With the sun setting we said good bye to the Sacred Mt. Fuji, Japan, and headed home.