Fox (DLG 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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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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Heading Hume While We were in Pearl, we saw the making of a new , . movie about the attack on Pearl Harbor which is starring Again we stopped 'at Pearl Harbor, this John Wayne. time only for fuel. n Home in an Diego ' All ahead flank, indicate turns for 32 knots. I f ' The Welcoming 0011111111599 ' San Diego, her we come. 1 , r No explanation required Welcome home Daddy! - - -- --fA A ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '