Manchester (CL 83) - Naval Cruise Book

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WE WERE GUESTS . . Captain Parks and Mr. Binks engage in a little jollity with officers ot the Nationalist Military.

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- y ' WE WERE HOSTS . ot the Nat ' • .. y i- it the Man- chester. Her size and beautv never tailed to amaze them.

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An emergency order to expedite search for a crashed seaplane south of Formosa brought TF 72 out in a hurry. The Manchester departed so quickly that her boats and several men who had been on Shore Patrol were left behind. As we steamed further south on a search that later proved to be in vain, we encountered another typhoon, which we fondly remember by the name, Clara . 1 Clara and the Manchester tangle. G? Voice radio reports from the destroyers revealed that the small ships were taking a beating in the increasing swells and it was soon evident that TF 72 would have to put in at the nearest port in order to evade Clara ' s full force. The nearest usable port was Hong Kong . . .