Marvin Shields (FF 1066) - Naval Cruise Book

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ftwa . G. THE ISLAND, 85 MILES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR, IS 26 MILES FROM EAST TO WEST AND 14 MILES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THE ESTIMATED POPULATION AT THE END OF 1975 WAS APPROXI- MATELY 2J2 MILLION OF WHICH 76% WERE ETHNIC CHINESE, 15% ETHNIC MALAYS. 7% ETHNIC INDIANS AND THE REMAINDER OTHER NATIONALI- TIES. WITH THIS OVERCROWDING, CRAMPED APARTMENT COMPLEXES ARE COMMON PLACE (ABOVE). THE DIVERSITY OF ETHNIC GROUPS MEANS THAT IT IS A GASTRONOMIC PARADISE. HOWEVER NO PLACES ARE SACRED (ABOVE RIGHT). THE TIGER BALM GARDENS (MIDDLE AND LOWER RIGHT) ARE SIMILAR TO THE GAR- DE NS IN HONG KONG, BUT LARGER. 4 n ..: • . j d fltW3S wrt -it I :i i fj- ' i %y %tk i Utlf iiS ii,ja ' »■ ' • ' .! i ' te

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SINGAPORE IN MALAY ANNALS. IT 18 RECORDED THAT SANG NILA UTAMA. A DE8CENDENT OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. JOURNEYING FROM PA- LEMBANY TO THE ISLAND OF BETANY. WAS DRIVEN TO THE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE BY A STORM. ON COMING ASHORE WITH HIS FOL- LOWERS. HE SAW AN ANIMAL WHICH THE ANNALS DESCRIBED AS »VERY SWIFT AND BEAUTIFUL. ITS BODY BRIGHT RED. ITS HEAD JET BLACK. ITS BREAST WHITE. IN SIZE RATHER LARGER THAN A GOAT. ON BEING TOLD THAT IT WAS A LION. SANG SAID: IF AN ANIMAL HERE LOOKS SO SMART AND FIERCE, IT WOULD BE A OOD COUNTRY IN WHK;H TO FOUND A KINGDOM. HE NAMED THE NEW KINGDOM SINGAPURE (THE UON CITY). ll '

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AUSTRALIA U88 MARVIN SHIELDS DEPLOYED FOR THE SOUTHERN PA- CIFIC ON • AUGUST. THE PORTS-OF-CALL IN AUSTRALIA IN- CLUDE: QERALDTON. FREMANTLE PERTH. WHYALLA. BURNIE TASMANIA. AND MELBOURNE. UPON ARRIVING AT AND DE- PARTURE FROM PORT, THE CREW MANNED THE RAIL (BE- LOW). THE HRST PORT WAS GERALDTON. WESTERN AUSTRA- LIA. A SMALL HSHING TOWN (BELOW LOWER). PICTURESQUE SEASCAPES WERE ALWAYS ON HAND (ABOVE RIGHT). MEL- BOURNE. THE LAST PORT IN AUSTRALIA. IS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY (LOWER RIGHT). 4 ' i : 4, anuKimi