Maury (AGS 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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11f'- ,ilu sv!! A f The Zoo in the ruins of old Fort San Pedro Cebu was founded in the sixteenth century by Ferdinand Magellan. the Great Navigator , and became the first Spanish capital of their Philippine colony. It is now a center of transportation. commerce and agriculture for the central and southern islands, and its port area hustles with interisland merchant and passenger traffic. Much of the city is old and Crowded, but lively and picturesque. Not many foreign tourists visit Cebug it was this off the beaten path nature that made it all the more interesting. Our arrival was just in time for the combined cele- bration of the Philippine inauguration and New Years---a time well-remembered for partying crowds and banging fireworks everywhere, and wild taxi rides through both of these with the horn blowing the entire way. During the days we visited many of the sights around Cebu---the ancient Spanish fort now used as the city zoo. the animals tended by long-haired Moros from the south. A splinter from the cross placed by Magellan before he was killed by Chief Lapu-Lapu is still on display Tour Q-1-Oups e 10 d .- ,D Xp re local copper mines, waterfalls and beach resorts and some hardy crew members went wild boar hunting. An old Cebu City church which contains--- The Infant of Prague brought by Magellan

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I -? f' ' f 'is i 9, llow to stuff a wild bikini Wt- returned to Cam Ranh Bay to find that the two soundbonts wc had left behind had industriouslylcorn- plctcd the greatest amount of the survey work 1nS1dG thc hay, While this was continued, beach camps were established on offshore islands to extend the survey to the adjoining coast and at Nha Trang to the north and Phan Rang to the south. involving a considerable dispersal of our survey and support units over this urea. SlCRR.iXNO found it necessary to return to Suhic in late Januaryg on its return it carried on thc Cum Ranh survey while the MAURY rnade a brief side trip to survey an area at Vung Tau, near the mouth of the Saigon River. This old Vietnamese seaside resort, known in the colonial days as Cap St. Jacques, seemed com- paratively unaffected by the hostilities texcept, of course. for the inevitable American servicemenl. There was a near-holiday atmosphere at the beach, a broad sandy strip lined with stucco Bar- Restaurants . Although the Vietnamese Biere Larue and 33 didn't quite match up to the brew back home. it was wet, cold tif you were luckyj, and had the same effect. There was a consensus of opinion that the local Vietnamese girls definitely looked better in Bikini bathing suits than in black pajamas. We found that the time we spent off-and-on at C. Re ' 'tm :mh Bay, from mid-December to mid-February, the most interesting part of the survey season, with a .variety of things to break the routine. For recreation there were frequent swim C3115 in the Calm bay Waters- Sm0ke1'S . and beach parties and barbecues at South Beach on sunny weekends. Miss Leigh Ann Austin, former Miss Texas, livened one of these weekend .days when she came aboard to sing and have lunch Texas sty1e with the crew: 'Uv LCVP 43 broached at Phan Rang Where the boys are Anybody here from God's Country?