Mount Baker (AE 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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WHI1 +I1e sfarboard main engine beaI'ing ou+ ifs con+inuaI 'I know I can, I Icnow I can,' +I1e voyage I'o CONUS was Iong and un- even+'FuI. DriIIs, Iopside mainfenance and an+icipa+ion of fhe Ieave Io be Iaken in +I1e s+a+es occupied our fime. A shorf diversion +o Midway IsIand 'Io drop off an emergency Ieave case gave us a brief Iook af Iand. And finaIIy 33 days affer depariing Subic, +I1e wel- comed sigI1+ing of+I'1e FaraIIones Islands and Ihe magnificani' Golden Gafe Bridge assured us I'I1a'I' MOUNT BAKER'S I966 WESTPAC cruise had drawn Io a SmO0'I'I'1 and successfuI cIose. Our arrival a+ Por+CI1icago-IaI'e on 'rhe 23rd-352 days and 6I,9 I 5 miIes Ia+er- +I1e Ionges'r single depIoymen+ for a ship of i'rs kind since Korea- wouId give her a welcomed and much needed res+. ,XX 1 I