Mount McKinley (AGC 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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i -. x . , l I ,1.....-- T. ny? V! ,rf B .pw wt ,' : - ' i t' e .45-d 'st lingaged in a sul-:oslii bit ot' tom-foolery are photo lab men l'e1'oraro and Wooclcock. in 5 x, sv: Biting tongues. pulling hair and wrinkling foreheads are needed eontortions to help pass an advancement- in-rate exam. The more frowns, the better grade. ff , SN if -W A Us g ilt dir Srmtlmm Q no ,-N ,va -L 1,1- ru-. . Able helper to all those bent on hobbies is smiling QNILT Magee. impressario of the Hobby Shop. Ol-ili. l'l,AY. STUDY and just plain fun is the normal sea routine for a Mount Mac sailor. Anil announcing the time and place for it all is the shrill call ot' the lios'n matels little silver pipe. Anipliftiecl by the magic of electronics, the pipe uulllcl wake the dead --and does--when the first order of business comes along--reveille. The more serious side of Navy life. A 20-mm. gun crew sharpens up during gunnery practice. , '43

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CENE: PIER GEORGE, Naval Air Station, San Diego. Time: 1000, 27 October 1953. The scene was familiar. The bow and stern lines cast off. The discordant horns of the diminutive tugs hoot- ed as they backed full and the MOUNT McKINLEY was off on her third cruise to the Far East. The ship's company and the flag personnel lined the rails to listen to the musical farewell from the PHIBPAC band. As they listened, they waved farewell to wives, sweethearts and friends on the slowly disappearing docks. Many hated to leave-- others looked forward to Japan--most were thinking and dreaming of the future when the scene would be similar--but reversed. There would be the same band, the same hoarse bellows from the same squatty tugs. There would be the familiar faces of the wives, the sweet- hearts, the friends. This would be the MOUNT McKINLEY's homecoming. But they reminded themselves that that future was nine months off. Many ocean knots and the waters of many foreign Tas: 'have passed beneath the keel of this, the In these pages of our Cruise Book then, are recorded these days, these events, and the men who made them. O headed seevard Weather typio ' S 2111 ally cool and rnlsty J' . 7 N L4 . X it Q 5 F Q. '? A W - x

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Welcoming committee makes hopes for liber. , ty run high. honolulu 3--sjj, ft. fig' c I , HE TWO-DAY LAYOVER in Pearl Harbor provided a Welcome change from shipboard rou- tine. Warm, sunny days gave members of the crew an opportunity to swim and sunbathe. They toured the island of Oahu, and saw many beaches, thickly wooded hills and mountains, tropical flowers, nelds of sugar cane and pine- apple and the many fine homes on the island. Balmy evenings provided the perfect setting for the good restaurants and hotel and club enter- tainment. This was prelude to the Far East. 'gn L Q iff -P 'svn' 'P' e ' -f 'nqxg I r it V u , gat' i Q 'Y fc: -'L- , , 1.1 - f Msg..-. it .g - ea , n c. ' - -f-:j. ' 1-,Iv 'mg .A 2:7 Attention to starboard!