Nicholas (DDE 449) - Naval Cruise Book

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But, also, Operation Granite Creek beckoned, and the 25th of May, we steamed out of Sasebo enroute to Kobe. Liberty went down shortly after tying up to the DIXIE in Kobe. A lot of sightseeing was in store for us. The Horyuii Temple in Nara course, many of us will With the ships put facility or supply depot, And then to our last the Osaka Castle, and the Niioio Shirine left a lasting impression on our memories. Of also remeber the Australian beer on tap at the King's Arms in Kobe. back together once again, we departed on a five day HUK to Nagoya. With no repair all hands were able to relax and enioy the most pure Japanese port of our visit. HUK and our last Hg, visit to Japan. We arrived in Yokosuka on the 23rd for our last chance to stock up on gifts for wives and sweethearts. Johnson, I MMC, departed for his new duty station and LT Viera took over as operations officer. . Bidding sayonara we headed south to the Land Down Under. ' A brief stop for fuel in Guam and Manus Island and on the llth of July, we steamed up the river to Brisbane for eight days. The Executive Officer was overwhelmed with leave chits. Dusting off our blues we hit the beach to greet the smilling lassies on the dock. We mustered on the l9th, and finding all hands present, took in all lines and finally wended our weary way home via Pago Pago, our last port of call. On the 29th of July, with Diamond Head on our right, we passed through Papa Hotel and set a course for Baker Docks waving to our wives at Widow's Point on the way. Nothing much had changed except Old Glory which showed forth a new star-Aloha Hawaii, our fiftieth state! As we settled down to our first cold glass of Lucky Lager in over five months at NHA :lil or the Riverside Bar ldepending on our marital statusl, we thought back on some of the more serious aspects of our cruise. All was not play, and arduous work is needed to keep Navy ships in operation. In replenishment alone, Barebo, CS2, can reflect back on the more than 225 tons of food he helped prepare and eat. Haddock, BTC, can reminisce over the more than 2,000,000 gallons of fuel oil his boilers burned. LTJG Morgan can recall the more than 300 rounds of ammunition he fired. LTJG Hough and Blanken, QMC, can recollect the more than 33,000 miles we steamed. Water hours was a minor irritation, but yet McClanahan, SFC, opened enough valves to allow us to consumealmost l,000,000 gallons of fresh water. We were all part of these statistics, each and every one of us, that made Westpac T959 a memorable cruise. I

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