Piedmont (AD 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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Boy, was it cold! DATE: 23 JANUARY, l96O TIME 0930 PLACE YoKosuKA MISSION: TO REIIEVE THE u.s.s. PRAIRIE CAD-l 55 Monument Grave of WIllIam Adams and the Statue of FFCHCOIS Verny lthe French englneer and founder of the Yokosuka Iron Foundryl Yokosuka IS sItuated In the central part of Well there she is! Japan opened her doors to foreIgn countrIes and western CIVIIIZCTIOD after Commodore Per ry's landIng at KurIhama I4 July l853 The Yokosuka Iron Foundry was established In I826 and promIsed the prosperIty of Yokosuka today Yokosuka Unfll then was a mere fishmg vIllage As it grew In appearance of a naval port Yoko suka inaugurated ITS CITY system on I5 February After the end of World War ll Yokosuka stepped up Its buIldIng of Clfy Industry trade port and slght seeIng Former Japanese mIlItary installatIons have been transformed to such industrIes as automobIle cotton spInnIng reelIng canned foods or electrIcIty Thus Yokosuka has now become a peaceful CITY of Industry and a port wIth a populatlon of 280000 There are many hIstorIcal monuments around Yokosuka such as Commodore Perrys Landlng the MUIFG PenInsula and In 1958 had a popula tion of 280000 It IS easIly accessIble by raIl from all surroundIng areas The CITY can also be reached by bus from Yokohama ZUShI Misaki and all the near POINTS Yokosuka flourished as the naval base of eastern Japan up to the end of World War ll and has been reborn as one of Japans Important trade and fishing ports as well as a sIghtseeIng base for the MuIra PenInsula ln the eastern part of the city there are two fine ports Yokosuka f course, and Nagaura whIch IS a base for Shlps engaged In whalIng operations In the Antarctlc Ocean.

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MAN . V I YOUR HIGHLINE Don't get your feet o wet! FORWARD STATION ! I thought I told you not tO Qef your feet wet!

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It won't be long now! Hey! Would you like to swap! We then moved out in the stream! Mt. Fuiiyomo seen from our ship the first morning!