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After Yokosuka, Gompers went to Hong Kong for a few short days. Hong Kong is.. .well, Hong Kong is like no other city on earth . It was a shame to leave but we did have work to do. Subic Bay brought a change of pace. Gompersmen worked on subs, tugs, cruisers, and aircraft carriers. There was a course change six days into the homeward transit. Gompers diverted for Yokosuka, Japan to lVledevac a crewman for an appendectomy. The seas became rougher as we steamed North. The appendectomy was performed underway and the crewman medevacked for re- covery at the Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, The operation was a com - plete success . Then followed three weeks of heavy seas in a storm-tossed North Pacific transit and finally, arrival in San Diego six months and one day after departure, on the morning of Christmas Eve . 'Fw v' f- . ,,- . it-s Q fm fu' ?.fP. 3 A -4 ? I .,2'.tT,,a1 fig? -H A' .zijn ., N-,A ig 3 1 , ,V G, . '04 ft. v-uau':v- ...Y ,
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Our Transit H aa' Begun During the transit to Pearl Harbor, Gompers had 28 Naval Sea Cadets on board for a training cruise. The Cadets stood watches on the bridge, in the engineroom, and elsewhere throughout the ship, getting a taste of Naval life. i 1 ,- 4 f 1 .4 I , I
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