Santa Fe (CL 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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W 'P' En . .A mf After :teaming tontinuously oder 225,000 long, long miles without zz yard overlzauf Q' any kind, LUCKY LJDY needs rompleteftzcelU'tz'ngjob. GIRLS, LIBERTY, LEAVE AND GIRLS Most everyone swallowed the bum dopen before the message was acknowledged to be nothing but an April Fool's joke. The Lucky Lady continued East. At 0807 on IO April-so the anchor pools claimed-the ship's first mooring line went over to the dock at Ter- minal Island. VVith Dinah Shore singing the greetings, and Vox-Pop interviewing seamen, the long-awaited Hrehabilitationn program in L. A. County was launched. But liberties in Long Beach, South Gate, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Hermosa, etc.-like every sailor's bank- roll-had to run out sometime. The ship had been com- pletely overhauled from keel to topmastg and, after a ten day shakedown cruise to San Diego, the remodeled SANTA FE was ready to rejoin the Heet. On 26 July, she weighed anchor and headed for Pearl fully expecting to spend another two years in the forward area. Tap-dancing gif! 1110125 from Hollvwood, fomplete with singing and downing, are zzfuvz-v.v popuffzr with fun-hzmgzlv Jfzillfx frfw. I I I l il . l QI' 'I il I 'l l I I I ll ll. ui' vl' k 1 I'- me I E s as r :gl