St Louis (LKA 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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OLO I PO longapo still ranks as one of the sailor's favorite places tor liberty. lt is, after all, STLOUIS' sec- ond home the ship uses it as a launching point tor at least one amphibious exercise and amphibious retre- sher training. and receives a good portion of its repairs from SRF Subic Bay. Given the number of times vve've been there, sailors can diagram the streets of Olongapo, each of its taverns and discos, the pizza shops and street vendors. Two other neighboring cities vie for the attention of sailors and their liberty amusement time. Sailors will never forget Fillmore East, Sargeant Peppers. Miami, Playboy, East Coast, Oak Barrel, D' Bird, Genesis, Airport, and Mom's. There are too many others to name. Photos Cclockwise from right D: 1. The Mardi Gras festival parades tavern personnel. 2. An Olongapo street is named after the freedom-fighter Rizal. 3. No one can guess the meaning of the statue at the Magsaysay and Rizal streetcorner. 4. Subic Bay is a banca haven. f A M Qt!

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PLACES 1-4 JANUARY 6-8 JANUARY 11-14 JANUARY 20-30 JANUARY 4-9 FEBRUARY 11-12 FEBRUARY 14 FEBRUARY-7 MARCH 10-11 MARCH 14 MARCH-1 APRIL 3-4 APRIL 6-17 APRIL 19-20 APRIL 24-25 APRIL 29 APRIL-10 MAY 11-13 MAY 13-23 MAY 27MAY-3 JUNE 7-8 JUNE 11-18 JUNE 21 JUNE-1 SEPTEMBER 17 AUGUST 4-17 SEPTEMBER 20-29 SEPTEMBER 3-4 OCTOBER 7-8 OCTOBER 9-10 OCTOBER 14-16 OCTOBER 20-21 OCTOBER 23 OCTOBER 28-29 OCTOBER 2 NOVEMBER 4-9 NOVEMBER . 9-10 NOVEMBER 13NOVEMBER 16 NOVEMBER-4 DECEMBER 5-8 DECEMBER 10 12 DECEMBER 15 16 DECEMBER 19 31 DECEMBER Sasebo, Japan Okinawa Subic Bay, Philippines Subic Bay, Philippines Hong Kong Naha, Okinawa Sasebo, Japan Buckner Bay, Okinawa TEAM SPIRT-85 Buckner Bay, Okinawa Sasebo, Japan Pohang, Korea Naha, Okinawa BALIKATAN-85 Subic Bay, Philippines PHIBREFTRA Phattaya Beach, Thailand Subic Bay, Philippines Yokosuka, Japan Sasebo, Japan Change of Command Yokosuka, Japan Sasebo, Japan Buckner Bay, Okinawa Pusan, Korea Naha, Okinawa Pusan, Korea Yokohama, Japan Sendai, Japan Buckner Bay, Okinawa Subic Bay, Philippines Cebu, Philippines Subic Bay, Philippines Buckner Bay, Okinawa Sasebo, Japan Pusan Korea Naha Okinawa Yokohama Japan Sasebo Japan :ai ig! 3 -ne' 7'3iI :I ,-5 , -A mf' f 3,-rf 53? 'ai SQQGFS 54 S3195 P99995 ic 42 Pitta Q .ua - 1 f-E A.- A- Gngfi v - Rgza. E :ne Hag: Banca 'a I! TJ.

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CEB t was a typical ST.LOUlS working-ship routine in October and November 1985. Sasebo to Okinawa. Onload in Okinawa. Offload in Pusan. Onload in Okinawa. Offload in Pusan. Offload in Okinawa. Onload in Yokohama. Offload in Sendai, Okinawa, Subic. And then finally Cebu. A liberty port we truly deserved. ST.LOUlS was greeted by a 300 - plus crowd of their four-day hosts the onlookers and shell-selling fortune hunters we' ve come to expect of the islands. We remember one of our longer sea and anchor details. Four days seemed short there, but the memories are distinct. Sailors treated themselves to lethargic days on the beaches of Nlactan Island, and found diving and snorkling everything Off-Duty magazine said it was. Others took well-planned tours, discovering that Magellan was a lucky man indeed to find such a lavish holiday island, unlucky of course that Chieftain Lapu-Lapu was committed to protecting his interests from the Spaniard. Sports-minded sailors played soccer and softball and basketball with their host nationals the lean Filipino males seemed never to run out of breath. There was also a ship's picnic, a first class party, an officers bachelor party bash. Cebu's seafood was the best we've eaten. Specifically, sailors recall St.Gotthard's, the Lighthouse, Tam- bouli Beach, the Casino, IVlagellan's cross, San Moritz restaurant, Eddy's Log Cabin, Beverly Hills.