Wedderburn (DD 684) - Naval Cruise Book

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Q as -TED WE'RE UN OUR WAY! 1 -i. 2 With San Diego behind us, daily routine at sea came easy. The crew used their off hours for writing letters and watching the nightly movies or just shooting the breezej We went into Pearl ilarhour for two days, to see Diamond Head and visit Wxiikilci, to walk down Hotel Street and listen to Martin Denny at the Beachcomber. We stopped at Midwaylsland, famous for its Gooney Birds, for rt-fueling. The next port was Guam 12 days fur- ther and across the International Dateline. L , U.,

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iii.,- ,if ,, We left San Diego that morning, five long months ago. The ships were crowded 'stem to stern' but everyone manage the parting kiss and last low Good- dto finda nook, a corner, for bye, Dear before the visitors and guests were requested to leave. They filed offthe ships into the crowd on the pier,to watch us go, and wave one last time. One by one, the destroyers heaved in their mooring lines, backed into the channel, then turned and steamed slowly down the harbor and out to sea. All the familiar sights of San Diego drifted by until finally Point Loma and Coronado were all that were left. Even they fell below the horizon. And the firstleg of the cruise began. . . .1 K, Q -3 wl- ,' tif , Y W? vii -'iff' 43 m . - 'W' 'K -1157. 4 . . vb - q .,,, f ' '

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