Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

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HAWAII 20 APRIL, 1952 . ln fhe middle of a warm day, fhe kind you see painfed on fourisf folders, we arrived in Pearl l-larbor. lmmediafely upon arrival fhe rumors were born and grew and grew and grew . .. We would be in l-lawaii for fwo weeks, for a monfhg no, fhe re- pairs on our engines would be foo much for local hands: we were heading back fo fhe sfafes. P Well, everyone had fhe hof scoop, so insfead of waifing around fo find ouf how wrong everyone was, we sef ouf fo ex- plore fhe Paradise of fhe Pacific. , W There were plenfyof us, and from fhaf firsf nighf when we hif fhe beach, l-lonolulu knew we were fhere. From Soufh l-lofel Sfreef fo Diamond l-lead. Spliffing fhe local cab fares-fhey needed spliffing+or riding fhe badly named l-lawaiian Rapid Transif, we all managed fo sfraggle info fown. - There was more fhan enough fo see, especially along fhe Waikiki Sfrip, where fhe nighfclubs sfood shoulder fo shoulder, beckoning us fo fry wild concocfions of rum, like Planfer's Punch, Shark's Toofh cockfails, and Navy Grogs. We gof off,-fhe bus far along Kaulakaua Boulevard and began walking. There was fhe Seven Seas and Lau Yee Chai's, smoky and dark where a loud floorshow was in progress, and fhe Tropics and Don fhe Beachcombers, if you had fhe money, and maybe, iusf maybe, a liffle while af fhe Royal l-lawaiian l-lofel. Purfher down fhe beach lay fhe Moana l-lofel, where some of us on fhaf firsf affer- noon heard fhe radio broadcasf l-lawaii Calls. We saf fhere wifh a perfecf view of Waikiki, one of fhe world's famous beaches. Af firsf, I guess mosf of us seffled down af Waikiki, dawn fo swimming and geffing fans, buf affer a fime we discov- ered fhere was more fo fhe island fhan fhe beach. WJ'