Canberra (CAG 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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- A 1- Q A '1-G'- --at While CANBERRA anticipates her participation in the Coral Sea celebration in Australia, the Battle of the Coral Sea was being shown here at the Plaza in San Diego. Various boys' organizations and sclzools visit CANBERRA in San Diego. AND A PAUSE IN Q. utlienm Qalligonma Stopping at San Diego to pick up more personnel and additional stores, the ship got a look at Southern California. Here, a person can find almost anything he Wishes: from the rocky beaches to the Rocky Mountains, from smog and rain to earthquakes and deserts. There are also bright sunny days and moonlit nights. In truth, the land Was beautiful and many were thinking of a new home in the West. San Diego is very much like Norfolk in many respects, but should you be I3 inclined toward something f'new'l, there is always the Balboa Zoo, Tijuana, and of course, Disneyland.

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S.. s s I l 5 , 1 Ahh . . . That feels good. CANBERRA showers down under Atomic water wash down system in Gatun Lake, Panama. iy Terriers train skyward as CANBERRA is raised 85 ft. in Gatun Lakes. TH RCU 6 l'l TH E Cpamama Ccma!2 The transit of the Panama Canal was the first of two fascinating trips overland', through artificial seas. A monument to man's skill and persistence, the canal cuts through hot humid country, some dense with undergrowth. First a lift of some twenty live feet by means of the Gatun Locks from the Atlantic to the Gatun Lake . . . Past the Guillard Cut in the continental divide to Mirallores Locks . . . then into Miraflores Lake and on to the Pacic Ocean.

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