Carpenter (DD 825) - Naval Cruise Book

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Soon after leaving Yokosuka, we got our first taste of the war. Seen frorn CARPEN TER, the war consisted of little more than chasing aircraft carriers around the lake-srnooth sur- face of the Gulf of Tonkin, but there was more to it than that. It rneant long periods of extended steaming, underway refuelings, General Quarters drills, periods of rough weather, monotony.. strained nerves, and just plain hard work. . . QM3 Allen shoots the sun. l . l Painting aboard a destroyer is, unfortunately, a never- ending job. Here SN Stolen wields the brush and the haze gray. Z r---4

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L 'Nr -gru- 'Nf- ,lhl Al H 'S til PA U V- --- 57 5' ET . . . - I ' 4 -, fi s S ':::: 'Fl :-15 -- :n l I E' -7- I . T s I 1 n Q-95 g ' --s- 1 4 4 ' lr' ll f -E- l YOKOSUKA M September 24 saw as in our first port of call-Yokosnka, japan-the first glirnpse of a foreign land for rnany of ns. Wz'th wild trajj ic careening along the wrong side of the street, writing unreadable by our eyes, and the jish hawks constantly circling overhead, Yokosuka presented sorne bewildering sights to oar Arnericanized eyes, bat held forth a promise, as well, of the yet more exotic and exciting things waiting for as in other parts of the Orient.

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f a, - U Q I 'X U.S.S. Constellation QCVA-649 alongside the oiler Hassayampa CAO-1453 as CARPENTER breaks away to the tune of Hawaiian War Chant. Alongside, this is what it's like: SN Krein climbs the kingpost to hook up the span wire on midships station, while SN Hughes watch- es from below. xxxx-xnxx A++ ,, Q73 5