Carpenter (DD 825) - Naval Cruise Book

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BANGKOK Bangkok, Thailand, more than any other port we touched, was foreign, per- haps mostly because few Navy ships go there. We manned the rail while sailing up fifteen miles of the Mae Nam Chao Phya River to our anchorage, and we saw expanses of marshy jungle, houses built on pilirigs, and, in their midst, mag- nijicent Wats. The city itself was filled with intriguing contrasts: modern hotels and ancient temples, people in Western clothes with Eastern customs, bustling trafic and booming business, and, only a few miles away, near-primitive exist- ence in the dusty outskirts . . . ,. 'l- 'l . , Z.,--4 ....-...... 1 ,,.... 5 Z'- . 44 It . 3 .,.1,,,, c f 1-no 53- . . if , , X '? xv 4 , ' ' W i l k - -ami fr i , r - f- -' f ,, E ! is Qt l 'f rg 55315 ' ,Q 1 ,..1, A A ' RT , I Q Z .-RQ .E - Er: -17' , i . 4f,f,lm, ?5f,.1.t'.!f 3:1 44's X iiiA,g,,Zgfff5 355553, Qsumaiffi , -'nf ,va es!!! -. 11 ' ' aff- ' ' ,,. ,. w t -9 . g ', QT 4 1: it ,X j:g,i1?,,j..:Q, 'i Q., -W :::A -1 'Z'--I- ' 1 T 5-,-,--- ---le. - 1 'X b' i iL '? ' : 'hf!' ' f u Q Q X -'-'- - ,..,... ..4n.i, X ir ,.., Y - ', L 1 w r Ai i U V -- 13- .. .. Af , , , . . . - , f 1 X x , ,g i ff k ti .V , ,.- - A , k g vljysgtw. --M 1132, -I K .1115 , L ve . . 'A ew W A ' ' K One's first view of the Bangkok atmosphere, on coming up the river, is the multitude and variety of Thailand's water conveyances. -. .4-H .'

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During a Vertrep, or vertical re- plenishment, the transfer of stores is accomplished by helicopter from a stores ship. Here, a helo from U33 M-HFS CAFS-ll approaches fantail of CARPENTER with laden pallet. Although helicopters are used frequently to transfer personnel, the traditional hiline method is far from obsoletep here Qrightl, a passenger is transferred from USS England CDLG-225 to deck of CARPENTER. At left, stores are brought on deck by hiline crew. Q - . ' Q ' 'f-t7 .'Ii'W '- ' 1 -Kg 1 ' . - at - A ,.. Y' .ff sg.5'Jf it X 4- .- ' . 'fl' ' 'ff' .' . A W .fix A J . . -Fgff' , ,' 4 'rii.l17'iI'T7,,L.'?i7g 1 ' TQ .,.,' 3 V A its , ,, my rs fll at r :NI 'q k A, 2, -.g t g ffgigavfglllbyi i C, 3 l , A- U f -'ill i' .l am l 'lrl 2 1 ' '1'le'--WM N 5 so fsi!,lI'r4'a Qi ' ,' i in f , f r ' izllkogiis-el .g,zf if liz-i'Qqy5S'dn'5P'-1355 - . E r' ' ' A J Q5 A 5 l ' 1- 'r r ' , -f I

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Not everyone spent: his! timejsightseeing or relaxing while in1Bangkok.'iDamage to CARPENTER's boat davits requiredfaiihelp ing hand from the Royal ThaiENaval2 Dock- yard and caused several sleepless nights for the ship's force. Here, the boat crew prepares for the first test of the repaired davits. During evening colors in Bangkok, the flag is lowered to a backdrop of palms and fern trees on the shore. Left to right: SN Marshall, RDSN BUSDY, STG3 MacDonald, SN Burner. ff my ,iwwlllil gf l, f i ffli 5 ' ' L-if PAB fn ' Q l ..T1 ?- ,.i. A 'X I -,, . ., 4- 1 .