Colahan (DD 658) - Naval Cruise Book

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l The Exec at the Conn- with an assist from the OIe Man . lf you have ever thrown a pebble in a pond and noticed how the ripples ran across the surface of the water, you have seen on a small scale how a storm affects the sea. So even though the sun was out warm and bright, we were lazily pitching and rolling thru a choppy, generously white capped sea when combat reported geography on the radar. Strangely, Japan is almost exactly as your mind had pictured it. The terraced mainland, as we steamed up the channel, looking from the dis- tance like a heap of dark green corduroy, the an- cient looking tugs and small craft with their en- gines gasping for air, leaving a trail of sooty black smoke rings in the air behind them as they vibrated downstream. The continually bobbing fishing boats with their single paddle astern being skulled on their way-the oarsman, as he skulls, reminding you an awful lot of the little man who, jerkily and furiously, cranks water out of a wooden well every time a gust of wind spins the propeller to which he he is attached. X Iz-:25:2.2pr12.r1:zz.-1-1:zz-:5:zzxg1.55,15,3:,::,:15:x:11:ZVg:1,:,1::.::::.::::l:::4:,:1 :az :::,..:+1.:.:v:-1 :r.-rr:-1-1-:-:-1iz-pw:2.2zrs:If5:If.2.2.2.2:iz2.212:21212:22:2:1Js:ag.15555:rs:2:ra-:1:25:1-1:2:141:51:25.212.2'r-:-:1:-s:iz-s:-:-:-:sV:-522ar:-.51:1:za.If:izr:-5:212311531122.1.1.2r.1.r:r.r:f:rg:r:r:1z 'Www' g:g.g:..g1g::5.,lg-5151553551515gag.gf515.5.lf2Vg2:.5:5ig:,Ig-5asgig.3gig:ggsggagsizggE5va,sgasga5as.s:aareas:asgs:s:z:s:s:z:z:z:s's-:Z.:f:aa:.:Qsz.:cz:1:5:se:se:sea1me:sfi:sera:s:1-ramaxessaisaf:2:I:seas:-:wlw'12at:Q5:1as-..za:a:fss.:s:fs:sz:a:.:vas ,,.,,,,,., ,Q ., ,,..,.,,: , :.,,,.,,,,,.,,,.,, ,,, , ,z 1 ,.1.,.5,.,.,.,.,,,,,.,,, Z,,,I.,.,,,,,,,,,.i.,1,1,1gm,az,1.15:2.if.4,2..5,1..sz....V,...ei..Q..u..efM.1.q.,,-.K -1.-.M1..,J,.2.,.,pa:fm24-2,-weem-4Q-:MM-:V:-14:-1-my ,z ,:,::5,515555:1:,:5:gg5.5.55gg.3311153515.5:gg155:5.3.5::.3,5:25351:151513:5255:515255:515qs:5:5:1:5:515:5:53:31545:,.g1:.5:gfgggg5-55:,g5V555555,qzrggfgggrggggszgggpggi j,,.,5:M.-,-,- : H - f i 1 f f ' f f ' f f 1 'f f 2 ' f 1 14 1 f 1 1 ' -'rs v:-:-:,g:,:5-:,:m:-mr:r:r:-:-:11:2:1:g:5:gq:5:5:5:5:5:r:1:1Q ,.5:5::5:5:::5qgg -1::-V5::::5:11::::::-5-1::1:1:,:,:::,:,f,:,:5:.-A,.::,:,::1::,:,1,:1-a,gq-'--'-'1 -' --,- 33, '-j:2: :E2'1.,,:-. -4-:van r-1s:':-r::f-:'1rf-:f::::.y::::,-N .,:-:-:,:-'-: I. .-.: : .- . --:--:-1,::.::,.,...,.- -'ff22.1 '.2v':r:r:-:1:2:s-cf:-:-zz:-:vrlf-ww--3g:,:1 - 1 I 1 Ig51:,,,.,35::vu-,,,.,,,.v.Hz, 15 -g. 4 ,.1,.:,g:,:, -. f,.1,.f:::::::::r1:.:.:::.:z:y:.,..:.,..:, :+:,-,- . - ' - '-'-mv-:1-:+:-:-:-:-:':-:+f:- ' ....... .. - f 4,1 2?2,y52:gi55ga5a5.gag:gg.545.,: 55553555gag55ageggsgs:s:9s:e:::.:::.:::-:::.:.:::s:s:2:5sEsisiziai555255555.55gf:2g55s52g5zsz25:g5g9gsg.:asgsgfg25555525sgzsgzgagsgegagsgsgagsgs:agegs:age:z5ass:s:s:e:e:.:3:.:s:sz:5a:s:::s:s:e:5:a:s:s:s:.. ,,-.,g,g:1:5g-,:,g,:..-, ,Mg:3',s:g5ss:-12-:::r:::v:rss:2:2:fszzrirr2:rf:1:2s2:1:f:f:2:2:f:2:r:r:r:2:f:1:1:r:rzz:2:rg:5::.2:2E1E:E:E:E:3:5:E:Ei1ErE1ErE:E:5:5:f:::2:5:5:5:5:5:j:5:5:1:515:3:5:5::::1g:5:5-23:55:51r::::.r:rs:11r1r.1:f'r:1:':2.1:2:r'1:2:r:r:r:::rE1::5:E:Er5:2rE:E:E1E:E:5-5:35:::E:5:5:5:5:5:5:r.::r:5a - 14.:--1325:rs:sfz:z:z:e:s:asas:ss:ass:as:s:if:sms2:s:z:5:s:s:3:zfz:z:e:s:s:a:z:s:.:s-2:5:ezazzee:s1a.::a:s::.2:s:zz:::.:.:::.a.:.::g.,::.:.:.::1.Q:a-11:I:11-Q:2:1:1:2-1Q:.12rf:e.5:saas:es-9:sas:a:az.:as1::fa'sf2:s:e:-mez:z:a:zs:e:z:z:a:1:1:s:s:z:s:f.s:a:s.a:i 233952555sgsgagsgsqsgzgsgagsgsgsgsga:agesagseas:a:s:s1z:3f:a:2:.fs:sara1as:.a:zz112.521:2252:5::ses:11:22121211515asSa25:5i.24525,rifzrgigiezage5252:21252-2:212512:bas13:5as1,12rf:hers'-1:-2:11,-':--':21:-Vz5:'E72112:22452zisiffs:'212.Sri:Sai2:S525:11sS:2z2fzi.252s252525isiaiizEsZs2sa2122f1252' 2311.225egggsgegssgasiaagsiazz.ia2-ai-:iiiZ2:25523:s525.is555535553552595Iizissgsgztisgs5.22255531215525555232.1555515255z:12:5:Ea5f15:sEs21'Slisifai-Iz.21212s325:114:22.2-Q51132:1515112'5522255-52QISIQ-5'5-953122'iz2-:,:sf:4zisgsiaa:12':e:s2e'e's2s2sg..'Ifi25252122:12-fee11..l..'22sE'212:2'I.'1i12i .,.,.-.,. 1 ., .,.,.,.,........,.., ,, v.,.,....... , ., ,.,.. ,J .,,,,,.,.... I U, ...,, z ..,.4.,,,. -. ...,,. , ..,,,, , ,,.. ...... 1 ,,.., .,.. , .3 ,,,,... .,..,.,,....., , .,..,, ,..:,,,- ,... .,,..,:1 .,.,, 1 .-,,,,-5.-,.,...,,,.:. ,J A sailor's eye view of the Yokosukai sea plane base. After steaming inland for about an hour we passed the old Japa- nese forts and the breakwater, went on into the inner harbor and moored. That night, part of the crew pulled their first liberty in Yokosuka, Japan. Coming into the nest from the back way. Page Twenty-six

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A liberty boat view of the nest. A sailor ashore in a strange port by simply following the white hats in front of him soon finds where the gang hangs out. Using this tech- nique, we easily found the E. M. lEnlisted Men'sD Club and the shop- ping district of Yokosuka. After that it didn't take us long to learn a lot of other things such asp haggle for everything you buy except food and drink in a restaurant-Japanese beer is good and it comes in quart bottles -you'll freeze to death if you have to depend on a habachi pot to keep you warm. ln fact, some of the fellas even learned a little Japanese so that before the end of our four day stay we knew just where to go in Yoko- suka for whatever we wanted to get. As a result, after four days, every- one was broke and every nook and cranny of the ship was loaded with souvenirs. So maybe it's just as well that we left to join task,force 77. The Em Club. Noonan and Miller have a cool one. Page Twenty-seven