Current (ARS 22) - Naval Cruise Book

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BEFORE OUR R 8: R TRIP TO HONG KONG, A QUICK VISIT TO KAOHSIUNG WAS NEXT ON TAP. PULLING INTO THE HARBOR ONE COULD SEE THAT THE COUNTRY WAS WELL.. PROTECTED FROM THE COMMUNIST MAINLAND. TAIWAN IS MAINLY A SEAGOING COUNTRY. ITS ECONOMY DEPENDS UPON THE SEA FOR ITS LIFE AND CONSEQUENT- LY SHIPS AND BOATS OF MANY SIZES AND SHAPES COULD BE FOUND EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED. TO THE SHIP'S COMPANY. MANY FRIENDS WERE MADE DURING OUR SHORT STAY AND MANY MORE WHEN WE RETURNED ITS PEOPLE WERE EXCEEDINGLY FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL M .-J 7v1cPnvxv K1L,5: 'uT '9 7'X -A

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C--1 -J I I 'o mes 1E IDEE IN INGS 'ERS iRE aivff O x 6 Q 4 1 'I Q3 OUR ARRIVAL AT DA NANG MARKED THE FIRST TIME AN APL. WAS USED FOR THE VIET NAM EFFORT. WE WERE GREETED BY OFFICERS AND MEN FROM THE ACTIVITY THERE TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IISHERATON DA NANGVI, AS SHE WAS DUBBED. INSIDE THE CONGESTED HARBOR MANY MERCHANT AND NAVAL VESSELS LIE AT ANCHOR OFFLOADING THEIR PREC- IOUS CARGO. SECURITY OF THE SHIPS IS PARAMOUNT AND ARMED GUARDS COULD BE SEEN PATROLLING EACH SHIP, WHILE AT NIGHT BOATS STEAM AROUND THE PER- IMETER TO PROTECT THE SHIPS FROM SMALL CRAFT AND SWIMMERS. ' A LONG WAIT ENSUED BEFORE A TUG WAS FREE TO TAISE OVER OUR CHARGE. AS SOON AS OUR TOWS WERE PASSED 'V X U 00 to 5.-.- 1 g ocurt :zo J. Q ON WE MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND HEADED OUT TO SEA WHERE A SHIP CAN OPERATE . r I 7 . I f 'fi--1 1: . f

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N , .c.c.:. 1 'SUIT L . ii 7' wwf' L 1 14 pu 1l1 I 51. ll F554 M 1 If y. K Y 1-17 I ,Q , 813: Wi 413 's Eg.. s If 9, ' ++1 L MQ Al U11 P' THE MAGIC NAME OF HONG KONG BRINGS THOUGHTS OF A FABULOUS CITY SITUAT ED NEXT TO COMMUNIST CHINA, HONG KONG IS A BRITISH TERRITORY AND A FREE PORT ITS LARGE HARBOR ACCOMODATES THE LARG EST SHIPS WITH EASE ONE CAN SEE THE FLAGS OF ALL COUNTRIES REPRESENTED HER CURRENT MOORED AT HMS TAMAR ON THE EAS ARM AND MADE LIBERTY MUCH MORE CONVEN IENT THAN THE SHIPS AT BUOYS FROM THE SHIP YOU CAN SEE THE SPLENDOR OF HONG KONG THE H K HILTON AND THE MANDARIN HOTELS AND THE ABSOLUTE POVER TY OF THE WANCHI DISTRICT, LIVE SIDE BY SIDE REFUGEES ARE CONSTANTLY POURING INTO THE CITY AND IT WOULD SEEM TO THE NEWCOMER THAT THE ISLAND WOULD SINK WITH ITS OVER POPULATION THE NAVY PURCHASING BRANCH HEADS THE LIST OF PLACES TO BUY GOODS HERE ONE CAN SEE PRODUCTS OF EVERY NATURE FROM SILKS TO JADE, JEWELRY TO CAMERAS, CLOTHES TO WATCHES AND ON AND ON BECAUSE OF ITS WIDE BACKGROUND IN CUL TURES AND RELIGION YOU CAN FIND MOST EVERYTHING REPRESENTED SOMEWHERE IN THE GLAMOUR OF HONG KONG ' Qi,g X s, gt I ' , 37' I 1 I. ?4 . 1 -f A I I li YH Y ' : -,1--1 1 1 o '- , 1 1 1 I, I1 5- 1 ' , 11 , . . I , 'ix v I p' U I I ' A v-- -1 '1 I' 1. Thu- -W! - . , I I I 1 I 1 1 - , 1 1 1 ' , I 1 1 1 1