Current (ARS 22) - Naval Cruise Book

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Nivjga, I I V' IV V, I N N W :M I r Ni J' ' ONE DRUNK I MAY! . T 'i I E... , I I E 5, I. I OUR LAST PORT OF CALIL. IN WESTPAC, YOKOSUKA BRIGHT- ENED THE MANY SAD HEARTS AMONG THE CREW. OF COURSE THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE GI.AD IT WAS COMING TO AN END. YOKOSUKA OFFERED MUCH TO THE CREW IN SIGHT- I SEEING, RELAXATION OR JUST HAVING A BEER. ITS NEIGH- BORING CITIES OF YOKOHAMA AND TOKYO WERE SPOTS WHERE MOST OF THE CREW COUI..D BE FOUND, SEEING MORE OF .IAPANIS CUI..TURE, HERITAGE AND PEOPI..E. BEING OUR LAST PORT IN WESTPAC THE CREW DECIDED TO HAVE THEIR ANNUAL SHIPFS PARTY BEFORE RETURNING I I I 1 I I III, ,I , ml - '. 7 f-xx! , Q , I - ' 4 I I I 0 OSU YA I IIT, ,I ,Y I I

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1' '55 GETTING UNDERWAY FOR KOBE WAS HAPPILY ANTICIPATED AS IT WAS OUR FIRST R 8c R PORT IN JAPAN. WE MADE OUR WAY CAREFULLY THROUGH THE INLAND SEA WHICH OFFERED ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS OF OUR WHOLE CRUISE. CALM WEATHER AND GLASSY WATERS LED US ALL THE WAY TO THE LARGEST MERCHANT SEA- PORT IN JAPAN. FROM KOBE TOWER TO THE NEW BELL WE EXPLORED THE CITY AND ITS ALLEYS. WE DEPARTED KOBE AFTER THREE DAYS OF PARTYING, SIGHTSEEING AND REST. OUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT, TOWING AN LST FROM SASEBO, JAPAN TO PUSAN, KOREA. THEN EAST TO YOKOSUKA, JAPAN.

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