Current (ARS 22) - Naval Cruise Book

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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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I SUBIC BAY, P. I. IS A VAST COMPLEX VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR EFFORT IN VIET NAM. HERE OUR SEVENTH FLEET COMES FOR REPAIRS, SUPPLIES, AND A LITTLE RELAXATION. THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ARE ABUNDANT AND MOST ANY SPORT CAN' BE ENJOYED WITH A LITTLE LOOKING INTO. THE WARM, LUSH TROPICAL WEATHER MAKES SPORTS MINDED PERSONNEL THRIVE AS THEY CAN ENJOY A MULTITUDE OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A LITTLE CULTURE, A SHORT TRIP ACROSS THE CANAL BRINGS YOU INTO THE TOWN OF OLONGAPO ZAMBALES U , ,P.l. THROUGHOUT TOWN YOU CAN FIND MANY WCULTURAL CENTERSII WHERE ONE CAN OBSERVE THE HABITS, DANCES, ETC. HERE THE NATIVES ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND GO TO MANY EXTREMES TO MAKE YOU FEEL AT HOME. FOR THE SHOPPING ENTHUSIAST, ONE CAN WANDER THROUGH THE STORES AND SHOPS CHOOSING FROM MANY ARTICLES. PHILIPPINE MAHOGANY CARVED IN COUNTLESS DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES, VELVET PAINTINGS WITH RAINBOWS OF COLOR PLUS MANY OTHER SOUVENIR ITEMS FOR THE THRIFTY SHOPPER. 'K xr fin? X9 C RVIN S 1' W O D 2, 8 A 'I For S616 . ! ' vel A x J ' I I url 4 ,, I I f W

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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