Daly (DD 519) - Naval Cruise Book

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Her Adventures fcontmuedl After returning to Sasebo, liberty and recreation for all hands were re sumed, and the work of minor repairs and reprovlslonmg the ship went along in a routine manner Then came another assignment for a courier trip to Wakayama During the return trip, Captain Bradley made the announcement over the ship s speaker clrclllt that we would soon be detached from duty in the western Pacific theatre Less than forty eight hours later, the official orders came ln, letting us know that we would be detached and homeward bound with in the week The news spread like flames on a pool of gasoline It was only a few minutes until each man aboard knew There was much back slapping, many broad smlles, and happy faces Not a man aboard was sorry to hear the news Each one began talking of what he would do as soon as he was back Q Q , . I . O . I . 0 o o , . 0 . . Q Q O , I I O I . - n q a C Q o Q a 0 n s o 0 ' ' o O 0 ..-. and, so once more, the morale had gone up to the top, and bubbled over. In the early morning of 17 November, the ships of DesRon 24 proudly and eagerly left Japan over the horizon with their bows pointing homeward. The' first part of the trip-from Sasebo to Midway-was a rough one, with stormy weather most of the way. The squadron stopped in Midway on the 25th, only long enough to refuel. Honolulu, Hawaii was reached on the 28th. There too, the stay was short, giving all hands one liberty, and refueling and reprovi- sioning before leaving on the 30th. -' San Diego was the next stop, and that scheduled for the 6th of December. Then down on to Panama through the canal and up the Atlantic Sea- board to Charleston, S. C. where not many months later the United States Destroyer DALY was taken from active service and enlisted in the decommis- sioned reserve fleet prepared to answer the call to arms in the future should any arise. To every man who had sailed' aboard her, there was a ship .... there was the ship! A fighting destroyer the U. S. S. DALY fDD5l9J. Sixty-five

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