Duncan (DDR 874) - Naval Cruise Book

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r . SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Apprtiximately rirty miles nortn ot Manila, on tlie western cast or Luzon, lies tne lanulous port or Sunic Bay, and tne aujacent Naval Reservation oi Olonapo. Rivalling Ouantanamo Bay, Cuna, as a tropical Navv Lase, Sunic is swiltly necomin one or tne most important ports on tne Far Eastern Itinerary. inc Naval Station is well planned, and ror a location sucn as it is, remains remarkanly attractive. Tne town or Olongapo, governed ny the Naval Reserva- tion Onicer acting as Mayor, is small, witn a remarKanly congested residential and lousiness district covering notli sides or tne road ror approximately tnree to rive miles. Its main entertainment attraction for tlic DANCAN ' S personnel was tlie ti-weekly Coct Piglits, wliicli offered a new nrand or sport.

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Tlio cily of ' oL-o L.Li, sitiuiloci in ll,e CL-ntral part of Mlurn Peninsula, is tlic largest in populati.ni and size- of Japanese naval liase until tlie end of World War II in 1945, YoLosuL-a lias lieen reln.rn as one of Japan ' s nu.sl important trade and fisliin ports, as well as serving as a Lase of operations lor siijlit-seein tlirousjlunit tlie entire l eninsula area. The well-equipped Enlisted Men ' s Clul,, witli its laxi dancers, SL-oll Room, Top Three Lounge; tlie narrow streets filled with tk- shops in wlucli one can purchase all types of Japanese trade items, tlie pleasant treatment received liy all insure that when Lihcrty Call is sounded, all hands rating liherty will he waiting impatiently to mahe new friends, and renew old acquiutances in the port that is first mi our Par ]:astern Itinerarv.

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■■l BBS H P; H s V, hSHIM H I HONG KONG while thh i.lanJ, wl,l.l, was ccJed tc Great l?rllnln in :184-1 measure? only tlilrly-two square miles in area, it is witliout a douk one of tin- most tlensely populaleJ areas in the world. It has ol ' ten l,een said tlult You can In.t anytl,ini in llon.i Koni, and to the men of the Dl ' XCAX ' this has heen proven conclusively hy our latest visit to the Colony. It is here that the purchase of a fine British tweed suit, ne accomplisncLl witn equal ease. Ma.iy of the DUNCAN who had previcmsly missed the opportunity to see the world-famous Ti V-r Balm Gardens utilized their free time to acpuainl themselves with the ornate statuary of tins puhlic garden, which was erected hy the profits fr.un the popular Chinese ' I ' i er Bahn Tonic, which is the Chinese epulvalenl of I Lulacol. It is needless t, say that all were very well satisfied with the OrXCAX ' S five-day sojurn in tilis, The Pearl of the Orient port which is hy far the most fascinating of all those on the DI ' NCAN ' S Far Eastern Itinerary of J 954.