Duncan (DDR 874) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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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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-«i-a! KAOSHIUNG, FORMOSA Situated in tlic soutlnvcstcrn nrea of tlie island of Formosa, the city of Kaosliini, sometimes called TAKAO, was tlic site of many extended visits I,y tlie 1)1 ' XCAX. It was liere tliat tlie Chinese dress, witli its split sLirt, tlie narrow liarlnir entrance and cliannel, alon with tlie association witK tlie Chinese Nationalist forces gave the men of the DUNCAN a welcome hreal- from the monotonous routine of the Formosan Fntrol. Few of us will ever lorsjet the apprehensive feelings which accomjianied the knowledge that we were sitting on top of a powder L-eg wdiich was heing carefully oh- served hy the entire world. P St