Duncan (DDR 874) - Naval Cruise Book

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KURE, JAPAN Evc-ycHic will well rc-mcMiilicr our fir=.t vli it Ic Kuro, one til japan ' s wartime antl pre-war ' secret ]mrts. J liis naval tlocL-yarcl was Lullt in 1 )()4, l,y order of Hmperor Meiji, to Letter tlic prosecution of tlie war tlien in progress against Russia. It was liere tliat tlie I ' amato, i nu of Japan ' s super-hattlesliips, was built. Located in Western Tlonsliu, fifteen miles from Hiro- sliima, tlie site of tlic first atomic allacl,; in liistory, tlie town of Kure received mucli unwanted attention from tlie U.S. Air Force, and carrier-liased, aircraft during World War II, and as a result, was completely demolislied. Tlie docl-yard area is still in a sliamlde ; tlie old arsenal a jungle of twisted metal, scattered midget submarine parts, and rusting torpedoes. Japan ' s cpuivalent to Annapolis, tne Inijierial Naxal Ccdlege is located on Eta Jima. Sllglilly to tlie west is Miya Jima, or Slirine Island, an island dedicated to tire Shinto religion, and literally covered with the slirines of tliat lailli. All of tliesc, plus its accessibility to I lirosliima tend to niaL-e Kure one of tlie most iiileresling ports of call during our i ar Eastern cruise of 954.

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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

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mm Kl PROMOTION HALl c«Sfr ° !l° j ? ' 9 serving as the nerve gnter for the development of inrhstries in HiiS Frefecture. it was turned into niins by the iim Atomic Bomb that exploded 970 meters dxji it on ADgost 6, 19 . Of the thousands of buildings that met the same fate, this alone, marking the center of explosion, is now beina preserved to symbolize oor wish that there may be NO MORE HIROSHIMAS! Hiroshima Cultural Association HIROSHIMA Wliilc tins wc,rlJ-lnnun . .Hy wn. vi.itcJ l,y many of tlie DUNCAN pc,-==onnL.|, it wa not Inckulccl on tlie ItiilfiMi-y proper. It is felt, lunvovor, tliat clue to tlie importance to tile lii tory of manL-ind tliat it ' s inclusion is manatory. I.ocatecl s nno uineteeii miles from Kurc, Hirosliima is tlie lar. est city west of KoKe, antl tlie most important educational auJ industrial center in tlie Cliu oLu district. On August 6, 194 5, witli tlie event of tlie atomic attacL-, tlie city tool ' on tlie appearance of wliat was called at tlie time Tlie Atomic Desert. Some 36?, of tlie population of tlie city wore loilled or injured. W ' itli tlie slogan No More llirosliimas liranded on tlieir liearsts, tlie people lie an reliuildind tlieir ruined city, and on tlie 6tli of Au. usi, 1047, lield tlieir first Peace I ' estival. T Hlay, tlie city wliicli underwent tlie most lun ' rilile ludocaust in history liears little resemMance to tile gutted ruin it was 20