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44m fl' M fjf momentary delays and stoppages. In addition to replacement of the star- board screw, the hull was patched up in spots, sandblasted and repainted on the bottom. The radar antennae Were dismantled along with the radio gear and carried to the electronic shops for repair. The dock period gave the engineering gang a good chance to go over the propulsion plant for defects and replacements. At last, at noon on 23 May, We sailed for Panama and home with a sturdier ship under our feet and a liberty-relieved crew at the controls.
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There are few places in the world which so reflect the aura of South Seas enchant- ment and provide an outlet for the American dream as the small group of islands which make up our 50th state. When EDISTO arrived in Pearl Harbor to repair her hull and replace the missing ro P Q peller, the crew took off for Honolulu en masse. i And realized that approximately 5,0CXJ other servicemen had done the same thing. In spite of the overcrowding of military personnel in the area we found Hawaii lived up to most of our expectations and even ful- filled a few of our wildest imaginings. The beaches were indeed white and the hotels lining the million-dollar resort area of Waikiki were as we had pictured them. We expected the accent on casual living but not to the extreme we found. Women shopped in supermarkets and department stores wearing mou-mou's, a kind of glorified negligee and office workers and businessmen of all kinds carried on their duties in aloha shirts and slacks. The Sunday evening Zuau at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel was the most casual buffet and entertainment spectacle we had ever witnessed, though a great deal of fun. Some of us were lucky enough to rent cars and motor scooters for our own personal tours of the island and were treated to rural sights that, except for the tropical produce growing on the farms, were not unlike our own home state. Oahu has no superhighways because there is no place to travel save to the other side of the island. This rem0V6d it from the rapid sphere of modern living and made it all rather pleasant and relaxing. The shopkeepers in downtown Honolulu, however, were by no means lax in their dealings Wlth customers. There were as shrewd as any New ,Englander, though in a much m0l'C talkative way. As the crew romped joyously in the lushness of Hawaiian evenings, back at the Pearl Harbor shipyard and at lastin drydOCk, EDISTO was receiving a thorough going-OYCF at the hands of experts. With Mr. Deming and Mr. Ramsey ramrodding the repair PIO' cess the work went smoothly in spite Of
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