Gary (FFG 51) - Naval Cruise Book

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Gar ' screw found numerous sources of rest anil recreation ' Sports in- cluded basketball, softball, soccer, cycling, weights in Gary ' s Gym . DC Olympics, swimming. hoisehack riding, surfing, scuba di ing,andeven cliff diving. Games included cards, chess, dominos, ideo games, Hit the Nail (Thailand), darts, pool, and of course, messdeck bingo. • - -. P ■r r

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Jloba d,, ladmama if a Mecca mav he based on seeing beautiful women everywhere you go, Fremantle more than qualified for such a distinction. Ii seemed that Perth had e er thing Freemantle had bul was jusl a lot more spread out. Perth was w here the true cruising took place. It had everything a sailor could want: good shopping and warm weather during the day; night clubs, pubs, and fun crouds of people gathered together throughout the town at night. I hose unfortunate enough to have first-da) dutv in Hobart, Tasmania; our next down under port of call, relied on the lust wave of liberty-hounds to be spies, sent to scrounge the area tor the best pubs and restaurants Ha mg heard equal amounts positive and negative about the town, main sailors waited in nervous expectation When .1 couple guvs came back with some homes a tew hours later, it seemed that dutv dav would last forevci Although it took a couple dav s to find the cool places 10 hang out. most of us found the scene we were looking for. Salamanca nt t ci ed an alternative to the mainstream niceties of the local dow ntow n area, and The Casino enriched the pockets ot man) oi our sailors. After we left Australia, the same people that had found themselves wishing the ship would go hack east alter we let t the Gulf, now found themselves looking longing!) toward the south. The entire crew had found a plethora of mil 01 gettahle memories It was the perfect treat after months of sweating in the Persian Gull Ready Im. Jloltant LJ - -v. I ... .1,11:3: ' » - ' — — iiii»i»«i i i : IIP