General Mann (TAP 112) - Naval Cruise Book

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Dodgers were playing the Pirates in Pittsburgh. The followers of the horsehide did have the opportunity to watch the World ' s Champion Bronx Bombers oppose the Cleveland Indians and the faltering Chicago White Sox though, and all for free with the exception of the small federal tax. Becoming acclimated to the massive uptown , downtown and crosstown subway systems, we soon settled down and found sights of many interests in the largest city in the world. We all picked up quite a geography lesson and some of the highlights of the visitations were as follows: (Listed in order of popu- larity) (1) ' iankee Stadium and the New York Yankees; (2) Radio City Music Hall and the Rockettes; (3) Empire State Building (all 1,472 feet of it); (4) and the Statue of Liberty. Wc also rapidly learned that the great city is divided up into five large boroughs, Manhattan, the largest; Brooklyn; Bronx; Queens, and Richmond. Each borough has a president with the Mayor of New York City as chief executive. One crew member visited all five boroughs in one evening — he erred a little in his inter- pretation of subway instructions. While at the Brooklyn Army Base wc were treated in an excellent manner by the members of the Mili- tary Sea Transportation Service, Atlantic, organization. The members of the deck department were especially appreciative of the services rendered by MSTSLANT because for the first time in the ship ' s history, with the exception of services received during overhaul periods, the ship ' s exterior was painted by a civilian crew rather than by the Mann ' s deck personnel and of course, that job elimination meant a few extra hours of liberty time for those people to indulge in the activities on the beach. Loaded down with replacements for the various Army and Air Force units stationed in Germany, and dependents, we said goodbye to New York City on the 28th of July and commenced the journey across the North Atlantic, Bremerhaven again being our ultimate destination with a brief stop at Dover, England, to once more pick up the English Pilot who would aid us in maneuvering through the Channel.

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Central Park .,T»», Empire State Building; Coney Island