Greenwich Bay (AVP 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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Colombo, Ceylon Hoon1i11t:out Z1 Bl-gun szilutm- wt- 1-ntl-iw-ti C'oloinlJo, Ct-yloi1 . . . 'l'ht- lJL'Hl'l ot tht' hinlian f7t'l'11ll . . . nearly halt way lll'OllllCl tho worlrl Irwin our homo port, Thi- highiight of this visit Koi' scum' was thv Tkmilt- toui' to Kniuly, thc 11111110 ol tht- .Mic-in-iit Sinhfile-so kings, and tht- last oi thu ht-ziutitul niountain strongholds to tall into tht' hands ot' 1111 invading l'fl1't'l,SI,'ilL'l'. The 'l'1.-mph: ot thu Tooth at Iizuuly, thu quaint L-ustoms of thvpt-oplc, :incl thclu5ting lmprn-SSion of thc- lu5hii'o- pical luxury nmclc this visit p1'ofit:ilJlo indvvd. Many of us contcntuclou1'5Clvvs with thu city ot' Colombo it- SL-ll, an :1tt1'z1ctivu tourist stop, The City Zoo fonv of thu bc-st in tht- worlcly, thu souvenir ohjocts ot' ivory, thc Buddhist tvmplcs and thc small pound samples of pun: Cc-ylont-so ton wart- just zi tuw ot' thc things that :1tt1'actcAcl us. Some of tho mon wont in big for dia- monds and thu- star sapphires for which Ceylon is fa- INOLIS . it ,g. N' V .i ' f'-gf f . . ', 'm . f , - . t K . l I ,L',h . .1 Q . -R K .ntl tl , h 'ff -f - . ,y,i.,- . '1 1 A .Q 5' 3 1 We do white walls too, . i' ' A 1 Q. W ., .. ld, ' W Q Q fu- fbcgpu I . .', fi il , I F- xgfli V1 f ,' 1 1 f, ' 'u T K 'Www '77 lv ' ' - , ' ' -i X f , , ' .5 It Mi 1 v A' D .A 3 , x 'ff' S, X, .,,, . ,,..,- 'rw-ftff A 1 4 1.1. ,,-, - - V I 41 When we beat the Colombo All-Stars, ef' ' 1-3ar5?5..' .V On the road to Kandy, .., J'-1-. 4. 'I 2'1 r HL Look out. Jenkins, he's got a knife! ' .a',..q . ' 'iff 7 v- lv ' .,,. 1-. -' ' ' I, fl: 5 Z .fu If 1 !'7'::....,?.:.'1 ' ' 351 4 --Q... - U. .tn .54-1 vi u.-.5,,,,,. ..., ,VJ ,,..,...--'A Q ...-V, A - 'T ,o- ,..-.. -..,,s,,.,,,.,,-q Q.-pan-'G' ,-, 1' '15 '!, .. -' ,,s,+,-vw ,...,..v ,.., ,.f, 1' 1 l n 1 I Q mu- - -- - . .-1.--- - ' ...-j .:!5.f,,: d F t I A F ,V .f.f,g.m'. ?.f.f.:J':l9,:'4A:A.1.1.N, , . .xi . 1 . A.. . - - ' , 'V I .I. I Temple of the Tooth, Kar1dY, Ceylon' Q i

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Cochin, India Journcying back up the coast of In- dia, we visited the unique port of Cochin, India. . . The Venice of the East. Cochin, withits harbor of many inland waterways, is the primary train- ing center for the Indian Navy. It was here on October 27 that we fully dressed ship in celebration of Navy Day 1958 and entertained more than 1500 guests a- board the ship. Never did the People to People Program function m ore smoothly or more successfully and it seemed the utter culmination of our am- bassadorial efforts. After visiting the Portuguese church were Vasco Da Gania was first buried and the other sights of this picturesque locality, we sailed past the primitive bamboo prong- cd fishing nets at the mouth of the har- bor and finally set our course westward toward home. 1 , 9 ,fl , x U, ,. ,il ly r ' 019- i fy l f' - f il: ' I X A U5 I l . ' . by f X I ' X S Q E -, - l f ': 7- ? -v-f-3-f 1 .- 7 1' fine' 'I Navy Dayq, 19?-f-3, :J lr F 9' GI lb' 1 i .lla sf, Q- - i - 1. il ,o rm K The tourists of Cochin l ' j A , A 4 i ' i mfuilvffmfm ' ,M my nu . ' f-' I lv f Q 1 ,m111'l0 ' L l :Q , L 1 ' . - . ll .5 A E W A f . YZ! ' I 'Q ...., -l 1- l :t'..'.,:E 'E-'k',L.:gyl: I' A l W 1 s ' ,-' ii' 5 . 1 Let 10 Of mv sword, rm falling! H 'iv '71 f7U,'O 6J Uxnd then agam H