Gunston Hall (LSD 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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ENROUTE TO PEARL HARBOR THE SHIP ' S SODA FOUNTAIN WAS OPENED WITH A CEREMONY APPROPRIATE TO THEOCCASION . CHAPLAIN BERGESON, THE EXEC AND THE CAPTAIN TOOK PART. THE PRODUCTS OF THE SODA FOUNTAIN WERE TRIED BY NOLAN KENNEDY, JACK EALY, AND VERNON STAIR AND FOUND TO BE MORE THAN SATISFACTORY.

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THE SECOND QUARTER EMPLOYMENT SCHEDULE GAVE THE GUNSTON HALL ANOTHER GOOD LIST OF PORTS OF CALL. WHEN THE MARINE AFLOAT BATTALION NEEDED TO BE ROTATED GUNSTON HALL performed the task LOGGING IN THE MILES BETWEEN SUBIC BAY AND OKINAWA. HONGKONG WAS HOST TO THE SHIP ' S COMPANY 19 TO 23 OCTOBER AND THERE A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. THERE FOLLOWED STOPS AT NUMAZU AND YOKOSUKA, KEELUNG IN FORMOSA, AND THEN UPKEEP AT YOKOSUKA BEFORE DEPAR- TING FOR THE UNITED STATES ON THE 5TH OF DECEMBER. HOWEVER, FATE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL DELAYS IN STORE FOR GUNSTON HALL. FIRST THE BOILERS AND THEN THE ENGINES SUFFER ED CASUALTI ES AND YOKOSUKA SAW A GOOD BIT MORE OF THE CREW. GUNSTON HALL CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS AT BERTH 7, FLEET ACTI- VITIES, YOKOSUKA, AND DID NOT RETURN TO SAN DIEGO UNTIL EARLY IN 1961. I- tdltmmp ' v -Scr j • • -i : 3 ■ 1

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PEARL HARBOR PEARL HARBOR WAS BASICALLY A REFUELING STOP AND MOST OF THE CREW AVAILED THEMSELVES OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT. FRANCISCO CAMACHO , AN UN- IDENTIFIED FRIEND, AND JIM RYAN VISITED THE ENLISTED MEN ' S CLUB. THE TOUR OF THE ISLAND OF OAHU TAKEN BY MANY OF THE SHIP ' S COMPANY PROVED TO BE SO SUC- CESSFUL THAT EVERYONE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME THAT THEY DIDN ' T TAKE ANY PICTURES. THUS THE BEAUTIES OF HAWAII HAVE TO GO UNRECORDED IN THIS VOLUME.