Hank (DD 702) - Naval Cruise Book

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MESSIN ICILY Messina, Sicily, is a rare blend of the new and the old of Europe. The waterfront is lined with mode rn structures and broad avenues, but just across the way stand old, but elegantly traditional buildings , among them a clock tower with dozens of animated figures springing into action each hour. Life travels a leisurely pace in,Messina, where open fish markets are just a stone's throw from an escalator-equipped department store. Tl-I AY BAC After Messina, we spent a final Week of operations with the Sixth Fleet, then our destination was Norfolk. There was a final stop at Gibraltar to take on as much fuel as the Hank could hold in hopes of a non-stop trip across the Atlantic but rough weather spoiled the plans and the squadron pulled into Bermuda to fuel for the last leg of the long trip home. '

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4 f JWMMM f 7f ffffffff XZWQQZ ,f +o wwfmwwwm rrtrt ff pax! VXZTIZZZQ IZMIR TUB At Izmir, Turkey, the tender Arcadia was awelcome sight. Besides Med- iterranean liberty once again and boar hunting expeditions, the Hank's officers gain- ed softball revenge for the threshing handed them by the Chiefs and First Class at Livorno. However, two of the loser's mainstays were still in casts and crutches nursing injuries from the original game. 14 .I or Q ODES It wasn't Venice Q change 7 my Op-Order had seen to thatj but all things considered, Rhodes WaS 2 pleasant place to pass a few days. Remember the view from the old Roman Temple at Lindos ? And the Kit-Kat and Babie's Club? But we never did see the Colossus... Wff ffffff 5

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I-IAPP fi yi HE NR if J 062, ff fl 'K u 09' :t,S.ll - v' ' ffl ., ICA' x ', I ,yf V, . ll' X 1 .'l I .J 55 9 '? . c , a lx ia of 1 xv, X In v,xSV fix' S' - .HL 1 'f I K in H lx J: 4 V va ' 0- I 90' A taut ship is a happy ship , so the old saying .is misquoted, and the Happy Henry, at times, is downright hysterical. For instance, here arethe Original Happiness Boys in aformal portrait. Don't let the guitar in Al Elvis Hayes' arms mislead you, this is not -a musical group. What are the things it takes to keep a ship both taut and happy? A lot of things. Most of them are so small, or taken so much for granted, they pass unnoticed. But here are some of the reasons the Happy Henry stays happy ..........