Henrico (APA 45) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE PHILIPPINES Republic of the Philippines is an independent republic embracing a.group of more than 7,000 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, situated about 700 miles east of the lndochinese peninsula. The Republic came into existence on 4.July 1946, after an agreement with the United States, requiring a ten-year transitional period as the Philippine Commonwealth, had been fulfilled. The 7,000 islands are bounded on the east and northeast by the Philippine Sea, on the west and northwest by the South China Sea, and on the south by the Celebes Sea. Only about. 2,440 of the islands have names, and only 462 have an area of one square mile or more. These islands are the higher portions of a partly submerged mountain chain and are as a result largely mountainous throughout. The mountains are part of a girdle of active volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean. Volcanic eruptions and associated earthquakes occur frequently, often with great losses of life and property. The most impressive and awesome of some twenty intermittently active volcanoes is Mount Mayon in southeastern Luzon, the largest of the islands. Mount Mayon is 7,943 feet high, is one of the world's most perfectly shaped cones, and is one of the most active volcanoes of the Republic. The Philippine Republic is one of the fastest growing nations in the world. By 1960 there was an average density in population throughout the islands of about 238 persons per square mile. A better key to the crowded conditions in the rural areas of the Republic is gained if the population densities are related to the area of cultivated land, and on this basis there are more than 2,000 people per square mile in some provinces. Overpopulation is, however, a problem of local maldistribution, and attempts are being made to persuade people to move into the less densely populated regions. The Philippines was the most frequently visited port in the HENRlCO's 1965 WestPac Cruise. The ship first spent the 1964 Christmas holiday in the port of Subic Bay, where there is located a large Naval Air Station, Cubi Point. During this first two-week stay in the Republic, the crew and officers of HENRICO were entertained by Bob Hope and his much appreciated troupe of entertainers. The I-IENR-lCO's stopover in Subic Bay was unexpectedly extended into the month of January and, during this period the crew began to ready the ship for the upcoming Special Operations off the coast of Vietnam. As it developed, the status of the war in Vietnam became steadily more uncertain, and the HENRICO found herself in and out of Subic Bay frequently during the following months of February and March. While the ship was in port, many trips were made to the capital city of Manila, and to the island of Corregidor, and to Bataan. In the meantime, the crew of HENRICO enjoyed itself on the beaches of the islands and in shopping tours in Olangapo and Manila. Many of us returned home. with the famed Barong Tagalog , Philippine evening shirt. 6 Entrance to Old Spanish Fort.

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