Higbee (DDR 806) - Naval Cruise Book

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PEARL HARBGR On the morning ot March 7, the USS HIGBEE arrived ott Diamond Head, Qahu, Hawaii. The Higbeeites wasted no time invading the island seeking the innumberable attractions it offers. Churches, temples and shrines, protuse in number, dot the landscape, show- casing the arts and religions of the island. They were a testimonial to the Rainbow of Races that is Hawaii. The major stocks are Filipino, Chamorro, Puerto Rican and Samoan, each with its own variations in dress and customs. When the Higbee Visited in Hawaii, it was a territory, but only two days after she departed tor WestPac, Pres. Eisen- hower declared her admittance into the Union as the 50th state. i l l ,l - ,,.... ,,,, . .., il A view ot the Royal Hawaiian and Moana hotels From Waikiki beach. 4. ,. i i 5 K l .I ll li 45 it Q i ii Ni i l i I i. l l Modernizecl Waikiki, very similar to our Southern California resort villas.

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Typical sidewalk merchant THE 2306 pulled into her first lam, nese port of the 1959 cruise gn March 17, 1959. lt was a Welcome sight after several days in rough seas. Yokosulm is always remembered as our hOme,, port of the Orient, Yokosuka, from the beginning a Navy town, has built much of its economic and social structure around the American sailor. Enter. tainers, clothiers, and merchants of every variety have migrated to Yoko- suka. These businessmen and their families have pushed the population to Well over 300,000, ranking it among the top fifteen largest cities in lapgnl Although poverty seems omnipresent, the people exist, content With the satis- factions derived from a simple life. From Yokosulca, the electric railways provided an easy means by which anyone could visit the surrounding country to see the shrines, terraced slopes of rice paddies, high mountains and rough coastline. A a l 1 l I x I 1 l In lm 1. 'I 1. i l l l l 1 l