Hopewell (DD 681) - Naval Cruise Book

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Early on the morning of Tuesday, 4 lanuary, the USS HOPEWELL hauled her last line on deck, and therewith began her fourth cruise to the Western Pacific since her recommissioning. As we steamed past Point Loma, some of us were already contemplating the number of days until 22 May, when, according to the employment sched- ule, we would again hit the beach in San Diego, but the thoughts of others were already turning ahead to the ports we were to visit in the Far East. After a smooth trip to Pearl Harbor, we were greeted on the pier by a troupe of grass-skirted hula girls who danced on the guarterdeck, while the crew clambered over the superstruc- ture in search of vantage points to watch andfor take pictures. During our all-too-short stay in Pearl, all hands Cwith the exception of a few ofl the old- timers who had been there too many times beforel spent their liberty hours terrorizing the natives in such spots as The Royal l-lawaiian, Don the Beachcombers, and Waikiki Beach. Then we were underway -for Mid- way, arriving there on a day when the wind and rain were so disagree- able that even the Gooney-birds were