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USS HOPEWELL WASNOMINATED TO REPRESENT THE U.S. DURING AUSTRALIA'S ANNUAL BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA COMMEMORATION, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SCHEDULED TO VISIT THE TWO AUSTRALIAN CITIES OF TOWNSVILLE AND NEW- CASTLE. HOPEWELL BROUGHT IT'S HOMEPORT, SAN DIEGO, INTO THE LIME- LIGHT BY THE PRESENTATION OF A COMMEMORATIVELETTER FROM THE MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO TO THE MAYOR OF EACH CITY. HOPEWELL QUICKLY ES- TABLISHED A CLOSE AND GENUINE RAPPORT WITH THE PEOPLE OF TOWNS- VILLE AND INDEED STRENGTHENED THE U.S.!AUSTRALIAN FRIENDSHIP AND THE SPIRIT OF THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA. THE SHIPYRECEIVED 3,400 VISITORS IN TOWNSVILLE DURING ITS THREE DAY STAY AND ITS OFFICERS AND MEN WERE ENTERTAINED BY NUMEROUS LOCAL CITIZENS AT RECEPTIONS AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS. THE FRIENDLINESS AND PRIDE DEMONSTRATED BY HOPEWELL'S CREW WENT A LONG WAY TOWARD EN- SURING THE SUCCESS OF THIS VISIT. DEPARTING TOWNSVILLE ON 15 MAY, HOPEWELL STEAMED FOR NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA IN HER FINAL ROLE AS A MEMBER OF THE SEVENTH FLEET AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE U.S. IN THE BATTLE OF CORAL SEA CELEBRATIONS. MATCHING HER EARLIER SUCCESSES, NUMEROUS PUBLIC AFFAIRS ACTIVITIES WERE HELD ASHORE FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW. FROM HER ARRIVAL AT NEWCASTLE ON 17 MAY UNTIL HER DEPARTURE ON .21 MAY THE SHIP RECEIVED 8,468 VISITORS AND ENTERTAINED LOCAL OFFIC- IALS, INCLUDING THE LORD MAYOR. I AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE CORAL SEA CELE- BRATION IN BOTH CITIES, HOPEWELL PROVIDED A 40 MAN MARCHING UNIT FOR EACH CITY'S PARADE, AND A KEYNOTE SPEAKER. IT IS FELT THAT HOPEWELL, HER CREW AND OFFICERS, ESTABLISHED A LASTING FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE AND ' 'SHOWED THE FLAG COMMENDABLY BY BOTH CONDUCT AND APPEARANCE-.. BOTH CITIES OVERWHELMED THE SHIP WITH THEIR HOSPITALITY, AND NEW TIES OF FRIENDSHIP WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE MAYORS OF TOWNSVILLE AND NEW- CASTLE AND THE' MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO. THESE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP WERE ESTABLISHED NOT ONLY BETWEEN THIS SHIP'S HOMEPORT AND THOSE CITIES BUT ALSO BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES IN A SMALL, BUT MOST SIGNIFICANT MANNER...
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