Horne (DLG 30) - Naval Cruise Book

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lijll WOULD YOU BELIEVE HORNE. . . . 1 showed over 5.600,000 feet of movies during the deployment? 2 used over 700 miles of paper to process 86,000 messages? 3. consumed over 1 80,000 sodas from the fountain and machine? 4, consumed 43.534 candy bars? 5 rotated her radars for a total of 6,677,200 radar rotations? 6, controlled over 600 helicopter landings? 7 used over 4.800.000 gallons of fuel? 8, steamed over 50.000 miles? 9 IS thankful for the completion of a successful cruise?

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MRFN Pacheco SF2 Rhodes DCl Scott MM2 Serna SF3 Stevens FN Sullivan SF2 Thenot EN2 Town IVIR3 Mosco and DC2 Miller Members of R Division standby at Flight Quarters Wild, wild weot

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As hard as it was for most of us to leave our loved ones behind in the states, the typical HORNE sailor could not deny the anticipation he had to visit the ports we were destined to see And what better place to start it than Ha- waii! With Its beautiful beaches and scenic landscape, it was hard to be- lieve the best was yet to come. But after our first line period, we arrived in Hong Kong Most of us post- poned steaming at first to see what the China Fleet Club had to offer Some of us cancelled steaming permanently after leaving with our liberty money spent Fortunately, payday was held in transit to Kaohsiung, Taiwan and there we made up for lost time Taiwan — the land of extremely beautiful women After our short stay, it was back to the Gulf for the second of three scheduled line periods Four weeks later, HORNE returned to Taiwan, but this time to Keelung. forty miles from the nation ' s capitol. Taipei Then we pulled into Ship Repair Facility Yokosuka, Japan for twelve days of much-needed shipboard re- pair, rest and relaxation. Some en- joyed the night life of Tokyo and saw majestic Mount Fuji on the way. The end was drawing near as we made our final line swing in late Oc- tober The beautiful city of Singapore overwhelmed us with its international drawing and appeal Sattahip. Thailand was next the land of smiles No one missed the ship upon departure however, as week- counting turned into day-counting, we were definitely on our way home! Turnover to the USS CHICAGO took place in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines Anyone who went be- yond Subic City experienced the true beauty of the Philippine Islands Looking back on it all, we were very fortunate to have visited the many beautiful lands that we did and we will retain many fond :Tiemories of our short Hays in each place walhv orth puhlishing COMPANY lU ' Hook Sain Olflm