James Kyes (DD 787) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 90 of the 1962 volume:

jk y ' iTi J I 1 i_ [ 5 3, 0 Mo-f 48TOKYO| . 655 5 778 H h 67 1 O 1963 f30° 140° CHICHI JIMA 520- H — — h A0 ' 150° I-IO ) 30% 150° I- lOl u- 160 ' If . 4- t 4- 160 t 5 I ' 115 IWO JIMA H 1 H 120° 140° 120 150° -i 1- H i h GUAM I i _l Li 1 I «A i I 160 4 -1 i- ' On this ship there is a group whose efforts are usually forgotten or taken for granted by the rest of the ship when merit or credit for any kind of operation or exercise successfully completed is being bestowed. Since they are out of sight most of the time, the reason for this seems apparent. But the fact remains that they work under the most adverse condi- tions on the ship, and work the longest too. Yet the odd thing is that they don ' t complain about their lot ; in fact, they ' re almost cheerful about it. Their group is the most closely-knit, effective, working organization on board ; and in what seems to be a paradox, they have the highest esprit de corps on the ship : dirty, sweaty, and tired, but proud. So to them is this dedication given : to the men who have taken this ship across the Pacific Ocean and all over the Western Pacific Ocean, and who. God willing, will someday take us back across it to our own Homeland : the engineers of the Kyes. WELCOME TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC -rJ- USS JAMES E KYES DESTROYER 787 WESTERN PACIFIC TOUR OF DUTY 1960-1962 INDEX PART I : OFFICERS AND MEN 5 Commander Destroyer Squadron 3. 6 Commanding Officer 8 Executive Officer 9 Officers 10 Staff, DesRon 3 14 Officers Emeritus 16 Chiefs 17 1st Division 18 2nd Division 20 Fox Division 22 Ol Division 24 ET ' s 26 ON Division 27 OC Division 28 M Division 30 B Division 32 R Division 34 Supply Division 36 PART II : OPERATIONS AT SEA .... 39 Getting Underway 40 Carrier Operations 42 Refueling at Sea 46 High-Lining 49 General Quarters 50 Returning to Port 52 PART III: PORTS OF CALL 53 Hong Kong 54 Subic Bay 58 Kao-Hsiung 60 Okinawa 64 Sasebo 66 Shimonoseki 68 Beppu-lwakuni 69 Tokyo-Yokohama 70 PART IV: HOMEPORT YOKOSUKA ... 73 Ship Repair Facility 74 Naval Base 76 Nights in Town 78 Sightseeing 80 Christmas 81 PART I OFFICERS MEN COMMANDER DESTROYER SQUADRON 3 CAPTAIN E. H. STEINMETZ USN CDS-3 December I960 to November I960. Shown during Relieving Ceremony Farewell lo the commodore. CAPTAIN H. B. STARK, USN COMMANDER DESTROYER SQUADRON 3 Looking over the task group. Destroyer Squadron 3. departing. COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDER P. B. TALIAFERRO USN Bridge silhuette. EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR W. D. BRIGGS USN Relieved July, 1961 Piped over the side. LCDR T. W. LYONS, USN Assumed duties, July, 1961 This certainly is a good chow course. OFFICERS GUNNERY OPERATIONS ENGINEERING LT D. B. MURTON LT C. E. McHUGH LTJG H. C. KETTS I guess if you want a job done, you ' ll have to do it yourself. I may vc to leave now. but I shall return ' I ' ll give them another five minutes to finish painting the deck and then we ' ll hlow tubes. . . . add 3. minus I, add 2, . . . darn these navigation problems, getting harder all the time ! That ' s the last time I argue with a boatswain ' s mate. You ' re sure you did ' t drop this on purpose ? Whatever made you think we were trying not to be found, sir ? All wight ; awe those wadios wepaiwed yet ? ■ I am Hexing my muscle What ! The coke machine empty again? . )f== ENS W. D. DAVIDSON ENS J. QUAGLINO ENS D. E. BESS, SC I ' ll teach you guys to leave the ship without permission ! i guess this will be enough for a mad weekend. The Opium Den. CDS-3 STAFF LT L CYWIN LT C. S. LARDIS LCDR R. DIANA ENLISTED STAFF MEMBERS LTJG E. F. MACDANELD NELSON, RMCi: Bucsil, YN2 ; SMITH, SDC: HIZON, IN : MICHIE, YMC I Not shown 1 LOOMIS, SMI -, Reeves. RM2. LTJG J. E. MATHEWS Staff watch. ■ I was wondering when you were goin to get around to relieving. Look — it ' s a bird . . . it ' s a plane . . . . I ' lii glad III be getting away from that horrible wardroom tood for awhile. Commodore, I think now would be a good time for another Corpen W. I ' ll just add my name to these orders and nobody ' ll be the wiser. use Wildroot. myself. ' You know. I didn ' t think it was possible either. Is this the kyes ? I ' m the new staff ensign. OFFICERS EMERITUS LTJG J. C Curlee LTJG W. P. Dow LT R. Peterson LTJG J. D. Nash LTJG E. K. Mandeville. SC Departing Supply Officer taking a little remeinbranee of the ship with hiin. Westchester County, departing. 16 Stueve, EMC ; Light, CSC, Tumbleson, QMC ; Evison, ENC ; Allumbaugh, MMC Moore, MMC. M.A.A. ' S Fitzpatrick. RDI = Boehm. SOI : Eastman, SFI ; Duran. BMI; Foss. SFC. 17 1ST DIVISION (Rear) Good, BM2 : Guerra, SN ; Mabry, SA : McGehee, SA ; Skinner. SA •, Fisher. SA ; Waters, BMC; (Front) Hoffman, SA ; McDonald, SA ; Mussey. SN ; Romero, SN ; Sablan, BM3 ; Stevens, SN. (Not shown :) Duran, BMI ; Cooper, BM2 ; Kuykendall, SN ; Myers. SN ; Bush, SA ; Carter, SA ; Grahm. SN ; Kewish, SA ; Lyons, SA ■, Jenkins, SA ; Mann, SA -, Miller, SA -, Mosher, SA ; Seagroves, SA : Shelton. SA ; Williams, SA ; Wilson, SA. (Rear) Lizotte. SA ; Fretwell, SN ; Worley, SA ; Riidd, SA -. Heard. SN ; Lathen, SN ; Rice, SN. (Front) Gilmore, BM3 ; Atwell, SA ; Lizotte, SA ; Ball, SA ; Lee, BM3. ■i B 1 i A% J. ' • .i r } h ;, -..2-«i 4f 1i %p r iM Let me give him just one You know, .t doe go on little sock sir. f ' 7 „ h.s way without brushes. ' -J ' ' i% -V n Jf 1 It does look nice : but who are you plan- ning to lynch ? That ' s the last time I walk under a ladder ! Ah, tommorow ' s Sunday ; all morning in the rack ! I ' m a supervisor. i Sunday. 0700 : Station the hi-line detail. We ' re engaged in a deep contemplation of world affairs. Boats. First division at work. 2ND DIVISION (Rear) Posey, GM2 ; McGilvray, GM3 ; Miller. SN ; Sawicki. GM3; Kimbrell, SN ; Ford, SN ; Frommel, GM2 : Killoran, GMCM. (Fronti Kajioka, GM3 ; Snow, GM3 ; Macaluso, GIV12 ; Webb. GM3 ; Denning, GM3 Jordan. GM3; Coe, SN. Not shown:) Massey. SN. mn - No sir ; the safety observer stays inside the mount ! He won ' t stand by tor nio ! That ' s not being nice. Here ya go ! 3 shots tor 25 cents Get em now ! You ' re getting better: you only missed by a 100 yards that time. A little over to the right now. Mule train. tl J ' n 2 Don ' t take it so hard sir -, 1 didn ' t mean it. If it doesn ' t go in, hit it with the sledge. Just because you find a seagulls nest in 4; doesn ' t mean we ' re not keeping it up, sir. ' Hey ! The carrier is the next ship up ! FOX DIVISION -l (Rear) Pitt, FTSN -, Kunn, SOGSN ; Donelly. SOG3 ; Alston, SOG2 ; Miinn, SOGSN = Waldron, SOGSN ; Piece, SOG3 ; Lane, FT2 ; Drabert. FTA3 ; Perkins, TSM ; Estocapio, TMC. (Front) Boehm, SOI = Pilkington. YN3 ; Summers, SOG2 ; O ' Keefe. FT2 : Dorfman, SN ; James, FTA3 ; Madison, TM2 = Roll. TM3. (Not shown:) Piece. FT2 ; Welch. TM3 •, Gustin, SOG3. i ' t ' ■ f ■■_ ' y P ' n No, No ! Don ' t beat me ! I ' ll get up ! ' Like it ? I picked it up in Hong Kong for the wife. So then I said : ' Look George, if you don ' t like the way I ' m doing it. you can lump it ! ' Well, that makes 265 days of slandbys that you owe me ' Hey Director 51 : those Liogics you ' re tracking in are a flock of seagulls. Just liberating a little food before the roaches get it. Why sir, what ever made you think I ' m not wearing my own clothes ? Ready . . . On your mark . . . get set . . . I guess I accidentally leaned on the collision alarm, heh heh. GO[ We figure we can get a good price for it in Hong Kong. Beats. ' 01 DIVISION (Rear) Robinson. RDSN ; Johnson. RD3 ; Hainm. RD2 : Kelly. ETR2 ; Kotecki. ETR3 ; Fitzpatrick, RDI. (Front) Fincher, RD3 ; Collins, SN ; Collett. SN ; Brown. RD3 ; Copen. RD3. (Not shown:) Jolibois. RDSN; Kent. RDSA. Why sir ! What a surprise seeing you down here this morning. Uh oh ; too late •, the working party found us. Yes sir; you can be assured that all ot 24 my men are hard at work. That ' s what he thinks ! Too long at sea. oo long out at night. Too long period. Tell combat that if they still think that the closest point of approach to the carrier is 2000 yards, to step outside and take a look ! J -F I will not get seasick; I will not get sea- sick ; I will not get seasick ; I will not . . . Shore Patrol tonight? Me? Negative, I ' m making it ! 1700 : Where ' re my orders ? Only 12 days. 9 hours, 13 minutes left to go ! L r r ET ' S 1 )t A rare moment with all the ET ' s caught smiling : Front : KELLY ETR3. GRALi ET2. KOTECKI ETRSN ■. Rack : VERCHER ETN3. VAUGHN ETN3. CHAPMAN ETNSN. A forrest of cables and antennas : looking up and from on top, looking down. p . f ' - rm They ' re going to start blowing WHAI ?! I think you better pull hiin oil that open lead now •, he ' s beginning to smolder. ,1 ET ' s hard at work. ON DIVISION Holland. QMSN ; Morris, QMSN ; Oldfield. QMS; Cooper. QM2 ■, MB ' This sure is a silly way to tell time, if yoii ask ine. 1130: Piped down call for dinner. 1131 : Changed course to put wind and sea on beam. Rolling badly. 1132 : Large-scale destruction and ruin reported on messdeck. 1200 : Secured the mess-line. 1201 : Returned to original course. Quartermasters at work. Just call me Maoelleon. OC DIVISION Rear) Lynch. SN Ferguson, SMS Wilson. SMS Lewicke. YN2 Butterworth, RMSN Cook. SMI Front) Lott. RMSN Bash. RMSN , Elain. RMS Luckens, SN (Not shown :) Ferguson. YNC Saunders. PNI Alexander. SM2 Cleckley. SM2 Kelley. SMS Faulkner. RM2 Nigro. RMS The Exec disapproved your chit. When I get out. I ' m going to ' Tin chairman lor this yea work for PLAYGIRL magazine. Mafia membership drive the ship. j 2 The light ' s okay now ; they just forgot to plug it in. Who do you think really runs the bridge ? Just write: ' I ' m leaving ' ! ' It better not get any hotter ! Now what does ' S. O. S. mean ? Who sweats uniform regs ? I won a lot of baby beauty contests. I think there might be something wrong, sir : he ' s been like that for the last two days. Who sweats reveille ? Yeoman at work No mail ! 29 M DIVISION Rean Bramlett, MM3 : Weeding. MMI ; Barber. MM3 = Algea. MMI ; Allumbaugh. MMC , ' Front Kopiasz. MM3 : Young, FN : Craycraft. MM3 ; I Not shown : Robertson, MMFN ; Baladad. FA; Cook, MM3 ; Coleman. FN. (Rear) Guffey, MMFN ; Simer, MM3 -. Serna, MM3 ; Morehead, MM2 ; Moore, MMC -, I Front) Vermace, MM3 •, McGovern, FN ; Pederson. FA ; Youngquist. MM2 ; ( Not shown :) Stockman, FN ; Blair. FN; Broyles, FN ; Brinkman, FN : Smith. MM3. f Help! Help The bridge must be getting So this is what the outside excited ; they ' ve rung up all— world looks like ! ahead Bendix again. Oh oh, he ' s gone into shock again. Bridge wants us to add 1 2 turn. Th« I Kyes ' work of art H V ' k. J 4 - - ' tH H Hey ! What did you guys use tor that cleaning rag ? There ' s six feet of water where ! ? Snipes at work. B DIVISION fRean Tegtman, BT3 ; Thomas, FA ; Ducre. BT3 ; Mohr. BT3; Wright, BTI; (Front Donnelly, BT3 ; Fort. BT2; Bettencourt, FN Henderson, FN •, I Not shown ;) Cooke, BT3 ; Wadle, FN , Kincade, FN •, Armstrong, BT2 (Rear Ryan. BT2 ; Burke, BTFN ; Noble, BT2; Overgard, BT3 ; Lee. BTI ; Front Whitmire, FN = Miica. BT3 = Winkler, BT3 : Valdez, FA; (Not shown :) Wood, BT3: Pay ton, BTI •. Frennette. BTFN Coleman, FA. Too long at sea. Boy. are you fouled up ! Ho hum, might as well re- lieve the watch. Ensigns! I wonder who No sweat chief, I ' ll get at Sure. I got my fresh-air pass. invented them ? it sometime. Happens every time fresh air hits them. No. don ' t take it yet ! Wait till I comb my hair. 33 R DIVISION Reari Scheurer. MMI ; Brooks. SF3 -, Carrol. FN ; Henk. FN ; Eastman, SFI ; Evison. ENC ; (Front) Thurston, MM2 ; Michalski. ENFN OBrien. MM2 ; ' Hewitt, MR3; (Not shown :) Wyatt. FN. (Rear) Johnson. DCS ; Citton. ICFN ; Gabby. FN ; Terral. EMS ; Stueve. EMC ; (Front) States. EMS ; Havill, EMFN; Fischer, EMFA ; Johnson, FA ; Not shown : Hanson, ICS ; Cotnshaw, EMS. O- 1 ' I made third ! Nah, there ' s no fire; I ' m going Trick ' r Treating. Never thought I ' d get so many whistles. Well, I wouldn ' t say it ' s bad, but every- body down here ' s praying. ■ ' You ' ll just have to get in line with the others if you want your radio fixed, sir. I J. I was hoping you wouldn ' t notice that extra ace. The Three MouseKETTSeers. Hello • Mai The Chief ' s Quarters sure is a lot more enjoyable since we added a few things. SUPPLY DIVISION (Reari Crawford. CSI ; Rochlitz. SK3: Serna, SKSN -. Tomlinson, CS3 ; Aves, SKI, Light, CSC, (Front) Ryser. CSS, Cheeks, CSSN , Leon-Guerrero, SK3; Keohouho. SK2 , DeCastro, DK2 , I Not shown :) Vanderslice, CS2 , Nelson, CSS , Carry, CSSN. Rear) Volkman, HMI Carter, SH3 •. Steed, SH2 ; Keith, SHI , Front) Connell, SN , Garcia, SHSN , Bagwell, SHSN Palima. SH2 •. - (Not shown :) Brothers, SH3 ; ' . Carter. SN. .- AH Panilago, TN = Cache. TN ; Mendoza. TN ; Villafuerte. TN Lord, SDL (Not Shown:) i - Tcnarlo. SD3. - ' f V First Class at work Better check the medicinal brandy stock. I guess we ' ve printed enough tor the week, Mr. Bess. You see, that would give us control ot bV- ' o of the voting stock. Funny, but I find it hard to concentrate. Salmon stew, barbequed nee. 3nd tLirnip sauce. Too lono at sea. SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED: Well, I better haul in the washline from the fantail. Make out an 1149 for an air-conditioner down here. COOKS AND MESSCOOKS Rear Kent, RDSA; Ratca. FA; , Marlett. SN ; Jenkins, SA ; Carry. CSSN ; : Nelson. CSS : Cleckley. SM2 I I Front Hamilton. SA ; Williams. SA ; Lyons. FN ; ] Rose, FN ; Thomas. FA. •• Well, that d there ' s a idn ' t get nother away ! .J seagull Spice-powdered, shrimp, eel. and rice curry: another meal in our campaign to undermine the wardrooms health ! It won ' t be like this in the engineers! My gosh ! This is the third time the wardroom is re-running this cartoon tonite ! Stewards at work. v 5%Bfc GETTING UNDERWAY Last day in port : trying to get everything back together again. And so to sea ... this is duck soup for a hot shot like me whoops 10 off course ... The time finally comes for the sea S anchor detail to be set, the lines cast off, and for the ship to slowly back away from the pier. The ships oi the task group gather. IH PC m — --i ' ifc  i! ;vij fc ' 5 ia iJ! i«, KB : SI HPj , ROUTINE All hands quickly shift into the uniform of the day at sea. ' Can ' t fi gure it out : I come and get into the lunch line at 9 : 00 and still the radarmen are ahead of me ! Must be a bad lunch : my relief ' s on time. Pork curry and boiled brussels sprouts for lunch. Oh, the bridge is yelling something about losing the helm ; but go on with your story. It ' s not that I don ' t have any confidence in the OOD ' s. but . . . And so the first day at sea ends. 41 ! -•-;. iv U Hi ' -Ji . L ;j;: -.WSHL-; ' CARRIER OPERATIONS Who do you think ' s really important up here ? Changing station in - rough weather. Ah, don ' t worry about it ; if it was a signal and we missed it, they ' ll send it again. The part I like best about this job is blowing reveille. Are you sure about that sir ? Port is left, you know. Shadowing the carrier. A wet ride back Coming alongside the carrier to ransom the pilot . . . Plane in the water ! Pilot ' s parachuted ! The whaleboat makes the pickup And another flyer is an unexpected guest of the Kyes. for ten gallons of ice-cream y 4 R o o r u e f f n e Oscar ready for a swim. Were tough, see ? And the the never-ending battle against the rust goes on. . Zl Sure we ' re buddies ; now start scrubbing down the deck. As usual, the boat is swung in and out sev- en times on Sunday. We ' re all out ot gray-how ahoLii pLirple ? Amusing watching them slaving away, isn ' t it ? But sir, we give all the money back when the game ' s over. Sometimes maneu- vering at high speeds brings the ships of the task group uncomfort- ably close. Nothing to worry about captain : Combat reports a CPA of ISO . 10 yards. 45 REFUELING AT SEA Perfect weather for refueling. Set the special sea details ! Man the forward and aft refueling stations. How we look alongside the oiler. How the oiler looks to us. I irst lines across the wjvcs First wave across the ship. Note, in this scene, how everything is in readiness ; everyone orderly, neat, and especially, dry. Don ' t think you can sneak away there, Smith. Get back in line. I second later: POW ! The villian makes his apperance. Where ' s Jones ? Didn ' t he come up with the rest ot you ? 5 seconds later : note in this scene how everything is dis- rupted; now everyone is disar- rayed, bedraggled, and wet. I tell you. the ship is NOT sinkinc; ; now get back there ! After refueling station -. Tell the bridge we got 50,000 gallons of aviation gas instead. Midships Hi-line : The Capain says we ' re ready to start anytime you finish your pictures, Mr. Carter. Finally refueling is tinished, and the ship Pulls away . . . Sometimes a nice memento is left by the oiler .... .... and heads back into formation and further ops. .... like this giant economy- sized doughnut (which naturally winds up first in the wardroom.) (Ten minutes later): Well, I guess we can send it down to the messdecks now. And then sometimes the oiler will leave a not-so nice memento .... like an oil spill ! HIGHUNE and H E L O Up, up, and away ! The Seaview Express ■. one way. I wish that shark would quit following me across.  « k .. _ 3, «f ' ' ' ■ . fe J akiii. ' ■•@H . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' r i2 t One of you guys catch Brown as he slides down to you. Mail from the carrier via helo: a literal example of air mail. Mail from the oiler (in the process of being lost on the way over): a literal example of sea mail. Helicopter transfer : a literal example of personal delivery mail. GENERAL QUARTERS ! Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition . . . . Blasting away with the 40 mm ' s. Oh, you mean that last run was supposed to be an air firing ? ' NO ! NO ! Don ' t shoot, you tool ! The other side ! The other side ! Air bursts : pretty, but all misses. Alright : Which mount was it that put its last shell through the captain ' s seacabin ? Guess who was out too late the night before. Well, we missed the sleeve, but at least we got the plane. Now you ' ve done it ! I told you not to aim so low ! Just practicing on how to repel boarders, sir. . . . Today ' s lecture is one of great importance to all of us : Self-administered first aid for brain and heart wounds . . . . i If you ask me, there must be an easier way of launching a torpedo. It says here: ' Instructions for gas attack. I. Stop breathing . . . ' Funny, it doesn ' t say anything after that . . . You people were pretty good; however. next time how about using practice RETURNING to PORT Heading back : the only time the engineers manage to hit 35 knots. and sometimes they ' ll even better that. Land off the port bow ! On the radarscope, the ghostly image of land and ships is painted. While on deck, the liberty- hounds cluster in groups to plot the nights activities. All right: ALL RIGHT! stand by for you tonite. 52 Coming into port : end of voyage ; beginning of R S R. •rj.. ' :. riX. ' L. f;-f;?T jN? 1 I ' - S: ' - 3, J •-•■ ' ■ • f AS!r III PORTS OF CALL V - ' -- .U HONG ; ONG Overlooking the harbor, with Victoria below and Kowloon in the distance on the mainland. Left : the harbor ! at night. Typical junk sailing by Right : a government refugee village. Hardly an auspicious entry. Ferry to Victoria across the liarhor. ■ ' All right ; who ' s the wise guy who threw a slug ? Entering Victoria harbor Moored to station ship. Hey you bums : pitch in and do your share of the work ! I ' ve got Fretwell ' s liberty card ; no way he can get ashore. That ' s what HE thinks: ' 1 «| gp ffl - I ' Star heiry Teriiiinal on Hong kong side. Queen ' s Road in downtown Hong Kong. i SfcJBSK ' ,,1 fc iJifiJi- wj Aj inyifLhrfta Mj Double-decker tram in Victoria Park. Custom tailoring-Hong Kong style. Open-stall resturants : riceburgers. Village street in the New Territories. Junks and sampans in fishermen s cove Across the river : Red China. The original slow boat to China. ■ ' So much for pictures ; now where are the girls ? Tiger Balm Garden pagoda. The Chinese idea of simple, unpretentious living. Wot ' s sow fonny abaout our ' uni- forms, Yank ? Mary Sue departing an example of old China. Suzie Wong arriving an example of modern China. As usual however, kyes ' crew members seek out cultural enlightenment. SUBIC BA Y. P. K The colorful MiuimiJiiisiclcs o Luzon. I wo Future niippino cuties. Entering Subic Bay. Honest, it was this lono Hey Joe, want to meet my sister? ' Hold still, I see another one. Tied up at Naval Base : Cubi Point in the background. International lovers. Sunset over the Base. 5 A0 HSIUNG. FORMOSA The quiet, fertile, rolling fields of New China. Approaching the narrow harbor entrance. First views ot Kao-Hsiung in the entrance. The harbor as seen trom one of the hills surrounding it. Bumboat waiting for a fare. Raft Division One sails past. Com Raft Div One, arriving. First liberty boat comes ashore . . K 17 }J ' 1 r r 1 li J . and the officers make it on the hoof. ■ ' Sure, we ' re keeping a good guard on the boat, why ? YIPE ! a cobra ! 3 : 00 PM : We lost. 31-2. Typical Kao-Hsiung street. I : 00 PM : ' ■ With me pitching for them, they can ' t lose. ■ i s$ ! SpjB V A Arr iJ rW Jrm m Bicycles, tricycles, and pedicabs in down- town Kao-Hsiung. Everything from ox-cart to Cadillac on the roads. 0 cnrl with coal o I ho docks. Pigs being shipped to market in wicker baskets. Bar-B-Q on the fantail : Waterbuffaloburgers ! Hey ! Put away the beer ; here eomes the CDO! Oh, Alexander ' s all right -. he just doesn ' t want a certain girl to see him like this. Don ' t mind Cooper ; he goes into shock after two drinks. As usual, the officers conduct them- selves with dignity and sobriety . . . Ah know mah date ' s breathin ' that ' s more than Ah can say for his . . . A couple of you had better go over there and help that officer that ' s crawling down the street . . . ' ' , ' ' ] ( ' -mf , ) . ....and then that small, red-liaiied olticer threw himself down here like this . . . . 0; lNAWA Naha rooftops White Beach, Buckner Bay. Downtown Naha ierraced rice paddy ticlds. The hills of Okinawa overlooking Buckner Bay. Liberty call. White Beach pier Boat landing, White Beach. Enlisted and Officer ' s Clubs. Must have been a swinging liberty. Back to the sliip. Sunset over Buckner Bay. ASEBO The light, suhtle touch of old Japan. The not-so-subtle impact of new Japan. Entering Sasebo. Liberty Cal .and for others the duty. % ? siNGj— MjafV w Another sucesstui Kyes barbeque. Main drag. Sasebo CLII8V himomose; i Visitors ' day aboard during open-house The straits at Shimonseki ; separating the two main islands of Honshu (in back) and Kyushyu. Whaling museum at marine aqualand. Carrying on a corn (.is.ii ion with one of the natives. Side trip to Nagasaki ; site of A-Bomb blast. BEf f U IVVASCUNI Beppu city The Great Beppu Buddha. Sunset over Beppu Bay Mm ' ' Iwakuni : Shrine at Miya-jima. A weird liberty boat. rAi : ' y 4iX Kintai Bridge at Iwakuni. 69 ro; Yo Yo; oHAHA Tokyo : largest city in the world. Tokyo Tower : higher than the Eiffel Tower. 1 The sprawling, ■t«- brassy Ginza ■ m another evening. Coming alongside pier in Yokohoma ' Leave in Yokohama : two cats about to prowl. Hey Saburo, let ' s go down and demonstrate in front of Fleet Acts ' maingate. Must be a convention in town. Working on the yearbook at Daito Art Co.-, Mr. M. Seike, Manaopp. Foreign Dept. The yearbook starts to take shape. A Kamikaze taxicab barrelling down on its victim. An unusual scene : an almost-empty street. Tourists takino tune out tor retresiiinent. Sonieliines the lerndle sliortage is something fierce, and the number of girls available for dates is cut in half. People-to-people. VOKOSUKA ■} , ffhi rt Wf ' T - PART IV HOMEPORT YOKOSUKA Gate at Fleet Activities Yokosuka. In the morning mist, the giant cranes are first visable. Scenes in town. S R F YOKOSUKA Ship Repair Facility, US Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan. (Kyes is located just to left of crane in center, rear.) First, alongside the other cans in the nest.. And the power and steam lines comes aboard... And pass on, engulfing the ships. The old bark gets renovated from top to bottom . . . And a little nev paint is added in the right place. I give up : WHAT did you do to it ? High and Dry. M The huge floating crane comes alongside. Bow on. Take me to your leader ! The mast enshrouded in bamboo scafolding. ' I don ' t know what it is : it was just left over after I put everything back together. Rembrandt at work. Hey ! Quit sweeping your trash down here ! 75 NAVAL BASE, YOKOSUKA tlm Bki l ' ltd gr Overlooking Green Bay. Yokosuka town across the bay. Navy Exchange shopping center. MALTji Some of the buys. All the comforts of home. . .and even then some. _. Battleship Mikasa. Togo ' s flagship. Benny Decker Theatre. Trying for a spare. Orders ! I ' m free ! Say uh, heh, heh, I sorta lost my liberty card last night, heh heh and I was wondering if. . . 5 ' Tied up at Pier 7. Waiting for the geedunk truck to open. 1630 : off to the beach. 0730 : straggling back the morning after. Typhoon ! And still another typhoon 77 YOKOSUKA LIBERTY You like, ne ? Costs 2600 yen but for you. special price : 200 yen. Of course I ' ve been true to you. Michiko- I mean Tomiko, I Bargain hunting in town. Honcho street — better known as Thieves ' Alley, Hey — are you sure this isn ' t for Pigs and Warships ' ? As usual, someone ' s on the floor already, Honcho street at night. Ship ' s party at the Kanko Hotel. She ' s- your wife ? ' Hey, ' Merican sailor-boy A moment before the Shore Patrol raided the place . . . Women of all sizes, shapes, and ages are in popular demand : this was an especially bad night . . . 79 SIGHTSEEING And this is where, how-you- say. ' Old Man ' sit, ne ? Very interesting demonstration, yes ; but now what you do with hole in deck ? . . . And then this locks with (he ciin prawl, which releases the shear-stud and opens the falling-hlocks release, thereby engaging the . . . uh, you are following me on all this, aren ' t you ? . . . And now as pccial tcature of this tou Congratulations! You have all been enlistee for six years . . . CHRISTMAS, WESTPAC No matter where you are. who you are, or what the place, where there are children, there is Christmas. Thus another morning dawns over the Western Pacific waters upon which the Kyes is still sailing. It ' s the dawn of a new day, and the dawn of a new year, too. It ' s time to look back, as we ' ve done on these pages, at the Kyes ' vigil in West Pac during I960 and 1961. It may seem as though an eternity has passed while in Asiatic waters, but actually it ' s going on two years. A lot has happened during that time : some of it will be remembered for a long time from now -, some of it is already trying to be forgotten. But looking upon the bright streamers of I962 ' s first morning, a very cheering and reas- surin g promise is seen. Someday in the not-too-distant future of this new 1962 a morning will begin like this one -, but instead of the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean beneath, the shores of Home will bo spreading out a welcome in the dawn ' s growing light. 82 Jay E. Wichmann, Editor 2C DAITO ART PRINTING CO., LTD. 19, 2-chome, Shintomi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Tel. 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