John McCain (DL 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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3 gfftlflf sg. t r ft jst ROW 4Lt.,R,, ENGLEHART, GRIM, CLARK, SHERRILL, gHQV1N5I1If1if,gN,51,111j5tyDtigg7 LINCYCOMB' MCCAULEEH 1iiiiizR?EicKLitl:gE F1itliG1t:ovl?- GORDON HAMILTON, HUHNHoFF, M coLLoU , , , I - t ' MIDDLEBROOKCS, DEMORSE, CRAMPTON, CARRICO, MURPHY, L1vEsAY, L1vEsAY, ALLEN, CARTER There has been a lot of work for B Division this cruise and little time for liberty. Neverthe- less, bilge divers have managed to invade nearly every port that was visited by the shlp: After we left Pearl, you could always tell the direction of Yokosuka by the way Sherrill sniffed the breeze when he was on deck. Despite boiler casualties and a few gallons of fuel oil on deck, we steamed into port on time. Grim spoke for everybody when he said uCan,t understand the fuss over five gallons on the deck when we put 60,000 gallons in the tanks. We left Yokosuka with five bar anchored off Iwakuni for a few days to help the Divisionts people-to-people program. We lett Iwakuni bound for Sasebo, and arrived needing sleep and one-inch tube plugs. The in-P0ft period in Sasebo consisted mainly of endless tube cutting, boiler inspections and boiler cleaning- D W lf ' ' d e o was inspire to produce the division's 'tWhat Now?,' sign. The end result was that we got underway on time as usual. The next stop was Hong Kong. Nearly everybody had good liberty, particularly Clark after he got word of his new baby. Next came several sto s at S b' B owners and twenty girls waving good-bye to Hiramoto, then Several tours by Mr. Snow revealed a large ham beting smbkieil ifiythe after stack, and a Sign reading t'Diaa, '58'.' scratched on a sliding foot of:li2A boiler, Everybody is looking forward with hungry eyes land dry throatsj to the division party. We wonder what the cost would be for replacing the top floor of Club Alliance, The division ' t 'b ' ' 15 COD fl Utlng to 21 fund to buy Chief Carter a girdle and a stack of ready-made transfer requests. The spiritiof the cruise can be seen thus far in the following quote from a well-knoWI1 Petty officerzulfitrus 't'- ' - - ' ' n 7,3 pam it, if it doesn t run, fix 1t,and paint it, if it canit be fixed, paint lf and order another.

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