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I JAPAN ' m AWAY WE GO . . . Our story began on a slightly bleak morning in Aug- ust of 1957. The place was North Island, Coronado, California. The time was about 0900. The lines came in, the pilot took the conn. We were underway for seven months of cruising in the Orient. Behind were depend- ents waving a final farewell. Ahead was a 6,000 mile cruise to Buckner Bcry, Okinawa, and a seven month tour of the Far East. It wasn ' t quite that simple. During maneuvers, the first night at sea, we were involved in a collision with USS WANTUCK {APD-125). Our damages were light, allowing us to steam as far as Hawaii for repairs before continuing on to the Far East. After a week of investigations, repairs and up- keep, we set sail for Yokosuka, Japan. And here our Far Eastern cruise began. YOKOSUKA, lAPAN— The first glimpse of Nippon came early on the morning of 18 September. It was Noiima Saki, the entrance to Tokyo Wan. Our initial visit lasted until 28 September when we departed for Keelung, Formosa. We returned to Yokosuka on 8 January for rest, rec- I recrtion and upkeep. The second visit probably went too fast; we left just one day short of two weeks later. I There were too many things to buy, too many good times and probably too much liberty. Highlight of the second visit was the annual ship ' s party given over a period of two nights at the Yokosuka I Enlisted Men ' s Club. Dinner, drinks and a full scale ' floorshow made the evening one to remember. Some of the more ambitious of us ventured up to Tokyo for a weekend to enjoy the brighter lights and the many tourist attractions. Kamakura was only a short trip from Yokosuka; it ' s main attraction was, of course, the Great Buddha. The Navy Exchange facilities were excellent. We could order merchandise from Japanese manufacturers at Navy contract prices. Dishes, cameras, pearls and crystalware were the most popular items. That was Japan.
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c Mwcc (APA-f95) LENAWEE was built by Kaiser Company, Van- couver, Washington and launched on 11 September, 1944. She received her official commissioning on 11 October, 1944, at Astoria, Oregon. During World War II she was in a Transport Squad- ron operation in the Pacific taking part in the Okinawa and Iwo Jima invasions. She carried troops of the First Cavalry division to Yokohama and was present in Tokyo Bcry at the time of the Japanese surrender. From November 1945 to March 1946 she participated in op- eration Magic Carpet. LENAWEE went into mothballs after the war and re- mained so until 1950 and the outbreak of the Korean action. While operating in the Korean area she aided in the major evacuation of North Korean partisans to islands below the 38th parallel. During the signing of the final Korean truce on 28 luly 1953, LENAWEE was station ship in Inchon Harbor, Korea. In February of 1955 she took a major part in the evacuation of Chinese Nationalist refugees from the Tachen Islands off the China Coast. On her first trip to Keelung, Formosa, she carried some 3800 civilians and returned to the islands for an- other load of 1200 troops. In 1956 LENAWEE was the recipient of Amphibious Squadron One ' s Battle Readiness award as a result of readiness competition. She also is the proud bearer of the engineering E award. During the recent tour of duty in the Far East, LENA- WEE participated in operations PHIBLINK and STRONGBACK, both held in the Philippine Islands. In November 1957 LENAWEE was station ship in Hong Kong Harbor for a three week period. She completed her Far Eastern tour and arrived in San Diego on 1 April, 1958.
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