Lunga Point (CVE 94) - Naval Cruise Book

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NPORTHOLEF' N o one seems to know too much about 'cPort- hole,', the Captainis cat. About all we do know is that Mrs. Washburn brought her aboard the day we sailed from the States on this cruise. Knowing that the Captain must keep pretty well to himself aboard ship, even having to dine alone while at sea, Mrs. Washburn un- doubtedly felt that he would be very lonely at times, so she decided to get him a pet for com- pany. Porthole was just a tiny kitten when she first reported aboard, but she has grown on through the Debutante stage, and is now a dignified and sedate Spinster. She is the only one, besides the Captain, that has complete freedom in the Captain's cabin, and our opinion is that she just about rules the roost in there. We do know that she occupies the Captainis comfort- able upholstered leather chair as if it were brought aboard solely for her use. We dare say, too, that, while underway, she coils up and sleeps on the Captain's comfortable Beau- tyrest Mattress, while he tries to get in his 'Ccat napi' in his Sea Cabin up in the island structure. While Porthole is the Captainis pet, she has meant much to the entire Ship's Company in that she has added an atmosphere of home to the ship, and all hands enjoy seeing Scotty and Porthole romping up and down the Captain's passageway, with Scotty usually running from those vicious slaps that Porthole gives him. Then, too, for those on watch topside during the mid-watch, Porthole has put on many a show as she chases a piece of paper or cotton up and down the flight deck during the wee small hours of the morning, and otherwise cavorts to her heartjs delight while Scotty snores away down in the C.P.C. quarters. All things considered, Porthole has been a good shipmate to us all, as well as 'to the Cap- talfl.

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'X R SCC llX Having given up our seareli for Clhzing, and knowing that it is very bad luck to go lo sea without a dog for a inasciot, we set about to get another HShip's Dogfi XfVe visited the clog pounds in Dago. Coronado, and National City, as well as the S.P.Cl.A. kennels in those places, but could not find a dog suitable for the Lzmga Point. Finally, a Sergeant of the Coronado Police, whom we had enlisted in our futile search for Chang, felt so sorry for us that he gave us his own dog, a pedigreed Scotty, whom we ac- cepted so readily that we even forgot to ask his name. What we wanted was a dog, and we wanted him now, because we were getting underway that afternoon on our business trip. just thirty minutes before we got underway, , . c:Scotty reported aboard for duty, promptly making love to one of Bosin Luck's beauti- fully decorated posts on the Quarter Deck, and eyeing his new surroundings with doubtful misgivings. Such a sudden change of sur- roundings in the life of a gentleman dog! Scotty was not the sailor that Chang was, because, for the first two weeks, he could not take food or water. How he lived we do not know. He was without doubt the most un- happy looking creature we have ever seen on four legs. He simply could not comprehend all the strange noises on the ship, nor could he understand or appreciate the constant roll of 176

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