Murray (DDE 576) - Naval Cruise Book

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Now here was a place we just d1dn't have enough time No sooner did we anchor than there were fishing boats loaded down with sight seers waving and yelling hello at us as they circled the ship This looked like a sign of a good time and that's exactly what it was Practically all entertainment cinemas andtransportation were free The people were hospitable as they could be all the people that is. l I - 4 I I YI I 4 l W no , V 1 v ' f, 1 v , , , ' ' ' in. - , ' . W . , . , . . Douglas is primarily a resort town with vacationers coming from all parts of England, Ireland, and Scot- land. Everyone was in a holiday mood and it didn't take long for the crew to join in the festivities...For two hectic days we all had a swell time and there were very few among us who weren't sorry to leave this bright little island. n QA,....AL Hello Yanks! Three Musketeers Coney Island ? an in Step aboard folks. Looking seaward

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L Oflfb UXV i -T5- H 1 1 P Q i First thought upon entering Londonderry, doesn't the sun ever shine here? It didn't. A raincoat was part Of the uniform of the day, it got so you could tell time by the rain. But the weather failed to dampen our spiI'itS and off we went to the Capitol, Corinthian, and Claredon, and brother if you couldn't do that screwy quick-step you just stood around and watched. . . or else you took y0l11' chances of getting trampled on by the mob. We spent two weeks up here, two weeks of rain, danc- ing, rain, drills, and of course more rain. ViSit01'S came aboard and looked the ship over, it was the first of the visiting hours but it didn't take us long to get ac- customed to a 'few hundred people swarming all over the ship. l 1 v Y E I N n l 4 i l I a 5 E