Murray (DDE 576) - Naval Cruise Book

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, RIQNIERHAVEN, PURT owing ENIBAFIIQATIKQTN ' GATEWAY or EL Rcmrnxrx commfwo L is O B emerfzavc 459 Theme .,, . ., W WELCOME M - 'Pwr iiwsklvifi Here We Come! ! And We Were Bremerhaven, Germany was what you might call a resting place. Rest a few minutes be- fore you picked up your paint brush again. The Skipper gave us the word. . . PAINT SHIP , and paint ship we did. . . from stem to stern. Order of the day, if it doesn't move. . .paint it. In the short time of three working days we had our ship looking as sharp as it could be, even the snipes were cleaning their topside brass. It wasn't all work though. We had good liberty in Bremerhaven. We met the Germans and we liked them, but it was just a taste of what we had in store for us in Bremen. And so on the morning of the sixth we left Bremerhaven and headed up the Weser River to the city of Bremen. Our honor guard looked especially sharp as we received on board the president of the Bremen senate and other representatives of the city of Bremen. Our ViSi11 to this, the second largest seaport in Germany was a news making event due to the fact that we were the first American warship to visit the port of Breman since 1939. As we entered the docking area there were newsreel photographers on hand to record and report the event. N0t long after we tied up there were the usual onlookers lining the dock usual except that here the people crowded the area all through the day to see and to come on board the Shlps Once again we threw the ship open to visitors and they wasted little time in taking advantage Of the invitation Literally hundreds upon hundreds of Bremenites gave our ship the once over and we were delighted to have them on board as we were delighted at the opportunity to entertaln a group of orphans who paid us a visit The people of Bremen wasted no time in making us feel welcome in their beautiful CIW Even before our arrival arrangements had been made for us to v1s1t points of interest and It n't take long before we were swarming all over the city taking in the sights Even the weather was good to us for a welcome change and once more the shutter bugs went on the mpage There was always something going on while we were in Bremen The Germans S8 to it that we were never at a loss for something to do Dances Jazz concerts, sightsee H2 rs and an especial highlight was the beer stag given in honor of our visit by the Deutsv Maritime Association We cou1dn't have been made to feel more welcome ere was only one complaint too much liberty ind not enough money and I know Of U better way to say that liberty here was excellent Our visit to Bremen was a highly success one and we were sorry to leave but it was back to Pnglfmd md for us a weekend by fha 5 in Southend it y . . . , g did ' ' ' ' ' . ra A . . . . . . W ffjk - . . . I , g Y tou g . I ' ' ' Th n 1 u . K 1. 0 i .1 ful ' . . - .J K 1 1 es, . A

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