Noa (DD 841) - Naval Cruise Book

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Smugglers Inn D NOA's Irish Home IIINIIIINIIIIIIII, IIIIIAII 1 This is one of our fwo-fime porfs. We make fhis our firsf sfop in Norfhern Europe and whaf a wel- come sighf fhaf famous green counfryside is fo our sform weary eyes. We find ourselves among friends and if's a delighfful Serenade our liffle red faced friends gives us . . . a human luke box-fhaf's whaf he is. One of our firsf venfures is a frip across fhe border info fhe Irish Free Sfafe fo visif Buncrana. Ireland lives up fo all advance billing . . .We have a few lrishmen aboard you know. We liven fhings up af fhe Capifal and Corinfhian, renf all fhe bi- cycles in fown, loosen up our baseball arms, visif fhe Gianfs Causeway , fry ouf fhe golf courses. and meef lvlr, Bushmill. Our second sfay finds ,mosf of us affending fhe Brifish ASW School for fwo weeks. During com- bined operafions fhe NOA gefs fhe only submarine kill of fhe exercise. We. have fwo ships parfies . . . nuff said. We visif Belfasf and many ofher nearby cifies filling our lockers wifh linen goods. The of- ficers fhrow a cockfail parfy for fhe ASW school When Does Liberfy Begin Where else could This be buf Ireland? and ifs goodbye Mr. Bushmill and Anne, . . Downfown7

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PIymouTh Shipyard I say, a very charming visiT, indeed . . . Our TirsT sTop in England and we Tind The BriTish more Than Triendly. Bowling on The green, The hoe, Trips To The moors, a spoT of Tea or an arT and arf , and Those swaying double deck buses . , . LoTs To see and do. Here we Tind The IvIayTlower IvIonumenT, you remember The chaps who seT ouT Trom here in I4 hundred someThing-or-oTher on Their way To Tind a rock To call Their own. We Tin-d we have much in common wiTh The BriTish and grow accusTomed To Their sense oT humor. NOA in Full Dress The Hoe JusT One Big Happy Family PIIMIIIIIH, We sTop here again To Turn our iob over To our reIieT beTore deparTing Tor The MediTerranean. Again we inviTe groups oT BriTish sailors aboard Tor dinner and movies. ITs so much more convenienT To be Tied up insTead oT anchored ouT. IT is wiTh regreT ThaT we leave our-Triends in England Tor They have gone ouT oT Their way To ensure ThaT we have The besT possible Time To be had. ITs back To work Tor The NOA. ,0 xi- --ms.,-... .QW , 7549 rf M, 'sf I I 2 Look PreTTy