Oklahoma City (CLG 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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DISTANCES IN NAUTICAL MILES San Francisco-Lon g Beach 330 Lon g Beach-San Diego ........ 90 Long Beach-Hawaii .......... 2400 Hawaii- Yokosuka ............ 33 oo Yokosuka-Iwak uni ............ 260 Iwakuni-Okinawa ............ 500 Okinawa- Yokosuka ............ 800 Yokosuka-Kohe ...... Kobe-Chinhae ................ 190 400 Chinhae- Yokosuka ............ 640 Yokosuka-Mani la ............ Manila-Keelung ,,,,,, Keelung--Hong Kong , , Hong Kong-Yokosuka 1620 720 600 SAN Ffwccnsco 1800 6 Lowa Baca 1 Dec f I2 Jun: 62. f SAN Disco HAWAII 7 3 DEC 67 j6 June: 62. Among twenty de nztzons 0 time Wehster says rst that it is the penod during which an ac tzon process etc contmues 0 measured or measurable duration On the preceechng pages 0 this hook you may measure the story 0 our ship her men our West Pac cruise and the memorable places people and things we have seen during that time I this element o our lives could really y we could certainly attest to that ust a ew short months ago we bid ond arewell to our loved ones at Long Beach We roamed the seas 0 the thirty million square mzles protected hy the US Seventh Fleet visit ing the cities and people o the area Every place we went an zndelthle memory was xed in our minds a memory times OKLAHOMA CITY retumed to the Ear East in a new element 0 time the missile age She had fond memories o her own o a time long gone hy As we visited our many ports o call she seemed to say Look at me Im now a proud missile lady I was at one time I am now and I always will he a proud memher o the US Navy Time honored tradition has shown me to he a unit 0 the hest eet the world has ever seen As we lea through these pages its hard to think o our West Pac cruise as a period 0 measured action processes or duration hut more like a eetzng glimpse 0 happenings years gone hy We are home' Our missile lady zs hezng checked and rechecked in yard periods She is hemg modz ed and re out tted with the latest and hest weapons and machinery 0 the nme She is hemg readied to take another crew to the Far East or to wherever she is ordered She is hezng prepared or another measured period o action zn her service to her country N? if

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In Memoriam RaQob V. Brafber Boilerman IXC B Division 3 February 1962