Ranger (CV 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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i- RECRE no 4 E Eats and drinks were uon the houscw... 1 YW i , , A And the beer was cold...and free... 2' Alfld ll'lCl'C WHS SOI-lllfill... And IIIUYQ' OLYMPIAD The Top Gun Olympiad at Grande Island proved to be a source of relaxation, healthful activity, and good sportsmanship for all who were able to participate. At least 1,000 Rangermen, including Captain Donnelly and Commander McConnell, turned out for the two day affair. In the tropical, colorful beach and park of Grande Island, the men of Ranger were treated to first class food and drink, interlaced with a wide range of athletic activities. fa 1...-f I' 1 il il V l 1 l fl 5

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'xv' al..- l SASEBQ The Tamayas department store of Sasebo, Japan. It wasn't necessarily the department store that was so ap- pealing...although finally we had things...thousands and thousands of things...to spend 62 days backlogged pay on... No...it was the wrapping paper that was truley diferent and somehow most Japanese. After all, a department store is only a department store...but the tissue thin, deli- cately designed paper which covered every Akai tape re- corder, samurai sword, habachi pot, and individual Q tip u'as...dammit...beautiful. Packages were soft orange and pink rectangles bound taut with red cord...or expanses of snowy paper mottled with tiny smiling girl-san faces...and they Flawed back to the Ranger wheremaper a moment's small awe, a Christmas morning hesitation, they become a pile of very pretty garbege. Pk Pls Pk Pk Pk Fleet landing-0000 The rain comes down stedily but not heavily. Out in the black of the harbor, none of the bobbing chips of light seem to mind. The sailors do. Four hundred of them cursing audibly, hunching themselves into wet peacoats. The boats under the pier sway slightly, throwing a fewon the walkway of balance. A light approaches from further out. Closer in, a green light becomes visible at its side. Is it the mikeboat which will take 80 chosen back to the mother s warmth of Ranger? No. It is a Sasabanean fishing scow. The sailors curse a little more audibly.

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l w lv-'W' BOXING Five Ranger boxers and their coach. BDC J.M. Bigbie, were picked for the team representing ComNavPhil in the semi-finals of the All Navy boxing tournament. The boxers earned their positions in the quarter-finals at NAS Sangley Point, Luzon. P.I.. in rnid-February. The five are: SM2 Bill Daniels flight middleweightj, SN Charles LoganQFlyweightj. SN Stanley Parker Qfeatherweightj, AN Primitivo Daan flightweightl and SN James Depetris finiddleweightj. l Illh, i if Q 1' f ,,,v 4, 'J r F RD JM Shlpmate Bigble left hung his Charlc li Pirltnr xi I hnalou a right cross gloves up to take the coaching spot for Rang rs Nam Plwwu lil Llldllll' f 'F boxing team fabovgb A workout on the overhead bag keeps the coordination tip. frlglltl EM3 Roger Scott and SM2 B1l1.Dan1els disregard their weight to get in some sparring practice. i 1967 277