Renville (APA 227) - Naval Cruise Book

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HONG K0 ' - f NNN' l 0lIvug5' Thrilling ride up Victoria Peak by Tram Shopping Center of the Worldn '4Go by rickshaw and leave the driving to us -4' i -sw. 4 'I -uni 1 'Tiger Balm Gardensi' .ii fill :Inv rnorningi of Zl l eln'uary the lienville em. ln-llisln-rl nnonnulonsly but cfllzirmingly with military wives, and other nrilitary persorniel on leave, departed Sass-bo lor a SlllDl't'lIllF dc-stinalion, Hong Kong, the tra- ditional c'lirnan-liv visit of our tour. A side mission, next to our lilnfrly and rnoro liberty, was to transpon these dependents, supposedly stranded in Japan, to and from llong Kong. afifbl, Victoria City hangs like a white crescent against fhe high steep hills of Hong Kong Island and the wide deep sky, as the ship moved silently up the channel between Kowloon on the Chinese mainland Bild the island, and into the world,s busiest, inost congested and most colorful harbor. Merchant ships and naval vessels from around the world stood at anchor in the harbor while fishing vruft and ai variety of sarnpafts swung along their various courses. Five days at this W0I2lfl metropolis, with liberty beginning at 1000. We went everywhere wo could and did everytlling WC Could' and then went buck for some more.

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DEPE DE TCRUISE The last goo d-bysn 'fExtra medical support, Dr. Dockhorn QMCJ and Ltjg Scott fNCl, came along. 1 .4 On the morning of the 29th, the Renville, her holds stocked with her extraordinary loot, her crew occupied with vivid memories, departed Hong Kong. And on the return trip to Sasebo, the wives dlSPl8y6d their wares gallantly in a fashion show OH 4792 hatch, to which the sailors responded with some embarrassment. Who ever heard of a fashion show on a Naval Combat ship? The remainder of our trip was anti-climactic, and most of us looked forward to our return to San Diego, our homes, and our families. A stop- off at Pearl Harbor for a day, then on to San Diego, and on the morning of the 30th of April the Renville came alongside the pier at the U. S. Naval Station, where families and friends waved Cagerly and a band sounded a roarous welcome note. l.Q.1n.uanici-1 f'The latest fashions at sea Downtown Victoria City in the busy cavernous streets, in the shadows of great world banks, hotels and office buildings, were stout, ruddy Englishmen in heavy tweeds walking beside slim Chinese women in their floral sheaths, slit enticingly up the side and crowds of Chinese jammed into the double-decker trolley cars, or trams, if you're British. The Chinese section, narrow streets steaming with the smells of exotic foods, loud with the shouts and the gossip of the merchants, and bordered by tier upon tier of sagging a artments bound endlessly with clotheslines strung with P . the dayls wash. Kowloon, an annex of the British Colony, replete with fashionable hotels and shops and restaurants. Aberdeen, a small fishing village on the island, where the famous floating restaurants are located among the large old community of sampan dwellers. One big happy family 'A i - ' I--f't-1--1-'vw ,.,....,..,..,-. 4 ., ,,,, . .