Rowe (DD 564) - Naval Cruise Book

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M AMA ci AL Pacific bound fresh water wa h S d0WH in Gatun Lake Mr. Information Ashbrook gave us all the data on the canal. as we made our passage . . . for many of us it was our first time in Pacific waters . . . and many saw our first bull fight in Panama City . . . M., 1 if

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...AND A Goon Goon-By To We take 3 long last Monday morning 20 April 1954. . .but it was different from other mornings. . .for after postponements and cancellations. . . scheduling and re-scheduling. . .the ROWE was off at last onthe first leg of a World Cruise. . . no bands were there to see us off onlya few of our families. . . all lines and shore connections were cast off and we were underway. . . as the bow cleared the slip the telephone just removed from the quarter- deck to the pier began to ring. . . it would be six months and a trip around the world before anyone on the ROWE could answer . . . C E. PierB look at the

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uilwwn looked . . .HELLO A IIIEGII For many of us it was also our first introduction to California . . . for others a joyous but brief home- coming . . . sightseersfanned outtoLosAngeles, San Francisco, Long Beach, La Jolla. . . and Short- Snorters even visited Tiajuana, Mexico . . . no doubt to add another country's currency to their small but growing list . . . and almost everyone was agreed that 4 - 10 May was woefully short for introduction or homecoming in California. . . We ' - - and downtown M - , s s S311 . N Dle the last continental U. S. beach for a long time Q u