Saint Paul (CA 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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North of Yokosuka lies the port city of Yokohama and the sprawling giant, Tokyo. Yokohama is a favorite liberty spot for many SAINT PA UL sailors. An international atmosphere makes Yokohama a unique city in Japan. Tokyo provides a wealth of interesting places, people and events matched only by the other great cities such as London or New York. If Tokyo has a center, it is the quiet, dignmed Imperial Palace and grounds which repose, undisturbed by the city's bustle, behind a gray stone HIOCII. To the east of the Palace lies the Ginza district with literally thousands of night spots and home of the ubiquitous coffee houses of modern Japan. Most of the city's department stores and the center of Tokyo's fnancial operations, Marunouchi street, are located in the same area. To the north of the Palace is Ueno Park which houses a wide range ofpublic buildings and displays. Within the grounds of the park a visitor can call at the zoo, see examples of Japan's prehistoric sculpture or hear a symphony COIICEFI. A number of Tokyo's many universities and colleges are found to the west of the Palace. This part of Tokyo stretches on for miles across the broad expanse of the Kanto plain. South of Imperial grounds Tokyo is stopped short by the great industrial suburb of Kawasaki. Closer to Yokosuka, a mere fifteen minutes by train, is Kamakura, one of Japan's most enchanting cities. The famous bronze Buddha is only one of the many beautU'ul features of this residential city. Kamakura is on the eastern rim of the smooth curving shore line of Sagami Bay, stretching from the Miura peninsula to the larger Izu peninsula. Along the shore line lie the island park of Enoshima, the beach town of Oiso, the castle town of Odawara and the twin hot springs resorts, Atami and Ito. If the seagoing man has seen enough of the earth's tidal regions for a while, he can take an hour ride from Odawara and be lost in the hills and woods of Hakone National Park. In Hakone there is a jine Special Services hotel. The view of Fujiyama from the smaller hills forming part of the minor volcanic upheaval that is Hakone National Park is one never to be forgotten. The men oj SAINT PAUL have enjoyed their tours in Japan. While homeported in Yokosuka we have had a fne opportunity to see diverse and interesting facets of Japan and its people. If we were not E returning to our own nation after a long absence, it would be even V harder to say Sayonara .

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1 -L 3 '1 go 0521114 I I i I . Th hiry which has been SAINT PA Um homeport dui-ing the sfffh'-S' ffffff Wa Sfffom' fi fhf Fa' EM' e is Y okosuka-Y okosuka whose residents number close to 300,000, lies at the base of the small Miufll Peninsula' but well inside the sheltered waters of Tokyo bay. , I ial Yokosuka has a ine natural harbor which was converted into a great naval base f0f the Japanese mpg' . - under Navy. The United States Navy took over the base at the end of World War ll and continues occupatlvy h h es t e terms of the United States-Japan Mutual Defense Treaty of 1960. Today, the U. S. SEVENTH F1601 5 ar , , , , Mhiiiiihe o osu a harbor facilities with patrol craft and destroyers of the J0p0I16'5e the use of the large Y k k Sebf-D efense Forces. The United States Navy base at e t e complete needs of a modern 'IW'- , . , 'hich Dry docks, shops, huge cranes and a large supply facility are the primary physical featul'eS Qf fha base H q ar ers of Commander Naval Forces Japan. Y okosuka is equipped to handl h also houses the head u t There is some housing for officers' and enlisted men's famil' - ies on the base, but most QfSf41NT PAUL? dependents live in the Navy's Yokohama housing facilities. On the Yokosuka base there aff' 0 large exchange' numerous athletic facilities, a large Naval hospital, and clubs for officers and petty offic'Ct'-Y- Outside the main gate there is an Enlisted Men's Club. Around the Club spreads a large Urea of slows, shops and nightspots which cater to U.S. Navy personnel. Only a few blocks in the opposite direction from the E.M. Club is the m ' . . . a We am street of Y okosuka with a department store, half a dozen movie theaters and J? shopping arcade. The residential section, dotted with the small B . , -. outlfl . uddhist and Shinto shrines uhuh are f ffl every Japanese city, lies beyond the business district. , , . cleflf From the Yokosuka ha'b0 the Japanese Seif'Df?ff 7S9 Force Acadenu' l7llI'lt!'l'll,QS can be seen on a day. Further down the Miura en' p insula from Yokosuka are the ' ' 4'l1lCh cities of Uraga and lX'Ill'1'f1lIl7III, both Qf ' prosper on a combination of ship building, s ll ma industry and fishing. 1 M ii' -' the fine gt'01 C0114 Tok is st The the e Izu 1 of Oi tidal Natio The 1 volcar forgo: I While divers return hflfdei

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.3 Sv. 1 I THE FINGER PIER AT di YOKOSUKA HAS BEEN THE MOOR ING .MOST IRI QLI N7I Y OCCLPIED BY SAINT PAUL DURING HER THREE YEAR STAY IN THE FAR EAST ALONG THI NORTHIASTERN SIDE OF THE FING ER PIER IS USS HASSA YAMPPA QAO-I-455, THE PRLVIOUS COMMAND OI CAPTAIN A. T. CHURCH. AT CHRISTIVAS TIIVIE IN YOKOSUKA WE HAD A BIG PARTY FOR ORPHANS HE AREA. CHAP- LAIN RIESS HOLDS A LIT- VISITOR WHILE FROM T TLE GIRL OUR JAPANESE SANTA CLAUS, ANDY ANDER- Sox, BM2, HANDS our THE PRESENTS. SXSW it wish!-efilz f '-lpn