Smalley (DD 565) - Naval Cruise Book

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LE... f-1 ' -' ,--.-I It works . . . sometimes It was a little discouraging after ten days at sea to find the EM Club closed, and even the familiar coke machine was moth-balled on that hot Sunday morning. However, the Smalley sailors found the Cooney Birds to be natural clowns and excellent entertainers. The padlock on the EM Club was soon forgotten. The more athletic declared swim call in a breakwater on the north-east end of the island . . . and, of course, Chief g'Stew,' fished with his piscatorial students from the fantail. For some the brief stop at Midway brought back memories of a major Naval engagement of World War 11, and for others a realization dl . v .fu J , ' '- a31oRMm of being a link in the long chain of Naval tradition. By 1300 we were underway again and on the last leg of our journey to japan. The next day we crossed the International Date Line and suddenly jumped from 14 to 16 june. For the Smalley there was no 15 june 1953. Our training continued and we became more and more proficient in our duties. On 22 june, sixteen days after leaving the United States, we arrived in Yokosuka, japan. We had traveled nearly 11,000 miles since leaving New- port and looked forward to seeing the sights of what, to many of us, was a new world. Pier at Midway Alongside thc fuel pier 14 4

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,flvrzfss the Pacwc Group. These small islands composed entirely of dazzling white coral sand are scarcely more than a few feet above sea level. On all sides they are encircled by a reef. The sheltered waters inside the reef are a clear turquoise color and as smooth as polished steel. The Bronson and the Daly proceeded through the narrow channel in the reef and moored to a pier on Sand Island to fuel. The Cotten and Smalley continued to screen the Mt. Katmai and awaited their turn outside the harbor. At 1000 we steamed in and while the engineers refueled, the remainder of the crew was given two hours liberty to udiscoverv the Isle of the Cooney Birdf, , .. 'X 5 ,. ,:,.m.aw1.-z,1,1'S5-.rf ax f Q 0,4 -1-1 Q. 7-, -. - gyaaf-vwa V, -f f V-all ,i .,, A- 4, :21'Af 3jv.s1Q2.,fgi,j...i' sf:-f 217 4 ' 's't . -' ' ,QM,-fgf,'1i.:g:zQ:,?4p,W,, , will 'V T uf 2 , if' W , f .roy aw.q1911.-fwzf:::.:w - ' :. f ' I Q ' ff .:i.. ., ., -Q.. - i':,' 1-af,',ifW .w' ' ,zu ' - - ' -. iff1 :2g,v 1 ' f' ' ,. ww' .Z-if , 4 ' x ,aa -fvii , 1. '- .1l..,:- -w we H QM- - . . , , , - f V, ' f , . . X' 3 , 1 : i t Vw., w,fwf.5ae'1,f , ' ' ,' .. ,f ffssicy 1' . -. vi evgfi ,ry '11 .. .- - fff?Y' i: 5-2: I f 1 .2 Q z., 217'-'7I: ' '5'-a i , 3-.-'-I4-jxff' x i, X ,, 4 - A K' , .F ' 1 . ,Z2ff'f'I :.:? . ,f i f' SY- F135 : Ll'ffLp'J2 11. I A A f. ' .- 'i v-1.-,y ,. ,fr . ,: f , '-, -.1-2 V Q ,, .i., , , Z ,.,. ., M, in ,. , , , - 'X' 'ffl 1 . , , f'flllfi: H 1 if 5 fi 'V aiwf 'ff' , 52,527 'fffi' a I' .,,-'1lf13z:I,ff7fQfEil - 1 , 'Wen' V ' : -V j ' l ,i-4,5554ffxgfyg gig.-1,5 '-f,f ,. fijuiwlf' f' ,fw.,Wy,,, .1 I4 l - fi 1 526' ag ,fi in ' lijf if.-,,f:.13V., .I p f ' ,I ,a-5,..':fz,1C1,ff,A.,'35,,,,ml.,V3 -f .1 M f V- l Rope yarn Sunday 13 Snipes getting the word amy ,Q s VVherc,s the cigar, Padre?

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Qi 1, . ki? W 2. f yrs 5 .' :Qi 1 xy ! lllla J 4-be .Jul Q Z E f . XIYA ' 1-if BMA, Y- A371 japan Yokosuka and Tokyo The arrival of the Smalley at Yokosuka, or Yokuskav in the Navy idiom, marked a big event in our cruise because it was the first port in the Far East We visited after a long and tedious voyage across the Pacific. Yokosuka, sometimes called the 'gsecret cityv because it is surrounded by immense hills and mountains, played an important part during World War II as the Annapolis of the Iapanese Navy. Much of the base is underground even today. When the Korean War began some of its facilities were reactivated. The hospital and shipyard are provided With a natural protec- tion against air raids by the hills surrounding the city. The same hills are honeycombed with tunnels, the exact number and location of which still remain unknown. Seemingly, with an eye to the future, the Iapanese are reluctant 15 to disclose any information concerning this maze of grottoes. Getting used to the Oriental Way came almost as a natural adjustment for the crew of XVhat, no ricksliaws?