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2 T, :, 'T ' 'ri T ' l-ligh ranking officers of The Task group meT and dined wiTh ciTy and governmenT officials: seamen had Their hosTs also. Americans Trooped To The zoo and The bars: The SouTh African Museum and The ArT Gallery: confused Their newly-found SouTh African friends by calling for cabs and hacks insTead of Taxis. As always, They reTurned wiTh souvenirs-ivory Trin- keTs, rings, cloThing made in The STaTes. resTauranT menus and a Thousand oTher iTems. Meanwhile Cape Town residenTs swarmed aboard The TENNESSEE in a sTeady sTream, poking inTo every nook and cranny aboard The big ship. Teen-age girls sTood' awed by The huge I4-inch guns, mounTed forward and aff. lnquisiTive liffle boys deTerminedly aTTempTed To climb inTo The Two Kingfishers on The quarTer-deck. l-learTy maT'rons inspecTed The galley: sampled The huge vaTs of sTeaming food. They scrambled down The ladder To sick bay. They even sTood in line To buy Ameri- can ice cream. The SouTh Africans liked whaT They saw on The TEN- NESSEE and TENNESSEE men liked whaT They saw in SouTh Africa. The sTay of The group in The hospiTable porT ended and The ship again puT To sea on November I9-The nexT sTop, Philadelphia and home. For many iT marks The end of an honorable Navy career, while for many oThers who are sTaying in The serv- ice, iT meanT a homecoming wiTh loved ones before The Chrisfmas holidays. The porTs aT which The TENNESSEE called on iTs I6,000-mile world cruise will forever remain a pleasanT memory To all who made The cruise-a memory which may someTime grow dim buT cerTainly can never be erased.