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w. V ,K Upon arrival in Yokosuka, we moored a1'ForresfaI Causeway. An off-repeated scene- Tak san yen, Jo San. Ualwlmlwt... A wet grey mist hung over the narrow chan- nel into Yokosuka on the morning of 8 No- vember as the TOLEDO, at a cautious one- third speed, slid toward the inner harbor. The band on board the light cruiser USS IWANCHESTER, the ship we were to re- lieve, struck up first c'Somebody Else Is Tak- ing My Placef, then 'gCalifornia Here l Comei' as we came alongside her at For- restal Causeway. Across the way, the HEL- ENA was mooring to Piedmont Pier. There followed a hectic day of turning over rec- ords, data, and information-then out of Fleet Activities and eastward to the states went MANCHESTER and SAINT PAUL. We had the watch. As the flagship of the division commander, Rear Admiral Hart- man, we were to stay in Japanese waters for some three months, making the naval base of Yokosuka our base of operations, while HELENA went south with Commander Seventh Fleet, Vice Admiral R. S. Berkey, for a similar tour in the Philippine area. First liberties at the yard and in the city showed us a great deal about our new 'chomef' Here were clubs for all-officers, CPO'S, petty officers, enlisted men, the RTO to Yokohama and Tokyo, 'cBlack Market Alleyf, and in the yard was a movie, a skat- ing rink, bowling alleys, a ship,s store, and various war relics. The caves, formerly un- derground headquarters for the Tokyo Air Defense Command, were open. There was much to see at Yokosuka. A midget submarine-remnant of the once mighty Japanese Imperial Fleet.