Toledo (CA 133) - Naval Cruise Book

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'lihv shipis lutslu'tlmll tvaun also lwgratn to 1-oinv into its own. ,X ttispntclm was i'vt't'iu'cl from llttlllNllX'l'lt' tlt'Slf.!QlIillllIgI tht' tvann to l'0lIl'l'St'lll that Naval l ort'vs in ,laspun at 'thv All-Navy Far Exist vliminutions in lluzun. 'lihv lrluzing sun anal l'0lll'l'l'lt' vourts ol' Guznn wr-rv lmrflly plvasunt sights to tht- 'lltll,l'il3U liaslu'tt't'i's. hut with twivo daily pr1u'ticvs unel plvnty of salt talilctsn tlw tvznn nizulo rvaily for thv tirst rounal ol' play. ln this wt- tools the incas- ure of the CoinNayl'liil tvann two straight hy 9 to 17 points niargin to cntor into the finals against the Flvvt Marine Force outtit front Cuani. killglllltxlllfftl hy players from other Guam units. This Conibinution proyml too niuch as our tc-ani lost tho first two Qllllllfti. thc sevontl hy the slim niargin of five points. Now the landing force tall in at landing force parade. gis- -Hanan:-qu .'rt - Wi. Inside and out, those guns get dirty. Even on the yard arm, equipment breaks down. The All-Japan team won in Hong Kong, too

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lf's all in the day's work-fueling al' sea. A pair of shoes gels a thorough check. Oops' Such hosts we were not again to see until Hong Kong. Nlany drinking bouts were in order and in none reported to date did any of us come out better than a very poor second. From Kure trips were taken to Hiroshima where the full power of an atomic blast was seen, to Mia Jima, one of the most famous japanese religious shrines, and to Eta Jima, the former Naval Academy. During the stay in Japanese waters the shipboard routine went on its normal way. Morning scrub down was held, bright work polished, surfaces chipped, wire brushed, chromated and painted. Equipment had casualties and was repaired and the never- to-be-forgotten weekly training schedule came into being. Every conceivable sort of drill from how to wash cups for the mess cooks to close order drill for the landing force was done over and again. The bugler, who has always been an unpopular man in any service, sank to an even lower level with his four drill calls each day. Shipboard athletics provided an interest and almost all divisions organized a team for play when the hard-pressed Fleet Activi- ties gym in Yokosuka was available. Utiliz- ing noon hours and liberty time, a double elimination tournament was run off with the 4th division winning the Hrst round and the H1777 the second. In the championship game the fire controlmen came out on top.

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S M 0 . Q ss fx- A .r X Q X? v 3 X -ei. sf ,. W .N,. W lie it . as Q, 3, 7 Qi Q at Q, ,V N. Q 6. we Q i3E1,::l 5zfm 353119 Christmas display al Fleef Aclivilies, Yokosuka. Canals af Osaka, the Venice of 'lhe Orient. The holiday .season foand the Tokyo area decked out in traditional American fashion, from the PX's with their decorations and gift displays to the Christmas parade in Tokyo with a genuine Santa Claus. The overseas telephone exchange was jammed with stateside calls, while aboard TOLEDO, the traditional turkey dinner with all the ufixin's,' was prepared. Guests of the ship were fifty Japanese orphans from a home in Yokosuka-dinner and a cartoon movie, and did they love itf New Yeargs was fol- lowed closely by relief of Captain Arison by Captain Stout, whose first trip with his new command was to Osaka and Kobe in Janu- ary. After fine liberties there and at nearby Kyoto, ancient capital of Japan, the ship re- turned to Yokosuka in time for the visit of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. We were nearing the halfway point already-next stop Guam and the Philippines. In EBVIY Jan'-IBFY. CGPT- Al'i50l'1 WHS relieved The Joinl Chiefs of Staff: Gen. Omar Bradley, Gen. J. Lawton Collins bY C-BPT. Sfouf. and Adm. Forrest Sherman visit The TOLEDO.