Watts (DD 567) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 25 text:

I . WE? ,, f .axrflfffffffffffffffffffffffmrfxf PURTS 0F CALL - '0O9oo g, , . ' ------Y-,--,.,--- --,---,q--4-,,4'.--,-,,f ,----.-11- ,- 5,',, 'Tw . W ay V, 1.-fr.-'11,-ff-,rdf

Page 24 text:

Officers -. ST-7' LUG: Clow, Balmann, Riley, Hobari, Ehlert Chief Petty Omcers l I R: U 0 we ' , am: ton GMC, Furlong CSC, selman MMC, Nabors BMC, Hancock TMC r HMC, Neves BTC Justice MMC M 'I HU w

Page 26 text:

5 fgiesfr -fer rw 'Algal SR ' .2 fa Jiffis .ff g 31f'?f,ZTZ ' .f :Q V A.5:, 'tgs:j, x X' i A' ., 1 L, 1 M fn 3,3 55 - 3 . gt ...4!, .V , t ,-cat ' f isrfwi ' ' oms OF CALL C'lflll h surlgu e. During the six months of the cruise we saw the tradition latgtnms, the white coral sands, the coconut palms, the oriental peopl the ouasional typhoon weather that all belong to .the Pacific. There ar things that wc saw and experienced in the P0115 of call that too will l f P I '1 Micronesia Indonesia, an The Parihr Ocean. twice as large as the Atlantic, covers one-third . t ' t l of our memories ol the lant s o o yuesi: , ' . - , d Uteania. l94l Pearl Harbor, our first port, was a reminder of past history, est the remains nf the Arizona in the harbor, rusting there since -e . tall meant a swim at Waikiki and trying the surfboards and being n feel foolish hy the young kids who ran circles around us. VVe watcl graceful catmnarans and outrigger canoes until the sun went down on D Head changing it from a rich brown to a deep purple as the lights on around the tres-rent of that famous beach. Mlith leis of orchids and 1 and houganvillea around our necks we sauntered through the lobby Royal Hawaiian like tourists on a holiday. Xvith our first taste of P2 well enjoyed we all had the feelings ol' . Aloha . VVe'll be back this ws Midway was a lone coral atoll interrupting the long trek from H: japan. A turning point in the war, it gave us a chance to strech 4 and to swim in the pale aqua surf. VVe saw our first black albatt more affortionately known as Ugooney birds. On the island they profuse as Al Capps shmoos and as looney as a Disney cartoon. 'T goonies were as big as turkeys and were still grounded. In their ft feathers they looked like tufts of scrummage under a bed. The adult: like a kid needing a diaper change and took gif like 3 drunken ,di they dipped and bowed. cooooed and smacked their beaks, squatted ant in their mating dance they looked like reincarnated clowns. Tokosuka was the first fascinating glimpse of Japanese culture,g1 architecture. We learned that it, Nevah hoppen, joel l. . . wel W 1,5 .gtg ,jp Q Y '