Watts (DD 567) - Naval Cruise Book

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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 '

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at liberty call only live men went ashore. Once on the beach. we haggled with the pedicab drivers, danced with the jitterbug experts, and drank Chmese beer. Vl'e saw the markets and the streetside restaurants and the shrines tucked in the corner of a street and we saw the smiling Chinese for the first time but the poor sanitation conditions and the Filth of the town made us glad we were not stationed here. As the ship pulled into Kobe we were entertained by a barge full of laughing, giggling girls kicking black net stockinged legs and yelling at us to patronize Club Morocco. According to the manager his promotion stunt worked. Here we watched with fascination the people in the pachinko parlors, the pinball emporiums. Bright lights, loud music, and the click click of the steel balls held the people entranced. The Beefeater was a favorite haunt here, the center ol' the English colony and a real British pub where you could order 'arf and 'arl. flllillllflllllltlll was a special trip out of Kobe. The scene ol the famous all-girl revue, then presenting Kismet and the Ugly Duckling, it was also the setting ol Flames Mitchner's Sayonara and when we saw the beautiful show girls that story became all the more plausible. Kyoto was also in the vicinity ol' Kobe. Once the capital ol' japan it was spared bombing to preserve the relits ol at bygone era. Here were temples made of wood that had been standing lor seven hundred years, shrines of 1,001 Buddhas, Shinto shrines. training tenters lor the geisha girl, and the old Imperial Palace llllll is still lut'lJitltlc'll to visitors. 'lihe prize lot' the tnost expensive port ol the cruise was won by Manila. lt was .t town til ttmttgtsts, streets ornate with movie palaces, jammed with .lint-titan t.tts and ltgttt'lotitt'tl natives lrom the provinces, hot dust and modt-:nits going hand in hand. lt was the contrast ol' lntramuros, the old walled tity with its lmtttlwtl shells ol once proud cathedrals and Malacanan, the p.tl.tti.tl l'tt'sitlt'Ilt's home with its ntonsterous imported crystal chandaleers and deep pilt-tl tugs. Some women wore the mother hubbard and some slatks. tncn wort- the tool batong tagalog or loud Hollywood pinks and tlt.nttt-uses. It was .t town ul new glt-tuning steel and concrete buildings but nl pattltvtl up tt-n.tmt-nts lou. It is the home ol' the handsome Filipino though and nl the titltt-st snnst-t in tht- l'atilit that inllames the entire sky as it sinks past the multitudes ul ltnllts just poking through the surface ol' Manila Bay. Nlaniltt ntav h.tst' lx-cn the most expensive port, but it was in Hong Kong that wc spent the most moncv. 'lltere is no guessing how very many white cttslmterc. tailor-m.tdc. one button roll jackets were brought aboard. Big junks and tim s.tntp.tns with blue and tan sails cris-crossed our path into the harbor ol Vittoria. the capital ol the island ol two and a quarter million people. llere we saw babies tattied pick-a-back and street urchins at play under foot, we saw a seething. milling. toiling human ant hill. People hustled about the streets. spilled out into the roadway, dodged the tightly packed traffic, and cmbarltctl lrom the cross harbor ferries. It was a wonder where they all came from and 'where they all went. llc were entranced with the slit skirts that split all the was up to there. no. even higher than that! Vlle saw Repulge Bav. the playground ol the wealthy. very similar to our conception gf the French Riviera. and we saw that Tiger Balm Gardens, the grand advertisement lor the ture-all that. stops itch. kills terms. l lg l 1 5, teas :urns and scalds, stops bleeding and pains. tures swellings and blood Joiso ' ' - 1 ning, ptmples and seasick- . ' h much amused at my havtng got the island ol Hong lsongf' X'l'e were glad the English still h it lor it was one ol the best ports, mtinglt- our last befo ave fflllfll lfl P. ness. ln lSll Queen Yictoria wrote that Albert is re starting the