Yorktown (CVS 10) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1954

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Residents of Hawaii catch +l1eir first glimpse of Cougar lets during Yorldown operations in ihe area HEN, AS Autumn stealthily crept unnoticed into the islands, the Yorktown said Aloha, Aloha to the pretty wahinis, the impressive statue of King Kamahamaha, and headed eastward again. This time for Japan and the duties awaiting us there. We didn't want to go, but we had a job to do and we were bent on doing it well, so Aloha Hawaii . . . lVlushi Mushi Japan and the Far East. Only a few days out we crossed the 180 degree meridian . . . making us all members of the Golden Dragon Society. Luckily for most of us there is no ceremony held for this occasion. The statue of King Kamel'1ameha,firs'I'lling of Hawaii, srands maiesrically before Honolulu's library.



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QW lil Piedmont Pier, Yolcosulra, Japan-a wel- come sighf 'I'o some and the first step on a 'foreign shore for most. OR THE second time in her illustrious history the Yorktown entered the mouth of Tokyo Bay on September 5, 1953, not as a conqueror this time, but as an ambassador of good Will. At Yokosuka, which was to be our home port in the Orient for the next six months, everything was strange for a while, but after a few days the friendly attitude of the Japanese people Won us over and We came to like this land of the geisha girl and the gifts at bargain prices.

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