Zellars (DD 777) - Naval Cruise Book

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-:iw ..111:'f.- l I I i I They loved us in Buffalo. LR Following the visit to Buffalo, the squadron split up with i ZELLARS stopping at St. Catharines, a small town on the Welland 'J Canal. There the wardroom was introduced to none other than Miss St. Catharines, Miss Winter Festival, and Miss Niagara Falls Hospitality --plus a battle tested chaperone whom no amount of finesse could take out of the play. In addition, some of our fans followed us from Buffalo, including the young ladies who had promised to punch a certain Ensign in the mouth. , Something really should be said about taking a destroyer through these canals. The Canadians seemed to have the knack, P but the Dutch and ourselves only managed to crush fenders doing the bump and grind. Somewhere along the line our Desron 20 shie ' , ld was Jarred loose Long suppressed photograph fun water hours. WY'-SRO retouchedb of Main Control during