With
the conflict in Korea shifting from battlefield to
negotiating table during the previous year,
ROCHESTER's 1954 cruise to the western Pacific
became one of "showing the flag" at ports
throughout southeast Asia. The pages that follow
recount highlights of this odyssey, with much of
the material presented drawn from the ship's 1954
Cruise Book.
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The mood was more relaxed than on the war-time
cruises of previous years. During the six days en
route to the Hawaiian Islands, the fantail resounded
with country music performed by the Rochester
Ramblers, and the crew had opportunities to condition
their skin for exposure to a tropical sun.
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ROCHESTER docked at Pearl Harbor on 11 January.
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At left, six ROCHESTER sailors, lost somewhere on
windward Oahu, are directed back to their ship by a
local passer-by, while at right a coconut proves to be
a tough nut to crack (but ultimately worth the
effort). ROCHESTER departed the Islands on 17 January
and set a course west by south-west.
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