50 Years Ago Last Night Mux pulled into a foreign port for the first time!
(Excerpt from “The Last Gun Ship - History of USS Mullinnix DD-944” - A Historical Novel By Frank A. Wood)
Diamond Rock Light passed abeam to port, signaling the arrival at US Naval Station, Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies the morning of 26 June.
Her first visit to a foreign port, Port of Spain. The shear spectacle of the U.S. Navies newest man-of-war tied up portside to the antiquated pier, not even leaving room enough to dock a dingy, was inspiring. With the sun boiling overhead the crew could see heat lighting in the distant clouds and smell distance rain. Ignoring the potential weather, three-thousand visitors came on board Mullinnix in three days to explore the ship and meet the crew.
Calypso, a form of topical song that originated in Trinidad, was one of the first popular music traditions from outside North America and Europe to be commercially recorded. For those short periods of time when the crew wasn’t coughing dust at the local watering holes or dancing at these Calypso clubs, they were able to take in the famous “Red House of Parliament” and other historical landmarks.
To be continued...
Cheers,
Woody
Diamond Rock Light passed abeam to port, signaling the arrival at US Naval Station, Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies the morning of 26 June.
Her first visit to a foreign port, Port of Spain. The shear spectacle of the U.S. Navies newest man-of-war tied up portside to the antiquated pier, not even leaving room enough to dock a dingy, was inspiring. With the sun boiling overhead the crew could see heat lighting in the distant clouds and smell distance rain. Ignoring the potential weather, three-thousand visitors came on board Mullinnix in three days to explore the ship and meet the crew.
Calypso, a form of topical song that originated in Trinidad, was one of the first popular music traditions from outside North America and Europe to be commercially recorded. For those short periods of time when the crew wasn’t coughing dust at the local watering holes or dancing at these Calypso clubs, they were able to take in the famous “Red House of Parliament” and other historical landmarks.
To be continued...
Cheers,
Woody
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