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ROCHESTER entered the Harbor between Hong Kong Island and the mainland on 14 May. The region was at that time a British Crown Colony.

The view overlooking Hong Kong Harbor from atop Victoria Peak (left) was spectacular. A later visit to Hong Kong's Tiger Balm Gardens (right) found surroundings much like the Tiger Balm Gardens in Singapore.

All that walking in downtown Hong Kong contributed to a big appetite satisfied only after crossing the Island to Aberdeen later in the day. The week in Hong Kong passed quickly, and on 21 May ROCHESTER steamed out of the Harbor and headed back to Yokosuka.

The return to Yokosuka on 25 May gave the crew last chances to get ashore in Japan. But the main objective was to transfer COM 7th FLEET to SAINT PAUL, which had arrived to relieve ROCHESTER in WESTPAC. On 29 May ROCHESTER steamed out through the submarine nets at the entrance to Tokyo Bay (above, center), and headed eastward across the Pacific. Hula dancers performed on deck when ROCHESTER called briefly at Pearl Harbor, but all hands were anxious to continue homeward.

Long Beach California, 14 June 1954.

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