Ships

Captain Lewis S. Parks (right) cuts his birthday cake in the Wardroom of the USS Manchester. The other man is unidentified.

An unknown officer and sailor paint "Thank God our prayers have finally been..." on the side of the large guns aboard the USS Manchester as they wait for the arrival of the USS Los Angeles to relieve them from their ten month tour in Korea.

View from the USS Los Angeles as the USS Manchester approaches. Crew members from both ships were alongside their decks to greet each other. The USS Manchester was traveling at full speed, as shown by the wake, as it was leaving Communist Korea after ten months at sea. The Los Angeles was the Manchester's relief.

Captain Lewis Parks, left, poses next to a cake to celebrate the crew of Turret 2 firing the 28,000 round aboard the USS Manchester. All others pictured are unknown.

Crew members of the USS Manchester stand along side the deck to greet USS Los Angeles crew. The Manchester crew wrote messages in white paint on the ship. The USS Los Angeles was to be the relief of the USS Manchester in Korea.

A United States Navy ship is in Wonsan Harbor, Korea.

The USS Manchester's helicopter approaches the ship preparing to land.

The crew of the USS Manchester, dressed in white uniforms, docks at Pearl Harbor after ten month tour of eastern Korea. A crowd is ready on the ground to greet them. All are unidentified.

Captain Lewis S. Parks stands at the bridge of the USS Manchester and holds binoculars in his hands.

The view from the USS Los Angeles as the USS Manchester passes. Manchester crew wrote messages to the Los Angeles in white paint on the ship's side. Crew members from both ships were alongside their decks to greet each other. The Los Angeles was the Manchester's relief in Korea.