Our Last Day in Juneau

The tour of the USS Juneau was magnificent. After standing in line for 45 minutes and making new friends, we were divided into groups of 18 and taken aboard the ship. This USS Juneau is a troop carrier and beach landing ship. Most of the lower haul is a large open space holding at least one HUGE hovercraft. The bow door opens to allow the hovercraft to take troops and equipment ashore. We toured the bridge, radar room, mess and most of the decks. There was a lot of going up and down on steep ladders! The ship is headed down to San Diego for mothballing. At the end of the tour I felt like I was ready for mothballing!

We saw our tall sailor friend from Phoenix later in the day. The town “adopted” all the crew and entertained them. He was enjoying his visit to Juneau and thankful he was not in Phoenix with the 118-degree heat.
After another delicious meal at the Hanger and some shopping we went back to the boat for a good nap. Then the decision to not try to go any further north and head for warmer and drier climates to the south.
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