Honolulu, H.I. 1965 Journal a Jan. 18 Honolulu a few minutes in order to quiet his fears and curb his ever increasing panic When out to Clyro Feb was frantically calling Pearl Harbor trying to find out when the 39 was coming in. She was getting two sets of answers. The unofficial word was that the 39 would be in late in the evening. At the same time, the official word straight from the ship control center, was that it wouldn't be in until the 20th. Finally, at 5 she called us and said she had finally learned that the ship would be in to West Pearl City pier VICTOR-2 at 7:15. This pier was a good 19 miles from the hotel (right beside our warehouse 698). The ship finally tied up at 8:35 but no one could get off of it until 9:15 or so because someone neglected to provide a gangplank. We just sat around and tumbled on thinks while they improvised a gang plank out of 3 old boards and a net. Stunning naval efficiency. We finally got back to the hotel at 10:30 p.m. Since we started out at 6:20 p.m. we did much better than we had expected. Normally, when you get there at a time like 7:15 the ship won't dock until 11:15 or so.