SAMMY THE HARBOR SEAL---gets inspected by seaman Walter L. Lawrence before his departure on liberty. SAMMY is the newest member of the destroyer tender U.S.S PRAIRIE'S captain's gig. He has become quite a familiar sight in San Diego Bay in the
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