As iI recall it was in the summer and we were in dry dock at Portsmouth  i think ( some of the details are still a litte fuzzy) but I degress, lots of free time and Vabeach was close by so myself and a couple of shipmates rented a small house off the beach for a week or so. To make a long story not so short we decieded to go to my favarite hang out (any place we could get served ) namely "THE RAVEN" and proceded to imbibe in adult beverages, did I mention we were not near being adults? Anyway the owner took a likeing to us , that would be Valdez, Ligget and myself.he figured if we were old enough to serve our county we should be able to drink in it . well we were picked up by some tourist girls who liked sailors alot and i mean ALOT . as it turned out I ended sleeping on the beach after the ladies departed and about 0 dark 30 was rudly awakened by the shore patrol and a local policeman and was promply arrested for sleeping on the beach, which at the time was a crime I guess  and was lodged in the crossbar hotel for the remainder of the evening . In the morning the local constable took me back to the ship and I was sure I would stand before the Mast or get keel hauled or something . I lucked out, Chief Hill was on the quarter deck and assured the police officer that the Captian would make an example of such a dangous criminal , the cop left it at that and when i told the Chief what crime I had commited he laughed and asked i had got "lucky" i told him I did but i really cant remember her right now (did i mention things are a still a little fuzzy) at the end I got to go back on the beach and the CO never did find out