Admiral W L Capps (AP 121) - Naval Cruise Book

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his there is a di. rim inf Xllc C0111-m-Y iii iigflcs are no dif- HHH sailor is X 'En' morning W: entered kit .iz rzgo. l lun' nlOI1C is .l then set V. morning 'i-Qian pas- wc fb! wand -xxx Sig t s . 'Y ms - . '7? 's A New York Harbor That brings this history up to the present and it will have to stop here in order to go to the printers. The date of de- commissioning has been set as 8 May 1946, when the ADMIRAL CAPPS will be transformed into an Army transport to be operated by civilians. Although We called her a pig iron bucket of rust , The Mad Capps , or any of a dozen other names, we were all proud of her and enjoyed being on her. The gripes were many but the pleasures were more, and we all felt that life aboard her was - everything considered - pretty good. The ADMIRAL CAPPS has served the Navy and its Coast Guard crew well. Although we are all anxious to get to our new tasks-some as civilians and some as crews of Coast Guard ships or stations- We find that leaving her feels like parting company with an old friend. She will long be remembered by those who served and sailed aboard her.

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A lap temple near Nolqa Francisco: orders were received to go from San Francisco to New York for decommissioning as soon as ready for sea. lt was in the morning of Wednesday, 3 April that we arrived in San Francisco, and the Captain decided that we would be ready for sea the following Tuesday. The Californians who were able, rushed home to take one last look at their loved ones while the New Yorkers walked around with grins from ear to ear. We sailed as scheduled in the morning of 9 April at an agonizingly slow 16 knots, in order to conserve fuelf' We ar- rived in Balboa in the morning of I7 April and moored to a pier there for two days to refuel, take on supplies, and have a look at the Pacific side of Panama and the Canal Zone. lf you were to ask us now, we would tell you that there is a dif- ference between the north and the south sides of the country but we d0n't know exactly what it is. The people are no dif- ferent. They all have something to sell and every sailor is their No. I prospect. We were the first ship through the canal in the morning of IQ April and made it through in record time. We entered the first lock at 0700 and departed from the last lock at 1230. If there weren't a speed limit in the canal, we could have done better. We let off the pilot on the Atlantic side and then set our course for New York. We arrived there in the morning of 24 April and after unloading the Army and civilian pas- sengers we set out on the task of decommissioning. . The CAPPS makes her last trip through the Canal f 1 -itr 5 . 7 . u to st rp here in order comr xissioning has bee? K if hat brings this histe .. UG on llc fmt' CAP DS will be transit, operz ted by civilians. -ilthough we called Mad Capps , or any or 'T Q of hir and enjoyed beief' the pleasures were was - everything CAPPS has served K Althaugh we are a civil ans and some 5 X. P R.

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