Anthony (DD 515) - Naval Cruise Book

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- POSTSCRIPT Nagasaki, the site of the second atomic bomb was the first Japanese territory visited b 'the . , ' Y ANTHONY. Here the entire crew was given an opportunity to scrutinize the Jap people, their living conditions and customs, first hand. An eye-opening tour of the area devastated by the atomic bomb was made possible through the courtesy of sho re authorities. - On the 291111 of September, after an escort mi ssion to Wakyama, the ANTHONY anchored in the littered harbor of Sasebo. While sweating out orders for home, souvenirs were- accumulated and the A became pill-happy combating an epidemic of dysentary. Through the efforts of Captain Raymer and the courtesy of the U. S. Army, every man on board secured a Japanese carbine to add his collection. The red letter day arrived 17 November. At 0843 the anchor cleared bottom and we steamed out of the harbor at 15 knots. No one minded going to sea this time, for our destination was the answer to all our prayers. An atmosphere hovered over the ship which hadn't existed for a year, only now it was more predominant as most of the men were going home for good. The trip to Mid- way, or Goony Bird Island, seemed infinately long, but we finally arrived on the 25th of November. Refueling in seven hours, we departed for a more familiar port, Pearl Harbor, and in a relatively short time the island of Oahu could be seen rising above the sea. Within three days the ANTHONY had authorized passage to our first stateside port, San Diego, so with no delay we got underway. With each turn of the screws, tension grew, and the eve of arrival found men strolling about the decks unable to sleep. As the sun rose, eyes were focused on the horizon which suddenly loomed as mountans, and everyone knew he was home. At the harbor entrance, a crash boat appeared along- side and now civilian, Norm Wiatt, in' a brown tweed suit and a large yellow tie, climbed aboard to welcome us back. Our arrival was a gala affair, for a large band with six beautiful drum majorettes greeted us on the docks. The first member of the crew ashore was Snowshoes , but soon there- after the entre compliment was enjoying the feeling of having U. S. terra-firma underfoot. An un- limited supply of long awaited fresh milk, do-nuts, and sandwiches was served by a local civilian group. After a year of Kamakazi G. Q.'s, and foreign port liberties, the utmost advantage was made of our three day stay in San Diego. Here we bid farewell to Captain Edward W. Young, our Squadron Commodore CHopscotch 43, who led us through the Okinawa campaign and occupation of Japan. A full power run featured our trip to the Panama Canal, and it proved the Mad A still pos- sessed its original pep in spite of almost three years of war. Clt is rumored that the engineering gang sat on the safety valves.J As always the trip through the canal was interesting for the first timers . Balboa with its rum, women, and silk stockings, provided an eventful four hour liberty. The Atlantic, noted for its rough waters, lived up to its reputation the first few days, but our final entrance to Charleston was made upon a glassy sea. Two days before Christmas the anchor was dropped in the Ashley anchorage, Charleston, S. C. At last we had arrived in the port where the ANTHONY would spend her days as part of the Inactive Fleet. The past three months have been busy ones preparing the ANTHONY for final inactivation and decommissioning. The main engines and boilers were carefully cleaned and preserved with rust pre- ventative compound and the ship was cleaned and painted inside and out. Although the brightly lighted compartments and the sleek painted decks lack the throb of a ship with a sea-going crew aboard, we are sure that our shipmates would be pround of the manner in which we are leaving the ANTHONY to again answer the call to the colors. Dehumidifying machines will soon begin to hum and during the years of peace the ANTHONY will wait ready for a new crew to take her out to blue water again. The present decommissioning date is about April 17th and when the colors and commission pen- nant are hauled down a crew of nine officers and one hundred men will leave the Mad A in berth Easy , Wando River, Charleston, South Carolina. Future plans call for the ship to be moved to a finger pier at the Charleston Naval Shipyard as a final berthing place. Snowshoes went A. O. L. in the Charleston Naval Shipyard in March and the b6S'C eff01'l1S Of searching parties have failed to 1002.116 her- . -17-

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CITATION S NAVY moss LETTER OF CONIMENDATION espn. Edward W, YOUNG, USN Lt. fjgn Ernest c. 1-npr, USN comar. Clyde J. VAN ARSDALL, Jr., USN Lt. fish Douglas B. MCMONAGLE, USNR A Lt. qjgp Eldon G. ELDER, uvrcy, USNR SH-VER STAR Percy G. SYLVA, CBM, USN Lt. Comdr. Norman c. WIATT, USNR Robert I- EVANS, JR-1 CWM' USNR Lt. cjgm Ross D. DENISON, USNR Joseph A- BROGNA SOM 2!2- USNR Walter Lee HOUSTON, EM 2 jc, USNR BRONZE STAR Robert A. RoULs'1'oN, Ram sfo, USNR Lt. C0mdr. Robert S. BACKUS, USNR LeRoy N. GARDNER, CMM, USN AN ACKNOWLEDGEMEN T To our good friends, without whose assistance the printing of this book would have been impos- sible, we wish to thank Mr. Bernard Katz of the H. W. Fairfax Advertising Agency, New Yorkg the Es-Kay Printing Company of New Yorkg and Mr. Louis A. R. Nelsong President of the Southern Print- ing and Publishing Company of Charleston, South Carolina. The above contributed to the publish- ingrof the story of the Mad A at cost and enabled us to prepare this book with the limited funds available. , 'I -16-

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OFFICERS-U. S. S. ANTHONY . Comdr. Jackson Hunter RAYMER, USN 711 So. Chapel Ave., Alhambra, Calif. Lt. Comdr. Norman Carl WIATT, USNR 3350 W. 9th St., Los Angeles, Calif. Lieut. J ere David LUSTIG, USNR 166 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago,-Ill. Lieut. Herbert P. CARROW, Jr., USNR 223 Kedzie St., Evanston, Ill. Lieut. James Griggs RAINES, USNR Dawson, Ga. Lieut. Linwood T. LAWRENCE, USNR 210 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave., Philadelphia, Lieut. Ernest CalhounHIPP, Jr., USN Clinton, S. C. Lieut. Rinaldo Louis GUINASSO, USNR 2163 18th Ave., San Francisco, Calif. Lt. Cjg1 Delmar Ross DENIS-ON, USNR ' 403 W. 23rd St., Hutchinson, Kans. Lt. fjgj John Marshall BERGSTROM, USNR Wittenberg, Wis. Lt. fjgl Jack Riggin BURROUGHS, USNR 1224 W. Market St., Greensboro, N. C.- Lt. ljgj John Walter GOVANUS, USNR 4905 North Meade Ave., Chicago, Ill. 19, Pa. A CREW, U. s. s. Billy Ray ADDISON, SF3fc 321 Perl St., Alabama City, Ala. Richard Caswell, ADKINS, Sr., F1fcCMoMMJ , 1914 E. 6th St., Siougg Falls, S. D. Louis Joseph ALBERT, MM1fc 9 Bacon St., Biddeford, Me. Benjamin Clinton ALDRICH, RdM3 f c USS Bearss DD 654 Robert Justin ALESSI, RdM2jc 30 Byron Ave., Kenmore, N. Y. Raymond Dentist ALLEN, S2 jc Route 4, Box 45, Anniston, Ala. William R. AMAROLI, SK3fc 2322 Jones St., San Francisco, Calif. George A., ANDRYS, RM2fc Langdon, N. Dak. John Edward ANGELO, GM3jc 509 11th St. N. E., Minot, N. Dak. John Wakefield ANGUS, RdM3jc 7726 Narrows Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Jack Calvin ARMSTRONG, FC1jc 204 W. South St., Clinton, Ill. David Joseph AUDET, SoM3fc 400 W. Cleveland Ave., Montebello, Calif. Walter Cnl, BAKER, Jr., Slfc 2041 4th Ave Kz 20th St., Jasper, Ala. John Rogers BALES, S1 fc 3403 West Seventh St., Fort Worth, Tex. Patrick Edmund BALL, GM3fcCTJ Lt, fjgp John Elmer JOHNSON, USNR 198 School St., Quincy, Mass. Lt, fjgp Wilson Briscoe SWAN, USNR 5015 N. W. 19th St., Oklahoma City 3, Okla. Lt. gjgl Donn DOERR, USNR 15 Olive Ave., Piedmont 11, Calif. Lt. Cjgl Glenn RAYNES, USNR 803 South Normandie Ave., Los Angeles 5, Calif Lt. Cjgy Donald W. THORNTON, USNR 612 D South Blue Grass Park, Lexington, Ky. Ensign Charles Samuel VVIMBROW, USNR Bridgeville, Del. Ensign Lawrence U. HUDSON, USNR 9510 Mountain Blvd., Oakland, 3, Calif. Ensign John Stark KEARNS, USN USS Willard Keith CDD775J, F.P.O. N. Y., N. Lieut. Samuel NEW, QSCJ, USNR 322 W. LaSalle St., South Bend, Ind. Lt. Cjgj Eldon Glenn ELDER, KMCJ, USNR 248 Darragh St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Ensign Marvin LeRoy HOGG, CSCJ, USNR Route 1, Granite, Okla. ANTHONY U.S.S. Yosemite fAD19J, Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. Sam H. BALL, Jr., RdM3fc 2115 Bull St., Savannah, Ga. Keith O'N eil BALLENTINE, RT1fc NTS-CH KEE 8z RMJ NTC, Great Lakes, 111. John BALOG, Y1 fc R.F.D. No. 2, New Brighton, Pa. Fidel Protillo BARRIENTOS, F1 jc 1458 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Ralph BATEMAN, FC2fc Elmer Earl BEAN, SC3fc U. S. Naval Hospital, Charleston, S. C. William Victor BENCH, WT3fc Brownfield Star Route, Lebanon, Mo. Roland Anderson BERRY, MM3jc ' Box 547, R. F. D. 7, Navy Yard, Charleston, S. Joseph Stephen BESENY, S2fcCRMJ U.S.S. Pine Island CAV 129, FPO, San Francisco, Calif. Robert Craley BIECHLER, CMMCAAJCTJ 513 N. Lime St., Lancaster, Pa. Offie Henry BIGGS, StM2fc Wesson, Miss. Donald Edmund BIRKETT, TM3fc 47 Park View, Newport, Ky. Robert Glenn BIRKHIMER, S1 fc 3947 Terrace St., Hollidays Cove , W. Va. .1g... Y. C.