Ault (DD 698) - Naval Cruise Book

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M passengers Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Commander of the British Pacific Fleet, Whom we transferred from his flagship, DUKE OF YORK to our carrier IORKTOWN. A glad sign of the times was the transfer of the first contingent of men to leave this ship under the Navy Demobilization system, on 30 August. September 2nd, and the great day of the surrender ceremony. Aura' was fortunate to the last, and nlth Admiral H.F. Kingman, Commander Battleship Division 9, and Commodore Higgins aboard , she steamed into Tolqo Bay for that grand occasion, anchoring just a shouting distance from the MISSOURI as due had been in New York Navy Yard on the other side of the world :Ln the month they both were commissioned, a cycle had been ccmpleted, a good job well done, and there our story may rest. -ILC-

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X 1 , 1 v- H12 .slr si F, - A a.:nn.eMR I A FEW STATISTICS I In the cou e of AULT's history from commissioning to the day of the signing of surrender terms in TOKYU BAY, it is of interest to note the amounts of UBeans, Bullets, and Fuel Oiln she accounted for. Over these extremely active sixteen m nths, the crew consumed the rather startling amount of seven hundred and ninety nine thousand, seven hundred and eight five pounds of provisions - two thousand, two hundred eighty pounds per man - roughly five pounds per ms: pe f In the same period, the ship's guns fired a total of eight ,et. . fred seventy seven thousand, one hundred thirty three pounds of ammunition of all calibers - slightly over two thousand, six hundred pounds of bullets per man. Traveling over a great portion of the globe, AULT steamed l2O, 803 miles up to the day of the signing of terms of surrender, To steam this far she consumed o,l7o,262 gallons of fuel oil - roughly 17,916 gallons of oil per man. To use this oil, AULT visited Bermuda, Trinidad, Panama, San Diego, Hawaii, Eniwetok Atoll, Ulithi Atoll, Leyte, Samar, Saipan, and Tokyo. The great bulk of her traveling was not done in making ports of call however, and for the most part the long and weary miles were spent steaming through waters off the once mighty Japanese Empire in company with Task Force 58 and 38 where the carrier aircraft had the honor of leaving calling cards for all ships of the Force. AULT has not been a nlibertyn ship - twice she has stayed at sea in excess of 80 days while rolling up steaming miles.' I . he In Boans, Bullets, and Fuel Oil,H the spark of the Navy at war, AULT hal accounted for her end. 4 -11- Einsnli