Cogswell (DD 651) - Naval Cruise Book

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sweet I G45 TT IT 'VJ-fe 444, f f 4 . A I 1 ' I I I . . up I Q Z N, O I i I. , W, . p o q I W Q ' V 471:35 Ps WW Almost half Wal' a1'0Uf1d the W01ld from the Unrted States hes the rndependent Repubhc f the Phlhpprnes Here We and the men and WOIHCH of a proud natlon a nat1on peopled by the descendants of many races who have come to 1ts shores durrng a perrod of many centuues and who desp1te d1fferences 1n background culture and rehgrous behefs have unrted 1n a love of I1be1ty and freedom The area of the Phllrpprne Archrpelago comprrsrng 115 000 square mrles 15 approfumately the slze of Italy lts coastllne 1S longer than that of the contrnental Unlted States The Ph1I1pp1r1es offer much 1n the way of natural beauty The lslands are surrounded by the bluest of waters the palm covered lowlands the br1ll1ant colors of the tropxcal flowers and the towerlng mountaln ranges whose tops may be obscured from VICW by the rollrng whxte clouds The unusual splendor of the sunset 1n the evenrng adds to the beauty of the xslands After passlng many h1stor1cal places rncludlng Corregrdor and Bataan of World War II fame and navlgatmg through a maze of shrps sunk 1n that war the USS COGSWELL anchored at Manrla one of the world s frnest harbors As far back as the late 800s traders from other lands have been xnterested 1n the Ph1I1pp1nes I-lxstory records that Ferdmand Magellan a Portuguese navrgator was the first European to srght the Phrhpplnes By 1571 Mamla was 1n the hands of the Spanlsh Spam contlnued 1tS rule 1n the Phrlrpprnes for some three and a half centur1es but 1ts rule was not always peaceful Then 1n 1898 the Phrlrpplnes became 1nvolved 1n the Sparush Amerlcan War and 1n August of that year the Spanrsh were defeated rn IVlan1la Bay and the Ph1l1pp1nes became a U S dependent The Ph1l1pp1nes played an lmportant part 1n the h1story of WW II On July 4- 19446 amld colorful ceremonres 1n Manrla the flag of the L ted States was lowered and the flag of the Phll1PPlI1CS was rarsed The COGSWELL spent the largest part of her WESTPAC crurse 1n Subrc Bay the largest Naval establrshment 1n the Ph1l1pp1nes Here we underwent several short yard perrods and one short stay 1n a floatmg drydock On 6 Aprrl 1961 the USS BENNINGTON KCVS 20D together wrth DesD1v 212 was relreved by USS KEARSARGE QCVS 331 DesD1v 72 and CortD1v 31 and the COGSWELL for the last t1me 1n 1961 departed Sub1c Bay and the PHILIPPINES xN S0 gxgi CX? PS0 QV OO

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1 w '- Long one of the world's least-known island groups, the Ryukyu Archipelago and its main island of Okinawa have geographic location which, despite their apparent insignihcance, has fated them to play an increasingly important role in World history. C1 This chain of small islands lying between Japan and Formosa just off the great Asian land- N29 525 mass, was glimpsed twice by the COGSWELL. Our first visit, in early December 1960, was to relieve the USS HORNET CCVS-12D and Destroyer Division 12 of their WESTPAC duties. Our second visit to Buckner Bay, Okinawa was in April 1961, enroute to Yokosuka, Japan, OKINAWA ,i 2 Bennington and Escorts Relieve Horent And Escorts U BT No Liberty BT H

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