Magoffin (APA 199) - Naval Cruise Book

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CHANGE OF COMMAND ' ' ' !■ - |U ' ■ ' ; ' .j j« ;S = Oct 6i Captain Fitzpatrick bids farewell. Captain Rawson charges the crew. On 18 Octolier. during Operation Lone Eagle at anchor in Kimmu Wan, Captain Fitzpatrick bid us farewell and expressed his regret at leaving such a fine ship. A recitation of orders, a firm handshake, and we had a new Captain. A parting handshake.

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ITINERARY 11.|im( 1962 rV|);irl( ' (l Saii Dicfio. California, for I ' rail il.irlpor. Hawaii, with 1200 ip- |il.icfmt ' nt Maiin( ' cmliaikfd. 18 Jmu ' iiivoil IVarl Hari)or: participated in Opi ' iatioii ■ Kiviiiji Ui c. 27 June Departed Pearl for Naha, Okinawa. 11 July .Arrived Naha, offloaded Marines. 1. ' ? July Underway for Suhie Hay. Philippines. 16 July Arrived Sui)ic; conducted voyage repairs. 9 Au : . ' orlied from Subic to evade Typhoon Patsy via Palawan Passage. I 1 Aug Kclurncd to Suhic. II Aug I nderway for Buckner Ray. Okinawa. 17 Aug Arrived Buckner. 18 Aug Departed Buckner for Suhic with BLT 2 3 for tran it. 21 Aug Arrived Suhic. offloaded BLT 2 3 and onloaded BLT 1 3. 23 Aug Undenvay for Buckner with BLT 1 3. 26 Aug Arrived Buckner. 27 Aug L ' nderway for Nuniazu. Japan, w ith elements of 1 2th Marine Regiment. 30 Aug Arrived and offloaded Marines at Numazu. 31 Aug Departed Numazu for Naha with BLT 1 3 embarked via Typhoon Amy evasion route. 6 Sep Arrived Naha ; offloaded Marines. 7 Sep Undenvay for Sasebo. Japan. 8 Sep Arrived Sasebo and loaded 167 Armed Forces Personnel and Dependents for R R Cruise to Hong Kong. B.C.C. Departed same day. 12 Sep Arrived Hong Kong. B.C.C. 17 Sep Departed Hong Kong for Sasebo. 23 Sep Arrived Sasebo; offloaded passengers and commenced 12-day upkeep period. 4 Oct Departed Sasebo for Buckner Bay — evaded Typhoon Gilda on the way. 7 Oct Arrived Buckner. 13 Oct L ' ndei-way with other ships of PhibRon 5 for operation Lone Eagle off the coast of Okinawa. 18 Oct Captain A. F. Rawson relieved Captain F. J. Fitzpatrick as Commanding Officer at anchor, Kimmu Wan. Okinawa. 21 Oct Returned to Buckner. 23 Oct Alerted to proceed to Numazu w ith L SS Skagit and USS Fort Marion. 26 Oct Arrived and departed Numazu with BLT 12 3 for Naha. 30 Oct Arrived Naha. offloaded BLT 12 3 and onloaded BLT 3 9. 31 Oct Departed Naha for Numazu w ith BLT 3 9. 4 Nov Arrived Numazu, offloaded 3, 9. 7 Nov Undenvay from Numazu to Subic. 12 Nov Arrived Subic for 4 days upkeep. 16 Nov Undenvav for CONUS via Pearl Harbor.

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WELCOME ABOARD! CAPTAIN ARTHUR F. RAWSON, JR. USN Captain Rawson was born in Roanoke. Virginia, on Marrli 26. 1919. He attended Roanoke College in Salem. Virginia, prior to entering the Naval Academy in June 1938. Upon his graduation shortly after Pearl Harbor in 1941. Captain Rawson ' s first commissioned service was in the destroyer USS Lea (DD- 118). In August 1942. he was ordered to the submarine S-11. remaining aboard until April 1944. His next assignment was on the pre-commissioning detail of the new submarine l SS BOARFISH as Engineering Officer and then he was assigned to the USS HAMMERHEAD at Perth. Australia, where he became Executive Officer. After a tour of shore duty as Assistant Director of Training on the Staff of Commandant NINTH Naval District he returned to sulimarine duty in June 1950 as Executive Officer of the USS CABEZON sennig in the Korean and Ear-East Areas. In December 1951. Captain Rawson took command of the submarine CON- GER at New London, Connecticut. This duty was followed by a course at the Armed Forces Staff College and then duty on the NATO Staff of Admiral Jerauld Wright. A short tour of sea duty as Operations Offi- cer on board the USS IOWA, one of two remaining battleships, was followed by a most interesting tour in command of the USS STRIBLING. While on shore duty with Admiral Smedberg in the Bureau of Naval Personnel he was selected for Cap- tain and subsequently ordered to the Joint Alternate Command Element in the organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Following this tour, he returned to sea to take command of the USS MAGOFFIN.