Marquette (AKA 95) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1946

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YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE SOME PLACE TO PUT 'EM - Kearny - While the crew was being assembled and trained at Newport and Fort Pierce, the ship was under construction at Kearny, New Jersey. The keel for hull number 259, designated as the United States Ship Mar- quette, AKA 95, was laid in the yards of the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company during October of 1944, and the ship was launched on April 29, 1945. The Marquette, designated as an attack cargo ship, was converted by new construction from the Maritime Commission's C-2 type hull. Fully loaded, it displaces about 14,000 tons. It is approximately 460'feet long and has a beam of 63 feet. The AlKA's mission is to carry the equipment and cargo used in an amphibious attack, along with the boats and crews necessary to land this cargo on the beaches and to operate it during the invasion. The Kearny detail consisted mainly of the officers and men concerned with the material condition of the ship. Unlike Newport and Fort Pierce the immediate concern of the work was the ship itself, and training was in the background. In- stallation, familiarization, and inventory LAUNCHING were the order of the day. The primary April 29 1946 job was to learn how the ship was put to- ' gether, how to operate it, and to get it ready for the rest of the crew. Kearny had its lighter moments and was considered the prize of the different details. Per diem and New York always loomed, large as did the amazing office hours, were we in the Navy or were wein hea- Ven? Besides the nucleus crew, everyone had his particular reason Why he ought to be near the ship and Slzipiv Spirit reach- ed a maximum during this era The C0fI1I'1'11SS101'1lDg of the USS Marquette on June 20 1945 caused no more comment in the an nals of the Navy Depart ment than do any of the weddings chronicled in the daily newspaper columns Despite the wild tales em anating from New Jersey, a Shlp all in one piece COVIMISSIONINIG CEREMONY and going, showed up at June 20 1946 Brooklyn for the commxs sionmg There was noth J l s,r,, e U ' Law. .... ... .ff rsx- r tiff.. .,.. . , . . . , . . . 9' , I Q Q . .- C 5 J e A ,

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,' 1 1 1 7 . After a month s sw eat, we were told that beyond the blue horizon the mighty Sarita was waiting to take the entire crew on a training cruise The Week came, officers and men fell in at quarters for muster with all their gear and we were off to the wars, the great battle of Narragansett Bay. The seabags seemed to get heavier with every step, but finally we made the gangway of the Sarita, an AKA of the two-stack Artemis class. A good percentage of the fellows, With 311 our experience , thought that five days was too long a time to be spent on a train- ing cruise. The first couple of swells, however, found all rails manned, ready, and in use. Arriving back at Newport after the cruise, we were greeted with that wonder- ful word, leave , What? Could a miracle have occured? Possibly one of the Ubosslsn cows had given two quarts of milk instead of one. Not the usual hve days, but sixteen days were in the offing. i Leave always reminds us of the transportation situation at Newport. From the gates of the Training Station, we proceeded to the bus st-op. After climbing aboard, we always had the choice of many seats, plenty of room, and a delightful trip to nearby Providence. Gnce aboard the train, after going from one car to another, the usual result was a seat in the baggage car. Then at the end of the leave there was the rather interesting night returning to Newport. Waiting at Grand Central for the Twentieth Century Limited to pull in, we shouted with anxiety for the station master to open up those pearly gates. As the mad scramble of swabbies roared and poured onto the platform, another station master was carried away to the nuthouse . Yes, a very peaceful place - Providence at three in the morning, perhaps one or two persons casually standing around the station. As the Limited edges its way in along track num- ber one, a mad crash is heard, with a sharp burst, doors fly off the hinges, civilians cling for dear life against the fence railings. The storm has broken, the Marquette crew has returned to Newport, and away to the hospital go a few more bystanders. We all awaited the orders to proceed southward, and started to pack. Again that feeling arose that comes at the end of training. Could we actually be leaving New- port? The band assembled and off we marched to one of the few trains that ever saw the Newport run. A couple of stray cats that took shelter in our barracks one night went along also. We didn't need a private dining car, we had a day coach and diner all in one. 'We had a quick lunch of cold cuts, apples and, if the guy on P5315-ei-we.-':.:i:::pi: .ve fu' fi ,1. 5, the platform came close enough to the train window, an appropriated cup of ICC cream. Gver the Hell Gate Bridge we rolled, through freight yards and finally the Armed Guard Barracks at Bush Terminal. This was it -- Brooklyn. fi er r ' if . 1,-1. ,Q wi. , wifza- I - '1' '-1 V ' sag , f , H: .fi , Y in 1,315 , 'qigjriillgllgjzgl t, :wif V ., W- Y Y I,:vV': -J.: ::U i ,wi-' 'LQ . C47



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ing spectacular about a ceremony that had been performed hundreds of tim b f l , es e ore. Scat- tergd around the variouslllnited btates advance bases were hundreds of Marquetles form- ' h l lk f th l ' mbgt C yu o e invasion s tipping used in every thrust at the enemy. Moreover i the A , n same Navy X and three belles ot the Heet were being groomedg the Urzsleany, the Kearsarge, and the Franklin II, Rfmn'-zwll. Ships such as these would cause a second look. Their com- missioning would be good for at least a newspaper column and their future actions would be followed in the comntunrques in months to come. . . it Nuptials are important to those concerned, however, .whether the girl be of piroud lineage A or one amongst many. To her assault boat crews, engineers, men .on deck or 1n the ward- room, the rllarqm'rrf y activ.tties would tulhll as an important part ID the ultlmate victory as her Sisters with acres ot llight deck or .sixteen inch guns. She was a ship with heart and s nerves requiring as much care and vigilance as any other This attention and care be an -A W. - g l., in ten hectic days at New York. P V--I .- 1-an-nt ' U' W 4 i l i if X Fr Ft l BE? f I JOIN THE NAVY A A k f if 4. 6 6 7 W . 3 Educauon 1 in , ,,,, ,f .f l, i '?h 'Q :--1' -Y f 3 f mx 3 r 5 is 1 3 JOIN THE NAVY 55 t -,J --JM -e Career l e 0 A r MW t ik O, it C65

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