Mazama (AE 9) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1966

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1 . -f Q- .-ir' 5.1. ,fagii Wat' an-'f to - ,fn-1.4 .1 add? fl W . V, it v 'ai ' ' 'ff ,ee f, I -.ff'.y.QQ-iff, ' . Nav 'T 'j.. -if A . I ' . ,www-f'i':r.,.:I f' f -'Ja . -F is , 5 .3 I sin. 4, ,a 'I . QW! W' N.. .i- V , . - me Q X Q wsu! Z .qw , 2, . ,ci Slnplnnhlimg tiompany at Tanipaflilorida. ller LeeL,,, 'come' to her assistancefims standing by- Will' mrs laid on ll April IEI42 and she was launched on I5 August I9-l3. The Ship was named after Mount Xlazama, a lormer volcano, which is pres- ently the site ul Lrater l.aLe. Oregon. n 1 Nl.-XZMIA joined the fleet on I0 itmti-.1944 when she was accepted by the Navy and placed in lull commission at Tampa, Florida. Alter a shake- ,down in Chesapeake Bay, the ship imade ready for' sea at the Norlollt Naval Shipyardi Taiaing onher cargo of ammunition at Boston, the ship' sailed on 6 Slay llhll bound Irmthe Pacific. iitaznxrft participated in me invasion of sai- pan, sometime-sg referred to as the Marianas 'Ttitkey Shmt ,' the invasion of l,eyte,.Gulf, and was a part ole the Logistics group which remained arwa all japan during the signing ol the surrender dorurnentpstanding ready for any last - ditch jap- anese opposition. ' - ill interest is the lollowing eventnwlrich hap- pened on I2 january 1945. While anchoiedl at-the Fleet anchorage at Ulithi, a suspicious object was sighted some 2000 yards off the starboard quarter. lt was shortly identified as a periscope. Before anything could ,be done, however, a torpedo struck the port side abreast of number one' hold, which flooded rapidly. Seven men were blown over- board by the explosion. but were subsequently restated. All the Ship's pumps went 10 work imme. diately but could make no headway against the llooding. so the ship got tmderway tor the central portion ol anchorage to avoid a possible second attack. picking out :t spot on Potanger-as Island to beach if help ttid not arrive in time. Within a few their aid, the ship was lightened, flooding b0Ul'd' aries established. and ,ballast humped over so that the ship stopped settlirigrwitltltlteaflooding SIDPIWI the ship s crew concentrated on' discharging ser- viceable ammunition. pTiteflfollowing day repair parties began. to czrlkandplug open seams. Alter repair work was completed, WHS able 'U get underway for Saipati oitfffifliafih. The USS MAZAMAei1rned'lwo Battle Stars on the Asiatic-Pacific .5trea 'S'orvice Medal for lf-Nici' pating in.the following operations: l Star-Capture and occupation of SaiD3'1 21-23 iii june 1944 ' 2 ' - l Star-THIRD -Fleet operations against Jima ' ' rs August 1945 , , She also fearned ether Navy occupations Service Medal, Asia,' for the period from 2 to I0 SCPWWW' 1945. 2 , , . The ship was placed out of C0mII1lSSl01l lf' reserve as part of the Pacific Reserve Flecl 31 San Diego, California, under a directive of january l94'7. She wasfrecommissioned on 24 Apfil 1952 She was 'depltfyetd in- the Mediterranean with tht: SIXTH Fleet and was 'part of the l0SiSlif pfmce during the Suez Crisis. She was 'placed out ol com- mission again in june 1957 at Orange' Texas' .MAZAMA was selected for reactivation on 31 july l96l and arrived at Sun Shipbuilding COUL' Chester. Pa., ll September 1961. After extenstvt' overhaul and modernization. she was recommiss- ioned again on 27 September 1961 at Philadelphia. Subsequent to Shakedown training, cruise to Gaun- tanamo Bay, Cuba in February 1962, she 11215

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