Noble (APA 218) - Naval Cruise Book

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U SS NOBLE IAEA 218i OFFICERS BATTLE STATIONS NAME Comdr S S ISQUITH Lleut E W LAKAS S W LEIGH W SUNKENS Lleut Lleut CONDITION I Conn-Bridge C I C Evaluator Comm Off Bridge Engine Room CONDITION I A Conn Bridge Navigation Brldg Engine Room ' 9 Lieut: J.. DSMARTIN., Jr. O..O.DT-Bridge Navigation Bridge ' . . . . .- ' ' ' ' fre W CW! Lieut. C. W. ROGERS Lieut. C. J. BELL Lt. fjgl J. S. COOPER Lt. Cjgl J. F. BARTELS Lt. fjgl W. H. OUTMAN Lt. qjgy R. T. cL1FToN Lt. W. P. LINTHICUM Lt. fig? J. ECHELES Ensign G. G. LANG Ensign H. M. SHARP A Ensign J. A. ASHBURN Ensign L. L. MEYER Ensign V. J. FREDRICKSON Ensign G. L. KUNEN Ensign H. E. BROADBENT Ensign S. Y. WILHITE Ensign P. H. BRUNER Lt. Cdr. W. A. MORRIS Lt. Cdr. F. A. L'ESPERANCE Lt. fjgl M. L. FORCHT, Jr.. Lt. fjgl R. PADEN Lieut. R. E. HOWELL Ensign F. R. JILLSON Lieut. J. F. ARNOLD Ch. Bosn. O. O. SOETEN Elect. G. E. HILL Mach C E YOUNG Ch Carp P W WYNN Ch Pharm R S MacDONOUGH Pay Clerk P P SMILEY A P C R A STRAUS 2nd Lt K R CHURCH Lleut P F PARKER Lt Ugl T G WRIGHT Lt fjgl W F EICKS Enslgn D K NYGAARD Enslgn C H CORBETT EHSlgl1 E E WOLFF EllSlgl1 J L MERRICK Ensign W C SHRODE Ensign J B SIMPSON Ens1gnM G STEPHENSON Ensign P H TRAUDT Ensign H J VODERBERG Lt fjgl R P EBLEN Lt Cjgl G S BOVA Control Officer Damage Cont., Cent. Repair j.f2 Signal Bridge Fwd. Main Deck Cargo Officer s Damage Cont., Central Boat Deck fDavitsJ Fwd. Batt., Batt. Off. Gun 44-1 Battery Off. 5 f38 Repair :ffll Recog. Flying Bridge Signal Bridge Asst. Control Officer J.0.0.D. Coding Rooln Asst. Control 20mm C.I.C. Engine Room S.G. Transmitter Rm. Repair- 1454 Sick Bay Area Sick Bay Area Fwd. Bat. Dress. Sta. Aux. Dress. Sta. :,.f'f:1 Coding Room Coding Room Sick Bay Area Repair :,.l'f:I Engine Room BOIICFE Room Repair 3 Aux Batt Dress Stat 43:2 Coding Room Batt Off Gun H20 10 Batt Off Gun :,v':f:29 Repair 3 Batt Off Gun :,r':f:22 Batt Off Gun :,2I Debarkation if: I, Fwd. Batt. Dehark. :H9 Sz 10, 5 Batt. Repair 11:4 Debarkation Officer Signal Bridge Debark. .yi 2 Asst. Cont. Off. J .0.0.D. Coding Room Dehk. if 8 20mm Cont. 'C.l.C. Deck Mach. S.G. Transmitter Rm. Repair 41:4 Sick Bay Area Sick Bay Area Casualty Sorting Stat. Casualty Berthing Stat. Debark. 1124, Batt. Off. Gun 27, 28 Debarkation :HIS Sick Bay Area Deharkation LHI3 Engine Room Boller Room D6b3Fk3tl0l1 7 Casualty Sorting Stat D6b3Pk3tl0l1 6 Galley Discharge Cargo Batt Officer Gun 29 Boat Group Comdr Asst Bofut Grp Comdr Asst Boat Grp Comdr Batt Off Gun :HI23 25 Boat Officer Batt Off Gun H27 Boat Officer Batt Off Gun IHI44 Boat Officer Batt Off Gun :H.'24, 26 Boat Officer .I O O D Batt Off Gun :fi 28 Coding Room Batt Off Gun H45 Batt Off Gun :li42 SI q':,r':43 Boat Officer Boat Officer Coding Officer Boat Officer Boat Officer Batt Off Gun ifillllf 45 Asst Beach Master Aft Bat Dress Sta Beach Party Med Off . . p ' - 4 . I I Q . , . - - 1 v at Lieut.. D. G. DIVINE Secondary Control Beach Master l ' qI E2xg1 . n 412, YQ! t o . . ' ' ' 9 - I Ln, - ' ' ' ' ' ' - . . I4

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able proportion which later developed into the disastrous typhoon that struck Okinawa in October 1945. At Manus the ship loaded with Marine Aviation units for Tsingtao, China, the 'fl-Riviera of the Far East. En route, the NOBLE again made a 'frescue at sea, picking up an armed-guard sailor from a merchant tanker and our Senior Medical Officer, Lt. Comdr. Wm. A. Morris, performed the successful emergency appendectomy operation. A stop was made at Samar and Leyte, P.I. prior to sailing through the hazardous Yellow Sea where floating mines, loosened from their moorings, presented a constant menace. The familiar general quartersn gong sounded numbers of times and the ship shimmied through the minefields, and the gun crews successfully sank four of these mines as evidences from the upaintingsv on the upper bridge. At Tsingtao the embarked Marines were landed just in time to witness the last,' Japanese surrender to American fand Chinesel Commanders. This ceremony took place on October 26th at the Municipal Race Track, and for this occasion the Captaln of our ship, Commander Solomon S Isqultll, U S Navy, a veteran of almost 27 years commissioned servlce, was officially ll1Vlt6d to attend on behalf of the ship s crew , At TSll1gt30 the Noble was ordered to joln the 66M3glC Carpet ' outfit, a happy duty for those who had obtalnedsufficlent 6P0ll1tS,, for separation from the service Here a group of Bluejackets and MHPIHES were embarked on 28 October 1945, and the ship sailed for Okinawa where she filled up to the gunnels with 'fhlgh pointers bound for San F ranclsco and all POIDIS 66Sl13t6Sld1-39, Enroute home on the northern great clrcle route every known kind of weather was encountered, from sunshine to hall, with drenchlng ralns ln between Halfway across, the Shlp was diverted to Seattle, Wash lngton, where the separatees debarked The Noble went to Everett, Wash lngton, for drydockmg, having been at sea for over a year Upon reloading the Noble left December 5, 1945 for Nagoya, Japan On the trlp over she encountered the severest storms since her commission mg with record breaking rolls of 44 degrees and corresponding pitching movements Except when unavoldable all hands kept off the weather decks, and there were no personnel casualties Chrlstmas lll Japan was made memorable for 2,000 Army officers and men for they were entertained aboard the Noble wlth a hearty old fashloned Navy Christmas dinner, candy, clgarettes, cigars, and even Christmas glfts Homebound again, smoother weather was experlenced with a welcome stop over at Pearl Harbor, where a Hula dance was arranged for the passengers Leaving Pearl Harbor the ship was again dlverted but this time to sunny San Pedro, Cahfornla A short stay there and then orders to the East Coast for duty wlth a welcome stop over and sight seelng trlp through the Panama Canal So after some 60 000 mlles of steaming through the broad Paclfic the Noble leaves for HCIIVG duty lll the Atlantic and perhaps European waters-but wherever ordered the Noble has at all times safely reached the obyectlve g .n w 'M ' ,J I Q Q Q Q Q O I O U O u Q Q Q Q 9 U O I O O , . Q Q 5 Q Q Q Q Q O C O C C 0 Q I O Q Q I I O I O l 0 I O I 7' . - Q 0 Q Q Q Q I Q C Q Q Q Q . Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q O Q Q Q Q Q 0 Q Q Q Q 0 0 0 , Q Q C , Q Q Q I U 1 l I Q I , Q Q Q 1- Q v ' ' 9 o 0 ' L X Qu- K 0' S Q F X Q' .Avi , I ' qv' 'gps n v- i' , Q o S 4 -N VY. by f Z , 1 - ' Nx 'llrws --N.. n A 1 Y -,Q ,. 5 , i-Kal K, 'A' x 'JL 13

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