Piedmont (AD 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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l l .1 ee--4 -I- l I 'ge Z yyylll. ' is 'f B ll t' .S. S. Piedmont Aj : ews - u e 111 of l' , '-It fi' THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF 59' 1 ' FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY. UNDER NO THESE PRESS COPIES AVAILABLE, I CIRCUMSTANCES ARE PRESS COPIES PLEASE PASS IT ALONG. , Ji TO LEAVE THE SHIP. XT0lul1le.10-Numbel' 17 C2.U,2fe'Q2Ii'5b Sunday, September 2, 1945 l PIEDIVIUNT RATES FIR T NAV I LIBERTY I CUNQUERED JAPAN Through the courtesy of Commodore MacArthur's Hdqrs., Yokohama :- TOKYO :- Kessing, the U. S. S. Piedmont has The Japanese have given Hwhole- Here are top American commanders been awarded the distinct and his- hearted support to the united nations expected to attend Sunday's surren- torical honor of being the first United occupation parties, Colonel Francis der ceremonies aboard the United States vessel to make a liberty in Gideon, chief of operations for the States battleship Missouri, as listed the Empire of Japan Far East Airforces, and members of by Associated llress: The Commodore has promised to crew of the first aircraft to land at General Douglas MacArthur, su- ll personally lead the liberty party to Atsugi airfield Tuesday, told INS preme allied commanderg Lieut. Gen. ' Yokosuka Field today at 1300. yesterday. Jonathan M.. Wainwright, hero of TOKYO :- It is almost. as if we were visiting Bat-aan, Tecelllll' liberated after three l A Sllokeelllall for the Japanese dignitaries instead of troops of oc- Y9211'S ill 21-IHD3-N959 P1'iS0U9I' Of: loaf l foreign office, today admitted that CUP9-tlfmio the Colfmel Said- 'They Comp? Aollllllal Cllostoll W' Nlmltz' Japan afol, a long tlmeii had realized have leullell ovel- l,a,.llll-ol-de to help commander of the llacific Fleet and that she was about to be defeated, US in GVQTY Way P0SSibl9-ll ljoolflo Qoooll oloool Gellollol Carl, A' but said that the surrender was a The high command officers, who opootz' oollllllollool 'of tllo,,Ulllloo shock to the Japanese people. V met planes, told the group that the Slfolos olllologlo olllfolioool Xloo ,Aol- Spokesman, T. Kase, was quoted by only safe zone for initial parties was lllllal llobellfl ll' Collllelv' ,lollllltz S United States correspondents, who in- within a two mile radius of Atsugi Clllel of Slolfl Aomlliol wllllolll F' tcrviewed him in Tokyo a few minutes airdrome. The Americans were warned Halsey' oolllolalloollofthe Tllllfl Fleet? -after he had been appointed to act to please not try to visit Yokohama Mol' Goo' Colltlo lo' Lolilloy' Sllaatzis 5 as foreign office and department of or Tokyo, unless they were with Clllef of stoffl Gollollal Goolgofc' - . information spokesman. Correlspon- armed American columns. llegllly' oollllllaoooll of tllo Fall ,l'la5t l l llentsl 1nterpretod.Kasc's remarks as But Tokyo and Yokohama were all olooelilllellt' Gen- ffqames Dflolltflel Y l ne first declaration of the Japanese entered Sllortly aftel.Wal.d by Amerl, Common or ef lllo lolglltll 'ollofoloo' 1 X policy, and fll-St revelation of why Cans without firing of Slrlgle Shot Lieut. Gen, Nathan F. Twming, com- X Japan Sul,l.omlol.od. I H' mander of the Twentieth ,airforceg Kasey an graduate of Amerlcais Am- DIVINE SERVICES TODQXY Rear Admiral Oscar C. Badger, com- hearst College and Harvard Uiiivere 0900-Protestant Service. lllallooll ootllo Wfesuka oooolllltloll sity in the United States, was quoted The Band will furnish special foltoosl Lloot' Goll' 'E' C' vvlllteheadf 35 saying: music, and the Choir will Sing commander of the Fifth airforce and f I You must remember that one day the anthem Church in the of FEAF OH Oklllawai Maj- jG9H- 1' we were fighting furiously and every- Wildwood. A Brass Quartet -1950911 M- SWiUgi C0lT1maDdGi'. of the ' body in the country expected to die fKendeigh, Kelliher, Carter and Elevolltll olllo-olllo olvl-Slolli llrlg' Gell- on the field of battle. The next day Freemanj will play an arrange- Wllllolll 'Cloloollo oollllllalldel' ofthe ll, was Oval., and Japan had lost. NOW ment of the Hymn ,,MaStery the marine Fourth regiment, Lieut. Gen. ,, l Japan faces a serious material, moral Tempest is Raging, and there Rebeft D' Elollol-llellgelf Commander l and psychological adjustment. A Xylll be a duet by Mllks ahd ofthe Eighth army and commander The Governmellt had, for a ,long Anderson. Chaplain Lacour will of tllo allied Occupation ground follies 9' i time, been seeking' a way out of the Speak on the topic The Peace in tho Tokyo alloa' l A war. We asked Russia to act as of Godfl LONDON, , liason, and Stalin presumably told I9I5..Slmda E, - S - A A '- . ,. -l the allied powers at Potsdam that The Z wining. orvice' The formatlon. of a Pacloc allltd we wanted to end the war. be Difglzgtlfiplc IS' Bare to control commission, resembling the Kase claimed that neither the atomic - l n addlooll to mowr Power -glloupl llow llolldllllg bomb nor Russials entrv into the music by the Band, the Quartet the affairs of Germany, is being coll- warcaused defeat, Saying: fiigllxglii, lM1lks,'. Armstrong sidered in. the capitals of Britain, If You look at the calendar, you there Vlfrsool 'lull omg' and Clllllo' Rllsolalallfl the United States, will realize that we had already Shown X A .U e two soloists. both American and British sources in our approach to Moscow, that we olde tlme of Catholic Sorvloes Sald Thursday' Tllls proposal llllll be I , were determined to end the wal. will be announced later. laldlbefofe the SVC POWCI' COUnC'il of I l iiowevei-, it must be said that time -1.assessavmssssassesoossve oolelgll mllllstelsf 'llle to convene here actions helped convince the Japanese to h10IiNING MEDI-I-AT September 10' s Government was right in seeking ION KANDY CFYLON. l 'l IJ93C9.' sh xc . . 5 , . .J A .1 l I l ,x ...That the trial of your V' The position of the Ja n , ' millesiiliallelieJigi4ll'S:lglleolff1ce Zpokes- faith, being much more precious if on the Bui-lna front, lllvagzoeienfllllfggjs treated firmly thy allidjdxe .O e than Of. gold toot perisllelll' T when hostllltles ollooo tllere' that because we kllowloc ar V POWCTSIJ ez though it be tried with fire, Japanese Commander General Kimura , , I 9 W1f1f1U1Sl16d- X might be found unto raise d st had to ask the' ll' d page Sald that the ruestl f V so D an gl a ie command to criminals l I ll on 0 war so honour and glory at the appear- A help locate some of his units th . is most difficult and very og in of J K C . st Olll . - 'Y .9 very delicate, the greatest that faces :S hai. egos hrlst ' l ' Whom so l ced of dAdmlral Mountbatten dls- 1: W.::f 5:51 ye 2: to liERl.IN:- Q2 not 'et bill 'Tow ye See Him it LONDONi- ll The Berlin who Said last night lg will goy unssllllflilllgeanflgfll Q2 The Berlin radio Said the night of ' that the Russians llavo ollnollllood of Hl0ry...Receiving' the end the 31St-, that Polish authorities have that they plan to release 411,000 Cer- S: of your faith, even the salva- or found new mass gllollos Iloal' P0591 Elan war prisoners in the Soviet 'Cion of your souls. Ze lliozlllalllv Colltullled the skeletons of mon',Most of these are invalids or Zn 1 Peter 1: 7 8 9 3 12000 persons' believed to have been otherwise unfit for work. 89,'59I,Ik,,l,,If','r' ' loassacred by the Nazis, Associated rfrfrfffp.,,,,, ,gggggng I-ess reported- f 2 l l' l 'J I l ! :.:..i:g 5 - -9 Q li .,4 N

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i - r hh I ii i t hl i l 9 C l - w h Q ll l f yh f fif l i rn f o o h p p 1 Q This book is dedicated to the decommis- o dd f k of r G 2dd 1 ff dd ud sioning crew of the destroyer tender USS PIED- i 1 l 5 so o o eA l e1 s skAss i o MONT, to past crew members who served aboard Doc over the last 38 years, and to the b s l naval surface forces to whom Doc A PIEDMON T has pledged himself to support and , main tain. .3 May it serve as a tribute to the special if rs A i spirit of helping known so well to the sailors who served in Doc PIEDMON T, and to the 3 l tf r memory of United Sta tes Ship PIEDMON T and ilh i - the officers and men who served in him. l' l tltl if it - l t lrllit tlli t f ' rlfl lltllf fllt

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l Sk Table of Contents Repair Mission of USS PIEDMONT ....... .. CommissioningfDecommissioning Crew ................ .. A Message from Cap tain McNicholas ....................... .. A Look Back at the History of USS PIEDMONT ..... .. The Decommissioning, 80 September 1982 ........... .. 4 I USS PIEDMON T Decommissioning Crew .... .. 49 Captain Thomas M. McNicholas, Jr. ....... .. 50 Commander William R. Madison ........ .. 51 ChaplainfCommand Master Chief ....... .. 52 Administrative .Department ............... ,,,,, 5 3 Deck Department ................... ,, 57 A Dental Department ............. ,, 64 Engineering Department ....... .. 65 Medical Department ........... .. 74 Operations Department ...... Repair Department ...... .. 79 Supply Department ...... .. 99 .Weapons Department - ......... ...... 1 09 ,Family Cruise, July 1982 ....................... ...... 1 14 ' USS PIEDMONT Underway .......... ,.f .......... 116' P. F. Test at NWS Earle, May 1982 .............. ...... 1 18 The Last Cruise 1 ........, .g .,..... Lg .......,.... , ........... , ......,. 4 ...... 122 The End and f Non Bonum Sed Perfectumj' .. ..... . 123 Letter to EXAPIEDMON T Crew Members ....... ...... 1 25 Odexto Doc ...... ....... . ..... . ...... 4 .,............ 126 .. Crew's Book Information ...,... .... ...... . . . ....... 128