Quincy (CA 71) - Naval Cruise Book

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l 1 w I v ll it E : . I , ii: ., l :E 'Z , , 1 1 li .ii 'w s. x5,l w Hn T Y A W . The Qumcy birdmen Hy over devastated , Japanese cities. iii 1 ils f l Yokohama's harbor is crowded with Q4 small craft. l A shell of a city stands as mute testi- mony to airforce skill. L: .Q l rr. rw MI Ig' 1 H1 W il AERIAL VIEWS Now go to your stations all the special sea and anchor detail, sparked the crew into action on the morning of September 1, The Qluincys destination was Tokyo Kaif wan. By 0936 the ship was underway. Shortf ly after entering the mouth of the bay a def stroyer came close aboard and received the first personnel to leave the .Quincy for transf portation to 'LUncle Sugar and return to civilian life. At 1528 the .Quincy anchored in berth Cf'7O, Tokyo Kaiwan, off Yokosuka, japan. Again binoculars and rangefinders were broken out. This time, in contrast to the serene, domestic appearance presented in the Sagami Wan Area, the destruction wrought by the bombings of American planes was plainly visible. On some of the still standing roofs and walls of the buildf ings lining the shore, liberated Allied prisf oners of war had painted the signs of 5 cheers for U. S. Navy and Army, York town, Thanks, and Nice Going -all grim reminders that many of the days prior to August 15 had not been very pleasant for thousands of Americans whom the laps had made prisoners.

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A relic of the Russo-ja War rests in concl- suka. The fa p crm panese ete at Yoko- Sep Hqrurza. 11 The lap battleship Nagato IVO1-ld's largest suhlnarzhe.

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OF JAPAN The sun rose over Tokyo Bay on the morning of September 2, but for the first time since July 4, personnel on board the were not forced to see it. Dawn alerts had become a thing of the past. VJ Day was at hand, At 1030 the RBO's throughout the ship were turned on as the representatives of Japan met with the Su' preme Commander of the Allied Forces to sign the official surrender document. Ma' moru Shigemitso signed for Japan, General of the Army MacArthur signed for the Allied forces, and Fleet Admiral Nimitz signed the surrender as the representative of the United States. The first group of men to leave the Quincy and land in Japan reported at Yo' kosuka, for duty in the Navy Yard. They soon had the railroads, power system, and water supply functioning again. Two days later the Quincy marine detachment left the ship for occupational duty. Aboard the Quincy guns were kept manned and lookouts stationed for a week after the surrender ceremony. Finally, at 1145 on September 9, 1945, the normal in port watch was set. Japan was secured. The Emperor's Palace Grounds, sur- rounded by a deep moat, was left virtu- ally unharmed by American bombers. The British and American legations and other international buildings in Tokyo, as seen in this picture, were spared from the ravishes of total war. Block after block of the buildings in Tokyo were leveled. Only gutted shells of buildings remain.