Quincy (CA 71) - Naval Cruise Book

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A net full of Japanese small japanese swarm aboard the LCVP's waiting to make trips to dump ammunition. War materiel is piled high in Kaminato, awaiting destruction. arms is swung aboard the QW

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OF :-rtiil-, . IZU SHOTO but it is so situated that it offers protection to the whole Honshu industrial area. The Japs had manned it well with 12,000 soldiers and 3,000 sailors. High cliffs which surrounded and protected the island were broken in only two places to form suitable landing areas. The towns of Kaminato and Yaene command' ed these areas which were well fortified with pill boxes and machine gun nests. The defenders could have made quite a stand there had they cared to fight. Sailors from the .S2u1'ncy made the landing without incident, however. Once ashore the landing party contacted the Japanese military leaders and the work of finding and destroying the military caches was begun. The Japanese soldiers willingly did most of the manual labor. Despite the rugged terrain and the narrow dirt roads the disarming went smoothly ahead. Ammunition and shells were carried to the beach where they were loaded into LCVP's and carted out to be dumped into the sea. Small arms sabres, binoculars, and other small items were transf ported to the .Quincy as prizes of war. Suicide boats, radar gear, artillery, and all permanent war installaf tions were destroyed. 7 inclement weather and heavy seas forced the and her escorts to leave the Hachijo area. The opporf tunity thus presented was used them to return to Tokyo Bay for fuel, fresh provisions, and Uncle Sugar reports. Then back to Hachijo the task unit sailed, and operations were resumed. Slowly the war equipment was brought out of hiding places and either blown to bits or shipped out to sea and sunk. The Japanese all but fought among themselves for the opportunity of riding in the LCVP's which were dumping the implements they had planned to use to carve a world empire. Cb Q' 01,0 e'111Zl',,,i?fQ-,, C 260' '71' 1- 00 oft-211,98 e o,. Ab S35 f 00 01- 860, Cn Tuesday, November 6, 1945, Captain Waters turned the command of the operation over to the commanding officer of the Gattlingg and the .Quincy returned to Tokyo Bay. Her duties in connection with the demilitarization of Izu Shoto were com' pleted. japanese rifles are loaded aboard the Quincy. The aps turn to loading boats for the disposal of ammunition

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,,, W- r .., Transportation of war goods the beach continues. f Stacks of war goods rest on the Japanese fortress island. Construction machinery is inspected.