Santa Fe (CL 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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I l K N L . 2, X .f 5, 'ilu 4 if ' z, ' rw i 1 1 .. 1 Q l 5 l Y ' yi 9 xi . W K 4 1 V,, MAJURG, KWAJALEIN AND ENIWETOK BECOME STH FLEET'S ADVANCE BASES i X A meant a change from the tension of battle opera- fg AKE all preparations for entering port -this 5 tions. One raid was history. Since more were to come, paint and provision, check and repair made up the Plan of the Day. Daubs of yellow chromate marked where rust spots once had been. Provisions came aboard at all hours. As often as not the movies were interrupted -Gable waited to kiss Lana until spuds and spam were carried below. The fantail crane hoisted ammunition aboard from dawn until dusk. An endless chain of men removed it from the cargo nets and transferred it to the magazines. Each afternoon an LCI came alongside to take 300 men-and 3 cans of beer apiece-to a palm-studded sand spit for a few hours of swimming, playing ball, searching for sea-shells, or just relaxing. Mail, or sugar reportsf' arrived from the States. New movies on the fantail instead of the old ones in the hot, crowded mess hall brought out most of the crew. But history needed a new chapter. Soon the word would come: Set the Special Sea Detail . Recreation Party hurries ashore at Majuro for few hours respite from ' shipboard routine. Swimming in from versatile LCI which brought them Doughnut-shaped atolls like Enifwetok are exeellent natural fleet anchorages, but lack of terra jfrma makes liberty ashore impossible. l 54 1. i l 4 i l i I . 1 1 l I l E l l

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from ship, the men will spend most ey' their time exploring island, eolleeting shells and tasting a few cans of beer. Burial services on Kwajalein are heldfor three erew members lost by drowning while on recreation. Full naval honors are afforded dead before being laid to rest in military cemetery. Ammunition replenishment is a major reason for returning to port. Gunners Mates remove projeetiles, nose caps, cheek fuses, and separate types before stowing them in 5-inch magazine. Udnehored in Berth 441, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands in Z0fathoms of water fsand and coral bottoml with 90 fatlzoms ij chain to the starboard anchor . . . reads .Quartermaster Log. S .-...2.., 55 f ' A