St Louis (LKA 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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, F- Y -:K T: 'N M ,fn M, 5 .54 , G' ,L 51 TYPE: A APRIL 3, 1968 MPHIBIOUS CARGO SHIP flE'EJLNf:,2,5. JANUARY 4, 3363969 LENGTH OVERALL: 575 FEET 5 INCHES - 1 NOVEMBER , MOUNTS BREADTH, MAXIMUM: az FEET COMMISSQNED' FOUR 3 X50 CAL- TWIN FULL LOAD DISPLACEMENT1 10,500 TONS E ATR5Q'C4f:N - 642 DRAFT, FULL LOAD: 25 FEET 5 INCH S - I - P5 NUMBER OF PROPELLERS: ONE ISHIP 5 CREIXQSSQEQQAFQ: 11 SHAFT HORSEPOWER: 22,000 MECHANIZED ING BOOMS. 12 SPEED, SUSTAINED: 20 KNOTS, NOT LESS THAN CARGO HANDL - 4 CARGO HOLDS: E NAME OF THE H FLEET TO BEAR T THE AMPHIBIOUS CARGO SHIP USS SAINT LOUIS ILKA-1163 IS THE SIXTH SHIP OF THE 9 THE VESSEL CK CITY AND COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS MISSOURI. - ISER COMMISSIONED IN 193 - EATTA THE MOST FAMOUS OF WHICH WAS THE FIFTH SAINT LOUIS, A LIGHT CRU EXTENSIVE SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR NES 51' 1 AMOUS IAPA D WE II. SHE WAS MOORED AT PEARL HARBOR DURING THE INF E ON DECEMBER 7 1941 HER GUNS SHOT OLL TER SHE PP-TR EU , . DOWN SEVERAL ENEMY PLANES DURING THE ATTACK. LA L OF ALASKA TO BLOCKADE ENEMY CON HE A TE RRISONS IN T LEY vOYS ATTEMPTING TO REINFORCE OR SUPPLY IAPANESE GA ISLANDS. THE SAINT LOUIS SAW HEAv A AND 'JAN OKINAW f S Y ACTION IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC SOLOMONS GUAM SAI SHE SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE I - f ' FT THE SAIN AT N NOVEMBER 1944 WHEN ATTACKED BY 12 to 14 ENEMY AIRCRA AWARDED THE NAVY UNIT COMM - EVEN B RECEIVED EI- ENDATION FOR OUTSTANDING HEROISM IN ACTION AND ALSO STARS AND AWARDS.

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9 4 E kv 'ill' A THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE STALWART, STEADEAST CREW OE OUR ST. LOU. THROUGH LONG SWELTERING 1A'S, TO MONOTONOUS MIDWATCHES ON THE PHILIPPINE SEA, TO EXOTIC LIBERTY PORTS, THEY HAVE PERFORMED THESE GIVEN TASKS WITH THE EERVOR AND ZEAL, WHICH HAVE COME TO CHARACTERIZE OUR FINE U.S. SEVENTH TASK UNITS.