Arkansas (BB 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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U x lx Jx lx Jx 4x 1x4vLv1 i f':'. :X6f'. .'J'v'X.vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv ARKANSAS HISTORY The first vessel of the United States Navy to bear the name Arkansas was a steam-driven single screw vessel of the vintage of 1863. The second was a turreted monitor, commissioned in 19025 the name of this ship was changed to Ozruk in 1909. The present and third Arkansas was built by the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, N. It was christened as such on 14 January, 1911, by Miss Mary Mapon, daughter of the late Representative Macon of Helena, Arkansas. The commissioning took place at the Philadelphia Navy Yard at 1420 on Tuesday, 17 September, 1912. Captain E. A. Anderson, Captain of the Yard, at Philadelphia turned the ship over to her Hrst commanding ofhcer, Captain Roy C. Smith. At the time, she and her sister ship, the Wyoming, were by far the most powerful battleships in the world. Commissioned but a few months, the Arkansas started to inscribe her name on the pages of his- tory. In 1912 President Taft took passage in her to inspect the Panama Canal. In 1913 her crew established a coaling record at Naples, Italy, tak- ing 687 tons of coal aboard in a single hour from the collier U. S.S . Cyclops. That same year Turret Four established a record for this type of gun that has never been equalled. In 1914 during the occupation at Vera Cruz a battalion was landed from the ship with casualties of one man killed and seven wounded. At the time she flew the flag of Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in- Chief, United States Fleet. , v In January, 1917, the Arkansas furnished the Guard of Honor for the funeral of Admiral George Dewey. I The Arkansas in World War I . In july 1918, the Arkansas left the States for Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. On the trip across the Naval Af- fairs Committee of Congress were passengers aboard. The Arkansas joined the Grand Fleet in Firth of Forth on August 1, 1918, relieving the Delaware. She reported to Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander of the Sixth Battle Squad- ron of the British Grand Fleet. Only three days after her arrival, while on maneuvers with the Fleet, an enemy submarine was sighted and fired upon by the Arkansas. On 21 November, 1918, she witnessed the surrender and dissolution of the German High Seas Fleet under the terms of the Armistice. In 1919 she acted as reference vessel for the first trans-Atlantic flight, being made by Naval Aviators. HIGH LIGHTS In April 1919 she received from the State of Arkansas the handsome silver service which now may be seen in the Captain's cabin. She underwent modernization and was com- pleted on 21 November, 1926. In 1927 she es- corted the HMS Renown with the Duke of York aboard, into Colon, Panama. In 1931 she searched for and stood by the disabled submarine Nautilus. In October of the same year she carried Presi- H 12 t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 v1K.----v----------Jxaxggfgng

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is LT. CDR. W. F. MCLAREN LT. CDR. P. M. BOLTZ LT. CDR. R. F. BARRY, JR. LT. CDR. M. J. HURLEY Cunrzegf Ojicer 7st Lieutenant Navigator Chief Engineer -9' . Ay - o ' . iw... ..... . .. I... . ,Q -....-.........M!L LT. O. W. FRASER LT- S- S- HATCH Suppgf Ojiggf Communications Ojjlicer YQ! Y 0, ' 1 ' if Fir' - ..X..S: N N . -f LT. T. J. FALLON COMMANDER S- SARGENT LT. CDR. R. C. PARKER, J Chaplain EXKCUZZU6 Ojfcer Senior Medical Ojioer . QW LT. W. L. HUNT LT. W. E. DARDEN LT. E. E. NIEBUHR Asst. Cunnegf Ojioer Asst. Damage Control Ojicer Asst. Engineer 9