Arkansas (BB 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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x1 Jx ILJK xx 1x 1x J 'k ------v--v..v .v........,.,,,...,.., . .,....... 'A' dent Hoover and party from Washington to the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration. In 1932 she was ordered to report to the West Coast and join the United States Fleet. In 1934 she be- came the flagship of the Training Squadron.. She has now relinquished the fiag, but continues a unit of the Atlantic Fleet, in Battleship Division Five under the Command of Rear Admiral Carleton F. Bryant, U.S.N., her former com- manding oliicer. I Many officers of the Navy have had their first sea duty aboard the Arkansas. When World War II broke' out, the Arkansas was assigned the important duty of convoying men and supplies to the war fronts of Europe. This exacting task was performed without the loss of a single ship.. And now after thirty-one years of active service, the Arkansas inscribed the brightest pages of her his- tory. As a unit of our first line defense she took active part in the Invasion of Normandy, the Bom- bardment of Cherbourg, and the Invasion of Southern France. There is little necessityto ex- patiate on her brilliant performances during these engagements for such is the purpose of this pictorial review. Let it be said that the latest chapter of her history was the greatest. A Her traditions and achievements are as glori- ous as any ship among the navies of the world. She continues Hin all respects ready for duty. The thirty-second anniversary finds the Arkansas able and ready to execute the command Carry- on P' THE CI-IAPLAIN xlxrvvwvvvwvvvvvwv--vvv vw-vvv 4x1

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