Bataan (CVL 29) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 228 of the 1945 volume:

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Ijgy ROBERT SHANNON FRASER. Ens. NORVELL ROSS GUBSER, AOMBC RALPH EVERETT HEEENER. Slc THOMAS FRANCIS HENLEY. Ens. EDWARD HARRY HINTZ. AGMZC HJ C KING. SrMZc ROLLA STUART LEMMON. Lt. Comdr. JOSEPH NIAJEWICZ, Slc JAMES AGNEW MARVIN. Ens. JAN LIER QKTAVEC, ARMZC FRANCIS CLIPIIORD RAISON, Ens. JOSEPH ANGELO SARACENA, AMM3c REINHOLU VJILLIQ SCHNELL, AMMBC JOSEPH WILLIANI SHELL, AOMIQ HB SHORT, Slc YVILEY ALAN STONER, Lf. VINCENT SWAGER, JR., S2c JAMES YVILSON TAYLOR, AMMBC ROBERT JOHN THOMAS, AOMBC GEORGE rI'ALBOTT WEIDENPELLER, ARM3c ROBT. LAFAYETTE WESTBROOK, HI, Lt Iggy JOHN WESLEY WRIGHT, JR. Lt. Iyllgl I IL I I cc Puae Su Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torchg be yours to hola' it high E i l 3 l 4 8 I- Q 5 lF EVER an American Hghting ship was charged with the twin responsibilities of a great tradition and a great purpose it is this-the U. S. S. BataanI John lVlcCrae, poet-laureate of World War l, whose inspired Words are quoted, could not have written more poignant lines today to sum up the spirit and high resolve of the officers and men of this ship, nor of the craftsmen who built it, nor of the government 1 and people who give it their blessing. This nation and all nations will watch it hereafter with steadfast eyes as it ploughs the waters of the world leaving in its wake inexorable retribution, justice and liberation as a tribute to the brave heroes, American and Filipino, who etched with their blood in the archives of history a new symbol for glorious self- sacrifice-Baman! Page Seven ll is lllllllil it. il.-f ,,,.Z-E5 l l 0 2 F 1 llfllwli A i fill lll A ill l i f e is Wmllllllllllllll A A f alll mi f 24 4 5-i i l Aug. '42-Construction is begun on a ship at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. Camden, N. J. Originally intended to be the light cruiser Buffalo, it is converted to CVL29 due to the pressing need for carriers. 1 Aug. '43-A ship was born and christened BATAAN. Secretary of the Navy Knox in a message declared that she has a rendezvous with destiny which shall not be denied. 17 Nov. '43-The U. S. S. BATAAN joined the Navy. The com- missioning ccremony. the second in Wartime to be nation- ally publicized. took place at Pier 2, Philadelphia Navy Yard. 24 Dec. '43-First GQT! Air Raid alert on East coast. 25 Dec. '43-BATAAN'S first Christmas. 27 Dec. '43-Air Group FIFTY reported aboard. Page Eight ,.l,1.-...,....... ' at z :' I 5 x grl . , l . .. Qrrftifzfgfiifv- i 1. l 1 1,2 Jblff' all W ? ,. 1 2:1 li .4 l 4 i 1 X L x 1 . H CVL 29, launched at New York Shipbuild- ing Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 1 Aug- ust 1943, . .The Maid-of-Honor, Miss Maria Osmena, daughter of Honorable Sergio Osmena, then Vice-President of the Philippine Common- wealth, and the Sponsor, Mrs. George Murray, wife of Rear Admiral George D. Murray. Page Nine Q51 ' Wi' ' i'L,,f.A V 'fi Q 4 QA e.f'a2c. ' -f- t- :' A .4- ,v. 16' Page Ten COMMISSICNING CERE ONY -'-- Rear Admiral M. F. Draemel, Com- mandant of the Fourth Naval District, reads commissioning orders. The Watch was set and colors hoisted. I . We I a' fi l-ITi i1l,l- :lil I w e f A a K . , ' ' ff 'gg-'.,g'f:r:f '4'-'i'1'e1f ffHv1 'L an -z. 'He I2 '2a?fra'E1 'lf'- 2' f -' Rear Admiral Draemel, Vice- President Sergio Osmena, -and Captain V, H. Schaeffer View plaques based on letters from President Manuel Quezon and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. Hoisting the Jack. Vice-President Gsmena, Rear Admiral Draemel, Miss Maria Osmena and Captain Schaeffer at commissioning ceremonies. ,vw - - , - ,, . ,.-..u. ' -:.r-.g..1. , NMR V Y x ?,.,......,..-. Captain Schaeffer, daughter and son. Commissioning reception in the wardroom. 1' 6 Lp w 'Q W V' 5 N : VWWW 4 K X 'X Q W, 'fi 'Wi -fir Q N or 5 ERFSTU' .XJ A N iifii'?Egu Y I a Comdr. XV. A. Dcam. Exf ccutivc Officcr. and family. Q.. .-+ IJIIQIL' Thirlvm .-gc., ' Composers of the Bataan if 4 ' ,, Y song, Earl T. Crooker, Ylc, A k. h X ' 91- W and Verton C. Eby, PhM2c. ,, X ,f ff F 21- 2? 21- U.5S. Bat aan. EfT.CuoKu' VC,Ebj gpg FEEL, . 2 U MQ J, ,, 52 Af IE!! 17 E nnkcthttodf-eyeaicidinhaff is EV? 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Swanson, Lt. fjgl Praete, Lt. fjgj Hart. Second row: Lt. Cjgb NVood, Lt. fjgj Hol- laday, Lt. Hambleton, Lt. Cjgj Snipes, l-t. fjgl Hall. Back row: Lt. O'- Keefe, Lt. fjgj Fox, Lt. fjgj Smyth. Lt. fjgj Grosh, Lt. Cjgl Middlef ton, Lt. fjgj Rogers. VT 50 Ol5l5ICflRS AND MEN Front row: Jamison, Carmody, Murphy, Langone, Holder. Rex, fier' reria. Johnson, Alonso, Maturo. Sec- oml row: XVelch, Gregory, Cohen, Canup, XVitt, Boone, Finger, Kling, Scig. Richardson, Chief Calam, Chief XVilson. Third row: l.itzen, Shadle, Moore, llndreson. Calm, Arnold, An' gelo. Knudson. liurtak, XVilliams. lfourlh row: l,t. fig! XVood, l.t. 0'- Keefe, l.t. fjgl Connors. l,t. ligl lfox. l.t. fjgil Holladay. l.t. Hamble- lon. l.t. ljgl Smyth. l.t. Comdr, Swanson. l.t. fig! Grosh. l,t. Cjgil Hart, l.t. flill Middleton, l.t. figl Hall, l.t. fjgl Rogers. Lt. Cigb Praete, l,t. Cjgl Snipes. Chief Nichols, Baroni. Vlf 50 OFFICERS Front row: l.t. l,aake, Lt. Hinn. Lt. Fanning. Lt. Barackman. Lt. Pat- ton. Lt, Comdr. Strange, Lt. Abbott, Lt. Hardin, l.t. Bennett. l.t. Sermos. Lt. Qjgl XVinecoff. Second row: Lt. fjgl lrwin, Lt. ljgl Brown. Ens. Fash. Lt. fjgl Hayes. Ens. NVilde. Ens. Kendrick, Ens. Ruda. Lt. fjgil Ziarlso, Ens. Engdahl, Ens. McQuddy. Ens. Roberts. Ens. F. S. Smith. Bach row: Ens. Miller. Ens. Dennes. Ens. Veach. Lt. ljgl Rehm. Ens. Francis. Ens. Beard. Lt. fjgl Thomas, Ens. Tarleton, Ens. Richardson, Ens. Mc- Cormick, Ens. Nelson, Ens. Rich, Ens. H. S. Smith. 3.3 N-4 S- Page Fifteen ,f ' -Vw? 4+ ' qs., ,L,,, M, . K N A ,N is 5358901-'yu 1 1: ' 1 ,,.s.-xr,P--- ' B-U? Page Sixteen Cake parries for thc 1000111 and 300007 landings. :X fav speeches of a fcw thousand words wcrc nmdc. Captain Schaeffer dines in the wardroom fAAces share their cakes. , . All relax, have a gocnd time, and smile for the cameraman , E Page Svucnteen . 1 km V .. E: 5 pr i' 1. E - :- cess it a f ities. if lllllllw iuniiunuillll . Illlllll fl? v 2 F e .2 15? ,LF , sk -1- Q: H , ,X ir I X? fp. li -- f f-' 28 Dec. '43--Underway for shakedown. A new ship with a green crew puts out to sea to be molded into a fighting unit. 1 Jan. '44-The new year began with the first operations with Air Group 50 in Chesapeake Bay. 68 perfect landings were made. 6 Jan. '44-The U. S. S. BATAAN made her debut at Norfolk, docking at NOB. 11 Jan. 44-Enroute to Trinidad. British West Indies. First gun- nery exercises and routine air operations areconducted. 12 Jan. 44-Our iirst tragedy. Plane crashed into No. 2 stack and burst into flames. Two men were fatally injured and two were missing. 13 Jan. '44-- Pill Hands. bury the dead. Our first fatalities are 16 Jan. 17 Jan. 9 Feb. committed to the deep in a kindly blue patch of water east of the Bahamas. 44--Anchored off Port of Spain. Liberty. Macqueripe for officers. Scotland Bay for men. rum and coca cola for all. '44-8 Feb. '44-Shakedown training period in Gulf of Paria. Battle Problems. damage control drills, gunnery practice, day and night flight operations. '44-Stateside bound. 12-13 Feb. '44-Off Cape Hatteras. Heavy seas which separated the men from the boys. 14 Feb. '44-Back in Philly. All rough spots smoothed off at Navy Yard. Shakedown leave. Last goodbye to the Gloucester gals. Page Eigh teen qv, ,l-F, ,. -.L-..,-. Q ,Q .4 zjz gfufi,-', ,, .-,4,,. ,,, f , . W , M 4 ffiwv 1 , x vu .L f,.ik.. , J 11 .sg 4, . - 3.35, ., .Hy x Q 2 Q Z Af ax ' u. ' TA. ,H 4' 9 1 5 ' . I H fp' A y H' 0, A . f 1 ' S- ' 1 ' .4 f .mann -. q, 'Sw M ., :wwf ' - . ng.. 5 .Q Q A -1 woe. 'i ' an .wx A N X Q ze, Q . iv k -- ,f,.?X: ,, N X -iz S, X. . 2-- . , 4' A' 1' . .ps , -I -F . vxpxw , .i xl is . 4 Q - N ' . -1,wO:'-xg -. use '-gifs - K - 33, , J, 9 . , -qv is Alf f l U0 Q P avi: ,x H Us -Q . t 1 3- --., A x gg-rf' 7 if ' , . mf ' I ff Q fi fggyf' W . ' 1 Q, . 2-avx Q , f I ,Q x - J, ip, 55 . fb bf I - 5 +1f?f'.1 M , 'f,,1.?.- - 'F in -' XZ- ,,: 1: Q 1 Qi? 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GUNNERY TRAIN N First gunnery exercises are held during shakedown, . , Green Gunners begin workouts on the -?O's. and the fire controlmen start tracking the target .The Marines get acquainted with the ZOmms. Page Twenty- one 7 Ifilx.-,.'r ,Vg - , - ,f ' H ' K. . , ' ff ' , . . . , .-. , . .. r V , , .. k .- -. - V. - ' -A A A f- I fi -1' 'T 11, - ' '----1:,1::V uf-1 .' -'-,,W4.l.7,.,,,. .,t,A,A , 'QA gg gg ,vi kt 1 2.3 In-.,J'A K, ,V S H ,fi -'AFA -l Z Z... ,: l-L K V, : , 3 . ' , . . 3' JL , . . .. ,,..-,.,-.:. , : . - -9:45.54 'H ..,,- 1 ii F ,W,f.-1:7 t .-7, 'L-. -' ' -'K .. ,, - 1. Page Twenty-two F2799 . syn 'fv 'Km Our first tragedy. , .Plane out of control. . . Crash-ss into No. 2 stack. . . Two mcii arc fatally injured and two arc missing . Burial at sea. . ' T'-fri -'r fig?-ear, , RELAXING AT TRI IDAD XVQ have Z1 boxing shww. LL, Sv.'Qds Immdbcrg omciating Kings Raw: hunks mm ll Lhg Hghm ,. and the band plays on . . 41 v fu Jrx f-ze Q f L. xx fwsg M J., Page' Twvnl y - Ihm 1 l L w is 5 i ! l P I W rl . rmgn ' ' 1 ttselllll.. a f refllllllilvumuu A '--' 'MK ' i U' f Q iiigQ'QUll'l'lllflltt, 5 l 5 5 1 f'A i f E A XQT A , -fi , if 1' 2 Mar. '44-Out to sea again. f 8 Mar. '44-Panama, through the Canal. Washed down ship with fresh water from Gatun Lake Liberty and sou- venirs for the lucky ones in Balboa and Panama City Mar 44 Encounter with a whale Whale came out second best but wc lost the prtomcter sword 17 Mur 44 Sun Diego Last stateside liberty for some time Mir Mar Mu Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr 4... .....-,--0 --vp-n Enough sud 44 Headed w tsl with flight and hangar decks jammed with Mwrmcs Sta Bees planes and freight 44 Pearl Harbor Tied up starboard side to Eox 10 Ford Island 50 yards ahead lay the rusty hulk of the oncc proud UTAH 44 3Apr 44 Maneuvers off Qahu 44 Gif to the wars 44 Easter Sunday Arrned Majuro Atoll Marshall Islands Reported for duty with mighty Task Force 58 Thr BATAAN had made the first team 44 Undcrw ay in sortre with Task Group 58 1 Rear Admiral Jocko Clark commanding 44 TBM made water landing Pilot and arrcrewfman sax ed ont aircrew man and passenger lost 44 Erom polly w offs to shellbacks as we crossed the equator Paqe T mu fo r I 7 , I k. , 1 . . ' 12 . ' - f' f . V7 I 1 ' 7 1,1 ' 15 L . 'A 1 L .1 . ci ' I i A I . l , 3 18 'A - ' . 'I Y- 1 q ,1 .1 r bg L 1 v 0 1' 1, . ,I jf. A I. I ' , , ,r . r ' .ik 1 - .g . it 25 . . ' ru -, Y - , 5 5 , f . 9' 0 1 it 9 - - A '- ' , . I y. . 214 gi? . . 'A Ai 1' 7 V ' ' V' . , 4' I v ,bi 3 Y . . . . V. I n ' 1 . in T , l ' 7 T 7 V o 'V ? ' fi if 3 h we V- u ,E Tlurouglu tlac Canal The Cut is imprcssivc .A tight squcczc in the locks l.atcr libcrry for the lucky guys in Panama City and Balboa , s ' ' , ' J, 1-, . P WJ' pl K' 'MH ' A 'T ' A good landing Htlac pilot walked awayfff Page Twenly-flue 'L ? il il ill E 'J . 1, , s 3 3 7 . L . 1 . 9 J' gl Y L i l . N fl l l 9 4 l l . S in l l e l l l 1 0 1 Y . l l V . F X, -, . - 4- , - '- .':-'1---fQfi5f:nfeA11isl9'f '- , . . , - - U W---ve. Q .- - , ,N , - , . ... . , -M -V -51 L fl'-:+a4Mc'1.m -+'-V+-f , .V . - .. . . - -- . .,.. 1 1 M .-J' ' Y . 1,--L -J. - -' '-' f .-.z.-1.1-' Lsmgf. ..g1',g:-nz.- ' ,, -- .. .fxg gf W' -n,':f.4.1'-'f- -N-' ,. 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V '- ' V1 - -' V. ,, --.- 41, .. , . 2 THE FIR TE 2 A x In 'L 1 If Ex X X' 3 x xx,x,f5x 5QXxQ5x3.kx-xg X x K is K Q X Qx xxlxx xx x .xi xx 5 - if Q fi. .. x x i 1 xXXN xxNXx X xxx-- -K , x xxwxxxxx xy X Xxx- xxx xwxw M-X -MXx .x XxXX'Nx v kk. if ll , xx xx xx XXX M f xx ' 5, ' ,, xv. x x.xx-.jxxxxf 45 .x yw x x xx xN - M N , 7 .S ,Ng N ' ,xx xXx ,leg mr.: K x xxx juxxxfy, yggxi xx S xi xx .. x R Q x X . Q x x , ex i.Xxx xf X xxx Q1 , ' ' ' ' T' x x .xx xx .x.k -Xxxxx .x' H- L in . , - ' f X xl si N x ixN11xii1xXfxiN?AfQkssalm ff MAIURO Page Twenty-seven Q f x 3 3 1 3 Q X .W ,-1 , 5 A 1 4 3 I H4 A W Y Q , , J 5-d1l ' ' ' - . F . , . CRQSSI G THE LI 4 fl 's A . L 'S 3 ,i v 4 N 'ls 3 Il f l HM- RM-.11 qgmg, ihvx Fung JA. .lculm CQavcmlcr,J. Quccn J. Vcnnc, 1 XlXllw. limg Nupzum- I .1r1 C Ikidkmlf CNW. Royal Baby mllns. C. Coxb, ' Rx-ml Polxqc Wviwzw Paul Emmy IQXTZQ. and J. A. Swilling. Cklcj. Jw A A i Pollywogs g0 bcforc the court. . .thcy don't get mercy . ,an abortive J mutmy, . .ends m more pumshmcnt. . . 1 -' fXE?'i'T 'TfT ' . -A . , . V, , ., ,A - ' A - b f- , .,. I... . ,, . N .-r Neptune's Court welcomed aboard by the Skipper , , . , , 4, Q 1 , 1 '5 1, Y X KI EPT ES CO RT The hair fliesr . .Even the cripples Weren't exempt R A Bosee gets a regulation haircut. ' --wil'-J--W7 'f :i'f'5'1'::z sff2rf41Qii-?-3.-fgzgf -j ,qj::,4 4- L. Q, Q.:3:f'..jV-jg Qgj:.Q-j1,1j,y , h fkflfi- '5f'f+' ' - ' 'W' -NL '-'lg N' K UNN THE x 1 . T L Q 1' f W N N f E Q 2' K 21 ' 2: Tl e if U 2 Q, , 43 r S 3 , 1 1 ,, 4 1 'g E Z X 35 +3 I . X ,, , a I 1 1 ' i is im , 1 . Q? Qi 1, ' 1 I L 9 I I - I k I! Y , .5 . 5. li 5 . j Page Thrrry X 1 ,,,, .4...:.:,.4,,,,1 ' . -1 '-2-2'----f'-'f-W'-'f b -- -- -N -- .N - , .-..-MW ,Vw . '-,.4- ...L 4,7 , .,.,., Vp., gut, 'dv'- Y -- -4-....Q.,.-. ,. . ,-,- TLET. '4 X XXX ,1 X , 1-an X- X' Q, U '.X .Q G.. N lov: XX. in 5' F XX , ,X-X 1 XX X X K .X X XX Xk XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxX,,XX XX X XXi K XXSXXXXQXXWXX X-.XXX XX-XX K X X X -X1 'X xi. xr 3 X S X P1-X SX5giX X X in XXXXXXK XX Rf' 55'X1 X X XX -X XX xf Q X' i Q XFX X x I X X71 -X if X X X K X XX - K X RX X rxkk XXX X XX X XXX XX X X X X - 'fX XX X X X XXXXXXXXX X1 O X X X XXX X X X X AX X XXXX XX X X XXX XX X X X Page Thirty-one 4 'L 'Y 5 t l llllllllilllll e..f7 - I y 2135- .t l f , . f et . lt all . , :Q 1 X it , f M 1 I .. Y I 5+ .2 if ' fif-T' ! 21-23 Apr. '44-Strikes against Sawar, Sarmi and XVakde, New Guinea, in support of landings at I-Iollandia. Lieut. LEIVIIVION scores first two kills for our planes. Z8 Apr. '44-Put into Manus, Admiralty Islands, for U. S. Mail. 30 Apr.-I May '44-Strikes against Truk. Caroline Islands. Comdr. MATTER. CAG 50, and crew of his TBM shot down but res- cued by submarine TANG. 2 May '4-l-Battleships of Task Force 58 bombarded Ponape, Caroline Islands. Quite a sight to View from the flight deck. 5-I3 May '-l-l--Anchored in lagoon at Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. Liberty and a little beer while adjustments are made to forward elevator. Rear Admiral Clark stated that BATAAN had performed all her assigned tasks in a highly satisfactory manner during previous operation. l-ifl8 May '4-I---Back at Majuro. liorward elevator snafu. 22-30 May '44-Pearl Harbor again. To drydock for repairs to forward elevator. 2-5 Jun. '-H-Nlajuro. 58 again ready to hit the Japs. ll-I3 Jun. '44-Strikes against Guam and Rota in the Marianna Islands. Our planes shot down four Nips on the llth and two more on the l2th. I4 Jun. '44-One snooper shot down while we head north. I5-I6 Jun. '44-Strikes against Chichi Jima in the Bonin Islands, 5ll miles from Tokyo. This was the closest any carrier group had been to the Japanese Empire. It's getting warmer. IQ Jun. '44-Air battle with carrier planes from the Japanese fleet, 200 miles west of Saipan. Over 400 Jap planes destroyed by planes from Task Force 58 in lNIarianna's Turkey Shoot. Twelve were knocked down by BATAAN planes. 20 Jun. '44--First Battle of the Philippine Sea. Task Force 58 retaliates. Three Jap carriers sunk and many other units sunk or damaged. Four more kills for Air Group 50. 'Wild melee resulted when returning planes made first mass. night landings in naval history. 23 Jun. '44-Strikes against Pagan, Marianna Islands. 5 more splashes. Page Thirty-two FIRST BLOOD. .X ...X A wardroom celebration for our first kill ,as al- ways. it's a cake party. , . and Lt. Lemmon shares it. . N,,p,,. Q X. X Xw ,NNN ML f.,.w . X' W X. X X W K X X Nx XX .X X X. Q-XF AN Xaw NN ' f mf- - -X X - - XX .X X Nfl gwX-XgXX - NWWS vufvf -- 1 W 4-vmff' -.Fw ,fXX.,,,,,2f'v X Bcity is splaslu-:cl by l-L. Rolla S. Lcmm Q X .X X- 'Xxx XX X X , XN'Xf'7a,fQfN5?NX Page 'I-1171-l'llj-fl7I'L'L' 1 Q 5 g, E l 9 I k 5 l S 1 I I Q IR GRGUP V K I i i i i XVakde lsland, coast of New Guinea in background, A .Ba- taan planes support landings at l-lollandia, . . largci on Truk seen from a diving Hglner bomber. . . I i l i Laps Sarmi. New Guinea, lui . P11 K I i l E tl l i J JU MF:ir!1'- - . - ' 1 a Il? 50 STRIKES .... ,Battered Agana T o w n, Guam , Rota-this stack proved a stubborn survivor of many at- tacks . M Yagi . ,f , MM!! Vw f , ff f f .Flaming results of thc first carrier attack on Iwo A . Page Thirty-five q. M , , -r ..,.,-:sD:':sw- ' 'l'?TJ--'sf9z:-. 1su1::a.:.:- A, A. - V .f,,f - A 5l1-3f5:- h- 5' L13 51 I rn a FIR T BATTLE OF PI-IILIPPI E SEAS 9 3 1 5 i 5 3 1 5 3 5 T 4' E ,N 4 , F 5 ri if Q ' if v 5 , . f i Q P 1 x 2 41 1 3 i ii Y 9 I P Tap FI I uwdkr aerlal attack bk Tank Force D8 lki m th Hrst battle of the Phxllppme Thm Batman made pxclun. has been rated one of the wmslsmdxml pmur 5 of the war 1111 If J 51 T 5 i I H 2 I 1 V I Y - rl ' gg e UC . ' ' I 1, , . . . T plm i Q T Seas. i ' T ' , 4 - A ' . 1 ' 1 ' 4 C e ' . .. 4! T Q ' i , L P he Th' IQ-51'.Y 1 , -. XM A -H, , N A .. N .U-,,u.,..,,.,,,.,,..,,x- , - , . V Y.- I. - , . -- -. f. -..,f,,.- ..- - A--5-- 3-' jr-:A 1'r.T-xjtgrr-'re' . ,. K, -:YI -,,,.- Q H v .i.g1.,3,,..,,.,,g,,, V ,S - F , , -- -- -M - ., 4 - . - , e- - V, ,-,. -- V -A - .A , -. --, T Yang--f -1 H - 1 ' ' ' ' MARIANNAS CAMPAIGN CO TI UE PoundhQgofJapidnndQ goes on A i r p cn w c r knocked out on Iwo Clhichi .Iin1a'S cunlyM nn4i valuabhr -harborislumnHu cd and burned and in ter-islarmci lmxgggcrs Al IJa gan arc strafcd, clAn1ngcd and sunk. it F' '4 J Sl M151 ll' '4. , I ! lifisag A If i 77 Qxxx liiil, l ? ' . T- ? A 2,22 .l . if 3 ll' sl A i Mwirgx , X X if FT - 4: 3 H Z fp X g A 'T fgfif.,-f 24 Jun. X '44-A day of records-good and bad. Fighter sweeps over Iwo and interceptions by our CAP tally 26 sure kills. Total score for the Task Group was 126. Two of our pilots were missing over Iwo, and one was lost from the CAP. Bogies were close that night. 25-30 Jun. '44-Returned to Eniwetok for replenishments. Wednesdayf night, special movies and party on the hangar deck. The ace pilots explained their luck. 3 Jul. '44-XVe start the hreworks a day early. A long range 4 Jul. 5-ll Jul. sweep on lwo got many on the ground and five more flags for the island. '44-VT's hit Chichi and Haha Jima and sink two AK's. BBS bombard lwo and our photo planes record results. First and only dunking from the catapult. Pilot recovered uninjured. Breakage of arresting gear pendant causes one fatality. '44-Milk run strikes on Guam and Rota. Ens. Tarle- ton spent one night in a rubber boat just off Guam, but was picked up by a DD the next day. 12 Julf '44-The elevator finally did it!! We were ordered to 15 23 30 Page Pearl Harbor via Eniwetok. -16 Jul. '44-Anchored at Eniwetok to pick up passengers and freight. Jul. '44-Arrive at Pearl. are ordered to States! Air Group 50 detached. to everyones disappointment. A wonder- ful group, they had become a part of the ship and we were proud of their record. including 61 Nips shot out of the air. Jul. '44-Golden Gate!! Frisco!! Liberty, leave, American Girls-wow! I Thirty-eight 1 1 FIGHTING 50 GVER THE BON NS , .v If -,: '-Nfl? if I in , ,fr ff, W f f W Zh if N 7 ,, ,, 4, V f gn 42 , f -Ln 414 LP .-5,1 L 1155 , C19 .LA Ain ,xi iii' view fa-.ao 1' ML Ilmlmjn Q V., . ff, - Ku ,f- v . , 4 ,, ,f ft iwiila Page F orly Complete neutralization of air- strip on Pagan Island. . .Planes are strafed and revetments hit despite camouflage, . . Jap planes that are missed will have a hard time getting into the air because the airtield is the next thing on the program . And the final result is like this it ll take the .laps many days to ill the craters caused by these direct bomb hits , 1, N fl LH 51 1 H I N gg Q w Y 3 3 A , x 2 f 1 1 1 E H 1 I i 1 1 5 3 4 s 1 K i i 4 i T 1 rf- A. 1, C. E. x E 55 :i 3 i 1 4 1 r L x I l E il v, SO E OF THE GANG THAT 4. ,Ie fe 1 ., . ff I Q rg 'Q 1-f fit-3 YZ, ' .'a315fW iv -sm ,Be 3 Page Forty- two V-1 DIVISION First row: I-Iaas, Lajoi, Mullins, Duckett, Kearney. Lotto, Henning, Lodek, Moyer, Karpiak. Paterno, Birkholz, Sankey. Cortese. Kaplan. Strauser, Lowe, Grisanti. Second row: Gcntowski. Randall, Sluder, Walsh, Mc- Cullers. Lancaster. Boylan, Schuhmehl, At- kins, Lcyman, Schroth. Pozza, DeBartolo, Ruggilo, Gallagher, XVeller. Terwilliger. Third row: XVesson, Smith. Fortney, Fitzmeyer, Nock. Candler, Crogan. Lightfoot, Kendall. Smith. Merrick. Ransell. Minkus, Stitch, Shcrrick. Pearson. Vernon. V-l DIVISION I-Strat row: Schultz. Klitch, Solimine, Rit- son, Mcliihben. Behnke, Sanderson, Schoner- ht-rger. Jones. Reese, Hamsher, Schaps, Tur- ner, Wolfe, Biggs. Second row: Iforque. Runklcs. Sevigny, Monnerat, Veneziano. Yharra. Midollo, Hench. Ltlcini, Means. Laultaitis, Wasiclewski, Alexander, Taylor. 'Jorma mtv: liarmer, Hamburg. Lauder, Mar- tigoni, Hodges, Madej, Ijizzo, Riggins, Bch- rcns. Ratay. Ritaldato, Daniel, Patterson. Lin- ncll. Dalton. V- 2 PLANE CAPTAINS I-'trust row: Teems, Yardley, Myers, Von Stctten, XX'amholt. Smith. Chief Patton, Ll. Kiel Green. Chief Spears, Swanson, XVein- man. XVeht'r, Lucey. Vxfetherby. Tylor. Sef- ond mtv: Rosenberg. Chapman, Davis. Tor- res, Adams, Swanson, Vincent. Stem, Tobie. Meade. Loftus. Kroher. XValsh, XValuda. Rttfu. 'lihtrd row: Roberts. Paquette, Cal- haun. Utton. Stoka, XVatson. Mirebella, Un- derwood. Ryan. Scastrum. Vreeland. VJQI- cmnt-, XK'hite. XVagncr. Somers, Townley. XX'hittaker. X52 DIVISION OIiIiICIiRS AND MEN I-Ill'-Sf row. seated: Snitman, Heffner, God- son. Culbertson. Chief Hinsman, Chief Ayers, Chief Donnelly, Lt. Bartlett, Lt. Terral, Ens. Cox, Lt. Johnson, Chief Manthei, Chief Via. Chief Iialconi, Chief Quinn, Mattingly, Rosenberg, Groseclose. McCormack. Second row, seated: Tonkavitch, XVilson. Weber Rule. Saboda, Rathbone, Bates, Bomstad, Imsand, Shangle. Harris. Gura, Bradbury. fhtrd row, standing: Staley, Schriber, Howell. NlacGlamery, Manning, Jenkins, fNfIcCourtney, Pierson, Atkinson, Spangen- hcrger. Eddy. Sullivan, Sadalowski, Slivar. Fourth row, standing: Owens, Erickson, Claborn. I-Iaake. Van Dusen, Gulick, Canary, Miller. Cress. Smith, XVeber, XValton, Outler. ... -N., , ,, W ' ' T 'T-fl . rf' 'o ',f Y'Q'-'-, '1 1 -T Y- E: rm - .1 ,- , ' ' ' -- , ' r A T - - -, .. . -..g.,, o 'iii a-. . ..i5,.,..,5,f. R,i,..., .4- MADE THE V-I DIVISION OFFICERS AND CHIEFS Kneeling: Lt. Alt, Lt. Mikronis, Ens. Davis. Standing: Lt. Cherry, Chiefs Kedrow- ski, Cline, Bell, Zdanowski. I,t. Strub. V 2 DIVISION CHECK CRI XXS first rou, seated NV1lson Jtnkms Nlat Glamery Lns Cox MtCourtntx Outlet Bomstad Imsand Chltf Nlmthu Stoml mu, hneclznq Mlller Bates Crtss Crost clost Rual Dadalowskx Samdo Ihzrl r L SIUHKIIUQ Chlef Vu Hmake Nun Dustn Smxth Lrnckson Iddw Rathhont Cmlrx Clllfllff Chnef Ialconx V Z DIVISION OI I ICI RS AND CHII I S fzrstrott Mach Bullard Ins Cow Cun mr Mucklcroy Lt Johnson Lt Nlaulttnm ten Itrrm Second row Chttf Iwlcom Chtef Indx tum CIIICI- Presslex Ch1tfRuthtrIord Chltf Romeo Chnef Kennels Chxef Aurs Chltf Mmthex Chlcf Pmtton Chlet Hxnsmm Chxef Spears Chtef V11 Chmtf unnn V 3 DIVISION OFFICERS AND XIEN Kneelzng Lt Comdr McGauhex L Comdr Butoxs Lt NVard It NICGIHHIS Second rou, XVr1ght Fltlds Thtroux Ph1l lips Readet Jaffe Rust Bearden Yekalxs Mtller Ball Back row Clark Jensen Paul son Melton Stearns Foster Sutton Beattx Frank Short Schmehl ' V ' ', 1 , ' , I Af T - sf 1 . . , l' I L Il. txt' ', I I if ' ' ' st V 1 ,L .'. t. 4 . l. .I 't , t wL'. ' - ' ' I at ' T ' I v I - . ..,, . I , I . , . . I . - 1 . . - 11 7' ': . . 2 .. ., I - I.t. Bartlett. Lt. ljgl Gr' , It ill. 'IK 'l I 1 vi As x V 'I' ' 3 Y It 'W ' .HI 1 . t , .'- I I . . A A' A : . . f t. - I, . . - . 'I . I: l fl 3 'I I . ' P I V Y 1 . , I' . 1 ,Iv I U I V-3 DIVISION OFFICERS AND MEN Kneeling: Lt. Comdr. Hunter, Lt tjgl Green, Lt. Fisher, Lt. fjgb Brown, Lt. Roney, Lt. Comdr. Gil- logly. Lt. Cjgj Hanson. Lt. Cjgj Nlilke. Second row: King, Hutchin- son. McGuinness. Brady, Murphy. Phillips. Lalrevrc. Griswold. Kenney Rowe. Bach row: Frykman, Sherwood, Clarke. Jarnigan, Farrington. Ma- honey. Nlclntyre. Daniels. Ramsey. Pisok. Vcrgari. Pl IOTO I. AB GROUP Kmtiling: liicltls. Daniels. Yeltnlis. King. .hIt1l7tI'l'l?tJf Chief Ball, l-l. fjgj llanson, l.cl7t'vrc. AIQROI ,OC JY GROUP Knttlinq: Rilyo. lleartlcn. Brown- ing. thlt1I7t1Iv!7tJf llisolt. l.t. Comdr. llutow. Short. fX'l.'XRlNli Dli'I'ACl-IMENT lintrony row: Gy. Sgt. Lee. Reed lilim: Luedce. lcker, Pl. Sgt, Hanam J. R. Elliott, Nelson, Steinour, Affeldt. R. H. Moore. Second row: Conta- messa, Neenan. Smith, Kaplan. lst l-t. Roser. Capt. XVilkinson, lst Sgt. En- dicott. Ostolaza. Raubaugh, Lanning. Uusza. Belcher. Third row: Sgt. Lud- wig. XV. H. Moore, Davis. XVaterson. Coslaer. Kelly, Sgt. Morgan. E. E, Elliott, Gy. Sgt. Jerome. Top row: Sgt. Helfrich. Mehlman. Kldenne, Saponara. Snow. Sgt. Poliefka. Mar- tin. Michanczyk, Sullivan, Crook Clark. 1 ' - I --f . . ...r::1+lQ:srr:-,nsf+'r'f ? f ' CAPTAIN EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DEPARTMENT HEADS Seated Comdr Carr Medlcal Capt Schaeffer Comdr Deam Comdr House Arr Standmg Lt Comdr Sharp Navrgatron Comdr Hemmmg Engrneermg Lt Comdr Smrth Gun nery Lt Comdr Matthew Com munrcatrons Lt Comdr Larrd Flrst Lreutenant Lt Comdr Strange Com mander Arr Group 50 Lt Comdr Clapham Supply WARRANT OFFICERS Kneelmg Rdo Elec Claxton Elec Anderson Mach Bullard Xflach Clark Rdo Elec Rxnehart Gunn 'Vluckleroy Bosn Conn Shrps Clerk Thompson Standmg Shps Clk Mullms Bosn Dans Mach Exerett Carp Ilemrng Ch1cfPay Clk Payne Cnunn Salmon Chxef Pay Clerk Krt lxnger Torp Iongmore GUNNLRY DLPART MLN I OFFICERS mtlznq jg I und arg s Silmon I Gre erman Capt XXVIIIQIHSOII It I 21 H Lt jg Dyer Standma t fjg Haddock Lt Cjgl Talman I, rlaylor Lt Barton Ens Power It Comdr Smlth Lt Ransom 2nd It oser Torp Longmorc I Cawndtr OI-EICERS SOI TBALL TEAM Seated Lt Cjg Bogertman Ens 'Faylor Capt Vvfrlkmson Lt Cjgl Johnson 2nd Lt Roser Standma Lt Ransom Ens Charres Lt Lund er Lt C reenc jg Power 9 fb 'XV Jilin. Page Iaorry Hue I 1 all l:i'+l'!'1 .-:j','NQrl!l ff E 593 ll...l 5 J-T,3fw.k-, E 2- ..ue---- . ,, , . - I g ss P srl 'lilll i 2 - 2 little l 'sl ,K SQX ' ,li i 'lj 5 XX , in ll ' i A 7 . Dx N-in K, ' V , . 5 - fx 5-ilu. -Q fe: f l'Tl - 1 Z , ,' C' JJEQKV' If ir' '7 L 'tt llm J 1L , ?f3'T Zrbltlulllkltll O 19.3 X J. l lllt ,v3?f R ' - f M452 i, 1' 5 '1f.,-Cf, ,l- - . New as - , -- Ll X ,ii-T ,-Q ' .LET Q' ix 4 X4 K' Q aw' . C, fs , iii? Y V 7 ' Y rQ 'fx -xx C X177 g, X.- ,fff ' 31 July-6 Oct. '44--At Naval Drydocks. Hunter's Point, Calif., just fifteen minutes in a two bit jitney from 3rd and Market. Union Square, North Beach. Top O' The Mark and the train terminal to Oakland. Fifteen days leave for all hands. port and starboard liberty. Chipping hammers, air hoses. yard workers. Ere main repaired. Transfers and replacements. Extra money jobs on the Embarcadero. Two months that really passed fast. 26 Aug. '44-Capt. Schaeffer relieved by Capt. Heath. 7 Oct. '44-On our way once more. Out past the Farallones with Page Forty-six flight and hangar decks again crowded with passengers and freight. K x .J X gXQgQ, 5b:,,Q,xx'Gfi' fggp-xx :eq uv , . A32 2 , 3 on I rn ff 'T' ff 1' 852 U- 'Ii ZZ 12 ff P' H ,, M W K sa E I ii E I MARKET STRIQLT PRISCO --'-'U-su.....,,,,m, ' Change of Command ceremonies at Hunrer's Point. Captain J. P. Heath relieves Captain V. H. Schaeffer as C. O. of the Bataan. .mn Page Forty-eight 0 ' -K 'V ,Q U K 1 - -..-..,.- - 1 f.r-13.1--1 V . V k -1 . T V A - ,,.. -. . -,..Z ..-- .. ., , 'f - ' ,.1!'.7F !'! JQi '3 'L ' ' M ff MIX, wmmy ,f W ,ff Q, 1' J W, Ae f , ww mm ,f f W CAPTAIN I P HEAATPI ff 4 22 , 1 2 3 sl i . . 4 l-ffl-. . 3 i l i . ' kr' ffl' li lil lil ,M l i vale. A 2 Lfik x I-' iglalliiimli 1 47 glen ff-'F ef ,llllllltliiullllllllliim ,l, , . li F Y 'f , t E' fa Q i-- .iiilff J -if -i s f illl X f 13 Oct. '44--Diamond Head on the horizon. Little did we realize I7 Oct. 18 Oct. how familiar this would become. Once again, starboard side to. Fox IO. Ford Island. '44-Air Group tNightl 42 reported aboard. After months of special training. they were ready to go. '44 to l Mar. '45- XVaikiki Raider days. Refresher land- ings day and night by the hundreds. 7,474 during this period alone. Six days out and three days in. USO shows and movies at Ford Island. Ship's football teams wins a moral victory. Liberty in Honolulu--such as it was- did little to break the monotony. Even the regulars were soon hoping to get back out with the fleet. 12 Nov. '44--Inspection by Rear Admiral Gardner- a well done. 17 Nov. '44-Special birthday dinner. First anniversary of the Page Fifty ship's commissioning. Party at Ford Island Tennis Club. 3-Hg .A ltd: 'T . px, vi PEARL HARBCR DAYS - 'if 1' 5. '53, 3. -3 W 'f'g xZ 'lES5 . fkglfk v :iv--lr, nl me 'ni Q21 The Staff Planned ualification Landings l 1 1 A Ii Q V i pi N1 H ,,, wp ,J W5 ,V 'i in +5 i X , . f! E A W? 'xx 5 15 SOME WERE GOOD .... i ' ,Y fi 4 E E1 5 Q' :Ju Qi 'O E i I 1 4 1 5 i Z f m .f , ' .,.. Viv -n,..:wi N 'Q ' P N Paqe I flj 1u,o a b. w - 1.-..-t,4.h-,f,v:.i, 5f,f!f'5iL- AND SO ERE B ' ' Q 'ww Runmng tru Buukmg throuvh Tackled and stopped Up on h1s nose mn flames Pxlot out F1re out bp ,J x . . 33 Q . V Y' 7' ' N' 4' ' ' ' ' - -' - -' 7 ' Q 7. f. -, ,' W 'f'f'.1',a-d,,gwf'Q' :-A-'Aft'-fn 8, ,h5,3-,',.Qa',1g',,,,1.4,1 ,YL ...R H nn. Com. Car. Div. ll Finds Bataan Ready For Sea s :11Qv1V nn Vw. - A ,' , f ,, -Q...- 3 P41518 Fl'f1g'fuUr 1 7 i X C' vu:-,Q 1 . . . 'V . --V. - '1--J 'i'C'.1 L'?fI'L '? ? T 'T' 1' - - ,-' 'Aff 2-i'- :-- - 'f'ffQ-' 'Jimi iii: lE4559'f'i J'-'af-ifllflr 45- ?g'i,, , r , .. , -.. .., 4,---V.. V .l . , V Y. - - .. - ,A - . - 4, X - h Y M - V, V t - W ,., . ,. - , Y M ,LA--, 2 mr' .iii . Z . ,f 4 ' lqgisuqgg Ibn an I .. Q4 I SI-IIP'S FIRST BIRTHDAY Batman annivcrsnry is culcbrarud in proper faslui-on at thc 'llcnnis Club, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor. The omnipresent cake and rcfrcslmmcnts In-Q bclowq lwlpccl llmc day. JD: 11.5.5 BATAM' , l IS fwifiuvfifii HF! ff 4 ' ll-l7'4 3 Page Fifty-five PGRT WE HAD . .O. SHOWS.. in in , 'I'-X, iwy . ik L C 4 2 ir 6 Page Fifry-six ,. ,xvff-nf'-.ffff . .f A - A-if'f-'-M '1 1'1T'ffT'i2 'i, i - -: :'2- -H--fi' ' f-1+ A , , .,,A ,sig 1,-, ,,,L,,,-,,,,4x.,c,,-i,,'m,4g.'x2 .--.1. -g - ...N - r -- -- -- . ', , .. . . ..,,--,- 1 f V Y ., ..-W, , V ,, f , , f --- -- ...AND LIBERTYI HO OL U... Q f a Qw 7 Q 44 'Q W -QQMQ V A 1.14 Page Fifty-seven 2 4 w .I . . , I mn m m m m l lm lm QV Qu Y 'Y' sv- Ju Fifly - eight . , . f3- T '1 M-- fl f - 5, -.- ...K ,- Uhr A-:....Ag.11f ,....1..,.L....,......A.g.g.g.:......gK.zz-:.-,.- JT- HERE SALTY SAILORS SWAGGERED P74414 G UO! -NA mv 1' l9' X, ooo XX X .1 X www X N cw y xv 9 ANN N w xx P X xx is W In .N In X Wx N '-vnu I 15' X 5.0! 'Na Q.-sul' 390' fm!! LC I Hu mr 4 'Y' . 8 CY , I X , , .- Wy V' 2 Yi ' fy M v - .W if. '15, in . Qs xh fi I' f'M ,7Ngi ,, .4 W ,r , W J, ,wx X . . nf f . , . 4,,,.1 , 5 1 L. A i - ' - t 5 ' Aw f- f f In x m b fp N, A I Q ,,? ,., My gf , 5 1 A Dj ff .4 I ' P ,Nw x I -X 3 V .fixffr ...QM , t 1 V 1 9 ,gf Pay 71 n- 'N' i new .--wanna. 1-a-new-n J i ii llli 2 it l a e 2 'WQ ii e sw- 'Si,.as lwia f af alllllllll l i,lll,l lllluktullliiwliiiiiiiiilutillflui - a sf J C , if a s ig' If ff' Y T ffq. TM' 21 Dec. '44-Air Group 42 detached. After all this waiting, our cruise as a night operator is belayed. The Waikiki Raider sails on. The LSO's boasting a new slogan- Cut 'em and bust 'em. 25 Dec. '44-Midnight Mass on the hangar deck with our own 7 Feb. 12 Feb. 16 Feb. Page Sixty choir. A special Christmas dinner and impromptu inspec- tion of the giant Missouri tied up astern of us. 9 45-Comdr. Reeder and Comdr. Osborn relieve Comdr. Deam and Comdr. Bridewell as Executive Oflicer and Air Officer respectively. FYID party at Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor. '45-Still operating. in and out, day and night. But the scuttlebutt is plentiful regarding a new air group, yard availability, returning to the States, training operations on the Great Lakes and what have you-straight from the Captain's Orderlyl '45--Believe it or not-yard availability!! That scuttle from the spud locker was correct after all. C and R, long held in restraint while the topside damage accumulated, takes over to ready us for sea. CHRISTMAS SERVICES Midnight Mass was celebrated by 5 Chaplain L. J. McHugh on the Hangaffu Deck as the second Christmas of the Bataan was observed in Pearl. The Ship's Choir sang the Mass. fx AY! Page Sixty one . ,g. if A51 ' S I i f N Q l6 Feb. '45- C 6' R, long held in restraint while the topside damage accumulated, takes over to ready us for sea. C 56' R-Construction and Repair--has two eyes and many hands. One eye is always on the present, making the many repairs and altera- tions necessary to keep the ship operating eth- ciently, while the other looks ahead. contem- plating every possible damage that might be inflicted to the ship. When the Word came through that we were going to have yard availability at Pearl. the lst Lieutenant requested all heads of de- partments to submit job orders. At the Yard the work went fast, repairs were made to the flight deck, damaged guns were replaced or repaired, flrebricks renewed, a new coat of paint applied to the ship, and all sundry alterations were completed. lts job of readying us for sea had started many weeks earlier. however. Wlaile tlae BATAAN was grooming flyers for the arduous task ahead. C 8 R was husy tr.ain- ing its personnel in the application of damage control factors. a training which later paid off in dividends. Damage Control. in its laroad meaning. is the employment of necessary action to preserve watertight integrity. stability and maneuverability: to control list and trim: to effect rapid repairs to material: to provide ade- quate protection from fire and chemical agents and to facilitate care of wounded personnel. Much of the work ts preparatory in nature and it is done before damage is receixed Ot prime tmportanee in bringing a fighting slaip to a latgh material condition of readiness ts the proper training and indoctrination of all our Repair Parties ran battle problem drills and the men became accustomed to- General uar ters General uarters All Hands man your battle stations They ran out hose fought fires shored bulkheads and laatehes hooked up casualty power systems pumped out flooded compartments donned and used Res cue Breathing Apparatus became proncient Page Sixty two with portable cutting and welding equipment and prepared themselves for the jobs they might be confronted with in the event of damage to the ship. U Tlae clearing house or central point where all damage data is collected is located on the first platform. below the Water line, in an air con- ditioned compartment known as Central Sta- tion. Here is located the central fire alarm switch- board. the forward gyro-compass, inclinometers, fresh and salt water pressure gauges, forward magazine flooding controls, cross connecting sound-powered phone switchboard, internal draft indicator. communication center, for all danaage repair parties. and all the prints, dia- grams and technical drawings necessary for in- stantaneous use slaould the occasion arise. ln addition to the primary function of dam- age control such calls as stand by to go along- side tanker to fuel ship Gr Station all line handling and anclaor windlass details found R Division personnel at laand running lines to tankers and destroyers. or preparing to drop anchor or moor to a dock. All ships have a housekeeper to insure that a high state of clean- liness is maintained. to burn trash, to grind and dispose of garbage. to make sure that all safety precautions are being enforced. All these intricate Jobs repairing the ripped flight deck making cabinets and frames repairing furniture maintaining tlae fire main insuring that all fresh vt ater lines are intact painting the ships sides making repairs to the hull and a hundred and one others fall to the lot of the lst Lieutenant and his shipfitters carpenters metalsmtths plumbers painters and boatswatn mates C U R s Job in battle is maintaining the maxi mum oflensise power of the ship The BATAAN vt ell knevt C 8 R would have us ready for sea and battle during the long months to come Its byline is You may sink the ship but well sate the fire main' H 1. -1 gl L I L . . 1 - . , u Y T -7 A . l l k 1 5 .C A ' a Ts. 4 1 personnel. During our training runs off Pearl. . . , i nl L hx A X 1 l 4 , , x a x s v ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . . Q . - C 1 . I.. X ,Y .V . , 1 ' x u - 3 V 7 1 y K S 3 -a . a 1 v ' x -. 1 x - , ' ' H ' ' C u n Y e i 4 . 3 i l ' I gn A,,,.f- CHR V sb 1 i Y l fi: I ,., M ' f X Ji .1 ii 1 E 5 W s 5 1 e Q s 5 s L. 'I H w is H 12' le 3 S S is l I ! 5 --C' i I 2 5 Page S1'.x'1g1'foc1r 5 Y I 1 Q 'S m y-Q f , ' Q 'rm Anchor Windlass room- connecting up. XVorrying over that star board list. A mother lopsidc welding job. Shaping. 5 . 2 ! o . h - :ai q W 1 -l'T 7'Tw?f N Jr.. ' 7?7J7 wwf--W q.q,L5,,.......,,,.. V - ' , . . - A V- -f - - f f- - -- f-- ' A H ' Knock off all ship's work- gmokes, a cup of Joc and thc inevitable knife handles. Cutting. Splicing the bow linc. nhl Sf' , , i X 5 i 1 1 1 1, 5, ,, x Q 1 M il? t. 5 Q, 3. ,Q 13 M QQ PQ c 5 lg 21 T1 F l xii L I i lf iQ V 1, W SHIPFITTER HOP v li ii I if X Pagc S1'.x'tg-Slfx' ig 'A ws: 5 MASTER AT ARMS GRGUP Seated: Bemis. Seach. Chief XVittke, King. Anderson. Standtngff XVilliams. Preedit. Roberts. Nicol. O'Ncill. Bra, , 1 It 71-ne-,' , .,4.f .pu-, '51, . 'AA A 1 cy f' - A i . Lf 'N A A I M M A mlhil .. 'X s. R DIYISIDN DFFICERS AND MEN lftirst row: Murphy. Alvaref. Bovcr. linker. Madalonc. Langcnbecker, Norton, Behrend Spnrandcro, Marinnro, Spahn. Second row: Kisiel, Nangreave, Shubin, Terrill, Mullaney, Mul- nmn. Reis, McC.1in. Shcrin. Amundsen. Vuletich. Mciring. Third row: Cunningham, Storc Schreiber. l.t. ljgy l-.1wry, l-icut. Dvergaard, Lt. Comdr. Callahan, Lt. Bonatta, Ch Bos'n. Conn. Ch. Carp. Fleming, Bledsoe. Sokol. Thompson. Fourth row: Chief Evar, Duncan. Dermody, Nestoriak. Mathieu, XVest. Justice, Papini, XVilcockson, Margo, Blond Chief Dixon. Fifth row: Lynlc. Pastor, Triggs. Piascik, Park, A. R. XVilliams, Donnelly Black, Pascente, XVilliams, E. S. Nordquist. Sixth row: Martorana, Pantori, Chief Baldanza Timpc, Brooks, XVingo, Cox, Venable. Begley, Preuhs, Smith, Nicol, King, Davis, Ricken- baugh. Rudd, Szczepaniec. Page Sixty-seven If ll tm ' 'F' illlfulv E ' j- iftta Q5 9 I llmlll ellluunlllllillilhlihiiili e tii b vgiige X if ,g i s xr 1, xX,u- -M '47 Z8 Eeb. '45-Air Group 47 reported aboard. 3 March '45-Underway from Pearl!! This time in earnest. 4 to 12 March '45-RRoutine fiight and training operations enroute to Ulithi. accompanied by the ill-fated ERANKLIN and INTREPID. the INDEPENDENCE. GUAM and other warships. 13 March '45-Arrived at Ulithi. Refueled and replenished im- mediately. Communications Department broke out the hot dope on our next operations. Page S ixty- eight AIR GRO P 47 COMES ABO RD YF -I' OFFICERS lffrsr rox: I.c ggi Wiener I.: jg Xlmlicw. l.z. pig Svl-rom. l I. ligil Azlvcll. l.r. Frnsure. I.t. Sisleu' l.x. Bkgin I.i. gig' Cliff. I.:. -,553 .-Xverxy I.1. lrigxi l..iC.iv.1. Suomi row: I.t Podsednilx I.z Szutson l.:. Wulssn l.i. XYri5EiL. Il Comrlr. Bcrrv. I.t. Comdr. Clancy. I,L. Rervlogfe I.: Ilibixird l.i. Snungk l.:. Xlirks l.l XlcCurrx'. T.'rir'ri' row: I.t. ligi 'Iirigu I.Z. Bursil. IJ. My Xl:S'.i.c.ie'. I 1 XX'.i11.ige.I.a. XX'C.'II'.l.I. lflfingl. I.l. lkigl I.osson.I.l.'Ii.1ih.xr l.i. Cilswn l.:. 'rn I.I. 'ig Sz4ph.irisl.v.l'.viir:?1 Rom: I.L. Klgll Koqh l.i 'iii Iglusigs If lg Rua, I ig Rzni. lr Yiqock. lr. llgl Gmv. I X. Ljgl IJu'.'.ill l.I. 'Ill' Sz-.usher l.1 Q4 lflur L.. jg C.1f?CUIiY.II. ivigl Roxsmr. - v YT -If OFFICERS AND INIFN from row: Ens. Fluim. l.r. ligl .'X3'ls'.vorrh. Fns. l.oring, Ens. Murphy, Iins. 'XVaLson, lins. Gralmni. Fns. Schmidt. I.r. fig' XK'heeler. Secomz' rmu: Chief Bennett. l-t, ljgj O'Rourke, Lt. ljgl Canimage. Lt. Tovrov. Lt. Douglas. Lt. Seidman. Lt. Comclr. Mazza, Lt. Vifilliams, I.r. Collins. Ll. lwigl Rmbrogi. l-:. ligl Poeppcr. Chief Metzger. Third row: Chief Juseld, Bsinas, Eads, Brewer, Xlucger, Swopc, Lusier, Cooper, Schultz, Colvin, Thoms, Fiser, Chief Calder. Fourth row: Xlilliff. Toney. Anderson. Armstrong. Carrol. N'IcCafIery, Hailey, Rigg, I-Iughic. Kapura. Burnette. Frflh rox: Cukovich. Beatty, I-abuz, Maxwell, Roberts. Bennett, Trent, Palmer, Rushing, Snelson, Pamozi, Singer. Sullivan. Pago S1'x!y-nine .alle .1 4 .- 36 5 ...,,. .X ,Xxx Y 11-19-A N . Ink, J. L4 1' , W Page Seuenfy ' - 'A 'f ' . - - '-., - -, U-: Y ., . , - ..- - - --f ,,. ., , ,,., , , . , , A. A - .. , A A , H . , MM ...ml , , ,.., A TTN .7, mihl lm jffxw' . '.-- .- ..' . ' . ,, . -, sf' r'g '.'.- .a ,' - - .rr x , ' 1- I -N 0' 2:-,N ' ' ' ' ' wx a,.r ,VWH-, . V' 'Y I ' nn x f . X 4' a x I Q 4 X , .H 1 5 1 ,. 1, -L , 'rm 1' ' + Mr V, 1 j . 1 X A ,. 9 X 5 I ' ...x f - I A -aub- ,afw M 2, pfv-- vi -7- F E I 2 'Vai ' ,, , Y f 5 X Q.. 1 Pace gflilllflf om 4 i Al! F . ' -1 1 'W L 1 39 T 1 fl, I, Y I 4 .A A ' , '!. I ' U x -1 . 5 m . j X I N . ,H M G, , N Q I . XF. l l l E'K-Fv?f5ih . T, PXGSVBIEF5' e l I3 March '45- The Communication Department today broke out the operation plan for the Okinawa campaign. The Communication Department might well be called the voice and ears of the ship. It receives orders for transfers, battle reports, the news read at break- fast, weather reports and even announcements of blessed events. But mainly it prides itself on the fact that it is first with the hot dope as today when it disseminated information on the impending opera- tion. lt is an all-over-the-ship organization. The radio gang slaves away in Radio Central six decks below the flight deck. Radio technicians, between raising and lowering the radio antennas and running up and down ladders in perpetual motion repairing one piece of gear after another, come back to headquarters in Radio 2. The signal gang, those outdoor muscle men. alternately Work in the flag bag and on the signal bridge. Radio Central has been known alternately as Tor- pedo Junction and, simply. the Radio Shack. Dur- ing Ci. it's an easy place to get to if you don't mind climbing through a particularly tortuous escape hatch with a series of trick scuttles that go up when you want them to go down and vice versa. Many's the konked noggin and the barked shin that has resulted. During an air attack the Radio Shack is no place for the sufferer from claustrophobia. On the grim days when the meat balls were attacking our for- mation at their peak force. the general alarm and public address system were effective instruments of torture. For realistic comparison. put yourself in a small isolated compartment as crowded as a sub- marine and with the same general atmosphere. lm- agine a voice from miles up ftopsideil announcing: I-le's coming down! I-Ie's diving straight downff He's heading in!! He's burning!! I-le's still coming in -burning like hellffl l-Ie's in the drink. he's in the drink, he's in the drinkfffn By that time the boys in radio could use a little drink themselves. This is only a sample of many instances of listen- ing but not seeing: of wondering if they would hit us or not: and still taking Morse code at 30 words a minute. The BATAAN'S signal gang had what might be called a double commissioning job. During the early days of the war the great BB XVISCONSIN was shorthanded and needed some signalmen to put her into commission. So. about the same time the mighty B got her wings, our signal boys also commissioned the big dreadnaught. Page Seventy- two The signal force, along with the radio technicians, suffered battle casualties and they comprised the group that saw all, knew all and heard all about every operation. During the toughest days there were dis- agreements as to which was the more rugged on the nerves-seeing it or hearing about it. The signal- men have no 'argument on that score. It's pretty obvious how they feel about that question. Flag hoists, semaphore, blinker, wig-Wag-doing with the eye what radio does with the ear--keeps Signals, as they are called on the bridge, busy. Quick as a flash giving the true bearing of a plane that hits the drink to show the cans were to pick up the pilot and crew: hoists on the double report- ing sighted mines to expedite their quick destruction: the rapid dissemination through the formation of all kinds of emergency signals. Vsfhen the going was tough and when tactical trafiic was pouring in to the bridge, the signal force could send and receive semaphore at a rate of 25 words a minute. That's a job to m-ake a man muscle bound but doesn't faze a good signalman. On the blinker l5 words a minute to the average uninitiated man would look like so much hash, but not to the boys on the after portion of the BATAAN bridge: to them. it's duck soup. Our printers have many times been dragged from their sacks in the middle of the night to knock out a HBATAAN TIMES extra and then put in a full day's work on routine printing. Their spirit of cooperation extends also to the ship's post oflice where a few males get out millions of airmails to thousands of females. The entire ship turns out to help them when the announcement is made, l4 bags of Uncle Sugar mail have just come aboard. The yeomen. who contribute so much to so many, and who. incidentally. take so much from so many if even a comma is missing. must be about as well informed as any group aboard ship. They write up the news received in radio. They're the boys to thank when your orders taking you back stateside are neatly typed and ready. They're the patient recorders of voice radio by shorthand or by longhand as the case may be. And they are the first to know when many commands from the flag concerning the ship are received. lt might be mentioned that they areialso the lads who type Quarters for Muster on the Plan of the Day-day after day after day. The reader is advised to take any action regarding this last mat- ter that he sees fit. qnq '4-. I Q Y I jf f' CQMMUNICATIQ A' ,V -ajy Lfq. 5 1 3 l W 712' . .. Q ray ,',v1f: , '1 5 1 It fp ' 64 ,, .: J Ni., ' ffl? I f zr 'i' 1 W I F 5 ir 1 Q s I. I ? E F f f K. B r 5 Y i a .,-- -...Z Q 1? 'vi 1 x 4 i I 1 5 S R E 32 ?f ,nn 3 1 i r 1 3 Y r 3 Prim shop Radio I!'...riZTlfIIu'T and RL-pair Radio Central Voss- brink brings the sfraighr 'Adopcu no Comdr. Short. Executive Oficcr. if i 1 1 . r Page Scuenly-four ,. 2? I 'Y JU ,,, J ,Hi 1-EL.. ay- avi' Ynomm of K 3 m Cuptaln S and Exegutu-. Officer S offices Improvmg the mmd m thu hbrary Paqe Seventy five 4 J-v ann' , A '1' ,fvf ' 'i ' A x ' tri? Q, V , A , A Na-1. Y' , 4 - . 1 it Q,',Q, A, 1' - ww wx ' l rx 4, - L ' -mvifg ' ' 1 1 ' . 1 fx ' M9 A., , 1 way, wig ff . , Y ' ,. wrL':'3l' ' .' ff SQA, ,'Y1 , . . . . . , , , , 1 , A ., . C . 1 . . , , . 5 . ' E I Q il F, lil f W' Ng , Z- ! 1 ,ur 4 W 4 X I V r L 1 Q1 Q, 5. !: V Q! 'X1 45 f i 4 1 l I 5 l L i . A . Z 4 E X I 2 Q 4. 6 5, I E 2 , r -Q , 1 f Q E 5 ii Q Q Q f I ' 1 ' E 5 1 Q : ' Namc it-blinkcr. Hag hoist. semaphore-'hc K-2 gang will get 5 Lhc message mrougn Y E 35 Page Svumly-si,x' f 3 Qs i 1 - qw'-NT- V , -' 2 ' ' V ' x ' 7- ' ' .. ...... , ' - ' 1 -9 ' x 'W i I-:uf 1:5 ' 'A f ' h LV . - , W,.,,,.,,, K-3 DIVISION OFFICERS AND MEN First row: Paradis. Gemmel. Park- er. Moro. Second row: Trionc. Reyna. Lt. XVinnail. Ship's Clerk Fantozzi, Wieggers. Piro. Third row: Hall, Schmehl. Swcykoski. Reid. Juarez. Riley. K-Z DIVISION OFFICERS AND MEN Sealed: Brooks. Cmouge. Riley, Lubi, George. I-l. Lawler, Chief Caoodyear, Iiinerfrock. Stanko. Nelson, Whitten Slrmding: Uniowski, Bramlette, Sha- fcr. Corley, Pcrow, Sweeney, Child, I-Ianak. K-l DIVISION OFFICERS AND MEN First row: Yacavino, Laughlin George. Musser. Goldsmith. Olden- burg, Ferrara. Ferree, Morvant, Dessi Brinks, Heenan, Zimmerman, North- wick, Vossbrink. Bearden, Hogins Second row: Hafner, Vergobbi, Hig- don. Rdo. Elect. Montgomery. Ens Miller, Lt. Cjgj Goodwin, Lt. Schell Lt. Comdr. Matthew, Lt. Hanson, Lt Ashton. Ens. Newman. Lt. fjgj Mar- vaso. Chief Turner, Margolies, Ven able. Brown. Third row: Hashbarger Pratt, Mahoney, Pelletier, Blik, Nel- son, Case, Costner. Dingman, Dzamba Muratori. Lane, Nicholson, Murphy Gazer, Conroy, McNamara, Linde- mulder. Page Seventy-seven it ' llllllll I l' at ,V .gall ll ' fi, .- X t I 1 - .1 , Illlllllllllllmll u I f e lltttiktuttutttu-lim i . . ing? BT: kiL tg, ttllllltllmm Qfgu-a . l g f' if 7 f 73 . a m f 1 7 7 'N 14 to 17 March '45-Sortie from Ulithi and underway to attack the Japanese Home Islands. 18 March '45-Strikes against Kyushu airfieldsg Miyakonojo, Kagoshima, and Izumi were hit. Air Group 47, on its first rampage, destroyed 10 planes on the ground. damaged 29 others, burned hangars, strafed luggers, bridges. a railway train, barracks, a power plant, and other- wise harrassed the enemy. The action was not all one sided: VT-47 lost a plane at Kagoshima and another at Izumi: 2 pilots and 2 air- crewmen missing in action. I9 March '45-The enemy hits back, and with a vengeance. At 0707, a Jap Myrt drops 2 bombs on the FRANKLIN, 3l00 yards to port of us: Lt. fjgl LOCKF TRIGG of VF-47, just launched by the BATAAN for a strike against Kobe, flies after the Myrt' through the concentrated AA Ere of the entire Task Group, chases it for 20 miles and shoots it down. But the damage is done: the FRANKLIN bursts into flame. and one of the epics of the war begins. Later in the morning the strike returns from Kobe bearing good news: a CV. a CVE and a small merchant vessel bombed and set afire by VT-47. In the afternoon our CAP shoots down a Tojo. 20 March '45--The BATAAN with Task Group 58.2 furnishes air cover to the FRANKLIN on the retirement south from Kyushu. The enemy comes out in force with bombers and Kamikazes. One of them. a Jill. makes a suicide dive on the HANCOCK. is shot down by the BATAAN's batteries. crashes in flames on the I-IANCOCK'S starboard side. hitting the destroyer I-IALSEY POXVELL which was alongside the CV. Two other Japs. both Judys, attack the BATAAN with bombs and are shot down by our gunners. A third Judy drops its bombs so close aboard that one of the BA- TAAN's gun mounts is slightly damaged by the explosion: the Judy is smoked by our batteries. and is finished oil' by ships of the screen. During the engagement the BATAAN takes a total of 8 enemy planes under fire. shooting down 3. and assisting in the splashing of from 3 to 5 more. The Air Group has casualties. The Commander of Air Group 47. on CAP duty during the enemy air attacks, is missing in action. Lieutenant SAM HIBBARD of the CAP is forced to make a water landing after his plane is damaged by AA from the Task Force and by fire from a Judy which he chased and shot down. He is picked up uninjured by the destroyer NORMAN SCOTT. The ship takes its iirst combat losses, too: one man is killed and eleven Wounded. Page Seventy-eight TIM U S S PRHXNKLIN Page Seventy nzne P 5 . - --,.' 1,7 3.-',-Q - 1r.5,p .......,Q.,' ,.'N444.,! .- .. .-, .. 1 - . .', ,-.,.- ..., , . HEAVY AIR ATTACKS CO ERI as c if If Q . . K up K K Z . ' 1' , Y . I The attacks were 1'1l3I1Y...l3x Jill. shot down by the Bataan, crashed on the stern of thc DD Halsey Powell. alongside the Hancock, . .The Enter- rise was Nbogcy bait, but most of the time the Kamikazes missed. .. Page Eighly -'-w-----l ---- ' -- HL- W ' ' 'M ' ' . V .:::.-vig gf , , ,, 7... - , , , , , -.. . r L ls l ERETIRE T CF THE BIG BE fa' 44.3 , ,,,. . l H ' K, , :ge x . r c ,radlitfiv ' eg A e 'i M, as-V-W K 4' ...WQV D ' . Q , .JI . P N fi Hi ,I V ,Li 4 , f rr Q f gg J ,tfsw .- an-nw. f .A E- 5 ,. fl-'s ize :rf ,4 ,fi , . , 3 jV s.2fff?- - A L t r: M W 1 1 ' Q .f2.Af' a,. 'Q s ' 'S H Q .r.The flamers made a beautiful picture - for the photographers. .. The l'dives seemed like eternity and hope was perpetual - that the Divine Wind Class would fall short . .Plak was so thick you could walk on it. . . I 9 Page Eighty-one 20 March '45- The enemy comes out in force with bombers and kamikazes. One of them, a jill, makes a suicide dive on the HAN- COCK, is shot down by the BATAAN's batteries, crashes in flames on the HANCOCK's starboard side, hitting the stern of the destroyer HALSEY POWELL. Three other laps attack the BATAAN with bombs and are shot down by our gunners. What the hell, are those our guns Bring? The answer came a few seconds later with the rapid and excited rendition of G. Q. by the bugler. Before this day when we found out the kamikazes made no distinction between a CV and ra CVL, all the anti-aircraft battery meant to the ship was a bunch of guns that occa- sionally fired at a sleeve. After this day Tor- pedo Defense and the words, Set Condition l in the AA battery. brought with it the reali- zation that these few automatic weapons-40 and 20 millimeter-and the men manning them were the last defense against a Divine Wind class graduating on the flight deck of the BATAAN. Yes, March 20, I945. was an important one in the life of the ship. The gunners had tired at many sleeves. sent plenty of them into the deep six. Training and drilling had gone on for months and the deck apes knew their sta- tions. guns and directors and performed with an effortless precision. But still the test hadn't come. How would they re-act when a Jap with no sleeve came diving through clouds and l0 seconds of Bring would mean so much? The ship wondered with the battery. Early in the afternoon. when things seemed serene and the CVs were topping off tin cans. this question was answered. C. l. C. reported a bogey at l2 miles. The condition watch was alerted. mounts shifted to automatic. the guns pointed skyward and ammo broken out. Before G. Q. could be sounded a Jap plane was sighted diving on the HANCOCK. Sky Con- trol gave the order to track the target. the mounts swung nervously for a moment and then settled down as the director operators be- gan tracking the target. Commence Firing : the whole port battery opened up instantly and effectively. The Jap burst into flame, lost con- Page Eighty- two trol and plunged into the DD fueling along- side. It was the No. l kill for the gun club and scored by the condition w-atch crews. The first team came racing to stations as soon as G. Q. sounded. Soon this first team knew too what a red meat ball looked like. A Judy dove through intense fire and dropped his bomb only 200 yards from the ship, and crashed in flames 1000 yards away. Another divebomber made his run, missed with his bomb by 300 yards, and burst into flames. Directly overhead came another Jap and his bomb missed by feet. As he tried to escape, the guns started him smoking and he was finished off by nearby ships. Over 5,000 rounds of ammunition were fired at Japs this day by our battery. And more were to come, not only this day. but into the next two months. Months of hell with kamikazes barely missing the ship and crashing off our beams and fantail. The Task Group was attacked almost a hundred times and our battery fired 22 times at Japs within our range, shooting down nine and assisting in the destruction of others. The gunners and the marines knew there couldn't be any tougher tests and they swag- gered with a new confidence. It made easier their less glamorous jobs of fueling. taking tin cans alongside. keeping the guns and directors in shape. operating the whale boats, rigging the gangways. mooring the ship. manhandling the bombs. rockets and torpedoes from an AE to the magazines below. Like the gunners, the fish men had to wait a long time, but the torpedoes sent into the YAMATO were well worth it. And the ship too had confidence in the gun club and renamed the BATAAN the CVL fAAj. , ,MW W: , '.fi,' v-g.3'3 A Wt. , --f--v--v- -... Y. -Y, .,.,..,.., ,,, ., ,...-.f,,.,., ,.,,-...VNV Y -.. .... . X, 7' ,.p-4. .. GUNNERY .fa ,M-v f. Q 1F fM' dk mn . 1 x P, mm, .',,.Q-Q. Y' ,. ,A'.x,. gn, , nv , ::a.k,. , ,,. ,mx ,fe n?',,,,,. THE 40'S CRACK .... ' Qual, , was X -M ,.--, . , ..,-. - ,-,.- W -, Y-.., K av.. .M illlvv- ' M .A 1 .. ' .11 'vuf A -Q 'X -v . . .ni K3 X, I - X- x. .mmm ,, - , a., :Q D K - f' 'A' QR ,. Q ' N , , W - M, .. v--. .1-X.. ,,, , vw-W .Q N., ,,, K , , MM, X N N Ln.,-V -QR W, . W ,Q 'nn ggi . k-. .--- , X . U , , ... 7: Bm' ,gh--. 1 1 A L W -ali.--M A -- W - ,..dffY!b- A Q, -N , V 'W 'M ,. 1 A , .-P g A - .. -- vbv - . If ' ,. x'-AWARNV 'V k 1 W wr k -' 'X' ' ,df ' ' ,,,.1t - . 'M iii ,,,,,,, yr.. -as , - .. f - , ., ,Q ,M ' '-.. 1'-nut' M ' A ....,QU .... A J ,ma v -Q-uw.-.. ...- ,--wfdir... .po au.. fla- pw fuilh-Egan'-' M. ' :lr gpm., ,f w-6 vue . ,Q-,V-'S Q ' iR 'n N. .gn 11 , f--flwiv MPL: V ...A V' ..-QQ ., 1 ,440 'QI-Q -sag ,MW ,FA -suv' QM. ,, IP. N 1' J bv-1-M, . Ailionv- MMM 5 .. THIS WAS THE RESULT . ....,, -,,.-,. . . - . -. ,- , . . , ,IJ . 7-NA, .1- fZf?f7'fLQgN4- -Uv--4 '---42,1-A TRAINING, TRACKING, LOQKOUT ,L 'Nl :Z-r i I-i 5 Page Eightyrsix 0 3- 7:-ff' 'T gig , x ' I 1 v - A 5 4 ia, A W.- ,,,.1fvM-53,5-t- , --4-gg-r94..f,.,A A-5' SLEEVES, DRO ES AND A CIGAR bf Page Fxqhtq wuen il S SEAMANSHIP AND TGRPEDO SHOP LL f 4- ., ,gf 1-5 I -f., ri iF:- ', 2 ff--H N ,-..'-f-.-.I .1 ' 'IA :sz- --A ' NV- T - --3, . -and nf- ' -, ,,.,,., 'I-, , ,mmg-f ,N ws E 'sw ' -Il-j X1 pw. .,., , L E Z x R va x K Q Q j 1 ,wg , . Page Eighzy-cighl I '-rvfw-:'i', ',- Q, ., E, sl Yi lfnwil -lu i . .5 -I4 . , vii , - fl Aln lni iy In I- ...Vi ii .-Q.- i 'i,n . - i: I-. Nl iifii'- '1 -i -A ' REAR NG AT SEA E Q gg! 5 6,71 -nk , XX .f '! wr Page Dghty nme , , 0 1. s f ff ,,,ff'7f'lff'f,f W,,ffNWfQ' ' ,, 935532- 33 -I -ur -1 49 ll . ..' if-fi , - pref, , 1. I 'T HJ-T3k. ,i9f'l'4'fQ:3 ,Q-were., ekJ.,.,t'-w L ,. . '.- 1 .,'4'2.-.2.4' in ,W V- xg , V - Hg ' I - . l x +-Q- , I. ' Page N fnety FIRST DIVISION First row: Poczak, Lewis. Vvfede wart, Russell, Topalis, Sullivan, Ar- rismith, Twitchell, McMahon, Snyder Relation, Nagy, Medved, Miller, O'NeiI Second row: Pruitt, Newell, Mar- lin, MacDonald. Ritenour, Maher Fontaine, Cero, Morris, L. C., Relic Munshower, Lennon, Momme, Stokke Raczka. Third row: Tinagero, Zim- merman, Simpson. Schwartz, Ens Chaires, Lt. Cjgl Gimpel, Grijalva Bagley, Billiterri, Crabal, Hales, Al- lard. Fourlh row: Torrez, Ragan Dennis, Mraz, Perricone, Morris, .I H., I,oveday, Hensley, Pletz. Pole Scott. Quinn, Childs, Long, Rosen- berg, Still, Pierce. SIZCOND DIVISION l'iII'AI row: Purb.1ugh. Cruz, Paler- mo. Arnold, Rolondo, Martini, Nye I,t-viii. loulmey, Paul. lleycl. Man- gine. Second row: lgvans, Psrsons, .'Xlur.ims, Moody, l.eCl.1ir. Morris Poliiowslti, Schimmel. Perisi, Robin- son. Sementelli. Kruszynski. Ihlrd l'oi1.'J Hylton, lrood, XVIDJDS. Neld- icli. llriuico, l:ll7l7JlI'lCli. 'llnggarl Riiinlnaiigla, Karrick, Inncasler. KVM- kins, Milllmime. l'ourIl7 row: XVASL1- kowski, I.1, Iigfb II.1ll. Cage, Doran McDermott. Burgess, Malevicli. Izlders Brown, Stone, Miller, Bergen. Cornell I,cisIim.in. l.i. fig! lewis. I-zflh row. Parlwr, liarlow. Sine, M.1cC.1uley. Bor- gen. Adams. Nlefjorximick, Rnmirel Peterson. Mercier. Robbins, Kung. 'IIIIRD DIVISION Hrs! rout I5mdsh.iv.', Gray, lfloyd. Sawler, I'.iIIon, Spittlc, Hammett. IIr.inlu'. Vfinge, Hammond, Goss, Quinn, Xlfinfrey. Oldt. .S'econd row: Imviii. Iiwmsscll, Scholl, Orndorfl. Willis, lit-ll, l,. XV., Resner, Porto. Hartvrick. Chapman. Third row: Lt. Ijgj Condon, Brady, Coodsell, Sparks, Desankoo, Cilemkowski. Hatfield. Arm- sirong. Simpson. Murray, MacLeod. Morin. Vanderplaais, Atkinson, lior- svih. fklarlinel. lfourzh row: Pesci, Xlood. Xlatura, Sbabala, Mayberry, Lorenz, Sv.'eyl-sowski, Sgro, Mitchell. Livengood, Nelson. XVilson, Rowan. Rancich. Pidstawski. Mrozenski, Boyd. Ens. fwlcklillan. .I :f'T'ifj75'T',L,jfPff1Tf -l:- N I...-.--Q -.f ..g...Q.-l.- gl- -. -- -- A ' FOURTH DIVISION lfzirsl row: ,-Xlvernaz. I,oubur:ik, Robbins, Pipolo. MacDonald, Smith- son, Robinson, SCOLIO, Stewart, Hens- , , fi ' TQ 3 lay, Latlig. Ifiaskett, NcbcIIing. Strom! ., 'fv . .' - I ' A ' ,. I NX h row: Orniti, Mucci. Preston, Kozinn, , -'QQ I , 'QQ -TQ. , x I I Walters, Panzica, I,t. Ticrnan, Lt. , I ,i G , , 'L ,A ' Af, 541. so MY , Lundberg. Ipns. NIcXIiIlan, Putnam, 1 ' 'Q , I, if.-' ' .' - , fl . ,I Crono, Miller, Rua, Gonzalez. 'I'h:'r.I M, ' rf 31 - X1 ' ' I ' 3, Slsf wwf Williams. xicmk. Karim, .W ', f x , X A, , , ' Q Greene. Proiclto, Hopkins, Robbins , I W Q , x I 1 'MEA ' , 'gs ' N I I.iro. Nowicki, Iliccuch. XIcCiuiru, Yan I' 4 In ,Aj .f A 7 W I 4.--Q. 'Q Tivo 'r . f ., I , Q' Iasscl, Iyill, Sruvcns Iywis. lfourth ,gs f f 'K fa . ' Q., 9 I- li X .y N N f I - I 'F 'I'Q T'A row: Croy, I.inn, Powers, Iirvu A g 1 1 ' ' ' ,fi 2, I ty! Y I ' t 3' f A 553 Swain, Pownll. Sciiwnrrful, .IIJIMA i I ,D ,Q A Q-'Af A 5 - . ,e fav X ' Q15 Dcwfcsc, XI.insc.iu, Onufcr, Xkncus. , H 4 h, f ' Isl' In ' I Q -0 , ' i 'Q . ' 5? ' , .f-1 ' 5 III III DIVISION l'll5I rom: Cinnnur ID.lV'v', SI.1,QIu Cinlciurwomi, Brown. Cf.1lI.1Im.1n, Nw wnk, Xiikklglff. NMI. Morris, II.iIvvIiI, Mwrs, XJI1 Ililcn. I! Ibxcr Mi mil rom. Inx. Iongrnorf, Xiooru Circcn, Xiorgnn, II1II, Sims Slums, NIIIIIUI fnxlro, I'xc.il1IIiwr1u, I'cIIi,1.1Iln. Show IlI.lIxa'f, Villuriglur limp! nm. Ihrp Ilclwn. I nx. NIIXI1II.1n, XXJII-wr Slruvl Iim3guII, II.1nwn, Iflomi QJILIUIIIYLIYQ ka Cniwwn, Ihiwlur, XlxIIu'INUI1 Cirrcn Stcwnrnl, Surnrncrlichl, Cfbict' Ihrrx, Ibirl XYUIQIH. I I llail Qiirnpi-I, CIIIICI Slrvcm. fum!!! 1 'LI' Singw Smith I'ImnIwiiIx I m.-'ur I5.w1iI.wri1x Iinruri I'wIlingLur XIIIIIIVIIILIIIIII XI ii r Ii I' r .IUIIVN Knox XI.XRINIf III IQXUIINII NI IIIVFSI roar: QIUIQ. Ii.iz.iI Cfuximii Nclwn. Cirxdv. Nccnnn, Hvwrc III.ix co. XIIIIQ. Suuirml' fmt: XIcI1Im.inn Cfont.1rncws.i, I5lIwLl. .I. R, Iiinam C.1pt.1in XYiII-Iinson. In It Rssur NIorg.1n, I7uv.i. XXMIIX IIuI!ri4Ii INIPIIJ fmt: XIorcV. IfIIivlt. If NYM arson. Slxllixzxn, I7uIton. Stone. Uriv coll, Dvjcsus, XIimIi.1nq.'vk. Ifgqrtf- mir: R.1ub.1ugIi, XIcCr.1rv, fxrtkhii Recd. XIcKinlcv. Crurcv, IQI-Icr. Stein- our. Iucdcc Puge Ninety-one -..-..o...,... . - -.?..i,:5'..Y-',S 4, A,. J..- ,-. ., ,,. ,, , - , ,-,, . Q Q, , - ,. . A- - , j --,3,q4-,' ,-ig., ., ,-- ,V -- ,ne ,'k.,--,,,,,-:,5A.,1,,,,,,:,.,f jggiillltp QT i f ' infra y if - f fff isa, it Illllll ll Illllllt , 1 T is f ggi'Wigflifffggrctctt gg ' F-Ly e 'IHI x fsT NlTi , f - gfe- hfx X 2l-24 March '45-The southward retirement continued during the 21st, and the FRANKLIN eventually reached the Brooklyn Navy Yard. On the 22nd the BATAAN reported to Commander Task Group 58.3 for duty. Lt. Comdr. CLANCY led the first strike against the Nansei Shoto on the 23rd. Minami Daito Shima was to have been the taret, but the weather interfered and tiny Okino Daito Shima took the bomb load instead, receiving a new name at the same time-CLANCY's DUMP. Then, on the 24th. the Air Group flew 3 strikes against Minami Daito, the first of a longvseries of Minami Milk Runs. Ensign J. XV. MURPI-lY's TBM was hit by flak and forced to make a water landing. He and aircrewmran E. F. MUEGER, ARM3c, were rescued from their liferaft by King- fishers from the cruiser XVILKES-BARRE. On the same day Oki- nawa got its first strike by Air Group 47, barracks and ware- houses being left in flames. 25-28 March '45--More strikes against Minami Daito and pre-landing attacks on Okinawa. The caves on the latter got their share of attention: they were one reason why it took 90 days to take the island. 29 March '45-A return trip to Kyushu-with Chiran airheld on the south- ern tip the target. LT. HIBBARD shoots down another Judy. 30-31 March '45--Minami and Okinawa again. AA positions, bridges. bar- racks. a factory, a radio station and other buildings are destroyed and airfields cratered. l April '45-The invasion of Okinawa begins. and so does the long series of missions flown in support of the ground troops by the BA- TAAN and other carriers. Wm NN ' is ra.:-461.4 3 April '45-Our sweep of 12 VF over Kikai airfield is jumped by about l4 Japs: 4 Zekes and 3 Tojos are shot down. XVe lose two Hell- cats, with one pilot reported missing. The other. Ensign O. L. SXVISHER, is rescued by the destroyer AULT. The CAP in- creased the ship's total for the day to 10 planes, splashing 2 Nicks and a Tony. 4 April '45-Lieutenant YVHEELER of VT-47 knocks over the le Shima lighthouse with the first bomb dropped. The day before this target had successfully defied the combined effort of 14 of our planes. 6 April '45-Kikai airfield is worked over some more. The CAP gets another Zeke. Page Ninety-two 1, 3 2' ie 'S i ri, , X Q gifs , - may , 3 '- ' P fi. ,uf a Q R ,. , , V -r .f f.w- X ' , .,,., x- 'W f 3 prix, . h i ifff. ini ,sit . , -ge Y, ,L ,hvi i f Y is X' 'Q if , is ,V ,fs ' , ,VS W, , i :W ,14-if ' Ai' Li., .V 'fx Air Group 47 destroy a pock-mark dispersal and rev merit area near Yontan airiie 4 Okinawa. Page Ninely-th nd Cf- ld, VCC ! - - ---Af, 2 f i ff! -f ,,-5--. - -T1 3 April '45- Our C. A. P. today splashed two Nicks and one Tony. There's a lot more to it th-an the above extraction from our action report. Somebody had to provide the pilots with tactical informa- tion, navigation data and weather dope. Some- body had to be watching for those Japs so they could tell the pilots where to pick them up. This job is handled by the so-called white collar part of the Air Department, the V-3 division. A. C. I. CAir Combat Informationj starts the operation by providing tactical data for the pilots-target locations, enemy plane performance data, enemy AA locations, sub- marine rescue data, disposition of friendly and enemy forces-, the list is endless. Upon com- pletion of a flight A. C. I., in turn, collects as much information as possible from the pilots on wh-at they've seen and what damage they have inflicted upon the enemy. Air Plot provides the latest Navigational data prior to take off, coordinates pilot assignments and plane spot, -and acts as liaison between Fly Control on the bridge, the pilot ready rooms and Combat Information Center. It digests the oper-ation plans. interprets the regulations and doctrines of carrier warfare, and plans the flight schedules. Aerology furnishes the pilots with the latest weather information and keeps the ship's lookout for storms and typhoons. While planes are airborne-either over the force or on C. A. P. or out on a strike-C. I. C. has a big job to do. Here it's necessary to keep in touch with the planes by radio and also keep their positions plotted on the radar scope. Hundreds of planes are tracked daily in C. I. C. When emergencies occur. a plane gets in trouble-the engine is cutting out. or gas is running low. or is possibly lost-C. I. C. is on the spot to lend the pilot a helping hand. These are the routine jobs. the everyday jobs of C. I. C. When bogies begin appearing. the blip jockets really go to work. The bogey reports are made to and received from the flag who then assigns one of the ships the job of vector- ing the C. A. P. out to intercept. If the un- identified plane turns out to be a Jap. he is shot down and the C. A. P. is returned to station. It is here that the skill of the V-2 radiomen Page N inety-four and the V-3 radio techs is appreciated. With- out communication, the present day combat pilot and plane become useless. The radar technicians are constantly on watch to nurse the sets along. They have an ability to see, smell, hear and feel the bugs that frequently occur in the temperamental old ladies called radar aboard the BATAAN. Twenty-four hours a day C. I. C. must live up to its name, Combat Information Center. -and report to the O. O. D. on the bridge any danger affecting the ship, either on the sur- face or in the air. Its long range eyes pick up skunks -unidentified surface vessels--and the vessel's course is plotted to determine if on a collision course with the BATAAN. Its eyes are on the task group watching for a battleship or a cruiser closing on the BATAAN in the dark of the night at a relative speed of 40 knots. Its ears listen to a multitude of inter-ship voice cir- cuits-t-actical, administrative, fire control and lighter director. C. I. C. looks, acts and sounds like a mad- house but the BATAAN well knows it has an excellent reason. At Fly Control, in Air Plot, in A. C. I. and in the Air Department Oflices, the yeomen must maintain accurate records of assignments. opera- tions, logs of pilot and plane time, and keep up correspondence seven copies deep. The photographers have been left until l-ast because that's where they come in on the offen- sive side anyway. After the photo planes land. the photogs turn to developing and printing the films for analysis by the Photographic Interpre- ter Officer of A. C. I. In addition to this thev are busy making documentary pictures of deck crashes. enemy attacks, and, in their spare time. ship's activities which made this book pos- sible. Teamwork. intelligence and individual action are -at a premium in V-3. All its many jobs are necessary for the smooth operation of this floating air strip and very much helped in the writing of the action report- Cut C. A. P. today splashed two Nicks and one Tony. .ir ill- C.I.C. AT WORK . AQ ' M if X 1 F 1 i l- ,,, XENA Af' PHOTOQR.XPH E RS AND A E ROLCGISTS Page Ninety-seven Lt. J. Bathwater Kaltenbornn Ward at the mike. V-3 DIVISION OFFICERS AND MEN First row: Craig. Griswold. MeGuinness, Schroth, Jaffe, Reed, Schmidt, Miller, Hutchm- son, Kenney. Second row: Ponten. Jameson. Cullens. Puricelli, Foster, Franken, JQHSQU Theroux, Van Gildcr, Bennett. Third row: Knoernchild, Rotner, Bearden, Ramsey, Rust Sutton, Joyce. Mahoney. Youngstrom. Conyers, Stearns Phillips, J. W. Fourth row: Lt. Ward, Short, Frykman, Arterburn. Rowe, Padzevila, Wiles. I-Ioug, Rak, Melton, Cooper' Philli s. E. I-I., VI l ll 'U ' ' ' ' p I arsua .Ne1ohbors. Fzfth row. Lt. Hickey, Lt. Milke, Lt. Ballou, Lf- M . . . arkle, Lt. Strub. Lt. Shoys, Lt. Cjgj Bird, Lt. Cjgj Brown, Lt. Co1ndr.Sull1van, Lt. U85 Gaston, Lt. Cjgj Kelsey, Lt. Cjgj Green. r 1 Page Ninety-eight ' krf' ' AL'-4 A 1w'.,. 9135 fi . 'S 4, fb' ,S A .I x x O gh 4 W My , Rag? ' 2534- if .A -fx ,ff 1 'v ' , ' x 1 ,gp : 1 . Xi f r4 v 5 . 9' . f M - , . f ,A z i 1 1 I r 4 3 E s Y 1 r 1 l :fry slzzux ggczw f7r.'ClLlflVf.Ll1. our iiimzgfim. wr hmm' . Page Ninety-r7z'nc 4 -. f .nhf U ' ' 'C 1 'H' ,L ,r 1 l 4 4 44,-J,g. 41 Sr 4. F 4x I 3.- 5. ffl. nu F1 'Y I V i I ,I LP I Q! ri 14 'A i I ,, 1, rx P Q '1 1 . , ' , 4 . - ' 4. . - , n . . , , I ' I- . H . Y .. V . .. -....,.,. .. Y ,, V, .-.,,,, ,.,,.., W7 rf.- , , , :. ,LMA ' -4,-.,-....- A . .,r. ..'5.'J ..'28 -affllfal.. .. ,l f'-0.3-1-' fr-tv,I3l'l-fmz..o-,fl-5 ' ,Qi l:QI.U: 4yWj,.',5,.f. Qq11',',r-QR' I !A ',.'i,.,u,5 ,.-.3 , ig- ' Q... fy., .l g A Q - - Y - - V - - 1 -- -- L .1--J '. , -,V-. ,. . ,-nv, . , 5, G-.. . ., - l AA ,- i I El I S I I 1 I I 9,3 1- 1,1 1, ,,, l. sl? ll .i I I I I I I I I 4, K, I J 1 1 1 23 el' f-I AZ T' 0 X., X E75 - A F 425 'i i-3T7 -' ' s do I..-I I ' ,il I I g uuUfffll at N4 I E' EQ' TT? ' N 7 I F4 XS , ' X f f my X X 7 April '45-BATTLE OE THE EAST CI-IINA SEA. The BATAAN's contribution: 4 torpedo hits on the YA- MATOg one bomb hit on a light cruiserg bomb hits on 2 destroyers. As a result of these and hits by other groups, the YAMATQ and the cruiser sank, with the destroyers believed to have followed suit. Intense AA, including the battleship's main batteries. Lt. TRIGG makes a water landing because of flak damage to his Hellcatg he is picked up by the DD .IGI-IN W. WEEKS. The Task Group is under air attackg the ship's guns taking 2 planes under fire. The HANCQCK is hit by a Kamikaze about 2000 yards from the BATAAN. Our CAP splashes 2 Erances. 8-10 April '45-Target CAP's over Okinawa and strikes against Minami. As usual, Minami gives a warm hello and 2 of our planes are hit by flak on the l0th3 both return safely. ll April '45-Concentrated enemy air attacks on the Task Group, many .laps being splashed. The BATAAN shoots down a couple, with assists on 2 to 4 more. Kamikazes make unsuccessful dives on the ENTERPRISE, BUNKER I-IILL and the ESSEX, all in our formation. Our Amami sweep saves the gunners some work by splashing a Tojo on the way to the Task Group with a bombload. The BATAAN again sustains casualties: 9 men wounded by shell fragments. In the evening we are visited by enemy hecklers and night raiders. The AA produces some spectacular pyrotechnic effects. PgO Hn I Cl e no u drccl BATTLE CE THE EAST CHINA SEA .hp b.urlush1p, H.1n1.1m ning pmmlrx' 1.1114 lllmkw .1 dxrut hu Z 'I'miling oil from mrpvalw hits. shy wrirlmus umlvr mmm blows tmm nlwvu K T-hc Lcrriblc cnding. ffirml cxplusiun ot' the Yanmno .N hcr escorting dcslroycrs-rhcir Lum next-stand hclplcsslv by VL 6 Page One Hundred One u l . s-W F L 3 2 7 ,I h 1. 4 i . . F - ,W n,--. ,,L,, ,. ,-. . ,. v W, , f.M..ff1 .1 ' a ',L 4 - -.,- ..., ,,,x. 44.1. Xulf f ...,. -..s ,.:,-.-t-,. , ..-U ,,,, D , ggfxf- - .J ' rl - as GNCE TRATED KAMIKAZE The Hancock is hit. fsP f' AQ was Page One Hundred Two K iw. 1 - Q 5 K - ,V , V If q . g .A+ ks V J. W x ' x -wi. X in X x V -.- -V -..W is M . ' Vi -4 ACKS G TASK GRC An Oscar dives on the Big E labovcj, but is shot down astern, . ,A Zeke scores a near-miss on thc Bunker Hill flower rightj . , 4 ..-sang.:-v.:x.vw 'xx gsilwv-.5 my Page One Hundred Three ' --------- - -'- 1V --1--I-Y V .V --..- ...M .,,1,,,,,,,A,, f . - . .A K W , A VN A. I f A , -- 9. 5. 4.4 --'f X A kitty, -lglglllllllllllllillgl m ..,,ih 11 i l i f lllllllllllilu- Hawwfrrfrrczl gzggizzzm W J QM-? P f' 11 4 f , it a s s SZ? i .n g 7 ' K g R 12 and l3 April '45-In anticipation of further all-out Kamikaze 14 Apfii attacks, our flight operations Were confined to a series of CAPE over the Task Group. But to our relief the attacks did not develop. '45-We again rendezvous With the oilers and supply ships to take on fuel, ammunition and provisions- the latter occasionally including fresh meats and vege- tables. These replenishment operations took place at intervals of three or four days, in fair Weather or foul, smooth seas or pounding rollers. On this particular occa- sion our fresh foods had long been gone, so the presence of a reefer,', as the refrigerator ships Were called, among the ships of the supply train was particularly Welcome-eggs, potatoes and oranges again!!! Another cause for rejoicing - new movies are acquired by the ship. And above all else in importance, We receive mail - Uncle Sugar Mail. Page One Hundred four E REFUEL SHIP DESPITE HEAVY SEAS Standby to go alongside oiler, starboard side to. A Gas hose over, oil hose on its way . Time is short. and n cruiser moves into position on other sidc of AO. ,f 5 14:--, , 'JAX Page One Hundred Five - -4 Y A. A.. ,......-. , . Hi, .W . -M , if E 5 i E S a ' 4 54 ii :-rg :f'1?!3f- aug. V., I, Q. 9 F if P i 1 1 19 1 5 I 1 'T 5 I 5 i E i . V W, N n r 1 W Y-Q' 'L' E 7- as-f Qlgi. MAIL CALL .... Deliveries are not always frequent, so The b u g l e r sounds cheerful Mail Call fl've got a letter, I've got a let- terj and eager faces gather for distribution. they generally are large. But the post Sorted by divisions, the mail petty office staff and their volunteer assistants officers Wait in line for their share. allow no delays here. if rf' Page One Hundred Six Lisp? Y' x Back in their living spaces, to read and re-read. All work pauses for Nlail Call. Contentment is apparent among the butcher shop. Dear Mom, It was wonder- ful to receive your letters to- dayf' The ship's doctors say it is the best medicine that the Navy supplies. ,.' s 1 ,ff K f' , '1 ' f 4-qfl X 'TX ! Page One Hundred Seven l 1 i n l l l I i l l 1 n E l l l 1 n l l l l l l i i ,i L - . ' 1- . 5.5vrr-,:g.i:.n.,.nnu:r ' -'-n1r :t'- '- -' ' 1-A 12 April 145- Our provisions were running low and we replenish at seaf' Now the following number of men and one ofiicer from each division report to the.Comm1ssary Ofiicer abreast the island for a provision working party. 14 hands from the lst Division, 10 hands from the 2nd Division. . . and the bosun mates voice drones on and on until 20? of the crew is slated for the job of receiving food from the AI: on which the BATAAN is making its approach. Since word concerning the provisioning schedule was received from the fiag, the Supply Department has established figures on current needs and only the task of actually getting the beans and stowing them below remains. This day like so many other replenishment days at sea is a result of expert plan- ning and timing. The tremendous task of bringing every conceivable type of material thousands of miles and delivering it to fighting ships in the .1ap's back- yard is no small time operation. Hundreds of supply ships are necessary to make it a complete success and they have done their job so well Admiral Nimitz calls them our secret weapon. We are now 'alongside the provision ship and the first cargo net swings to the flight deck. Eager men step forward to unload the net and start the move- ment of the boxes to the storerooms. This is not an indication of love toward the work but the old hand on working parties is well aware of the fact that the last men are left with the largest and heaviest boxes. On the bridge the supply officers of both ships are using the intership sound-powered phones. The ancient and honorable practice of borrowing a cup of sugar from the next door neighbor is being trans- acted. The familiar cup of sugar is represented by any number of items. a baseball cap for a certain brand of cigars for the Capt-ain, , .It boils down to a Uwhatta ya got that I need attitude and each comes out of the deal with his ship's secondary needs and agiassuredness that he has outsmarted the other supply o cer. Fresh provisions are now coming aboard and this includes cr-ated fruit. Unwritten law states that con- tents of broken cases may be consumed on the Spot. Seemingly rugged sailors take off with 30 boxes of oranges, and these boxes for some reason grow heavy. One is splashed at frame 80. another badly damaged by No. 4 stack while a third goes into a fatal dive between two fighters spotted aft. With luck, 25 boxes of the oranges may reach the refrigerated store- rooms. The bulk of the foodstuffs at sea is usually comprised of dry provisions, which includes canned goods and dehydrated vegetables. Ship's SIOIQ items are handled by the supply ship too and are being sent over last. This includes cigarettes, toilet articles and candy, better known as Pogey bait. Provisions, important as they are, comprise but a fraction of the volume of supplies and thousands Page One Hundred Eight of items necessary to keep a large ship running efii- ciently and happily. You rarely think of the Supply Department, the S-1 and S-2 divisions, except when you want some- thing. A haircut from the barber shop, foul weather gear from GSK, a Hdead horse from the disbursing office, plexiglas from aviation stores, a pot of Joe from the galley during the mid-watch, a torn shirt mended at the tailor shop, chewing gum from Ship's Service, shoes from Clothing and Small Stores, clothes washed in the laundry. There is no more touching sight than an old salt with three inches of beard and a Gedunk in his hand. Each day the soda fountain serves a thous- and cups of ice cream and gallons of cokes. Sweating out the line is the only strain. The canteen likewise does land oHice business. An average month brings the sale of 600 tooth brushes, 150 pinochle decks and 137 playing card decks, almost 80,000 packs of cigarettes and 23,000 cigars. The galley, in pro- viding three meals each day in addition to a mid- night meal served to 'aviation check crews, can also Hash a staggering list of figures. Each month 15,000 pounds of fresh potatoes, 4,000 pounds of coffee, 12,000 pounds of flour and 1,200 pounds of table salt are consumed. Aviation supply has everything and anything that has to do with aircraft. Its field is one that under- goes constant change due to improvements and revisions made on all Navy planes. A part which is now considered a new innovation may be obsolete next week. Its successor must be procured andthe outmoded part leaves the ship. Stores for mainte- nance and operation of the BATAAN are issued by GSK. The main issue room has cognizance of over 5,400 items, ranging from hand tools to fireplace bellows. Since commissioning day the ship has elb0W greased through 1,300 swabs and used 15,000 flash- light batteries. Next to mail and chow, the most important per- sonal interest to the men of BATAAN is pay dal'- This is computed by the disbursing section of supply- Approximately 823,000 is the average pay day at sea, 845,000 is drawn prior to entering a port and when the ship goes back to the states over 3200.000 is taken off the books. The S-2 division works in Officers' Country, pre- paring and serving the food in the wardroom and cleaning the staterooms. 1 The Supply Department slogan is Service to the linef and the S divisions have done a tremend0US Job in rendering that service. , The working party is secured and a well-stocked task group is again on its way for a heavy date tomorrow. But the work of the storekeepers, the cooks and bakers, the laundrymen and barbers, the t-ailors and butchers goes on. 1 - - .J Nw '1.'f'f'f' 'Q --v -1-s 1-Q 'ss is-'stung have tp. .7055 is 1 fs vgiawxnqb, M :sw 'UA 30339 SUPPLY 4 'f '?f'5'i ' HMM Nw 1.14 Q -T1 Q'..3j','.-+: -',pw,-.- . . .v1x,-..',, .,',a 1 - .A:..rT.,1.sgksflI!'4'- ' ' ' . -,p...'n 'k 'f' ' I .1 Vf '.'1G'l - W' V s ':tg 'ds E.- 1 Q- - P' shw- lx ,Q Nan 1 CREW'S GALLEY... X Q2 X I fav 1,1-5 a ,nf -. ., J l YE f .1 ,, , 4 , 1 ww ag . .,x's5's ,. Y-if' X il A Page One I-Iumlrud Tm A... . ...... ..:.... - , , fir, 1 1 xl, J I , I 6 .X 13? 3-fa n , Q 'Y, Sf 'gm a W . E I 2 1' 1 9 BAKERY A D BUTCHER SHOP .... l'41gu Om' llumlrca' Eluucn I if ' ' i ,iq ' 4 In S -' . ,- X A ' 'K - A' ' - , - - ,Q . - ' -- 2- ,. ' fl C . :J -..' 5. - ' ' ' i ' Y f.-..,-.WV ., .- s' ' 5 - ' ' ' 1 5 - ' 1 '1'- 3a.. ,'.Q 3 1.19,-'Q-' -5'.'- ix-4' A , ' , . , ,. Y, Y . 4 ,VN mn- , M HA, 'T' E e li I r SERVICE TO THE LI 'P i y ! v l .4 ' GQdunk Factory. 4 .Ship's Service and Pogey Bait Supply. . .Laundry . .GSK. . .Clothing and ',,, F Small Stores. . . y , w Page One Hundred Twelve Pay line .Supply Office .Tailor Shop ,Avia- tion Supply .Crew's barber shop .Spud Locker. if W? ,-I NV -I -4 x . 4. 1 vi If walk I .fn 'S Y v:1 f,f f ,- 1 4 1 l I Page One Hundred 'IYhl'!'IC8ll ,, - . , q 1 - .l Is' F -. ,Q--,-.,.. FZL,-,,y'f,,g-.5191-4,.14-,i A - DIVISIO I , E 8 C i Preparing and serving food in wardroom and warrant mess.. Page One Iflundrud Fourrccn SUPPLY OFFICERS AND MEN: First Row: Porath, Rebello, Sawaya, McLoughlin, Strouse, Fyffe, Schneider, Steinberg, Kindle, Mallon, Roland, Cieissler, Lajzer. Middle Row: Terzo. Raila, Brown, Chief Gill, Ens. Hamm, Ens. Mack, Lt. Cjgl Solt, Sullivan, Luzzi, Hodges. Top Row: Scaperotta. Luckenbaugh, McCann, Loeketr, Cot- trell, Frazer, Hawkins, XVerden, Hayes, Sweet. Peckham, Holland, Magdelin- skas, Haaker, Sutika. SUPPLY OFFICERS AND SHIPS SERVICE MEN Ifirsl row: Shine, Prady, Strouse, lindenmuth, Gillard. Gaiford. Second Row: Cottrell, Sawaya. Alinissa, Morris, Sutilxa, Reeuher. 'I'hr'ril Row: Chief Gill, Salada, Hamrick. Moore, I.l. Cjgl Solt, Lt. Comdr. Logan, lins. Mack, lins. Hamm, Piro, Hoff- man. S-2 DIVISION fron! Row: XVilliams. J., XVilling- ham, Porter, Metoyer, Brown, Osborne, XVilliams, C. H.. Carter. I.. L., Rand. Anderson, E.. XVilson, XV., Chambers. Center Row: Carter, H. A., XVilliams, J. L., Anderson, G., Blanks, Beavers, Boone, Shields, Alston, Payne, Page, Nedd, XVilson. C. Rear Row: Shaw. F., Davis, Brake, Bonds, Roberts, Carruth, Anderson, D,, XVooten, Bai- mon, Love, Sneed, Alexander, Ross. Page One Hundrcd SIIJUCCII nl 1 . ,Lv af V 1 lv ,A V+? 2 ,r 4 1 . , ,T i-.,x+ . 7 A. V ifrwf ' f h, ff- A pf. . . - 0.-.1-'yzi.-231' ,,PfS+-,qvvgf z'wf1Q,4 amz Y -- L-igf:w-- .fx IQQYSQVF4. '-f RE DEZVOUSING FOR REPLEN IS - , I ff? Wi, u ,'d Z! llmllumutlnmnuuxmn ll il ' X I W E L 2 5 1- f- tC.Tf?7 Y- - , 'I f X , I S f X'-T T f ' -E , N-f V .. , 16 April '45-8 VE of the CAP, later reinforced by 12 more of our VE, tangle with about 40 southbound Nips in the vicinity of Amami 'and Kikai Islands. Result: 23 Jap planes seen to splash: we lose one plane through a water landing, the pilot, Ensign STEPHAN- SKY being saved. Another pilot, Ensign VICTOR RINK, IS wounded and his Hellcat shot up! he 121158 3bOHfdf ha? 3 bad barrier crash. His plane turns over on its back, 'breaks in two. A few weeks later Ensign RINK is back in the air 3g31H.'A few Nip planes get through and our ship's guns help in knocking one down. 17 April '45-Further intensive enemy air attacks. One Judy dives straight at the BATAAN. Hit repeatedly by our 40 and 20 MM, it passes over the ship just aft of the island, barely clears the radar antenna, cr-ashes in the water just off the stern. The deck is splat- tered with fragments of Judy. Gunner MUCKLEROY watches these proceedings with a disapproving eye from the middle of the ladder on the island, doubtful as to whether upward or downward retreat is most advisable. Before he has time to make a decision, the Judy, in the Gunner's words, is Blowed all to Hell. Our RAPCAP shoots down 2 Zekes. ' The ship is hit by fragments on the forecastle and the signal bridge: l dead, 14 wounded. The BATAAN reports for duty to Rear Admiral RADEORD, Commander Task Group 58.4. 18 April '45-BATAAN launches 3 successive flights of 2 VT each .for Hunter-Killer operations with destroyers of the formation against an enemy submarine. The submarine is considered sunk, the evi- dence including 3 human lungs and a breadboard with ricehim- bedded on it. The BATAAN planes are credited with an assist. We bury the dead at sea. 19-30 April '45-Strikes against Okinawa, Tokuno, Kikai. Shuri, the citadel city of Okinawa, gets its share of attention from Air Group 47. So do the inevit-able caves. On the 26th, we return to 58.3 to remain until the end of the operation. 1-12 May '45--Minami, Amami, Tokuno, Kikai, Kakeroma, Okinawa: air- fields, revetments, bridges, caves, defensive positions, docks, stor- age areas, radio stations, troop concentrations, gun positions, ship- ping-Air Group 47 knows the island routine by heart. 4 May '45fWe Cthose of us who don't flyj sight our lirst land since leaving Ulithi, 51 days before: Tokuno, 46 miles away. 9 May '45-VE-47 loses -a plane from llak on a photographic mission over Tokunol the pilot missing in action. ll May '45f-The Japs are out in force again, but the BATAAN CAP whittles them down by splashing 14 planes, one of them a BETTY carrying a BAIQA. We lose a plane, but the pilot, Lieut. M. C. REPLOGLE, is picked up from his raft by a PBM from Kerama Refitogl Two liamikazeli drbop their bombs on the BUNKER HILL an zen crasl into t e lg carrier, about 2,000 yards from the BATAAN. The BUNKER HILL, temporarily out of control heads straight for our beam. We make emergency turns to clear it close abeam to starboard. Page One Hundred Eighteen M I-IERE'S WHERE GUR STURY ALMOST ENDED... ' V ' ' ' 125' if 'X' fm ' ,E Q u fi, it 1 4 1 4 .Q V x Q5 fl ., 'w , W 4 1 'I . I P , . I . un A , 1 I 1 1 I I A Kamikaze Judy came very close. Page One Hundred Nineleen ALL HA DS, BURY THE DEAD A pause during battle. . . . if 4 .--1 Im f D J ui.-6 cf N1 if r gg-5 1 D ,vu ..e--r0- 6 Simple, but sincere and impressive- these ceremonies in honor of our heroic A A ' M ' f' ff dead, never to be forgotten by the ship- M K .A A- V Vi 1 A ' ,' mates left behind. A wr-l Page One Hundred Twenty I I C. 6 -mnrik u - n L' ' U W '. I V ' A .. . 1 'x X67-om + I .A If Il. .mi 'Z NN Nh H ll ummm .xr hkhi Il ilu hmgu JMR 5+ .lllmikd hx All Il I km nu M kr ww Jun 111. lNIllk Im Ukwmxxx gm um b,..,-,ZW 'nf fm ,X xmmha.-.L 0 ma-4.9 r,,N X 4 r- -- !' Q t V ' s ,A , ,33- . AV f 1: , qc L A Q6 A ,,. ff. , eq . - Q-Q . eq N Q , . -ogy. A 5 I Q I . Y if Hf':,.. ' , ' V- 'fe 1,' 1, qu , - 'iii ' ., '.i'. 6 - ' f i i3f'iT,tn52, A ,N1ff3 5, , QNX , 'K S - V ,- h-f A .- . ,J M 1 V , .-..V V A '-'Y L IHLJV Hfw lluf'1llu'..' luffflzf -'fu' ,I ?vgq5 I ' ,i 5 ' 3 I . : -.,. H km 1 AMAMI, TGK O MILK R vent f Q Page One Hunclrea' Twenty-Iwo ' ef z ,Wye f I, Tokuno Shima, Amami -4- airhelds, eaves, storage areas, freighters, tankers--Air Group 47 knows island routine by heart. The thoroughness of their job is evidenced by Jap freighter flower leftj beached on I-Xmarni fnote water line hold port side, aft of bowl and the tanker '1Nissin Maru Clower rightj, burned out and beached. A AMIKAZES CONNECT WITH ' BU KER HILL in I PN ,- E I Ei , 1 F nu I I 5 V Page One Hundred Twenty-three ll May 45 W made violent maneuvers to clear Bunker Hull The time 1S nearly two in the morning the bridge and ship are quiet save for the vibration of the engines driving the ship along at 21 knots The ship 1S off Okinawa running dark The moon will not be up for another two hours and the stars thrusting through the five tenths cloud coverage afford meagre light insufficient to tell that the sea new battlewagons in the group or that the cruisers and destroyers are away pounding hell out of Minamr Darto Jima The quartermaster on the helm in the pilot house rolls the wheel slowly through his hands keep ing the ship on course more by instinct than by thoughtful effort The quartermaster of the watch the bosun mate and the quartermaster on the one Jay Vee phones have just finished a deep discus bridge watch IS no longer tired The men speak more rapidly are alert ready Sir Engmeering and Navigation report manned and ready for General Quarters Condition Able has been set throughout the ship But the show 1S over The Jap Snooper beat a hasty retreat after meeting a heavy curtain of fire of Sake content to let the Fifth Fleet rule the ocean off the celestial homeland In a short time the Captain set condition One Easy and later returned the ship to condition three maintaining one easy in the A A battery The first strike has been launched The star sights have been taken our pos1t1on on the chart corrected and reported to the flag Soon the second strike takes off It 1S 0800 the watch is relieved and reported 1 -cc e ' ' .H I a 4 1 , 4 l ll '. ' I Y I ' I 4 . ' ,Yi IS c-alm, that there are four other carriers and two from the Cruisers, He went home for angthef Swig sion on subject Able women, and are now on subject 'Able-Able'- When are we going home? One said, I claim we will be in the states by the first of October. Hell, no, says the Jay Vee talker, I heard the assistant Navigator s-ay we would not get back before March. He's crazy, the Air Group says we'll take them back by the end of next month. The man on the wheel is lost to the whole conversation and muses, I hope we have a quiet day. He is startled to hear the Junior Ofiicer of the Deck at Conn echo his thoughts. You're not the only one. The conversation lags as the quarter- master of the watch goes for the 0200 D. R. posi- tion and the usual onerous hourly routine reports. He returns to hear the squawk box in Nav Plot break violently into the stillness- Have a bogey bearing three-five-five, thirty-nine miles. Can't tell yet which way he's going. Damn those snoopers! No sleep tonight, moans the Jay Vee talker. Call the Bugler right away. Bogey closing fast. now at 25 miles. No bugler can get up here in time for this, retorts the Bosun Mate. The man on the helm can't quite hear the O. O. D.'s report to the Captain in his sea cabin. but does catch the final Aye Aye Sir. By now the Bosun Mate is at the One M. C. waiting. Set condition one in the -anti-aircraft battery. commands the J. O. O. D. His words are hardly out before the bosun arouses the crew with a shrill piping which demands audience and obedience. The piping is done and ship lapses into silence again for 30 seconds. Then rises the sound of many feet hammering the decks and ladders as the Gun Club takes over. Log this-Observed firing by the returning crui- ser division bearing zero-two'zero. distance twenty miles. Sir, is there much firing up there? queries the bugler who has just arrived in the pilot house. Yeah, the whole sky is lit up. The bastards are dropping flares. Tell Main Control to get all boilers on the line. Bugler! Yes Sir? Sound General Quarters. Aye Aye Sir. All these orders from the J. O. O. D. pour through the voice tube in rapid succession. The Jay Vee talker is telling the men aft at Trick Wlieel all he knows or can glean from the gang who have been relieved by G. Q. and are scurrying for their battle stations. The Page One Hundred Twenty-four to the O. O. D. The whole quartermaster gang troops topside to clean down the bridge structure. No one loves this job. I'm tired, I had only two hours sack time, moans the first man. That pulls the stopper, the groan and gripe society is under- way with a full head of steam. The N division officer comes up to correct the even day log and caustically remarks to the swab jockeys, Think what fine husbands you'll make. Log this. . ., the Navigator yells down the voice tube. This log ain't nothing like I was taught in quartermaster's school, dryly observes the Jay Vee talker. An hour passes, then two. The returning planes, rotations of the axis, routine reports, changes in speed and course combine to keep the bridge gang very busy. The conversation-al subjects 'Able' and 'Able-Able' are forgotten. Two planes diving on the Bunker Hill! The bugler heads for the nearest port but remembering his job returns to the mike and stands by. Sound General Quarters! The notes tumble out in ma- chine gun rapidity. Pull the cork on the General Alarm. The bugler goes through his call again faster than before vying with the steady bong- bong of the alarm. The Jay Vee talker is peering out the port, his mouth agape, hypnotized by the drama. The planes seem to move with the terrible swiftness of a striking rattler and yet it seems eternity waiting for the results. The Navigator swears as he hears the dull explosion and dashes for Conn. Helmets are embraced as long forgotten friends. The black funeral pyre close aboard the BATAAN's quarter rises higher. The bugler describes all he can see to the men in the pilot house and chart house. The wounded carrier is now abeam. The formation makes an emergency turn to the right, the BATAAN's way is blocked. LEFT FULL RUDDERV' The BATAAN swings hard to port and maneuvers to regain station in the formation. The watch is quiet again. The day has been a bad one. The enemy has lost two planes and put a proud ship and her fine crew out of action. The Quartermaster of the watch breaks in, All right. guys, let's clean up this place before the Old Man comes through here again. The Navigation gang finds no peace in the Pacific. - N lf' 5 72 J.,,.Q-. i.z:..4e.f4 ,um .. nu . .1 H YI NAVIGATIO WHEEL, CGLORS D BGSUN PIPING .. Page One Hundred Twmtg-six N DIVISION OFFICERS AND MEN First row: C. C. Davidson. V. NV. Fowler. H. P. Fcrrcll. J. J. R.1t.1jcz.1lx. Lt. Comdr. A. H. Atkinson. R. N. Curnpston. C. I. Hussong. F. V. Nlaclutsky. Second row: I,t. John Hill. S. Taylor. C. If. XVilli.1ms. XV. J. Turner, C. lvl. Heffncr, NV. S, Marshall. H. H. Xlcrccr, l.t. Comdr. Carl Kysclka. Third row: G. H. Gcnskc, Nl. Cl. Vhstbroolx. R. J. Sondrup, C. H. Swanson, S. C. Spcight. H. M. Spciglut. A. H. Bodc. KY I Page Om Hundred Twenty-seven 1 . sr- w '-'XS' ' -ig? ME K ,X . .Q ix.. Sw wx. N. . nw X- .f-MQ 4..-p z- I I iffld Q D I I I.. 'UR F E ' - V T45 Wi, t .,,. . . my 1 u , s I l 1 l l l I l I l I l l 1 1 Q i I i l 4 ' ,s 1 ' - ' ,,,,,,i nv 2' , ' iiwluniuiiiinmuumln 'M , 7 :' ffl- 1 'Mguuutiflflf ' 'fl J T 5 P L 2 S E Q if l3 May '45-Another visit to Kyushu. The Air Group hits Kik- uchi and Waifu airlields, burning hangars and other installations. 14 May '45-Task Force 58 is still off the coast of Kyushu. Usa airfield, Kumamoto aircraft plant, and Waifu airfield are successfully attacked, but we lose a TBM together with its pilot and aircrewman, shot down by flak over Usa. The .IAPS retaliate. and the Force is under air attack the whole morning. A Kamikaze hits the ENTER- PRISE and is caught in the act by PhoM3c Joe Midolla. in one of the great action shots of the war. The ship's guns splash 3 more planes, a Zeke, a Tony, and a Judy. one. possibly two, of which were diving on us with suicidal intent. The BATAAN again sustains casualties: 8 men are killed or fatally injured in action. and 26 others wounded. l5-28 May '45-Patrols and reconnaissance flights over Amami. Yokoate, Yaku, Kikai, Tokuno, Kakeroma and other islands of the Ryukyu chain, with targets of opportunity Y 'U Q . 1 Q A , CQ I O ' 3 X fu , 2 '-I 3 V -i 'P - . 1 .. l , E ' . J . I 3 ,l. . 'W . is . ' I 'fl Q. U' 'Y Z -4 , -. -. I . being attacked. On the 15th, we transfer some of our wounded from the action of the day before to the hos- pital ship BQUNTIPUL. Nurses on the BOUNTIEUL the first sight of anything feminine since Pearl Harborl' So near and yet so far The vsolf howl is heard loud and clear On the 24th Air Group 47 makes its last flight ox er Kyushu with a sweep over Kushira Airfield 29 31 May 45 The Ckinawa Campaign is over for the BA TAAN all 80 days of it Were underway for Leyte Gulf in the Philippines KYUSHU IRFIELD 1 TERDICTIO i 1 Qtr - 3, cf ' ' IJ gn . r ' 5 ' W 4 s WMV' Ji c ' V c i ' c QF if 1' f K 'I . X, ff V 1 , 1 , f 1 4 'f f ' A ,.- E tn K V, X mf i E C , , Y 1 C , ,I Kagoshima airfield is shown in upper photo. Baseball park and track stadium can be seen. Remember the cheap Japanese articles deceptively m a r k e d MADE IN USAH? There fi really was a Usa, on Kyushu. The bottom photo is of its air- field. Page One Hundred Twenty-nine I A W it 5353 .2 . 5 qv:-www-wfrwv W. , tb K 'r E 1 I bE OF THE WAR'S GRE ACTIDN SHUTS -S , ap ,V f.. -qs 'F K - ie f. fats W' A 5 Lit' 'Q XA ' QL 'f,,.LE-jfY.', 5: A 5 V'1'if'f,'f?S X f , , - ' ' , ,ff ,f f , ' ' ' X A, -:l S' 145-::,xali -. f f , ' :ff , ' The Enterprise is suicided. A huge section of the forward elevator rides atop the bomb burst. Photo was made by Joe Midolla, PhoM3c, of the Bat-aan. Page One Hundred Thzrty 1' x l xr Q ef I ea . E 1 ask ss S gi' W I E, I L: r l F lr R xr V E L W L Y .W , ' Liu .1-nf, .Q - - 1 : 'mga xi f 1 ' 'J ' L 'L , ' 35:1 V Q, ,4 , ,Aw A - V ' ,lf ls - 444 4. In - .4- ',. 'T' Destroyer rescuing survivors who i'.,,.. Q Y I up Y i ' jumped from the Big E and now ff-- are using the forward elevator as ii a raft 4 9 'I I 3 Y i 'ff' 5 i l 3 an Q ' 4 ' ' 1: - '11 '- ' Q C .Q - . ', f . i A sw' ,A ,ii . U Q 0 2 Ai J W it Q' v . A ' i 0 Q, I A 'ig ' Aiiiwliiur Ufi.llNx'I'H spins iliiwii , lrom .1 HAR filled skv 5 3 'JL if 3 O 1- 'sscx is brackctc v v Kamikazcs . 9 4 'f' s, , .gnu Y! l4 May '45- The BATAAN again sustains casualties: 8 men are killed or fatally injured in action and 26 others are wounded. The Executive Officer said of this day, Never have I seen braver men. It will long be remembered not only be- cause it was one of the most 'action-filled days, but because we suffered the greatest number of casualties of any single day's engagement in the ship's history. Doctors and hospital corpsmen manned their battle stations at the sounding of General Quar- ters as usual. The early morning hours were spent in care of patients who had been brought to the forward battle dressing station from the sick bay to be looked after during the day and to prevent their being trapped below decks in the event of an emergency. At approximately 0816, almost simultan- eous with a perceptible jar of the ship, the battle announcer stated that we had been hit by shell fire on the port side -amidships. With- in a matter of seconds doctors and hospital corpsmen were racing to the scene of death and injury to administer first aid and evacuate the patients below for treatment. A Stretchers bearing the wounded and the dying were brought to the wardroom from all direc- tions in a few minutes. Here they received emergency measures and the battle to keep them living continued. . .Control of hemorrhage and pain. operations, administration of plasma, am- putations, dressings. . .The doctors and corps- men labored incessantly in the sick bay and in the operating room for the succeeding 36 hours to keep alive the wounded. Page One Hundred Thirty-two The Medical Department w-as doing its pri- mary job, maintaining the health aboard the BATAAN at the highest possible level. Their job varies from tragic emergency occasions as today to routine sick calls. Sick calls are held twice daily for men with ailments which are neither serious nor emergent. Doctors and pharmacist mates are available at all hours day and night for injuries and serious illnesses. When necessary they perform the most diflicult operations with the same skill of a Stateside hospital and the same equipment. Some of the doctors are trained in the prob- lems of aviation medicine while others are trained in the various types of surgery. The hospital corpsmen likewise -are specialists, some in aviation medicine, others are operating room technicians, laboratory workers and me 11 trained in the handling of patients in the wards. The Medical Department is also responsible for the ship's sanitation. Daily inspections are made of the ship's g-alleys and mess halls and care taken to insure cleanliness of both the personnel and equipment. The food is in- spected too in order to insure as balanced a diet as possible. ' In maintaining the health aboard ship at the highest possible level the Medical Department can look back on its record with pride. The medicos don't actually shoot shells at the Japs, but they are an integral part of the ship in battle. A .W . ..,,,,A ,, .,.. , , r, 41:.s K w-eu! 4, 'YJ . I -.-1. .f + 31 ff -fu-mf' Q . x:.gS'4,7 fm. . 'Q 4154 - I ,254-ef f . , X .1-:JKAQ Y 4751? we A'f'J,.. : , - s.g,e-fir' -sz ,g..., . ., f.J,l.LQ,,s?J.:'fr': +.- MEDICA X -4 ' . ,.- 4 ..'f 1 I 'r..5f1':-.:-- f ,-' Y ,-- .. A . ...,N , , M . A - . ,,..,'j -.',..4-.5 f '. '.'. L-f.' -'-.' T- 'e - U ' - .f 2.b'. ' ff- I:!f. - , .p ..' ,H'.' '.-'f L' -'n - - - - fn' A-N -1 91: .' , .Aw ,,.- . '. L . .. . ., , x , , V - , . . , ,V 5 4 , . N1 s-.403 ' 4 , 1 1 I 5 ii 12 ii si -A N SURGERY ?i il 1 1 3 2 I 1 7 Y V! 9 L . M i L fy si ii 5 l 11 I l 1 ?i ,v g1 'H Ei H r. ,Qu 'D E W iii 19 H l, S . 'i va' Q, I 1 , xi QULX C ' A Q 5 1 Z. , i 1 , A 1 l ' 3 l gl!! si 1 wi Ixxf bf 5 M Nl Qi wj ' 1 3 5 Pi i i IE' '55 V 1 , -i 'fi ,Q Page One Thirty-four 5 ' Lx ,vw .Q-:fi gfibgg ' . z i L--Quai vwj, :,.,,.1,.,,.....fV MW- -' -fgtfvm,-v-f-frf-A----. ---f--v Wi: xn.4,- 41 ,g ,ta m I V- , Nw - - ..- ' KN' fl-ali. iw' A. 111 4' 'uh Hospital mrps insiruczioms li. Comdr. Anderson and Lt. mjgfn XVsislmrr prcparlmg to vamk Sick call Doctork oflice, 4 Vaccinations-there are always more needles . Page Om- Hundred Thirty-five 1 l l -.Q .-54- .- ' ffl? :. g-- ff, armf- -4 -j ,f+.-,.,-.-- -. S.. Qlivmx Dentist Lt. Comdr. Kline , ,Off duty and in the sack, naturally . .Medical stores . .Pluarmacy . Page One Hundred Thirty-six x H DIVISION OVITICIILRS AND NIIN First row: Vcrruc. Gmlrlcy, Ifislzer. Ciuswn, II.1Iv crck, Sheehan. Anderson, .Sf-mme! ww: XX'nns4Im I,t. fjgfb Duncan, I.t. Clomdr. Kline, Ckwrndr. . I . ,- ff I ,, ISLXIII. I,t. Ijgj Scntcr. I,t. lbjglfl Wxllmrns. Xnnt. Ifvzm: I FOLUI Williarns. Ifossurn, Iibv. fMiII.nnw, Sm-Iv IMIII 41-1:nIIr. I,Jm'.ll'. SI-ninr Mcciical Omccr, returns win. Young. I.aw, Inngln, I,5.llEIh'ILIx'Y. :run Im 'I nkvn landing WI 2 I TQV ,e .I f Af 1. I ,,f-4 Page One Hundred Thirty-seven .s 'f , Q R i 9 vll! .f 6 V C .: if -' ssllxnllml . V is ,' .,s, lif- ---f Slfi 4 yt .- ,yi mum -f K Wg w iiiigglill-if I il G rrr ' qilb , f I 1 30 June '45-Leyte Gulf for replenishment, rehabilitation, recre- ation, and winning the Philippine Liberation ribbon- with a beer bottle cap as a star. Osmena, Tacloban, San Antonio, Macarata and Jinamoc. Liberty parties: long, slow trips in the LCT, under a broiling sun, for a few cans of beer and a swim-but we all went. Souvenirs- shell beads and coolie hats, Jap invasion money and one Samurai sword. An exchange of visits with members of the family of the President of the Philippines. USO shows on the hangar deck, with female entertainers who rock the audience merely by walking on and off the stage, and a few good movies for a change. Sunbathing. basketball and scktime-sacktime. 5 June 45-Captain Heath relieved by Captain Gilbert. Page One Hundred Thirty-eight eff' A . F . - ---,'-I 'r'-' LIBERTY AT LEYTE .... 1.ilu'x'lY fall Uuwn ilu cargo nut Into the Iamhzmg Craft Card gAmcS. finding .1 shady spot, and ,1 placc to sit down I..1mi Ho. rho bush Hnally in sight , gr'-'V AAA warm! Q ' , i E aff S X , . A ,A i .21 ' G Q Q mr ' ' A I Q 11 A , . 4 .-:U 4 iq f, . 0 an '5 - lk 'sy i Page One Hundred Thirty-nine 4-,v5n - 1 2: I -- 1 5.-' -' -' ug J, -f.:.'.-ezgfg-yf.-pi,,L-'e,-fue-1...L. ,f-A Q-4. lfkfv- 2 - 1 -1,-7-f.-asf.-P'- H. 4 1:'.'.Q?7'.g'l'v, -fvviff-,:. -'r.S'lv-'Mrk-: . .. -..-ru- -, 1 .L uv.. F'- , Sv A., .g A H i r 1 4 L I 1 P w 1 4 r ' 1 X Li il f. H 1:1 lf H U ik If ,. U 1. ,w 1 1 1. ll I w 1 4 F gf 4? IQ. f 5 535 ,td V: ,M 5: X 'hh Yi If if? Pi: Ci ii 111 W 14 Ni K4 'i I N Ir ,N ' I 5 is 4 fi f i s vu vvmw The Battle of Macarata .Hcrocs all. . .Lt. Callahan and Carpenter Fleming. . .Lt. Cjgj Bill Green and Lt. Ward. . .Ens. Cox and Lt. Stcclc ...Lt. Johnson. Mach. Gwartncy. Ens. Longmorc, Lt. Qjgl Prcccc. Ship's Clk. Thompson ..Lt. Qjgsl Condon and List. . .Lt. Comdr. Mazza, Comdr. Rccdcr and Lt. Conidr. Monk. . .Lt. Comdrs. Kline, Sullivan and Schunk. . . Page One Hundred Forly f ff P .L l dl 9-Us-ln-t . ,. F,-1-5. 1 y-f -f T3 kv -- . ..l.....L '15, 'I-L 'lihrnc 1???a bottles of bccr Sailork Holiday. swimming Pmrtcring with the natives Chic Young toning again A Page One Hundred Forty-one Q OFF DUTY ,AL f Aff., ,Q - ' :-mu- A ' -- ,, A , ,, ,, Q ,, ,. x r V , , -xx, ,, ,fv- ,.. ff' 1 W - 4, ,V ' -riim. ' 9 . ' s- ' ',,,. '5 v Q... fic-Q 14345: 1'-uv - ..--4A5Q'fLf I A -wg s i 5 1 3 V! . .id V, F, x gk 'f W f li 5 e x ,X A G V I X b Q1 ' 9 ' ,QT 1' ...A ,M ,A-Aw , Q , , , Y MK -, ,, up ., M LH' 1-'H -,Q - ' ue The Chiefs thev get together for A group nietiire of their own. I-tm! row: Turner. Indiciani. Robinson. Schneider. Young. Shaum. Heifner. Ruth- erford. Ball. Seeorrtz' rote: l.oyd. XVittlte. Berry. Fu- gate. kliller. Brooks. B.ild.1riz.i. Spears. Kelly. Cal- . , 4 tier, loler. Nicholas. Peterson. lhird row: Bennett. X . ff N . .. . L Q Lnittder. Lnll. .lusel.i. Lireene. Romeo, Metzger. Cull- :r:.1n. X .iil Powers. lxtthu. Inst row: Patton. Coody, L .,. . U l ' irzvxihlin. Lioodvear. Dixon. NVright. lfvar. 5:ti.'lir.i:h lldrrixon. Stephens. ..i,., llinoehle in the warrlruom flihe front sun poreh So near and yet so far .A native visi- tor .-Xiring peacoats. the scuttlebutt says we arc going hack to the states-soon .Rack time, . . ,W I ...:-l:':f.wf4 f- '. V x . V A H'l' EVERY GCCASIGN HAD ITS CAKE PARTY Q49 Af A C? I Page One Hundred Forty-four I Q .'. s. .,-a -',..,-1- f CHURCH SERVICES ,A QiOI1fifIT'lJUOI'l Claw Prorutanz Surxv iccs on h.1ng.1r dCCl'x-'Qyh.1Q1.l1H R. Huff conducting Mormon group .lwxzil group having Srmcl-X .lticr wrvrcw Pugr Om Humlrcd Iorly Hue . , ' 1 , , - V , ,., ,.'...-'-',-' -V- -' ,,, Y 3' rr 1 uf f.,-', 2 '-af--,'-. ,, , ig., .,..- -. ,U -. .., , -2 . . ,, , . , . , ,Y . , A, , . THE THLETIC H ..... 4 f f f BATAAN BASKETBALL TEAM SOFTBALL TEAM ' I n Trood Front row: Shoemaker. Bramlcttc, Salvcson, Pcsci, Kneeling: Chief Tarbell, Su11ivan..SffgV19'an Pan: Pclligrino, Terzo. Rear-row: Boyd, Pole, Mraz, Gcnske, Alvarnez, Perazzo, Terzo, Pole. Standing. erm , Haakffr, SQYTUHH, LY- U35 Power- zica, Mucci, Miller, Mraz, RodgGrS. 4 Q Page One Hundrefl Iforly-six Football. . .VJeight-lifting club .Trapshooting .Tumbling . .Boxing . . li.XSlxl I HAI l lil 5Ul.'l'S fi limmlcmgxa ll 11 3 lmirpvmlcncc ll 3-1 I SY Nlilllldlllx . ..l7 if' Slmngri l .1 . . 44 Slhlllfffl l..1 . . 37 . 1 l SX' lXl.H'll.llllX . .21 3' Snlw ron l-4 . 58 4' l mnlslin 20 .il l ,mslmw l'zA'y' 14 73 Salt l alia' filly . 18 fel l,sxcX . . . . 5 W? Al Qxns . 22 lllwfflfl . . - i 3, 'l'w:.1s . l5 ru 42 lndcpcnrlcncc 47 Lg-my 31 Oalnlancl . 25 Elvii Q Slmngxri ln . .27 Pmvzan VJ 'licondcroga ...50 FY: 3l Air Group 49 .. 8 R3 -,. Carl Vfrmn I5 l,ost 4 lizfai fnffzi rem Vfon 7 Lost 3 Pntmn 'Xlnrin an XVon 0 Lost l 'l o Ale V-'on 22 Lost 8 Ol'l'lCl2RS Pmymn 23 lianshaw Bay CVE70.4l B.1z.i.in 24 llsscx fVl583j ...... 27 Putnam ll Salt Lake City ..... 22 Bataan l3 Bataan fVF47j ,.... 15 Baman l7 Hornet ....... .... 2 8 Bazaan 46 Independence . . .... 32 Bataan . . 24 Santee ..., .... 2 3 Banaan.. . 32 Oakland ,.. ....14 Bataan. . . . 46 Shangri La ..,. . . . .39 Baraan . . .40 Ticonderoga . . . . . . .26 Page One Hundred Forly seven ,. . L , v .M ---. .-.-'-e-,Li :,'-u-- me-gf. -'.-1. f. . f - . auf 4- b CAPT GILBERT RELIE ES CAPTAI HEATH I 'Q so s r 'J X t' Q xx 5 p V, .HQ I Page One Hundred Forty-eight Q X X V 3 Ni Captain Gilbert reads his orders and assumes command of the Bataanw. Lower group of pictures is an inspec- tion of ship's personnel by the new Captain. , W' ' '- E11'3Z Q'-'J ' ' ' f': Tlf', fi m'1f'Y j. ' -I ., 4, I ir' 'igikvfff 7.5 Xml 5352 -'sa1t, -: T JO' AY-:2:Q:Q'v'if 'T ' ' ' ' 'Prize' if X K' x. --Q ,K ,W , QQ, , 'MW I i in Cwlixlx W. C. GII.IiIiIQ'l' U. S. Navy '. yfofflff' - f'.Efvfs, .5, l ., ,. ,Fv5,.rR,'f-5if.4'?.ffm,-'f:'10.: -0- '-- -J' -'Ja'- '5- ' gs' 1 ill I lj Q,-dv I 4 WilM1liiNf i ' llfili 1'y ,g' llff'i lllfllillullllllllll 1 Z git! Nwiiiiiiu 4 lnQn.n S N,, 7 X! X .2552-izaaaaes I Y. ' iii l:..l.-:mi 15'-:ga - , ' Eqi... isa' 1 'ws . c 1 ,..-f'1f We U- L nf J . 22212225 1' ' N - af ll 1 if a - I- fi 6 ,1 It , ll , 'ill--iiig. 53, ' ' -'W I 'g-T 4' 2 - T L 'R -- N, X? fr , ' 'Z - N fi-v - X if J 4 A S -' ' , ' .L- -,-Tt x T T xr- g W I T- I '- THA-iv ' I 1 July '45--The BATAAN sorties from Leyte as a part of Admiral Ha1sey's Task Force 38. We are assigned to Task Group 38.3, Rear Admiral Bogan, commanding. 2-8 July '45-Underway to attack the Japanese Home Islands. The time is occupied by ' Air Group exercises, gunnery practice+and drills of all kinds. On the 8th, Lt. Cjgj RICHARD STEPHANSKY makes his second water landing, he is rescued by the destroyer SOUTHERLAND. 9 July '45-The ship starts its high speed run in for strikes against the Tokyo Bay Area. 10 July '45-Elying in conjunction with planes from the RANDOLPH, Air Group 47 attacks airfields in the Tokyo Bay Area. Targets attacked include MOBARA, MIYAKAWA, NARUTO, YACHIMATA, and YOKOSUKA. At least 26 parked aircr-aft on these fields are destroyed or damaged by BATAAN planes. Al- though 4l sorties are flown over Japan, not a single Japanese airborne plane is seen: this lack of aerial opposition to our strikes over Japan continues through- out this operation. iii ta-lg. , Q li lj .E ff-.y 1.1. lg Lieutenant ROBERT l. TALBOT, of VE47, is forced to make -a water landing near Tokyo Bay because of engine trouble on the part of his Hellcat. He is picked up by the submarine GABILAN and spends the next few weeks looking at the War from underneath instead of from above. 11-13 July '45-Heading north for attacks on Hokkaido and Northern Honshu. ' 14 July '45-We hit Northern Japan in the first carrier -attack of the war against this area. Aircraft on ground or water and shipping are the primary targets. Ensign Robert Graham of the Torpedo Squadron sinks one of the Hokkaido-Honshu railroad ferries unassisted: these ferries were targets of the highest priority. In addition ships sunk or damaged include 10 merchant vessels, a tug, a sea-going dredge, luggers, launches, sampans, plus a float plane on the water. In addition ferry slips and other installations at Hakodate in Hokkaido and targets of opportunity in Northern Honshu were successfully attacked. The Jap AA guns at Hakodate Harbor give a warm hello to our planes. In the morning strike Lieutenant B. T. DOUGLAS is forced to make a water landing in his Avenger as a result of flak damageg he and his aircrewman, W. L. BREW- ER, ARlVl2c are picked up by the destroyer McNAlR. Two Hellcats are also hit in the morning. Eive of the seven torpedo planes in the afternoon strike come back with flak damage. This was a sad day for the -air group and the ship. A weather reconnaissance flight of one torpedo plane and one fighter was lost in one of the spells of heavy fog, low ceiling and poor visibility so prevalent in this area. In spite of inten- sive searches, the pl-anes could not be found, and the two pilots, an aircrewman and a' chief aerographer's mate were reported missing: these were our only casualties for this operation. 15 July '45-More strikes against Northern Honshu and Hokkaido targets. Merchant vessels are burned, radar installations, a radio station, a lighthouse, oil tanks, an oil refinery, are bombed, rocketed and strafed. Airfields are reconnoitered, and a four motored Emily flying boat on a lake in Northwest Honshu is set ablaze. VE47 develops a new and lucrative pastime -strafing locomotives. Six are blown up by their treatment with very satisfac- tory explosions resulting. Additional searches for the missing weather flight are unsuccessful. 16-17 July '45-Enroute back to Tokyo Bay. Page One Hundred Fifty 47 HITS 1 P HG ELAN .'fi 'J gg, ff' bl. ur 5 M U QQ- u is A A' fh , f IO july '45- A pre-dawn launch of strikes on Tokyo... It is silent and black on the flight deck. A flicker of red light can occasionally be seen under a fuselage and the Air Oflicer on the Island knows a plane is being given a final check. Out of the stillness comes the order from the Island, STAND BY TO START ENGINES. TURN ON YOUR I. E. Men, though unseen, brace their legs. START ENGINES! Bluish red flashes from a plane on the port catapult illuminate a yellow-shirted figure, the Catapult Oflicer. One by one the engines catch and numbers-23, 9, 18. .. -on the noses identify themselves by the burning gasoline. Now sound, a deafening, roaring whirl, dominates. Red wands looking like fl-aming red pokers in the darkness begin horizontal and vertical movements. Wind over the deck increases as the ship turns. A yodel is heard and the wand held by the Catapult Officer begins rotat- ing in a small circle. The plane-13,500 pounds of it--strains at its leash on the catapult track as it is revved up. The want abruptly stops and is pointed forward and the plane goes down the track at 60 knots and all that is seen are red and blue wing lights. A few seconds, a blast of backwash, -and the plane on the starboard catapult is on its way. The others are being brought forward, the pilots following signals of waving wands, and every 22 seconds another plane leaves the BATAAN to strike Tokyo. The operation was precision personified, a result of teamwork culminating in success. Yet the opera- tion was routine to V-l and V-2. To watch these divisions of the Air Department at work on the flight -and hangar deck is like witnessing a 3-ring circus, a Russian Ballet and an assembly line at General Motors-all going at once. Out of seeming confusion and multi-diversified activities, there is order and coordination resulting in 18 hours of launches and recoveries of planes inflicting damage upon the enemy. The airedales strive for perfection -and speed. In attaining this they work under the handicap of ever-present danger-whirling props, slipstreams, deck crashes, broken wires-and in all conditions of weather and visibility. Perfection to the Air Department means high availability of planes and deck, low operation-al casualties. To the guy in the catapult shack it means only one plane in the drink out of over 7,000 sling-shots. To the barrier control man it implies split-second timing, judgment and decision in stop- ping a plane. To the hot suit Eskimo it is pulling -a pilot out of a flaming plane. To Repair 8 it is laying out fire hoses in a minimum of time in a deck crash, nailing metal plates over the gashes cut by the angry prop and clearing the Page One Hundred Fifty-Iwo deck for another landing. To the L. S. O.'s it is bringing in over 14,000 successful landings, with but a handful of smashes. 18 hours of launches and recoveries are 24 hours of maintenance. Maintenance of barriers, arresting gear and catapult machinery is specialized work which is going on constantly at night. Every plane has countless things that can go wrong. First check each day is made by the plane captain as he warms up the engine for the pilot. Then the pilot re- checks as he prepares for take-off. If any gadget or gimmik doesn't work satisfactorily, the plane is downed and the stand-by must be launched. There are a hundred operations controlled from the cock- pit, so the electricians and radiomen and mechanics swarm over the planes checking and rechecking. Dur- ing the height of the Okinawa campaign when planes were continuously in the air days on end. an average of 3 planes a day were given routine 30-hour checks just to be sure that nothing would go wrong-this in addition to repairing wrecks -and patching battle scars. So the mechs must work all night at maintenance. For company they have the ordnance gang, part of V-2. Ordnance loads the bombs and rockets and bullets before the dawn strikes take off -and the job is repeated for each succeeding strike, 13 tons of assorted bombs and rockets per strike. One man is assigned to each plane to maintain the guns, gun- sights, and bomb release and rocket firing mechan- isms. Speed to the Air Department means conducting flight operations in a minimum of time so the ship will be less vulnerable to enemy attack. To a blue- shirted plane handler it is respotting the flight deck on the double for an emergency landing. To the red- capped gasoline crews it is refueling alltplanes as soon as they land and de-gassing those struck below to the hangar deck. Dawn to sunset and through the night V-1 and V-2 work is routine-routine precision! Because there is only one way to do their job and any other results in death, a wrecked plane or a ditched pilot. Aboard the BATAAN the air group is an inte- gral part of the ship. Every man on board identi- fies himself with the group, glories in its successes and suffers its pains. And as you look below from the Island at anxious men-catapult gang, sound- powered telephone talkers, parachute riggers, gaso- line crews, metalsmiths, elevator operators, plane directors-bedecked in a panorama of colors, lean- ing, straining and helping the L. S. O. and the pilot bring the plane safely to deck, you know why the headlines in the states today read, THOUSAND PLANE CARRIER ATTACK ON TOKYO! AIR DEPARTMENT LAUNCHI ..... Moving thcm forward .Launching from starboard While spotting the next one on the port catapult. . .XVaving him off!. . .One second later- in the air!! Page One Hundred FiflU'f0Uf ...RECoVERY.. ,, i .- f .X i hi H. K riff. ln .4 K. if' ff' 1 if , , ' I-5 il mavi : ' . .VfLa,-.Jdv4?'li .A ..1+ , -0 PP' DI: Bringing 'em ini Lt. Lindvall and Lt. 1i'jgQ Johnson, LSOS . .Taxiing forward. . .Folding wings. . ,Striking below, . . ilf 7,4 Page One Hundred Fifty-five . k Y' 4V.,. - Ui.. G. ' in 'H JA.V,L -A , , V ' . A K - ' .,-. --, -'j'--fr, -1 --1-'.f' I ,. -2 g'- r n -. ,,A,-..v.'- ' 4 -f' '. f- A -2 .fs.'v,,'-K,-,,, ,4, V 1. MA TENANCE .... D Page One llzzmlrcd Fiftgf-s1',v oggcd down Rcpair 8 .Arrcstiug Gear gang .Catapult shack .. -.. '4u....P- ui. J..-.-...-- '-' '-3 --rug...-.'v--:.r -1 E I i I 'Ax iii H K fl L Y lf 1 J - ! P i ,EQ i i 1 I 2 4 Q 1 V I 3 i Y i 1 . 1 W Remember this-the famous I-Iatehell patch, . ,Sometimes the old fi! got a bit unsteady and Ram It tried to go over the side. . . Man the Aviation Crane, . ,and another non-flvablew dud gets the deep six . .. Scraping and painting--it never ended. .. Page Om' I-Iumlrt-ti Fifly-ur'gl7t ,Q 5 s I ui I . I 1 1 1 Y i -'ilu lane captains .Air Office .. Xlctalsmith shop, . f'Schedu1ed pilots required . X ,Airborne radio and radar maintenance shack .. Page One Hundred Sixty f XXX XX ,X- VS ,,. X ,r L, .. A X XXf.X:X ,X X, XX y K .xv x - -Xi r Mk .XXX,X., - M V X , NX . V ' X . --X. X ' . r' X. tg 'gk' ,X X-1431 Nix s ,. X. ...Q rug . X, yrigwge -- - XX XV, ,X .XXX, .K XX . X X ,i.X,,xX Q Xxr. .L X . K, rr KX XX X W., X xy'-v-,,.X 4 ,-. t-.5 WJX5 WX,exk,XNXXXr-N W eff., - .X-- we X r .,.. ,re X 'xx' rgxrxlw. fm '? 'r f X., N X SB! ,N M 'o Jax' xxx X, 'T M. rf ,M be ORDNANCE . . I X ' fm. ,a xx 9 1 : 0 0 x 14 I .M M ffl' au' ,f uf ,X NU . . Q ' 45 H , 1.3.3.1 flaw Ona llumlrccl SIAXIQ-OHL' P1 V - ,,,,..v-- , 4 AA---1 : 1 . L --,.1,'i'P.,1-1 - - -fV1,l, Z-.1P,,. 4 ...,'. 1' 1-1:1315-ah'--3112? i5..?.Pf :Aff-T.-a VgQ,il,Qf!f.., . nv , 1 . ,L,. . - , far? REPAIR 8 GANG First Row: Baskin, Lucini, Powanda, Lt. Ryan, Birkoltz, Strauser, Prusinski. Second Row: Means, Sanderson, Gentowski, Sprin- ger, Schubmehl, Szewczyk, Dea. Third Row: Ritson, Musick, Smith, Martizoni, Molloy, Walsh, Madj, Minkus. V- 1 PLANE HANDLERS First Row: Ward, Ybarra, Powers, Ens. Gates, Casas, Nichols, Gardner, C. L. Second Row: Boylan, Henning, Patterson, Pozza. Ens. Wallace, Lt. Holland, Lowe, Schoner- berger, Terenzini. Third Row: Gardner, C. B., Staley, Baldwin, Duffy, Kaplan, Ericson Olson, Zimmerman, Ritaldato. Fourth Row: Crane, Lebeda, NVilson, Higgonbothen. Timpe, Stewart, Nlurphy, Montgomery Leihl, Smith. v V-2 DIVISION CHECK CREXVS First Row: Spangenberger, Fisher, Guard, Gallagher, Eddy, Sims, Manning, Cress, Bates, Klemm. Second Row: Bradley, Gal- lagher, Andre, Outler, Chief Gaudet, Ens. Valine, Lt. Hamby, Chief Claborn, Chief Haake, XVeinmann, 'XVilson. Third row: Glynn, Van Dusen, Vreeland. XVelJer, Burt, Erickson, Myers, XValton, Imsand, Griflin, XValuda. Page One Hundred Sixty-two I ,m i , rl ,-I -3 Y-- DIVISION QHOPQ fir.: sr: ' . ' 'lrr. To .g :',. vsr.. N 'imn ', Sxmrxilm. Seton -1': ' nh. S'hrilf'r. XICCxWfU11'k :at- . , .. Terra , Qiv. . X ', . ' . innnr. S.nl'f' . Benio. Tjnl' ' - I'l,.XNl7 C.XI lI:X S .' 5 : . -'. x vwrmlwcry, NX I ur. , . A xy 'cncv XXJLDLI' Pu - I E1 , . Xxlllll-Oral, lXI'Ij.lnlLlS. . wan. llllhlll. Milclnll, , , 'Q lllflllfkli XV1m olt . I N . I lvllnf lXOx u dd. mum B. LL lel LK ' d RI . Imxrxo u L U. .I . R 'R CHILI I undouut It ' ll .I If Immr D 1 LL Ir K If vas: Srmrlr. lflcnrv. Bmdburv, Stonoha. Nr Ru Purwn 'mum X ' IN I N . I mx mln IH ' I e I N 'I li xx lm Ill , I ' ' , l ck - ' llrwlwn ' I ' M N . I' X ' ' xl I I I Il' . . - b , I lkvmxlrnl. Swnnxoxm. Clmpnmn, N A .Lf mmrmwrx 'Ihfzd Row: l3crlucr, iw-. Klflmr Wnlslm, L'ndcrwond, Benson, I IIA ru Cfwr-v, Su-ka. Umm, Dennison, I .lfr'?tr:l .', XX'.l.mnC. SwmcrQ. ' 1 REPAIR 7 f':'rstR0:1.': Myers, Pellegrino, Bucrgcr. Xlullican. Moore. Smuffcr, Second Row: Gorman. Tully, Meade. Mondello, Mach Coats. l,r. Hamby. Pummell, Baca, Wen Steiger. Third Rmw: XVilson. Allison, Neil Joseph. Myers, XViwilosky, Rcinbold, Heather XIOLIIIOTI. Page One Hundred Sixty-three v V-2 ORDNANCE First Row: Prusinski, Clark, Gaskill, Rose. Berry, Sneed, Martin, Mirebella, Mack. lVlcCurdy. Second Row: Rothman, Methe. Snyder, Berardis, Chief Peck, Lt. Cjgj List. Gunner Burgess, Chief Rutherford, Fink. Betts, Burry, Calderwood, Krogull. Third Row: Henderson, Lance, Picone, Turner, McGarry, Suljam, Priftie, XViggins, Zibrat, Klugman, Pennington, Townsend, Gregg. V- l ARRESTING GEAR Top Row: Pruitt. Rutncy, Hamburg. Linnell, Ford, Schultz, Fortncy, Ens. Davis. Low Row: Mullins, Soliminc. Caglc. Sludn. Veneziano, Farmer. V-l CATAPULT Front Row: Laukaitis. Layman, Neff. Lawless, Tcrwilligcr, Monncrat. Second Row: Haas. lsom. Municr. Alexander. Minton. Sutch. Third Row: Kearney, Schmidlin, Lf, Alt. Page One Hundred Sixty-fotrz' M 'Nl 7' ,-an -'- :S ,Av Pg' aw Ly J l m:i.b,',,v b'?'.f.- J-0 F' 4-nw 1 -V553 -E, , ru f..-f ' f ' pal 'fa 'Du -v I., ff' 94 5 hxfs-. 4, I 19 'i ' gng,w.,',: f fl' Q -K' 14' no B if 59, 'fund' 18 9 24 25- 28 29 30 31 9 10 ll- 13 14 15 fix' --maaehassiiizaeig ft' , ' c, - 2 llllll. f Z .lFEEEi'lI4p - 85--253 'Q A 1 f ' misss: ltr , XM v' f ff 16195 fagfallnllllllllllilllf ----EIb I 1 lj if, v liumlllll mum , - T .,,, ' 245 ' , S ' 2 A -Rf July '45-Our VT planes take part in a coordinated attack by the Task Force on the 34,000 ton battleship NAGATO in Yokosuka Harbor. Our assignment is to cover AA positions protecting the shipg these batteries throw up the most intense volume of fire yet encountered by VT-47, but the battleship sustains serious damage. ' -23 July '45-Fueling and replenishing and getting ready to hit the J-ap fleet at I Kure. July '45-We launch 2 strikes of fighters and torpedo planes as part of the co- ordinated attack on the battleship-carrier I-IYUGA anchored off Nasake Shima near Kure. The m-ain function of our planes is again to silence AA batteries. The attack is successful, and the 32,000 ton ship is later photographed rest- ing on the bottom by our photo plane. Besides helping to sink the I-IYUGA our planes set fire to or otherwise damage a merchant vessel and 15 small craft. They also help to splash ia Zeke over the Island Sea. 27 July '45-Bad weather prevented further strikes on Kure, so we July '45--Kure again. This time the target for the morning strike ton cruiser TONE. Eight bomb hits by our torpedo planes tained by other air groups batter the TONE into uselessness. In the afternoon our planes spot a good sized merchant ship Sea. Six quarter ton bomb hits sink it within two or three July '45-Back on the road to Tokyo. July '45-Two strikes are fiown against Tokorozawa airneld, near the airfield 3 factories and a power house are damaged. Two torpedo pl-ane are hit by AA, one of them at 18,000 feet. July-8 August '45-We spend several days dodging some of the many typhoons encountered in Japanese waters. On 6 August we hear of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima: our line of work begins to seem pretty old fashioned. August '45-Return visit to Hokkaido and Northern Honshu. Misawa airfield bears the brunt of two strikes, parked aircraft being bombed and strafed. A small merchant vessel is sunk by rocketing. One VE and one VT are holed by flak. August '45-As a farewell to Northern Japan, Air Group 47 burns 7 sitting duck float planes near Aomori, sets afire a large merchant vessel, burns oil storage tanks in 3 supply areas, bomb and rocket factories, railyards, a destroyer and small sized shipping. The first report of a J-apanese offer to surrender is received. We listen to descriptions of peace celebrations in Manila, Chungking, London, and New York, and we prepare for the next strike. 12 August '45-More peace reports and celebrations, but the planes are gassed and armed for strikes against Tokyo. August '45-Two strikes are sent on. The first attacks a large industrial plant at Hachioji, the other hits Kisarazu airfield, across the Bay from Tokyo. The afternoon subcap flies cover for a dumbo which picks up a pilot and 2 aircrewmen from Tokyo Bay. August '45fTension keeps increasing. Indications that a surrender is imminent go hand in hand with preparations for continuing the war. The Task Force is d h 11 un er t.e most concentrated -air attack of this operation, but no Ubogies come within range of our guns. August '45-There is no ofiicial word'of a surrender, so a strike is sent out against Tokyo at. dawn. There is a feeling of unreality about the whole thin At fueled. is the 14,000 plus those ob- in the Inland minutes. Tokyo. Besides fighters and a 0635 radio messages are received from group, force, and Heet Commandgfs to recall -all strikes. Our planes turn back within sight of the Japanese coast and return to the ship with the pilots singing O What a Beautiful Morning in- to their mikes-their first real breach of radio discipline They land on deck and grinning mechs point to the letters V-J chalkedi gn the Side gf thg Island. The war is over. Peace-it's wonderful! Q TTACK O YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE AN NAGATO nrq- if J 1,4 51 l .- 16,1 'mi gk ' .Y 'f' 1 'Q' 'W X fx .A ', , , -1. X x ll T 9.11 1 1 4 4 it A u s Lia '-7' ' 1 if Q bl f .Nth ,J ,my Yulxosulxa N.1V.ll lim' lu cJrmnL1llAg.1cal Nllg1.llxW .llorm--gully Nngatu is lmlllv ll.1ml1ggull ,mll or lull burning. sl nl -. fv'a . ,any , lf ' 1 f. viii 'fl' '.,' mlm-1 . I 5 1' if -A? x,y w 'lwrl' llllllx :X Nl '. f. upglr plmulo. Xml' 11m ll lx llwitl Iv lx will: ilu' .1ll.u'lx. vw' lllw N v 'N l N lx Ulill 'lf .A mlm' sunk Page One Hundred Sixty-seven A 'E :.f.f1:1,,'1,,.-f ', Q . . . .-.,-'.-.. ..',':'.:'.'.+:-a. g'S. - -3- f'1.':.-'s-' f -'-?'s'- f 'f -- 1'-'.' -'-1- - 3 'J' V- ' '1 - 1 LIFE AND DEATH UF BATTLESHIP HYUGA Page One Hundred Sixly-eight I .- -- V-,T-,,.f:,. . , Kure is attacked 'and the BB I-lyuga is sunk. Top left photo shows a direct hit on the ship, caught by the gun camera of a fighter plane as he dives to strafe the AA mounts. Top right photo shows the Hyuga still afloat but visibly battered and more to come. The lower shot catches the end of the former pride of the Jap Navy -on the bottom! ORTHER HCNSHU BATTERED ull, au.. w N, t . , ,i2f',1f lb rj 'l 7 -ltlfwf F' r fm L tv kw l ff 4' .r 15 18 414' 5' 5: 5 up 1 'fir cmplaccmcnts. rpvczntqzts, ft' -'.' sins. sal Slfiftlgt plants. installations arc strafcd, set airs, quttccl and dcstrcjrcd az Xllsawa. Nonnai and Aomori. Page One llundrc-d Sixty-nine 4 I 1 --... - vt, l,2l'9'. . . U hp . ,L ,J .V H , I--,fb o-5,41 ,f,f,,, .Ak U, MA., ,H NTT 4- AT LAST. THE OFFICI Yhlh. Nl. YG.-2-25-U--25,0017 all IME: 14 AUG 45 I ORIG., IGREEIIWICR TIMEI FROM, con 3Rn FLT ACTION, ALL STATIONS THIS NET A INFO.: - AH V Vail! .' WE HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS FROM CINCPACXCINCPOA T0 I II-T' T SUSPEND AIR OPERATIONS XXXXXX I 'EH' ' I Q I 0347440 702765 AIR opal, I FLASH! I I I5 AUGUST IQN5 FLASH! I I All hands of the United States Navy, Marine Corps and .Coast Guard may take satisfaction 'in the conclusion of the war igainst jzpan anldllpridev in the part played by them in accomp- Q Y.41 is ing t at res t. if .. The demobili1,ation oi the 'Armed Forces of the United States - d ch t r ' d'r' f '11 r bl L Egxingepa-Eizhge Zngmdontiglisalmogiagg Zieatcgzathepxnsirjls 2 vPRECEDENCEZ ROUTINE CLASSIFICATION: PLAIN TORXTOD 21g5f14 AQ of war I ask that the discipline which has served so well CAI-1. sxzc. coli. kno. ww. Am. ACI. Pun, OOD- GUN' SUP, mm- ENG. Cwo to bring this Democracy through hours of great crisis be CPY I CPY I I I I CPY I I maintained to the end that nothing shall mar the record A Y W I I of accomplishment and glory that now belongs to the 4 y ' ' ' IA AMX U Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Giard. A ATE1 ICH ' JAMES FORRESTAL XIGREIZNH Secretary of she. I ,A J 'Aboard the BATMN' :ii r'1-1 - I f I70 MILES - If' GUS WIS Ng I ' SL ,IL T FROM ,WIN X - u ORAGP Amos: ToKvoI I I ' X C-IF '53 3' I I K FROM: I .ua 'N x. I INFO: RIRES IM ' ' PILL ST I 5 x RESNA' Q - ' N3 1 FL-I SAYS I 9 f ... . .1 I COM . ,la . 1 47 X 'Ik O' - -p . I I D I . .3 ,' .. I I SET In ' ,f' iv - T NS ' I I I cm I ' I I I ff AIR OM ' .QI A N 'FT f I. Pl-MN If E I ' I - I I nn.. NL Y - -2 -zs.oIIo lm I X NCB, I omc.: I I REC I I im TEM PY FROM: BATMN IACTION: CTG 38-3 ' , . ... I + '9-- -- - - I .. . mmm. .-.Assn-nr:...1 - E ' ' ,-nnm..4. INFO.: Page One Hundred Seventy FLASH CHARLIE 2 X RECALLED BEFORE REACHIPG TARGET JETTISONED BOUBS RETURNED T0 BASE X END AIR oPs I Y 41 I ROUTINE PLAIN jI IPRECEDBNGE: CLASSIFICATION: TORXTOD 943115 ALB X. I CAPl'. IIIG. COD. IDD' NAV. ALL ACL PUB, OOD. GUN, !U'P. Ill LT. ENG. CWD f IGPYIIICPYI GIIIIICPYI I I I -I I IREBI ff ORD D WERE WE HAPPY 'fn r..... 175 x i I Page One Hundred .Seventy-one , 4.-4-,A-wi--'.-,:'f.' . 1,12 , - .I2tf,f- 1: 4 5 'Q'-.-j.f.'fI4',-'- -, 37- 1'--f'-.gf -4 fp ,--1... .. u ,- 4,-us. -.' vl ' ' , ' -' f -' ' ' ' ' F +f ':X '94 ..:,:: f f X llllll ff ff.,-.,. -Lrlliizziii E r'a.w IE it T: I Q 5 Z X - ll ' N'1zw--..., - Zi X 1 - i i in Illll i n Wlllllllllllllllllllllll l t 'le--'1 -gig ' g ' MT: .fig lilllkxkitlltlluu iuuuclltaqmfgfm 7 xx X f Q I 2 A V 3 X J Q 5 .E 4 jg 5 - i X ... f L X - 1 fd , 16-l9 August '45-We enjoyed the first sweet days of peace and waited to play our part in the Occupation of Japan. 20 August '45-Three detachments of the BATAAN's personnel are trans- ferred from the ship for temporary additional duty in connection with the Occupation. They include Captain FRANK WILKINSON and the ship's Marine Force of 2 officers and 35 men, Lieutenant HERMAN and 34 men and Lieut. Qjgj LAWRY and his group of 4 bomb disposal experts. The previous evening Commander N. K. BEAR and 2 hospital corpsmen were transferred for the same purpose. These are the l3ATAAN's contribution to the occupying forces. 21 August '45-We say good-bye to Air Group 47, which is transferred to the SAN JACINTO for transportation home. We are glad to see them on their way home, for they have well deserved it, but we are sorry to lose them, for they seem an integral part of the ship, and have won our affection as well as our respect. In exchange we -acquire Air Group 49 from the SAN JACINTO3 they are a fine group too, and relations between ship and squadrons continue of the best. 25 August-l September '45-We conduct 'air operations in support of the occupation. They consist of flying patrols over the destroyer rescue picket stations on the flight route between Okinawa and Tokyo Bay, and of reconnaissance flights over Japanese airfields in Shikoku and Southwestern Honshu. On the airfield p-atrol flights over Japan our pilots can see the Japs moving their planes from remote dispersal areas along highways to be stacked on airfields in accordance with the surrender terms. Some of the Japs seem friendly and wave at our planes: others show their disapproval by turning their backs. The only anti-aircraft activity consists of some stone-throwing by a few small boys. . Our planes also reconnoitre allied prisoner of war camps and are greeted by jubilant waves from the prisoners. 31 August '45-The BATAAN h-ad today steamed 150,000 nautical miles since commissioning. 2 September '45-VT planes of Air Group 49 drop supplies to the POW's at Zentzuji Camp in Shikoku. The formal surrender agreement IS Slglled, and we leave for Tokyo Bay. Page One Hundred Scuonly-two gm . . M TOKYO LA DI P RTY -auf ia., s ' 9' .N ,sf 'v -.f. ' of. iawanb T xg 9 a ? 'in- 1 A , , , , - It . ' 4 ' WT- -' - 4 1 2 , '. . . , . ,, .U 1' . , ,a ,,, x: rua....'a,,.l-.,,:xf'V:4'.'.n'g I ,.,l a . , .. af , dl' ,- . Page One llumlrczl Svucnly-thrcc :!. l-fl'n'. Q - .u .1 if.-V 1,-'PJ'-.--41' ' 1 4 --pa q1't.f V14-4'!..'-,,gA ,,, .U --U, 37 Q 1 20 Aug. l45- The Marines shove off for Tokyo. After spending numerous months fighting to keep a separate identity from the sailors on board, the ship's detachment of 41 men and 2 officers got their greatest experience. Landing two days before V-J Day with the Marine Detachments of other ships of the 3rd Fleet, our Sixth Division spent eight days in the Yokosuka Naval Base Area, clearing Japs from underground factories, hospitals and h-angarsl discovering caves of primed explosives, hidden power plants and communication centers: standing guard over Baka bombs, experimental flying wings and chemical stores concealed in caves behind Shinto temples. Climbing up the gangway after 18 days of being back in the Corps -again, the men sc-arcely resembled the sharp, spit and polish Marines they had formerly been. Back again to shining shoes and running patches through their rifles. Exchanging the machine gun carts improvised from aircraft engine supports and torpedo plane tail wheels for their old twenty and forty millimeters. Surveying grimey, flea infested dung-arees for clean pressed khakis. Breaking out bayonets for inspection at Quarters instead of for opening C rations in some Japanese field or abandoned factory building. Back once more to standing Captain's Orderly, Brig Sentry, Corporal of the Guard and gun watches-quite different from roving patrols through i'Heathen Haven, reconnoitering through damp, dark machine-packed caves. From standing a mid-watch outside some small-arms warehouse, in a drenching rain, smelling fish chips and empty Sake bottles Page One Hundred Seventy-four left behind by retreating Japs to standing stiffly at attention in starched uniform at the gangway, saluting BATAAN officers going ashore. From rummaging around some dusty ruins looking for a souvenir Jap flag to stand- ing at present arms for morning and evening colors. And back also to the bull sessions where gums are beaten, ears are banged and teeth are chipped-recalling the long days at Ci. and the day the twenties got credit for burning a Kamikaze-bent Judy-and the compartment thick with the mixed aromas of linseed oil, saddle soap, sperm oil, shaving lotion and shoe polish. Recalling the five-hundred pounder that just missed 7 but didn't go off, the hundred pounder that did, The four five inchers that just -about landed in the twenties tub, and the half dozen I-lellcats that did. Memories... playing Acey-Ducey in the gun tubs during a lull in the war, trying to squeeze in a letter to the home front between close order drill on the flight deck and a working party below in the ice box, sweating out a bogey at 20 miles on the port beam, sweating out that last card to fill an inside straight, sweating out that next stripe-and just plain sweating. Then back to another bull session while paint- ing the head, remembering the big times at the beach-the truck that was driven over the 90 foot cliff in Diego, pushing the non-coms in the drink at Leyte, almost missing the ship at Frisco, cleaning out the dump in Panama, the Geisha girls in Yokosuka. Brother, that's the Marine Corps. . ! i I i WWW .. Ui. f3f'?g' 1 gl ' fm, x ' , 0 G, 3 3 'QI niigei 5 L94 ' Vg M. .fax ,fblihv H. W fil rc, Thc Xiarincs rctairi thcir milimrv prc- :ision by drilling on fiight deck In- spcctions by Captain XViIkinson and ist Lt, Roscr wore ruggcd. Page Om' llundrcd Seucnly-live x H' -r gf - . 3 . . t . ,,..,'. -',' 'gr' 1.11:-,. - '1 ff fr .5 ..2. , -0 ' --. -.fw..... - --F.-.r..'1 .:,-11:11,s'4.,,flIfrf..'.Ff! f'F4jQ1-f ffv-TP. ' iff?-'f.f':5 f'Q.,3:Qf g'f . -9,-,ff ' ,-f: --u'r,gf,,gf.'F, I.l,,o2f-i-if -ff-1oQ,:'s.t.', nj4.41,,.g7'I', f: .fe 'L-.Hun -D n . MARI S K W i by Q f ,W WC' -,,. ,, W., 'M-'M f.1,Vw,.,3j f AND FIRST T YOKOSU Wf,Q,ff wfff M Cv ff, v W, ,f W , w ,, W7 ff , W ff , yy? M Page One Hundred Seventy-six 3 My ' x-' - ni ui in 'ii ' Ra ii: i Marines J inspcgzicm. dganing riics, spit and polish, Life in thc cards, pin ups and rack timcf , ,., ...vs l.g, . .'.....,I-fr, ,giivierll gr-',t -,,,-.,-. .. , 3 ' 4 'v .. ',' I 1 '-- .4. .. ' - . - p'.,Q.,sGr..,1-. r,,.i,,.,'p.-Y1k,v,s, ..'.v.'4F.1..-,.,-AA - -.,. . U.. 5 ' ' -' - - 1-' - '- 4f'v -f- 'S-ik '-W. s-r-'rfrf ,-., . 1 ' I AIR GRUUP 47 DETACHED- 'A THEIR BCXSCURE From the beginning of the Okinawa campaign on 14 March to the Japanese surrender on 15 August, 1945, Air Group 47 flew a total of 1 3,143 sorties. Included in this number were the following: ' A Target Sorties Cstrikes, sweeps, patrols, over target areas R VP ..,.......... . ' VT .. A Total: ........... vi Anti-Submarine Patrol Sorties vp .,.......,.,... 1 0 VT . . 1111 all VPD . . .... . . . I gi Other sorties ......,..,. . I ' I 1 1 I I f Nansei Shoto. I I I 1, Combat Air Patrol .Sorties fall VFD .,,.. Subcaps QPatrol over Rescue Submarines- 1,058 460 1,518 1,266 12 38 50 56 273 D 11 Forty strikes aggregating 447 sorties were flown against targets in the If Japanese Home Islands. Seventy-one strikes were flown against targets in the 91 ENEMY AIRCRAFT AND SHIPPING DAMAGED OR DESTROYED II? AIRCRAFT , 1, Destroyed in the Air .................. .. 68 igf Destroyed or damaged on ground or water .. .. 112 I, WAR VESSELS Air Group 47 participated with planes from other carriers in destroying or damaging the following Japanese warships: Battleship-YAIVIATO ,........ Sunk , . .... 45,000 tons Battleship-I-IYUGA .... . Sunk ..,, 32,000 tons Battleship-NACIATO . . . . . . Damaged . . 34,000 tons Carrier-UNRYU Class ......... Damaged .......... 27,000 tons Carrier-ASO ,.............. ' . Damaged ,......... 27,000 tons Carrier-CVE ................ Heavy Cruiser-TONE ......... Light Cruiser AGANO Class Destroyers 2 Destroyers 1 Damaged . . . Destroyed . . Sunk Believed sunk Damaged Total tonnage 10,000 tons 14,500 tons 6 000 tons 3 000 tons 1 500 tons 200 000 tons Merchant Shipping Sunk or Damaged 41 150tOns Page One Hundred Seventy eight 1 I if S5 I -' .... ................ , ip - . 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It. -qtgxv I Full' . ,t. Ijgr I3crbQrt. ft? tx lh FULL' wft:m1'zrr.1.' R tigQrx. XX' Ildmx Ulmict' Bill' 1 . Iinff SQckingQr. Iin gm ClwtI'Qx'. It Img- I' Ion. It yygv SCI . .l. ljgl Cf, Ii. I 121+ . Il. Ig' I'It'xlt'r. II. tygl I XIiIb . L Y '. I I1Qn's. . .1 L Q E! rt Q - K' Q .I fl A N I A an X . E .A A ,xx P ,. fx ' ' - . f I Q' I I . 7 ' 1 V X L ' I ' - . f 4 4 I-I I ' I A ovffmw 'K ' ' x 4, , ' , f v .I . N 1 'M ' 'Q ' w. s 4 K' U I 'fu 9 at' H? t ' t ' f I ' . 1 . ' ' . 1 t-If I ' II ' I f Q f 1-I I - X ' - CQ' m CE 6 JI ei 9 4 N itz- ,jk 'vi YI? 40 OIIICQIQRS Ifirsz row: I-t. ytgt Snmlslw. It gtg' Ilmuuzian. I.t. Ljgv Cloodsqn. I.t. Folz. I-t. Schlossn. I.t. XY1llmms. .Svmml mu: It Ijgw Chrms- tcnscn. I-t. UQ' Collins. I.t. Illmuk. I.t. H.1zt-lhurst. I.t. Gundcrt, Hg, Simkmt 141, gg, 'I'1II.1v. Ilniign NorriQ. I-t. pig' Shhcaly. I-t. lljgj I Pxtgmpco. 'lxhird row. .sz'tfz'r1t1: I.t. 'jg' Hampton. I,t. yygv Soma. I-t. I.xnd- sav. Lt. Comdr. Trum. Comdr. RouzQQ. I-t. Comdr. MacKinnon, I.,t. Gibson. Lf, tjgt Cggg, Lt, gg, Dggn. Lt, I-Ig! XVright, Fourth row: Lt, fjqxm I-Icnwood. Lt. fjgt Nolf. I-t. fjgl Hillbourn. I-t. fjgj Orc- wilcr. Int. tjgkr Smith. I-t. Xhngclsdorf. I,t. wjgu Yancy, Lt, Ijgj Dog- qctt. Lt. Smythc. Lt. I-Igtl Brickncll. Lt. tjgt MacDonald. Page One Hundred Scucnlg-nine 31 August '45- The BATAAN had today steamed 150,000 nautical miles since commissioning The engineers, who for the most part have never seen a kamikaze shot down in flames, nor manned a plane or a gun, have still had a distinct and vital part in each battle. Theirs was a job of w-aiting, wondering and stand- ing by, sweating out attacks under battened hatches with ventilation secured and surrounded by high pressure steam, doing routine but necessary tasks, despite the feeling of not knowing what is happening topside. The Snipes hear over the p.a. system: He's dropping a bomb. lt's a B-E-E-G one! Coming straight down! Then s-i-l-e-n-c-e. Stomachs tighten, faces grow tense, -a life time seems to pass, and suddenly the p.a. becomes alive again. It's a near miss-off the HAN- COCK! Although the engineers have had their share of thrills, theirs is not a task that calls for brief periods of glory but, instead, long periods of work. Before the ship was commissioned, key men -experienced officers and men-were placed throughout the various engineering spaces. Mixed with them were the untrained, to weld them all into a crack battle team. A training schedule was inaugurated for each of the four engineering divisions-A, B, M and E-and before reaching the battle area, a smoothly functioning organization had resulted. During the precommissioning period many check off sheets were made up. These check-off sheets contained all the routine tests and inspections which were necessary for the 4.0 operation of the past two years. The nerve center of the engineering de- partment is Main Control which is located in the forward engine room. Erom here the Officer of the Watch controls the engineering spaces to comply with the orders of the bridge. The two engine rooms, each with two main engines of 25,000 horsepower, are the headquarters of M division. This gives the ship power of 100,000 steel horses. Each of these main engines consists of 3 turbines con- nected by means of gearing to the shaft- ing which in turn drives one of the pro- pellers. There is also a maze of piping and auxiliary machinery that goes with each main engine. Page One Hundred Eightg The main engines would be Just so many dead horses if it were not for the B division and their two firerooms. Each lireroom is built 'around two boilers. The auxiliary machinery in the firerooms supplies oil, water and air to these two flaming dragons, and they, in turn, supply the steam power which drives the ship and generates electricity. In doing this, the boilers are very hungry monsters and it is necessary for the oil gang to work around the clock. While the ship can hold 722,000 gallons of fuel oil and this would heat your home for many years, it doesn't last long with the BATAAN steaming at 25 knots. Also located in the firerooms are four tur- bine generators. These generators supply the power for the multitude of electrical gear on board. To E division falls the job of main- taining all this gear. Electric lights and ven- tilation are the most obvious uses of electri- city, but power, communication and lighting circuits weave throughout the ship in a fine mesh. The A division is the last of the engineering divisions. Although the first in the alphabet, it is really the rear guard of the Engineering Department. It takes care of the many odd jobs that can't be classified under the cog- nizance of E, B or M Divisions. The water for both the boilers and personnel is made by the evaporator gang from the salt water of the sea at the rate of 50,000 gallons per day. The machine shop does many repair or small manufacturing jobs each day, including the mass production of knife handles. The refrig- erators make ice and keep the meats and vege- tables fresh. Hydraulic gear of the A division ranges from the anchor windl-ass to the steer- ing gear and includes the airplane crane and elevators. It has taken a constant vigilant watch in three from most of the engineers to take the BATAAN from Philly to Tokyo. It is difficult to tell tall sea stories about dull training, tests and inspections and watches. But these routine duties are the heart of the En- gineering Department. That is why today the ship-without a breakdown or a major overhaul-was able to complete a total steaming distance equivalent to 7 times around the world. NGINEERI THE BLACK GA hum, ff ! g , -1 4 I 41 NIAIN ENGINE Rooms Page One Hundred Eiglvty-Iwo ' Q , '1 lr - 'gk' . '51 .Qi-pbvurvnr, .- K .4 -,-J. .. .- , '11 a ..,,v. . ' n fn , f - oy in I J'p,i.-Ggnrgg Li,,av,:f'-24:21-qi 4' 9 V l I v I I E... 'Vx -L PIREROGI-,iS Page One Hundred Eighly-three ,Q ' 1'v ,far ,pal 'Q' 4 fy 1--5 4. - - ,1 4 an A l'S-:vpn -U-L.yvgQ.'gju,Sggfuys-,ff fl Qty i,Q?4 ,gi-1 7-1.9.-.EA 91 ,- ',--1, 'fifaf I- f,',1,':' ,., .:w',. - f ' '..- . -f--':4:. ,--- ' 1 .- - AUXILIARIES ,1l Page One Hundred Eighty-four P-'.w'f -f2l'if-'- F ' ,- ,-r.-- f ws P I 1'- 'y'.u-:if-I, ts'-,1'L v5 r. ,ns-a,,. ii. . ---ru:-Q J 5 ns 1 -r - . - ,-5- .1-.s. ff.-,.. ' -- - ,,.,, I ., d an N .f 2' ...than-1 900 . . Q Li! I 1 4 1.1 'li .1..M:f.IQx an-rl nl pl ii.. 4 rv , Hg'- ELECTRICAL Pagc One Hundred Eighty-Hue - ' 'f -.V ' ' I ':.--f 'W V ' 5..' C '. . J. K' . J ...' -' J' .' 'ur f . , N., 0 - . rig- : magma , L., av,. ,. s,v': J :. ' ', rf, 3:fl'g'- -' ' - , X 1 , -- --5 , ' ,,, A' . -4.911 T - 49 1 T F, ... ,. ..... ,A b, , ,, A I.- 'Hu M. fir,?, Zif' 2- ,ji W rw? 1 am Hillman Topping 'cm off-rcfucling dcstroycrs at sea .Comdr. Hcmming and one of his going-away presents from the Engineering Department. Page One Hundred lfighly-six U. S. S. BATAAN 17 October 1945. MEMORANDUM TO ALL ENGINEERING DEPT. PERSONNEL: .The following dispatch dated l4 October 1945. has been received from Vice-.Admiral Frederick C. Sherman. USN. Com- mander, First Carrier Task Force and Commander Task Force 62, addressed to all vessels of Task Force 62: Man-y ships of this Task Force have steamed half way around the world immediately after Z months war steaming without any outside material assistance and with only meager at anchor availability and all without any breakdown affecting operations X that superb performance reflects great credit upon the seldom mentioned but tireless engineering forces concerned and sets new standards of achievement for the future X well done XX. The U. S. S. BATAAN is one of the top vessels in the First Carrier Task Force from the standpoint of performance. and every man in the Engineering Department should be proud of her record. During the last battle cruise beginning at Pearl Harbor on 3 March l945, the BATAAN cruised a total of 38.773 miles in 88 days of steaming before stopping at Leyte Gulf for a period of rest and maintenance. Leaving Leyte Gulf on l July an additional 25.351 miles were steamed before coming to anchor in Tokyo Bay on 6 Sep- tember I945. From Tokyo Bay to New York via Okinawa. Pearl Harbor, and Panama. the total miles steamed was lZ.O25. The total distance steamed by the U. S. S. BATAAN since commissioning was 164,686 miles and the total fuel consumed including periods in port was l8.Zl8,92l gallons. The record of excellence is one in which every man in the Engineering Department should experience a feeling of personal pride, for such outstanding performance could only have resulted from a fine spirit of cooperation and devotion to duty, with every man playing on the First Team. My personal congratulations to all of you. W. C. GILBERT, Captain. U. S. Navy, Commanding Officer. Page One Hundred Eighty-seven A DIVISION First row: Rinaldi, Cole, Vwfilhelm, Chief Kelleyf, Chief Powers, Chief Young, Lt. Preece, Vyfallack, Carpenter, Reed. Center rotu: Morin, Rob- ertson, Lamkin, Clopper, Preedit, Davies, I-Iaine. Ingram, I-Iill, Pless, Gan- non, Parker. Third row: Voorhees, Lambiotte, Vylalker, Begleyt, Sneath, Pat- terson, lVlcCulloch, Ryder, Tomlinson, Rankin, Piatek. B DIX ISION First row Machinist Gyyaitnty Lt myvj Clark Donatelli Hendrickson Dye Spataro Vasco BIIKJIICYXK Auoer XandcrXVyden Bateman Hatton Chillcon Oflin Baker Xcrduvo Little Pirazzo Carter Larsen Chief Loyd Chief Kubn Second zotc Nolcs Jones Pisher Summcrs Chityyood I-Iill IVIcCutcheon Smcltzer Vrceland Benvston Schubert Staron Woolsey Cunningham Pordc Allred Ablc VlcCrayy Dimas ONe1ll Langford Third row Lt Qygb Lister Kill o Kelm Sirbaugh Peck Ankiewiecz Pet rson Iryyin Luke Klein Broun Childers Noyak Suardini Graham Dick erson Harris Nlcistcr 'XlcGrcayy Kluboky Pincfley Peake Fourth row Tilgham I-Iuvhes Aycock Tcyycll Luntsford Steiner Manzi Geisler Manneyf Crayyford Kennedy Smith Lay Iylacksamie Brummett Liska Nazer Cayner Mciner V7 T 7 , 4 c , , c -I , D f 1 Y 1 1 . , . . , 3 1 1 4 1 ,N D ' f 1 1 1 Y .y 1 U x q . 7 . I . . .... , , 1 , 3, 1 1 ' C ' 1 1 1 'P l Y 1 F F F A 1 F Y .A G ,. . 1 . U . . . - 2 , I . ', ' , I . , ' . , , - 1 A 1 li! X. R 1 if 3 Y Yr Y' 1 C Y1 - C 1 5 1 Y 1 6 I3 1 a 1 1 1 v I v 1' ' ' 1 1 ' 1 ,r 7 y 7 e 3. I 7 ' Page One llumlred Eighly-eight : ' 'QL rf- xg f:Q1,hV'H 'L:'! Q?-L'.-f. 'f. J ,irQ4k'l.,'!',T'.',!, f,i5,5zm uk.- , A.: ,. F-QV. ,n ft- J,-it E np :Ali --. K E DlYlSlQN from rox: Lowdon. l-leron. Xlzirt. Slsirtoslxi. XY:lgE1:. Archer. Xlcs Dermott. Nelson. Xlongelll. Salvcssn. Pedersen. Gainers. Seal nz' isps: Olsen. Xlorgan. Kinsella. Douglzerzv. Burke. li:'.'.'.zI:R. Xlrzller. Xlefrxekczz. Sqlrenele Belt. Buck. Third roger Passimisi. lntsieii. Brieiwefl. Stuqlxrazlz. li. dell Fleselman, l-t. Vjgf Reese. ling l9e11xei'.' Rrxzegk. RzezttWtsgifrteieicr. Pont, amck. Palko. Fcfezrfh Tw ': 'lferier' liliil. V1.zi15.1i Sziiiift l'.zl:f.1le Ofvezt Qoellnoo. Porclmls.. Rrlmrr ills lr.lg'jf1- Ely-,K-11.-Q I I ff ' - - A A o f Xl l5lYl8lUN First row: Cain. Lnrnmrsozt. Xlertrxvrte llmglslmn. lsrrw '1.'. 'rr fN'lcNnnmr.1. Cheri. Nlassell. Cmllngluer. Dolrerzv. llrll 'l'nsqo. nlyfllllfl-'. .-Xrancl. Bell. Yenne. 5950041 I-GLU: NlQmLQSflf'1OO Yoliwllll. Siliwielil. Cil?l',C. C,O0Cl'y'. X-l.3Cl1. low. Lt. fjgxl lioslxl. Ens. Brizmln. llsrrrswn. Runner. Olirian. Vfelsh. U. C.. Tucker. Xlazur, Allhzrrf' meg: fNlurgwlv.'. Heling. Sabin. Pickard. Spinks. Vasquez. Russell. Clmdwlele Xlarlmo. Roach. Roslnslw. Aron. Xloore, Nlus- sleman. Sartor. Rornanlello. Forzrrh fog: Hendrik. XlcNabb. XK'elsh, XV. H.. ' l l Yre'-kin. Christie. Prn- Klng. Rhodes. Rosen drews. Spencer. Stamper. XleYN'erl1y. Boyle. trrtt. Straubb. Protlnr. X aut! L Page One llundred Eighty-nine , i V. . . -- f .nyjls , :,., 2': L. ',- ,',,,-,' n ,?',.'1,','.'., -- f:'p1s,'. -,ff-',.P - ...e.. C-1-giT..- -f,.',vr:'L'ff,:.'5f-TI' fi-. I-?f':'-Y ' ' ' H -941 -' 'L' ' ' h -r ' ' ' 4' if ra mu' -f .- , 'ml Will Illlllllllllllllllluu ll I t Sutter- r umttffrfcr1'cfl I X A ' .:., 5 Ti- Q if . 2 gi A 5 - QTEP 2 N' f ,J if' WA-1, ff' .f 6 Sept. '45-The BATAAN steams into Tokyo Bay, thus fulfilling the destiny forecast by the ship's song. We drop anchor between Yokosuka and Yokohama, about 5 miles off shore. Telescopes and binocul-ars are in great demand for long range rubberneck- ing, particularly at the battleship NAGATO, one of Air Group 47's targets. The sky line of Tokyo, marking the end of the line, is visible on the northern horizon. We pick up our Tokyo landing detachment, who bring with them stories of the trophies that got away from them: a few little souvenirs stuck with them, as is evidenced by considerable scratching on the part of the returning invaders. In the afternoon. the ship sails out of Tokyo Bay, bound for Okinawa to pick up passengers for the long trip home. At dusk, with Fujiyama on the starboard beam, the usual order Darken Ship is heard. Then. after a few seconds, the boatswain's mate calls out, Lighten Ship. The lights go on again to the sound of cheering, for the war at last seems really over, and the BATAAN is homeward bound. 8-10 Sept. '45-The ship is anchored in Buckner Bay at Okinawa. Pass- engers, 549 of them, are taken aboard, but unfortunately no fresh provisions. Spam and apple butter remain the mainstays of our meals. On the tenth, we weigh anchor and are off for Pearl Harbor. l0-20 Sept. '45-Underway for Pearl Harbor. Spam. spam, spam and more SPAM. 20-25 Sept. '45-Pearl Harbor. We lose our West Coast passengers, pick up some more East Coast ones and receive some badly needed fresh provisions. Peace--it's still wonderful: fresh vegetables- they're wonderful, too. On the 25th we are homeward bound again, this time for Panama. We ily the Homew-ard Bound Pen- nant, stretching from mainmast to flight deck, and buoyed up by some optimistic balloons. lt's a gay and happy sight. 25 Sept. - 8 Oct. '45-Underway for Panama. The demobilization con- tingent is hard at work. 9-ll Oct. '45-The BATAAN tr-ansits the Canal successfully, in spite of a perceptible starboard list: many feminine spectators lined that side of the locks. Liberty was enjoyed at Christobal and Colon on the Atlantic side in a very orderly fashion. The ship's crew did its share in balancing the Panamanian budget by buying souvenirs and gifts for their families and friends, and by other expenditures of a less permanent nature. l2-17 Oct. '45-Underway for New York-the last lap. 17 Oct. '45--The U. S. S. BATAAN is greeted by the Lady with the Torch. The long journey is over. Page One Hundred Ninety Qin' . V an -+4 V' 6 Sept. '45- The U. S. S. Bataan today steamed into Tokyo Bay. 'Ir ir 1k 'Ir -A' 'lr ak 'A' uk ir 'lr Majestic Fujiama was an ideal landmark. She was a proud little lady on that cold misty morning in 1943. when she slid off the ways. of the Delaware. enroute She sat high and Hrm on the murky blackness world has ever conceived. to be commissioned into the greatest Navy the Her name was taken from the scroll of history. Her crew came to her from every walk of life. from the middle and four corners of the nation. From the farm and the factory. from the office and school. From the schooner-laden shores of northern New England and the rolling blue hills of Tennessee and Kentucky: from the swamplands of the Gulf Coast and hot and dusty plains of the Old West : from the Great Lakes and the mining towns of Pennsylvania .her crew was America. In harmony together-in sweat. fortitude and bravery--they wrote their names in gold across the broad expanse of the Pacific. V They achieved their initiative which was revenge. and then went on to greater glory and victory and peace. It cost them for they paid with the lives of their shipmates, sons of the defiant little lady. These were to be Immortal Sons, whose heroic deeds were never to die in the foaming wake as they were left behind. Her rendezvous with destiny was not denied. The U. S. S. BATAAN. Page One Hundred Ninety-one DEMGBILIZATION BEGINS EXECUTIVE QPPICERJS MEMORADUM No. 24R-45 29 August 1945. From: Executive Cflicer. To: All Hands. I do not like to tell you people of the BATH!-KN good- bye, and it is impossible for me to put my feeling for you on paper. Your performance of duty during the time I had the privilege of serving With you has been superb. Your ability to fight, Work, take it on the chin, and your unbeatable spirit, makes the BATAAN hands down the best ship I have ever seen or heard of during my entire Naval Service. I can find nothing in my heart but praise for you all-you have produced the goods to a man and I feel that We all share the same pride in our fine ship. We can all look any man in the eye and ask him Where he was during the War and We Won't have to make up any lies to our children either-We were in the front lines. I-Iere's hoping that they send the ship back to the States soon. The best of luck always to the lighting men of the U. S. S. BATAANIII Good-bye-l , F. M. REEDER, Comdr., U. S. Navy. O H cl' d Ninety-two i f-Q if 0.1.4 J' -.iq-'ff 1, 'Y ' ' ' - - ,.. . . ', ' f,- - . . .. , . ' 1 'QF'-QL,-1.2: .'.,0t,,'.,jn1'.-fp Ct y,-,xr :A',-,nba :Y .fy -A png. ,:g,i.i.,-'J FIRST 10 0 ST RT HO EY, 2 1 XP lx 1 1 A Q 'h ' f N r 6 If Q-' tn-4 Q Q-lk 'fa K az:-an V '- f Page Cnc Hundred Ninety-lhrec ,A- FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY I . ,,' x ,,,-,,.-:--.LC , - Q ' ' 1' ' :-riff H 3 ij, :lr -..'l'b' -?ja1f,':1,. 2,f' 'g?3,L j Gw'-.-:IQ-eq. 3, .f,Q,.-Qdgi g L ,:i,:,3i,J:a:,.'.Cl I- ,. ,,. fu., ' , 0 l I' ' r . . THE CREW WAS F 5 HEADED STATESIDE 'xx' L-'D Jikfy gf-fg u f ! JEL X it x ' ' 'Y . .- .- ' . 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'B' 9. ,QQ .gf 7 ' , , nf' -Try. . nw .P ' 1 4. at ' 'ac'-6-. v'--K ' - -'w-'W wg Ji-if f.,-,wwf-, v ?l5.u 154 as 1 n- 1 1,03 I Q ' G n 5 , , f - -r , ev r -f - .. --f .. ,.. , 1 L- ' -.5.. L , -4:-.1 P ,,,.pu ' . XIX, QI 9 l fi. 1-'Il w f If nn Mfr . 4' ' 'Q r ., .I ul, ar-u'.l-,,n a'.'2'v' - ff' -1' ' 'W ' 1' I W l 1 l w 4 w 1 'v J V I 1 5 n QE 5 s fa i 1 4145, . ., A . Q 3 Q ' l'fw1.f Jn: U1 tflr.-ff F c 711741 ,. M . . W- M r-- --, rf -' '-, ' - ' Lf A, ,' ,, ..-f.'IfL--4 - -'r -- f'f'- 7 -- -' -' .. ...',-A-.fx-,'f ' ' -lx . :lf -e.:--.-.ill :.e.4 441. ..-'- -- +4 --Y - -'- ' ' ' ' ,, 'qqr QLAW, xzzgy ff'-Qs-vlgfdf 1 f, v nu. 41-Q ap .v Ja z'gA'9't'-H' 'J no e Q '.g' Y ' ' I . w or -,, 1 'L . ...L A ,i . X . EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND AIR OFFICER SUPPLY Commander F. M. Reeder Commander E. G. Osborn. Lt. Comdr. L. B. Clapham, Jr.: Lt. Cjgb R. S. Randerson, Jr.: Lt. fjgj F. G. Power: Ens. L. F. Solt: Ens. W. D. Hamm: Ch. Pay Clk. E. E. Payne. MEDICAL NAVIGATION Comdr. N. K. Bear: Lt. Cjgj G. W. Duncan: Lt. Cjgj G. T. Lt. Comdr. C. Kyselkag Lt. Comdr. A. H. Atkin- Williams: Lt. Comdr. H. P. Anderson: Lt. J. J. Weishaar, Jr. song Lt. J. Hill: Ens. L. J. Taylor, Jr. Page Two Hundred V CBR Lt. Comdr. F. J. Callahang Lt. H. C. Overgaard: Lt. fjgj J. F. Lawry: Lt. Cjgj L. Bonatta: Ch. Carp. S. E. Fleming: Ch. Bosn. V. D. Conn: Carp. R. H. Henkel. COMMUNICATION First row left to right Lt Comdr R A Matthew L J H Whittemore L Comdr F C Lawler Lt R C Schell Lt A I-I W1nnaxl Lt fjgj W S Pease Second row left to rzgbt Lt Cjg R E Briggs Lt Qg G R Rinehart Lt L R MCI-Iugh Lt W F McCarthy J L Cjgj J F Hall Sh Clk H A Thompson M ' , ' : . . . . 'Q t. . . ' : t. . I - J - - ' 3 . J . . ' : . . . 3 - - - . r.: t. . . 3 . . . . . ENGINEERING Fifsf row. left 10 nam: Lf. Comm. I. xi I- 1 xx' B im . I5 R .. Lt' Ijgl G' wt Keskii JV-5 Lf- U31 J- W. Sliii' Ili. 'Q 'Whff Lf- U81 H- J- Vivsflmefll U- wal IL xi. i.I.:.7f. fin.. iv. ii. 1. imI......' if. QED G. R. Durr: Ch. Elec. M. C. Anderson: I.r. cgi R. Chrk XI.iqI:. XY. If. Liwirzn.-v. i -. 1 I CIUNNI RN First row, left to right: I.r. R. CJ. Ilurrnin. Ir. XI. I. If. f'. R. I. I.wIim.wn Ii. fjgj W. B. Gregg: I.t. R. I,umIbcrgg I.t. I. I. IX.: I rw.. II, I. N .1 iz I rn., I, l,Q,,11., Cdpf. XVIIIKIHSLJI1, .Il'. Suurkl fi... fi' ' , IQ, ,I, Iiyyimnv Lt. fjgb J. Cn. Condon: I.t. IIQI II. J. C'nmp.'I If. ,. II. 'x. rx Ir. ii,-I I, I Lewis: Ens. NV. I7. Chnircs, Jr.. Ch. Ihrp. XI. XY, f. I -.ww 1. I, Ulu-. 1.1 Lt. CUSMCD H. E. Roscr. 1 . I 'I AIR First row left to right: Lt. Comdr. P. NI. Sullivan: Lt. Comdr. C.IID.CII?vc'gL I.t ' hiv, J ,3 L, XV. D. Lan'cr. Jr.: I-r. J. R. Rvan: .. . . oys: gomdih CT Daiis, Jr.: CI1.l Mach. XV. XI. Bullard: Ch. Gun. J. B. Mnsklerb 'Second Qowv left to right: Lt. Comdr. I.. Y. Slrubz I,t. R. C. Cherry' Lt. I R ufl h yin' Lt M D. Hightower: Lt. J. R. XVard: Lt. G. E.. Alt: I-t. ljgj W- .If I G1-eeno. ni? 'ogy' J 'R Kelsey. Lt- fjg3 F. I-I. Johnson: Lt. ljgj YJ. SD. lfirofvn. HThiG! ' ' - ' ' ' - ' c: . NI. '. e : -t. . . row left to rzght: Lt. J. R. Terrall, Lt. T. X. Markl Lt ' I2 ffisi Jr.. Eng. Millge' Lt, ggi E. T. Richards, Jr.. Lf. O. T. Gaston: Lf, rig, A. F. L , . , C. E. Cox: Ch. Bosn. G. I. Barton. Pllgf Two Hundred One WITH EMORIES .... 5,2 -1 QL R1 41514: Tum llumlml 'I nu, Wilfv - 7 x ' 'ti' . .M 3 ,V L1 144 I 'L Y 5:11 '- 1 ' f- t' ' Tf':.',1L','f.',i,f f5,'5'i',,fa'f' -21.-,Dfw 4-t'-,i.5--L f v,,,' ' ' ' f .21-ik Y ' - 1 1- N -ff--1-f-f-'P'--:L I V12--wf.+Qv-ffzgfqwa-.wa if :- ' - G O G D 0 0 0 0 ' 4 FE' 4 Q.- 11- , S L :- I ff! 0 1- , x Fa' X l y I it . A R' M 4' V if V 9 r gh? Q I 1 I 'br- 'hi fin. L. 3 's i Ivzyu 'Iluu llzmdrccl Thr!-0 H' .l..mrnnQ1 U Y f 'V' 'T- PL 9' 'p Q .4 9' 'Pt THE RECORD 'OE THE BATAAN List of Target Areas Attacked HOKKAIDO Tokorozawa Gaja Shima Hakodafe 1253222123 IEXITYZ, o NORTHERN HONSHU SoUTHwEsTERN HoNsHU 11531431 . D .t I-Iachinohe mmm al 0 Misawa. KOIDB Okinawa Miyako KUIG Qkipo Daito Nonai KYUSHU O uno Obuchi Hama Aburatsu MARIANAS Onainato Chinn Guam Shlflya Kagoshirna Pagan Tazawa Ko Kikuchi Rota Yokote Kumemoto NANPO SHoTo TOKYO BAY Eijxffa Chichi Jima Gefemba Miyakonojo Haha Jima Hachioji US, IWO Jmta Kisarazu Waifu Muko Jima Ilsliggilgiva SH1KoKU QQEELINES Mobara Post surrender airiield X Naruto patrol flights. NEW' GUINEA lggitgglma NANSEI SHoTo 233211 O Shima Amami O Shima Wakde THE SHIPS ANTI-AIRCRAFT RECORD Date 'Call 19451 Enemy Planes Fired at Shot downt Assistsn' 191Vlarch... ..,... .,.1 20 March . . . .....,. 8 3 3-5 7 April . . . . . 2 1 11 April . , . . 7 2 2-4 16 April . . . . . 1 1 17 April . . . . . 2 1 1 14 May .................. -4 i , 25 9 8 to 12 'Planes splashed primarily by BATAAN's guns. :'4'kPlanes shot down by AA from more,than one ship, BATAAN believed to have obtained hits contributing to the splash. AA AMMUNITION EXPENDED IN ACTION AGAINST ENEMY PLANES Date 40 MM 20 MM 19 March 100 20 March ... ... 5,626 1,200 7 April . . . . 672 11 April .. ,. 1,102 16 April . . . . 224 17 April . , .... 620 60 14 May ... .,..,i......, 1,982 1,200 Total . . . ..........,... 10,326 2,460 THE SHIPS CASUALTIES Killed in action or died of wounds i............i.. . . . 10 Wounded in -action .....,..,.......,....,...,.. 60 Total casualties in action fexclusive of air groupsj . . . . . . . . . . . 70 STEAMING STATISTICS From 17 November '43, the date of commissioning, up to 17 October '45, the Bataan steamed 164,686 miles at an average speed of 17.4 knots, burning 18,218,921 gallons of fuel oil in the process. The ship Was underway 6596 of the time since commissioning. DECK LANDINGS As of 16 October '45, the ship had a total of 14,622 deck landings. Catapult launchings totalled 6,383. 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G., Jr. ...... Lt. Adams, W. J. .......... Lt. Adkins, W. W. .... Lt. Cjgj Alt, G. E. ........,.... Lt. Ambrogi, J. N., Jr.. .Lt. Cjgj Anderson, H. P. .... Lt. Cdr. Anderson, M. C.. .Chief Elect. Andrecht, L. V. Ashton. R. W. . Atkinson, A. H. . Austin, D. P. . . . Avery, G. E. . . . . Aylsworth, S. I. . Azbell, H. J. . . . Ballou, R. B. . . . Banks, H. E. . . . Barackman, B. M. Barnett, W. R. . Bartlett, L. E. . . . Bartlett, R. D. . Bartlett, W. C. . . Barton, G. I. . . . Barton, W. G. .. Bear, M. K. .. Beard, C. S. . . . . Beasley, W. B. . Begin, D. R. . . . Bennett, A. L. . . Berry, A. D. . . . . .......Ens. ...Lt. Cdr. ...Lt. Clgl ...Lt. fgigb ...Lt. CJgD .....Ens. Lt. . . .... Ens. .......Lt. .. Lt. ...Lt.C,igD .......Lt. ...Lt. Cjgb .Chief Bosn. ...Lt. Cdr. Comdr. ...Lt. Cigj .......Lt. .. Lt. .Carp. . . .Lt. Cdr. Bird, J. M. ....... Lt. figj Bliss, G. L. . . . . Bogertman, R. M. Bonatta. L. .... . Bosee, R. A. . . . . Box, J. ..... . Brett, M. L. Bricknell. C. A. . . Bridewell. E. G. Briggs, R. E. . Britt-ain, D. H. L. Brown, C. H. . . Brown, G. V. . . Brown, J. D. . . . Brown, L. O. . . . Burden, H. A. .. Bullard, W. N. . Burger, D. B. . . . Burgess, C. A. . . . Burke, G. J. .... Bursik, V. D. . . Bustard, W. B. . Butow, E. E. Callahan. E. J. . Calton. O. B. .. Carey, W. R. . . . ....Lt. f.1gB Carpenter, J. J. . . Carr, E. E., Jr. Case, E. A. .... . Case, E. H. Cason, A. C., Jr.. . .. Cavendar, J. L. . .......Lt. ...Lt. H523 ...Lt. Cdr. .. .... Ens. ......Lt. .. Lt. tis? . . Comdr. . . Lt. figj Ens. ......Ens. .. Lt. ...Lt. figl . . .Lt. H913 . Mach. . Chief Mach. . . -Lt Cigl . . . Gunner .Ship's Clk. Lt. ...Lt. Cdr. ....Lt.Cdr. ...Lt. Cjgj .Comdr. ...Lt. Cjgl .......Ens. ....... 0 Page Two Hundred Eight ....Lt. Lt RUSTER OF THE MEN WHO SERVED ON THE BATAAN OFFICERS Chaires, W. E. ........ Ens. Cherry, R. C. .......... Lt. Chestney, B. R., Jr. .... Ens. Christenson, M. H. . .Lt. Cjgj Clancy, A. H., Jr.. . .Lt. Cdr. Clapham, L. B., Jr.. .Lt. Cdr. Clark, R. Cjgj Claxton, C. S. ......... E-ns. Cochran, VJ. D. . . . . Lt. U25 Ens. Coffey, C. C., Jr. ..... . Cole, H. G. ........ Lt. Cole, J. W. .......... Ens. Collins, W. ........ Lt. Cjgb Collins, W. N. ......... Lt. Condon, J. G. ..... Lt. Cjgj Conn, V. D. ......... Bosn. Connors, H. J. ..... Lt. Cjgj Coots, H. D. Cox, C. E. ....Mach. .....Ens. Crysler, J. B. ...... Lt. Curry, L. L. . . . Davies, E. T. .. Davies, J. T. .. .....Ens. ....Bosn. ......Lt. Davis, C., Jr. .......... Ens. Davy, C. E. ........ Gunner Deam, W. A. .. Deam, W. A. .. ....Capt. ....Capt. Lt C 3 Dean,R.A... . ig DeBell, J. A. .. ...,.Ens. Dennes, R. L, Jr. .... Lt. Cigj Dennis, J. C. . . . .....Ens. Dodt, D. H. .......... Lt. Doggett, W. R. .. . .Lt. Cigl Domingos. L. P. .... Lt. C1555 Doty, S. E. ............ Lt. Douglas, B. T. ......... Lt. Dragoo, H. W. ..... Lt. CjgJ Duncan. G. W. .... Lt. Cvigj Dunstan, J. ........... Ens. Durban. C. R. ........ Ens. Durr, G. R. ....... Lt. f.lgJ Duvall, B. A.. Jr. . . .Lt. Cqgj Dyer, L. E. .... Eidson, R. T. .. Elcock, W. B. . . Elder, W. H. .. Ellis, G. W. . . . Elzinga, H. E. . .. Engdahl, T. R. . . . Ethridge, W. . . . . Everett, C. D. . . . Ezell, J. D. ..... . Eanning, C. E. . . . Eantozzi, A. P. . .Lt. ....Torp. .....Lt. .Ens. ....Ens. Lt. .....Ens. ...Comdr. ....M'ach. .....Ens. ......Lt. .ShiD's Clk. Eash, R. P. ........ Lt. Eerhert, D. W. ..... Lt. Cigj Eieselman. H. J. .... Lt. Eisher. W. D. .... ..... L t. FlfCl'l, M., JI. .....,, Eng, Eite, J. J. ............ Ens. Flanagan, S. T. ........ Eng, Fleming, S. E. .... Chief Carp. Eluitt, C. L. ...... . Folz, E. J. .. ... Eoss,R.O........ Eox, E. A. ....... . Francis, E. E. ..... . Eraser, R. S. ..... . Erasure, H. R. . . . . Euller, C. N. ..... . Euller, L. E. ..... . Gammage, T. M. .. Gardner, C. H. . . . . Gaston, G. T. .... . Gates, J. L. .. Gibson, J. A. .... . Gilbert, W. C. .. . . .p Gillogly, B. B. .... . Gimpel, H. J. . . . . Goodhue, A. H. . . . . Goodson, N. ...... . Lf. Cjgb .....Lr. Lt. Qgj Lf. Cqsb Lf, Usb ....Ens. .....Lt. Lf- fig? ....Ens. .....Lt. .....Lt. Lt. Cjgb ....Ens. ...,.Lt. . . . Capt. Lt. Cdr. . . . . .Lt. . Comdr. Lt. ogy Goodwin, E. E. .... Lt. Cjgj Graham, R. L. ........ Ens. Gray, G. D. ....... Lt. Cjgj Gray, P. .... Ens. Green, W. L Lt. Cjgj Greene, A. .Znd Lt. Greene, G. S., Jr. . . .Lt. Cjgj Gregg, W. B. .......... Lt. Grosh, W. R Lt. fjgj Gundert, L. A. ......... Lt. Gw-artney, W. E. . . . Haddock, G. H. . . . . . .Mach. Lf. Qs? Hall, A. H. ........ Lt. Cjgj Hall, J. E. . ...... Lt. Cigj Hamby, E. O. ......... Lt. Hambleton, T. E. ...... Lt. Hamm, W. D. ......... Ens. Hampton, A. B. . . . . Hanson, H. G. .... . Lt. Qs? Lt. Usb Hanson, R. ........ Lt. Cdr. Hart, E. E., Jr. ..... Lt. Cjgj Hatchell, E. G. ..... Lt. f.i,9IJ Harvey, C. D. ...... Lt. Cdr. Hawley, N. D. ........ Ens. Hayes, J. A. ....... Lt. fjgj Hazelhurst, D. L. ....... Lt. Healey, R. A. .... ..... L t. Heath, J. P. ......... Capt. Heming, H. M. ..... Comdr. Henkel, R. H. ........ Carp. Henley, T. E. ......... Ens. Henwood, W. C. . . .Lt. Cjgj Herman, R. O. ......... Lt. Hester, T. S. ....... Lt. Cjgb Hibbard, S. P. .... . ....Lt. Hibbetts. J. S., Jr. ...... Ens. Hickey, L. E. .... . Hightower, M. D. . . Hill, A. G. ...... . Hill, J. . ...Lt. ...Lt. ....Lt. ....Lt. Hinn, C. M. ........... Lt. Hog-an, J. J. ...... . Holden, M. E. .... . s Lt. fig? . . . .Lt. Holladay S M Jr Holland G E A Horne C W House H A Huber T R Huff R H Hutton J W Iglesias E Innes K F Irwin, W. Y. . . . Jamouzian, S. .. Johnson, B. B. . . Johnson, F. H. . . Johnson, C. H. . Johnson. K. A. . Johnson, R. .. . Johnson, H. M. Johnson, R. E. Kelsey, J. R. Kendrick, J. M. . Kitzinger, B. R. . King, H. F. Kippen, A. . .. Kline, G. E., Jr.. . Knop, H. C. ..,.. . Koch, J. L. . Koski, G. W.. Jr. Kriger, H. H. ..., . Krug, C. T. . . Kyselka. C. . . . Laake, W. E. .. LaCava, J. J. .. Lahue, D. F. .... . Laird, H. C., Jr. . Lammers, H. E. . Lamborn. XV. D. Lancaster. H. D. . Lanier, W. D. . . Lawler, F. C. . . Lawry, J. F. Leacock. W. R. Lemmon, R. S. . Lester. I. E. Leasure. R. L. .. Lewis, J. E. . . Lindsay, A. W. Lindvall. J. H. . List, A. F. .... . Lister, F. M. . . . Livingston. J. H. Lobato, E. J. . Logan. D. F. . Lohmann. I. W. Longmore. M. W. Loomis, D. C. . . Lorin K. A Lundberg. R. .. Mack. L. L. MacCollister, R. B.. MacDonald. E. K. MacKinnon. N. A. . Mallow, H. M. . Mangelsdorf, E. F. . Mlannix, F. P. . . Markle, T. V. . Marks, M. O. . . Marvin, J. A. . . Maruca, J. P. . . Lf Jeb Comdr Capt Marvaso J Matter A R Q0 Matthew R A Mayhew M A Mazza H R McAleenan C C L gl mdr C r 3 r J2 Pruitt W R Raison F C Randerson R S Ranson A C Rankin J R tcdtr F lXfl .. .. . ..... Lf. ,M . . n ... . .yi1i11f'ft. -- -- ' .. . ...... .t ,.. ,,.Q Lt, d, 5 'V , . . ...... . . .. .... Lttjl . , ' ' ' ,e. .. mcg. R -. . . lyiilii Hunter. P. s. ...... Lf. Car. MCCann.H.w. I 'F ' S A Lfofgldt- 1 .. . ......... E. ' - ' -- it 1- -1. -.. ....... Lt ' -' 'H Lf- 5 - - -- - .Lew .. .QLQ 1. . .iieti X .s.L. .l.t.Cd i, . . .........., , Y ' d' -,L ' I t Lt . I It Lf CJD f Lf It at CJ Lt F T It fy Lf CJ Lt lx 1,413 t fl E B if 5 Lt tl F Reese O Lf Usb IIS Lf tial s ns McCarthy W F Jr jg McCormick W A jg R Jr lg ' McCormick V. F. . C 1- Rm,1-nrt yt C r is MCCuffYf C. B. .. . Rinehart o.'R' - . .g McGauhey. H. M.. J. . Replogle M. M jg . ig McGuinnis. J. J. . . . . Richards. -. .i '4- . lg McHugh. L. R. . . . . Richards. '. G. 4 i is . jg McMillan, D. A. . . . . ns. Rink. V , J i K' Lt' U93 MCSWQQUQYY E. . . jg Roberts. H. D. 4' Jig . . . . .Lt. McQuady, K. B. . . .Ens. Rogers. C. W. Lf ggi' . .Mach. Metcalf, J. . ..... . . Lt. Roney. H. B. . i Lf . . . . .Lt. Miiiboum. R. W.. . .Lt. tjgi Roger. H. E. . ist Lt' Lt. Kiel Milburn. C. F. . .Eng Roysm. T. R. Lf. rigi' Lf- fjgJ Middleton. J. Lt. ligl Rouzee. G. M. Comdr, Lt. Cjgj Mikronis, C. E. Lt. Ryan. J. R. Lt, Cdr, Pharm. Milke. H. W. Lt, Rymal, G, R, I-I. figy . . . .Ens. Miller, C. G. Lt. fjgl Ruda. H. C. Eng. Lt. Cdr. Miller. K. A. .Ens. Salmon. D. J. . .Eng . . . .Ens. Mills. J. XV. Lt, Schaeffer. V. H. Capt, Lt. Cjgl Minton, J. W. Lt. fjgl Schaub. N. l.. l.t. tigl Lt. Cjgb Mitchell, XV. C. Lt. figl Schell. R. l.. lit. . .. .Lt. Monk. I. . . Lt. Cdr. Schmidt, .l. l.t. fjgl Lt. Cjgj Montgomery. R. Rdo. Fleet. Schroeder. XV. R. Lt. . . .Lt. Cdr. Lt. ....Ens. . . Lt. Lt. Cdr. Lf- C583 . .Ens. Lt. Kiel . . . . Lt. Lt. Cdr. Lt. Kiel Lt. Cjgl .Lt. Cdr. . . . . .Lt. .Major Lf. fjgl .. .Lt. . . Lt. Lt. figl Lt. Cigl . Lt. Lt. Lt. Cdr. .Lt. tjgl .Ens. . .Ens. .Ens. g. . . . . Lawson. F. M. .... Lt. Cigl ... Lt. ...Ens. Lt. Cjgl Lt. Cigl Lt. Cdr. .....Mach. ....Lt. ....Ens. ...Lt. Lt. ....Ens. Mach. Schlosser. R. J. Schultz. J. F. Moore. E. R. Lt. Morey. R. XV. Rdo. Fleet. Muckleroy. J. B.. Chief Gunner Mullins. G. B. Ship's Clk. Murphy. C. M. Lt. Murphy. J. XV. l.t. figl Nelson. H. L. l.t. figl Newman. M. S. Fns. Nolf. J. S. l.t. figl Norrie. J. K. Fns. Novak. F. D. l-t. figl O'Keefe. T. D. Lt. Oksala. R. H. Lt. Cdr. Olson. G. E. Fns. Orewiler. E. C. Lt. figl O'Rourke. V. P. Lt. fgigl Osborn. E. G. Comdr. Overgaard. H. C. Lt. Palmatier. H. C. Ens. Parr. H. F. . Lt. Parrott. XV. G.. Jr. . Lt. figl Patton. T. A. Lt. Payne. E. E. Chief Pay Clk. Peabody. L. XV. Elect. Pease. XV. S. Lt. figl Peters. C. H. Lt. Cdr. Peyton. H. A. Lt. fjgl Pfeiffer. K. A. Lt. fjgl Phares. H. A. Lt. fuigl Pitz. M. T. . Ens. Podsednik. R. L. . .Lt. Poepper. J. R. Lt. tligl Pollard, R. T. ..... Lt. fjgJ Pompeo. G. C. Lt. fjgl Power. F. P. . . . Lt. fjgl Potwin. A. S. . . . . .Lt. Poulson. O. ....... Lt. fjgJ Praete, E. ...... Lt. fjgl Preece, J. W. .... Lt. Cjgj Pressley, H. . .... GUIU191' Seckinger. N. V. Seidman. P. K. Senler. V. F. Sernios. V. N. Sexton. J. J.. Jr. Sharp. A. li.. .lr. Sheafler. R. P. Shealey. .l. A. Short. XV. B.. Jr Shoys. C. K. Schunk. XV. Simmons. li. D. Simon. H. F. Sisley. J. F. Sitek. A. S. Smith. C. T. Smith. F. V.. Jr. Smith. R. XV. Smith. P. L. Smyth. J. Smolsky. C. Smythe. R. A. Snethen. C. E. Snipes. R. J. Sprangle. V. J. Solt. L. F. . Steele. M. F. Stanton. W. E. Stephansky. R. Stetson. D. M. . Stoner. W. A. Strange. J. C. . Strub. L. V. . Stokes. W. L. .... . Sullivan, P. M. . . I-r. Fns. Ens. . Lt. I.t. l.t. .Lt. l.t. Cdr. Lt. l-1. Kiel Comdr. I.t. Cdr. Lt. Cdr. I.t. I-L tial Lr. Iins. Lt. Cdr. Lt. fjgl Lt. fjgl Lt. tigl Lt. figl Lt. Ijgl . . . .Lt. Lt. ligl Lt. Cjgl .Ens. Lt. Kiel .. . Lt . . . .Ens. Lt. fjgl . . . . .Lt . .. Lt Lt. Cdr .Lt. Cdr . . . .Ens. .Lt. Cdr. Sullivan, J. J. ......... Ens Swanson. L. V. ....Lt. Cdr Sweeney, W. L., Jr. ..... Ens Page Two Hundred Nine Armstron Swisher, O. L. ..... Lt. Cjgj Sykora, R., Jr. ..... Lt. Cjgj Szedciewski, R. A. ...... Lt Talbot, R. I. Talman, C. E., Jr. Tarleton, E. R. . . Taylor, R. A. .. Taylor, L. J., Jr. ...... Ens Terrall, J. R. Thomas, J. W. ..... Comdr. Thomas, P. C., Jr. ,..... Lt Thompson, H. A., Ship's Clk. Tiernan, R. J. .. Tillay, R. R. ..... . Todd, V. ..... . Tovrov, O. .... . Trigg, L. H., Jr. .... Trum, H. J. ....... Lt. Turkington, M. J Tushener, D. J. . Ulrickson, R. W. Valine, M. R. . . . .A- Abbott, C. C. Abel, A. Abidin, R. J. Abrams, M. Acciacca, W. L. Adams, A. O. Adams, J. C. Adams, G. W. Adams, P. E. Adamson, J. E. Addams, W. E. Akins, J., Jr. Albert, H. L. Alexander, B. Allard, J. J. Allen, H. G. Allen, D. E. Allison, V. O. Allred, O. D. Alston, C. Alvarez, A. Alvarnez, A. Alonso, R. J. Amundsen, E. A. Anderson, D. Anderson, E. Anderson, G. W. Anderson, H. G. Anderson, R. J. Anderson, R. L. Andrews, H. . Andrews, H. E. Andrews, P. A. Andrews, S. E. Ankiewicz, J. P. Angelo, P. L. Antosh, J. P. Aranda, S. Arberry, S. Cub Archer, J. R. Armer, R. H. Page Two Hundred Ten Veach, R. H., Jr. . . .Lt. Cjgj Vieock, T. I., J .. . .Lt. Cjgj . VonAuw, A. ........... Lt. .......Lt. Wagner, D. F. .....Lt. Cjgb .......Lt. Wagner,D.A. .. .... Lt. Ward, J. R. ........... Lt. . . . . . . .Lt. W-allace, R. M. . . . .Lt. Cjgj . Wallis, K. L. ......... Ens. .,.....Lt. Watkins,I.W..........Lt. Watson, J. N., Jr. ...... Ens. . Wayne, C. ......... Comdr. Wear, S. F. ........... Lt. .Lt. Weisharr, J. J., Jr. ,...., Lt. Welp, R. R. .......... Ens. .Lt. Westbrook, R. L., III.Lt. .Lt. Wheeler, K. E. ..... Lt. Cjgj White, W. P., Jr. ....... Lt. Cdr. White, R. J., ......... Ens. Whitchurch, G. M. . .Lt. Cdr. .Lt. Whitcher, S. E. ..... Lt. Cjgj Cjgj Whittlemore, J. H. ....... Lt. Ens. Wilkinson, P. R., Jr.. . .Capt. USMC THE CREW Armstrong, H. P. W. S. gf Arnold, C. W. Arnold, N. L. Arnold, R. E., Jr. Arnold, W. J. Arrasmith, R. C. Arsenault, R. P. Arterburn, K. L. Ashton, R. K., Jr. Atcheson, R. E. Atkins, M. E. Atkinson, A. E., Jr. Atkinson, E. L. Atkinson, W. T. Aton, J. H. Auger, G. T. Augustine, T. F. Aycock, I. Ayers, L. D. -B- Baca, A. Badalian, J. Badame, G. J. Bagley, V. Bailey, C. E. Bailey, R. K. Baker, D. L. Baker, J. B. Baker, N. W. Baldanza, L. Baldwin, F. D. Baldwin, J. E. B-all, J. R. Banas, G. J. Banks, H. E. Barker, T. H. Barkume, R. E. Barlow, W. H. Barnes, H. L. Barozzi, L. Wilde, N. W. . . . Lt. Cjgj Willard, A. .... ..Mach. Williams, G. M. . Lt. Cjgj Williams, G. T... Lt. Cjgj Williams, G. T. . Lt. Cjgj Williams, J. R. ..... Lt. Cjgj Williams, W. E. . .... Ens. Williams, W. P. . Lt. f,igD Williams, W. T.. Williams, W. T. Wilson, B. W. . . Wilson, R. I. Winnail, A. H. . . Wise, W. J. Wixon, R. C. . . . Wolfe, H. E. Wood, C. H., Jr. .. ....Ens. .....Lt. ..Mach. .....Lt. .....Lr. .....Lt. Lt. fig? ....Ens. ....Lt. Wright, J. W., Jr. ....... Lt. Wright, R. C. Lt. Cjgj Yancy, W. A. . . . Lt. Zdanowski, W. J. . . .Bosn. Zi-arko, M. J. ...... Lt. Cjgj Bower, R. I. Bowler, M. M. Barsotti, G. Barthel, W. E. Barrhlert, R. Bartl, P. D. Bartles, E. L. Q Bartlett, A. M. Baskin, W. V. Batchelder, D. T. Bateman, R. A. Bate O M y, . . llJ'!1 IILQ! Batstone, W. R. Battaglia, J. V. Battereall. L. H. Battrell, R. J. Bauer, H. G. Bayley, E. N. Bearden. J. C. Bearden, V. H. Beatty, L. B. Beatty, R. R. Beauchesne, R. J. Beaudreau, P. Beavers, R. Beckworth, J. N. Begley, C. M. Begley, J. P. Behnke, 0. E. Behrend, M. L. Behrens. J. C. Belcher, J. E. Belcher, M. S. Belden. R. P. Belk. O. L. Bell, E. L. Bell, L. W. Bell, R. L. Bell. R. W. Belt, A. W., III Borgen, R. I. Bottoms, R. M. Bove, A. Boyd, G. R. Boylan, S. W. Boyle, H. A. Boyer, R. R. Brackett, W. A. Bradbury, R. C. Bradish, W. T. Bradley, P. J. Bradley, J. S. Bradshaw, J. C. Brady, D. G. Brady, E. J. Brady, W. J. Bramlette, L. R. Branley, W. Brassell, J. E. Brateman, I. M. Brathwaite, R. G. Brealing, S. Brett, H. T. Brewer, L. H. Brewer, R. M. Brewer, W. L. Bridewell, J. G. Briggs, L. R. Briley, W. C. Briner, J. J. Bringle, L. E. Brinkman, R. H. Brinks, H. E. Brock, R. A. Brockman, T. M. Brockerick, J. V. Brooks, B. W. Brooks, G. C. Brooks, J. P. Brophy, J. A. Broughton, S. E. Brown, B. Brown, J. Brown, J. B. Brown, J. S. Brown, K. E. Brown, . A. Brown, J. Brown Brown, M. Bnown, Brown, V. Brown, W. E. Browne, A. B. Browne, L. A. Browning, W. R. Brozyniak, J. E. Brummett, J. R. Brust. M. Bryan, J. B. Bryan, R. E. Bryant, R. D. Buchanan, J. C. Awww r Buck, G. P. Buckhammer, H. Buerger. R. N. Buffalo, A. T. Buffington, A. W. Buford. R. W. Burden, H. A. Burgan. D. D. Burgasano, A. Burger, W. L. Burgher. B. F. Burke. J. J. Burke, L. Burnette, M. L. Burnette, R. D. Burr. A. M. Burrer. R. J. Burt, E. G. Bush, C. B. Butera. R. Butry, F. R.. Jr. Bynum. C. B. ..Q.. Cabral. L. O. Cade, H., Jr. Cage, D. XV. Cagle, W. B. Cain. P. H. C-ahajla. P. Caka, F. J. Calam, T. H. C-alder. J. H. Calhoun, S. R. Callahan. J. H. Callery, W. E. Calvert, R. J. Camacho. T. Cameron. M. A. Campbell, W. Canary, D. M. Candler, P. E. Canup, H. M. Capan, R. H. Car ile, L. W. A. g Carmody, J. F. Carpenter, D. R. Carpenter, H. C. C-arpenter, J. E. Carothers, S. Carr, J. Carroll, B. Carruth, M. Carter, H. A. Carter, J. B. Carter, L. L. Carter, Nl. E. Carter, XV. G. Cartmill, C. A. Casas, J. K. Case, B. K. Cason, F. M. Cassill, H. E. Castro, J. S. Cattell, W. D. Cauthon. J. S. Cavner, XV. R. Cawley, G. P. Cero. L. S. Chadwick, D. B. Chadwick. H. B. Chambers. J. XV. Chamberlin, S. M. Chambliss, L. G. Chapman. li. J. Chapman. G. C. Chapman, G. P. Charcut. li. P. Cheeck, J. J. Cheri, G. J. Chickering. l.. M Chiellon. lol. J. Childs. J. S. Child. XV. F. Childers, O. K. Chipps. A. J. Chitwood. J. lf. Christiansen. A. C Chromey. H. Chulax. J. P. Claborn. lf. L. Clark. li. D. Clark. lf. XV. Clark. J. E. Clark. L. XV. Clark. R. L. Clark Clark Clarke. P. M. Clawson. H. L. Clemons. R. D. Cline. H. C. Clopper. R. L. Cloud. L. XV. Cluff. D. L. Cobb. C. L. Cocking. J. A. Coelho. XV. J. . X. J. , XV. XV. Coff. B. A. Cohen, D. I. Cohen. L. Colbert, J. P. Colbert. N. P. Cole, R. H. Coley. E. Collins, P. G. Collins. J. M. Collins, R. P. Colvin. R. B. Connell, R. A. Conroy, R. J. Cook. G. 0. Cooke. G. R. Coody, J. T. Coon. H. B. Conyers. R. R. Cooper. C. H. Cooper, E. B. Cooper, E. P. Cooper. G. P. Cooper, J. M. Cooper, S. A. Cornett, E. D. Corley, K. XV. CDOYY. ix. Cosgrove, T. F. Costner, G. C. Cotton. R. Cottrell, D. D. Cox., C. G. Cox, J. R. Coulter, D. M. Cox. A. H. C. . .. . .f.1lg, G. C. C. . . .ra1g. J. lx Crane, ll. ll. Cravello. Xl. XV. Crawford. li. D. kJI'L'SS. IA. lfroglian, l.. O. Crono, J. A. ifrookcr. li. l. Cross. A. Lroy. M. lx. i.l'll!. D. 1 Cittkovicli. li. Ci. Caxllwrtson. ll. l l. . . , llullivan, XX . ll. Lullman. D. l-. Ctilwr. R. lx Cummings. H. C. Cumpston. R. N. Curtis. J. P. Curry. C. B. Curry. L. L. Cusson. XV. L. ,.D.. Dahl. XV. L. Dahms. J. H. Dailey. C. R. Daly. R. Dalton. J. XV. Daniel. C. A. Daniels. C. T. Daniels. E. P. Davidonis. C. G. Davidson. C. C. Davis. B. T. Davis. G. S. Davis. J. H. Davis, O. A. Davis. XV. E. Dea. L. Dean. H. L. Dean. J. H. De Bartolo, M. J. Decker. E. C. Deguise. L. A. Dehardt, W. D. Dembinski, R. A. Dement, B. F. Demery. F. P. Denby, E D Dcnney. G. E. Dennis, J. Dennison, B. C. De Dalvo, L. A. Desanko, J. De Siderio, S. Desjadon. J. F. Dessi, L. Deutscher. M. F. Devolt. E. A. Dewcese, P. D. Dickerson, C. E. Dickinson. J. XV. Diederiks. E. G. Diflglia. C. Dim'Il. Dillon. R. Dillman. O. A. Dills. J. C. Dimas, G. J. Dingman, L. D. Dinnal. R. M. Di Pasquaie. li. A Di Robbio, B. Disher, J. G. Dixon. XV. A. Dixon. l.. B. Dobbins. R. C. Dora. D. Dodd. L. lX'l. Dodge. P. P. Dodge, XV. C. lJOLiSXVOfll1, XV. J Doherty. li. A. Domanick. J. Donatelli. R. F. Donnelly, lf. J. Donnelly. R. E. Doppes. J. P. Doran. B. M. Dorriety, A. R. Dougherty. G. E. Douglas. lf. M. Dowd. J. Dowd, S. L. Downey. D. A. Downey. E. Dowridge. L. H. Doyle. C. J. Doyle. E. F. Drake. W. K. Duckett. L. A. Duffy, E. J. Duggy. O. L. Duggan. W. M. Dukes. J. E. Duncan. J. H. Dunphy, J. E. Dye. B. A. Dye, R. I. ...E- Eads. P. Earle, C. E. Eaton, W. Eberlein, R. H. Page Two Hundred Eleven Eddy, K. L. Ederington, R. F. Edgar, W. J. Edwards, G. E. Eggelston, C. N. Elder, W. E. Ellis, A. E. Elman, J. H. Elmeir, J. F. Emmets, J. W. Endreson, V. L. Ennor, E. W., Jr. Erb, L. 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R. 2 9' 9 :wi The suggestron that a Prctorral Hrstory be publrshcd I0 qgttr the perlod commencrng urth the launchtng of the U S S Bam-tn on 1 August 1943 was orrgmally 'tolced by a small group of oflicers at about the trme when tht xt ar urth Japan xx as rapldly drawlng to a close rn August 1945 The rtsponst to thls pro posal was general spontaneous acclarm throughout tht shxp Pir trcularly promment among those who bv thexr tnthusrastxt mttr est and unt1r1ng effort hate made tht publ1cat1on of thns hrs torlcal account possrble are Lreuttnant Commandtr l V Strub USNR Who d1d the 1n1t1al spade uork and proudtd tht lmpttus Whrch transformed an rdea mto a fully dtxtloptd rtalnty lrtu tenant Cjgl John E Lewxs USNR xx ho rs tht tapmtxty of l xt erary Edrtor and later as Managlng Edttor tompltttd tht xol the photographrc excellence of tht uorlt and lxtuttnant Jamts M Blrd USNR Who so capably hmdltd all nstal matttxs mc: dent to publrcatlon The rntertst 1nd tffort of numtxous othtrs not specrlically crted art rttlttttd rn tht 'trtnstmt tltgmnct of tlns volume and here mentlon must bt madt of tht Photographtrs Mates Whose contrlbutlon has bttn s1ngul1rl5 outstanding To all who have pooltd thelr speclal talents and xt ho hate grven so generously of therr trmt rn ordtr that uc thelr shlp mates mlght find real and lastxng pltasurt not only nn the possessron of thrs beautrful productlon but rn the recollectlon of flrm personal relatxonshlps established xx h1le serxmg on board the Bataan rn World War II I rush to express the smcere apprecratron of All Hands W C GILBERT Captam U S Navy Commandmg I - . 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