Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

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Cn 'july 2, 1954, the U. s. s. BREMERTQN QCA-1301 had a lnirthclay. It wasn't mentionecl in the Plan-oi-the-Day, there was no large celebration, no 21-gun Salute, hut on that clay the BREMERTON was ten years olcl. There are really three clates that coulcl he consicierecl as the uBig Bnnna hirthciay clate: the laying oi the 1aaa1,ti1ia lannanina, ana the commissioning. But a lzeel isn't a shipg it's just the germ ot one. Whereas a ship which is ailoat is, in every sense of the worcl, a ship, even though it may not yet he commissionecl. Anci so it came to pass on the clay ot our Loral, July 2, nineteen liuncirecia anal iorty tour, that Miss Elizaheth McGowan irom the Puget Souncl Navy Yarcl, Bremerton, Washington, smashecl a hottle ot champagne against the stem ancl sent, the BREMERTQN into the sea for the iirst time. Since leaving Cammien, New Iersey, where she was lrmuilt, the B has covereci a lot oi water, enterecl many ports, iireci untolfi amounts oi ammo in comhat ancl peaceful training, anal carrieci quite a few flags. She has trainecl at Guantanamo Bay, celehrateci the lieth in Rio cle Janeiro, lolaloecl many shells across the Korean laomhline, welcomecl Mary Sods siciecleaners at Hong Kong, ancl listenecl many times to the iamiliar call, mfhere will he a hoat leaving for Pico Street Landing in tive minutes. I Throughout. her career she has won the constant respect oi the ileet anal the commenciation oi many aclmirals, asi well as, the pricie oi the oiiicers anmi men who have huilt her reputation. Although her lairthciay was not celeloratecl louclly, it was another milestone in a great career. We lznow she will have many more. ' ' r www ,I s 'u I-4.1 I:I: .. . . .....I.. .... .I ......'. ... ...- '.'.'....'.... I .I.I. . . .I.I.I I. .-.'.-.-.-.:.-.'.'.'.g.I.I.I.I. . .... I I . . . . . . . . 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Uososo RRRMRR'roN, Cmiao TRNTR ANNIVERSARY CRUISE, 11954 CONTENTS Gur Tenth Anniversary ., ..... . A S'1zos11i History ot the USS. Bremerton Sam10ur S1'1ip's Insignia ...... Commanding ..... The Captain . . . The Executive Qfiicer ..... Commancier, Cruiser Division Une . Tile Ciiieii ot Staff . . . . Reiieveci --Commancis . The 19541 Cruise . . . Long Beacii . I Hawaii . . . I Yoizosuiza ....... I Sasetmo anci Southern Iapan . . Koine, Csaiza, anci Kyoto' . . Haizociate ..... Yoizoilama anri Toizyo . Hong Kong . . . The Si1ip's Activities . . Time Si1ip's Company . . . I Heacis oii Departments . . . 5 ' Qiiicers ...... T116 Flag Division . Gunnery . . . i Navigation . . FG , Qperations . . 1 Engineering . Suppiy ..... Meciicai anal Dentai . . Administrative . . Itinerary . . . V 1 You catciiee numiner one contents page 1 H A Page 44 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 23 Z9 35 39 43 51 5Y 77 YS 80 82 83 945 95 101 10? 111 112 113

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S KUSH1 HISTORY UF THE U S S BREMERTUN T11e BREMERTCN as 1n t11e case o most cruisers was name y t e Un1tec1 States Congress 1n onor o an Amer1can c1ty T111s Clty Bremerton Was ington Was aWarC1ec1 t11e 11onor as t e resut o a sp1r1te war on contest etween t e Puget Soun Navy Yar t Bremerton n Mare 1s an Navy Yar at Va ejo a1 orn1a Cn 1u y 31 1943 Puget Sound, was announcec1 as t11e Winner 1ts emp oyees setting a recor Wlt 1 teen percent o t e1r gross pay going 1nto war on s Launc e on 1u1y 2 1944 an comm1ss1oneC1 on API11Z9 1 45 t11e BREMERTGN Was comp eteC1 too ate or a cracz at action in Wor C1 War II But er irst ore1gn sea C1uty egan on anuary 4 1 4 at 11nsen Korea W ere s e jo1ne t e event P eet T ere s e v1s1te n patro e ports a over t e ar East e ore return1ng Reca e or t e Korean War t11e BREMERTON serveC1 two eXtens1ve tours on t e om 1ne 1n Korea ta zing a eavy to among Re troops suppy storage areas an gun pos1t1ons near t11e 1Jatt1e ront Her guns aso pp un re s o yar s o IEl1I'OEL trac as an coasta lg ways W 1C were e1ng useC1 1Jy t e Commumsts to move supp 1es an rep acements to t11e ront ines Wit t e cessation ost111t1es 1n Korea t11e BREMERTQN 11n1s11eC1 anot11er page o1 com at istory an returne to t e states or a We eserve rest over au But a1t11oug11 our Navys guns are now si ent in t e F r ast t ere are ot er jo s to e one o it 1S t11at t e summer O11 54 er tent year since 1aunc111ng 1nc1s t11e BREMERTON once more 1n t e East con uct1ng tra1n1ng GXGICISCS patro 1ng Unite Nations 9 o o 0 , ' 1 ' , C1 1 1 - ' 1 1 - - . ' ' , . , 11' , 11 1 1 -- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a C1 1 C1 C1 11 ' , C 1'1 ' . 1 , , ' , ' 1 ' c1 ' 11 1'1 1 11 ' ' ' 11 C1 . 11c1 , , c1 ' ' ' , 9 , 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 . 1 1' 1 - 1 1 , 9 6 ' , , 11 11 ' ' C1 11 S 11 1 . 11 11 ' ' C1 a C1 1 11 C1 11 11 F 11 1 ' to t11e states w11ere s11e was C1ecommissionec1 Apr11 9, 1947. 11 C1 1 11 , ' 11 11 111' ' , 1' 11 11 C1 , 1 , C1 ' ' y 1 . 1 ri eC1 11 C1 C1 1 C1 1 '1 C1 1 C1 1 11' 11 11' 11 11 ' 11 ' 1' 1 1 1 1' . '1 1 - of 11 . . . . I . . 11 11' C1 C1 11 1 11 C1 c1 a11C1 11 1 I 7 ' 11 a E , 1 1 -1 1 1 . s - - 1 Q , 11 11 1 ' ' , i i . I cl . . . . I 11. . A . Waters anC1 ma12ing gooc1W111 visits to many ports anct c1t1es. Just as every 1J1ow 1or :treeC1om is not struc1z in com1:mat, every 11g11ter in t11is 1Jatt1eiC1oes not Wear a un11orm. 1n 1943 t11e men anC1 Women o1 Bremerton, Washington were 11onorec1 1or t11e1r 11are1 wor1z anC1 contri1Jutions C1ur1ng W7or1c1 War 11. Since t11en, t11e1r namesa12e, serving W1111 C1istinction anc1 high va1or in peacetime as in com11at, 11as 1u11y just11ieC1 t11e great 1a1t11 anc1 trust p1aceC1 in 1:1er. We 12noW s1'1e Wi11 continue to 410 so in't1'1e 1uture. S T11dt7S my 1Joat1