Cascade (AD 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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U. S. S. CASCADE MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE JUNE -NOVEMBER 1956 INTRODUCTION Newport and Fall River are separated by a very few miles, that is of course, if you don ' t include a 5 month cruise through the Mediterranean in between. With the docking at Fall River this round- about trip from Newport ended and with it came the curtain call to our 1956 Med. cruise. The youngsters had gained in world knowledge, the old timers added to it, but the fond memories, are the priceless possession of all hands. Long after the days of our voyage have fallen into nostalgic remembrance, and time brings proper perspective into focus, the petty gripes and inconveniences will be by-passed for the outstanding and cherished mem- ories. Wherever it may be, on another sea, at play, at a country home, or swinging on a porch, at any future time, thoughts will stray to this past experience. With this thought in mind, we of the cruise book staff devote our efforts, and dedicate this book, to you, our shipmates. We would also like to extend heart-felt gratitude to our wives, mothers and relatives who made this cruise with us, so to speak, in their devoted and lonely way. Wherever you men go, in a newly charted course, it is our wish that the opening of this book will be a revelation in helping you to find old friend- ships and experiences renewed in the spirit that they were lived.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SHIP ' S HISTORY, OUR CAPTAIN, OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, COMSERVFORSIXFLT PREPARATION AND TRIP OVER TRANSFER AND ARRIVAL PORTS OF CALL TOURS MA L CALL SPORTS AND RECREATION DIVISIONS OU R RELIEF GENERAL ARRIVAL HOME

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THE USS CASCADE (AD-16) A 15,000 ton destroyer tender, she was built by the Western Pipe and Steel Company of South San Francisco, California. The keel was laid 17 July, 1941, intended for a passenger- freighter, and was turned over to the Navy in the early part of 1942. She was launched the 6th of June, 1942, and sponsored by Mrs. Charles W. Crosse, wife of RADM. Charles W. Crosse, USN. On 12 March, 1943, the USS CASCADE was commissioned with Captain S. B. Ogden, USN, as her first commanding officer. There were at that time 701 officers and men aboard. As a destroyer tender, the Cascade ' s role in the war was that of repairing, overhauling, and supplying combatant ships of the Navy. Although designed primarily to handle destroyer type vessels, the Cascade offered her services to more than 1033 ships, and of these, many were serviced as many as four times each. The most hazardous area in which she operated was in and around Okinawa during June of 1945. There, she made herself available to ships of that theatre, and fulfilled her motto of We Serve Who Need , by putting back into fighting shape many vessels so that they could again carry the fight to our enemy. On 28 March, 1946, she departed from the South Pacific, and made her way to the Atlantic, arriving at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 4 May, 1946, to be decommissioned. She was reactivated in March of 1951, and then recommissioned the 5th of April, 1951. She reported to Commander Destroyer Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet in May for duty. Since then she has operated in or from the Newport, Rhode Island area, with cruises taking her to the Caribbean, North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Seas. On January, 1956, Captain Edward L. Robertson, USN relieved Captain Robert I. Olsen as commanding officer of the Cascade, and he at present is still Our Captain . The Cascade measures 492 feet from stem to stern, has a beam of 70 feet a speed of 16 knots.