Cavalier (APA 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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'states with seven other ships for another tour of duty in jfor three ffor a by 1949, the cavalier was ready for a two-month overhaul in long beach. this followed by a round trip to guqm in march and april to bring back troops and officers of the lst provisional marine brigade and fifty-seven of their dependents. on august 6, 1949, the cavalier was awarded the battle efficiency award for ships of her class for me yea, 1949, cz ' .horized to wear the e f0l' the next year. from september through november the was engaged in ope on mikip embarking, training, transporting and returning elements of the 2nd army from fort lewis, washington in a full-scalr assault on the island of oahu., qpril 3, 1950 the cavalier departed from san diego for yokosukgii.honshu, iqpan with commander transport twelve qnd arrived it ere on aprilW119, on iune 25, 1930 north korgsgn communist forces invaded the of south korea. and on july cavalier, in companjfwith other units of transport division ,twelve the armv'fl-at 1st cavalry division pini on landing at po hahgl dong, korea. this was the first amphibious mgde ,hast the invading north llibreans. the early. part of august found the cavalier conducting more am to her korean the c warfare training exercises. another assault lariiling at inchon and cavalier division division republic , landed landing phibious when the cavalier participated in the with other amphibious ships, returned she them in an amphibious as- mulf gn for a period of upkeep until novelnber san diego. she arrived in the sfqfeg on-' she was given a period 1951. 14. a load phase, making iapan and during her time in trips to again to sail from stopping on diego in april 1 training in the san diegd area was followed by another proceedeclto her new home port of long beach in novemg' operation at aliso canyon and a one-month trip to- iuly 3, 1953 saw the cawldlier, now flag ship ofgccmmander uly 13 for yokosuka, .fund on she in a mardivlex 1 54 and from the far east on april 5, 1954,,the cavalier earl' harbor. arrival in long betiiifumarkevfl the beginning ofa .P crew. it was also a period :of upkeep for the cavalier, a ship ship with a 'lbhg' recor collection of ten service ribbons N Maul'- honshu, japan, with pusan, korea ' s

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lp hlst 194 - 9 here we would luke to tell you a short story of the cavaller s past and present we thunk a bnef summary would be en f h t lme for those of you who are thumbmg through the cavalog lust to brmg you up to date on some o t e even J and travels of the cavalier rn the many days and years past we begun n 1943 when the cavalier recelved her flrst taste of salt water as she slld down tl the western mpe and steel shlpbunldlng yards at san franclsco at this hme she was In clvlllan status d wore the name of S s sea swallow world war ll was pretty well underway as most of L5 can remember wlth the pace of the war she was qurckly acquired from the marrtrme service by the navy on lull 19 1943 a short shrpbulldlng company at hoboken new lersey lor convcrslon Into an becomrng hme assault from norfolk Vlfglhld for the hawanan Islands vla th anama on the fleet durmg her tour tn the far east, the sea swallow po cnpated canal as salpan hman ln the maruanas durmg the summer of 1944 rn many er of troops In the lr ,gayen gulf area the sea swallow conslderable to the shlp an mlured about frfty men mlracu was In the that her Important service was recogmzed lously she x f combat decorahons by august 1945 the hm and t h wded by then but the sea swallow of the rpet, personnel from varlous return: the unuted states 1945 april 16 from coast guard controlxof the 'IR pacific being re service as a peace time e cavaluer shanghai on HWY 5 unhl apnl 1947 durmg thus amphibious as flagship for commander well as Cdrrylrvi On landing exerclse for her own crew and marines sn 1947 the states where she underwent three months overhaul, and sea for dl-'Ying Uh the cavalner participated In exercises Onerfhe 1 the 1st marine alr wmj off the h . 1 9 5 , . , . . . , . . At 11 - - r g ' I o u U o q W . I 0 at I V . Y V ,V 'Q Lf V 3 . '.'f' .. . o mf. H ' I ' ' - el . fy . ianuary' 'h ' f W A ' ' , . ' V' , 1 ' p o 1- ' . 5 Y -N . h a ', ,. p, A as up if H , 1 , - . A 1 , , ' - , -r Pl-1 . 1 J Q 1 Q- n b , ,,,' l u l , ,W W K a th ' . . . '5- ' I V Q .. ' - f . . l A ,A Y V W X 5 . . 1 ' i ' v ' - We - 'v , Lug- in a falll wn two these when searnan was Qrilled in the tracked landing I had to eSPeClUllY who, unable to though it , trip 1948 nme shortly was evacuated 1

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