De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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Naval Reserve organization, were the crew 1 members from the visiting LST. The young- s Not Bad In The Navy 'f S'f,'1'fffe S i . s i I 1 l l l GALS turned gay gobs for the moment, Jeannie Stanton and Kathleen Hluisicker clown it n dnrin a tour of the USS DeSoto l -Blade Photo sters were served refreshments after i.n- specting the many exhibits. The ship, tour- P E County this morning for 170 youngsters from the Miami and Lutheran children's homes. Hosts for the tour, sponsored by the Toledo ing Great Lakes ports has attracted nearly 40,000 visitors since it arrived at the Mid- dle Grounds dock at the foot of Monroe Street last'Friday. The public is invited aboard until 9 tonight. It leaves for Detroit at 8 M- mmm- - Toledoan No. l 00,000 To Visit S THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO, THURSDAY, JUNE T LST Heading This Way lsongs, and a Dixieland bar Toledo To Assume Nautical Look '5 pm. Monday through Welcome For Navy Q Ship Prepared ' For seven days, starting July 3, Toledo is going to take on the look of a navy town. V A That is when- the tank land- , mg ship USS De Soto County l will be in port with its comple- , ment of 175 sailors, 125 leath- Q ernecks, and 20 U.S. Navy and ' Marine Corps officers. , , The 442-foot-long ship, ,f which is part of the U.S. T Atlantic Fl e e t amphibious Qforce and is based at Little Q Creek Va., is to visit 18 ports ' an the Great Lakes and St. ,l Lawrence River. The big LST will arrive here on the morn- ing of July 3 after a stop E in Erie, Pa. l During a briefing session jyesterday at the U.S. Naval 2'Training Center at Bay View Park, Lt. Cmdr. Russell F. 1Harney, on the staff if the ' commanding officer of the At- E lantic Fleet in Norfolk, Vaql ,said the LST is being sent into the Great Lakes to tell the navy story. 1 Commander Harney 'the navy is aware that force and army activities well known to the ublic spe- P the navy must make a X KK I -:LU - H e cial effort to take its inland Cmdr. William F. graham, commanding offic r of the training center, who coordinating arrangeme n t said plans are being made to dock the De Soto County at the New York Central Sys- tem's Middlegrounds wharf but berthing the vessel may pose a problem. Commander lngraham said men under his command took soundings at the dock and found it to be only 18 feet deep at the time. The De Soto County draws 1859 feet at its stern, Commander Harney said. Commander Harney, who was accompanied by lst Lt. Richard Stack, of .the Marine Corps Atlantic Fleet Force, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., said the USS De Soto County is no ordinary LST but has been fitted out with many special features. One of these is a movie theater where films taken with wide-angle' lenses are projected onto a special half- dome screen, producing real- Iistie results that can frighten 'viewers out of their seats. ibious l Because of this the navy has thoughtfully fitted the seats with handrails that viewers can really grip. Onetthe city. U of the films to be shown was, A reception aboard the sh taken by a camera in a'plane'iS planned 'i0H1ghf for Vim' landinguon- an aircraft car- rier. It'and other' movies to be viewed here are thesaine as those being screened for audiences. at the New York WOrld's Fair. Also on the De Soto County will be many weapons em- ployed by the marines, in- cluding a tank, a tank kill- er, a small landing craft, and weapons carriers. Navy and marine experts will be on hand to describe the ves- sel andthe equipment aboard it. A flotilla of small boats is scheduled to meet the LST at the Toledo Harbor light and escort it to its berth. A reception aboard the ship is being lanned for the first ,veningp it will be in port. yiN.Y., and last week in Er: ' x Members of the public Navy Ship Anchors For 6-Day Stay With Gangplanks Down For Visitors Missio Public Invited A 1 1 To Inspect LST, Crew, Equipment The Navy's USS De Soto County, an LST, with a mil- lion dollars worth of combat equipment aboard for public inspection, and a complement of 600 navy and marine am- bassadors of g o o d w il 1. docked in Toledo at 10:30 a.m. today. At the Middlegrounds dock to greet the ship were a dele- gation of city officials, the Clay High School band, and about 200 Toledoans who gave the vessel a rousing cheer of welcome. The DeSoto County is mak- ing a public relations tour of the Great Lakes, and will remain in Toledo through Wednesday night. The public is invited to tour the ship until 6 p.m. today, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday, and from 10 a.m to Wednesday. Included on board was 2 navy underwater demolition team, a marine karate team. a 26-member marine chorus. and H Special navy helicopter rucs izsconr Uss DE soro COUNTY UP THE MAUMEE. and crew who will take part in various Fourth of July ac- Ship, on good-will tour here, shown as it nears Craig Memorial tivities in Toledo this week- affair, with the Clay ban, playing navy and marir aboard the ship serenadii the crowd on the dock. Shor after docking, the ship's cz tain, Lt. Cmdr. H. D. Mar Jr., and Maj. John O'Brien, commanding mari officer, went to Mayor P ter's office to receive keys I city officials and other invit. guests. The city has planned dance for the crew at ll naval armory from 9 p.m. midnight Monday. Major O'Brien, obvious pleased with the Toledo we come, said this was the fir time a band has greeted tl ship on its current tour. Commander M a n n cor mented that the tour is de' nitely accomplishing its pu lic relations purpose. It giving people in the Gre il.:-ikes area a new awarene lof the navy and marine- con team. and the four ocean cha lenge of today. , An estimated 50,000 perso ,atoured the shipin three da two weeks ago in Rocheste Pa.. nearly 10.000 persons visited the De Sc .9 officers l teashow. eShow rnoon's sche a marine c -xhibition, ur Premru, of P irst degree b for the LST while it is ient oriental ig, Premru 3, whom M ie only floa he world. attraction, h pping and re nderwater de 1, rd ph U55 D S to County which was docked at the Toledo mlddlegounds were many visiting grlciulgg Shovfn above ears some of the navy wives and members of B. and P.W. groups that t0l-lred I-he ..1 . lip-'A io R., Mrs' wuuam p, walker and Mrs. John R. Nelhfer both from the Maumee B. and P.W. Club. 'From South Toledo Navy Mothers were: Mrs. Edward l-larlin, MIS- Charles HUSFOH1 MPS- H- D- Mann end my-5, Qgrmaln Lslle all being shown the Polaris mlsslle and a small-1-man submarine by Executive ' one-. R. i.. cmrnside- As the 100,000th visitthe USS De ty this summer, Delaney, 14, of 6541 urn ham Green Rd. is we comed aboard the ship during its Toledo by Lt. Cmdr. Mann, Jr., left, Frank Fauth, of 3 e burgh, comes carp after demonstration in th mee River. The ship remain open for inspection today morrow from 10 5 p.m., at the grounds. The LST leave Thursday for troit. It arrived Features New Branch New Services LST Visits Students Start Quarter Century Central File ..... Junior Achievment Plan a Trans-Cana ,ian New Training Pr Talks and Tours

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i . A busy three days are slated for the officers and of the USS DeSoto County, Navy tank landing ship docked at the Sault city dock at the foot of John- Street this morning. The DeSoto County, which a tour of l8 Great Lakes ports, arrived shortly af- 9 a,m. today from the Lake Nicolet area where it been at anchor since Monday grooming for its visit Sault. Commanded by Lt. Cmdr. Horace D. Jr., the DeSoto County was receiving visitors un- clock this afternoon and on Saturday and Sunday receive visitors between the hours of lO a.m. and 9 p.m. This noon Cmdr. Mann and members of his staff were guests at a joint meeting of the Sault Lions, Ki- Welcome To wanis ancl Rotary clubs at the Hotel Oiibway and this evening there will be a demonstration of underwater work by the ship's crew of frogmen. This afternoort at 4 o'clock, and again at the same time on Saturday and Sunday a Navy band and a 25-voice Marine choral group will feature an hour-long concert at the govern- ment park at the locks. Entertainment for officers and men of the ship will be featured tonight at the Legion Hall and Saturday night at the Pullar Building. ln dock- ing this morning, currents of the St. Mary's caused the' DeSoto County to bump while landing causing one of the wooden fenders to stick in the falsework along the side of the ship as the above picture shows. tEvening News Photol. '- underwater ie after recon- rt submarines rged while ap- iibious assault , , i 1, W., , ,, r V 4. r' ., X ,. X. ,. -.3 ...ff objective area. Frogmen from the USS DeSoto County, U.S. Navy LST, will give a similar demonstration of their techniques at the ship's berth at the city dock beginning at 3 p.rn. today and Sunday. tU.S. Navy Photol The Sault, USS DeSoto County avy Tank . andlng Shlp Set 0 Navy tank landingi U.S,S. DeSoto County, by Lt. Commander Mann Jr., of Manteo, ' slated to arrive in the Q-girly Friday on the eighth a three months trip tu Lekzs and St.,Lawrence tzc up at the city dock . Friday. the ship, to public inspection' .r, until 5 p.m., and- he npcn tn visitors att itnrs will be wel- Saturclay and Sun-. 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. the many Navy-Marine and demonstra- puhlic will be 8 uizfioi-water dcmolitivtl hy a leain of NSW' who will display equip' techniques which have volunteer group fa- denioliton ex- witl bc presented to the at 7:30 frm. Friday. p ni. Saturday and Sun- cagul-day and Sunday will involve thc Nany H-19 helicopter. activities on' tap will be concert featuring a na a 25 voice Marine roup, which Will bc Government park at hegimiing at -l Pim- Saturclay and Sunday. picscntvd will be a demon- f the deadly Japancsc karate, which by a team of Ma- xpcrts at 2:30 p.m. 'iiicrman Park. tal s' .- exliiirits Arlive In The S00 Friday - f.,3m.i,i:t5t . ' as X lt lg Q l Sm- ide lhci-C will The first of several concerts bya 25-ma-n chorus Ojibway Friday noon. Concerts will be given both rcCCPU0l1 f01' . of U,S. Marines, here for three days with the DeSoto Saturday and Sunday in Brady Park, along with music in the Sl1iP'5 W?i'l'l LT. COMMANDER County tLSTl was presented before the combined by a ten piece band of Navy musicians. 3 and 9 P-m Wi HORACE D- M-ANN -'R' members of Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis in the Hotel tEvening News Photnl ha D 'VIacLachlan Post

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. ,n ,Q .,,,-..f,.,.-- , 1 l , e .ah .,..,... , , , . U.S. NAVALIRESERVE TRA BAY VIEW PARK, TOLl o 3, No. 6 BTG LST DeSOTO WITH WORLD'S FA Admiral H.P. Smith, Commander ' f the U. S. Atlantic Fleet, rece ounced that a unit of the fleet's ous force will travel 1,200 miles his su mer to give Toledo area re look at the modern Navy-Marine te The tank landing ship, USS ounty CIST-ll7lD, commanded by LC-it ce D. Mann, Jr., of Portsmouth, Vi een named to take part in the crui The ship left her base at Little Shore Leave By ANN McAULEY Blade Muff Wrltn GIRLS in white dresses and men in navyand marine uniforms. It all adds up to a festive atmosphere. Such was the case last night at the Naval Armory where the officers and men aboard the USS De Soto County were honored at a dance. It was part of the hospitality planned for the men. Local reservists and their wives were there. Girls were invited through the YWCA, sororities, nursing schools and the International Institute. Mrs. Ger- main Leslie' was chairman of arrange- ments. When the band played fox trots and conventional dance music the floor was crowded, but when it switched to a twist the marines quickly took to the walls leaving the floor to a few nimble navy men. A possible explanation is that it's easier in bell-bottomed trou- sers. As has been the case so often--To- ledo has a way of making large groups of visitors feel extra welcome. Several of the men made a oint of mentioning l . Cmdr. Horace D. Mann, com- of the U.S.S. De S0120 was presented with a brass y Mr. Werner Kugel of the Service Organization on 8. This was part of the hospi- tality program being promoted by Toledo Trust Company, the 11 Institute and the Sea- s Service Organization in con- with the Port of Toledo. Representing Toledo Trust was 1' llyd A. Brown, executive director frso. Mr. Greg Weingardt, To- Ve., on June 9, for a three-month to 18 Great Lakes and St. lawrence ports , including Fourth Naval D visits to Erie, Pa., Toledo and Cle The DeSoto County will be in Er June 29 to July lg Toledo from Ju July 9, and Cleveland from August 26 She will be the first Atlantic Amphibious Force ship to make an ea tour of the Great Lakes in recent 5 Vice Admiral John S. McCain, J: mander of the Atlantic Fleet Ami Force, has announced that men 1 Na.vy's Little Creek-based Underwate lition 'roam 22 under Lt.fj.g.l Ge Yocum, of Mohnton, Pa., will be c DeSoto County. The frognen will dem: equipment and techniques that mi volunteer organization famous. ntotion Mode To LST Commander ledo Lucas County Port Authority, and Mrs. Ethyl Rice, board mem- ber of the YWCA, were also on board for the presentation. The U.S.S. De Soto County is a U. S. Atlantic Fleet tank landing ship on tour of the ports along the Great Lakes. It was docked at the Middlegrounds in Toledo from July 3-8, During that time the public was invited aboard to view the amazing display of weapons and equipment used in modern Navy- Marine Corps team warfare. - P the city's hospitality. Among the guests Schedule at the dance was Wilfred Bellmore, Nor- folk, Va., the ship's cook, who earlier in the day had been brewing Yankee pot roast with what was described as more meat than I've ever seen in one pot. His immediate family at home in Nor- folk includes his wife, five sons, and a daughter. He also has three married daughters, four married sons and eight grandchildren, reasons why he often pitches in at home with the cooking. Prior to the dance officers and a few of the wives, who were able to join them here, had dinner with the Navy League at the Toledo Club. Mrs. H. D. Mann, wife of the ship's captain, drove from Little Creek, near Norfolk, with their two daugthers, Karen, 9, Bobbie Sue, 6, and son, H. D. Mann III. Mrs. Greg Mather was also p r e s e n t. Her husband, Lieutenant Mather Cj.g.l was an All-America football player at Annapolis. Tonight Jules Lippmann has invited some of the visitors to dinner at the Commodore Perry. Mr. Lippmann was one of those selected to travel aboard the navy ship for a few days during the goodwill cruise, and is an honorary crew member. -Blade Photos ABOVE: Wayne Henlz and C a r ol Hershman pause befween dances af ihe naval armory. Uni- forms and summer dresses were orcler of lhe Y day. LEFT: A happy four- some - Sharon Sewers, Al Hursi, Diana Schullz and Ken Kepler. For ov- ery military man, lherc was a dance dafe. BELOW: Bonnie Brigl1l and Michael'Fuel1r fake iime out fo sludy the na- val armory's memorial lo ihe lafe Presidenl Diving. Anyone? i-i,l.ii- LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HORACE C. MANN, USN fU.S.S. DeSoto County- LST1171J telling THE .NAVY STORY ZN QA Marine Team giving a Karate Demonstrat -Blade Photo VISITORS to the Navy's USS De Soto County yesterday at the Middlegrounds dock included Richard Riley, 2447 Glen- wood Ave., and his daughter, Vicki, 6. They are inspecting the open submarine, a small vessel used by frogmen, part of S1 million in equipment aboard the LST for public view- ing. The ship, on a public relations tour, will remain in To- ledo through Wednesday.