De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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v K , v l See Underwater Demolition- Thousands Inspect LST, Witness Demonstrations l 1 The Nav Department has several great salesmen .l aboard the U55 DeSoto County, one oft its tank landing 0 ships, which is 'concluding a two-day visit to Central 3 r New York. It is moored at the Port of Oswego Au- :4 'Q 1 thority's east-side terminal visitation until 9 tonight. Leaders are the shin! ekip- , per, Lt. Cmdr. Horace D. Mann 3- Jr. ,and the 25-voice Marine I Corps Chorus under Lt. Ben J. Tp Borehelrs direction. yi Additional salesmen are the li Navy's seven-man Underwater 1 Demolition Team, a Marine ka- - rate team. and the !hiP'S Offi' zi gers, enlisted men and Marine ' Corps forces aboard the 442-f00l ,N warship. They are doing a ter- r unc job of selling the Naw- il Marine corps team'to the Dub- -il off ill 'fl lic. This morning about 9 a team V' of seven underwater demolition frogmen parachuted from 8 Ngvy helicopter 1,500 feet over l. il l .1 Lake Ontario and landed in the A iiwater just outside the break- ' water to open the day'S ODGU house demonstration Pr0SF3m' - At 2 this afternoon they put on another demolition demonstra- Y' tion off the Port Authority X wharf as several thousand spec- - tators watched. h Before noon today the ship re- ' corded its 400,0,00th visitor on the three-month Great Lakes- Seaway cruise, Commander Mann announced. Before 10 this morning 500 visitors had climb- ed the gangplank, general visit- having been opened UP 8 hour early because of the number of spectators gath- on the wharf. Between 9 10 also was a special visita- program for Boy Scouts a large number of youths on hand with their leaders. Yesterdays visitors totalled 5,360,'Cmdr. Mann said today- This number included Rear Ad- miral Harrison B. Southworth, USN QRet.j of Mexico and his wife and about 100' special invit- ed guests who were conducted personally by the ship'S SkiPD21' on a tour of the ship. He spoke of the work of all four services -Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines-as a unit in therde- fense of our nation. Each phase of the tour was vividly described by Cmdr. Mann who stressed the improve- ments made to- utillze fewer men in handling the weapons than were used during World War II or the Korean conflict. Those who were privileged to the Marine Corps chorus away with highest praise the vocal organization which on national and in- televlslon and radio addition -to other concerts. a capella singing was sim- terrific in the words of many listeners who wished they could have heard a full hour or more X l l lil 1, .l ' i ing half large ering and of the singing instead of l 2 1 1 l . 3 ' l il in l it l l l ' shown demonstrating the i Warfnrn mnthnrle -terest in with open house for public charge of the four-man Marine team, broke eight pieces of inch boards with his foot while an- other smashed two with his fist as part of thedemonstration. The ship's crew and its Ma- rine contingent aboard are gharp looking military men. This impresses the thousands of visitors and the residents as they see them on shore liberty walking in various parts of the city. This is the'result of top leadership of Cmdr. Mann and Major John A. 0'Brien, USMC. The USS DeSoto County QLST 11713 will cast off its hawsers at 8 tomorrow morning and head for the St: Lawrence Seaway with its final port of call in Northern New York at Clayton on Wednesday and 'Thursday with Montreal the next stop be- fore it heads out of the Gulf of St. Lawrence into the Atlantic Ocean and back to Little Creek, Va., where the U. S.ANeval Am- phibious Base is located. Later it will soon he en route across the Atlantic for the Mediterran- ean on another cruise with the crew hoping to behome for Christmas. ' Commander Mann was the guest speaker at this after- noon's Rotary Club luncheon at Hotel Pontiac. The Marine Corps' chorus was also pres- ent to sing several selections. At Fulton Major O'Brien was the speaker before the Kiwanis Club members this noon. He introduced the Marine Corps Karate team which put on a demonstration of defensive tactics. The 400,000th visitor to board the ship on the current extend- ed inland tour was a Syracuse man, Frank Bradford, who came onto the ship about 11:30 this morning with his wife. A steady stream of visitors boarded the vessel'all morning with more than 2,000 clocked before presstime today. If the current flow of residents con- tinued the ship will have log- ged more than 10,000 by 9 to- night. LST Commanders Father Skipper Of Captured Sub 'The Captain of the U. S. Navy's tank landing ship USS Desoto County has a special in- Museum of KARATE IN ACTION-A pair of U. S. Marines is deadly karate method of 1 self defense as taught the servicemen today in modern I .... E .h . A, V , X. X ...,,,e W pa,.y,M L . 4 , WV V,,, ,, M -?'11 jQ 4-'1 wi g , i f -ty . 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A portion of the largei wego Authority's eastside terminal wharf was spi No fish landed in the crowd, -however. f ABOARD-One of the frogmen of the Underwatei USS DeSoto County now in Oswego Harbor is s rubber raft by a teammate during the UDT dem ,The escort boat was traveling 20 miles an hour a' ARRIVAL-The USS DeSoto County, a naval tar nears the Port of Oswego Authority eastside term ing on are several fishermen who did not halt th 442-foot warship approach -.-U -Q- Solo the dock. tions H-I9 in Oswego Aug. 31 visirr as pan of her cruise of the Crea ship will be open to the for visiting daily from wi-ll bc at Clayton on The DeSoto Couny the newest ships of her type designed to transport and tanks and 'other hea in amlphihious opera commnncleil by Lieutenant manrlcr Horace llh M and has n complement of 16 and IGS enlisted men, plus 96 inc troops and mmm officers. Among exhibits and Navy .frogman team, Corps karate teavrng Fleet Force Atlantic Marinesg a Polaris missile. A presentation the Navy-Marine Comps -team in tion will be given on a na 1 F Thc tank landing ship USS De- i 71, will arrive County QLST 11 'for a 'k- t Lakes: 10 a. m Sept. 2 and 1 is one VY tions USN ann, Jr., for the public will be a helicopter and a model SINGING MARINES-A 25-voice chorus of U. S. Marines presents music miiitary mood as vocal ambassadors to the Great Lakes area. The der the direction of First Lieutenant Ben J. Borchelt, is part of the Corps Team on the USS De Soto County on a three-month tour of the inland seas . The De Soto County carries equipment, exhibits and personnel to 18 inland Nlavy-Marine Corps Photoj OSWEGO - NAVAL SI-IIP. The latest in Tank Landing Ships, the USS De- Soto County, will hold open house in Oswego Harbor Monday and Tuesday cities to illustrate the Navy-Marine Corps Team and its capabilities. of Central New York so that see the modern Navy-Marine Team. Frogmen are part of the ing military group. C311 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. for all residents V V V V V V BEING TIAULED T0 SAFETY-One of the frog1 County is shown being pulled from the Oswego sh1p's rescue helicopter during Tuesduy's public df iheadquarters at Glenview, Ill. Shortly after the German raider's capture, Lieutenant ijunior gradey Horace D. Mann, Sr., was to become part of the story of the World War II prize-the first such capture in 129 years. It was the first time since 1815 that a U. S. Navy board- ing party was able to take an enemy warship as a prize. While the seizure was taking place in the Atlantic following Ithe attempted scuttling by the crew, Lt. Cjgj Mann was serv- ing as engineering officer for a submarine squadron located in Bermuda. Unaware of the mission, he was given sealed' orders that first week of June and put out to sea on the Atlantic Fleet tug Abnaki. Once opened, the or- ders commander. ...to take charge of the first thing in Sin carrier Guad ce the LST to Visit Clayton, Osw Navy-Marine Team Making Area Cruise Stops OSWEGO - This port on Lake Ontario will be one of the final stops for the USS De Soto County LST 11715, now on an extended of the Great Lakes to people, a look at the mod- Navy-Marine Corps team. C Open house will be held on the De Soto County 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. The ship will be moored at. the eastside dock of the Oswego Port Authority. Featured among the displays 'Y V and demonstrations fto by the team will be an w a t e 1' demolition with frogmen being from a helicopter. The tion operation, complete with explosion, will occur at 3 an G p.m. Monday and 3 p.m. day. Weather pe paradrop will be a.m. Tuesday. The eastern U.S. champion- ship karate team from Jeune, N.C. will their skills, at 2:15 each noon. l The ship and its crew been on three-month which started in mid-June at Ogdensburg. Aboard the 442-foot old vessel which can mil without cruiser d 000 es

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tw ICl1'1I1uo un v YC: an W tional Defense Picture of the Marines, regular m the overall pic- l defense and the Marine Corps operateg Navy-Marine team were here yesterday by Lt. P. Berkeley. commanding the Fleet Ma- Force. Atlantic, gd. the luncheon meet- the Rbtlfy Club In Hotel. The 25. Marine chorus mln troops are stationed Navy landing s h i p- which is due in HEXY- Monday during months Great Lakes the U.'S.S. De- wlll arrive I my moming : remain overnight. i will be able to go and view the various and displays on the of the Marine aboard is Major a veteran of Here By General Performed at the meeting. The general noted that the Navy is too often thought of as consisting of ships alone. This was true in the early 19th cen- Y'-lfy. but today a combatant ship or plane is only a means Of Pl'0iECfmZ D0Wer 'o a dis- tance, he said. Put Wars Recalled' The guided missile cruiser, destroyer and submarine have this capability and it is obvious and understood by all, he said. 'Ifhe plane has its bombs and missiles and there, too, can perform an obvious mission. Berkeley said some maritime wars have been fought and won by the old fashioned system of hand-to-band combat, recalling the War of 1812. The British first saw the need of projecting the fighting man to a great dis- tance. Since the British have known this for all nf 'their history. he nid, I find lt hard to fathom why they forgot this principle at the time of World War II. He said that today men are projected to a point where they can get and maintain con- trol, and that perhaps in the future they will ride in rocket ships. 'Like Combltant Berkeley said t phibious forces, t, ous attack trans tack cargo ships ,JOHN o'BmEN ll combmpt WPS i Troops Aboard LST Here Next Manda Hnotsiuqofragpp 'UFP U -101 Aep au: s,uogeu aqg og ,QE 'D'Cl 'F1013U!11suM II! ulom s aq 'UTLPS 39111 panama 19-Ili SUI JO azuas -ar sqquotu any p -U-7IUd0d arm, -Ae OIIM 'BIBUE 10, '-Im U! SPOIA-If-JS Ieraur -HOW .req-51501 'pau 'imc 'PI 'AOD :genome D -uoo smau Bmuxoux of Marine Cnr-ne em-V- .nesv em ,Al ousand Dc-:Soto Port Here g 1' '-' 1 '-'7f- WT'7 - ---' nenfcnesf' and' we 5 g1Tg?1vZri::5a:lgtgt 32: 5:2 over cliffs and rock-bound real estate it could have harried Rommel's Cams? This 11102115 in 0110- So you can see that, re- sea flank in a most serious my must spread his de- gardless of modern technology, manner, he added.. - tenses ever thinner. missiles, bombs or what have Berkelgy 'Said the US, de- With our great mobility we you, in the final analysis a man lense establishment ffmust 31- can search out the thinnest must do the job. ways have a part of it devoted to keeping such knowhow alive and modern. 190.000 Regular Marines The Marine Corps consists of three regular division-wing teams and one reserve division- wing team. Regular forces are organized and deployed to pro- vide the nation with ready forces as close to possible dan- ger spots as can be judged. Most of the 190,000 regular Marines are in the Fleet Ma- rine Forces. The FMF-Pacific, with headquarters near Pearl Harbor, is made up of two di- visions and two wings and sup- porting forces. The 3rd division is on Okinawa with helicopters of the lst wing. Headquarters In Norfolk The Fleet Marine Force At- lantic consists of the Znd Ma- rine Division, 2nd Marine Air- craft Wing and force troops, a force of about 40,000 troops and over 500 aircraft. Berkeley's headquarters are in Norfolk and aircraft from his command operate from carriers of .the.Atlantic Fleet, also par- ?:2p:,3l?,ggri,r:1nf1o?8?g:Ed tram' illanding for public inspection. The DeSoto is one of the new- The l?eSoto is on a three-month hqvreat Izakes crulsgn Cambimies Increased ' arrive in est ships of her type. It is designed to carry and l-and .and its only other IQDDBI' MIC 1:2113 cskop WTZSN --our tanker aircraft have the city tanks and other heavy equipment in amphibio-us Sault Ste. Marie during the pas vue . - greatly increased the capabui, l be open operations. A unit of Marines is stationed on the ship. photo.D Digi- Af fun- nh- uri.-sn Y' B.- -..li i 1958, at New Orleans. La., 1 N I l I DeSoto County is 442 feet e 9 9 long and ez feet wide. when fully loaded she displaces 5 8,000 tons, more than five av 6 av times that of a World War O Ii LST. She can steam 14,- . 000 miles without refueling I ue Wm somewhat re, me troops, commanded by ace P. MannfJ1r6, legs a :gigs 1351? lxgtsspeed in ex P Mairmzzr I ' Marine Cor s exhibits and 100-man Marine detach- l 5 lfgogggiiggzuvigx-ll: demonstratigns for the Pllbf ment- F1'0gm911a Iiarate Tealn On -,er three-month Cruise lic will be a U.S. frogman Other ports of call for the De 5 of the Great Lakes. team from the Navy's Am- Soto on,her cruise have beez X The IST danding chip -, phibious Base, Little Creek. several ln New York State. To tank, coming here is Ong oi the Va., wldch will demonstrate ledo, Detroit, Bay City, and Du newest Ships of her type. The equipment and techniques luth. From Marquette the Shll tank landing :mp is designed to that has made the volunteer will go to Milwaukee tAug. 8 transport ana land tanks and organization famous. 115' and then to Great .Lakes- ohher heavy equipment in am- There also will be a U. S. 01110389 Muskegon- Mamtowo' Phibious operations. Marine Cogpsl kaxte dteagrisi gVsisQg5JoriqH?0n. Cleveland an ' which will is ay eir ea e - - - 0:51325 v::1?v:: otrgnlxssttz scienceg Fleet, Marine Force DeSoto 'CountY. One of H1 bg public for visiting from 10 Atlantic Marines, who will show newest ships of her type, is du m ln the mornin! to 1:30 p.m. their latest fighting equi-Pment 5131194 10 transport am? lan ,. Navy spokesmen said, City and techniques. including the tanks, other heavy GQULPTTQEY Lu omclals and members or newest amphibious landing and. WGBPOTIS H1 Hmphlblol the Marquette Ambassador craft. tanks and other Marine 1and1I1gS- Cm-pg of the Marquette weaponry, a Navy H-19 hell- Goes Close To Shore , chamber nf Commerce will COPIGY. and a model of the PO- with her shallow draft fq rr- ward. she is capable of movir V- lantic Fleet vessel in the 10 charge her cargo thro 31 ports in which she has anch- bow doors. ored since the cruise began f I'm one of the f 0' on June 8. captains who gets paif Over 300 In Crew a ship aground, Cmd When the DeSoto returns to quippedj her home port near Norfolk, Demolition Demonstrat Va., on Sept, 14, she will have An underwater de visited 18 ports in all five of team stationed aboard the Great Lakes and covered Soto gave two demon approximately 10,000 miles. of their equipment ai X The DeSoto's crew consists niques here yesterday L of 19 officers, 200 enlisted at 3 p.m. and the othe' ' Navy men and 100 Marines, for the benefit of dvi, Underwater demolition men retum to their submarine after Those who went abcard ihef from Marquette, 15 rcconnoitering an enemy beach. Transport submarines enable LST yesterday Saw Color films and Negaunee who h Navy .frogmen to remain 'submerged while approaching and 'V- Of the Navy-Marine Corps team invited to a receptior returning from the amphibious assault objective area. A U'DT'e in action on a panoramic movie the LST' Eumt lS.C3l'l'lCd aboard the Navy LST, U.S.S,. DeSoto Countyglr Screen: a fun-scale model of A karate team ani which is due here Monday. Also aboard the ship will be ao, the Navys twmstage Polaris Voice chorus from the I Marine Karate team. Cpl. Frank Poilucoi thelowj disposes of ,Q ballistic missile: a weapons ine Division also gave 5 ' knifbwieldmg attacker mth an arm mp' - wavy photos, 3 carrier mounting a 106 mm re- ances on television an ne- coilless rifle capable of hitting ice club meetings ci 7 a target four to five miles DeSoto's stay here. V Zh away, a tank killer bristling 'Highest Bridge' C with six 106 mm recoilless rif- While in Duluth. 31 lesg a modern amphibious Soto was farther west va tracked landin-g vehicle capa- vessel in the Atlanti ite ble of carrying 28 fully-armed We were west of th' Marines from assault ships to sippi, west of the Parl 11 it her three-month cruise of the Great Lakes. First Fresh Water Trip lt marked the DeSoto's first voyage on fresh water and the first cruise ever made by an LST in Great Lakes waters. The 6,025 people who went aboard here yesterday brought to 261,044 the number of civil- ians who have visited the At- forward assault positions on the beachg a 52-ton medium tank, whose 90 mm gun has a range in excess of 10 milesg a giant, eight-inch self-propelled how- itzer and other weapons as well as a Navy helicopter. Amphibious Operations The tank landing ship is de- signed to transport and land tanks and other heavy equip- ment and weapons in amphibi- ous landings. With her shallow draft forward, she is capable of moving close to shore and being attached to a pontoon cause- way over which cargo can move, thereby bridging the gap from ship to shore. She also can move i.n to a hostile shore, beach herself and directly dis- nal, west of Galapag in the Pacific, Cm said. ' 'tHere in Marquettej Soto has the highest 1 the Navy. Our bridg is only 55 feet abo but Lake Superior is above sea level, so ot how is 657 feet above el. ' 'Entity In Ourselves' ' The six - year - ol? carries 76 assorted Y ranging in size from i the 52-ton tank. We a World War II LS DeSoto's cargo hold have 18 feet in le over. Cmdr. Mann We are an entit ... . Q- - x,xf.w..',,ms.s.,1-essssutwuus-an u-nu-1 -.uv uuuvun. an-e....F

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,do fighting methods of the Marine Corps will be Western New York- 8,000-ton tank land. USS DeSoto County Thursday through be184 oo sailors from the 2nd who are making Will cruise of the The five times the size War II LSI' will a m Thursday at Authority Termmal, 1 Blvd.. and will the public daiLy. will bea . ' f-filfiii A we 'ff 1'-ffsirtfffiaf 5 .ff .1Se.'..f1efxIh.: 0 y, avyrs newest amphibious :snr landing ship, to visit Buffalo Four Marines 'Coming 'Home' Aboard Visiting Ship The USS DeSoto C unt N ' ' ' 'qulpment fo bv displayed includes model of Polaris missile 4Showboat' Msg. John A. omrie.. , 1. . , tank . . . heads Mmm amIN 6 2, chorus from the A up-om. ocean Challenge n Division, a Marine - - .. . . , team and 8 Navy Under tubrt, a film-slide show wr ue Here for 4 Days i The hand-to-hand fighting tee Hifllle. karate. PG-Pfected by tl Japanese, has become part Marine training. It will be pe formed by Marine experts on tj ship. JaP Tactlc Adopted The DeSoto County, 442 ff long and 62 feet wide, carries regular ship's company of officers and 174 enlisted men a can carry a strike force of almi 700 troops. Buffalo is the third port 1 call. The ship started its 1,20 mile, three-month Lakes ci-ui: June 15 at Ogdensburg, an was in Rochester last Tuesdn thrvuzh Sunday. . . . ' . I g I , Demolition team will per- Solmd track 118-ITHUOII by me Adm. John S. McCain Jr., 1 aa - W ? Sl t d mander of the Atlantic Fleet will be Lt. Cmdr. Jri, of Manteo, John A. O'Brien, and Yor Part of the TERRY DORAN Guests climbed 20 feet di- ect u o board the USS De- from a motor precariously like the hreakwall at Ont. Navy, LST is gray. 'It sailed Lake Erie swiftly at 17 knots and steadily like a' rock. have been an enormous r ly pt the sail from Port Col- Buffalo was a lot than the bus ride this morning from Buffalo eport. arrived in Port Colborne this morning after an ride which military to specialize in. two hours were spent the guests from the Yatch I-larbor to the riding at anchor beyond in deep water. Go on Bridge were l46 guests from and they were to be given a VIP cruise to their home port by this Navy warship. ' warship is on a public re- cruise on the Great lt last stopped in Roch- the ship rode to Buf- the guests were allowed to around, open doors, look the captain, stand on the wander the decks and falo. on only visible demonstra- than the captain's ability, was a Navy painted a luminous took off, circled the shi- ,and landed on the main d while it was under way. ' l'e were all sorts of guests: 's, attorneys, Naval re- olficers, businessmen, red, S B e . phxbious Force. Another feature will be a p oramic movie on the ship sh ing the Navy and Marine Co for a Day Enjoy es Cruise Aboard LST Sorts of Guests Among Passengers - Way Here for Week-end Visit and other weapons, both and Marine. Topside w scale model of the Polaris sile, Everything was mention the latest in modem wa equipment, which remind that on the way to the l in the military buses we p a horse-drawn milk wagon, ing house-to-house stops, caused quite a stir among sensitive to the anachronis Deft Operation Below decks we watch semi-circular movie of I p landing in a dizzying rus aircraft carriers and thei were nearly to Buffalo. On the bridge the captaii Cmdr. Horace D. Mann, tc position. He intended to m. ver his ship past the brea' into the harbor and alon the Port Authority pier wi the help of a tug. Commander Mann, wht ceived a Navy League -from the Niagara Frontier l cil President Armand G. son, gave the order to three long and two short l: on the ship's horn-the C Lakes salute. He deftly swung his through the narrow waterv On the main deck Navy Marine personnel were lined facing dockside. The b la ed P Y - A Port as It Should Be Commander Mann, ins calmly fired orders to THE FLEETS IN-There are S3 prizes waiting at The Courier-Express for the teen-agers in today's Winners Circles, visitors to the N avy's USS DeSoto County at the Buffalo Port Terminal. All winners need do to collect is identify themselves to the city editor in the C-E Bldg. ie Brock is a stocky, man with a good own at the ship yes she is a little dit igger Better equipped found my way around ay. It all comes back. t to the Wheelhouse, gineroom without any o I. mod on her deck and d ' . B . ' f rt rock, who is president of ck Co. 8: Rapid Disposal in Buffalo, pulled at his mmanded an LST from 1946. nked up at the bridge of iS DeSoto County, on e was guest, and smiled. nurse, it wasn't so noisy z days. We didn't have in board. is Just Over is the first time I have e one for 19 years. After ' I brought one to Buf- : LST 512, sailing up the ppi and through the .akes. e t time there was en ex- Visit Here Brings Back mory of Salerno Assault kipper of War ll Ship Recalls Wondering lhether Craft Would Get Stuck on the Beach h 1 . The 7800-ton : . S',,ffe,T?,'Q,fect1y dgwn the 1 n .board contrived to JEROME BROCK. row channel alongsiderthe df 2 Jlirgcgllethwslarfare. The Feels Right at Home A owd, including t e ma P01' U -A H 1101119 t .ip-fgiil 5-- and Simtel gms, wavedi' rhivgjggQg,5h55egfgg25- Beauti U H y0Uf1g ISU ' ant said. We hazila lbtdl LST 3li5 was- the firstw-to 2 fl IC V 1 I i h ts 'e E ie le lp. sa e :h ir a In irq ze, ilk ,r .1 r- 'YZ' FH AFlag Forfl avyl. T Armand C. Manson, presi- dent of the Niagara Fron- tier Council of the Navy League, presents a Council flag to Lt. Cmdr. Harace D. Mann Ir., right, skipper of the USS DeSoto County, in welcoming ceremonies for the officers and men of the Navy LST at the Port Terminal Thursday. At left is SN3 William Wiley. The ship is here for a four- day visit. C-E Photo Moving Target A ship's helicopter comes in to land as the USS DeSoto County steams into Buffalo Harbor Thursday moming. The copter had surveyed port conditions as the ship neared the harbor, and made the difficult landinl PT l