De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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The tank landing ship Uss DeSoto County CLST 11711 will arrive in Oswego, at the DESOT0 COUNTY BAND-A 10-piece min Tl-IE THING-Tank-killer Ontos moves ashore froi CLCMJ during an amphibious assault. The Ontos i mounts six 106 millimeter recoilless rifles on its Greek word meaning The Thing. tOffi:ial U. S. Navy Photol OIISB 0 uge See your Navy-Marine Corps Team in action August 31. September ' 1 and 2,. when one of the Navy's newest amphibious ships, the Tank Land' q 'p. I Y: I I I 'house' from 10 a.m. to 8..p.m. each day. Frogmen will displClY Then' ' .techniques of recovery. A Marine karate team will display its Idead- ' ly art, and there will be many exhibits depicting modern amphibious - ---- ..,..,.., 1 -.ef-e..t....,a-.N-1 A--,- -. 1-nv-. -. Y- .-'rrzw 7'fT'T'T'o f 'ffm ,.,Iff,,,,.'?ff-if-1--f iI,L3gy,airs1'.., . ' -f -1 V. .,..t 1 . ,tt. - , daily from 10 a.m. 1.-1-A If DeSoto C 0 u n t y I the newest ships of l ' X - tank landing ship is Port Authority on the east transport and land of Oswego River, August other heavy phibious for a three day visit as part her three-month cruise of the Among t Lakes The ship will be Corps exhibits to the public for visiting tions for many l and P warfare. Commissioned County is 442 feet long ' in Shi USS Desoto Count will be 'in Oswego for open places 8,000 tons. more' She can steam 14,000 mx excess of 15 knots. 27 t I, b HELPING HAND-Marine Reservists Corporal Thoma a Y al P ' if- t ci Th a W. xvneeiel Open House 10 A. M.-9 Oswego Harbor r jig.. P.d Thou ds To I card U.SS County In 2-Day Visit To By EVERETT W. DONA Several hundred spectators were on hand at the Port of Oswego eastside terminal his morning when the 442-foot USS DeSoto County was on schedule at 9 for its two- At 7:15 this morning early drivers along Lake St. could just see the silhouette of the warship moving southeast to- wards the lighthouse out of the haze which covered Lake Ontario. The vessel had a rough 12M hour trip through the Welland Canal last night. At 8:32 it started through the harbor entrance gap opposite the west pierhead lighthouse and came alongside the north end of the POA wharf within 10 minutes before swinging its bow towards the grain elevator dock as it started to turn around so it could back along- side the vast terminal dock. Enlisted permanently-station ed Navy personnnel from the U. S. Naval Reserve Training Station here were on the dock to grab the large hawsers and make them fast to the wharf. Later Lcdr. Horace Mann Jr., USN, commander of the tank landing ship, praised the work day visit at the Port of Central New York ' Gln ei, JOIN MARINE CORPS--Major John' A. O'Br1en, left, commanding the Marine Corps troops aboard, the USS DeSoto County, is shown three Oswego County youths as Sgt. Joseph Shandor, USMC recruting right, looks on. The youths are Richard P. Brown, son of Mis Irene M 117 Erie St., Oswego, enlisting for 4 years, Thomas P. Scanlon son of Mrs beth M. Scanlon, Fulton RD 1, enlisting for 3 years, and Francis R C Mr and Mrs Paul R Clarke Fulton RD 4 enlisting foi 4 years lantic Fleet Am hibious Force B tio e Fourth S1--and flvafe 11.5 ass . Om S l swe Hi rad Scanlon Oswe o Catholic Hi h and Clarke, F Base, one C.-tit, Virginia, is asilglilato thi Ssstlg both Pfkofivefof,hel1jI2a'f,gu?efIQi lgf P5?55g'gg1'gg,g,fg1 Q- --go g Fifi----e - gn g - , , - - , urnswic' cen er , . ., s , - C132S?fuggeE.h:EE'g2?gggOf,I1gisafqwfhgncggixoiskhiisig Landing Force Training Unit, Naval Amphibious Base,IIDue Monday Morning l Oplgis 3:3353 COUNTY to form almost any sort-of band needed. In addition tmembers of the lm? Tank 1?attahOn'ISYIfafIuS,?iIa1e Rini' ' ' ' I they often must re-assemble to form their nine-piec mio Wgelfs amph.1b.1OuS Warfare uaulllfei . 15' Wg C 0 M0nda5 and dance Combo and their fomupiece combi fofficial brigade-size amphibiousassault on a Xnginia eac on I a m to 10 p grapm , for home. fOff1C13l Marine Corps Photol I 2 15 p m 'T- 'i v ' ' ' , Demonstration '.f-25 2.-5 'V1' Q ,'.' 1 .1-'iz e'1' ,'g?Q.,r,Qfg:,,fQfzf:. 4': hr l 3 m N a v U Central New York residents are waiting for the? wager Demolmdln docking of the USS DeSoto County, a 442-foot tankl Demonstration with landing ship, Monday morning at the Port of Oswegol Ief drvpplng men H110 Auflwlity eastside terminal for a two-day Stay. Open' 6 P fn Mendes house for visitors will commence at 10 each morning Underwater Team :fp tM0nday and Tuesday? and continue until 10 D- rn. each Stratton . evening- l t-': f . ' I fi-Wir- ., 3 :ll '.'t.l iL.- .-,r1 :'li 1 ir f ZA. Q 1 -::' E. '.. e. ',,. Q . 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With her shal- lnw draft forward, she is capa- ble of moving close to shore and being attached to pontoon causeways over which cargo can move, thereby bridging the gap between ship and shore. She can also move into a hos- tile. shore, beach herself, and, d'scharge her cargo throught hcl bow doors directly onto thci I beach. Visitors will get a view of' the modern Navy-Marine Corpsl Team during their inspection ol the huge ship which has, aboard a 'Cine-Globe Cruiser Theater, a tracked landing vehicle, a 52- ton tank, a self-propelled how- itzer, a Navy helicopter. a Four-Ocean Challenger exhibit, the Navy's Polaris ballistic mis- sln, the Marine Corps' Me- chanical Mule, its 0ntos tank killer and a Navy under- water demolition team of frog-1 rnen. ,A Marine karate team and a 25-voice chorus will also be found aboard the warship which leaves Cleveland, O., Saturday' to under Lt Jgy ana carrieu with ...in ...-,,-lYJC11111 of 111011111011 ., ..,., .... . . ,, I g ioiganization He is a

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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

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