De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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Sunday 12 657 persons went I IOUS orces ut on . V.. ,4h:, .V , .X nsee . 'fi 59 5 Q 5: .rs V . - . X a N XS XX? 1 , 1 25329,-,:..E.y . 5-5,2 aboard, surveying most of her , aft R 442 foot length and 62 foot width. On Saturday there were 4,500 visitors. The vessel, which displaces .. . ,. 1. r Lt. Cdr. . Lt. X Mann, Jr. Durant how wiping out the pier, the De Soto County practically ,came in sideways, Mann said. Stiff Wind However, -Mann views the problem of maneuvering a sea- going vessel in and out of 18 Great ,Lakes ports as worth the trouble. - He ,-am tl.. +L.-- ....,.....r. ....... mer . SHIP incluti desigl Visitors Get OW marines and 19 officers worked out quite a show. ' Karate Show Sunday aftemoon's opened with a marin karate team exhibition Cpl. Glenn R. Premru, of burgh, Pa. Holder of a first degree black bel'-in the ancient lnd fighting, 26 students, whom .ibes as 'the only 'e team in the world. l'CCOV We . S W., .w . . 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N- K g V X gfa 01' 3 aSt m0VlDg 1Q.XN??aRssSS1sXwf'X'-ssrfstsifsexie-.'SS'esseeQ2'?Zh-:f-s:-sw-wwf? .. Ss . Q X1e-Q.-.1f'..-. S. Ifese-gs--bsxxsr-LW-'rf1.:',..sa-sea-ws---ff: ---- h - .- M. rf'1... :-A--f-+'1..g?T.esfkzeeea-fe...-X- .. -- WUC - The Third WHS W. s.. ... . . . .. .X ...t ...., . , .ss , .. . , . . ... . by the helicopter before 1 . . . . 55,1 X 'T' ' 'ej,,,r5s.' 13 ' X' '. v, 2 fV A helicopter piloted by Lt. llgl Robert Durant picked man demonstration Sunday as the USS De Soto County blasted water up Signalman 3C Thomas McCutchan during the frog- performed tor lake front spectators. undred feet into the air -Sentinel Photo by Raymond J. Lustiz. ir. Performances for the kai . g gt1..Lg,i:.f..Xfsai?Tifl7 . team are Set for 2:15 Pm- M . ffgsigiz ay and Tuesday. At 9 a.m oth days with good weather .. X 'dsl ro en Q.,-11 k ' ' .nt th Tak e . X FN : . '3:eHeXrXTei:cI' -filei1.i2iX.. TSieee?.'F.f1fEN-Jeri . . X-Q - P I 0 e ff. . O U V-s'feX.g:.:s, ltlon team exhibition will V rrl n a lfiaf',,x epeated at 3 alld 7230 ef sssi - i t a 1? , and at 3 p.m if R 1 - n ,I-s2iRff.Y'sXeS.z.:..X.. ia:..aT3?:is4isXie :u.X1f:IE:-22.1 fefizf.. 11.1 as,as..:'fday 1 .Exhibitions by an underwater demolition unit and a cham- pionship karate team will be among the attractions offered. by the tank landing ship USS De Soto County which will ar- rive here for a four day stay Saturday. The LST will also carry about 1.5 million dollars worth of ex- hibits including a Polaris mis- sile and a Cine-Globe theater which will show action films of amphibious warfare. The theater is the same type now on exhibit at the navy-marine display at the New York world fair. The De Soto County will dock at pier No. 5 north of the E. Lincoln av. viaduct about 8 a.m. Public visiting hours for the ship will be from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday and from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. to 9 Monday. Underwater demolition onstrations will be held p.m. Saturday, S u n d a y Tuesday and at 7:30 p.m. day. Ka r a t e exhibitions w given at 2 p.m. on all four The De Soto County is 5' ing 19 Great Lakes ports fo purpose of demonstrating h modern navy-marine r team works in action. The crew includes 175 sa and 100 marines, plus 15 cers. The ship is skipperea Lt. Cdr. Horace D. Mann, and the marine force is he '- by Maj. John A. O'Brien. The De Soto County is feet long with a 62 foot bi has a speed of 17 knots ar completely air conditioned was commissioned in '958. 1 Besides the Polaris mis Sthe ship also carries var types of amphibious as: equipment. In addition, e member marine choru aboard, along with a nine 1 'navy band. Performances for the ka team are set for 2:15 p.m. li day and Tuesday. At 9 ,both days, with good weal lfrogmen will make parac' J!-UUPS into the lake. The dt lltion team exhibition wil repeated at 3 and 7:30 Monday, and at 3 p.m. 'I day. L Once on board Sunday the itor could get the sensatio P01113 among other things, gel rolls in a jet, coming in l 'andmg on a carrier, inva ja beachhead from an Q P10WlDg down trees with a l and flnng a Polaris missile. 1t's made possible in the Globe Cruise theater, w e seven and onehalf minute l ie is shown on a half sphe lscreen, giving' the viewer ilmpression he's in on 'tlon. , The De Soto County wiI ,open to the public from 10 to 5:30 p.m. and from 8 P-m. Monday, and from 10 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. A special rece tion f r the . . . P r 0 -X ,waukee dignitaries -is set -Journal Photo Eight stacked ,boards were broken with a blow of a bare foot as marine Cpl. Glenn gave a karate demonstration R. Permru, Pittsburgh, Pa., aboard the tank landing ship 1 De Soto County at pier 5 on Jones island. The ship is open to the public Monday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and l5:30 p.m. Monday. A former marine recruit: the Milwaukee area, SSgt. I James, 3739 s. zoth pl., is lic information officer for lship. Qi tfL9:VpV.m.Ygd on 'Diesday from l0Ya.m. to 9 p.rn W s -7- W- vw K Y 4 f -3.ea-1-e-,..f....s.wmX-.fa,aaa-.1-...awe-as-X-az.,gt Once on bo ard Sunday the n vfitor could get the sensatio ,ii .-,jrel rolls in a jet, c Qxlfslfjfflanding on a carrier, fig-Zfta beachhead fro m an X it plowing down trees with a X ,gdoing among other things, c in for iff- f f --Xs- . X . F ,,.,, 'pf - .W ,X - '- ..-f e X. f - r .. -sch' . Q.. 1 ff' If .K X X.,.g. . and firing a Polaris missile. 5 '- il Special Movies I It's made possible in the aGlobe- Cruise theate seven and one-half 1 , ie is shown on a half 'Qi' impression he's in on tion. V The De Soto County topen to the public from tto 5:30 p.m. and from - P.m. Monday, and from X, to 9 p.m. Tuesday. .4 10 10 where 3-QSCFSGH. giving the viewer the wil 8 to 9 the ac- lbe a.m. a.m. A special reception for Mil- dignitaries is set p.m. Monday. -Journal-Photo Visitors to the USS De Soto County Monday night were ment exhibits set up on the ship's main deck is a guided by Lt. Cdr. Horace D. Mann, jr., ona tour of the ter used for- carrying out search and rescue tank landing ship and its equipment. One of the equip- and for landing troops behind enemy lines. C l1QUshapeCal9Dz'spIa sHer Charms By Jo SAXDLN Of The Journal Staff LT. CDR. Horace D. Mann, jr., United States navy, introduced Milwaukee VIP's Monday night to a 27 million dollar baby he called quite a gal. The female in the spotlight was an 8,000 ton tank land- ing ship, USS De Soto Coun- ty, which docked off Jones island last Saturday. Official guess ranging from Police Chief Harold Breier to Miss Milwaukee, Miss .loan Fillar, 2658 N. Fratney av., took a sl-:ipper's tour of the vessel at an invitation only reception. Afterward hun- dreds of other Milwaukeeans filed aboard to inspect what Mann called your tax invest- ment and mine. By the time the De Soto County docked in Milwaukee, the llth city on the ship's 19 city public information cruise, Mann said, More than 280,- 000 Americans who have vis- ited us literally had walked the paint off the deck three ' times. Monday night's tour got off to an explosive start as a five man underwater demolition team set off a demonstration blast in the water near the ship. The team showed tech- niques attained during a 24 week training period so de- manding that only 1595 of all trainees qualify for demoli- tion work. On the lower tank deck, Mann guided the visitors to the ship's bow where a wide steel ramp opened into the water. The tank landing ship, he' said, is the only one in the navy with a front door. With the ramp pulled up and sealed watertight, Mann explained, This area forms a natural amphitheater with good acoustics. With this for an introduc- tion, a 25 voice marine corps chorus directed by lst Lt. Ben Borchelt promptly marched in and sang four numbers, including The Ma- rine Hymn. Mann then unveiled some of the other martial charms of Mlle. De Soto County. Her endowments included: A landing vehicle tractor, always launched first with an assault wave of 35 marines. When dropping equipment on a beachhead, the De Soto County can launch one of these every seven seconds. A 50 ton, eight inch How- itzer, with nuclear capability. According to marine Maj. John O'Brian, it can 'shoot a 200 pound projectile 15 miles to penetrate 16 feet of con- l'he which It e a r lj tons loaded crete with the sam a pistol has at 50 fe L While women on gasped and grimaced, a man marine karate team head- ed by Cpl. Glenn R. demonstrated combat skill, ru's aptitude at, inch and one-half of concrete with his hand. 6 6 By BERNICE the better i One of Iaukee civilians have if the United Statgzmphib us force now is board the USS , the navy's g ship CLSD. Sunday 12,657 persons board, surveying most of her 42 foot length and 62 foot ridth. On Saturday 500 visitors. De-10

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:I Y .., :il-..,+...,.... W .Y , I ..., i A.v,,,.'.,.,..,.,.',,,,W .,...2.,,.,,,,:..W , ,--3--.,a-:--5-. ,-55:51,-,N :,3-,y A, , .. ., . ,..-4,1-1: -1 -- -we .:- --1 --new'-r By ROBERT C. STAFFORD Cleveland will be invaded next. week by three naval vessels, led -by the square- rigged Norwegian s a i 1 i n g ship, the Christian,Radich. The Norwegian Windjam- mer, with n a v al cadets aboard, will arrive, Wednes- day. She will be followed on Friday by the U. S. snorkel- equipped submarine Runner and on Saturday, as the Ra- dich leaves, by the U. S. land- ing ship DeSoto County. All three will be open for public visits. 0 This was the scene on the Cleveland waterirc W0 S USS-Runner tforegroundj and the USS De S AS IF THIS were not p dock. The new Erieview Plaza is in the enough, the national week- Plein long convention of the Veter- 0 'ans of Foreign Wars will 3d Pier Crowds By JUDITH McCLUSKEY Jammer Christian Radich open Friday with attendance estimated at 50,000 before it ends. t karate demonstration at drew a crowd of nearly 18,- is something about , that lures Clevelanders 000 111 hel' fW0'daY Stay 1aSf from their normal Sun- week. down fo the wa' The Runner, the Atlantic h d crowd Fleet submarine here Satur- E, aayaung en? day and yesterday, was visit- I'l9V6 Soto County, Runner left Cleveland at 6 H15 the latest a. m. yesterday 12 hours hree ships to dock at the - 3d Street pier in recent earher than schedlued' - The De Soto, which has fogntggnulbillcigo Spies. re. visited 12 ports since leaving, as he watched part of gffigfelkis Xigngnlajdglgmfgfl 12,000 who f ' of about e ship yesterday. V I S I T 0 R S YESTER - . DAY saw a karate t e a m ORWEGIAN Wmd- demonstration, a helicopter , , rescue and landing maneuver lSlfin9 HWYS and a frogman exhibition. LST D 9 S ot 0 They also saw Navy and Ma- wm be open for rand a model of a Polaris mis- visits until 9:30 lslle- . Visiting hours The ship will be open for are 10 a. m. inspection from 10 a.m. to 6 9 30 p.' m. with a p.m. and 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. today. The karate demonstra- and an underwater tion will be at 2 p.m. with the show at 4 and helicopter dem- . mus Plain Dealer Photos tNorbert J. Yassanye and Marvin M. Greenel calling 781-0366, on the bridge of ed by some 4,000 persons. The, naval showboat rine Corps exhibits, Marine. at the Stadium assault land.ing equipment, LANDING SHIP'S MARINES were inspected bY Gen. Wallace M. Greene lr.- lleftl, Marine CorP5 commandant, who was here to address the VEW convention. He received a I9-gun salute which his four-starlrank requires and WGS DIPGCI aboard in true' naval style. The big LST DeSoto County. berthed at the Stadium Pier, will be open for pub- lic visits today until 9:30 p. m. and tomorrow from IO a. m. to 9:30 p. m., with karate and frog- man demonstrations at 2:l 5 and 3 p. m. each daY- Top feature of the conven- tion will be a six-hour parade Tuesday, Aug. 25, in which a color guard from the De- Soto County will participate. Here are details of the visits of the ships: CHRISTIAN RADICH This three-masted, steel- hulled sailing vessel with Puxiliary power - like noth- ing seen on the Great Lakes n generations - is on a raining trip with 88 Nor- ivegian naval cadets and a :rew of 19 officers and men. She will be met west of Ileveland by a big fleet of sailboats from the Cleve- and Yacht Club Wednesday fternoon and will be es- orted to her berth at the ortli face of the Stadium ier, where she will tie up bout 7 p. m. She will depart t 9 a. m. Saturday. 1 Visiting hours: Thursday, 1 a. m. to 5 p. m. Friday, 1a.m.to6p.m. RUNNER The sn ork el submarine tunner, 312 feet long and lisplacing 1650 tons, is on training cruise for naval eservists. Cleveland reser- 'ists went to Milwaukee to ...1::1.,.-. i:,-I. ,L, he-c,,.r' '11 Windjammer, Sub and LSTA to Visit Here Next Week i i X E My family and I went to see the U. S. LCT DeSoto County tabovcl which we gg cannot praise highly enough for the pleasant . adventure it gave us just to see it. 1 MRS. THOMAS GIGLIOTTI, 4309 W. 61st St. , ,E , ,, , ,, A J ..,' .,-2 ifii '--, , .. ,,j' ,gig -1-:ir 32-. J . '--'t'- ,W.,:. -' -A - -Mi. .. -if ' ' THREE-MASTED WINDIAMMER Christian Radich, Norwegian training ship, unlike anything seen in the Great Lakes in enerations, will visit Cleveland E from Wednesday evening and will be open for public take training on the Runner last month. The Runner will arrive about 5 p. m. Friday, Aug. 21, and will be berthcd at the east slip of the Stadium Pier. She will depart Sun- day, Aug. 23, at about 6 p. m. Visiting hoursi 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. on both days of her stay. DeSOT0 COUNTY Also on a training cruise, this LST lL a n d in g Ship, Tankl, is a 442 feet long, 62 feet wide and displaces 7804 tons. In addition to a nor- mal crew of about 185, the DeSoto County carries a con- tingent of marines, a frog- man team of underwater de- molition experts, large quan- tities of assault equipment and displays. She is a mili- tary showboat. The DeSoto County will arrive at about 5 p. m. Saturday, Aug. 22, and will until Saturday next week tours. occupy the space vacated earlier by the Christian Radich on the north face of the Stadium Pier. She will depart about 8 a. m. Satur- day, Aug. 29. Her underwater demoli- tion team will stage a public demonstration tentatively set for 7 pfm. Monday, at Edgewater Park. Aug. 24, Visiting h o u r s: Sunday, Aug. 23, noon to 5 p. m. Monday, T u e s d a y and Wednesday, 10 a. m. to 5 p. ni, Thursday, 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. Friday, 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Mcantime, during all the days the other ships are here, the Cleveland - b a s e d sub- marine Cod and patrol-escort ship Whitehall. in the E. Ninth St. Pier area, will wel- come visitors. The Coast Guard cutter Kaw also is ex- pected to be here for public visits at least part of the time. re 10 a.m. to pt Thursday :ill be closed' The trogmen it 2:30 p.m. 1 the karate t- 9 mm Annapolis Sp0rtS lg ncheon Topic S. Navy Lt. Greg Math- ers, fo rm er All-American football star. will spoflk 011 Sports at Annapolis at H luncheon for all Junior and E iieegday at Stouffer's West- gate in Fairview Park. Mathers, who is SUPPW officer of the tank landing ship U,S.S. DeSota COUHW, will also show movies of the 1962 Navy-Missgurl giangrlg hich he ran 9 .yaf 5 lhuchdown. BobVNeHlr WERE sportscaster, will be toast- master. The luncheon is OPM! to the p ubl i c. Reservations t be made by Monday IJY . . h lb Wed- 'SOT0 COUNTY, 442-ft. military showboat, will arrive la-te Saturday, lor hi h sc O0 Cys 2, for a seven-day visit. Combat movies, underwater demolition team, as- uipment and a marine contingent are aboard. She will have daily visiting 1 1 l l l

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.V Navy Ship To Stop Ai -Clayton - The tank landing ship U.S.S. DeSoto County, will arrive at Clayton at 3, p. m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 'lor a three- day visit. Tours ot the vessel and exhibits can be made by the pub- lic. The DeSoto County was- at Og- densburg on June 15 and 16 on the first leg of an 18 port Great Lakes seaway tour. The vessel will be stopping at Clayton en route to her home port of Little Creek, Va. The 7,800-ton, 442-foot long SNP is CH-l'I'.Ying an eight-inch, self-propelld howeitizer, an.'M-48 Clayton medium tank, a tracked la vehicle, a 106 mm. recollless on the mule vehicle, and deadly, tank-killing Ontos. The DeSoto County will be to public tours from 10 a to 9 p. m. on Sept. 3. A navy-marine corps team conduct demonstrations. T will include an underwater c olition team, a four-man ka group demonstrating hand to l cogdfat wg other demonstfafiofis- -During the stopover of the U.S.S. DeSoto County, a tank-landing ship,: co 001 dims of .naVY'maYme avy underwater demolition team gave a demonstration. Shown is the rps an ng Opeffmffns and the or getting into a fast boat. The DeSoto County, at Clayton two days,1 Second Mime division Chorus sailed this morning for virginia. 1 are expected to be other high- lights of the visit. proximately l2 n tack. Four4Maril which mounts a fire 'I0 miles. Th of 242 mile-s an. obstacle.--tOfficia ts Planned b swe 0 Cla ton , ,.,,,,,,, RECEIVED BY COMMANDER-Dr. Edward Witthohn -Times Stat? Photo left 241 Clinton street was received aboard the tank landing ship, U.S.S. DeSoto County Thursday by Lieut. Cmdr. H. D. Mann, jr., commanding ofticer. The local osteopath left with the ship today for Little Creek, Va. He was originally scheduled to sail from home port in Vir- ginia to Clayton but missed the boat due to a mix-up Navy Ship To Be Open-To Public f At Clayton Thursday, September 3 The navy ship, U.S.S. Desoto County, arrived at Clayton at 3 p.m. Wednesday, it was announc- ed tdday by Lieut. Cmdr. John H. Dunroe, commander of the Watertown naval reserve training center. The vessel will be open to public tours from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, September 3. There will be a number of public demonstrations b y specialised navy and marine corps training teams. ' The visit to Clayton will be the last stop before the DeSoto Coun- ty heads for Montreal, Que., and then returns to her home base at Little Creek, Va. The ship has been on a three-month tour of the St. Lawrence seaway and the- Great Lakes. LST Leaves North Clayton, Sept. 4. - The landing ship tank, U.S.S. De- Soto County, left here this mornin for its home base in After Clayton Sta Soto County sailed him by mistake. Dr. hohn will disembark at Little Creek, Va. -Timex Stuff Photo IN ACTION Corporal Frank Poilluecl dlsposei l Official Navy Marine Corps Photo E Virginia after a successful two-day stopover, during which thousands of visitors inspected the craft. The vessel, which arrived from the Great Lakes Wednesday, will carry as a special guest Dr. Edward Witthohn, 241 Clinton street, Watertown, who was SUP' posed to make the trip from Virginia to Clayton, but WHS not informed and the De- g P , . LST-A total of 12,881 persons visited the landing ship tank, U.S.S. marine corps teams demon-iounty, during her stopover at Clayton. 'The ship, at the village Wednesday strated many skills. ,and Thursday, left for home port in Norfolk,Va., this morning. E E. Durin the sto over navy The 12,881 persons who visited the DeSota County during her stop at C.ayton by Sgt T N Bland, lr. were more than six times them Last page population of the community. to 425 943. All had to pass over a single '. an wa The visit at Clay pper' Lleut' Cmdr' ' gomgbrdyught the total Great Mann 9XP1'9SSed Lakes tours attendance force witht theuwarm, 592 LST-Page 3 ie and sincere recep- received here. He said 'iClayton isthe smallest with the biggest heart was visited. The peo- , of the Great Lakes area made every sailor and feel new pride in the of his country, Com- Mann concluded. The landing ship tank, part, the amphibious arm of the, will pass through Eisen- lock, Massena, some- after 2:30 this after-I The ship has been on a good' tour of the Great Lakes It will return to Nor- Va., where the United States amphibious forces are a b sed. The ship had earlier ed to include a stay at 1 al in its itinerary, but will go directly to Nor- KARATE DEMONSTRATION-A four-man karate dem- onstration group from the marine corps exhibited skills for visitors aboard the U.S.S. DeSoto County at Clayton Thursday. The ship, en route from the Great Lakes to