De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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CPublic inform tion specialists made advance liaison visits to eight cities to make final arrangements and to polish proposed visiting procedures and techniques. The following message helped pave the way.D -X- 'X' -X- A 28 MAY 196A UNCLASSIFIED FROM: COMPHIBLANT ACTION: USNMCRTC DULUTHfUSNMCRTC TOLEDO USNMCRTC DETROITfUSNMCRTC BUFFALO USNMCRTC ROCHESTERfUSNMCRTC ERIE USS COD SS-22A NAVCRUITBRSTA SAULT STE. MARIE INFO: CNOfCMCfCINCLANTFLTfCG FMFLANTXCHINFO NAVFINCENiCLEVELANDfCOM3fCOMhfCOM9 DIRlSTMARCORPSDISTfDIRATHMARCORPSDIST DIR9THMARCORPSDISTfUSS DESOTO COUNTY ADVANCE PUBINFO LIAISON TRIP FOR GLAKES LST CRUISE A. CINCLANTFLT 2722382 PASEP A 1. LCDR HARNEY AND lST LT STACK USMC WILL VISIT ACTION ADDEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SKED REF A FOR PURPOSE OF EFFECTING ALL ASPECTS ADVANCE PUBINFO LIAISON. 2. ITEMS TO DISCUSS INCLUDE ARRANGEMENTS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS INCLUDING POSSIBILITY OF FLAG OFFICERS, MARCHING UNITS, SOFTBALL TEAM, MARINE CHORAL GROUP, UDT CAST AND RECOVERY PLUS MARINE KARATE DEMOS, OPEN HOUSE DETAILS, ON OARD RECEPTIONS, AND RELATED COMF MUNITY ACTIVITIES. 3. REQUEST ACTION ADDEES MEET WITH TRANSPORTATION AND ARRANGE APPROPRIATE APPOINTMENTS NITH LOCAL MEDIA, CIVIC OFFICIALS, NAVY LEAGUE EXECUTIVES, COM AND LOGISTICS REPRESENTATIVES, ETC. ALSO, COORDINATE APPOINTMENTS WITH LOCAL MARINE CORPS LIAISON OFFICERS. A. WHERE RON INVOLVED REQUEST ARRANGE OVERNIG T ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FOUR OFFICERS. , 5. FOR USNMCRTC DULUTH REQUEST ADVISE MR. ROBERT HANSEN OF VISIT TO EFFECT ANY COORDINATION WITH FORTHCOMING VFW CONVENTION IN CLEVELAND. AMN. .. ,A J., ,,,L.,,w,. MKG -, -A im ....,,, .,,,,, ..-..,,I,-f ,.,,.g1 :... - -V-...,., --,-..., .-,, , -,,,, , . --. ., . - . V., W- --.. , -. V . I .. - - ---.----...H--.l...-dw. , , , . . I-.......1-D.. -.ui--.--isiiatvv--, ewmggg3:-ngrmwmw ,.. au..- ,au 1 ,-om .1 .-.. x.. .N 1 . .. x sm . v 1.1 1.. um . ....- m m ax --f ,

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CTwo months before the USS DeSoto County left on its Great Lakes voyage, the following message went to the commandants of the third, fourth and ninth naval districts, with information copies to the Chief of Naval Operations, Co mandant of the Marine Corps, Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet, Chief of Information, Commander of the Naval Reserve Training Command, and others., The information it obtained was invaluable.5 'X' 'X' -X- GREAT LAKES LST CRUISE 1. ANTICIPATE PROMULGATION FIRM BASIC SCHEDULE USS DESOTO COUNTY QLST 11715 IN NEAR FUTURE. 2. REQUEST FOLLOWING INFO ON PERTINENT PORTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE: A. PORT LIAISON OFFICER B. NAVAL DISTRICT PIO AS WELL AS LOCAL PIO AT EACH PORT C. INFO ON EACH PORT TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: Q15 STARBOARD SIDE BERTHING, TUG AND PILOTAGE SERVICES, DEPTHS ALONGSIDE Q25 TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE INTO HEART OF CITY - Q35 NAMES OF PROMINENT CIVIC OFFICIALS CWITH POSITIONS5 CA5 LOCATION OF NAVYXMARINE CORPS RESERVE TRAINING CENTERS IN EACH PORT AND NAME OF CO. IF NONE IN PORT, SAME INFO ON NEAREST ONE C55 NAME OF NAVY LEAGUE PRESIDENT IN EACH PORT, OTHERWISE ' NEAREST C65 TV AND RADIO STATIONS, AND LOCAL NEWSPAPERS Q75 NAME AND LOCATION OF VARIOUS DENOMINATIONAL CHURCHES C85 NAME AND LOCATION OF HOSPITAL NEAREST BERTH Q95 LOGISTICS INFO C105 ANY OTHER PERTINENT INFO - 3. ALTHOUGH MUCH OF ABOVE INFO CAN BE OBTAINED UPON ARRIVAL CONSIDER IT NECESSARY TO HAVE SUCH INFO SOONEST FOR PLANNING AS WELL AS INDOCTRINATION OF DESOTO COUNTY CREW. M. ALSO REQUEST PROPOSED DETAILED PORT VISIT PLAN BE SUBMITTED ON EACH PORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLAN SHOULD INCLUDE SPEAKING ENGAGE- M NTS, RADIO AND TV INTERVIEWS, PARADES, DANCES, SUGGESTED ATHLETIC EVENTS, ETC. FOR INFO, VADM MCCAIN, COMPHIBLANT, AVAILABLE TO SPEAK DURING FOLLOWING PORT VISITS: ROCHESTER, TOLEDO, DULUTH AND CHICAGO. RADM WYLIE, COMPHIBTRALANT qco USS MACON DURING 1959 GLAKES CRUISE5, AVAIL TO SPEAK DURING PORT VISITS TO BUFFALO, DETROIT, MILWAUKEE AND CLEVELAND.

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COMMANDER AMPI-IIBIOUS FORCE, ATLANTIC FLEET PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA LDING 2012 TELEPHONE HO 4 16 NITED STATES NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE. EXT. 8192 8193 CREEK, VIRGINIA HOID FOR RELEASE UNTIL A.M. 22 MAY I CPL 85-64 ATLANTIC FLEET SHIP TO VISIT GREAT LAKES Little Creek, Va., May 22, 1964 - Admiral H.P. Smith, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, announced today that a unit of the fleet's Amphibious Force will travel 1,200 miles inland this summer to give Great Lakes residents a look at the modern NAVYLMARINE CORPS TEAM. The tank landing ship KLSTD USS DeSoto County, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Horace D. Mann, Jr., of Portsmouth, Va., has been named to take part in the cruise. The ship will leave her base at Little Creek, Va., June 8 for a three month journey to 17 Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway ports. She will be the first Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force ship to make an extensive cruise in the Great Lakes in recent years. M O R E CComplete release in Appendixb