De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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Navy-Marine Corps Information Office USS DESOT0 COUNTY CLST ll7lD Release No. LST-96-64 cfo Fleet Post Office For Immediate Release New York, New York 09501 September 10, 196A USS DeSoto County Ends Great Lakes Cruise A three-month public relations tour of the five Great Lakes ended today for the USS DeSoto County and its Navy-Marine Corps Team when the tank landing ship tied up at its Little Creek, Va., home port. In making the first such cruise since H0peration Inland Seasu marked the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959, the DeSoto County hosted h26,l67 visitors at 17 cities in six states. More persons visited this one amphibious ship, operating alone, than any two Wlnland Seasn ships. ,A An hourly average of 800 persons streamed aboard during the ship's 61 visiting days, with an average 7,000 visitors a day. Many came from far inland, 75 miles and more.- Guests as well as hosts, DeSoto County's Navy-Marine Corps Team members were constantly in the spotlight, ashore as well as aboard. They made a total of 66 speaking appearances before civic and fraternal groups. y Newsmen sought them out, adding more than 200 special television, radio and newspaper interviews to regular news coverage. ---I Three hundred and fifty-four special presentations helped spread the ffv N cruise message. The Marine karate team gave 125, and the underwater demoli- tion team Cfrogmenb 67. The chorus sang 88 times, once on TV for an . estimated 35 million persons. Navy bandsmen played 7h concerts. ', I F Cleveland, Detroit and Toledo set the visiting pace for the tour, which ,gg ggg began June 8 when Lieutenant Com ander Horace D. Mann Jr., headed the ship Z north from Little Creek. Cleveland's 5h,09h led the totals, but Detroit s set a single day attendance mark of l5,b9h- Toledo had a h8,262 total. ' 1 MORE CComplete release in Appendixl ' ,