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perience before he can become a useful and reliable operator of te of the thousand and one devices that contribute to the accom Q 'J y, WT! I S Q' 3 if u,fl f l A ,I t I ' 4 ' il, fr' if 2, f ig: I , - V A X , : 'H D A TAL.: 5 1 , f A - 1 . , , , I O , A , .1 , 'V 1' It 21:1-IVLMIZWTF ,afterca man receives his basic training he still requires considerable Q T tfeg-lg f the mission. Conversely no ship will be an effective Naval Unit ant people learn how to manage at least the minimum of operational, ' . T' f . Q A with the problem of manning hundreds of new ships within the f the Bureauuof Personnel allocated the experienced personnel as , ld. 'Faced with the problem of supplying 50 officers and 500 men f ship being built at Sparrows Point the Bureau was able to supply x 3 requisite numbers but not with the desired experience. ln filling sible officer and senior petty officer billets, it was impossible to maturity and experience normally required. However, in filling the is where physical ability was a considerable factor, it was impossible l8-21 year olds as before because the average draftee was now in Heads of Departments fresponsible officers next to the Captain and Officer in the chain of commandl was 30 Tl e average age of all s very close to the average of all men in the Armed Force 6 e of the tremendous expansion of tne Naval Service and lack of d personnel practically every officer and petty officer assigned key d themselves in the position of having to handle and learn the of more responsible positions than they had ever held before With of a several million dollar ship and ultimately the responsibility es of 2 OOO men dependent on them these ley officers and petty d a tremendous task on their hands 50 officers ultimately assigned the only profe sional Naval Officer rospective Commanding Officer with 23 years of naval experience im His last previous tour of sea duty had been as an Assistant Head ent on a large peacetime Cruiser The Prospec ive Executive Officer nder S V Montgomery U S N R an electrical engineer by pro ., th three years of sea duty was back from a long tour of Pacific duty perienced several amphibious landings lnglneering Department was fortunate in being headed by a lean spoken Chief Engineer Lt Commander A H Williams, USNR ience was comprised of successively: service in the British Navy ld W l t ent five odd years as Engineer in the Merchant Service, r ar , w y- - i nd a half years of service as Engineer Officer of an APA :in the T 1 . , jAfrican Theatre where he had participated in numerous an ings.. V, 'irsti Lieutenant and Cargo Officer, Et. R. Stevenson, U.S.N.R., a foresteii A , 'th 31! ears of sea duty was back from an l8 month tour o try gl W1 Y I ty 'as Firstzlieutenant and Cargo Officer of a Fleet Oiler fTankerl, G Officer Lt ,and less complicated ship than an APA. The unnery , . ..,' 'er USN of powerful build and roaring voice was an ex-Chief tl back from bleak duty in the f naval experience and appreciation of nava t fu ahte Supply Officer had never put a ship into comm a A a V,g. ' V' w X. .3 r - - ,md km 'Q 5 , Q ff Rim ,T fklflf' 3: .JK ' 2 , V . 1 W WM?-V' A 5 4. 'tr rr.. I , , 1.531 1 .'1,E'4'.5,.g ., if , lf.. 1 - 4- Ut, ff.-H , ,. 1, tiiftititlrrfftw, 1 T' . A ' f T 1 U V .T ' ' -' i2l7 '1'f3lier1. i' . Q Q? I ,. I 5 rf x 4, V . I , I X -,B 1,125 V, ik f ,V frlifiv, - '1Q,g,,1gf M , v , ., , rf 'Q ' ' Q 1' A -t L 'Q i we ' 1 ' . 'Jw A J- -nr :V t ,st f 5- ,1.'rS'tf ..,r,,.,r .i'ft: 5.2.15 lv 'ff ' - tl, 1 '4 - + - . ,'ir'1,5,: ' - Ill- . P - ' 1 1:- A --r. 'P 'V , if ' P fth of the men had previots experience at sea The average age , utenant and Cargo Officer of an AKA fAssault Cargo Ship? in which D L , . . ., l , X Mate and Fleet Reservist. Recen y ' A ' Q 1't,, ,Q , and being considerably older than most of the off1ce'rs,.he lent thi r intially assigned personnel, less than half of the officers M3707 and 1 . . . , - - ' 1 L - '- s-2 . -ul ' ll ' D ri ' ' ' r ' . r I L ' . 1 . . l t. A 5 . . I a .' . , .... , - , L , 3 . . . . C . . D J 1 1 1 tive weight of hisyears o I , in Hi 1 , , was e hm ecause of his renown as a civilian Surgeon no difficulties were yycg 3 in ission before 'jj , M dical Officer's, Lt. Commander I. B, Buttsi U.SiN.yR.,, , . gait .'. I . Y Q 7 .nth-.iyih 3 ' fi . gt' , 'fsilfff h 2

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S ' 5. 41 x. ni - Ss s officers acted as semi-official inspectors alongsidethe in installations had to be suggested through channels and,-if were incorporated in subsequent ships fThe Queens andtShelbyJ. minor adyustments could be accomplished unofficially or semi- To better equip the key personnel to handle their tasks, all hands attended or more of the numerous and diversified schools, including Fire Fighting Damage Control School, Transport Quartermaster's School ftechnique combat loadingl, Radar School, and Combat Intelligence Center Training. grapple with the inevitable problems of operation, key personnel went -on the Shakedown Cruise of the Dutchess' predecessor, the Dauphin APA-97 was commissioned in September 1944. .Constantly these responsible studied and endeavored to master all details of their ship. Increasingly these officers and men realized that the commissioning date line of late November was the moment when they had to have the organization Set up, running, and able to advantageously station and direct the activities the 450 other crew members when they arrived. When the demand for Ships, and yet more ships, forced the deadline up to November 4, 1944, the nucleus crew, particularly the Engineer and Hull Departments, soon almost forgot they were on temporary shore duty. Together, the First Lieutenant 'fDamage Control Cfficerj, and the Engineer Officer had the difficult job of numbering, classifying and labeling the several hundred damage control fittings-7doors, ports, covers, valves, etc.--in accordance with naval standards. As this task was normally accomplished by the Ship Yards, these two officers had this added responsibility requiring that they and their petty officers put in the normal wartime twelve-hour working day in order to meet the deadline. r ' Q E. Fort Pierce 1 Pit the Amphibious Training Center, Fort Pierce, Fla., the 12 officers and 130 men who were to operate the 28 Landing Craft stepped up practice in their cruicial operation-taking an LCVP or LCM through rough surf and safely putting its nose on the beach. Under the leadership of the Boat Group Commander Ens W C Wilson U SN R a rugged heavyweight fighter by fprofession, they went 'through ,thelvariedlarfd somewhat complicated maneuvers of the Ship-to-Shore movement of Landing Craft. Night after night these Boat Crews were wet to the bone as they went through the rough surf. Frequently, they were doused into the sea as the boats hit reefs and upset. Physically, this group became more robust, its officers were selected on the basis of youth Stamina When the time came to leave for their mother ship, the Boat if 'Grou ' . p felt more than ready for action The Beach Platoon, under the Beachmaster, Lt. W. D. Roddy, Ir., U.S.N.R1, also undergoing rugged physical conditioning and technical training. some shore, yet unknown, those three officers and 45 men would be with: the operation of the beachhead, the directing of the movements he boats to the beach, the clearing of any obstructions that the enemy or may have strewn on the approaches: and the expediting of the flow men munitions and sinews of war across the beach and up to the -line. would be the task of bringing sense and efficiency out of the almost le chaos of a beachhead wrested from the enemy. .' , T t Qri if . if F. -Newport, R. I. -4 . X 'fx Tliellbulkfof' the officers and men were assembled at the Precommissioning QCenter,' Newport, R. I. along with the crews of the scoresxof other .being built along the East and Gulf Coasts., -Under the directio? COI1'1I1'1iSSiOI1 lnspectors and Bethlehem-Sparrows Inspectors. '