Dutches (APA 98) - Naval Cruise Book

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t CIT Y P P CM and lowering it handsomely fcautiouslyl into the sea offered I , rtunity for serious accident as inexperienced men had to man the lectric winches For unately under conditions which in other APA s rews had sometimes resulted in fatalities the Dutchess casualties 'icted to one seaman s broken leg. Adapting himself well on his ship, the diminutive cmd resolute Chief Boatswain's Mate's Merchant erience was invaluable in the ticklish handling of the bulky 30-ton wif l 'rrp' J W 1'fi1iW 't if 5 ff'l'M.Qgl, - ' ,ff yi if 1 ' . I , - y f n, ik gil ,l I the o eration of the owerful 'llumbo Boom , lifting off deck? 3 ,I I 0 lsnt 1 K. C ' 1 Xu o I . P his boats were waterborne and loaded, the Boat Group Commander 2 officers and l3O men took over the Ship-to-Shore movement. On eaches of Cove Point, Md., the Boat Group landed again and again l freezing temperatures enervating compared to the warm Florida light operations were held in which the Boat Group Commander tis boats in response to radio signals from the Dutchess based on hile ashore the Beachmaster organized his men for the ickings, w t oplies. C . e Dutchess, already weather-beaten, steamed into Hampton Roads early December, her people had begun to jell into one crew. Ashore L, they suddenly felt themselves salty and commenced to stride with gait. While the vessel underwent a short availability, December l-5, rfolk Navy Yard to correct the omissions of the builders and the de- revealed by the Shakedown Cruise, liberty was granted on alternate :l few fabout 10705 short leaves were enjoyed. The crew had already Lhe traditional Navy view concerning liberty in Norfolk due to the of several hundred thousand servicemen crowding the limited recre- silities. Dutchess felt ready to accomplish her X mission, the Commanding ported ready for duty Then anti-climax--the Dutchess was as Training Ship at Newport R l to augment the practical training and ultimately, to attempt to insure that with better trained crews 's would soon be reporting to the fleet. Chapter II IP NEWPORT her first high seas voyage the Dutchess reported for duty at the ssioning Training Center Newport R. I. on December 7 Most of the people were pleased that they were remaining in the States close milies for a while longer A tough-spirited minority who desired to mbat load into a beachhead were disappointed but resolved to make ut of the duty the fortunes of war had dealt them A ight the officers and leading petty officers found themselves cata- o the capacity of teachers Each Monday several hundred officers comprising th pre commissioning crews of two or three ships then g construction would climb aboard and be assigned to the slgpi ste o epartments according to their specialties Instruction const :ollowed as far as possible by an assignmentlto practical duties in be operation of machinery and the performance of Jobs that the h For example fould be expected to accomplish on their own s ips eers stood engine room watches, the deck force ran wincheswwith f ded from the booms and fired at aerial targets towed IGQIIQD li ts suspen , it I I , c the Communications' menf' stood communication watches around C TRAINING SH r G .. i . 1 . . . 3 I. lil. . . . t ,, I . - . 1 I I, V , . . ul hi n - I ' W' l . ' .I 1 ' ' U 'St ,.- I EXW K I X , 1 .f A. 4 . 11 , - HJ Ti ic i ' V 'v Aviv!! Y I ul if 1 K - 1 r I I ' It! , I f 451- -. - t, Q it ' 1' S' ,Q gaq'i1,sv,l'g ,el V ,Q ak 3 , u utr I Q 1 as - 'N 2 J L. . I 1' vglA1':,:.L3 2 ,V I . V: y, Nga? V 'sl and other difficult tasks calling for the careful exercise of con-'T' seamanship. 2 fi

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