Dutches (APA 98) - Naval Cruise Book

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the vessel. Y Q mmng l'6l sailor and Seabee paSSe1'1aers going home on the Nav ' t ' the clituise Eitelrgminable. Reasoning somewhat speciouvlsliribhatlciiii - t ' t ' ' - - 18 24 mon S lI'l e acific that they had done their share in Winning I r, they were not too eager to do their present share of the menial tasks messing and berthing details as required by law of all embarked A ed IL1 . L .I . -1 '. . I I - e 1 rm Personnel However as the Ladys curving easterly course qrghed orthward into the bracing supra tropical climate obtaining north of th Islands, the recalcitrants took on new life and turned-to under the on of the ll passenger officers. When the Dutchess cleaved her way in through the now familiar Golden th 7th f A t h t Isate-on e o ugus er s ate of training and military readiness was yvelopipg very nicelyg in another 3 months, she should be a crack ship. Alter anchoring 'and indulging in the sackfuls of damned-up personal mail, the Organization ran head on into a series of orders directing the Dutchess to ,make ready for the great D-day to come. . . The most' vital time factor of World War ll's progress-namely-that the flow of supplies land the speed of advancel, was determined not by the air- p1qne'but by the speed of the l5 knot ship-was indicated in the necessity ofthe Dutchess taking aboard in mid-August all materials required for a ,lgnding on Iapan in November. By the time the Lady underwent the usual 10-day emergency repairs and loading period, and by the time she reached the Philippine Staging Area it would be mid-September. Another month would be spent in necessary training with the troops that the Dutchess would land on the target, then the final combat load would have to be secured below decks, and the ship underway in late October in order to meet D-day at the target. lt was a long sequence of operational stages that the 98 was em- barked on and under the urgings of the responsible personnel all hands turned-to effecting repairs, loading the required stores, and painting ship in order that she would meet her obligated dates on time. Coincidental with the feverish preparations for her next mission, the 'Dutchess recreational activities intensified into the usual slightly frenzied Wartime effort to crowd two months of 'lliving into 7 nights ashore. ' The .Navy s Wartime, home was thronged with Uwhite hats and bulged with civilians too. Renewing friendships established in Iune, the Dutchessmen embraced the recreational fervor with pleasure. For the first time csince February, short K4-dayl leaves we-re granted to 75 '70 of the officers and Sfl fi of the men. Officers 'and men with west coast homes were able to see their families, and the in- teresting life of Northern California towns and, scenic resorts were enthusi- astically participated in by the rest of the ship s persarmel- r Suddenly the cataclysmic shock of the atomic bomb was rapidly followiii by the Stunning impqct of the Iapanese agreeal to surrender. On August, nl, the astounded people of the Dutchess were incredulous: lt couldnt el. hands were mentally prepared for, or were resigned to, another gears fighting. Particularly the veteran minority who had been 929096, Wgl eflemy since the beginning five years earlier, and who had :SU1CC?1'1Sg1fE2VZ to accept war as a normal human activity, found it difficut o G there was no more enemy. U l 7 ,, . 'CRCG ashore the Dutchessmen soon caught the contagleus exhlhrqttgn the Qrowds of gleefully laughing, CFYUWQI SiUQ1Fi9f ShOutf1ag'.Sfri?g1mg civilians. Strangers danced about arm in armzhal 191155. liquor 870 Years were kissed: snake dances wound about Ct e sdre roimd bn , the dinky little cable cars were spun aroun an G I t time the 3rd typified the increased military efficienc A bt S' A 431 D

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1 iri2:a..lwar, the 98 mooredto Pier 15 h a g um- aced casual' load of Army Ground and Armored entsf The bands still played as the 51 officers and 1177 11 , . u men up the gfmgway with bags over their shoulders. The Red Cross tis ill waved and' passed out doughnuts. However the yielding of the T ' , -had subtly converted these ,men in the eyes of the onlookers as w ll .their own minds from the honored role of heroes subject to in' sd , Jury a to the ignoble status of time-serving occupation troops that were more d h ' d I pitie t an praise . t was this sinking in self-esteem that occasioned much of the rancor of demobilization unrest that subsequentl occurred . Y . Once 'again the Dutchess sailed out through the Golden Gate, this time Iehving a very confused half jubilant-half perplexed, United States astern. This time the crewmen were light-hearted, having expected the fire and fury .of gn assault landing, the Dutchessmen found it pleasurable to sail with the knowledge that the landing would, in all probability, be accomplished with- ,Qutbloodshedg r 9 1 1 -i 1 However, the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet was taking no chances ,With the good. faith of some recalcitrant Nipponese submarine commander. The guns were 'manned as usual throughout the 13-day voyage across to Eniwetok. The ship was darkened at night except for dimmed running lightsg alert lookouts were maintained, and the troops were exercised at abandon Ship drill and warned to keep their life belts with them at all times. The troops underwent the usual initial bouts of seasickness and organi- zational confusion heightened this time by the fact that the authorities at Fort .Mason would permit no personal contact between the troops and the ship prior to their embarkation. All being casuals, and largely unknown to one another, the troops had been organized into companies shortly before em- barkation. This organization had to be adjusted to fit the Dutchess own peculiarities of facilities, including messing and berthing arrangements. The Commanding Officer' of troops was greatly assisted in this activity by the three Escort Officers fspecialists in moving troops over land and water? and between them with the added assistance of the First Lie'utenant's Department, effective operation was ultimately secured. Steaming westward along the usual tropical route the voyage was re- lievedonly by one incident-a call- for medical assistance from a merchant ship. Rendezvousing with the S.S. Wiley Wakemen on a bright calm night they Senior Medical Officeryboarded her via boat, found the patient doing satisfactorily, returned, and the 98 resumed her voyage. , - Cn the 2nd of September, 1945, the ship's ,radio received the official sur- render ceremonies from Tokio. By then the- crew was thoroughly convinced that the struggle was done and considerable supervision was subsequently required to keep, the gun, and lookout watches ,alert-. Gnly the old hands who had -fought for years were not convinced that it all could end SO SCISIIY- Q on the 2nd of September, the Dutchess fired at plane-towed aerial targets ffqrlthe last time, such expenditures would soon be considered wartime luxuries. The Lady dropped anchor the 3rd of September for the third time in the harbor of Eniwetok Atoll Marshall lslands the Dutchessmen were beginning to feel like trans Pacific commuters Pausing only long enough to obtain routing rand receive aboard the new Chaplain the Lady set sail for Ulithi in convoy th the U S S Olmstead CAPA 1881COTCl U S S President Hayes f-APA 201 qw S Haskell CAPA 1171 USS Lowndes CAPA 1541 USS Mountrail UWA HUSS PC 810 A, efkppendix 3 for breakdown up iii in 1 U. ', . t ' ' - ' ' ff' irii .. 1 1 1 A .1 1 1 - - - mf NA , : , 1 - - - - ,V I ' ' I I . Berrien CAPA 521, and the anti-submarine escorts U.S.S. PC 1239 . n r 1 1 1 1 1 f on t e Embarcadero on Augusta