Dutches (APA 98) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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