Dutches (APA 98) - Naval Cruise Book

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formation neared the Iapgn h - . the mine Swee ers h d b GSS omeland intelligence was re- P C1 een unable t 1 ' to the ultimate destination theolgrzcg ignllhi names out of city of Nagoya. So on the 7th of Octoger, having eXper?e?g:5'iggiOanck3i passage beset by mines and the threat of collision, Squqdl-gn 20 Cmcholagd in the midst of a powerful task force of battl h' ' craft and small auxiliaries off the gracefuleciuiglsel gfllsciksl destrolgrsi J, at Wakayama, l-lonshu lsland, Iapan. Troops and crew ll?ll1:1I'?gl rfllie rgil he balmy autumnal air were surprised at the beauty of th d ' A and of villages running down the valleys to the sea. g But scarcely was the squadron settled when another typhoon was 11 U ' ' - II . ' O 9 Way even as the Divine Wind Cliamikazesb used to keep on coming on into Okinawa. The squadron shifted berths to the typhoon anchorage on the 9th, this brought the group further from shore so that if a ship under the impag of the wind commenced dragging anchor she would have more distance to attempt to regain control before she was dashed on the rocks. All day the SE wind kept increasing in velocity. All night and the next day the wind inr- creased in fury. By late afternoon each ship was an isolated unit with no Contact with her mates save by radio. Each ship, even though at anchor, had emergency sea watches on, the engines turning over, the Commanding Officer and the most competent Ship Control personnel Cofficers and menl expectantly poised on the bridge. Into the night of the lOth of October the fury of the Wind built up to a 50-55 knot Crescendo. The Lady had both of her 13,000-pound anchors im- bedded fast in the retentive bottom of Wakanoura Wan. As the ever increasing pressure of the wind on the huge Hsail area of the Dutchess tensely stretched both anchor chains out horizontally so that 30 fathoms of their 135-fathom and 75-fathom lengths were visible in the rain-slanted murk, the Commanding Officer commenced steaming ahead on the engines as if no anchors were down. One-third speed ahead on the propeller did not move the ship ahead against the power of the wind but eased the strain on the taut anchor chains a little. Down below were l7GU sleeping souls. A scant two miles to the lee- Ward awaited high sharp cliffs. From the windward came that invisible force that was counter-balancing two anchors and the thrust of the Dutchess' engines. This was one of the nights for which each Commanding Officer's life, at sea had been a preparation. This night the responsibility could not be delegated, or shared to any extent, the full measure of the burden of command was realized. . . Hour after hour as the wind velocity relentlessly increased-55, 56, 57 knots, the Commanding Officer adjusted the engines speed and varied the rudder angle to keep those anchors from breaking loose and the ship and her 1763 people from being smashed into the waiting rocks. He was sur- rounded by the most experienced officers and men available, but the sum total of experience was not too much. As the situation worsened, the youths, unused to ia lifetime of responsibility became, in some cases, as little children dependent on their Captain to take care of everything. A Over the voice radio came a bedlam of distraught officers' voices CIS ships' commenced to drag- anchor. and inexorably move on to tlgle gee Arr LST broke loose and was driven sharplif' Onto O fOOkY besc, O emergencies by radio was now a formality, HO cljOO'f Ofiugrglvihin Sea and no ship could come to the succor of a disable vesse . earth thc? A 1- .1 f th ld. There was no power Q11 Hegglingll-lip rtistsicirvivia Mbcelyond the skill, determination and self ,em-gh Commanding Officer and his lieutenants 39 A .. 1 . , ti 'A g 4 1' , Y 1 x T T

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the Fourth Demobilization lncrement to the U S S Denve KCFL thus the total onboard was reduced to 415. ia Q07 reductioriift this by no means solved the whol 13 - . - ' stl'1CI1'1'uWU1'1Uf1Q te Q0 home and affecteedpdll isle-H rilvhlch Went G hme . Th of factors. ln the last 18 months igfitiii waisthinfsfdibig 1331253 drafting or by the threat of draft of new per 1, - llready thinly spread experienced persoh?1IeTewereGCheCl1QiI pomt Where , re una t the influx. As a result, great numbers of officers and men iveinepifrciflgniiihxf e in having nolbasilc indoctrination or concept of their responsibilities In ty resulting deterioration of administration abuses had developed in some Cases, particularly in ships long at sea. Now. in September and October occurred a great degeneration in en- forcing the rules by which all officers and men in the service were sworn to Bbey, and for which they would be held culpable if proved guilty of violation or failure to enforce. The minority ot responsible offi'cers had uphill work to hold the line of law and order. A black market sprang up and flourished in Wakanoura based largely on cigarettes smuggled ashore mostly by naval personnel. There finally was no alternative but to allow the hundreds of curious Iapanese at the dock to view the interesting spectacle of their con- querors being searched on going ashore. The Admiral-in-charge commenced to take vigorous disciplinary and investigative action, strict observance of regulations was initiated, Boards of lnvestigations commenced to ferret out irregularities. ' The Dutchess met her fraction of this general discontent by two leading policies. Cne, that of temporization involved treating the crew as individuals with the right to express themselves and attempt to better their own living conditions. To this end an Entertainment Committee was set up consisting of an enlisted man elected from each di-vision to plan recreational activity and to make constructive suggestions to the Command. All hands were put on a 44-hour week as tar as the peculiar work requirements of life at sea per- mitted. As far as the Command was able to predict, all hands were now informed ahead of time of future plans and destinations. ln addition each Department Head was required to check closely into the welfare, Well being, material, and personal condition of readiness of his Department. The other policy was merely an intensification of the ships permanent policy-namely, strong discipline. By individual .comparison Dutchessmen had oftenifelt slightly ill-used when they were required to observe regulations when men of other ships were not. However, the regulations still stood, People of other ships eventually were convicted of violating these regulations. Therefore, the adjustment of the Dutchessmen to a regime of .strict uniform- oi-the-day, careful accounting of all government property, intelligent but ifflielicit obedience of orders, careful observance of safety precautions, ete-, Was not too difficult and paid off as the 98 experienced less difficulty in matters than did neighboring ships and was able to carrY ost her CfSS19T1' With a comparativelyi high standard of performCmCe of UTY- These olicies--tem orization and strict discipline-occasionally would P P . . to collide head on but actually worked out well in practice. As a reftitlif subsequently never had any serlell-S Pefeennel 'fmubles SXCGP 01' I' I ' ' problem of replacing demobilized men which was handled by tr ing of the low point men ' H b t as the 25th Division was not Qemflg del'-'loblllzed UT. C1 . U W .' . . . . - - hile away I A X gl , hl working with the crew to WH . my mme Smggitiobrffibiehrt br? nautical tasks and salty in their JGTQOH- tlWakanoura to agreater or lesser d ' umemus types oi- LX, a 2 4 Q. x 'Q l. 5 Q .if 'a . 4 1 9. fu ? ' a ' 1 - 4 I Q liz 6 I I it if 'u. 4 -it L P V V .G R, -' 'ni' v ,. ,I f ., s. ae fx it iv I . . .ff , f ' 1 if 153' , ' Nt . ilk ' ff' .fi ' swi- It ti kb ' , , .N ...lv - lift 1 .f'I ffl Y A . . My we rv V . x , h Q V. .,,Mf y . - , T 4, if . Q 4- 4, V, ,ik L, . 5 - ' f ff yi, .4 sig . , . at 1 .t f-if' ' ft ., .. T f . f it . , . , , W, . ., i ' - ' V. 5 . ' , ' ggi' ' -i.. i'.. f5?..wL ' ' .' t :T 'Q fi,'f1f?if i f M1551 A ' , ' f ' ' ' 1. .'i....,n4t4 ' -we K ,-,X ag