Dutches (APA 98) - Naval Cruise Book

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oIETIcE4.oE THE COMMANDING,.f ' ' 5 4. OFFICER or Tnoops U.s.s. DUTCHESS ' I I une 23' . 19451l of Appreciation. I f ' Q, ' flcommanding office-,'U ss DUTCI-IESS CAPA 985 I 'I y glt is with extreme pleasure that I am privileged to extend to you fn behall es shown us during this voyage. A' Officersfand troops moving to a combat theater should enter that theater Qshpwn the passengers, and the cordial and helpful attitude of the entire crew, and men, has enabled us to attain the most important of these, high morale. I - It is my desire that you convey to your officers and crew our sincere thanks outstanding cooperation. I 4 n if I Wish you, Sir, and your officers and crewithe best of success in your future IRWIN T. SANBORN, ' , - LT. COL., CAC, ' X w COMMANDING OFFICER OF TROOPS. Pearl Harbor. . q 'I I OFFICE or TI-IE coM1vIANDEE, ADMINISTRATIVE coMMAND. AIvIPEIBIoUs FORCES, U. s. PACIFIC FLEET Q' I ' Fleet Post Office ' 1 342 San Francisco, California I , ' , 27 Iune 1945 ENDOBSEMENT' to of'LT.' COL. IRWIN T. SANBOBN, CAC, Q I Of Troops , Commander, Administrative Comma-nd, Amphibious Forces, S. Pacific Fleet. Commanding Officer, U.S.S. DUTCI-IESS CAPA 982. Letter of Appreciation,-Forwarding of. , lui Forwarded with pleasure. I PEYTON H' MQSS ,,, I I I A By direction 'if f . I 14 July 194s' B. Leggett, U.S.N. Dutchess. . Captainl: 7 ' I 'theiofficers and men of my command I wish to expresi 0125 Vim ?gf:ZntCfSsgiF , - ' d urig , Itlieafiney treatment accoided usIi9Ymtlhe focificleaigseranmairlifgl and everwhing prqqn.. ooperat1on of the s 1pS CO P Y f 'our vOYage pleasant has been done cheerfullY. ggiretiitilgsfgfulxziigidgggeme and morale of the ships compflny' Pfomlse I I lDulCht?Ill?di'IdZsEtcd1g2rlt?i1'lD 5tillreGIniclE1TIB,11t?1?e and that thelofficers and men,-91 Cdminued good fortune ' A . A Very sincerelY, XS! BONH:-ACE CAMPBELL, ' l I Brig., Gen.:U-.Sl Army I. I 'I li. , 1 . '3t,.QZjL1'.5kf,'.,'L sf, , ,. f.wt,. s' ,Administrative Command, Amphibious Forcesf Pacific Fleet. ' 'Qbfficers and ,enlisted men aboard, our sincere thanks and appreciation for the' 'uhighestistaie of PhYSiCC11 fiiI1eSS and the highest state of morale possible. The many tt 4 I ' 1 4 tv.

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N A ' ' 'Kg,--Q Q f.i:f'.'J'f!'1Y-, mln-,, ,,- -- 1 J , V . , l . t K , K S 4 f. , 1. ,,s received from the Commander of the'MagicYCarpet lCommanderf 241 upon the occasion of the detachment of the Dutchess from the Magic UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET AIR FORCE, PACIFIC FLEET ' COMMANDER CARRIER DIVISION TWENTY-FOUR Q 13 February l946.' achment of your vessel from the operational control of this Command, l wish to opportunity of expressing my thanks and appreciation for a task which has been ed The successful accomplishment of returning so many personnel, to the States so rapidly has been due almost entirely to the whole-hearted cooperation mmanding officers and their officers and men. I appreciate the loss of liberty and which was entailed in the rapid turn-arounds which Were demanded and sin- believe that the task could not have been so Well done by any other than naval 1 February 1946, the tally is as follows: Personnel returned from the Pacific to the United States: Navy 164,072 261,217 271,003 242,312 277,835 1,216,439 Army Marine , Civilian Total I 80,738 6,418 259,856 149,762 8,869 446,715 243,918 8,789 574,069 416,154 4,055 695,486 304,518 2,770 601,561 1,195,090 ' ' 135,257 - 30,901 2,577,687 sents an excess over estimated maximum performance of 800,000, returned this Task Group landed 1,127,987 or 43770. accept my thanks to you and to your personnel, and with best Wishes for the tuture. Pearl Harbor T H. Most sincerely yours, Rear Admiral, U.S.N. and of the total Commander Task Group SIXTEEN POINT TWELVE GENERAL INFORMATION DISPATCI-IES AND LETTERS Commissioning of Dutchess the Assistant to the Industrial Manager Baltimore f5th Districtj to the Chief of Naval Operations. ' Uss Dutchess CAPA.98D CEV-MC HULL 16767 placed H1 fi-111 F0111- he following Was sent by mission at 1200 eastern War ime ' M 1 d Sparrows Point Shipyard Incorporated SPCITTOVTS 01111 my an B L ett USN Commanding 1' 4 November 1944 at Bethlehem- I X Commander.Aubrey, . egg M- E. SHQERRENI 1944-1700 Ensign, W-VCSD, USNR, Communications Officer- e Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet fpn following was sent to the Dutchess IDY th the Dutchess reporting for dutY- H Welcome to Pearl and the Pacific Fleet. q ITZ . ' .. ' , , l 4 .1