Dutches (APA 98) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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FigureNo.3-A CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY Lt. Comdr. R. Stevenson, USNR, Ueit centerj relieves Ccxptgin A. B Leggett, USN, fright centerb of command of the Dutchess, Hampton P.-:mc-ici:-., Vex., Xvtfwrr-:tx G, X348 Xfxkrnxwxu 11-il: C-Ttxi--1 1NAc1:ztw1--Crit-.1'Xrn11: A, P, lvfrborre, CGM, ei-tfrerne right Lf. ljql R, 2. VVi1SO1'l, USN, Navigator. -4' 1ll ' - 1 - - - x, A- - f W M A ,Ag E W f f - M 1-1 W lx 1 4 4 5 i It ,