Elizabeth Stanton (AP 69) - Naval Cruise Book

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Sept. 16, 1942 - Feb. 17, 1944 Feb. 17, 1944 - Ian. 22, 1945 Jan. 22, 1945 4 A 1 R. A. DIERDORFF W. A. WIEDMAN D. A. FROST CAPTAIN, USN CAPTAIN, USNR COMDR., USN QRETJ

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C 0 lZZle She was constructed in 1940 as the S.S. Mormacstar and taken over by the Pacific Republic Lines on January 28, 1941. She commanded by Ross A. Dierdorff, Captain, United States Navy. Under his command she operated in the Atlantic as a troop trans port to Africa and England and as an attack transport in amphibious operations. l -.....-f.-------1--l- ? -, .-.-.. .,.. f ..,..-Y----.-v-'---.---'-'M Hv f-f 7 '' 7 i ' ' , , ' An ,-.Y '-A -A--Q, , ,,.,,,.,,,. ,,,.t,.,.,p,,g,,..1v1n1u:..-:ox 73 ' ' ' ' J: Y' : A ' F J A I Y became the flagship of the Moore and Mc Cormack Pacific Fleet. She carried cargo fromiSan Francisco to such ports as Rio de Janeiro, Panama, Buenos Aires, Monte- video and Port of Spain. When the Japs made their attack on Pearl Harbor, she was one day out of Rio de Janeiro, unarmed. She stopped at Trinidad long enough to get a coat of grey paint and proceeded unescorted to San Francisco. ln San Francisco she was armed by the Navy and chartered by the Army for duty in the Pacific. Under the Army she made several trips: Australia, Hawaii, Fiji. Hav-P ing completed duty with the Army she sailed for the east coast, and for the first time in her travels alone encountered an enemy sub- marine. Following an exchange of fire she continued her journey unmolested. In New York she was taken over bymthev Navy and converted to an AP. She went into commission on September 17, 1942, chris7 tened the U.S.S. Elizabeth C. Stanton, and On February 17, 1944, Wilbur A. Wied man, Captain, USNR, assumed command, and. Lizzie became flagship of a transport division led by her former skipper. Upon completing another tour of duty in the European and Mediterranean theatres her work in the Atlantic was finished. She then traversed the route to the other side. On January 22, 1945, Daniel A. Frost, Commander, USN flletiredj assumed com- mand and Lizzie started out under a new captain, in a new ocean, and what to her was a new war. Lizzie has been home to many-men who have come and men who have gone. She has been to them their life and they in return have given that same life to her. The men on her now will take her for granted, the men who have gone and the men who will leave will look back and remember. And when these same men meet in years to come, the past will become the present and Lizzie will sail again. , V, I . is .ill V If

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Y A , ,,,,, U-. ,,, . ... -......,......-, ,.,,..,.. ,- . -- W '--2 LIQ 5 Ohlpang I 945 The average observer who sees a shlp moving stea1th11y 1nto a r1ver or a hal bor as he watches from a vantage po1nt on the shore several hundreds of yards away actually sees very l1ttle H1s eye is met with perhaps a grey hull and as in the case of the Lizzie a deslgnatmg number forward near the bow P60 1n white characters sharply stand out agalnst this monotonous grev war pamt The Shlp moves slowly and carefully to 1ts appointed spot and stops The elements very regularly take their toll of the ship s lmmaculate appearance and lt IS the duty of human intellect and brawn to ma1nta1n the ship s smart llnes Someone too has to be on hand to lncrease the ship s speed or to retard it The vast and massive engine that drives her weight through the water must be kept smoothly running There are pumps generators blowers shafts cams and eccentrlcs None of them must fail for if any one of them does the ship s safety IS lmmedlately put ln danger The spray that falls over the ship s steel deck IS as corroslve as ac1d and must be battled constantly the staccato of the chipping hammers attest to the fact that the old bugaboo ru t 1S bemg scaled from the decks and soon fresh paint will once more adorn the ship s sides and decks We who comprise the crew s complement are fully cognizant of the vigilance of the deck and engine departments whom we . ., . - - , L., . , . . . 9 ' 7 7 7 - cc - - 97 ' - 9 ' ' l C ' ' n n 0 ' l - . r A s Q , Q i . . . . v Q Q 0 , 0 0 0 , 9 9 ' C ' 'O I O ' l , . . ' 7 7 7 7 . '. . . 9 ' '7 7 0 , u Q o 0 A , . . . . . . 9 -1 S1 . . . C , I 4 , A 0 I . . . . . , in I l I I l Ol proudly present here. We will not say that lt IS the1r respons1b1l1ty to keep the ship in shape, but rather we will say that to these men goes the credit for keeping the ship so uniformly in order. It is not a job that may be left for the future, it is a task that must be done all the time. The boys who work on deck are also called on to get the boats in the water, and when the time comes to disembark troops and unload. To watch under difficulty and danger is to see that these boys know their jobs and do them well. These are the boys who also know gunnery, recognition of enemy ships and planes, and a hundred and one other collateral tasks that, collectively, make life aboard ship safer and more livable. A 6