General Hodges (AP 144) - Naval Cruise Book

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AUGUST, 1945 o Loft Now York City at OyoO, IxiuikI lor Naples, Italy. 12 Passed the Azores. 14 Passed the Rock of Gibraltar. 15 Received word at (M)15 that Japan had .siir- rondered. Staiidinj; through the Moditer- raiioan Sea at the time. 16 Passed Sardinia at 0630. 17 . ' Krrived Naples, Italy at 0930. 21 Left Naples with 3346 troops hound for Hoston, Mass. 31 .Vrrived Boston at 1300. 15ig reception. SEPTEMBER, 1945 S Left Boston at 1400 bound for Calcutta, India. 13 Passed Azores at 0600. 16 Passed Rock of Gibraltar. IS. 19, 20 Passed close to the nortli coasts of the following countries: Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Eg pt. COLOMBO, CEYLON THE BLACK HOLE, CALCUTTA 21 An-ived Port Said, Egypt, at 1000 and left at 1310 after refueling. Entered Suez Canal at 131.5. 22 Passed out of the Suez Canal at 0.500, arrived Suez at 0510. Left Suez at 0730 and entered the Gulf of Suez. 23 Cruising through the Red Sea. 26 Cruising through the Indian Ocean.

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HIS brief album is designed to supplement a fonner album, pub- lished in October, 1945, by the U.S.S. GEN. H. F. HODGES (AP-144). This supplement, together with the album proper, covers the entire period during which the ship was in commission: from 4pril, 1945, to May, 1946. Since last October, the ship has travelled to Karachi, India, and returned to New York with U. S. Army troops; and on her last cruise, she went to Calcutta, India, to embark more troops and returned to Seattle, Wash., thus completing her onl - cniise en- tirely around the world. The ship has had only one Commanding Officer while in commission as a U. S. Navy transport. He is Carl H. Hilton, Captain, U.S.C.G. HoUis M. Warner, Commander, U.S.C.G., also has served as E.xecutive Offi- cer the entire time the ship was in commis- sion. In addition to these officers, only eight of the original officers and one hun- dred twenty three of the commissioning crew remained attached to the ship at the time of decommissioning. Lieut. E. G. Hamilton, upon the detachment of Lieut. Comdr. H. R. Catherwood, became ship ' s navigator. New officers, attached to the ship since November, 1945, and who form a part of the decommissioning personnel, are pictured in this supplement. We regret that many members of the crew, attached and released since the albinn proper was published, cannot be included in this pic- torial record of the ship ' s acti ity. The album, together with this supple- ment, is presented to you with tlie compli- ments of the ship through its Welfare Fund, as a token appreciation and souvenir of vour service while vou served aboard her. DECOMMISSIONING DATA: Your Ship Has: At decommissioning time, a complement of 17 officers, 215 men. Cruised a total of 90,153 miles, a distance equal to nearly four times around the globe. CaiTied a total of 17,517 passengers — . ' nny troops, WAGS, nurses, sailors, civilians. Averaged a speed of 16.4 knots. Burned up 4,657,386 gallons of fuel oil. Visited 18 foreign and Stateside ports at least once. Crossed the Equator 4 times. Crossed the International Date Line once going West, twice going East. APRIL, 1945 6 Commissioning date. Ship moved from Rich- mond Yard toNSD, Oakland, Calif. 12 Moved to Pier 33, San Francisco. 13 Moved to Hunters Point. 15 Moved to Pier 46 in San Francisco. 16 Put to sea. 18 Arrived at San Diego, Calif. 23 Put to sea on shakedown. 29 Arrived at San Diego and docked at Destrover Base. MAY, 1945 4 Put to sea. 6 Arrived San Francisco and docked in Oak- land. 10 Moved to pier 56, San Francisco and loaded tioops. Put to sea at 2000. 19 Crossed the Equator. 20 Crossed International Date Line. 24 Passed the Solomons. 26 Arrived Finschafen, New Guinea. Shoved off after getting new orders. 28 Arrived Humboldt Bay, Hollandia, New Guinea. 29 Docked in Hollandia. 30 Put to sea. JUNE, 1945 2 Passed southern group of the Philippine Islands. 3 Passed the Samara Islands. 4 Arrived Manila at 0800. 9 Put to sea after unloading and loading troops. 11 Arrived Leyte. 14 Left Leyte at 14.30. 17 Arrived Biak, off the N. W. coast of New Guinea. 18 Left Biak after loading wounded and went to Mios Woendi Island 30 mi. away. Left Mios Woendi Island that night, bound for the States. JULY, 1945 4 Arrived San Francisco, Calif. 8 Left ' Frisco, bound for New York. 19 Arrived Panama Canal. 22 Arrived New York City.

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OCTOBER, 1945 3 Anchoied outside Hooghli River, India. 4 Arrived Calcutta 1500. 6 Left Calcutta 1.5(10 aud started down Hooghli Ri er. 7 Arrix ' ed mouth of river at 2000 and put to sea. Cruising in the Bay of Bengal. CALCUTTA STREET SCENE • ' -, 3a . NORTH THROUGH THE SUEZ 10 Passed Ceylon. 14 Passed Brothers Islands at 1000. Passed Abdal Hiri 1.300. Passed Cape Guardafui (N.E. tip of Africa) 1430. 1.5 Entered Red Sea at 1800. 19 Arrived Port Said 1700. 24 Entered Straits of Gibraltar. NOVEMBER, 1945 1 Arrived New York 1800. Docked at Pier 88. 2 Moved to Todd Shipyards in Hoboken, N. J. 8 Left New Jersey bound for Karachi. India. 17 Passed Rock of Gibraltar. 18 Passed close to Algeria. 21 Arrived Port Said, Egypt. Entered Canal. 22 Arrived Suez. 23 Entered Red Sea. 26 Cruising in Arabian Sea. 29 Arrived Karachi, India at 1730.