Goodhue (APA 107) - Naval Cruise Book

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Our ship, the USS Goodhue PA 1075, named after the Minne- sota county bearing the IILIIHC of the publisher of the state s hrst newspaper, was built in San Francisco by the Western Pipe and Steel Company and commissioned on November 11. 1044. After shakedown, amphibious training and Christmas at San Pedro and San Diego, we set out for Manus Island in the Admiral- ties, crossing the equator and initiating the lowly pollywogs into the mysteries of the Ancient Order of the Deep-making them trusted shellbacks. XVe transported easuals from Mantis, via Hollandia, to Leyte. lleing designated flagship of Transport Division 51, we embarkcd and trained elements of the jjth Army Division for the Kerama lletto-Okinawa operation. llaving participated in the taking of Kerama Retto, we were standing by with reserves for Okinawa when we were attacked by a llight of Nips, three of whom our gunners shot down. But the third suicitled into our ship, hitting one of the masts and exploding in mid-air over the after decks and gun positions Material damage was light, but casualties, both killed and wounded, were heavy. On l.-Day plus sixteen, we put ashore the assault troops on le Shimag and it was the Goodhue's ensign which lluttered over the island when the operation was completed. XfVe had thirty-two days and eighty-two air raids at Okinawa, then we landed our reserve troops and retired to Ulithi, whence we returned to San Francisco. After minor repairs for the ship and very short leaves for ollicers and men, we embarked two battalions of Army lingineers and stood out for the Philippines, calling enroute at lrlonolulu, Eni- wetok and Ulithi. Discharging the engineers at Manila, we entered a program of amphibious refresher training in Lingayen Gulf, with elements of the 35rd Army Division. In the course of these exercises peace came and the operation was discontinued. VVe lifted the Americal Division at Cebu and transported them to Yokohama to participate in the occupation of Iapan. From there we returned to Manila with a load of Recovered Allied Military Personnel-released prisoners of the laps. A scheduled second trip to 'Nippon was cancelled while we lay at Cebug and we returned to Manila to embark naval dischargees for transportation to San Francisco, and were diverted to San Pedro. The following pages tell in pictures the story of our year in the Goodhue. Nov. Dec. Dec. lan. Ian. Ian. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar Mar Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May lun. lun. Iul. Iul. Iul. Iul. Iul. Aug Aug Aug. Aug Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. II 7 22-3I 4 20 21 4 I2 I3 1 6 2I 26 1 I7 I9 20 25 30 22 7 26 2 I2 I7 2I 31 7 15 18 2I 1 8 I2 18 26 8 II 26 3 II THE YEAR 1944 Commissioning, San Francisco Shakedown Inspection, San Diego Overhaul, San Pedro THE YEAR-1945 Left San Diego Crossed Equator Arrived Manus -Arrived Hollandia --Arrived Tacloban, Leyte Went to Guiuan, Samar -ComTransDiv SI Ioined --Started Training 77th -Left for Kerama Retto --Assaulted Kerama Retto --L-Day on Okinawa -Attacked by Kamikaze -Assaulted Ie Shima Ship -Feinted Landing Southern Okinawa -Landed on Okinawa Left Okinawa --Arrived Ulithi -Left for San Francisco -Arrived San Francisco -Left San Francisco -Arrived Honolulu -Arrived Eniwetok Arrived Ulithi --Arrived Manila --Arrived Subic Bay Trained with 33rd at Lingayen PEACE! -Logistics, Subic Bay --Left for Cebu Left with Americal for Iapan -Arrived Yokohama Left with RAMP'S for Manila Arrived Manila -Arrived Cebu -Arrived Manila , Left for Frisco with navy dischargees --Arrived Pearl Harbor -Arrived San Pedro -First Anniversary

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