Greenwich Bay (AVP 41) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 52 of the 1950 volume:

14' uf U4 g-, v CE . ' -5.1. , 9443 . sa General Information On The U.S.S. Greenwich Bay, designated AVP-41, is C1 SmC111 S90- Iane tender capable of tending a squadron of seaplanes in a forward rea or a linuted period of time. During the recent war this type f itssel was often used in conjunction with the larger AV's since e small tenders are not able to hoist the planes on board for .Jar overhaul work. This vessel has the approximate dimension of a destroyer, being . emhat shorter in length but.wider. The overall length is 310 feet d the approximate displacement is 2830 tons as compared to 2200 n for the average destroyer. The crew consists of approximately officers and 200 men. Having a cruising range approxinately the same as the B-36 mber this type vessel is able to establish seaplane bases almost ywhere in the world. Such a base, with m oring bouys and seadrome nding lights, can be set up on a few hours notice. Such m bility ables the Navy's far ranging patrol planes to cover effectively il corners of the globe without the time consuming and expensive -cessity of establishing land plane fields which cannot'be moved . other areas as war theatres shift. A measure of this tender's bility is the fact that she covered a distance of 43,898 nautical les during a period of 15 months. ' The Greenich Bay, in addition to laying mooring buoys and es- ,blishing seadromes, provides the squadron personnel with complete- jy air-conditioned living quarters on the ship and supplies them th all the necessities of life such as food, laundry, barber shop, f ' 's store, etc. L The aircraft are provided with lube oil and aviation gasoline gf , GTE k ft. nrt: led! C The U.S.S. Greenwich Bay Q' f. L . provided to effect all necessary repairs. The ship's aerogrnpher provides weather data and all flights are controlled from the bridge in a manner similar to the aircraft cont rol tower on a land plane field. 5 While not heavily armed and annored in the manner of a naval combatant vessel this ship is capable of providing protection against attacking aircraft with weapons ranging from the fast firing 20 and 40 millimeter guns to the larger five inch dual purpose gun. Warning of the approach of attacking aircraft is provided by the radars located in the Oommand Informit ion Oenter. A varied assortment of bombs, depth charges, torpedqes, machine 91111 ammunition, etc. is available for the aircraft depending on the type of mission assigned to each plane. JATO Cjet asiisted take offj bottles are carried to aid in rough weather take cliffs, res- tricted seadromes and for overload conditions. The Greenwich Bay is one of two ships in the navy painted all vmite. The other being the President 's yacht, Williamsburg. The paint job and air-conditioning were added to adapt Phe ship for duty as flagship of Commander Middle East Force during the extremely hot summer months in the Persian Gulffwm Aside from the strictly military duties involved, the ship also brought to the peoples of other parts of the world the consci ousness of the desire of the U.S. to promote world peace and gbodwill. ai Success in this missiongas indicated by the cordial recep- tion given to the ship in all ports of call and the enthusiastic af, ly from the ship and numeroug 3hQE5,,,,,tQJo1S and personnel are Mponse to the many 'at homes' on board. pt impym , rl 52 gps v ' .. my 'R ji.. K , vikgwd V !Aif ' .1- ,519 'il' -4.-W, hw, vfgvrunf N' , f A 4 .0 4 --1--3' ,Q ,P .. 92 Mf'-R 3, .vi N' -1wv-l- -v .A .lf r 4. f -- +',F'f'vtJ- it nf' Ab 1. JWQ Air- l gb ,iraq -F ' 'H' in -an 'Z ,-'..a 0'3,4n,,n-uv -n lv 1- 0 'J-.,.. -OL' K 4 -'P' Jwooqg - u ,gb 4- I ,l 5. 'ist 'r' f'-w--- - 'E' W, . ,nw an 6 ' 'Jw lr Q. Y vane ' 'g- wr- 1 , 4- .-, 0: -'r - ...K ' K . ' -e .M 8' - w A . 3- 4, , , -an m- 'N f fs . ..-,, My f f ' 'P 68.4. Adu rn , , , .- ,.l QQ,49sH W 3 L, 5, f ff 9 Nv www!!! i ' a ' ff H 'gg T3 ' - ', -' . 1.1 , V -. , 0 ' 1-V U, Y Captain R.R. Briner, USN Commanding Officer ,. ,,x, , ,......mA .Lv ..-4 -- lg . 0 . .... , W. ,,,,,,, e, , . e fi 1 ,W Commander G.R. Pearson, USN Executive Officer Flag Officers Aboard Captain E.M. Eller, USN, Auqust-Oc tober Captain w.R. Rasseur, USN June-August Commanders, Mhddle,EastXforce AQXKIQFMUVW? Buck Lt. Lux, Lt. Glasgow, Ens. Schell, Chaplain LSNDG, ChBosn. Lipchinsky, Ltfjgj Zugk, Front Dr. Leshock, Lcdr. McGuire, Captain Briner Commander Pearson, Lt. Showen, PACT Davis Absent:,Ltljal Spillman I? D Division Bock Dodrill, Lyon, ChBosn LiDChiHf Manning, Dalton Front Henry, Hart, Fantilli, Gibbons, Bock Finnegan, Richhart, Hansbury Ch Nelson, Eckenrode, Meyers Front Fant, Marshj Hewitt, B.L., T Loikits, Otto L. .....,,, mgll' itaker , f' Division Bock Anderson, Plath, Hale, Shackley Front Nulter, Creselious, McCoy M Division Electricians Bock Weiman, Nikodyn, Blair, Moore, Fluck Front - Schulz, Nale, Houle ' M Division Machine Men Bock Conn, Bishop, Boehler. Ch Landroach, Bianco, R.H. Davis Front Ellison, Spudis, Robn Denihan, Last, Kathan Engine Room Bock Page, England, Erdmav Gasparovic, Fuller, l Front Cvyle. Kelly, Fee, gl- 0-C Division Bock Webb, MacGregor, Huck, Ch Hewitt, Lcdr McQuire, Tolein, Murphy, Smith Front Moderacki, Bullock, Chernesky, Moses, Hewitt, N.R. Back Krol, Fox, Groth, Kirby, Lt Showen Ch Harding, Heisler, Hogan, Snyder Front Bialobrzeski, Fogg, Keefe, Nicholson Simon, Sigg, Colangelo, Haines S lJhdshon Back Frost, Brunisifski, Hamlin Ch Steele, PACT Davis, Ch Callahan, Taylor Front Ingram, Mayo, McConnell, J2 Zinker, Jenkins Back Soboloski, Marlow, McClure Ch Evans, Dillon, Moore, C Front , Rossett, Simmerson, Steele Cfssaboom, Hopkins, C.M, V Division Bock Terwilleger, Potthoff, Lt Glasgow, Ch Silver, Morgan Front Griffin, Wilson, Albrecht, Evans, M.P X Division Bock Ch Moore, Fulton, Chaplain Lame, Doctor Leshock, Cline, Keane, Ch Fernandez Front Glowa, Hinckley, Sanders, Matchen, Jones, Alexander 5712553 my n+..,g,,y: . 7 1 0 4,f+-r - ' A 1 'hL...x lf FT ? .lvl X X Ship's Call Nun,Charlie,AbIe,love A Tum SNP 'X ,-g... ...W ,. ,-1-, -Lu ,gy 1-W.. my + Q' -' - 1 ' f .- Q--fr+.a,n ...Sc mraf -71.2-v If 7 4:-rl f'as-. -rn 'Q .fo M .al .qi 'Ci- In San Juan For Portrex 5. .X ,f...1 L . -4. 1 -9.-41 ti '.. 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A 5 5, Ni 14+ Practice Firing .--un-J fda I - I IHY 4 - I5 May I5 - I6 May I7 - I8 Way I9 - 26 may 27 - 29 Hay 29 - 30 fny 30- une 3 June 3 - 5 June 5 - IQ lune IO - I6 June I7 - I9 lene 20 - 22 :une 23 - 25 June 26 - 29 June 30 July 2 July 2 - 6 July Z - 9 IAIY IO - IQ luly I5 - I9 .wly 20 - 25 ally 26,- August l tugust I - 9 wugust 9 - I2 'just I2 - IQ August IQ - 2l 3vQust 2I - 25 ewnust 25 - 28 Elqust 28 - 29 August 3Q Gbiust 3l-September 3 DQDtEmb6F U-8 September 3-IU September I5-22 September 22-28 September 28-October October October October October October October October October October 2-4 4-5 5-8 5'IO I0-I5 I7-I9 I9-20 2l-3I 3I Itinerary of Cruise Io the Persian Gulf Trip across the Atlantic: one stop made at Praia, Terceira Island, Azores. Gibradtar Underway for France Villefranche, France Underway through the Mediterranean to Port Said, Egypt. Transit Suez Canal Through Red Sea to Aden, Arabia Aden: Take aboard ComMidEastFor and staff Underway to Bahrein Island, Persian Gulf Bahrein Island: underway night of l6th Umm Said, Qatar Peninsula Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia Sharjah, Saudi Arabia Bahrein Island Underway to Basra, Iraq Basra Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia Kuwait Dammam, Saudi Arabia Bahrein Island Underway for Ceylon Colombo, Ceylon Underway for India Bombay, India Underway for Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan Underway for Persian Gulf Bahrein Island Ras Tanura Ras al Mish'ab Underway Training Ras Tanura Bahrein Island Underway for Eritrea Massawa, Eritrea: relieved by USS Valcour and transferred flag Through the Red Sea Transit Suez Canal Through the Med to Augusta, Sicily Underway for Genoa, Italy Genoa Enroute to Gibraltar Gibraltar Enroute U.S.A. NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. ,,,,-.,., n U b .M , . 3' 49 if -'l ar ' 5 ,av .' 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