Houston (CL 81) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 100 of the 1946 volume:

Mg - o - losSL OPERATION GOOD WILL Published by PARAMOUNT PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO. 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. I Copyright, 1947 by U.S.S. HOUSTON ' HOWARD E. OREM Captain U.S.N. Commanding Officer, August 1945 — June 1946 GEORGE E. MILLER Couintauder, V . 5. N. Exec. Officer, Feb. 1945— July 1946 HARRY E. REITER Commander, II. S. N. Executive Officer, July 1946 U. S. S. HOUSTON CL81 Serial No. Care of Fleet Post Office, Nev York, Npw York. 31 Jaruary 194 ' ' . From April t December 1%6 the HOUSTOK served in U.S. Kaval Forces Europe, a tour of duty on foreign station that has seldom been e.qualled in the history -of our liavy for interest, adventure, and variety of experience. From Gibraltar to Glasgow, from Copen- hagen to Cairo, from Paris to the Pj-ram.ids, from Stockholm to Suez we visited and showed the flip, bringing the United States to some nations who had not seen the U.S. Navy in many months and in all ports doing our utmost to show that our country stands for peace and friendship throughout the world. liev; friends were made, new bonds of acquaintanceship established, and all those who were in the ship through those eventful months ma y look back ' ith ; -ide and satisfaction upon a mission Uell Done for the ' avJ ' and for our country. And as for the individual missions which were also well done - - The following pages will bring back to all of us memories of the HOUSTON ' S great cruise of 19 ' i6, and from here on each person tells his own story. To the finest ship ' s company in the finest Kavy may all future cruises be as pleasant as the one herein recorded and every experience be an Operation Goodvri.ll , X K ' , yiL U i IL K, DILTraCH C£.ptain, U.S. Nary A ' :.s V v . V l ' ' .rii ,j, . '  lUllnst.o, _J.J. ' 1 . linn... .Ill ' Yr ' ii •. iAn .«iivo l«i nutlnlo Is) !!-;!! S ' fiTvti • ••• ,. , jl ' liiliiil.lphia I ' .lH mini iv), [ W,lm.ngron ' •.Norfolk Ki.nu.ui.... y n ;,ly ' li.ul. ' StOIl WKST IN 4) IKS ' •■ I o c IRELAND - ' L - St-Na- , , r K A N r c. ? LVi U« PARIS FOREWORD When man first hollowed out a log and used it as a nneans of transpor- tation, he made a paramount contri- bution to the mariner ' s trade. Since then vessels have sailed, or steamed into ports all over the v orld. Some may have touched the same ports to meet the same generous welcome in Europe and Africa as we of the Houston did in 1946. - Wl f,! f-. .  But, even If other ships did touch the same ports and nnet the same people, and had made as many warm friends as we made on our European cruise, our tour would still be very different. This cruise was made by us — twelve hun- dred men who lived and worked together during the months of Operation Goodwill. This book is the pictorial story of that cruise, the activities of the UNITED STATES SHIP HOUSTON from April to December, 1946. We steamed out of Norfolk, Virginia on April 16. We paused for two magic days in the Island of Bermuda. On April 20, we pushed out into the Blue Atlantic for Europe and-OPERATION GOODWILL. On the Morning of the 28th Land appeared on the port bow Our first ghnipse of Europe . S|[|nyy !i; . . . And In The Northeast Distance Dawned Gibraltar Grand and Gray. BROWNING r ' :- . • • • WE MOORED THE SHIP - — and ent ashore for our first Continental Liberrv : kj c ' lwoAUEsnr THE WEEKLY U IS COLOR I L L CliRl:. lO. OF IHi: Kl 23 23 T ° ' ' 2r( 20 18 C« „ 21 2T . 20 J9-- 19 23 3 -J 21 V 20 ,n iQ 18 20 a a2i 21 20 19 ° « 15 16 -20, _ 23 ■ ' 20 ■ V 21 20 18 19 2T --- 20 ,a- - ' 19 17 17 21 -20 i ' 22 28 vXV ' r 30 •350 18 19 Sr aO. 21 21 « ' 20 20 - - _ c 20 23 24 a 20 20 „ - 31 - . 29 v3 rV ' - A a 29 I 28 a A?., 7 ' 31 „ 3, A 3o - i- 3 ' - % ' i ' ' 3 N 33 bl 31 32 33 31 20 - 23 , 24 s 2 2 25 26 - S - 20. ' 22 23 17 16 , -, ig ' Se 29 18 . 191 - ' 22 . 2 ' 21 C 28 ' - ' 32 25 2 28-35 24 ' 31 28 T 31 31 ' 5o 31 - - 31 30- cnS , ' 31 - - ' 41 33 33 I 22 ' 31 L-ir ,3,1 3 ' - - 30: 35 ' 35 30 ' ' 30, ■31 35 37 35 37 35 3i 36 ( 32 32 . ' 3 ' X ' 50 ' i ' 33 37 3s W« %: P35 36 -f 36 41 crt S 3? , , 32 , ' ' .13— - , 9 — -=- 29 30 C —30-29 g _IZ 31 35 28 30 29 PAST THE NEEDLES, UP THE SOLENT TO SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND; THEN ... to the picturesque — m , ' 4 .-.«.- ■ ' ' -jR- -sea town of Falmouth Bmlab AdnuTtthv OkATi (o 2 ' Vmt . PM ™ph y r Jto Far.«n ph ■■i r ' ' ' F = Fi ' um iiii ' iia t ii ' r ' b ' T T g r ' J L ' iU in Devonshire and . . AND SCOTLAND, THE RUGGED ROLLING LAND OF TARTANS AND HEATHER. JSurgb of ®ban CfouAet Moudton Com and g£entwn ,Cr Mr,, .,„ , Me OKKti ia TWENTY-ONE DAYS AFTER OUR ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND WE LEFT HER, STEAMING UP THE NORTH CHANNEL, AND EAST TO i 778 • 7J4 ■I03 1 V ir« 7 «1 ZJ3 i 3« as 1 s a  • -  5 s I y s . . BERGEN, WHERE WE FOUND BEAUTIFUL GIRLS AND NIGHTS ONLY AN HOUR LONG AND YET, DAYS WERE TOO SHORT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE ALL THAT THEY WANTED—. LEAVING THE NORTHLAND WE STEAMED SOUTH THROUGH THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND TO BOMB-TORN PLYMOUTH. ENGLAND. THERE WE CELEBRATED V-DAY ANNIVERSARY WITH A PARADE (AND A DANCE). 1 miff 4 WITNESSED A CHANGE OF COMMAND I 1 • CAPTAIN DIETRICH relieved CAPTAIN OREM. - ' : . . 3 + ' 9 ' 39 37 3 36 32p - 5? f 35 ..- 93 47 40 34 37 40 35 36 32 75- 37 38..--53... - -X4- ' - 38f 3a -55 39 . -■ ' 60 47 ' ■ ..■••-■38 34 Ca 2 37 37 38 1 21 4 ' 33 ' ' 39 3f.f l 32 A« ' 3 . 31 . ■ ' 33 30 ' 26 a«J 37 25 •S ' 16 Bouai 35 ' l U .24 , 23 i20 38 )5 37 }- ' : 23, ( 24  24v. l?i L L-rBjn-ie: 35 35 34 c l 289-, f 33 % ;pr 3q S2 A n ' ■ :!y k 25 28 t f 6 ' ■ ' 3 ... ' ' 8 lumiRBOURG VaitvUle 3i? 10 C.de Flainartville b AnoedeSciotot 2 I B ■J -.. SmtalxTvillis 10 ,8 ■ 29 D, 27 35 34 33 29 28 7- 29 ■ g- 37 . (30 36 35 34 ' 30— 28 29 27 (Pafm w if I3 c .fe. % m . 5 ■■■: i ■ o Sunvill St-Mai«coui o ?+ 3,1 SiJIane deMont H{r Ccu entan 37 3L ■•- 29 27 20 i JERSE jSt ■Gtsx ' iihatn 17 14 fo ' 10 ... 4i oPircni ' 7 31 3 ■■ ' ■■■«5 o Couianoes La.Sienn slin roviUa We went to Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands, where the Houston represented the Govern- ment in the ceremony of disinternment of bodies of American Flyers who were killed on Jersey during the war. ' ■•d ■t. We received Admiral H. Kent Hewett, Comman- der of the Twelfth Fleet and raised his flap. DACINS LIDII: Pr n kon vinn««. ARBEIDET LIS I OACf V rdmg 3J. nal 1916 i. ioh4;c it ;ave. Se Nordahl Grieg-foreslillingen 6ARRABAS ' ' pa Den Nationale Scene Ma Thv. Halvorsen punge ut med en sterre sum. nil ulbytfet fr« Nortra- ihlp bllr flllagi lormuen. Aktorctet h« toHtngl i omHknIng. ftBMtUlM U ooi Ugt t Jerflhafleslreiheo den siflrsle 00 aluoriioste i USA ' s hisiorie. I Th . 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(NTB fra Reutert N4r rorhandllnKene om t alreihcn tas opp lil dcbalt I moricen. rnlcr myndiEhrlrnF 4 bll i aniilki 111 ansikt med rn n - krjsc. like uhelUvani;er aom den nylift IWfynte J e rn ha neat re i ken. orlyder del i halvofflsielle kretser 1 k Polk aon er tel iind incen nevn raorcendafena forhar lunde heldiK ut og 4 villljce III k xJenoppli alille drirten p trun I beKCe 1 piK l re«idcnl Tniman um NilsHan(lalnyordf.iB.K.K. Nrtt moikinaggr 9a« rtd Dar kroftanlagg. hra(l (likap hold! ■kapanau I fir ralddar or t« ordfcrrr, varaordfarar •trn BMd TaranwBB Ukeledaa be- faadlodai rvfnikaptt for 1M4 — 45. eppreltelM av fait •tilllniar Mtn aUilontvaktcr a( reparatar ««d Data krafUnt ta av fa ( ■tilltni aom projekt . Til rapr  «BtanUkapeta ordfa- rtr valftai ordfarer H a n d a I. «f •an varaordfarer fabnkkbettrrar Crlkata. Aik r Til awdlaMiMr av ilrret valf. t«a (ra Barien dlrtklar Jacob B Elda. rMli tar Oi« OdUfl4 m  4 autarUI- forrallar WU. Mkratar OaUn at dlip«Mflt Abi D MkhalMn mb taraMcaa. Pn laaddlttrlbUna SUarlat V.Irat a. lbr ' i« «P«t bla rodkjant, atlar •T«r«kiid4 l baalulUd. vfDdt nad X4A.00e kr til falM av  r TikllDfor Ul tar I «ff II. mam br ft! bU avarfart III brfrafan t Oar bU fatia •UtII) Den triste drukningsulykke i Skagetjern oppklart. t med dykker, J srumset. De Pollliet ga dog ikke opp, og t r farle deres iherdige arbeid I -esutUter. Man hadde nt dell vai IVorgre yter lijelp Srjennoni l.l RRA for 10,3 niilLkr. Og dessuten kredilt pa 15 millioner. I EEvJr£ !; ' ' ' sSlK UNRRA ' s visegeneraldirektor takker | l u ' ' tl ggt li pi tamme tcd of • enn 10— 1 meter fra land. r guttenc li er dct Ikka ner r dypt. At det tak U ( tld far om dette konientrarta unki, rir Codt icsbyrd om de koloi bunnforhold 1 dette tjcrnet i vil gjerne 1 denne forbindata re oppmerksoro pi at de (okB - skaper aom ble brukt cr uteka- imcnUrt av HeKli«neB. De bar •n vist sine utmerkete cfeniha- , OS det kan onai nevnea at da benyltet ikke bare Innenlanda, 1 er bnikt og anerkjenl ogtk [ Hvorlede; ulykkei fTt OS dralt denne med aes. Ingen tegn til ytr oM. - ble ki rt til Gadaa Instt- ril bll foreUtt retU. De f VlBcgeneraldlrekt. fc Ro} F. HendrlckMn. folKtnde: KING OF NORWAY VISITS HOUSTON lykkede ar B. 1 FolVets Hua, 20 ir Leif Pettersen, bosatt mmel. Bene livsglade fMttar, nner. S-rIlgr i lame Start- er St rlca«a rammel, at fri ke. kjekke 1) Oslo the Ki lUlhered the ; ' . ' . ' Jrr ' .nl ' . ' i;! official greeting of his people b. 11I..I which the men of the Houston re- turned personally. — i lv trlMhiia har i it nffdrtnilln r ffctl rtd «n t mcdd.ll, bttrt Fibrlkktnri moBO- fordyrci finika AmtMuadwr Hu«M«tii Alu ntt E, Of hin har riK nrdra fra VII slkkwhtlifMd dilk - V3l Ivlhold pi liinukinl tor. .f H ' l '  bsl Y vSil r ta las 1| - t v4 The Ship ' s band was playing and the crond of friendly Danes were shouting as the Houston moored in Copenhagen Denmark; It didnt take us long to get acquainted and that night . . . vW- V ii ' UB- ' ■ r !i5 BK!S wT?  WE OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY LN HOME WATERS NEXT DA Y WAS FOUR TH OF JUL Y; 4 - « tLj j2 U M B| Ri H hrWH l- ' ' ' g jg ■ H WE FULL-DRESSED SHIP AND WENT ON LIBERTY AND SAW THE SIGHTS BEFORE WE SHOVED OFF FOR . . . STOCKHOLM — firing National Salute to Sweden The Crown Prince called . . . . . . and inspected the ship. W e found Stockholm to he a city in which to huy things . . . to tak e pictures in • • to sjvim m . . . to make friends in . . . VIA [HE KAISER WfLHELM CANAL W E LEFT SCANDINAVIA . . , i- 1 ' J J ;,; 1 A- ,1 i; i: i n a k ... ' ■•48 ft, 1 „ , •11 ' - ' • V, ■1 j; ; i It rt-   «l %« p III 3 k m HI a „  M l • ' w ... ti ,. «• UM •4 M N O I( ,„lmA uA« Au4l. Tf 5 « ,, • ' ' ■ ' ' - XiJ ' • ' ' ■ ' • ' ' t 4 Ww ' ' r fv ■■ 1- -«r r.,. J: i I- 11 I A M 11 BELGIUM: ANTWERP. The Scottish Regiment, stationed in Antwerp, drilled for our benefit. The traditional bagpipes. IN THE NETHERLANDS ROTTERDAM -where the Comniander of the Twelfth Fleet presented decorations for outstanding service TO OUR ALLIES We caught our breath for a feiv days in Soiithafiipton and Corves, and, one day in August, the Twelfth Fleet pushed out into the Atlantic for excetrises .... :r r_- A ■ -wdftft- ' . . . excercising firing and maneuvering We steamed generally Souths until one day- - we arrived at Lisbon, Portugal, where a new draft of men waited patiently, while the rest of us prepared to receive visitors We found Lisbon interesting, a city of contrasts i. ' gtgM IW i-i - -5 - W e all joined forces on Sunday To March to THE BULL FIGHT The Matadors were clever but we were pulling for the hull, and sometimes . . . as though he might win. To sea again -we touched England and shuttled across to Le Havre, gateway to . . . PARIS The Eiffel Tower seemed a long way from the bottom.. Before ive left Le Havf% ne gave a m party for A a feir friends - while an orchestra of German prisoners serenaded us from the pier In September we returned to Plynioiith, and nitnessed the . . . elieving of Adiniral Herritt by Admiral ConoU as Commander of Naval Forces in Europe We climbed North to Scotland for gunnery excercises and . . . . . . to Glasgow for recreation. The Scots came to call and put on a show for us, sampled Houston s cooking. We returned to Southampton for provisions. In October we . . . ' • ' s T T R RS E ORCAD£S OR ORKNEY IDS, HEBRIDES i U, ISLANDS. REAT BRITAIN IRELAND AND - NORTHERN IRELAND SOALE OF Statute Mil Bud M ' NkUj Ooaela M p of On ! ft tala, Oaprrlfkl b7 Bud U°NkU7 Ocan(«nj, CblMC«k IAH. EL,.rN?| .  -V .y ' Ia.. put to sea and vith England disappearing be yond our wake steamed throug] peaceful seas toward Italy. 3,500 miles is a long trip, but there w as much to be done . . . and lots to be learned. LAND IN SIGHT! NAPLES was torn, but IMPRESSIVE. In November we put to sea for maneuvers, and eight days later we entered . . . Ksmifi «?.. ' • ' =: « gRr. — T SK PORT SAID, gateway to the SUEZ CANAL where JIM IRISH welcomed us. In fair weather Devine Services were topside. We invaded the Pyramids on camel back The Mediterranean w as warm in December ■V -V; ' v-AfW • ■ li, % But the Atlantic was rough we fought her for more than a week before we came to: NEW YORK, CHRISTMAS s. - nm Mf il Hp - (1 «« U. S. A. AFTERWORD Thus we ended our European Cruise. We were in the United States after nine months of duty abroad where we developed CSF (Continental Savoir Faire) and filled our lockers with souvenirs. In this country we found that the ex- chan ge was twenty nickels for a dollar and discovered that the natives spoke English well enough to be understood. We each steamed off on ten days Christmas leave to get accustomed to it all and to give the folks our own special version of OPERATION GOOD WILL Cruise Log Board Lieutenant Commander C. A. Turner, USN. Senior Member Lieutenant (Jg.) A. P. Slaff, USN. Ensign F. L. Keith, USN. Ensi2;n C. A. Petersen, USNR. CRUISE LOG STAFF Ensign T. R. Hartley, Editor in Chief Ensign K. C. Miller, Business Manager PHOTOGRAPHS BY McKinny, Hunt, Le Claire, Kaiser, Kearney. Ciirtootis hy Iti riil SNAPSHOT SECTION f I ' lM a ' IX ' M ' ' ' ' mmmmm i-ry ' -i:- ' i ' ' U ' ' •y] ■ i ' r.. ' -- - v ' .