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THE GILMORE STORY A BRIEF HISTORY The U.S.S. Howard W. Gilmore is a keel up submarine tender, the sixth of seven designed Fulton class submarine tenders. The ship was authorized by an Act of Congress, 14 June 1942. When the keel was laid 21 December 1942, in the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, the ship was to be named the U.S.S. Neptune. Prior to her launching however, the Navy Department renamed her the U.S.S. Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16) in honor of the Submarine Force hero. The ship was launched 16 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Howard W. Gilmore, the widow of the late Commander Gilmore and a resident of New Or- leans. The tender was placed in commission 7 July 1944, and was turned over to her first Commanding Officer, Captain Daniel N. Cone, U. S. Navy, of San Fran- cisco, California. After leaving Pearl Harbor in September 1944, the ship spent five months at Marjuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands, refitting submarines for war patrols, undergoing voyage repairs, training relief crew personnel for the Squadron, and providing the routine services required by the submarines. Following a visit to Brisbane, Australia, the ship sailed in February 1945, for Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea, where vitally needed materials for an ad- vance base were loaded. Joining a convoy at Humboldt Bay, the U.S.S. Howard W. Gilmore sailed for Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Arriving there in March, 1945, she reported for duty in the Submarine Force of the Seventh Fleet as relief for the U.S.S. Griffin. Work at Subic Bay consisted of refitting and provisioning submarines and estab- lishing of a submarine rest and recuperation camp. After continuing her job of refitting submarines until August 30, 1945, the ship, then in company with eighteen submarines, headed for the United States, carrying more than one thousand passengers who were to be released from ac- tive duty. Following a brief stopover in Pearl Harbor, the ship arrived at San Diego, California, late in September. After disembarking about six hundred of her passengers in San Diego, the tender proceeded on to New York via the Panama Canal. On Navy Day, in October, she was one of the ships which sailed to the Hudson River and were re- viewed by the President of the United States. After a short stay in Bayonne, New Jersey, Navy Yard, the ship took on supplies and provisions at New London, Connecticut. Then after being supplied with torpedoes at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, she proceeded to Key West, Florida, which has been her home port since January, 1946. During 1946 to 1948 the Gilmore continued her mission servicing, repairing, and supplying, not only the submarines and other units assigned to Submarine Squadron Four of which she is a unit, but also other units of the Navy as the needs and opportunities presented themselves.
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Underway operation in this period consisted of exercises with the forces afloat, Atlantic Fleet cooperative Training, and such hurricane evasion tactics as were dictated by the weather. In the late fall of 1948 the Gilmore proceeded north again. This time to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for routine dry docking and overhaul, after which she returned to Key West to continue her assigned duties in carrying out her mission. The period 1949 to 1950 was a repetition of the activities of the previous period and again in the fall of 1950 the Gilmore proceeded north, on this oc- casion to the Boston Navy Yard for docking and overhaul, which was followed by operations under the direction of Commander, Fleet Training Group, Guanta- namo Bay, Cuba. The Gilmore arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 14 January 1951 for training operations and a two day visit to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She returned to Key West, the fifth of February. September saw the tender underway to Norfolk, Virginia, to service Squadron Six while the U.S.S. Orion (AS-18) was undergoing her post overhaul shakedown at sea. In November the Gilmore returned to Key West to continue her mission assigned to Squadron Four. During the month of February, 1952, the tender won the honor of having its Ship ' s Queen elected queen of the Navy Charity Carnival of the Key West area. This drive for charity and public services, which received a great deal of aid from the Gilmore personnel, collected $44,950. In April the Gilmore headed north for a few days to get supplies in Norfolk. Later in October the ship made its first trip south to Havana, Cuba as a recrea- tional cruise. The remaining part of 1952 was spent in Key West. The year 1953 saw the Gilmore heading to sea several times during hurri- cane season to avoid these tropical tempests. In the early fall the ship headed north once again to the Boston Navy Yard for routine docking and overhaul, which was followed by retraining and refresher exercises at Gonaives, Haiti under the direction of Commander, Fleet Training Group, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. While undergoing training, an opportunity was afforded the crew to visit several ports at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. While at Gonaives, Haiti, a limited number of men were permitted to go ashore daily for sightseeing, picture taking and recreational purposes. In February of 1954 the Gilmore returned to Key West and has continued to carry out its mission within the Key West area. The ship ' s complement is approximately forty officers and one thousand enlisted personnel. This in brief is the Gilmore Story ; much of it you will see in pictures on the following pages. We hope that your cruise with us through the pages of this book will be a never to be forgotten occasion.
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