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ARY PLANNING STRATEGY FOR AN OPERATION IN THE PACIFIC, DECEMBER 194.4 Vice Admiral john S. McCain lleftj discusses the next Philippines-area employment of Task Force 138 with Admiral William F. Halsey, Commander Third Fleet. The scene is Admiral llalsey's stateroom in his flagship. for the benefit of the oihcers and the men. J olm S. fWcCain was also the first American warship to visit Burma in four years when she docked at Rangoon on 29 October for a four- day visit. During her stay, mutual friendships developed between the 'crew and the Burmese people. Over 46,000 persons turned out to hear the seven public concerts presented by the Destroyer Flotilla ONE band. Huge crowds also gathered to seegthe basketball, softball, and volleyball contests that the shi p's company played with local teams. Over 10,000 Burmese also visited the frigate when she opened her gangway to the general public before her departure on 1 November. i Jnlm S. .M'cCaz'n repeated her two previous performances, but on a smaller scale, when she pulled into Singapore on 4 November for a three-day stay. During her visit the frigate again opened her gangway to visiting groups and played local teams in a number of ath- letic events. In. Singapore, 'Nw Free Press, an English language newspaper, summed up the success of J olm S. i1'If:C'nz'n's cruise, praising her as truly a ship of good willsand citing the excellent attitude and behavior of the crew. Further laurels came from Commander, U. S. Seventh Fleet. econd ship of the rMz'tschcr-class, John S. .McCain was built by the Bath lron VVorks and commissioned at the Boston Naval Shipyard on 12 October 1953. She is 493 feet in length, with a fifty-loot beam. and a full load displacement of 4,400 tons, Originally designated a destroyer, she was re-rated a de- stroyer leader while building in 1951 and again rehrated as a frigate on 1 january 1955.0 The world's largest ships of their type, the five Jlhtsrlwr-class frigatcs in the U. S. Navy are larger than some ships rated as light cruisers in other navies. 5 Authorized and ordered in 1948, John S. .ll fCCOZ'77 was built at a cost of S529,500,000, exclusive of armament. She was designed specifically as a long range fleet type for both administrative and antisubmarine duties. Carrying the latest surface, underwater, and anti-aircraft weapons and newly developed electronic devices for hunter-killer missions she uses homing rorpedoes and forward thrown antifsubmarine rockets as well as iilfeapon Alfa and depth charges. Her de- fensive armament consists ol' two 5-inch guns which are fully automatic-loading, rapid fire, radar-controlled and new 3-inch 70 caliber rnountings installed in 195768 to replace her 5 - 19601 former 5-inch 50-caliber be noted that her advanced system makes her an ehicient fiagship. Lightweight propelling machinery capable of developing 80,000 horsepower plus ad- vanced engineering features not previously in- stalled in fighting ships give her sea speeds over 35 knots. Her generators could meet the needs of a city of 50,000 people, and her re- frigeration and air conditioning equipment has the cooling capacity of a plant making 100,000 pounds of ice per day. Living condi- tions for her sixteen oliicers and 322 men were given particular attention in the design of the ship. There is air conditioning in all living spaces and large, vastly improved berthing and messing facilities. fter spending her first three years operating from East Coast ports with the Atlantic Fleet, John S. MtrCain reported to the Pacific Fleet in late 1956. During her cruise from Norfolk to San Diego, the frigate passed through the Panama Canal and made a good will tour to Peru. In 1957 she participated in the celebration of the Battle of the Coral Sea while on a cruise to Australia. While operating out of San Diego as her home port, she was flagship of Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21. In january 1958 she was transferred to Pearl Harbor and became flagship of Commander, Destroyer Flotilla Five. During her second cruise to the Far East in September 1958, the frigate engaged in patrol and convoy escort, duty in the For- rnosan Straits, while Quemoy was under fire of the Communist mainland guns, and aided the people of Koniya on Amami O Shima, japan, when that city was ravaged by tire. Having completed her Indian Ocean cruise, J olm S. rlr'cCain is now en route to her home 'Ir
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