Kearsarge (CV 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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AQ . in wi. 1. a great white SEPTEMBER 4. 1952. THE CRANE SHTP KEARSARGE LIFTS THE REMAINS OF THE TRAWLER LYNN OEF THE BOTTOM or BOSTON HARBOR THE TRAWLER SUNK WITH A CREW OF FIFTEEN A FEW MONTHS EARLIER . . -in ,,,m.-.1 -..,Qa..: ,aa-a. warrior shoulclered a grimy crane It was in 1895 that the supplieations ofi the St-T-rvtarv of the Navv. Hilary A. Herbert, xwri- he-arfl 'Lllltl atietml upon by Congress. And. for tht- first time in naval history a battleship was nann-il alter a distinguished war-sloop 7'4 K17iAliSAliGE--tlie only exception to the venerable . rult- of naming battleships after states. She was launehetl on 24 March in 1898, with her sister ship, USS KENTUCKY. pi The KEARSARCE was a Grst class battleshipg 36511-ct long and T2 feet across the beam. She rlisplaeetl 11,525 tons. and had two sets of 10,000f horse power engines to propel her large bulk att 16 knots. ller armament consisted of: four 8-inch. and four 13-inch breech loading rifles, a Secondarjf' battery of fourteen 5-ineh rapid fire rifles, and atltlitional battery of 20 six-pounders, four gatling guns, and one lieltl piece! To man this floating fort she hail a crew ot' 39 oliicers and 6181 men The setfontl KEARSARGE was christened by Mrs. llerhert Winslow, wife ofthe son ol' the captain of the war-sloop I Now ht- was to follow his father as captain of St,'t'tll1tl sailed 31'0l1l1d the worlfl in 1908 as part of the Great Wl1it8 ive-.1 ivan was-1 mrs, the KEARSARGE. was in reseiwv status at the Boston navy Shi- was soon hack in the battleship fleet. On hier way from Virginia to Boston, 1'l'St'll0tl survivors of the Norwegian NUlilJllfX.V, which was sunk by a submarine. Later she was engaged in against T-neniy submarines in the hlt'Xit n. Alter the armistice, she 1'6lIl.Bil'16d'W1th ln 1920, it was directed by the cle'-pa1'tment that the KEARSARGE be converted a craneship. Her turrets and guns were antl plaet-tl aboard ships in the fleet. After her conversion, she became known the largest sea-going crane ship ever to be structefl. Upon her decks She has 8. crane with a 250 ton lift. ln 1931, Crane iil, fax-KEARSARGEID, was overhauled f rnaile into a nou-sell'-propelled floating derricli For ten years she assisted in the of battleships for the Navy, handling Weights the capacity of regular equipment. ln 191111. when the Japanese war planes Pearl llarhor in ruins, Crane Ship 41 was merliately towed from the east coast, Panama canal, across the waters of the to Hawaii. There she olearetl the twisted ol? steel. cement, antl iron which had ieseiitlmletl ships and docks. To this clay tfliehruary, 1953j she renders her country a full measure of service.