LST (511) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 24 of the 1945 volume:

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Lieutenant, USN June 10, 1945, to October 29, 1945 e .- ,.-s I 71 Brigf A Days in Commission ...... 714 Ports of Call .................. 24 Countries Visited ...--------- 5 Days Overseas .......................... 508 Vehicles Transported .............. 2,553 Personnel Carried .................. 10,142 ' Average Complement ........... 127 Total Complement ......................... A 243 1 Prisoners Moved ..................................... 1,627 English Channel Crossings ................ ' 102 Air Raids ....................................................... 13 Total Nautical Mileage ............. 34,000 Casualties Transported ................... ......... 9 87 Shaft Turns ............................................................... 4,750,000 Rounds of Ammunition Fired ............... 24,219 g Times Anchor Let Go .................................... 467 Gallons of Fresh Water Used .................. 2,432,150 Four-hour Watches .1 ......................,.... 4,312 General Quarters Held ..,,,....,,,, 97 Individual Meals Served ................ .,,,,,,,, 1 11,914 CGYACDD LIEUTENANT JOHN YACEVICH, USN It is with a deep feeling of regret that I leave the 511. I have always considered it a great privilege to be in command of a crew such as you have been .... X 8 The Sizp .v Company X DECK DIVISION Arvey L. Alley, Cox Thomas B. Beck, Slc Roy L. Brown, Slc Ernest F. Carter, Cox Charles L. Crawford, Slc Charles D, Cremens, Slc George Danatsko, Slc Louis A. Denierio, Slc Nicholas Diamantis, S2c Gerald F. Foley, SFlc Brown L. Fountain, Slc Woodrow W. Fowler, Slc William I-I. Frye, S2c William G. Houser, Slc Richard Kroczynski, Slc Vincent Luisi, BM2c John Meszar, Slc Robert L. Milton, Slc James W. Patterson, Slc Richard W. Ruff, Slc Edwin E. Scroggins, Slc Herbert Seals, Slc Robert A. Shuford, BMZC Thomas Storino, Slc Robert R. Wise, Slc Dominick F. Wisk, ClVI3c Clarence A. Wright, BMZC Joseph M. Zarnoch, Slc COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION Robert Briggs, RdM3c Orlando D. Marinelli, SM3c John P. O'Neill, SMZC Harold C. Sowers, SMZC Louis R. Wamback, QM2c Stanley E. Willey, QM2c Howard E. Wolhar-, RM2c Alex Zimmerman, RM3c The S6110 .v Company ENGINEERING DIVISION Charles Brubaker, MOMMZC Richard B. Christianson, MoMMlc John F. Fulks, MoMM2c Robert G. Greasley, lNfIolVIlVI2c J. W. Hunter, F2c A Charles L. Lord, MOMMIC Alfred P. McCracken, lVIolVIlVIlc Earl W. Minard, EMZC VVilliam F. Powers, MoMM3c John L. Riggs, MoMMlc Edward J. Smith, WTZC Russell C. Stevens, Flc Joseph C. Thonus, INIOMMZC Donald C. Tome, MOMMZC William E. Totherow, MOMMZC Robert E, Vought, EM3c GUNNERY DIVISION Robert A. Leibold, GM3c Keith L. Norman, Slc CGMD Louis V. Semona, Glwlc James A. Shimer, GlVI3c SUPPLY DIVISION Francis C. Allen, SCZC Lennie Alston, StlVIlc James M. Baker, StlVIlc Henry Dellanave, PhlVIlc George Drury, SK3c Nathan H. Gardner, SC3c Raymond E. Gay, Slc CSCI Thomas Holcombe, Slc QSCD Halbert L. Jones, Y3c . V Donald B. Look, SClc Eugene S. Wa1'chocki, Bkr2c John D. Wood, Slc CSKJ Arthur Yohannan, YZC Daniel D. Young, SK3c r X Q 5 N. LST-511 was built in Seneca, Illinois, by the Chicago Bridge 81 Iron Company in the fall and early winter of1943. On December 18th of that year, her original Navy crew of 7 officers and 71 'men and a Coast Guard ferry crew boarded the new ship and piloted her down the Illinois and lwississippi Rivers to New Orleans, Louisiana, where, on January 3rd, 1944, she was commissioned the U.S.S. LST-511. Under the command of Lieutenant John Yacevich, USN, of Troy, New York, LST-511 made her Hshakedownn cruise to Panama City, Florida, in the latter part of January, 1944. There, Captain J. R. Johannesen, USN, and his staff boarded her, and she became the flagship for the ELEVENTH LST Flotilla, of which Captain Johannesen was commander. After returning to New Orleans, the LST-511 sailed, on February 14th, for New York, on the first lap of the trip that would lead her to the Normandy coast for the invasion of France. After brief stops for last-minute prep- arations in New York, Boston, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, the LST-511 sailed, on hlarch 14th, 1944, in a large convoy of LSTs and merchantmen, across the North Atlantic to the small Welsh town of Port Talbot. Early in April, the LST-511 moved to Falmouth, on the south coast of England, and from there to Plymouth for pre-invasion exercises and, finally, on June lst, to load Army personnel and material for the Normandy invasion. As a part of the Westei'n Naval Task Force, the LST-511 arrived in the assault area off Omaha beach on the afternoon of D-day, where she remained for 2 days, discharging Army personnel and material and receiving casualties. As a hospital-fitted ship, the LST-511 had aboard 2 Navy doctors and 20 hospital corpsmen, plus an Army surgical team. On this and subsequent trips to the assault beaches, the ship evacu- ated nearly 1,000 wounded to Army and Navy hospitals in England. On one trip alone, 297 wounded Gls were returned to base hospitals. In the days and months which followed June 6th, the LST-511 made 31 round trips from south coast English ports to Omaha and Utah uf Brzlgf H11-wry LST-5ll lurks off the Normandy bea if beaches, in addition to 5 trips to the British assault beaches. After the French coastal and river ports were liberated, the LST- Sll began discharging her loads on the docks and beaches of Cherbourg, Le Havre, and Rouen, up the Seine River. Twice she Was tied up to H ,, Vrfffr arf ..... -.z,A,,.u .... Q VV,Y, .V VVVY ..........Y...,V,V, - fig ,-f'i ,.g ,a. E , V ,V V W W MW M, 1 U I g ' ' ' K ' '-' ' ' Y -f '-7 -wt!!-.L zl -:Y-xi..3'g?5fv1jSm-'. ' ' K ' ' ' ' head awaiting orders to hit the beach. -Official U. S. Navy Photograph ll the floating docks of the famed Mulbe1'1'y artificial harbor. In all, the LST-5ll crossed the English Channel 100 times, taking fresh troops and new tanks, trucks, and jeeps into France and returning to England With Wounded and battle-Weary Gls, battered equipment, and German from ,, ,,,.,. i,,,,,,att i ,,,e .i,., 4 tag, 4 fe, ,t , Y X N ci Brzigf Hz'sf07j' 4 e it i i prisoners-of-war. She has carried over 8,000 GIS, 2,600 vehicles, and 1,600 prisoners. 4 . Next to D-day and the ,invasion exercises before that, perhaps the high .spot in her overseas trip was the LST-511.'s trip through the mine- invested North Sea to Drammen, Norway. Together with the 4 other LSTs which steamed into Drammensfjord, the LST-511 was accorded the finest welcome the war-weary Norwegians could muster. In June, 1945, after having been in the European Theater of Operations for 15 months, the LST-511 prepared to return to the States.,' Her command was relinquished to Lieutenant John J. McAuley, Jr., USN, of , Malden, Massachusetts, and she received aboarduthe personnel and cargo which she was to bring home. ' On July 9th, 1945, the LST-511 sailed, in company with 13 other LSTS from Plymouth, England, for New York. After a week in New York, she sailed for her first call at her home port-Norfolk, Va., where she remained for several months. 1 x rLate in Gctober, after a two-day ammunition-dumping trip in the Atlantic, the LST-511 was ordered to the Cheatham Annex of the Naval Supply Depot on the York River, a few miles from historic Williamsburg, Virginia, to be opened for a Navy Day inspection by the public. About 1,000 visitors came aboard on that day for a first- hand glimpse of one of the Navy's big, much-publicised landing ships. Two days later, on October 29th, Captain McAuley was ordered to a new command, and the command of the LST-511 was passed on to her present . skipper, Lieut. Lyle W. Jackson, USNR, of Lamoni, Iowa. A In November, the LST-511 moored at the Convoy Escort Piers near the Naval Operating Base at Norfolk, Virginia, to' be decom- missioned. Since her first trip began, she had sailed 34,000 miles and calledat overka score of ports in five countries. , A , . ., 4 , , ,y,5v.,x, , , 4+ 1 1 If Q W 5 Q, an ' ,I,,,-. Q. e . , .X 4 W' 14' . . ' I -V-X,-Q!f5'4if3' N 'N rf fs D Iris 'liazzfzfze g PLAN OF THE DAY 0400 Reveille. 0405 Physical drills on main deck. 0430 Turn to. Prepare for inspection. 0500 Get underway. Set condition Il. 0630 Breakfast. Powdered eggs and Vienna sausage 0635 Turn to. Unload supplies. ' 0700 Muster. Topside if raining. 0715 Turn to. Continue with ship's routine. 11800 Report to sick bay for S. A. 1 a 0830 Air bedding unless weather is clear. 0900 Captain's mast. 0905 Deck court. 0910 Summary court martial. 0930 Lower boat No., 5. - 0945 Hoist boat No. 5. 10010 Turn to. Unload supp1ies..' 1005 Load supplies. 1030 Personnel inspection on main deck. 1100 Inspection cancelled. Turn to. 1130 Chow down. Creamed chicken. 1200 Sack up. 1205 Turn to. Unload supplies. 1230 Lower boat No, 6. 1245 Hoist boat No. 6. 1300 Paint deck topside. 1400 Scrape deck topside. . 1430 Get underway to unload ammunition. 1600 Mail call. Mail will be given outyat 1830. 1630 Knock off. Liberty for Section 6. 1635 Turn to. Unload supplies. 1700 Supper. Chili Con Carne. 1730 Get underway. 1830 Mail call. No mail. 1900 Movies if the projector-works. ' 2000 General drills. ' 2100 Turn to.. Inspection tomorrow. 0900 0930 1000 1030 1045 1100 1200 1230 1300 1430 1530 1600 1625 1630 1700 uv rw 1 800 1 900 .J nn, 20041 ff 0100 NoTE It Cami! Happen Here PLAN OF TOMORROW Reveille. Sleep longer if you wish. Breakfast. Sunnyside eggs served in your sack by the Stores Officer. llfluster in sacks. Absentees will be granted 71s. Civilian workers aboard to clean ship and do any other necessary work. Pay day. Draw as much as you wish. Free beer on tank deck supplied by the Daughters of the 511. Lunch in the new dining room. Choice of steaks, seafood, or chops. Liberty for all hands. Stay as long as you wish. Siesta. U.S.O. shogfon tank deck, starring Hedy Lemarr and Lana Turner. Swimming in the bow pool. Tennis match on the main deck. DeRenzy vs. Yerke. Sick call. Free Alka Seltzer. Cocktail hour. Supper on the starlight roof. Table service by your favorite waitress. Underway for moonlight cruise up the North River, Watches will be stood by Hooligans. Movies. VVorld premier. Continuous showing until 2400. Dance in the ballroom. lvlusic by Harry James and Charlie Spivak. Taps. Sack up if you wish. : All men are advanced one rate effective today. Requests for 30-day leaves must be turned in by 1800. ,, ,,i.f-,..,..,.. -24 - emember? The ship's dance in Falmouth . Iwo limo . . . Orr, report to the wheel- houseg we're lost . . . Hazel . . . the time Ernie Young went in the drink with an armful of beer bottles-full ones . . . the Pig Pen . . . post mike one . . . when Steffen made a mistake and wore his own shirt . . . 2 o'clock . . . Horse and g Groom . . . the time Daffy Duck tried to swim the Seine . . . How come f you know? . . . the new movies on the tank deck . . . Truro . . . the time V we swapped LeBas for a movie with the 292 . . . DeRosa . . . all back full . . . A VVamback's honor of being the first man overboard . . . two and six . . . Scram, itys Yac! . . . The Spook . . . the time Junior?' jumped from the 2nd deck to the 3rd deck and landed in the bilge control room . . . Chief Saki . . . Pop 1 Stahl and the galloping dominoes . . . Calshot . . . the Anvil Chorus as Dellinger made reveille . . . Rainbow Corner. Gallagher at Portland Terrace . . . famous duets flj Dooley 85 Ross and C25 Brayton 86 Wagner . . . Shoeless, Joe . crap games on the starboard 'side . . . Duffle Bag . . . Netley . . . the Lonely Hearts Club: Willey, Wamback, O'Neill, Sowers, Foley, Wolhar, open membership . . . take a sounding . . . .... , feed 'em rice! . . . the cognac kids, Pappy and Ski in Le Havre . . . basketball on the tank deck . . . Major Hoople . . . Chief Stanly-Ashtrays, Inc. . . . Meatball . . . Young: Let's do some constructive thinking . . . rolling ,across the channel . . . Wiater--the three minute baker . . . how many times Smitty and Anson oiled the main deck . . . Nab tower . . . Downey-scarcasm deluxe . . . the one man anti-aircraft gun-Chuck and his 30 . . . the Six Dials . . those nights, lights, and fights in the French quarter . . . Tamar Quay . . . our wandering boy-the Green Hornet VVilley . . . football at St. Michael . . . the double shuffle . . . Shirley . Yohannan sleeping in a phone booth . . . Lodi and his neon hash mark . security inspections madeg conditions normal . . . Glebe. Luisi and Galgon leading the gang in baseball . . . Contrary Foley . . . swimming at Omaha' and Utah . . . Waterloo . . . Troop 511-Triple A, Scout- master . . . Piccadilly Circus . . . the bow line trio-Doyle, Dufoe, and Souza . . . the Porthole . . . Fenn and his rubber welsh rarebit . . . How far out are we P . . . Norfolk's Gold Coast . . . -Lindy when he opened that door in Rouen .. . mild and bitters . . . Ambrose light . . . the five days leave in London-- scotch, scotch, and more scotch . . . Prince of Wales Pier . . . orange ice cream ala Look . . . sugar three west . . . all hands, load supplies . . . Drammensfjord . . . keep at sharp lookout for submarines . . . torpedo juice and terrific hang- overs . . . High Street . . . compass check . . . two longs and two shorts to the engine room . . . That'll cost you a few D . . . gyro juice . . . You cawn't miss it . . . E-boats . . . who's who at the White Hart . . . we'll be home for Christmas-of '49 . . .passed by naval censor . . . Yac-Mac-Jac . . . This is the American Forces Network . . . Fleet Post Office . . . the Staff . . . , Uncle Bob . . . the time Lodi gave Schultz an aspirin for his infected arm . . . z the General . . . Smitty's 71 when he took 4 dogging pipes with him to New York . . . the auxiliary galley . . . Fiehl and Sundre-the boiler room twins . . the Owl left owing everybody ...' conn to radar . . . let go. x 1 i , Tfzqy Staci ft Out From Seneca to Norfolk - the long way around . . , via Canada, VVales, England, France, Norway . . 34,000 miles, in all. Seventy-one men began the tripgeand many have come and gone in its 23 months duration. But these, these nineteen, have stayed FROM BEGINNING TO END Francis C. Allen Charles Brubaker Gerald F. Foley John F. Fulks Donald B. Look Alfred P. lN'lcCracken Earl VV. lVIinard Edward J. Smith joseph C. Thonus Donald C. Tome VVilliam E. Tothefow Louis R. Wamback Eugene S. Wa1'chocki Robert R. Wise Dominick F. Wisk Howard E. Wolhar John D. Wood Clarence A. Wright Daniel D. Young Underqmay 145 Eyre O O O ' ' in Official U. S. Navy Photograph Off 'IlllllllllllllIIlllllllllllllllillilllllll I -U f. .bf ores otes ,-v-0 . ,- A - . '- ' 'V 'V-1, MW ,V .3-AL nf-F' -qpwe:-nan..-...w-.,,,,.. gr ' ., ' h ' '