LST (530) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 44 of the 1945 volume:

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K KKK KKK5 K KX DEDICATION The American sailor despite his boisterous desire to put behind him his time in service, is the greatest souvenir collector in the world. The favorite items in his collection are photographs and evidence of his activities, friends and war-time experi- ences. This, then, is one of the main reasons for publishing this book-to give the crew a record of what U .S.S. L.S.T. 503 did toward bringing World War II to a successful conclusion. This is not meant to be bouquet-throwing, sentimental, parting-shot of thanks, nor a cool aloof account from an officer's view point: - it is intended to be a realistic, and accurate account of time spent aboard the 530f'. My sincerest appreciation to Gerd Gottschalk and Charles Ehr- mann whose photographs were usedg to the ojicers and men who contributed suggestions toward the' preparation of this book and mostly to the crew of the 530 which I shall never be able to forget nor show my thanks to for the loyalty and complete support given me. ,015-50735 i 3 '..- K ,v than . IA:, A ,, ,V M , 13 . Ai Llgglgs' 4 X '-,',, '..if ffi faf,mgf'pf'wg, If . - ' . Kfmfx ' , .x,w fxiiel, , A Q fi - , I 12-,1' 5'45' ,,f Tii'A, hmm jj i5f,5ff-'Q' '-'ij-FQfgdc.7 IJ ' V ,f' : f k fi1:.?i,5'f1w?ff A ' ' . ,, 1' ,Jef f -'..:-T1 - Wfzil' ,' if-1 37 A ., ' H , ,. , ., .qffi hff,fQf3l2ME.i7 'QA f A if, W V ' ST. MaffhBW ls 'K 4 'A i f lA ' ' '- if 1 I c Q X? ' v . ' X 7 B 1: fc IfN'G' bs EA fi V . if . ,- - - - 3 'f', ' 1---' -K-j-T V. - . , ' ' , ' Kodia I ' ' W 1 1 x-at PPL: g ' :l i 1. 5 fi is Queen Chariotte IS? , K Q 1.95. 5 ' - A qv. , if: 'fe Carq . 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Most any ship will try to please, But only GOD loves LST's. ,sa 1 Jw, Q- ME V ADDRESS and dedicate this iip's history lo everyone who wrved aboard her during her life h the U. S. Naval Service. The pleasure of writing it be-falls me IS her ex-Commanding Oflicer and may I add with enthusiasm that as I do so it will involve reliving of days, both good and bad, when it was my fortune to serve at sea with a fine ship's company. On the 14th of December in 1943, the nucleus crew of the 530 was first formed, consisting of Lt. tj.g.l G. E. Ragle, Ensigns E. A. Mahoney, Roy A. Black, and F. D. Sullivan, Jr., Swales, Kitchen, Yarger, Pieczinski, Ray, Varnum, Castori, Van Wformer, Daniels, Harrison, Palm, Krisko and my- self. Wfith the exception of our good friend Mr. Black, we were a pretty green, unknowing hunch, headed for an intangible future aboard an LST as yet unbuilt, but there is no one who could say that we did not do a good job, or that we did not make the 530 perform better than any other LST in the U.S. Navy. On January 17, 1944, training at Solomons, Md., was completed. The short cruises we'd had were lure confusing than anything else, T OLD CON 1 BEACHED AT NORMANDY if IN MID ATLANTIC 1 ful f ' 7 ' ,. M! Xa 'Qi A I ,f , but there was now no doubt in my mind but that I was working with cooperative men, which made me confident that we'd eventually man a good ship . Mid-February saw the comple- ment increasing as all hands reported to Great Lakes for con- centrated anti-aircraft training and some Wfindy City Liberty. At 0800 in Jeffersonville, In- diana, the current crew reported aboard the 530 , the ship that was to take them 70,000 miles and to two wars. There were around- the-town musters later on at such spots as Sealbaclfs Corner and Club Madrid, where the local folk were treated with the presence of many mighty men of LST 530. Un March 6, 1944. in New Or- leans. to the tank-deck-reverberab ing strains of the Star Spangled Banner. I had the honor to assume command at 1000 during the formal commissioning ceremony. I have been proud of it ever since. At 1600 on the same day. Ensign Norman Spooner, USNR. and En- sign Charles Pierce, USSR. fell wp the same gangway which Sizemore lid fallen off the night before Upon returning from Liberty in New Orleans. At 1604, after form- ally reporting for duty, Ensign Pierce disappeared for further honeymoon activities - not to be found again until New York. On the 26th of March, I9-1-1-, the 530 was ordered out on shakedown after a rather heartbreaking run from New Orleans during which the weather was foul, 9092 of the crew seasick, and everything in general had gone SNAFU. It was evident that invasion plans sudden- ly called for additional ships, for after only 24 hours of trundling fruitlessly around Chesapeake Bay behind Commander f the bearded gentlemenj W7hiteside's haughty flag, US. L.S.T. 530 was declared ready for combat and ordered up to New York to join a large United Kingdom-bound convoy. The run up the East coast to New York gave us more confidence on the Bridge, for the 543, the Flagship, cut inside buoys and went through a mine field while we maintained the proper courses due to Mr. RagIe's constant navigational vigi- lance. r T GENERAL QUARTERS L MR. PIERCE BECOMES A FATHER T GUN CREW J, PAINTING THE HULL KNORMANDYJ ,P , ,,,, 1, 1 If it , tmgsg I 1 .les ,z ire W-.QE f,, O! 1 -Mwqps T LONDON FROM THE CON J, LOADING UP T SECURING LCT ABOARD 1 INSPECTION AT WEYMOKTH In New York, Ensign Geoffrey Bromfield, USNR, and Ensign Cliff fWMackl Sinnett, USSR, reported aboard with the six small boat crews, immediately looting 909 of First Lt. Ed. Mahoney's deck equipment for the fighting YP's. After loading cargo, ammunition- personnel, and saying goodbye to America, the 530 got underway to rendezvous off the coast with IO6 ships including destroyers and British CYE's. Meatballs DeNora was the last man to make the boat. having commandeered a Navy tug to hoist him aboard as his ship gathered speed to clear New York harbor. Several ranking supply Admirals at the Bayonne. New Jersey Depot frenziedly beat their breasts and threatened our trailing wake with air-flailing fists as they cursed Ensign Bob Brown for mak- ing off with some of their person- ally treasured stout hawser. which he had iinagled from under their I'lIIll'l't'fltI9Il6ti snouts while en- deavoring to equip the ship for come-what-may. The Statue of Liberty even winked at us as she came abeam. The voyage across included sev- eral subinarine contacts and a col- lision between two other ships, in the fog. one going down as a re- sult, but 530 conservatively held her place through all kinds of weather, and for me it was con- stantly gratifying to observe most hands iinding themselves and be- coming increasingly effective at duties to which they'd had little time to accustom themselves. At 1300 on April 25th Ensign Glenn nGorgeousl Geiger, USNR, and S 1 C Feets Allen stood first in line to buy sea stamps from BM 1 C Daniels and Gunner Palm back on the fantail. Ou Huy Sth the hook wus drop- ped in Milford Haven, Wvales, Eng- land, and three boat loads of liberty hounds made port and all the local pubs, etc. Six days later found us in Plymouth where the ship's first gala boxing exhi- bition was staged by cigar-smoker Ensign Roy Black whose sterling performers, Ben Pieczinzki and Freddie Mastroianni, stole the show. Tegeder, Schluter, Camillo, Swales and Peters came aboard from liberty to report Plymouth Harbor as being a fine liberty place indeed. Next day all hands tumed to and launched LCT 667, Whose Skipper, Banson, and crew bid 530 adieu until later on in Normandy when they readily found their way back aboard. . x - 5 P f f I I ts 7 FIRINC 1 ALERTED 1 A SISTER SHIP l CUVSE STRAWIV seats- X T ST. L0 J, LOWER AWAY T H.M.S. RODNEY 1 UNLOADING WOUNDED PORTSMOUTH Z , 1 T 9 K x xx sky, X Y, ,l 5. 3 wav' -1' U--' On May 19, 1944, the 530 moored alongside the repair dock at Dept- ford on the Thames several miles south of London, after a hazardous trip through S'E', and Uv boat- infested Channel waters. Slipping through Dover Straits under cover of the sleeting night, well within within range of the German bat- teries at Calais made for a general state of nervous anticipation of what was to come, but London Lib- erty eased it off. Took on eight barrage balloons to keep the Luft- waffe from getting into excessive trouble with the vicious gunnery of Ensign Gorgeous Geiger, GM's Palm, Denney and Pop Willis. The 22nd of May saw the 530 joining the British Amphibious Command at Harwich, England, and immediately any doubt but that 'we were headed for German- held France in the near future vanished as voluminous medical supplies, hundreds of British 3th Army Qformer Desert-Ratsl men and oiiicers, giant Churchill tanks. guns, ammunition, trucks, and other combat equipment C018- menced to pour aboard during the practice beachings on the typical Fclixtown Hard . a concrete rul- way leading down from shore N water. 5 is Vie learned how to handle the ship in various tides, how to trim her ballast fast, and we knew at the time that everything learned and drilled those days meant not only good prospects for accom- plishing the mission effectively. but also better chances of survival on the mean side of the Channel. I was briefed on June 3rd along with all the other C.O.'s in the area: the sealed 530 swung around her buoy upstream waiting to hit France on June Sth. A bad blow which tore away many barrage balloons and chilled the soldiers who had to sleep out on deck de- layed the operation until the 6th. Nerves tensed but thank God I can write now that 530's participation in the D-Day invasion of Nor- mandy subsequently went off with- out a flaw. Wie lay off Gold Beach, Normandy, at night after a chan- nel crossing during which the 682's back was broken by a mine, and sporadic attacks by ME,s and a sprinkling of E boats kept all hands at General Quarters for many long hours. Tracer fire at first appeared to be surely seeking us out but at last it is possible to say what I never dared admit to myself during all the bad times , n S' YW P,,,,.....,.....- '-Lf. vii ,at 'W .l 'L T WOUNDED J, OFF-LOADING IN THE MUD T WELL BEACHED L GERMAN PRISONERS . s, 'Q ' light:-K t Wig ff ij S-nfl T GOING INTO FRANCE FROM THE 530 L FULL LOAD I i. -11+ 3' 1' Wigs. s ,l 'ff X. . if ' ' Lb,,'ys..,,,'1.g,.xs . Lx , YN :sl I J 1 mNkYfH0Bi,,,.,- -M 4, r X A' r-7 . ' ' ' ' :LQ M7 H' : ' 'Je 3515 - 'ff' W-.1 'T , . p Tw -1 A 44. In- .. p-,M-p 'W ' - ' J ' ' , T-U-., ... --Pts ,, ... X - f fy- A il -Y h, O 'i's'a ..4-..... 'f+'7 'i ifgg i 'ff 9,'..r-Q... L -Z f S i' 4 'F 'W ' , Q, A N- A is 'W N 4 X., , , ,I M --vs.: . S,-U ATM? '..... M- is--A M' - , M- U '4 ' a ' , ' W .,- -es-es ,Q I ws., 1 fn A ' - '--, 1 s wlygf, fh7.M:..,. .M c f- - e I., -.f I , gr, .. wg, ,.... 'A' -'H yr -M A - . is ag . ! .K f,N tl. ts- 'mx' K ' .1. - 'Gsm ,sg , -3.87 ,Aw TWD, , , - 2.4, sl. , 47 --M .r4.g..xs+-vw,-f.f--f 2 . .1-. -ws -W T ON THE BEACH L GERMAN PRISONERS COMING ABOARD A , ' - -fir-9 -. in ff . R i N 3' X... K- ...N , - K 'A si x I L I x - sw. i ' '44 s...,, -. N. 1- K' .is , . .Mc ' . -c '.frwf. ,pusr'X ,.-.x W through which 530 passed, namely' that we did have a charmed life. A strafing ME crashed a quarter of a mile off the port bow, sadly into a sister ship. Ships blew up over mines, or were strafed merci- lessly, or broached on the beach. Combat troops and tanks oil'-loaded on Gold beach at low tide and struck out for Caen where counter- attacks had already started. As the evening saw the beach sprinkled with dead, and the fighting moved inland several miles, we eased our way through sunken ships, mines, and other ships still waiting to unload, and headed back to Eng- land for another load, carrying German POWI's and some badly wounded British and Canadians. Air attacks made the night a try- ing one but the turnaround was made in record time. In Tilbury, London, a message from Admiral L. Nesmith, Royal Navy, commended 530 for her rapid discharge of duty thusly: Your ship is highly commended for the outstandingly rapid and effective manner with which she has accomplished her part in the invasion and return to British shores for her next assignment. Godspeed and good luck. I could only pass this along to the crew by reprinting it for the bulletin board and posting my own heartfelt con- gratulations to all hands for the way in which they had executed their jobs. The 530 had made a good record and an excellent name for herself by virture of her crew's performance. Un ,lune 7th Messrs. Bromfielfl and Sinnett, along with five LCYP crews coxwained by 'iPop Moore, Viade, Peters, Parker and Barber parted company with the mother ship for troop carrying duty dur- ing build-up period along the Nor- mandy coast. Ensign Sinnett and his crew subsequently participated with distinction in the daring Rhine crossing, thereby extending the scope of 530's record. There- after until Mid-December the ship crossed and re-crossed the English Channel on duty as troop, tank, ammunition, and cargo carrier for the Army, building for herself a record of quick turnarounds in all kinds of weather, and earning the commendation of flotilla and fleet commanders. Final news of orders to proceed to the Pacific via the U.S.A. came shortly before Christ- mas in 1944, which was celebrated with gusto in the harbor of Ply- . 35, X T CHANNEL CROSSING 1 ROVER Boys IN CHERBOURC c1,f, I M, W1 V - gf I Vi' ac' fr 1 ,P , 1 f. f ff ss i 5 , ff' mf ,,,i,-:iv-rt f, t t ' fl it X.. , ,ws 5 N I Q, , -Rss is at fs , Q s, - A sc sc R Q - -f' f- f 1' fy, Wg. ugly ,X t V ,A .W ,, x , is -r ,xv 1, C .t S, i' ,, 1, ,Q K, T POST INSPECTION DISCUSSION 1 THE HOT-SHOTS mouth. A costume ball was held by the crew on the tank deck. Back to the U.S.A. in a slow submarine-dodging convoy and the usual rough Atlantic winter weather, first on a southerly course down by Spain and then on over via the Azores Islands. A short stop at Norfolk and on to Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, where a blizzard and a freezing tempera- ture failed to take the edge oH' anyone'S pleasure at arriving at the Big Home Base. The mad dash to get ,clear of the veteran LST began immedi- ately after Lt. Black had his crew carry out the order to secure the engines, which incidentally had performed with efficiency far above the average LST's power plant. Wlell deserved flowers to Black's gang. Vfhat all hands did during their month's leave, I have no idea, but those of us who returned, gloomily realized we were oil' to the wars again in view of the hurry the gentlemen of the Navy Yard seemed to be in to shove the out to sea again. ln February of 1945, nearly a year after being rushed into like European War. 530 was called UH of the Yard for immediate Pacific duty, and put through the nerve shattering mill of getting ready for the long trek westward in far less than the normal time allowed to properly fit her out. Writh a par- tially new crew mixed with the old hands, the arduous and hurried job of loading again and breaking away from America began with the securing of LCT 566 to the main deck. To Earle, New Jersey, for ammunition, Newport and Davis- ville, Rhode Island, for a heavy cargo of railroad locomotives and pontoon barges, and then to Nor- folk, Yirginia, for final orders and routing: such was the schedule. The new officers were: Ensigns Shepherd, Lilly, and Seiders: Lt. fjgj Benson and Lt. ljgj LeVine. The first stop at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, proved dull for the men, but nearly all the officers had to be diagnosed by the PHM's for hallucinations upon returning from a very excellent club, from the veranda of which some of us hazily thought we perceived LST 530, lights blazing, flying back to the States. Wfhere goes the 530,', was Mr. Seiders' opening remark as a Catalina winged over the club. There was a bowling incident as i' in-1 A --W.. ,,,,,.. sw.-,..,fww,. sw. A wiki T ENIWETOK J, BATANGAS, LUZON, P.I. 1, OAHU, ,sf , 1 i'.jsg,z..f,t,g-5-,595 f' 1 41'-Q .fl .1-'Ari 274x',.7','ff4?:Qi:' ff 'ifl'- Hilfe ' i'7fe', ff' my nnvrf fx iwfi s ffissxf iff iv' .. ! .,Yl Pl fwfr? HAWAIIAN ISLANDS W W, A593143 4.4 well when the Base Commander nearly exploded on finding two 530 cigars stuffed into the grip holes of his favorite ball. I was slightly relieved to sail at dawn for Panama. After the Canal Zone, it was all up to Mr. Bromfield's navigation as to where we would arrive, for 530 was lead ship, with no escorts. Successful firing prac- tice and drills were carried out en route, and Mr. Shepherd's depart- ment performed with a promise that boded evil for prospective Jap attackers. Pearl Harbor managed to poke its nose out of the sea dead ahead one morning. and on arrival all hands clambered ashore and did the usual taking over of the best Liberty spots on Oahu. Cox- swains Hopson and Hensley be- came hopelessly spellhound hy some langourous penny arcade hula girls and spent two months' pay being photographed with them. A large party at Mochizukfs Tea Carden was one of the fare- wells to the islands for some of ua. and again the gloomy curtains of war began to draw around the ship as she sailed for Guam and Saipan with a load of 4.926 fifty gallon barrels of high octane aviation gas destined for Okinawa. The Okinawa campaign for the 530 proved lucky again, with sub- marine attacks and suicide planes failing to stop her from carrying on as usual. On June 21st a .lap Zero aiming for the 530's LCVP No. 2 twith Mr. Ragle, O'Neill, Pagano and DeLucia aboardl missed and crashed into LST 534 which had come all along the way with us from Europe. A few days later LCT 566 was duly cham- pagne-launched off the starboard side, and Skipper Rusty Langen- feld with his crew bid adieu to Mother 530. At 1635 on the same day Cunner's Mate Bridges went ashore at Okinawa to find a friend, reported back three months later. Next came several forages to the Philippines and hack, with the invasion of the Japanese mainland always in the ofiing and something about which no one could fail to anticipate with apprehensive sweat pouring from the brow. The initial rumors of an end of war being in sight, as a result of the first atom bombing and Russiais entry into the war against Japan, were dis- credited by the constant threat of the suicide bombers which still came in from all quarters until L.. T ON THE BRIDGE L GENERAL QUARTERS ...,-' even. beyond the finale. When the ed did come we were anchored M a cove at the north of Okinawa ' E it? 1 1... 31 eff--ff if 757' K 3 Q R' I x Y , i GX E I . , ..x + ' ' -,, 717? Vx: , if 1 ,X X 52 I t f .Q ,P . . , 4 is 1 ig'33Si'25 ' Qsfvnf t ',?f'fff?' if J, g , T ENTERING TOKYO HARBOR jf LAUNCHING LST 566 1 and had ample opportunity to celebrate with gusto to the roar- ing tune of the ship's orchestra under Blaikie, and to the harmony of Lt. LeVine's and James, excel- lent vocal quartet. At 1700 the Torpedo-.luice Kids QNorman and Kellyj had a rendezvous in the Vvheel House where they drained the Gyrois life blood. At 1900 Liberty,, boats departed for un- known places. At 2300 ALL IN- SECURE! On August 20, 1945, the Navy point system for demobilization was announced and four score dis- gruntled seamen lay up to the ship's ofiice with tokens of sin- cerei, friendship for Yeoman .lim Mahoney, Qflfiicial Point-Com- puterl. On the 23rd of August. 530 started hack for Subic Bay at sun- set and from the Bridge I could hear the chorus of Let's Take The Long Wray Home ably 1ed by Doc Cottschalk. Disney Farinella and Leslie Thomas' harmonica. It was hard for everyone to settle hack down to the business of carry- ing on the ship's routine in the first post-war days, for nearly everyone., including Peso. the ship's Philip- pine-born mascot puppy. was thinking about when he was going to get home and 'out . The initial trip to Japan with occupation forces. howeyer in stilled new life into 530 and it was a proud bunch that stood on deck as she nosed into Tokyo Bay in September of 1945. Yokohama and Tokyo saw the crew at liberty, and a bit later Northern Japan l.Hokkaidol was overrun with 530 men wearing thickest foul weather gear to keep out the freezing cold. Hurricane and blizzard weather, along with the omnipresent threat of the typhoon kept all hands on their toes and busy. More than once 530 was caught in the worst weather: she went through a corner of the disastrous typhoon that wrecked so much shipping off Okinawa, travelled from the hot, humid, tropic temperatures of the Philippines to the icy fog-bound regions of Northern Japan. She ploughed her way through fair time and foul with a steady and fortunate record of performance and good luck that only now one can dare to brag about. I'm glad I was aboard for so long, and to have known you men who served aboard her with me. When I left in De- cember of 1945, I knew I could never forget the ship, nor any of her crew. T FISHERMAN LILLY 1 SHII S CONTROL P' I el ye' X Q0 syft TT r L5 I flxxf' fix ft, '18 .' l 1, .J ij 5 . T MR. BENSON'S ENGINEERS J, ON THE BRIDGE I 4 lg 5 'f 14 D QLQJ ,A 1 X CTL 5, A . . . 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BE'I'I'ENlf0l'RT. Leonard BLAIKIE. Roger E. RRADFIELD. Joseph E. BRADFORD. William R. RRAl'DRllTK. Bernard W. BRALN. Edward V. BRIDGERS. Leon D. BRINSUN. Dewey Il. HRUUK5. Curl L. BROWN. Usrur RILEY. George R. BILLARD. George E. RIRT. Ernest 5. CARCONE, Benedetlo l'. CAMILLO, Anlhony J. CASTORE, Jacob CHARD, Careld R. CHENTNIK. John J. CLINTON, Willialii A. COBLE, Kenneth R. CONSOLETTI, John A. CUNHA, Edward CUSTEAD, Earl V. DANIELS, Joseph W. DEAKINS, Carl V. DEDENE, Frank DEFFENBAUGH, Harry DELIO, Raymond DELUCIA, Pat. J. DEMPSEY, James DENNEY, Albert A. DENNINC. William H. DE NORA, Pasquale DOUCET, Rene L. DOUCHTY, Ralph F. DOUGLAS, Joseph DUFFY, William E. DULAPA, Frank E. EMESON, Sheldon S. ERNST, Lyle L. FARINELLA, Francis A. FARMER, Leonard S. FATALO, Joseph A. FEINSTEIN, Hillman FERRIER, Frank J. FITZPATRICK, Alvin L. FRYE, ML' HD' GANCARZ, John W. GAPINSKI, Joseph S. GARVIN, Lewis T. GOTTSCHALK, Gerd A. GRAY, Ralph J. HAAS, Clarence C. HADDON, Edwin L. HAGERMAN, David F. 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