Los Angeles (CA 135) - Naval Cruise Book

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LA. HOSTS CNO 1 ON BOARD USS LOS ANGELES (CA135). 22 Oct. 1957 (At Sea) ADM Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Naval Operations, visited this warship of the U. S. Seventh Fleet today. From the moment he arrived, via a swinging, swaying high-line suspended from a U. S. Navy tanker, he displayed the directness and surety of purpose for which he became famous during World War II. It was with such a pace as he displayed today that he earned his nickname, Thirty- one Knot Burke, during the Bougainville campaign of 1943. After conferring with RADM Frank Fenno, Commander, Cruiser Division Five, and Captain Harold Payson Jr., Commanding Officer of the LOS ANGELES, he met the ship ' s officers in the wardroom. A few moments later he was drinking coffee in the Chief Petty Officer ' s Mess, recalling with ease the names of other CPO ' s he had known six years earlier during his tour as Commander, Cruiser Division Five, on board this same man-of-war. After addressing a few words to the crew he swung out onto the high line again and returned to the tanker. 86

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NAVY HEAVYWEIGHTS IN FAR EAST FIGHT Inchon, Korea, 7 June, 1951 The heavy cruiser USS LOS ANGELES comes alongside the battleship USS NEW JERSEY in Korean waters, as RADM Arleigh Burke, USN, Commander Cruiser Division Five, prepares to transler to NEW JERSEY for conference with Vice Admiral Harold Martin, USN, Commander Seventh Fleet. Both ships ore lending support to the ground action in Korea by blasting Chinese Red troop, transport, and supply targets with their heavy guns. The above photo, recording a page in the proud history of the USS LOS ANGELES, is reprinted as a matter of genera] interest. It is reassuring to observe the high degree of readiness you have demonstrated during my visit. The nation needs an outfit like this, and I take great pride in the fact that our Navy meets the challenge. You are a good-looking, smartly-handled fleet to virhom I say. Well Done ! and keep up the good work.