Louisville (CA 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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Killed in Action ALLSTOT, MAX VERNON .......... S 1 X c-USNR AVERILL, HARRY LEROY .... .....S1fc -USN R BARR, JOSEPH ALONZA, JR. ..... RM lfc-USN BLAYLOCK, JAMES ISAAC ......... S 2fc-USNR BOWLIN, JIMMY LEE .... . . . BROWN, DWIGHT IRVING ..... . . . .S Ifc-USN Lt. Comdr.-USNR BROWN, WILLIAM CECIL ......... S 2 X c-USNR BURKE, RICHARD LAWRENCE ...... S 1 fc-USN BUSBY, CLARENCE RAYMOND ...... S 2fc-USNR CALHOUN, THOMAS JULES .... Lt. Comdr.-USNR CHANDLER, THEODORE EDSON.Rear Adm.-USN CHIN, SHOON ........... Q ...... S 2fc--USNR CLOUD, BOBBY EUGENE .... ..... S Zfc-USNR COADY, WILLIAM GEORGE ........ S 2fc-USN COCHRAN, DERREL CHARLES ...... S Zfc-USNR CORDRAY, CREED JUSTICE, JR.. CRAVER, BATESI BARTELETT, JR.. .Ensign-USNR ....S Zfc-USNR CUMMINS, JAMES GEORGE ......... CSM+USN R EDWARDS, ROBERT MORRIS ....... S 1 ERICHSON, RALPH ......... fc-USNR . .ARM 2 fc-USNR FLOW, HERMAN STANLEY ........ S 2 X c-USN R F RITZ, JOSEPH HENERY ........ SM 3fc-USNR FROST, EDWARD WALTER ......... S 2 X c-USNR F RUSHOUR, JOSEPH FRANCIS ...... S 2 fc-USNR GABRIELLI, ELMO ....... CALL, ANDREW, JR. .... . .......S2fc -USNR -USNR .....S1fc GONZALES, RICHARD ..... GREEN, ROBERT R. ..... . HARTMAN, CHARLES RUFUS HENSLEY, WILLIAM FRANK. . . JELLE, RAYMOND HAROLD. . . . .S Zfc-USNR . .... S 2,fC-USNR AMM 3fc-USNR . .SM lfc-USNR .......S2fc-USNR JOHNSON, LOUIS MARVIN ......... S 2 X c-USNR KATZ, ROBERT EUGENE .... .... S 1 fc-USNR LEMMON, CHARLIE EDWARD ....... S 2fc-USNR LOPER, WENSON WEBSTER LUIZ, JOSEPH CHARLES .... .RM 3fc:-USN LUCAS, RONALD RAYMOND ........ S 2 fc-USNR . .SM Bfc-USNR MCGARVEY, CARROLL GEORGE .... S Zfc MELINCAVAGE, RAYMOND JOSEPH. .S Zfc MESSER, FREDDIE CHRISTOPHER. . .S 1 fc USNR USNR USNR MOORMAN, ODUS DEAN .......... S Zfc-USNR NOAH, BENJAMIN DEAN . . . ..... S 2 fc-USNR 0,CONNOR, EDWARD HURLEY. . .Lt. fj.g.j-USNR SIEGEL, WALTER JOSEPH ....... P.F.C.-USMCR STENZEL, JOHN EMIL .... . . .Lt.fj.g.j-USNR STEPHEN, ERVIN JOSEPH ....... RT 2 f c-USNR TAYLOR, GLENN CECIL ..... .... L ieut. -USN R TAYLOR, LEROY FREDERICK ...... S Zfc-USNR WATKINS, WINFIELD WENDELL. .RM 1 fc-USNR WHEATON, ROBERT NELSON ...... S 1 fc-USNR WORTHINGTON, EDWARD HICKS. . .Lieut. -USN YAUGER, CHARLES EDGAR ...... GM 1 fc-USN

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WIT Q is a pleasure to extend to the oyficers and men of the U. S. S. LUUISVILLE my congratulations on your fine record. The 'Lady Lou, was in the fight from the earliest raids on the Marshall Islands to Ukinawa, and her guns were a potent factor in every engagement. She is a gallant ship, and her crew deserves a sincere 6W ell Done ,.',

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0 ln Memorlam Memorial Delivered by Ship,s Chaplain, March, 1945 Mare Island Navy Yard Chapel IT IS with great regret and a deep sense of humility that we come today into God's pres- ence to pause in the midst of our feverish activities and materialistic pleasures to join our hearts and minds in sacred memory of those who fell in battle. We come together today to pay our respects to our honored shipmates who, giving the supreme sacrifice, failed to return with us upon completion of this tour of duty. There are times when words alone fail to interpret the innermost sentiments that lie deeply hidden and unexpressed within our hearts. No words can adequately express the deep sorrow caused by the absence of the ones we learned to love and respect and with whom we had lived so intimately. ln a very real sense they had become a part of us. Thus it is natural that we should miss them and stand humbled before Almighty God because of the sacrifice so bravely given by those who did not pause to question the cost when the hour of need arose. To the families of our deceased shipmates we extend the hand of Christian fellowship and love. May they be assured that our thoughts are of them in these days of loneliness. We pray that they may be given the spiritual strength sufficient to face the trials and fears and doubts and anxieties caused by the death of those who were part of them as well .... There are men who believe that they can express adequately their gratitude for a sacri- fice made by mere words or by the present action of a gift of pecuniary value. There are others who, because they forget or are not grateful, fail even to acknowledge the sacri- fice of others. lt is my sincere belief that the men aboard this good ship, U. S. S. Louisville, having lived and played and sung and wor- shipped and fought and bled together, will wish to rise above the commonplace of ordi- nary things and make a determined effort to guarantee that the sacrifices of their shipmates are not in vain. The only worthy expression of appreciation for so great a sacrifice is not an outward display of tears, nor a barrage of meaningless words, nor shallow suggestions of sympathy, but lives that bespeak of gratitudeg lives that promote decency and honor, lives that make secure the democracy for which they died. . . lf the sacrifices of our dead are not to be in vain we must heeditheir voices-UYOU MUST NOT FORGET! We must remember that it is imperative that we labor for a world in which war will not come again. We must remember that our lives must be so ordered that the spirit of the Prince of Peace and the teachings of His life will permeate the false barriers we have set up between social classes and races and nations, will root out the weeds of hatred and greed and suspicion, and will make fertile the seeds of peace and brother- hood among men that have been planted in the garden of nations. We must remember that if we are to have a lasting peace we must learn how to LIVE fearlessly and bravely in the time of peace as well as how to die fearlessly and bravely in the time of war. Departed shipmates, we accept the torch of sacrifice. We shall never let its flame die nor shall we allow the light of hope for a peaceful world to grow dim. ln so doing we will indeed be shipmates not for a day, nor for the duration of one tour of duty, but shipmates forever!