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CONTENTS A SHIP IS BORN . . 13 SHOWING THE FLAG . . 23 THE SAILOR,S DAY . . . 325 THEN THERE WAS WAR . . 69 EARLY CAMPAIGNS . . . . 77 OUT OF THE FRYING PAN . . 87 FIRST INVASIONS .... . 99 KEEP THEM SAFE . . l09 A BIRD,S-EYE VIEW. . . Q23 LEYTE ..... - Q37 SURIGAO BATTLE . - Q47 KAMIKAZE. . - l57 OKINAWA . - Q73 PEACE . . - l90 OCCUPATION ..... - Q95 THE LONG VOYAGE HOME . - 203 COMMANDING OFFICERS . - 213 MAN OF WAR STAFF . . - 214
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PREFACE THIS IS the biography of the Louisville, heavy cruiser of the United States Fleet. Named for the famous Kentucky city, the ship, since commissioning day, has carried, on a prominent bulkhead, a shoe of the great stallion, Man o' War, as a talisman against evil. By this, the title of the story was suggested. The account covers a period of fifteen years, and includes launching and commissioning, the days of preparation, and four and a half dark years of war fought by the Louisville in all parts of the Pacific. lt closes with post-War occupation duties in North China and Manchuria, the return of soldiers, sailors, and marines to the United States, and final berthing in the Philadelphia Navy Yard-rest from a long and stirring career. A ship, to those who have served aboard her, is a great deal more than floating steel and rivets and Wood. She has a personality of her own, taken on through the common fears, hopes and daily living experiences of the ever-changing yet continuous group of men assigned to her for duty. Personnel replacements are effected gradually, and the spirit of a particular vessel is never lost, but remains as the accumulation of her achievements and failures. It is therefore appropriate that the material in the following pages, although edited under the direction of the present ship's company, represents the collective efforts and contributions of personnel who have lived and worked aboard the uLucky Lady Lou in all her years of service to the nation. i I 5 r 1 f 1 4 l 1 I 1 l H I V Q i v l Z J I w 4 1 l
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