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Her officers and men were the kind of citizen navy the Axis thought the United States couldn't produce. Truck drivers, mechanics, school teachers, printers, farmers, grocery clerks and just plain school kids all reluctantly left civilian life to come aboard and fight their country's enemies from her decks. The LUDLOW made a proud war record. She was one of the most active destroyers the United States Navy has ever hadf As the war went on she became a happy and a lucky ship. It goes without saying that a lucky ship is a smart one and the LUDLOW always got results when it came to mixing it up with the enemy. Now it's all over. We won as we knew we had to and the men who manned her are going home to pick up their lives where they left off. The LUDLOW, who served her purpose so well, is being retired to the Reserve Fleet at Charleston, South Carolina, where she'll spend the rest of her days in peace unless the country needs her again. 3 4 1 EARLY HISTORY I On March 5, 1941, while old navy men and new boots stood Hi aiffflfiflfi 031 fantail in spotless blues, the commission pennant was hoisted, and the U.SLiS. was officially presented to Lt. Comdr. C. H. Btfnlleltl .l f -1 the 51' St wmman mg 0 'CCY' bfi' the Cfipgaipupi xtvlieliaggarotlnd Boston and on her speed run she made plenty of knots. Finally, she was ready for her first cruise and left via. Newport, lx. I., and Noriplk, Virginia, for Cuba. Lixfter- returning. to Boston ,for repairs, she steamed down .to INCW York to escort the new battleship, NORTH CAROLINA, to Newfoundlandon firing runs. This was followed by operations with four of our carriers: The RAN GER, YORKTOWN, WASP and HORNET. While escorting the HORNET, two Mitchell bombers took off from the latter's ,flight deck. This was the first time medium bombers had ever taken off from a carrier deck and was the forerunner of a dramatic bombing of japan less than a ear later. A Y After operating with the carriers, the LUDLOVV returned to Philadelphia and from there, in company with the NORTH CAROLINA, escorted the battleship, WASHING- TON, on her trial run. A speed run from Cuba to Rockland, Maine, completed the initial chapter in the LUDLOW'S career. Off 'Newfoundland the war came closer. With the U.S.S. BUCK, the LUDLOW was sent to pick up survivors from a torpedoed tanker but the search was unsuccessful. In the- months immediately preceding the Pearl Harbor attack, she was running con- voys to Iceland. At the time this was highly important duty, though almost unknown to the public. However, some of the old crew maintain those runs were worse than the inva- sions and none will forget the freezingwinds and mountainous seas which upset the strong- est constitutions. On one such trip, Lieutenant Douglas Fairbanks, jr., was so seasick he contemplated writing to the President 'and suggesting that destroyer sailors draw submarine pay. These were the days without radar and it was not uncommon for a convoy to be dis- persed over a 5O'mile area after a storm. On another such trip, four ships arrived at their destination out of an original convoy of forty-four ships. The others were scattered' by the storms which reduced the speed of advance of the convoy to four knots. The LUDLOW was sitting in Boston when the Japs struck at Pearl Harbor and three days later she left for Iceland, where she spent her first Christmas. A Christmas tree was brought aboard to add a note of home to some very homesick sailors. On I january, Captain Bennett wrote the following mid-watch log entry. ' I Two hundred true and twenty five too I The compass course checks two three two At 14 knots you steam ahead With the Nashville and the Tarazed The Hamilton's here and the old Chatteau You patrol your sector as you go For boiler steam there is one and four A And too, you're in a bloody war Which keeps you partly in Afirm And condition three from stem to stern You have your blackout, show no lights And since five March in '4l' To convoy escort, Atlantic run 7 From training cruise to war's mad whirl '!ou've felt the treat of Guantanamo's heat And the chilling blast of Ice1and's sleet And known to you is Argentia mist- So too, is Scollay on your list And so-tonight near yourfirst year end The captain and crew a greeting send With brimming hearts and a little cheer We join in to wish you a Happy New Year, 1' 1 3 if vc ' P I w X, f Qf W fix f fm, f v f mule-Lf g-i.........,.,4,.',,.,,.- if -..f1c.4.,.-,w.g,..f.,gg-, .' -.-L-,.,-.,-.f.1QlfQgf..1fA-.....,-----:.Q-.Fu-.'-:xi--wg-zkf'-H-1-Qi'-1 -Sf f' -W-' -' J.,...,.., I ' -gg ' 'dark' ' . ' ....,..g..,.. 4 i i 1 15: 3. 9 4 1 4 4 1 i The LUDLOW continued her escorting duty making four trips to Londonderry, Ire-A land, abd 0116 UQ FYCHOWH, South Africa. in which the first American troops were landed in Afric . D h' ' ' ' - - ' a uring t is trip survivors were picked up from a sunken British freighter. Upon the return to New York, Captain Bennett was detached and relieved by Lieutenant Commander Liles W. Creighton on September 19, 1942, At early. dawn on November 24, 1942, the LUDLOW got underway from Norfolk, Va., destination unknown. All curiosity was eased the day Lieutenant Commander Liles W. Creighton, U. S. Navy, called the crew together around the loudspeakers to give 'em the dope . Men, he said in his husky southern drawl, We gotta job to do and By God, we're gonna do it. VVe're gonna invade North Africa. It was a long awaited mo- ment for many. The LUDLOW was on her way for her first actual crack at the enemy. The opening of the Second Front was in sight. The sixteen-day trip over was dreary--not due to weather. A blanket of deep wondering had settled over the LUDLOW, the convoy, the whole task force in fact. We will succeed, but will I come back ? ran through the minds of all. Tenseness and even terror were on the faces of the men, from the weather- beaten old-salts down to the twelve boots who had come aboard the evening before departure from the U.S.A. ' More preparatory training and drills were carried out never-the-less. As the force moved along on her southerly course the sun came out, climate warmed and the sea calmed. Much sun-bathing was enjoyed by all during off moments.-all of which helped to release tension of what was ahead . A few days before D-day separate forces, coming from numerous embarkation ports, began to group together for the strike. It was an immense affair-800 ships in all. Almost unbelievable. Only an eye-witness would believe of such unheard of strength and power- a symbol of democracy-the Allies' answer to the Nazis. The time of strike was near. The LUDLOW's job up to now had been escort and anti-submarine work. Now her's was a new and a much more dangerous task-she was to act as guide and fire-support ship for the boat waves. She was to anchor alongside the boat lane, with U.S.S. MURPHY and U.S.S. WILKES, ever ready to lend assistance and gunfire when needed. A job neither too pleasant nor healthy. E A NORTH AFRICA ON the morning of November 7, 1942, the LUDLOW was anchored only 1000 yards off the beach with the task force at Fedala, French Morocco, only a few miles from Casa- blanca. All hammocks and' mattresses were laid over the life lines on the forecastle for some protection to the men on watch there. These men carried Tommy guns and rifies and were on guard against mines and any enemy acts of treachery. The daring of General M. Clark's secret visit to friendly French forces here earlier had paved the way for an easy invasion if the Vichy French could be brought to co-- operate. All men off watch went below to the mess hall to listen to President Roosevelt's famous radio speech to our potential enemies on the beach. The President told the French people that the Americans were off the beach in force and that damage could be avoided if they wished to show no resistance. They were told to shine searchlights straight up in the air at night and fly the American Flag over the French Flag by day as a signal of no resistance. That night the French shined searchlights skyward and all Americans were happy as our loaded invasion barges headed for the beach. The French were tracking us, however, and when our forces were about half way into the beach the French searchlights and guns. were trained on them and many lives were lost by this deceit. The LUDLOW was an ear- ly target. We were underway and shelling the beach at the first sign of Vichy French trea- chery. The fight was on. The next morning found us shelling enemy installations at Chel-gui and Cape Fedala. Only one German bomber tried to attack us. The LUDLOW had a successful day, knocking out all shore 7batter1es in her sector. However, being the fa ....- u c at ,. h ti run headmg north we were ertlsdaefl bt A force of fl reach wammpt last Ship ln t C fmg bl one cmlcfgr and four destroyers trned a hand at tgf Casa anca . - ' t. ' sailing up thevtgliilse 'tllem0enen'1y was stxll outstdc our range we pot It It WHS NO'VC111bCl' us S he mg f th 61' ro ecttles from the French crutser trashed though our N0 2 S' agilogingaid eiplodedp nf our wardroom wreclnng havot rn the offucers country an 1 8 below Mlraculously no one was serrouslx mjured but the shell had carried and crew s mess ' ' I 4 V . - J t the red dye covered per l ' here. One humorous note w is t V1 red dve and that was ew ery w sonnel who thought they were goners as dtd rll witnesses fr r H Wllllff Our crutsers' AUGUSTA and BROOK LYNA came to the rescue and the enemv ships. . . h d b th th cl ep werelfllelddlqdsfs Clips: gfhrs itdcvaasron java? ow er for the LUDI OVV She pot quxcls temporary reparrs at anchor off Fedala from the U.S S XUGUS1. A and stood out for New X orlc Navy Yard Enroute she ran 1nto a sex ere storm that caused all hands much anxrety due to her weakened condrtlon After three weeks and complete repairs tn New Stork the I UDI OW set out for the war agam SICILY HREE Atlant1c convoy trrps from New York to North Afrrca followed the shtp s over haul rn New York--one rn February the others rn March and Max of 1943 Next followed a per1od of trammg for the my asrons of the Turopean matnland to come By une the shrp had returned to the Medrterran e'tn and thrown her ltxe w erght 11110 operatton Husky the lnvasron of S1c1ly In the followmq pcrlod of thrrtv Clblll days the LUD LOW was ass1gned a tire support task and together w rth other U S and Allred slnps cow er ed tlce landmgs tn Lrcata and Porto Empodocle sectors At thus pomt xt was the LUD LOW s pleasure to blow a hydro electrrc works sl X hrgh and blast 'tn elrte Nan Hermann Goerrng Panzer Dntsron wrth rts deadly shore bombardment The Icapfrog operation rn the S1c1l1an campalgn took place off Terranova tn late August 1943 Further operatrons rn th1s campargn lncluded the convovmg, of our troo s and su hes through the hours Hymg trme of our operatlons a1r rards became frequent and serrous 11 August 1943 durmg operatron Leap frog the LUDT OVV downed her first enemy plane a German Folke Wolfe 190 At thrs ttme the IUDI OVV was workmg parttcularly wrth the U S S PHILADELPHIA BOISL and srster shrps of Destroy er Dtusxon 25 and destroyers GLPAVES and PLUNKETT now also rn DesDxv 25 SALERNO Y now the destroyers WOOLSEY LUDLOW and BRIQTQI were 3 Svyaghbugkhng trxo wrth rntense prrde and confidence on the part of the crews tn thelr shtp s records and ab1l1t1es Sunday mornrng September 5 1943 the three shtps were at anchor m Mers el Keblr French Algerra wartlng for the blg job to begm The Inglrsh and Canadians had already landed on the toe of the Itahan boot and everyone was expectmg an Amen can Iandrng very soon Thrs was a typrcal Sunday with the usual Sunday mormng meal and the scuttlebutt run mug rampant By 1000 the scuttlebutt was eonhrmed and the crew knew that rn the after EEUU th5YhW0Uld leave the anchorage for the bmg Job Tension was felt tn the atr as we Serve t C SCUYYYIUZ tugs and bug transports making last mmute preparatrons for leavmg EWR hgfhgf sepxond sectron of the engmeers was called to earlv dmner and to lay below b gd 0 5 a 8011153 awav present several bags full of packages from home came a oar wrth candy cookres and gum whrch w as much appreetated by all hands P PA l0EFEId11nigh out lpf the swept channel at battle stutons the word was passed over the Y at t e LUDLOW was headmg for tts thxrd rnvaston the Invasion of . . . v x Y' U l ' 0 l 7 . , . 1 , ' ' . Q' 7 ' . - . ' 1 ' ' n , . 4 r 1 ' 4 - . , an ! 7 Q v 1 ' I ' ' ' . , D i u v y ' Y 1 t, ' ,f V ' ' ' - Y I l W. K K a as .U ' f ' ' ' I 7 . V L ' ' , c a , 1 . - ' l' ' ' Y g , B af s , 1 ' . Af ,., . , 1 s 1 ' . v Y 1 3 Y I . - y , 1 J ' . ' 1 T . . Y , , , Q 7' ' 4 v I 5 I ly F K K . ., Y A v I ' ' C ' 1 ,' . , . u 19 ' ' ' ' ,' , ' ,- fy - .. 9 ' -,l -r f' 7 v ' 7, 7 1 nb 1 Q - 1 ' . . 1 .. ' ' A ' ' ' P Y 'C c X Y . . 1 ' 1 J 4 . .7. . 7. . Y x P u Al , . V 7. Y . . 1 r p., . pp beautrful but sub-mfested Medrterranean waters. Vvltll enemv arr bases wlthrn a few 7 I Q L. ' ' U 79 , ' 7 , Y 4 U 7 - .J .1 , . Y . . . , 4 , ' K V A h p ' r s , . , L , v ' ' . , , W' 4!' ' y . P I I O , - , 7 k . . ' K Y y g ' 4. Z - . ' ' ' ' w u ' 9 , . -41 xl ' u yy ' . - o 7 U . . . . I I L c W K, . Q - , L 7 ' - ' ' ' - u . ' y . ' I . I n ' ' V ' ' ff ' - H , Y .1 ' y - C Y . c . l 1 J ' ' ' 1 I 5 I ' V . I . I A ' Q , L 1 ' , . s . ' a . , . ' , r . , 0 Salerno, Italy, September 6, 1943. The huge im tsion f 1 all f . h h ,, ,, 1. ' . , . U '2 orcc was a ormed wit t e cans ggrigggggtlil-E:'0xtZ1ril ilglitgpiiglpif pgatlilr newller-ending search for subs, and the cruisers sta- ' any attack. Tuesday, September 7 Gpsipq cet Lon! forthe heavlly laden cargo ships against attack' On Wednescla the Y 4 , an igi altitude bombers flew overhead but d1dn't , D Y C ew rolled up bedding and stowed all loose clothing to 'elim- inate fire hazards. That da ', D-1 th h ever before. Operation Avalanche , the invasio H3-mfg Hlfd AA fire from the beach could be seen and at early dawn the troops moved in. to the igioifnirse sf the dff1Y, file LUD LOW was ordered to lead a group of LST's Successfuu y CO lgtlda l'l0Wfl mine held. Lucky she was again as this perilous task was b 1 5 bmp 16 6 with dispatch and no casualties. The German mobile 88's and pill- tOXNCb Oo t 10 eaci had been well softened up by her main battery fire and were persuaded .cp comparative silence as the escorted LST's went in. At this busy day's end the Army Ommandefum Charge Of the operation, General Lange, sent the following message to the destroyers, Thank God for the fire of the blue bellied Navy ships. Probably couldn't have stuck out blue and yellow beaches. Brave fellows these. Tell them so. Evenlng of -D-2 saw the Nazis stage a savage coordinated air and E-boat attack on our forces, .in which the U.S.S. ROWAN was blown up and lost with serious loss of life. Incessant air attacks by the enemy on the ships in the harbor made a frightening experience Y , Oug ts turned towards home and loved ones more than n of Salerno, commenced September 8. All night, 'long to be remembered. p After Salerno, the LUDLOW returned to convoy duty, leading the first convoy into razed, ruined Naples. Until the end of the year, the LUDLOW could have been spotted leading 14 knot convoys between the Bay of Naples and Oran, Algeria, via the Tunisian VVar Channel. The latter was a wide lane close to the Tunisian coast utilized for safety against submarines and mines. Up until early january, little or no training took place for the coming move, Anzio, or Operation, Shingle . All hands knew something was up when the LUDLOW was taken off the convoy runs and commenced the familiar evolution of lambasting the beach with well aimed projectiles. Feverish preparation followed. The course of events was following a familiar pattern. ' AN ZIO N January 17th the LUDLGW proceeded up the coast to Anzio with a group of landing 1' craft and support vessels for the Anzio Invasion. The trip to Anzio was uneventful and even on the first morning of the invasion, January 21, 1944, when the American Rangers and the British Commandos hit the beach, every one was pleasantly surprised by the ap- parent lack of resistance. The crew was secured from General Quarters that noon for chow Due to mine infested waters, the largest ships here were destroyers. A group of 10 British landing craft came alongside for water and food and gave us some postcards that had been taken from invaded homesthat morning. It was unbelievable that this could happen six hours after our first waves of invaders hit the enemy beach. We soon were relieved and writing captured postal cards home. The Germans just let everything go crazy those first few hours. ' Later that first day, however, the fireworks really started and did not let up for the next 14 days. Many times, amid the constant German air dive-bombing attacks, the ship was' fcalled on for fire support by our forces on the beach. The enemy planes, were operating from bases 20 miles away. Air raids were as common as peop e in . q - v U U . ot an slee to speak of for days or chow either. Repair parties delivered sandwiches g y p il t d un crews and lookouts. We were at1General l ' Times S uare-up to 17 in one day. No one :and coffee for the over-worked, ex aus e g 'Quarters from 0400 to 2200 at night. ' V ' Sister ships PLUNKETT and MAYO were hit on the second day and retreated to, 9 . O N 1 Stack Caught on fire and for a while our men thought Wt'd N I f . ur 0. . . . . i . V b ap it Orqipligagjrd night enemy planes sunk the new British cruiser, SPAR1 AN Um een 1. b t 153 men rocket bomb? along with thffe libfffy Ships loaded with. l'lgh'0 m' gn' u -- ' - ' 1 , , ' ff ed in mine sweeping. manY landing craft and YMS s were sunk M1116 CUE-'lg - . A f A - lv ammunition but . h LUDLOW left for Naples to refntl and rt Supp 6 . was lrialck filritilhglfgiiiitgl guinping her Sf' Shells into enemy beach position and cOmbait1:1i3 lide bombs were destroyed enroute by J planes by January 29. Three enemy g u . guns. The men found nothing so frightening as those glide bombs. The IJUDLGW then made a quick trip to Naples on 31 January for more ammunition. She harassed the enemy on the beach constantly in these hectic days while under constant attack from enemy planes night and day. Next, the LUDLOW pCSC0flffd 3 HYGUP of mme Sllreps 3 point 10 miles from the Tiber and only 17 from Rome-CIOSCSY Pflml Yet fm' Al 'ed 5 'PS- Another quick trip to Naples for food, ammunition and fuel. All hands had hoped 'for a rest here, instead they worked liked beavers all night on reloading and headed back ito Anzio the next morning. ' Next came two more days of constant shelling and air raids and the LUD shoved off 'for Palermo for minor repairs. Repairs needed gave only two days in Palermo but it was a real thrill to be able to sleep in and not expect an air raid or General .Quarters 0 On 26 January, the LUDLOW was ordered to go east of Anzio and pump shells -into the town of Littoria which housed another of Goering's Elite Panzer Div. concentrations. Promptly, seven tons of her 5 shells were pumped into the town square.of Littoria in ten minutes. Shortly after the cease fire command, the American shore radio transmitter tap- ped out a message to us: Nice going, Littoria is no more-e-a . ' As soon as the crew would get a standeasy , the Red Alert would sound again and all hands would get ready for another air attack. Some planes would drop mines, others bombs, and still others acoustic torpedoes, while high altitude bombers hopelessly out of range of our guns would send their deadly loads our way. One humorous note was the race between Chief Commissary Steward andTorpedomen along the main deck as bombs fell forward or aft. Sometimes they would be dashing in opposite directions. The old timers will remember when the LUDLOW was sent into what was called SS Alley on bombardment missions. Steaming down the beach to the south trying to get close enough to shell the enemy, she'd have to weave through the mines. It was all the LUD could do on some of those runs to drive off the attacking planes and avoid the mines. Sometimes she would leave without damaging the enemy-glad to get out whole and the enemy glad to let us go without loss to themselves. The safe navigation while taking and dishing out such fire in these dangerous waters was a real credit to the Captain and en- deared him to the entire crew. It seemed there were no tricks in deceiving the enemy that h d'd ' ' e 1 not know and use. On moonless nights, the Captain ordered no shots Bred at planes unless the gunners could see and have a chanceof hitting them. Thus the LUDLOW was not raided as other ships were, due to useless firing. ,Below decks, men in the handling rooms would bet on how close the bombs they could hear would come. Night actions were full of backing down and then going ahead to keep out of the illuminatio f ' v - ' f d h . n o enemy flares. One night, in trying to get one of our cruisers out O n anger, t e skipper took the LUDLOW through a necessary run amidst enemy flares. The Cruiser right behind was fairly safe as by the time the LUDLOW got through the 11 hted ar th A 1 ' 8 . ca e enemy planes had spent all their bombs and the flares would be out by the time the cruiser steamed by in safety. The rocket planes were by far the most dreaded-they'd come in spitting red, orange and reen flar f ' ' g es rom astern,. and, as they were guided by radio from control planes out of range of our guns,. they'd' dive right into their targets. . The moonlit nights were most dangerous. You could read the dire thoughts in the moonhghted faces of men topside. In additive to P13105 and 011065, E-boats and submarines, shore batteries harassed the 10 LUDI.-UW HS S116 did her deadly work. Most of the time she was too busy to pay much attention to shore batteries. . QU? morning during One Of fhC 1'21idS, One magazine crew had gotten hold of a case of fruit juice and was sending some f I g cans or the men in the handling room via the ammuni- tion hoist. It would h X' ' - .appen that just at the time of one action, all that came out of the hoist was canned fruit Juice. The handlin . , g room crew hollered down, Send ammunition. We aint ready forubreakfastu. Men ran topside to deliver shells to the gun. Tenbdays later it was a different story. This time, on 8 February 1944, the LUDLOW moved inshore to press up the Tiber River for a fi ' ' ' . Sh . ring mission e had done the same Ehmg a few days earlier. We were just about to our target area when we got a message .rom a British destroyer lying off further out warning us that the Germans were getting more accurate. Just then 4 shells landed-3 just astern, and one a direct hit. The second hit. A 155 h ll ' ' mm s e fcomparable to a 6 'J, from a German shore battery believed to have been encased at Torre Paterno, Italy, ripped deep into the innards of the LUDLOW The shells that hit the water close aboard to starboard exploded, swept the main deck aft of No. Z stack with salt spray and metal fragments. The shell that hit crashed through the torpedo director deck atop the bridge-plow- ed through the pilot house, ripping the Captain's leg open enroute-on through the fore- ward pilot house bulkhead to demolish the 20 mm ready boxes for the forward 2O's, on through the wardroom, to the crew's forward mess hall three decks below where it came to rest spinning dizzily on deck of the scullery. Luck was still aboard. That shell had not exploded. At this point, Chief Gunner's Mate James Drexel JOHNSON of 15-19 119th Street, College Point, L.I., New York, and Carpente'r's Mate Second Class Joseph Matthew VVITTICH of Staten Island, New York, who had been on the main deck with their repair party, ran for the trouble spot. JOHNSON picked up the 100 pound unexploded shell and, with WITTICH clearing the route, ran topside and threw the shell over the side. Then I felt better, said JOHNSON. His only comment later, when receiving a well earned compliment from the Commodore, ' s, I was oin to side an 'wa . , wa Enroute ighroiigh 5 decks gf tlife scrappy little LUD , though, that shell had done some damage. It first singed the hair and one eyebrow of Radioman Third Class Law- rence P. Halloran of Waltham, Massachusetts, then standing lookout atop the bridge. On the bridge, it seriously wounded our skipper, Commander L. W. Creighton, U. S. Navy, in the left leg so that the Executive Officer, Lieutenant Philip Cutler of Point Road, Marion, Massachusetts, took command to get the ship immediately away from the danger area. Lieutenant fjgj Charles D Davis, Jr., of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, had been stand- ing with his foot on the 20mm ready box that was demolished by the shell yet,-he was unharmed. 20 mm ammunition was set off by the shock of the shell and popped like firecrackers for a few seconds at this forward 20mm gun station. Gunner's Mate Third Class A.A. Sak, USN R, was the only casualty at this station and luckily he was not hurt senotgriifoute the shell made a mess of the Captain's cabin destroying his bunk, clothes and uheadv. Engign Paul Yager, USNR, and Ensign Robert P. Javins, USN., were drinking coffee in the wardroom as the shell ripped through there destroying the confidential safe and ' ' ' ' aterials. Its plghldgcilrs fciJr1:n1i1ai11i1dCiilJTOI1Sie1E1tenant Cutler, the LUDLOW departed in one hell of a hurry to nm-Se its Wounds and await orders in the anchorage area. That afternoon she steamed on up to Naples with her damage, Clronically, she would have been urelievvi-d in twoldaiysg under her own power, where the Captafn Was tfansfeffed to the 11105933 ' bl tllvafj tYP1C3O0 Captain Creighton, that he left the ship on'a. stretcher smoking adtjg ali. 1 ng would never have guessed he was seriouslyunjured aS he waved gli! Yi tg lil al' U and admiring crew., After temporary 1'CPa11'S in Naples, the LUDL L, Sal C tug if comnland of Lieutenant Cutler to New York for overhaul. . As skipper, ieutenan dir errrileceive a wire from his old superior, From boot tolposs in three years, Pfetty 800 - 15 CaP' e i6?794er 4 want-M. ,mae -A -sw- iii E. if I l 4 l. I, l 1 l ll l ll il i ' three years before lt was a wildly' h3PPY CRW thu tain had come aboard as a boot CIlSlgTl 'N . ' Y , lt l returned to New York--proud of their battered shlP and islfld I0 be awe SUBMARINE , ' d. U d W. R. Barnes reported aboard and took comnian p- Oing mirittiziifcggxazsfd availability, the LUDl..OW proceeded to Casco Bay, M 'ne for iirainin exercises then back to New York again for further check-ups. She thi I-atm-ned to Caico Bay where on 20 April 1944, in company with 9 other destroyers, she took departure and set sail for Gibraltar.. Tl1e.n1'st.xC:f,lVlay saw thell Ctslfffftlng the U.s.s. YUKON. They went to Alglers, Bweffs 131111110 Mil ll? U C Off C ff' turn to Oran for another intensive training period for the next invasion. However, the Normandy D-day came and went with the LUDLOVV still in training exercises, German Submarines were engaged in their final desperate and deadly work in the Mediterranean. I On 17 May the LUDLOW, NIBLACK, MADISON and BENSON started searching for a reported enemy sub, At 1935 on 18 May, the group was split by LUlTlDCSDlV 25. WOOLSEY, MADISON and BENSON were assigned search ahead of the reported sub position, LUDLOW and N II?-LACK astern. At 2319 the same day, the LU D.I,OW .and NIBLACK changed course to investigate a radar contact reported by a searching British plane. Early next a.m. f0320j on 19 May, the LUDLOVV sound operator, G. SOW- ERS, picked up contact with a sub. 10 depth charge attacks by the NIBLACK and LUD- LOW together in the next 4 hours forced the sub to surface at 0710. 'The LUDLOW's first salvo blasted the conning tower-distant 1000 yards, killing all Germans attempting to get out to their deck guns. The second salvo blew all enemy dead into the water and three of these shells blasted the sub hull blowing debris high into the air. Within 4 minutes, that German sub--still with way on, took her last dive leaving only four struggling survivors visible in the water. Thirteen members of the submarine's crew were picked up by the LUDLOW and four by the NIBLACK, including the sub- marine's Commanding Officer. SOUTHERN FRANCE JUNE passed quickly and uneventfully with only convoy operations and a few days liberty in Naples. The end of June found the LUDLOVV back in Oran engaging in Final prac- tices for what everyone could see was in the air now that Normandy had taken place. Dur- ing the lirst week in August, the LUDLOW engaged in final assault training with units of the United States, British, French and Italian Fleets. Then, on to Palermo to await the hnal orders for invasion. Q D-day was August 15th. As had been the pattern for the previous four invasions, except Salerno, the first landingshere were not strongly opposed. Except for the LUD- LOW's fifty minute pre-H-hour bombardment at about 0700 in which she laid three hundred 5 shells on the beach, and the bombardment of Frejus town that night, there was not much for the little can to do. For three days she patrolled that area ready to lob shells into any spot or building designated by the shore fire control party. A call from the beach over the voice circuits at any time would instantly bring salvos of our 5 shells into any troublesome target. In fact, such precision shore bombardment had been the LUDLOW's specialty, for its proven accuracy of fire had been LUD men's greatest pride. Finally we were assigned to escort the cruiser, AUGUSTA, to the Marseilles area. The usual shelling and counter battery Fire was delivered by the LUDLOW as she picked a path for herself and escort through the mine helds, leaving the city of Marseilles well D softened up for our invasion forces. ,beaugm IQEQIIOW and AUGUSTA moved on up to .St Maxime, the beginning of that . a area known the world over as the Riviera. Here the LUDLOW was as- signed to Task Force 86-a tire support gi-ppp on the right flank of the assault forces about to Occupynthe coast near Monte Carlo. With the LUDLOW in this force were all gl:I3fXE3gi'PII?H'Xl0f1a25, Several cans of Squadron 7, the cruisers, BROOKLYN and an eig tFrench h f 11 . - DUGUAY TROUIN, GEORGE aGLLOlJllIE. Eve light Cruisers, MONTCALM worked ai a t f S , and theiold battleship, LORRAINE. This force s eam rom eptember 1 to ZZ supplyin all t f fi ed d by the Army throughout this part of the invasiongof Sidgiliis S Fr re Support as ne C All b d I , ern rance wh at Oar 0Ill,tlC mornmgof September 5, remember our encounter with so called uman torpedoes . Thismorning broke particularly clear as We Steamed eff the beach at Menton, an Italian town just across the French-Italian border A sli ht di t b e . . g s ur ance was sighted on the glassy smooth surface of the water. One of the French ships spotted it First and gave the alarm. Three German manned human torpedoes were destruction bent and at least one fancied the LUDLOW. The action was fast-no sooner had one been blown up by the fire of our trigger happy 20 and 40mm crews and lethal ashcans, when the second, driving in toward our stern as the LUDLOW heeled around, was demolished by ad- ditional depth charges dropped from our fantail. Meanwhile, the French can took care of the third culprit and in twenty minutes all the excitement was over except for the usual questioning and souvenir hunting on the survivors. The LUDLOW had taken aboard two survivors and the LeMALlN picked up the third. This was the first of a series of human torpedo and explosive boat attacks on our forces in this area, but none were ever successful. September Z2 saw the LUDLOW detached from Task Force 86, and she steamed back to Palermo for fuel, supplies and two days recreation. In the previous 12 days from September 10th the LUDLOW had pumped no less than 1,635 5 shells into enemy positions in response to specific requests from our shore . fire control parties. All of her' missions and assignments had been reported successful. Three days later the LUDLOVV was back home at Mers el Kebir in Algeria. Here she had ten days tender time, and much needed recreation. The Arab and French sentries got to know the LUDLOW jeep well and many fine beer-ball parties were held in nearby fields. The spirit of good natured rivalry between the crews and officers of the sister destroyers paid off in good fun on the beach as well as deadly action at sea. The Arab na- tive crowds that used to congregate to watch these games included barefeet, beards, tur- bans, beggars and even the wealthy with their own jackasses. Empty beer and coca cola bottles were much prized by the natives for they sold them to restaurants that cut them in half and this made two of the best available type wine glasses. . Next came five weeks of convoy runs, hrst to Marseilles, then to Naples, and back again to Marseilles. K stray-ers, DTERRIBLE and LeMAL11xi ' ' and- EMILE BERTINS two de' E-BOAT HE LUDLOW was reassigned to FlanFor in November for shore bombardment, she was. T back in her element. During a month of this duty she fired many shore bombardment ' ' bout 40 driftin mines. mlsslgii ligrdlalisiiiigiliidof this duty, IO lgecember 1944, the LUDLONV was at anchorafter' severaldays of bombardment, in Golfe juan, France, just east of Cannes on the Riviera, Coast. The LeFORTUNE, French destroyer, lay at anchor near us. .There.was a movie' in the mess hall. About 9 :3O p.m. the messenger came down to the movie and informed the' Captain that there was A.A. fire observed low on the water outside the anchorage. Simul- taneously the Visual message was received E-boats in Golfe Juan ', The Captain rushed to' the bridge on the double. Special sea detail, and General- Quarters were sounded. We were d .3 in fifteen minutes from the time the Captain went tothe bridge. U lm efllwheyladder was still over the side. They had some time trying to take it in when we ere doing about twentv-live knots and it was some job for the engineers to light off all W J tv , , .. four boilers in such a short time- XV 1-Oeeeded to the area where the enemy was reported and then slowed down.. 1 e p F l3 - , - ' , Tl E-boat was lying to VVe illuminated a suspicious contact with our searchlnght q TC I . , . Q lf.-boat opened up with Em - 1 1 the searthlxght, the . wedsaliv tt. AS Ziciiaiieziis tldiifaiildniis like luminous bubbles. VVC lllflifd UH tht light and an t e racers ' d them with twenties forties and 5 . Then they really meds knots' idioms an e up on i L f b t fift f knots. , fCP01:Si?uliiei1aciai21f Sie Zhi? had? few dents in them, but no serious damage resulwd ffomffhihfifg 535523558 a run for it we picked up speed in the chase. We tried to illumi- s e - - i t .t ith Star Shells and chased it for about 30 miles into enemy waters before losing na e 1 w Contasae then Went to Marseillegwliere we found out from the local Naval authorities that -' ' erman E-boat. as far as is known, there was no a Eurlilvciir d Eze? Eilgllifg u?1'1fgOIinUiglS.OiW was the only Allied ship in the engagement. Ot erffnCiCaFg1liISECA S25 USNR, had the sentry watch on the forecastle, and as soon as the .tracers began flying, lie threw his rifle over the side and was back strapped into the gunner's station of a twenty millimeter machine gun when the rest of the ship went to qeneliiiimggdliitiillysi following this encounter, the LUDLOW traveled to Marseilles and thence to the Straits of Gibraltar and a quick escort journey with the Army transport, MARIPOSA, to Oran, and again prior to the end of the year another round trip to Marseilles. UNCLE SUGAR LOOK OUT! HUS the LUDLOW'S third Christmas found us in Marseilles. Even so it was a merry Christmas as the end of the European War at least was in sight. Between the holidays we escorted the same troop ships back to Oran and thus saw the New Year among the Arabs, then back to Marseilles and thence to Gibraltar. On January 9th we were underway from Gibralter to 100 west where we met and es- corted the Navy transport, MT. VERNON to Marseilles. A few days in Marseilles while the troop ship unloaded and we were off again with her stopping at Oran for passengers and then through Gibraltar to about 90 west where we sent her on her way in comparative safety for a high speed run alone for the States. The LUDLOW returned to Gibralter. At this time after months of action away from the States orders for the States were ex- pected daily. On January 23, 1945, the LUDLOW was detached from the EIGHTH Heet Morale went high as all hands thought of going home. We even turned in our jeep. Two days later we were on our way as part of Task Group 62.1 bound for the States, but no such luck-one more assignment fell to the LUDLOW 'The President was about to make his famous trip to the Yalta conference Ten de- iroyers were to be stationed at intervals of 500 miles across the Atlantic The LUD OW drew the station 400 miles southwest of the Azores We received orders and headed for that station It was a calm warm lazy week steaming slowlv in our assigned area while transport planes flew overhead enroute to Yalta 'lhen during the conferen vue re- ce turned to Casablanca and laid over there a week the first u eek in February 1945 That was a ha t h ppy ime not mg left to do but Wall out the week in Casablanca return to our sta tion for another week as the planes returned our officials from the conference and then head for home After a k b C16 Wee ack on station I UDI OW put into Ilorta Arores for fuel 2111 nally started for the states One might sav no time was lost enroute in spite of one fig. lstyorm lasting 4 days the Captaln kept up our speed 285 men and officers were heading me o made It lpfifrazgiglig Siiigicallgdfsclmligilnafteri 10 months of combat and danger F veryone had half the Crew was h ebruarv 24th we rode into Boston tied up md over t e side and homeward bound vvnthm two hour ft 8f1'iV8l bound for all parts of the United States T Q a er our wo weel s leave--one went all the may to GMM 14 YS 5' v wmmpw fx - A X 14-.-ff: C X X- -f:. gqA5 + W: f y fff' -s . N YS' is X ,N 5 X ' xv-, . 1 . H X ' ' L L I 'W w ' Fm s 5 s ..Vbb i :4f, , 5. 'bv f 2 A f 7 ' , i f KQQZQI4 'X'?7'!:.3':7 yf , 45, 'K -f f ff? f, ,, .96 VW? wwf nd, ,, V ffl ff fa I .9 l i Q 2 7 3 I Q. I 1 A V 1 E Two weeks later the first leave part w b k I ed ff th h f h y as ac and the second half of the personnel bound- oi L e s ipi lor ome. Everyone was loaded with souvenirs--everything went-from Ger- man a ugefsi C ITICYS and gas masks to all kinds of foreign currency, French perfume, silk stockings etc. and a working knowledge of the language The ne k' ' w s ipper. Commander S. M. BARNES, N , l' d C d W. R. BARNES, U.S. Navy, in Boston on Z8 February 1945. :Wy rc mvc omman er if CASCO BAY AND TRAINING March twenty-eighth, 1945 saw the LUD LOW refitted and repaired at the end of her yard time-All hands back aboard and the usual transfers and new men squared away The LUDLONV left Boston for inspections and training in Casco Ba This eriod as . I y. p w nex- pectedly interrupted on Easter Sunday when the LUDLOW together with the NIBLACK and BENSON stood out of Casco for Plymouth, England, we arrived on 11 April for a stay of five days. Our officers and men looked over the ruins of Plymouth and got ac- uainted with ound h'll' q p s, s 1 ings and fish and chips. Then on 16 April our destroyers sortied with a convoy of battle weary LST's and setsail for New York. We took a 4,000 mile southerly route to give our slow charges the safest route from German subs that were still taking a steady toll of Atlantic shipping. On the third day out of Plymouth five runs were made on a sub contact without results. Depth charges were running low so we had to aban- don the search and regain our protective station on the starboard side of the convoy, never knowing for certain how close we came to destroying the enemy. A few days later the BENSON left the convoy for the States on special orders. On 4 May, the LST's were left safely at Norfolk With the NIBLACK and on 6 May, V-E Day, the LUDLOW put into New York Navy Yard for thirty days overhaul and preparation for war in the Pacific. PACIFIC - HAVING been thoroughly refitted for Kamikaze fighting in the Pacific the LUDLOW steamed past the statue of Liberty again-this time headed for the Pacific., Enroute she stopped at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for 10 days of intensive training with the new AA batteries she had in place of torpedoes and the new fire control system. During this practice, thousands of rounds were fired. . . Then the trip through the Panama Canal, with its scenic beauty and engineering won- ders-overnight in Balboa and a look at Panama City. On July Sth the LUD put into San Diego for five days, fueled and provisioned ship. I-Iere all said goodbye to the States for what they thought would be a long and dangerous tour of duty. Pearl Harbor was entered on 17 July and there followed a full month of refresher training with cruisers carriers, battleships and other destroyers. No complaints. Everyone.wanted to be ready and effective against Jap suicide planes. In the midst of this strenuous training period Came the good news of the Atomic Bomb, Russian entry against Japan, and the end of the war. Peace had come at last for the LUDLOW. when she was at her height of fighting vim and confidence. t . Even SO, there was Work to be done and the LUDLOVV was assigned to convoymg troops and supplies to the Japanese homeland. Saipan was the first stop. There, awaiting a. Supply Convoy to load, all had a chance to look over the hard won island, Jap caves and. prisoners, the wealth of efficient and deadly U.S. equipment. The crew was sobered by the: memory that here many of our men were slain as they forced the surrender of the laps- From Saipan, the LUDLOW, along with other DD's escorted a large convoy of troops d lies to Wakayama-these were the first ships to enter the Wakayama area. The an ' Supp needed to guard against treachery of the laps and to guard the ships in dan- Iggrgoiisliyeliiained waters. Manylsuch convoys met at NVakayama so that on the appointed ' bin harbor. 27 S t ber, some 300 ships filled the g . . day' Afterelli fliaiiys the LUDLOW escorted thq7empty ships of TransRon 19 to Samar in the ,. 4 Philippines and then steamed alone up through San Bernardino StrHifS, Passing 33939 and Corregidor close aboard, to Lingayen Gulf in Luzon. Here it was learned the ship would have a 6 da la over The Captain 31-ranged for us to put into llflanilzi. lfive days in Manila y. y di 11 handsi ot a good look at the terrible destruction of this fine ' t t 3 g ' .. . . Zigi? fiipeirfiifaigiinalinoney was everywhere and worthless. Philippine kids sold handfuls of it as souvenirs. , . The 17th of October saw us back in Lingayen from where we immediately put out with a convoy of TransDiv 62 for Hiro Wan, Japan. Hiro Wan is well into the Island Sea of Japan and only 10 miles from Hiroshima. Some of the officers went to Hiroshima and 'took photos of the atomic bomb devastation for all hands. Kure Naval Base' was a sham- bles as was the town of Kufe, Hifg Wan was not badly damaged except for its foundries. 'The native japs were notiantagonistic and were glad to sell all kinds of products Cmostly of paperj as souvenirs from the huge stock gathered by the Army. Hiro Wan and the Inland Sea were left astern as the LUDLOW put out for the Aleutian Islands. Enroute she stopped at Nagoya, japan for fuel. November 9th, she nosed up to the dock at Sweeper's Cove, Adak Alaska, and her once active and still potent guns were silhouetted against the wierdly beautiful snow covered mountains of the Aleutians. 'The next day we stood out for 10 days weather patrol duty 1000 miles WSW, returning 'to port at 0800. Thanksgiving morning. The Captain had radioed the beach to have our turkey thawed out and cleaned. As the lines went over a truck drove up with boxes of fine 'turkeys ready for eager ovens and to make things perfect, piles of mail that had been chasing 'the LUDLOW all over the Pacific for the past two months were carried aboard by willing' Fhands.. ' It was a day of feasting and happy reading of home by all hands. Days later, on 2 December, the LUDLOW put out for Kodiak and a Magic Carpet run to Seattle. One more quick trip to Kodiak and down to San Francisco for Christmas, and New Years Holi- days. The transit of the Panama Canal followed. This time going the Right way. The LUDLOW'S last logged voyage was from the Canal Zone to Charleston where She struck her streaming colors for the last time on 18 january 1046. . pggK..fGi.. 18 GENERAL DATA A Fighting 'Ship Is Hungry To SWG the reader some idea of wh few items are tamed below. at it takes to keep a ship of this type running, a 1 I -4 Five years consumption of : guiil O11 ' ------- 1 1,500,000 Gallons Mama 1 ' -------- 3 ,500 Gallons anla me -------- 5 ,400 Fathoms Marlin ------- 1 5,500 Pounds KIIIVCS ......,,,,, .---.-- I FOI'kS ....,,.., ----.-. 1 - Spoons ......, ---..--- 2 ,340 CUPS ------- - ...... 3,160 Bowls ........, ....-.-- 2 ,300 Scrapers ...,,.., .--,--, A 1,440 Brooms ......... --.-,,. 9 12 ' Swabs .............,, ,,,-.-, , 698 Scrubbers ............, ,,,,,,, , 405 Depth Charges .............. ,,,,,., 3 39 5 Ammunition ---------------- ........ 9 ,620 Rounds Q346 Tonsj 40 MM Ammunition ---.--.--- ....... . 17,450 Rounds 19.6 Tonsj 20 MM Ammunition .......... ....... . 33,600 Rounds Q8 Tgngj Candy ................................ ....... 2 84,000 Bars 42,000 Packages 1 21,600,000 72,000 Cakes Almost S2,000,000.00 Razor Blades ................ ........ Cigarettes ............ ........ Soap ..................... ....... . Monies Paid ..................................................... The crew has eaten one million six hundred thirty-seven thousand' pounds net of pro- visions at a cost of three hundred eighty eight thousand eight hundred dollars. The ship's. store has sold one hundred two thousand dollars worth of stock, consisting of such items as cigarettes, candy and toilet articles. '- ' ff' h served aboard the LUD- Seven hundred twenty-seven men and hfty six o icers ave LOW. She has had five Commanding Officers: Commander C. H. Bennett, USN, from h 1941 t 19 Se tember 1942' Commander L W Creighton, USN, from 19 Sep- 5 Marc o p , - - ' t P Cutler USNR from 8 February 1944 to tember 1942 to 8 February 19445 Lieutenan . , , 25 February 1944, Commander W. R. Barn es, USN, from 25 February 1944 to 28 Febru- ary 19455 Commander S. M. Barnes, USN, from 28 February 1945 to 26 February 19461 B U S N From 26 February 1946 to decommissioning. ' Lieutenant M. W. rown, . . .g , 0 . ' ' t widel scattered ports: 1941-- The LUDLOW S five Christmas days were spen in y ' H lf'ordur, Iceland, 1942-Casco Bay, Maine, 1943-Mers El Kebir, Algeria, 1944- va J Marseilles, France, 1945-San Francisco, California. 019 . 1 V inn re Wg, Wim I -And a Gal in Every Port? :DURING the LUDLOW'S five years of commissioned service she has steamed some two hundred ninety thousand miles, the equivalent of thirteen- times around. the W0fld, and visited forty-six ports in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Carribean and Pacific, some of then many times. Ports entered in order are. Bath, Maine A Boston, Massachusetts Newport, R. I. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Norfolk, Virginia Rockland, t Maine Argentia, Newfoundland 'New York, New York 'I-Ivalfjordur, Iceland Londondeery, North Ireland 'Bermuda fGreenoch, Ireland fCasco Bay, Maine New London, Connecticut fCasablanca, French Morocco Oran, Algeria Palermo, Sicily Algiers, Algeria Gibraltar Naples, Italy Salerno, Italy Cannes, France Gulfe of St. Tropez Marseilles, France g-an Propriano, Corsica Ajaccio, Corsica Toulon, France Golfe Juan, France Mers Fl Kebir, Algeria Arzew, Algeria Bizerte, Tunisia Cristobal, Canal Zone Balboa, Canal Zone San Diego, California Pearl' Harbor, Hawaii Saipan Wakayama, Japan Samar, Philippines San Pedro, Philippines Lingayen Gulf, Philippi n Manila, Philippines Hiro Wan, japan Nagoya, Japan Adak, Alaska Kodiak, Alaska Seattle, Washington CS San Francisco, California Charleston, South Carolina Ci' ,fy P21 if O! .5-v . , ' veit if w i 'v ' ,, ilsla' 577 393, . - .,:-'2- V , , ,qi - ,ff : 45 , qu- wr w.-ww- +.v :X X . . ,. 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The ship is capable of 34 knots, but to realize her maximum cruising radius of 5,300 miles, she must steam at her economical speed, 12 knots. Two 3,000 pound anchors with 100 and 94 fathoms of chain respectively are capable .of holding her securely moored in any anchorage. A 26 foot motor whale boat, six 11 foot life floats and 6 life rafts are carried. Two screws each propelled by 25,000 horsepower can turn over at the rate of 390 revolutions per minute. Four express boilers under a working pressure of 615 pounds per square inch and a superheated temperature of 825 degrees fahrenheit provide the necessary steam. Each boiler is equipped with seven burners. Fresh water is provided by an evaporator capable of distilling 10,000 gallons a day. Tanks are available to hold 13,000 gallons of reserve boiler feed and 12,400 gallons of potable water. Fuel tanks can hold 141,113 gallons C504 tonsj of oil, not much, when it is realized that it would require 105,720 gallons for a one day's run at maximum speed. At 12 knots, however, she uses just 29 gallons per hour-696 gallons a day. There is stowage space aboard for 15,000 rations of dry provisions, sufficient for 60 days. Frozen, chilled, and fresh food carried also equals 15,000 rations. General stores and ship's store stock weigh 26 tons and are enough to supply the ship's needs for 60 to 100 days at sea. There are four 12 inch signal searchlights and a 24 inch searchlight for target illumination. You all remember her four 5 inch 38 caliber dual purpose guns, 12 forty Fmm's and 6 twenty mm's. Did you know that the LUDLOW carries 10 twelve guage shot- guns as well as 25 .45 cal. pistols, 25 .30 cal. rifles and four Thompson sub-machine guns? Five directors and one fire control radar direct her guns along with a stable element and com uter. , pFor anti submarine attack, she carries two depth charge release tracks .on the fantail and four K guns. Her allowance of tear drop type depth charges is fifty-nine. A 51110146 screen generator and three demolition outfits complete her armament except for that,back- breaking item-ammo! 1800 rounds of 5 , 24,000 rounds of 20 s, 8,000 rounds of 40 S and 16,000 of small stuff. Lest the reader forget she has a a f38 loading machine and two .45 calibre line throwin uns. , Modern day cofinigunications require considerable gear. .As evidence, the LUDLOW' has three radio transmitters, five transceivers, and twelve receivers. One surface search and one air search radar plus her fire control radar are her all-seeing eyes. A sonar outfit ln- creases her tactical vision. Twelve speaker amplifiers get the word out. 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He could feel its warmth 1'01.1g is gloves. Swiftly, but gently, he lifted the two-foot 100- oun r Then, .a thin trail of explosive trickling behind him, johnson scrambledptopsildepp?sict1ii'i breathing men, dHShed to .the rail and dumped his dangerous burden overboard. As the shell plopped into the water, the LUDLOW'S crew loosed a collective sigh that would have provided enough wind to whisk a sailboat from Hampton Roads to Cherbourg. . Later, C01'1l1!JliIr1e1'1ted. by the Destroyer squadron Commander, Johnson added only this to the story: I was going topside anyway. Foam the Mid January, 1945, Issue of Our Na'vy ' THE 'LUCKY LUD' The DD438 Took an Interest in the W ar the Nazis Will Always Regret THE LUDLOW came out of it all with little more than singed eyebrows and the bark knocked off a few knee caps, but the death, hell and demolished landscape she left in her wake was a caution. The boys say she's been around here and there then let the historians tell the rest of the story-how she dived in at Casablanca on Nov. 8, 1942 for the North African invasion-how she smacked in a few hot ones at Sicily in July 1943- and August 1943 saw her make several bullseyes at Palermo with a follow up that carried Cher to Salerno the next month--then Anzio. D-day was a little less than three weeks to go . . . 17 days later it happened and the Lucky Lud absorbed a serious hit. The total .toll the LUDLOW has taken of the enemy will never be accurately computed because much of the sturdy vesse1's firing has been at long range against shore targets. Houfever victims on the Lud's list include more than a score of shore batteries, numerous tanks and trucks and many enemy troops concentrations. In the Sicilian invasion she .blew a h dro-electric works into an ungodly mess of tangled dynamoes, cables and scrap iron, moife recently she partook in a successful hunt for an enemy sub and ended by rescuing 13 of its crew. The elite Nazi Herman Goering Division has reason to curse the Lucky Lud. From Sicily, on through subsequent attacks, her long range. rifles have been slamming vicious salvps into the ranks of the F3t.N3Z1'S Favorite Z0mb1f: lg if mannersthit 51111551 the little ship had a personal grudge against gvery Hauptmann. t a erno on ep , , . 3 ll' i :gi 3 - 1.2. i ,f ., . ,:: , 1 ., 1 5 ,wi ' , . 1 rj l ij. ,aff I 1' ffi .:,.:.., .4 . H-was , l ii it ii wi .Lf 1 three quarters of a mile inshore to support our r in tance, the scra Lud went as c ose as ' . ' , I . Q ifjoopss and knock oiiiiiinemy mobile batteries and pill boxlfs-I-llllflgme 3 duel between 3 ma chine gun and a 5-inch-talk about shooting sittin due s. DL OVV Ord ed to 9 Then southeast of Anzio on Jan. 26, 1944, the Lucky 1.11.61 9 f 'Fwd cr N . pump shells into the town square in Littoria to smash.another divisioln 0 I C U1:PYin in Airmarshalg in response, seven tons of 5--inchers' rained down wit a vrengea ce 9 e space of ten minutes. Shortly after the cease firing command a short wavelmalp tapped out, SHNIZE goin'.' Littoria is no moreeeaf' T611 d3Y5 later, however' Lady had to Work Overtime This time the LUDLOW was hit as she moved inshore to make it hot for - ' r ' '-l lh d 't Anzio on Feb. 8 the Nazi troopsg a m1le and a half off the Fifth Army s Jeaci ea a ' 1944, a six-incher from a Nazi shore battery ripped deep into the 1,630 ton ship. Fortun- ately the shell didn't explode. Spilling powder from the broken nose, the dud came to rest in the crew's mess hall, rolling about on the deck with the motion of the ship. Two others hit the water close to the port side and exploded, sweeping the deck aft of number Two stack with salt spray.. No one was hurt. Lady Luck still rode the bow. On deck with an ordnance repair party at the time was Chief Gunner Mate James D. Johnson. He heard the projectile hit and ,rip through the decks and headed for the trouble spot. With him was joe M. Wittich, CM1c. Chief Iohnson,l9O pound vet of nine year's service, grabbed the shell, weighing just 90 pounds less than himselfg he could feel its warmth through his gloves, he said. Leaving a thin trail of powder behind him he scrambled topside in nothing flat, men held their breath as he dashed past. Up on deck, he jumped to the rail and his shoulders heaved. The shiny cone arched through the air and into the sea-and, Then I felt better, , declared Johnson. When complimented by the Commodore of the Destroyer Squadron for his action, the Chief commented, Aw, I was going topside anyway. While this was going on,gLawrence P. Halloran, RM3c, stood atop the pilot house, where he had been doing lookout duty, and gingerly felt the bristles of what had been an eyebrow. Larry feels that this war is just a little TCO personal-the shell zipped past his left eye, singed his hair and brow then punched a neat hole in the deck at his feet. That shell really had Lady Luck working with both hands. Vifhile one dainty hand took care of Larry the other darted in the direction of the ship's commanding officer, Comdr. Liles W. Creigh- ton and Executive Officer Lt. Comdr. Cthen lie utenantfr Philip Cutler who were on the bridge below Larry. Comdr. Cutler was holding a cardboard message board g there was a swish of air past his left ear and the board disappeared from his fingers, Comdr. Cutler glanced down at the opening in his jacket-reposing there was a chunk of the deck plating. Comdr. Cutler wasn't injured. Comdr. Creighton, however, received a gash in his left thigh, first aid was given the Skipper and Comdr. Cutler took over the ship. Below the bridge, standing with one foot on a readv box filled with ZO mm antiair- Craft Shells, Was Lt. Cjgfr Charles D. Davisg suddenly thedbox disintegrated and the officer lurched forward-the shell had smashed the ready box. Ammo started popping about among the nine men gathered in the confined space, but they brought it under ,control quickly and only one man was hurt-Arthur A. Sak, GM3c, who suffered 3 brokgn bone in his foot. Quite a history for a solitary shell! ' With Comdr. Creighton and Gunner's Mate Sak admitted to a shore hospital for treat- rlprent, gfe IIIEDLOW' wigi Comdr. Cutler in temporary command, sailed for 3 Stateside avy ar or repairs ne 1n1ght say that Comdr. Cutler l t d b f 1 Itlavyg the former Harvard University hockey player, joiniiisn theOneLiIiDL2gliJiI mag ui 37 b?00LenS1gn in Febfuald' 1941, Srhprtly after graduating from the Middv's school at ia fgigrnvrgitizghniislgziftlme Fgtef afflfmg 13 this country Comdr. Cutler received a card from At the outbreaknginfowaieih SDymg,b Frim bmw to boss in three Wars' PICNV 2i'00d!u i ecem Cf ' 1, th LUD I 1 . ' fthen Comdrj Clause H. Bennett -, ' e LOW Cumiei command of Capt , JI was in the North Atlantic mth D - ' , - f a convov bound for Nova Scotia and Iceland. She made one more trjp to Iceland early in 1Q42 andkhm Served A 26 W Xxx ,gm x x A M X Nl. Sh EK , 5 ., . K A 1:53, 5 if . 522 sg AF BK Q50 C 2-1: X x SMR A ,-N L X 3 , v sum -'A.. '1 3 Ju 3 I i S 1 I 1 1 W I w w -wfq as-1 aa... . wil ,hte sumnfef 35 COUVPY escort for shipping bound to the United Kingdom. Following 1 period of training exercises, the Lucky Lud joined a task force accompanying a convoy bound across the Atl t ' f ' ' - an ic or the invasion of North Africag on Nov. 8, 1942, she was off Fedala, French Morocco, serving first as a control vessel for landing craft in the assault waves and then as a fire su t h' ' ' ' . . ppor s lp for the Army forces ashore. When hostilities opened the exchanged fire with shore batteries at Chergui and Cape Fedalag a little later she came under the fire of the French Naval forces moving up the coast from Casablanca, was hit emporary repairs, and from there she took an interest in this and forced to retire to effect t war which the Nazis will always regret. -wastefu- l 29 i1 - THE HUMAN ELEMENT HE t' h' h f 11 W5 is not repeat, not for you old salts, both real and self styled. It sec ion w ic o o T . a - better half or little t , Wh ever our mother, dad, your is purely for home consump 1on en Y LOW PH Ou can break out junior starts prodding with, just what did you do. on the - Y HH d ye olde Ship's History and turn to the indoctrination section and SaYf ere' 'ea this. -- . 4 RADIO THE Radio gang under full wartime complement consists of a Chief, a first class, two sec- -. ond class, four third class radiomen and three strikers. Their duties are carried out in Radio Central and in Emergency Radio when necessary. . . h 'The biggest job from standpoint of time and effort for the radiomen is copying the Fleet Broadcasts or Fox Skeds . This traffic is transmitted to all fleet units in Interna- tional Morse Code at speeds varying from 18 to 25 words per minute. Generally, copying skeds is the duty of the third class radioman. - D I . . Before a striker sews the coveted crow on his arm, 1115 dUf1C5 are Varied- Flfst he 15 3 messenger, routing all traffic to the Captain, Executive, Communications Officer and to whomever else is concerned. Of course, the shack must be kept clean and orderly and as usual in this man's Navy these tasks fall largely to the junior men. Naturally making a .good pot of coffee is a prime prerequisite. ' 1 U ' s A RM2c is usually the supervisor of the watch. It is his duty, while acting in this ca- pacity to make certain that the best frequencies for proper reception are in use, to have all 'incoming traffic routed promptly, and to clear outgoing messages and dispatches, He is the snapper or foreman of the watch and he must constantly guard against discrepancies in circuit discipline so as not to hinder transmission and reception of high priority traffic. A first class radioman has added to the duties of the second class petty officer, the job of copying the radio press for the daily fweather permittingl perusal of the morning paper. Radio press is the only real link with the world when the ship is at sea. All the im- portant news is edited by the operator on the circuit and mimeographed in time to go with morning coffee. It is this same press news that has cumshawed many a loaf of warm bread from the baker or an egg sandwich from the cooks for the mid. or morning watch. The Chief Radioman is at the top of the ladder. He is the key to the performance of the entire gang. Among his duties fall the jobs of advising on advancements in rate, desig- nation of watch supervisors and organization of the watches. The diligence with which he fulfills these tasks is reflected in the finish ed product each radio guard. p All radiomen feel a certain pride every time a wide eyed landlubber is introduced to the complicated maze of the radio shack. Many a chest has noticeably swelled at these words, How can you ever learn what all those knobs and dils are for? or All those signals sound the same to me. This is the reward of many hours of hard work. p i . SHIP'S LAUNDRY THIS Destroyer was built for fighting, and this is her primary purpose for existence every- thing else being considered secondary. The ship's laundry comes under the latter and crammed in a 5'x12' space isa washing machine, dryer, extractor, and press leaving, very little room for the operators. This was reason enough to make a big job difficult but rough weather and invasions were the real stumbling block and it has not yet been decided which of the two was the most hazardous since during rough weather the extractor had ta bad habit of bounding all over the place making it equally as dangerous as an invasion, Besides invasions and rough weather, break downs in equipment were not unusual Q which naturally only happened when all ry,-,,.yf was Caught up With. Breakdowns Could be re 30 A paired however, if the parts could have been obtained b t able. Regardless of these hindrances we man d i' u rarely were spare Parts avail. age to c t ig it Wag m the popular shade of tattle-tale grey. on mme 0 tum out clean gear' even If h . . Fiction Z? g5f10dS,:nb,Ibe N3-Vy Yard were used to greatest advantage, yet at the com- ' , , I alfa' a .1 WY: 3 new breakdown was inevitable. Even our good fortune in receiving a new machine was bad luck, since it turned out to be the wrong type of cur- rent, but we managed to keep everyone happy Cwe hopej, Buttons were always our greatest woe, and someday we hope to open a button factory and replace all the many buttons that we always found in the bottom of the machines. P. S. officers will refrain from using paper clips on their cuffs in place of buttons, the Ship s Office complains too much. There were ho . u h wever many happy days between our ups and downs like finding dollar bills floating on the water in the washing machine and it was not unusual f th ff' . . , or e o icers and crew to double time to the laundry in search of a lost fountain pen The honest laundry men would always return these, after all, they were so badly damaged, they were of no use to us. Honest fellas, we did the best we could. SHIP'S STORE HE ship's store, known as the Bait Locker in better circles, was designed to provide -. men with those items which make life aboard a destroyer just a little pleasant, as well as necessity items, such as razor blades, shaving cream, soap, and other little unmention- ables . This ''little-bit-of-Macy's-on-a-destroyer'' is under the cognizance of the Supply Officer and capably handled by a storekeeper or storekeeper striker. Although the quantity of stock carried is not large, an effort is made to carry a large variety of items. In some cases variety of stock ranged from Mennen's foot powder to Chanel No. 5-perfume and at the height of cigarette rationing, men on the LUDLOW were contentedly puffing away at the brand of their choosing for only fifty cents a cartoon. These same cigarettes were a fast moving item on the beach at 314.00 per cartoon. p The maximum allowed profit on the ship's store is 15 percent. All profits thus de- rived are turned over to the Welfare Fund, where they are expended at the discretion of the Commanding Gfficer for the welfare and recreation of the crew. The money is usually spent for those long remembered ship's parties, or for athletic gear. This book, for the most part, has been paid for with ship's store profits. In spite of the usual healthy gripes, the ship's store has always been the most popular' spot aboard ship, and a great factor in maintaining morale at a high level when days were: d k t. , , ar The customer fusuallyj was satisfied, and we in the S Division feel that the ship's store has served it's 'mission in a creditable manner. ' SHIPFITTERS GANG l HE last compartment aft on the starboard side, like the caboose on a powerfully loaded T Freight train, is the office and shop of the mightl' Lad?-9 Capflble Shlpflttefis gadg- Winding up under the ever-loved Chief Shipfitter Tarpey, this outfit takes just pride in IIS long record of improvising and efficient work at any hour and 1n any part of the world to ke the Lud watertight and on the move regardless of its shell hits or hull rips. Known ep th C8zR ang fconstruction and repairj, these men operate in and from their 2'x8' also as k.e if all Carpentry plumbing, sheet metal work, and all necessary repairs Sho? ta Tghcare' mee,-in gpacesi This department has a well established war record cov- Ziiiigdifacst :ind itfgective ripair of damage from enemy shelling, bombing, and mines, and v f t l h l th h li being Constantly readY for any CmC1'genCY ffiin flghtmg Q 'res O p uggmg O es m e ul and pumping out or. flooding various compartments. Speaking of fighting flfes and PIPE' ging A holes, there was the time when the ol' Lud was off the .coast of Africa, CCasablanca, to be exactjnblasting away at the ,lean Bart, French cruiser. Suddenly, the mighty L lurched and snorted. She had been hit-a direct hit forward of number two magazine. Everyone was stunned, and for a few seconds, welded to the deck. .But it had. its effect-this was no drill! This was it! Here wasnwhere these men, these drill-happy fire- eaters, showed their stuff. In a short time, the fire was out and the hole plugged. When things calmed down again, it was found that there was not a single casualty. I At a later date, the Lud received another hit, while steaming off the coast of Italy fAnzio, this timej. But that damned can was charmed. The shell ripped through her decks, -but it was a dud. No explosion occurred. However, a few electrical fires broke out. Again these men were right on the ball. No sooner were the fires under control than word was passed that the shell had ruptured the fire main, flooding the mess hall. Tarpey, knowing the ship better than his own home, cut the supply of water to and from the ruptured sec- tion, then had his men rig jumpers and set up the pumps. A while later the mess hall was ready for use again. It all seems like a long time ago now. Well, to get back to the details again, this outfit is also trained to maintain stability :against war damage and storms. If one compartment should happen to become flooded, taking the ship off an even keel, they have to know which compartment has the same ca- pacity, and by flooding it too, bring the ship to an even keel again. Underway, this gang stands security watches consisting of checking all compartments and bilges against flood- ing or fire, and keeping the officer of the deck informed of their conditions. Most of the time these reports are routine and monotonous. But there was one time when the 0.0.D.'s were anxious tophear them . . . On the way back from the Pacific the Luci was sent on a trip to the Aleutians. Upon arriving there, high winds and unfavorable seas caused her to ram the dock, ripping a nine 'foot gash six inches above the water line in her starboard bow A temporary patch fwhich leaked slowlyj caused many sleepless hours on her final trip back to the States. But now she's home, awaiting the final curtain on a grand and glorious career. The vigilance of those guys in C8zR will long be remembered by the officers and men of a great ship- The United States Destroyer 438. CIC I CIC stands for Combat Information Center but with all of the gadgets, radars, plotting boards, radio phones and speakers, voice tubes and demands for information from the bridge and several other places, it is affectionately tagged Cripes, I'm confused , or better yet, Cripes it's crowded . . . Probably all the work, effort and money invested in this small room has been well spent however. when it's value to the war effort is tabulated. The story of the surprise attack on the Lud at anchor by a German E-bgat at Gglfe Juan, Southern France, shows the value of CIC. What chance would we have had of chas- ing that fast enemy boat at night without our radars and expert tracking ability to keep its positions plotted, keep track of its changing speed and course and finally be able to train and point the 5-inch guns into the darkness so accurately that 40-knot targets can be knocked out of the water. Even the splashes of our salvos showed up on the screen as the pursuit continued. The chase and probable destruction of this target took less than an hour. A high speed example of excellent, well trained teamwork on the latest gear. Much of our Success against our enemies is due to the effectiveness of our CIC teams. CIC with its constant use of at least the surface radar and it's dead reckoning track play a vital role even in peace time. Here navigation with comparative safety in any kind of weather is its big contribution. Just as enemy targets, planes and ships etc, could be tracked and always accounted for, so can peaceful ships, rocks, floating wrecks, islands, and other na- vigational dangers be seen and avoided miles before they become dangerous Better than 32 ' anything else is the fact that a clear radar scre . we Shipping or other navigational danger to be iiiclian ive .3 reasonably certainty that there is and tracked with the radars- Considering the n one with. Even ram squalls can -be seen CC l Billy tint these war Years and the resultant shoriiiieyofotrr the ciremendous elipanslon of our ships, it must be realized that this almost im oss'bl ame men and Officers to mn the There is no substitute for - ' v i ' P I ? task was made a lot Simlllef by radar experienced captains to quickly train the ff' i a e it possible for the old shil-TS in relativell' short time. O was of the deck necessary to man the new Theeffi' ' f 'f ' - our first fouri:liiRfLa,si?mnsL liaczlzi we hliwci: It today, however, was not an actuality in the day of in those days While Seellnin 1 r We 3 f true, but the two comparatively crude radars aboard It waSn,t until March of 123gZ4m1?3Cu10US,hwere located in a corner of the Captain's sea cabin. t u . a er our it at Anzio that the t I the division conimander's stateroom below the bridge. presen C C was made out of e essential information CIC continuously puts out on movin O experience at ship handling but CIC m d ' ' i But, in addition to th Sllifls in rings of its radar eyes- it is CVC11 1T1Ore popular with the night watches for its pri .eision-ma e rew called coffee. Varying all the way from really fine tasting stuff in a rea- n a slimy mug, it was always friend- sonably clean cup of an evil brew of Lord knows whati ly and never failed to warm and cheer. Occasionally when a heavy roll sent someone's -coffee spilling over -the fresh-laid tracing cloth on the plot, The CIC Officer would inti- mate that the next time it happened the coffee pot was going out for good. Itboiled on, however, right to the end, adding a real measure of comfort in the otherwise dreary and dark black hole of Calcutta. As one might imagine the dark and not too well ventilated shack had more than its share of seasickness, but somehow even in the roughest weather when chairs would not stay upright and the DRT tracking arm was unmanageable, the required infor- mation still went up to the bridge. The men and officers standing these four-hour watches in rough weather made-frequent use of wastebaskets in their illness, but no complaints. The watch and the storm would pass and all would be well for a while again. THE DECK FORCE N the days of old, when men went down to the sea in ships, and Diesel and Steam Engine were words yet unknown, every, sailor was a seaman, and every seaman a stout-hearted man through and through. With the passing of the years, there was an acceleration in the migration of peoples and an increase in world trade. These things brought on the building of new and modern ships and gave birth to jobs and skills never before practiced on the world's water. Yes, men still go down to the sea in ships, but, now, not every sailor is a seaman. There are engineers, shipfitters, radiomen, radar- men, and many others. As a result, the men who still carry on the traditions of the salty occupants of Davy Jones' place, are now formed into their own select group on ships, 'known as The Deck Force. Well, wife, mother, father, sister, brother, do you know much about that sailor of yours since he joined this cocky outfit? Oh, you probably know he's in the deck force but do you know anything about his job or the men he works with? Well, then, give a listen. On a Destroyer, the Deck Force has two divisions, numbered l'1st and 2nd . The ratings are usually divided equally between them, seeing as how their -Jobs are equally im- portant. The majority of the men are of the Seaman second class ratings. lxlext there are a smaller number of Seaman first class ratings. Men promoted .from Slc become Cont- swains, Qand say coxin to him, not cox-swane , or he'll cringej. Next step up. is Boatswain's Mate second class, followed by BMlc , and finally by Chief B0atSWa1n S Mate, fand give that word Boatswain the same treatment as Coxswain Their main job is to see that this ten million dollar can moors to a pier, or anchors, 11 d or in'ur . To do this they have to be ,and gets underway smoothly and wit out amage J y Smart in handling lines and fenders, and quick m understanding and obeying orders. They can make or break a ship. Theirs is the outward sign that represents the navy. 33 ' And then there are all those tedious jobs that add uP to malfe CVCfYthmg SPIPZMEE' scraping, wirebrushing, painting, sweeping, swabbing-never ending- And fhlfffs t e at' and the long, and sometimes cold watches that go with it. Speaklflg of Watc es' H0 matter what the weather underway, there's always a seaman to man the helm and keep hcl' WUC. and several more to provide a continuous lookout for enemy ships, mines, and Other dan' gers. His watches are never over. Even in port he's the messenger, and the sentry, and the numerous other people who are always needed. Funny thing about . being needed,--rI1flkCS, you sharp, on the ball , and cocky at times. Watch him at marlinspike, ,hand1ng.l1nes, at dress parade, or walking down main street. Sure he's proud, but he won t admit 1t.,He knows he looks good in those blues, but that kind of talk sounds crazy to him. He s a sailor, -he's a seaman,--he's navy from way back, this Deck Force Man. THE BLACK GANG He name Black Gang originated in the old navy when the snipes handled coal, but even today a member must not have an aversion to working in spaces below the main deck which is desirable in winter but almost unbearable in summer. The snipes are the men who keep the ships of the fleet moving. g Four groups comprise the engineering force, The fireroom gang, engineroom gang, electricians' gang, and the auxiliary gang. Besides the steam to power the LUDLOW's two propellers, the engineers provide us with some of the comforts of home such as lights, water, heat and ventilation. Little maintenance work can be done below underway, but once in port, it is not un- usual to see the snipes working the clock around. When old man winter starts breathing icy breaths, the man who has a topside watch begins to wonder if he made a wise choice after all, for all is warm and cozy down below with a big pot of java in the corner steam- ing away. There are always plenty of visitors at such times and none have ever been turned out. 4 . There are eight men on a fireroom watch and the safety of the ship depends greatly on their alertness. Twelve men stand watch in the engine room ready to respond to all orders from the bridge. Close cooperation between the two watches is imperative as each is dependent upon the other. Contrary to the impression that all one has to do is press a button and presto an order is complied with, there is a mighty scramble all through the engineering spaces each time the bridge rings up a change of speed. Depth charge attacks have proved to be almost as hard on our own engineering spaces as on the submerged targets. When shallow settings are used, the concussion is apt to rup- ture the condenser tubes, trip out the generator, or buckle the keel plates Though the work of the black gang is tough and the plant is a stern taskmaster, the snipes wouldn't swap for a million. Q . MEDICAL DEPARTMENT HE sick bay aboard the LUDLOW is just about large enough to allo t 1 . w wo peope to stand in or three to sit in during sick call. However, every inch is utilized to advanta . . C with equipment to counter any emergency. r g The pharmacist's mates are well schooled in They are the only men aboard whom people would rather see idle than bus The general health of the ship has been goodg very few condition ogia gel-igus naturg having been encountered. For the most part the diseases have consisted of minor ailments peculiar to the area and climate in which the ship was operating. The average of those on the sick list has beenslightly less than IW of the crew at any particular time The ship has participated in the rescue of survivors from fri dl i , , . en has encountered no fatalities among them. A y-and enemy Graft and s was to be expected at 1: as those preceeding an invasion of a dangerous tour of dut h , lmes' of tenslqni such 34 Y, f Ose reporting for sick call first aid and in the rudiments of medicine. and under similar operating conditions the crevxil dismfziiaiggon with other Ships of our type aged less than half as many consultations li d P y an excellent morale and aver- Stated that the LUDLOW! I ' .ase on a neurotic trend. It can truthfully be las been a healthy and happy ship as well as a lucky one THE BRIDGE GANG G were more numerous than at other times but b V ' U RR ' - - - ei imglcftizffgfgt 't?rhf'Bpl?:1aSeE Very famlllar to every man aboard and is the clear- ie ri ge ang , consistin of ' 1 , who make with the fl - d ' g Sigma men an quarter masters . U uags an searchlights and pass the word, are on the job. This conception is correct but inade uate fo th ' , . .Y , u q , r. e1r duties are many and varied. The responsibility for the smooth running of the ship, the swift as well as accurate reception and transmission of all visual messages and the ship's snappy and on the ball appear- ance, both underway and in port, rest largely on the shoulders of the bridge gang. Both signalmen and quartermasters of the watch are the officer-of-the-deck's right hand men. The 0.0.D. depends on the quartermaster to keep a record of all that tran- spipes duiiing thle watch, fuel and water reports, compass checks, weather readings, calls t' .x ' - . o. e mac c, an the passing of the word. The quartermaster IS also a great assistance to the sh1p's navigator, who relies on the quartermaster for the correction of all his charts, assist- ance in plotting the ship's course, shooting the stars and sun, and the general care of all navigational instruments and equipment. The entire ship depends on the quartermaster for the correct time, for it is one of his duties to continuously check all the ship's clocks, keeping them wound and running correctly. The signalmen are ever on the alert for a signal by flag-hoist or those minute flashes of light which may mean a change in course, speed, or formation, and even alter the routine of the ship. It is the signalman's job to keep the 0.0.D. informed of the movements of all ships, both in formations and in the general vicinity- of the ship, and through him all vis- ual messages are sent and received. G And when you salts recall how those flaghoists were two-blocked at the yardarm, how the signal lights used to blink away like lightning bugs with the hiccoughs, and how the word to Man your battle stations would electrify the ship as only the real thing could do, remember the human element behind all of it! The bridge gang. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT HEN the Navy constructs a combatant ship, they just decide the speed and fire power desired, then build the vessel around the guns. The LUDLOW is no exception, butito make the various guns function as one unit involves complications. Much technical equip- ment is needed, and that calls for highly train personnel. The division is divided into three gangs -Gunner's mates, Fire controlmf-in and Torpedoman's mates-but all three work pretty much together in the overall set-up. . ' Briefly, the duties of the various gangs are as follows: The gunner s 'mates malntam the guns and ammunition and are assigned cleaning stations which range from the five inch magazines to the pyrotechnic lockers on the bridge. The firecontrolmen are responsible for the main and secondary battery gun directors, plotting room and all electrical equipment associated with the guns. The master-mind computer in plot requires a lot of high priced attention. The Torpedomen have all the depth charges, depth f3hH1'ge racks and th1'0WCfS, land torpedoes when we had themj-not an easylinamtenlpnce Job when you remember that ' ' is usua awas . they Thi: lgaiiiffofoihilllihliz iclsfleifdlhaiiid constantylabor comes during action when the guns respolliidfeivxwiddxgfriplilsabissglgzaadiifice and outstanding courage of individuals in the division ' t d ith res ect and admiraton for all of them. During the 'Viichy French. re- 'S here mer 6 W P ber s, 1942, while the LUDLOW was firing on various sistance at Casablanca on Novem 35 1 enemy targets, a five inch powder charge crumpled while being ram tion or thought of his own life, VV. E. Laurie, GM1c, grabbed the damaged case and threw it overboard. It exploded as it went over. Laurie's heroic act saved the lives of the entire lguncrew and averted any damage to the gun itself. The Bronze Star medal was awarded im. In the same action on that memorable day, a 6.1 inch projectile, fired by a Vichy French cruiser, struck the starboard side and penetrated the outer bulkhead in the vicinity of the wardroom. It exploded, starting a fire endangering the magazine and handling room forward. Disregarding his personal safety, Cravedi, GM2c, stuck to his station. When the med. Without hesita- maximum safety temperature was exceeded, he turned on the sprinkling system and thereby- prevented an explosion that probably would have sunk the ship. '? L 'AE .jg -L . if .wfef -wr 4. Us ,.. ,. a ff.: , ,V 1,61 -..J 4. , f 5 fu, .. 1 . 332132 ' 36 W cffggi . ,. g., 5 ' , .,,i- W , s s.., is fi g.. e- u,,2.gl,f' .msg-5...,,. . ...,,, ,. , 4 sw x-...ry - H ' ,.,,... . ..7 . swf ,q .. . in , '-ELfi,,xg,, ,..,, ,. , 1 ' wi - +51 Q ggi- f-:kj ig V A x h , - .- ,. , 'iiff bf f N' U, .... - W, X- ' 'f , A A i . . in , ww. A X 2. , A XX Q M'-Qu-bw.Q vM .,.. ,ufxf 2 f NN- .. Nv.,. g ,.:U1:p.f-7.535 'bak 2 : 'I' vw., X KK. . , 1 Q f A 1.-nm, W ,Q .W . , , 1 J, g. , - ez, 4 .www xqf, ,ex ,,, , 4, 1 1' 4 A x .-, ,V,,gf,1 ,.1 'i ' 2 -V1 sg mir ,av . X' fi. ziggy, E, 'WE ,S 5?-gf v ,, pg A Q f' 5 55' AJ !'I!: I 51 ' U! h . 3' ' if it sg T 'M ' ,' -'J 31. gg ,,f.-411 ROSTER OF OFFICERS Capt. C. H. Bennett, jr., USN Comdr. E. J. Burke, USN Comdr. R. S. Fahle, USN Lt. Comdr. E. F. Scott, USN Lt. Comdr. G. E. Everly, USN Lt. Comdr. P. Cutler, USNR J. E. York, USNR Comdr. G. K. GfCCl1f1Cid, USNR Lt. Comdr. Lt. Lt. D. F. Seacord, jr., USNR Lt. T. T. Boyd, USNR Lt. G. C. Buhrer, USN Lt. Comdr. L. A. Koontz, QMCI, USNR C. B. Anderson, USN Lt. Lt. Comdr. P. McLane, USNR Lt. H. A. Coffin, USNR Capt. L. W. Creighton, USN Lt. Comdr. R. S. Harlan, USN Lt. Lt. Lt. H. L. Clarke, jr., USN Lt. F. A. Meyer, USN Lt. V. W. Meythaler, USNR Lt. D. S. Perry, Jr., USNR Lt. A. L. Boswell, USNR Lt. Comdr. R. C. Taylor, USNR R. E. Stanley, USNR R. W. Lundgren, USNR Comdr. C. D. 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