Muliphen (AKA 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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ITS STURY GW TQ?-s Tiff' ' f y9Q3'922a The USS MULIPHEN, named aTTer a small sTar in The consTellaTion Canis Major, is an afjack Cargo Ship operaTing wiTh The ATlanTic Amphibious Force. The MULIPHEN has been shining since I944, The year she was commissioned, and has been visible, aT one Time or anoTher, in nearly all The major oceans oT The wo'rId. She was builT aT Kearney, d ' TTh HANDROMEDAH class, fashionable during The I943 To I945 New Jersey, an is o e war years. The ship is oT a one-sTack, Tlush deck design, displaces abouT I4,000 Tons when loaded, and is 460 TeeT long wiTh a 6I-TooT beam. Her mosT disTinguishing characTerisTics are The TwenTy-Tour landing craTT carried on her haTches. Cargo carried on board has en- compassed vehicles, weapons, raTions, and The Thousand and one oTher iTems needed To keep a modern army TuncTioning smooThly when hundreds oT miles Trom The nearesT basesoT supply. The ship's crew is experT in unloading, wheTher in calm or rough seas, unde'r peaceTul condiTions or while The roar oT baTTle goes on abouT Them. Near The end oT I944 The new ship was given iTs TirsT Training in amphibious warfare and Then ordered To The PaciTic To parTicipaTe in General MacArThur's island hopping campaigns, In February oT The Tollowing year The MULIPHEN joined The Torce which was To assaulT The Japanese sTronghold aT Iwo Jima, For Twelve days, under Kamikaze aTTack and The Tire oT enemy shore baTTe'ries, The ship unloaded I,4I3 Tons oT equipmenT, much oT iT ammuniTion and highly i'nTIammable aviaTion gasoline. Hardly pausing Tor breaTh, The MULIPHEN goT underway Tor Siapan and combaT- loaded I52 men oT The Second Marine Division and 3,800 Tons oT Their equipmenT, She became a parT oT Task Force SI, aiding in The oiperaTion ThaT has been Termed The apex oT amphibious landings. ATTer The Tlare and Tire oT Okinawa, The 6 I Tell inTo The quieT rouTine oT TransporTing cargo Trom one island To anoTher, awaiTing her nexT assaulT. BuT VJ Day came TirsT and The MULIPHEN was no longer concerned wiTh D-days and H-hours g insTead she remained in The PaciT'ic as a cargo carrier, TrequenTIy running supplies inTo Japan Tor The 0CcupaTion Torces. She nexT served in The same capaciTy wiTh The MiliTary Sea Transpor- TaTion Service. T In N59 T Changing World and an expanding Navy had need Tor The MULIPI-TEN, by now 6 9011 GCT veT. in The Amphibs once again. ShiTTed To The ATIanTic FIeeT, The ship has Taken parT in several major amphibious operaTions and made a cruise To The Medi- Terranean To replenish our Torces There, In SepTember oT I953 The MULIPI-TEN, wiTh Troops and cargo of The FirsT BaTTaliOh. Second Marines embarked leTT The Uni+ed 5+ . ' T T I ' d T 'Th Th U. S. SixTh FleeT in The MediTerranean area. a es or a regu ar jour of U Y wi e KC if ff lx GQ I- N - T 'JJLJLJCS 5 j-Jef? ,jj J 7 Uci ,497 1-any