Napa (APA 157) - Naval Cruise Book

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K-A, 1 HMM---Y eeeee 4, P 1 1 1 r 1 4 1 1 1 iy s I F 1 1 V I l 0 Q , V if E. 4 1 2 1 V L, Y .5 ,V 12 AUGUST 1944-- Sponsored by Mrs. Cranston Williams, the Napa, in an impressive ceremony, slipped down the ways to en- ter her element - 'temporar- ily the Columbia Biver, fresh water instead of salt. X .251 VY' 4 u 2 5 1 f 9 I 1 Q' W F9 +9 M 1 7 fs! is ,I A isg fffs. QL' 1 M 4 Uv 3 '--iw -Wag-4 -,.,:g-.v.,,m, , 4 ,,,.,, m,.,.wv,v Zaunclaing 7,1 UNE, 1944, saw the Napa a roll of blueprints and a keel No. 1107. She was just a steel spine in the Oregon Shipbuilding ways at Portland, Oregon. The ull' beam No. 1107 slowly moved into place and then a ship, our ship, became a tangible reality. Bivets, welding arcs, steel plates and electric cables strengthened and fashioned her so that on 12 Au- gust, 1944, hull No. 1107 bore her prow before the christening platform to be dubbed uNapa,' and slide down the ways. In the yard, among other hulls and other num- bers, our National Anthem opened the ceremonies which would soon give a name to one number, our name. The Portland Oregonianis Mr. Hoyt intro- duced Mr. Cranston Williams as the first speaker. Mr. Williams, the General Manager of the Ameri- can Newspaper Publishers Association, addressed the audience of workers and friends of the ship to be called 44Napa. His timely speech was both con- cise and stimulating. Attorney General Francis J. Biddle followed Mr. Williams as the second speaker of the day. It was with the same vigor and magnitude which has permanently marked him as an orator that he addressed the Napa on the day of her launch- ing. Then minds turned to God as Bishop Benjamin D. Dagwell of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon in- voked His protection on the Napa and all the men who sail her. As the prayer concluded, the metal plates binding the Napa to earth were being severed. Then, with the momentous words: MI christen thee, the U.S.S. Napaf' Mrs. Cran- ston Williams launched another ship to save the fate of another generation. To a dock to be fitted for herytask of war and to receive a part of the men who would man her, our new ship was towed away from her land cradle. On the 27th of September the Napa made her first performance run down the Columbia River. Three days later she left her birthplace for Astoria, Ore- gon, to become an integral part of a fighting force of the United States Navy. I2

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f Third bia7iAivn FIRST ROW, left to right: Flores, L. Slcg Ramsey, B. A., GM3cg Dacanay, F. A., CM2cg Root, K. A., Slcg Phillips, R. W., Slc. SECOND Row, left to fight: Hannes, C. W., Slcg Root, W. J., Slcg Flores C. R., Slc, Rouse, G. E., Chief Bos'n Mate, Danzero, A. E., Lt., Smoot, P. Lt. fjgi g McDaniel, E. S., Ens.g Kolos, A. S., BM2cg Brewster, B. C., GM1cg Winken, C. D., Cox., Reid, E. B., GM3c. . THIRD ROW, left to right: Temple, R. E., Cox., Terry, B. J., Slcg Little E. E., Slcg Evers, V. O., Slcg DeLeon, D. M., S203 Robichaux, E. J., Slcg Holmes, H. H., Slcg Longfellow, L. A., Slcg Payne, E. L., Cox., Sadovich J. D., Cox. FOURTH ROW, left to right: Dodds, R. L., Slcg Holmes, R. G., Slcg Rowell H., S2c:, Grizzle, J. F., Slcg Zeringue, A. P., Slcg Rasco, J. A., Slcg Newton R. E., FC3c, Fleming, W. R., Slcg Perry, C. L., Slcg Pennie, R. W., Slc Not in picture: Lyons, J. E., Cox. 7

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