Napa (APA 157) - Naval Cruise Book

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. . S Hepa 041914-I5 75 BEACH PARTY ANNEX MABLEU to ANNEX THREE MDOG OF OPERATION ORDER NINE SEVEN DASH FOUR FIVE OF ADCOM- PHIBSPACSUBORDCOIVPS ATTACK PLAN SEVEN THREE DASH FOUR FIVE PAREN J IG XRAY PAREN. 1. D-Day will be 30 February 1946 unless stated otherwise in reference Qc5 , sub-paragraph Q35, in which case it will be either 4 June or 25 December 1946 or 1947 as amended in refer- ence Qg5 paragraph Q375, sub-paragraph Qj-95. 2. H-Hour will be at 0900 unless trash and garbage is dumped prior to 1900 the preceding day, in which case it will be at 0901. In the event that 'trash and garbage has not been dumped at all, the entire operation Will be pushed back one day. ' 3. The first echelon of the beach party con- sisting of one Q15 BlVI1c, two Q25 SlVI2c, and five Q55 Slc will leave the NAPA with the first Wave in Boat No. 11 Qthe Captain and I.t.,Schroe- der wi11ing5. Boat No. 11 will remain with the first echelon at Blue Beach One Qor Green Beach Seven, depending on which annex to which oper- ation plan is used5 until 2200 or until the BM1c in charge of the first echelon has to go to the head. 4. The second echelon of the beach party consisting of three Q35 Ylc, four Q45 SK1c, and seven Q75 AerlVI1c will leave the NAPA with the first Wave of assault troops, will land at Lavender Beach Thirty-F ive or Fuchsia Beach Ninety- Seven depending again on which annex to which operation plan is used. This second echelon will use Boat No. 11 for their part in the operation. The second echelon, or Purple Heart Brigade, will use as their main battery one Q15 155 mm. Sling-Shot with five Q55 rounds of paper clips as ammunition. 5. In order to avoid confusion, and in order to utilize all boats to the fullest extent, the third echelon consisting of the Beachmaster and the assistant Beachmaster Will remain aboard the NAPA until D-Day plus 365, or until either or both of them accumulate 49 points. 6. The fourth echelon, or rep air party echelon, of the beach party will disembark the NAPA with the first Wave of assault troops. This echelon will use Boat No. 11, and will land at Chartreuse Beach Thirteen with the Marine Scouting Party. It is the purpose of this echelon Qconsisting of one Q15 AS5 to scout the disposition of the Enemy's forces for a distance of ten Q105 miles all around his landing spot. In order to make for ease of movement, this echelon will carry the following gear: One Q15 complete set of SA Radar, one Q15 complete set of SC Radar, three Q35 TBS radios all set to the boat operating fre- quency, three Q35 TBS radios set on the common fighter frequency, seven B.A.R.'sg one 5 ,-Q38 double-purpose gun, two rolls of Scot- 'tissueg and one Q15 can of SPANI. The SPAM is to be consumed in case of capture by the enemy. Qlt Works much faster than prussic-acid or iodine.5 7. The fifth echelon, or communications ech- elon, consisting of eleven Q115 SM1c, fifteen Q155 SlVI2c, and thirty-seven Q375 SICQSM5, will dis- embark the NAPA with the first wave in Boat No. 11. It is the purpose of this echelon, as its name indicates, to communicate all information to the OTC in the USS ELDORADO as soon as received. In order the achieve this purpose, the fifth echelon will carry with it one Q15 set of semaphore flags. 8. It has been the beachmaster's aim in draw- ing up this annex to the annex of the operation order of the attack plan to clarify several points which may have undoubtedly been confusing you. E. DuPont, Lt. Comdr., USNR, Beachmaster.

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23 OCTOBER 1944- 0230 Napa fueled for the first time. Bets placed as to amount of oil 'to be spilled. 0610 Fueling completed-T 209,396 gallons received- no errors. 7, WM? V 4, if ca P? Q 645 rl 0 v i p A T 4 ,79 T 4 13, 'ff I 'ir' T VIA P ,pf W billidivn FROM the anchor windlass to the steering engine, from the whistle and siren to the engineroom bilges, from the diesel fire pumps to the emergency generator, from the scuttlebutts to the ice boxes, from the evaporators to the machine shop there's a story turning out. Shortages, the watchword of the war, does not hold here for steam and water, for when the cooks say, uNothin's cookin','9 it is we who turn the fires on. With everything going out at once and half the repair gang recuperating in Sick Bay, our day is just normal. The other half, to keep up the morale of ship,s company and the officers, is tied to the lathe turning out trinkets from parts of J ap planes. Result: the Hobby Lobby Kid, knocking off from the sugar report to Susie Zilch, crams calipers, micrometers, and drawings into one pocket, slings 25 pounds of repair tools over his shoulder and arrives breathless to tighten a bolt. It is the early to bed, late to quarters, elusive Duty Machinist Mates that are the incomparable MA Division! H H biviaion THATVS right, don't tell us when you're going to fire the five-inch. Just let us sit here and watch the fires go out. That's no five-inch. That's just Sully runnin' down to the fire room. Whaw! All six safety valves lifted. Trouble? Not on here! Why the fellows on here are so conscientious about their job they often pop off. This probably is the result of the tender care given by our officers. Ask any member of the cinder-pusher gang, providing you are well prepared to really haul ashes. Not to be outdone in any way, sometimes the boys pull a burner while forgetting to secure the root oil valve. Result: Something new in camouflage both for engine room and snipe. Another feat of juggling is putting oil in the steam drum and water in the fuel oil. This hasn't happened more than five times or it might be serious. What was that said about hauling ashes? MPermission to blow tubesw-uGranted.,, There's soot in your eye. 30