Noble (APA 218) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1946

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HORT HI TORY OF U S S OBLEQ PA 2185 For the members of the U S S NOBLE QAPA 2181 an amphibious ship ln Asiatic and South Pacific waters proved more ll1tel'6Slllg and ex citing than lts engagements before Japan quit on August 14, 1945 U o o o a Q . ' 9 . . attack transport, the ,compact post-war adventures and activities of the 'l nrfiily P nk f Q-if 1 ' ' 4 H V x ,- .,, tel ifgfx.. 9 A ' 'A is-. 5. 12 Commissioned 27 November 1944 at Kaiser's Richmond, California yards, the NOBLE, sailing alone on her maiden cruise through Jap held islands reached Guadalcanal in February 1945. There she trained with and later embarked members of the 6th Marine Division landing them on Easter morning fApril lst, on the shores of the now famous Okinawa. Although suicide planes did get through to some ships, the NOBLE was lucky enough to escape being hit. Upon completion of her duty at Okinawa she shipped to Saipan and Pearl Harbor. Here the crew had their first liberty, a sight-seeing tour about the island of Oahu, and the ship then sailed east for a short visit to our home port, San Francisco, arriving in June. Here another load-a 66Cub outfit-took passage to Okinawa with stops at Eniwetok, and Ulithi with its '4Mog-Mog beer and baseball island of the Caroline group. Finally, on August 14 and 15, the ship was again anchored at Okinawa in Buckner Bay when several Jap Kamakize attacks occurred even while some peace celebrations were going on elsewhere. The planes missed the NOBLE, but hita sister ship APA close by one night and torpedoed another the next night. In September the ship carried the first American occupation troops, contingents of the 7th Army Division, to Jinsen, Korea. It was there, too, that American, British alld Australian prisoners of war who were evacuated from the prison camp of Seoul were taken on board ship for transportation and treatment. They were happily provided with clean linens, hot showers, all the ice cream they could eat, and an uopen ice box was at their disposal. Admiral Thomas C. Kincaid, Commander of the 7th Fleet who interviewed these emaciated prisoners, was quoted as saying the ,laps who mistreated them would undergo trials. The sea was calm, the weather fine, and the evacuees 6l1jOy6d a very smooth ride to Manila. Special personnel handled the evacuees at Manila where a colored band was on hand to greet them. - From Manila, where sunken ship's hulls stuck up in the Bay and the bombed rubble of the city was clearly in evidence, the ship embarked a load of Military Occupation oflicers for Tokyo along with others for the island of Hokkaido. On the trip back to Okinawa, the NOBLE intercepted a radio report of the loss of a C-47 plane downed off Formosa. After an intensive search during a night and day, our ship found tl1e first raft witl1 2 fliers, and then the other 6 were turned over to our escort. The luck of the NOBLE continued when it was ordered to Ma11us Island in the Admiralty Group. Underway she shied clear of a Wow of consider-

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,... .. .. ,. , ., u:f,..,,zT.A -.-nf From: Commandant, Twelfth Naval District. To: Commander Solomon S. ISQUITH, U. S. Navy. Subject: ORDERS. 1. Upon commissioning of tlle U.S.S. NOBLE CAPA-2181 at 1400 Monday, November 27, 194414 at Pier 27, San Francisco, California, you are directed to accept tl1e vessel from the representative of the Commandant, Twelfth Naval District, San Francisco, California, giving that officer receipt for the vessel. 2. Immediately upon commissioning and acceptance of the U.S.S. NOBLE CAPA-2185 in full commission, you are further directed to assume command in accordance with your basic orders. Csignedl H. S. HAISLIP Assistant Chief of Staff i Q ' EBXH ' ' f' as 1, rv' s N I . x ' i ,u '-4' U . wrt .1 J nl' 'xu,f'.w 'i- n A - 'Q-Jxllgxz I ...



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able proportion which later developed into the disastrous typhoon that struck Okinawa in October 1945. At Manus the ship loaded with Marine Aviation units for Tsingtao, China, the 'fl-Riviera of the Far East. En route, the NOBLE again made a 'frescue at sea, picking up an armed-guard sailor from a merchant tanker and our Senior Medical Officer, Lt. Comdr. Wm. A. Morris, performed the successful emergency appendectomy operation. A stop was made at Samar and Leyte, P.I. prior to sailing through the hazardous Yellow Sea where floating mines, loosened from their moorings, presented a constant menace. The familiar general quartersn gong sounded numbers of times and the ship shimmied through the minefields, and the gun crews successfully sank four of these mines as evidences from the upaintingsv on the upper bridge. At Tsingtao the embarked Marines were landed just in time to witness the last,' Japanese surrender to American fand Chinesel Commanders. This ceremony took place on October 26th at the Municipal Race Track, and for this occasion the Captaln of our ship, Commander Solomon S Isqultll, U S Navy, a veteran of almost 27 years commissioned servlce, was officially ll1Vlt6d to attend on behalf of the ship s crew , At TSll1gt30 the Noble was ordered to joln the 66M3glC Carpet ' outfit, a happy duty for those who had obtalnedsufficlent 6P0ll1tS,, for separation from the service Here a group of Bluejackets and MHPIHES were embarked on 28 October 1945, and the ship sailed for Okinawa where she filled up to the gunnels with 'fhlgh pointers bound for San F ranclsco and all POIDIS 66Sl13t6Sld1-39, Enroute home on the northern great clrcle route every known kind of weather was encountered, from sunshine to hall, with drenchlng ralns ln between Halfway across, the Shlp was diverted to Seattle, Wash lngton, where the separatees debarked The Noble went to Everett, Wash lngton, for drydockmg, having been at sea for over a year Upon reloading the Noble left December 5, 1945 for Nagoya, Japan On the trlp over she encountered the severest storms since her commission mg with record breaking rolls of 44 degrees and corresponding pitching movements Except when unavoldable all hands kept off the weather decks, and there were no personnel casualties Chrlstmas lll Japan was made memorable for 2,000 Army officers and men for they were entertained aboard the Noble wlth a hearty old fashloned Navy Christmas dinner, candy, clgarettes, cigars, and even Christmas glfts Homebound again, smoother weather was experlenced with a welcome stop over at Pearl Harbor, where a Hula dance was arranged for the passengers Leaving Pearl Harbor the ship was again dlverted but this time to sunny San Pedro, Cahfornla A short stay there and then orders to the East Coast for duty wlth a welcome stop over and sight seelng trlp through the Panama Canal So after some 60 000 mlles of steaming through the broad Paclfic the Noble leaves for HCIIVG duty lll the Atlantic and perhaps European waters-but wherever ordered the Noble has at all times safely reached the obyectlve g .n w 'M ' ,J I Q Q Q Q Q O I O U O u Q Q Q Q 9 U O I O O , . Q Q 5 Q Q Q Q Q O C O C C 0 Q I O Q Q I I O I O l 0 I O I 7' . - Q 0 Q Q Q Q I Q C Q Q Q Q . Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q O Q Q Q Q Q 0 Q Q Q Q 0 0 0 , Q Q C , Q Q Q I U 1 l I Q I , Q Q Q 1- Q v ' ' 9 o 0 ' L X Qu- K 0' S Q F X Q' .Avi , I ' qv' 'gps n v- i' , Q o S 4 -N VY. by f Z , 1 - ' Nx 'llrws --N.. n A 1 Y -,Q ,. 5 , i-Kal K, 'A' x 'JL 13

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