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Jameson, USN A mlsurs . . . . . . an illustrious combat record, reflecting the courage, skill and brilliant teamwork of the officers who plotted her course, the pilots who spotted her gunfire, and thesoperational force which aided in maintaining her fighting effi- ciency. ir Ne? r COMMANDING orrrcnns 1 CAPTAIN CAPTAIN CAPTAIN CAPTAIN CAPTAIN 7 December 1941 - 1946 CHARLES THOMAS WILLIAM CHARLES WILLIAM M. COOKE, U. S. Navy 27 February 1941-3 April 1942 S. KING, II, U. S. Navy 10 April 1942-8 February 1943 A. CORN, U. S. Navy - 8 February 1943 -23 April 1944 P. MARTIN, u. s. Navy 23 April 1944.-5June1945 M. MOSES, U. S. Navy 5 June 1945 -5 November '1945 COMMANDER WILLIAM M. KAUFMAN, U. S. Navy 5 November 1945 - 23 January 1946 CAPTAIN CARL H. BUSHNELL, U. S. Navy 23 January 1946 - EXECUTIVE OFFICERS - 7 December 1941 - 1946 COMMANDER CARL F. HOLDEN, U. S. Navy 24 October 1940-1 'January 1942 COMMANDER LEO LB. SCHULTEN, U. S. Navy 1 January 1942- 18 August 1942 COMMANDER WILLIAM D. HOOVER, U. S. Navy 18 August 1942 - 29 October 1942 COMMANDER THOMAS H. TEMPLETON, U. S. Navy 29 October 1942-1 1 May 1944 COMMANDER CHARLES JACKSON, U. S. Navy 11 May 1944-15 January 1945 COMMANDER CLAREN E. DUKE, U. S. Navy 15 January 1945 -3 October 1945 COMMANDER WILLIAM M. KAUFMAN, U. S. Navy 3 October 1945 -5 November 1945 COMMANDER ALBERT S. FREEDMAN, U. S. Navy 5 November 1945 - 23 January 1946 COMMANDER WILLIAM M. KAUFMAN, U. S. Navy 23 January 1946- E NAVY SECRETARY OF TH N , THE wast-moto ending the The Secretary oi the Navy takes pieasure in comm i UNXTED ST PRES Shi? ?ENNS'NIiN ANA ior sertfice as ioiiovvs: For outstanding her oism in action against enemy Sapanese iorces in the ?aciiic War Area irom ixliay A, i9li3, to February iO, ifdlib. Operating under ten separate commands, the U.S.S. PENNSYXJXT ANSB was the oniy battieship to take part in every combat amphibious operation during this period ir om Prttu in the northern area to Lingayen in the ?hiiipp'mes. Xmperiied by perpetuaiiog,she serv ed as Fiagship oi the Tasifiorce Commander during the liieutians Campaign and navigated in pooriy charted waters to deiiver her accurate broadsides on predetermined but intfisibie targetsg intensive iireir om her batteries biased the vvay ior our assauit Waves in the Giiberts, the Niarshaiis and the Marianas, siiencing the enemy's heavy coastai guns, iocating and neutraiiamfg, camouiiaged empiacements and rendering sturdy support ior our iand iorces. Ps gaiiant and dependabie veteran, the PENNSYUXT P-LNXA compieted neariy thirty years oi uniaiiing service by her deadiy ciose-in bombardment and guniire support in the recapture oi the wniiippines, iuiiiiiing her proionged and P vitai mission without casuaity to her seii or her personnei by Sapanese iire. Yiandied superbiy in the iace oi many obstacies thr oughout this period, the PENNSY UNT PMSA aohiev ed an iiiilfii' iO11S combat r ecord, reiiecting the courage , siciii and briiiiant teamvv orh oi the oiiicers vvho piotted her course, the piiots who spotted her guniire and the oper ationai ior ce vvhich aided in maintaining her iighting eiiiciencyf' Pdi per sohnei attached to and sertfing on board the U 35.5. NPENNSY KN ANSPX uring the above mentioned period are hereby authorised to vvear the CONXNXEND PJYXON Ribbon. oi the Navy d NAVY UWT Secretary T 0755 on the morning of December the seventh, I94I, the PENNSYLVANIA was sitting in drydock in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. Her screws had been removed from their shafts and were resting on the bot- tom of the dock. She had been scheduled to leave the dock on the sixth and berth at Ten Ten Dock, immediately adiacent, but delays had been encountered, those delays probably saved the ship. It was a normal quiet Sunday morning, and there was little activity aboard. The watch had iust been set and thechaplain was mak- ing preparations for the eight o'clock mass on the quarterdeck. Virtually all of the ship's company were aboard. In view of the exist- ing conditions general over night liberty had not been granted. . THE ATTACK Suddenly and with complete surprise, Jap- anese dive bombers and torpedo bombers roared out of the high overcast. The PENN- SYLVANIA was one of the first ships in the harbor to open fire. Her .50 caliber machine gun crews had their guns in action even be- fore General Quarters was sounded. Jap planes tried repeatedly to torpedo the caisson of the drydock but never succeeded. If they had, a wall of water would have swept into the drydock, causing incalculable dam- age to the PENNSYLVANIA. The ship and the surrounding dock areas were strafed severely, and a medium bomb struck the starboard side of the boat deck, and burst inside casement 9. The crew of the 5 f5I was wiped out. The destroyers CASSIN and DOWNES, iust for- ward of the PENNSYLVANIA in the drydock, were hit and seriously damaged. The intensity of the fires in the DOWNES caused her fuel oil tanks to explode with further extensive damage. The torpedoes on her deck were armed with warheads, and at least two of these went off with a mighty roar, sending flames more than I00 feet high and shower- ing that section of the harbor with metal frag- ments. A portion of a torpedo tube weighing nearly I000 pounds was blown onto the fore- castle of the PENNSYLVANIA ,and the battle- ship's bow was pockmarked by fragments. At 0945, almost two hours from the time it had begun, the raid ended. The damage in Pearl Harbor was appalling, although it might have been worse. The ARIZONA, the PENN- SYLVANIA'S sister ship, was smashed beyond hope of salvage. The OKLAHOMA was cap- sized. The WEST VIRGINIA and CALIFORNIA were resting on the bottom, and the NEVADA had been beached. Of the eight battleships in the harbor only the PENNSYLVANIA, TEN- NESSEE, and MARYLAND had received minor damage. Our light forces had fared better. Three light cruisers had suffered moderate damage, but three other light cruisers and three heavy cruisers had gone untouched. Three destroyers were heavily damaged. Not quite two weeks later the PENNSYL- VANIA'stood out of Pearl Harbor. She spent Christmas underway and arrived in San Fron- cisco on the 29th. The damage caused by the one bomb hit at Pearl Harbor was repaired, and the four 3'ff50's 'on the boat deck were replaced with I.I 's. Throughout the greater part of I942 the PENNSYLVANIA served in Task Force I, con- sisting of seven OBB's, and carried the Task Force Commander, Vice Admiral W. S. Pye. From February through July the task force operated out of, though sometimes at con- siderable distance from, San Francisco. - NIMITZ COMES ABOARD On April third Capt. C. M. Cooke was re- lieved as Commanding Officer of the PENN- SYLVANIA by Capt. T. S.' King, II. In July Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the Com- mander in Chief, United States Fleet, Ernest J. King, in a brief ceremony on the quarter- deck ofthe PENNSYLVANIA in San Francisco. Task Force I entered Pearl Harbor in mid- August. Except for a couple of practices, the PENNSYLVANIA sat at Fox-3, next to Ford Island, from then until the last days of Sep- qui tember, at which time she and the IDAHO shoved off tor the West Coast and yard pe- riods. The IDAHO went to Bremerton, and the PENNSYLVANIA to the Bethlehem Steel Company, San Francisco. , The PENNSYLVANIA remained in the yard tour months, undergoing modernization and overhaul. Her tripod mainmast was removed and replaced with a tire control tower and a pole mast. The conning tower was removed. The two boat cranes were removed, and two booms were added to take their place. The catapult on top ot Turret 3 was removed. fi, ig.'f'i .'1 '9'n 'WFh1T 5 li 1 M- W , .... N- December 7, 1941 New radars were installed, two search and four tire control, bringing the total to six. But the most extensive changes were made in the A.A. battery. The 5 f5l broadside guns and the 5 f25 A.A. guns were replaced with eight 5 f38 dual purpose, twin mounts. The I.I's were replaced with ten 40 mm. quads. Addi- tional 2Omm.'s were installed. At the com- pletion ot the yard period the ship bristled with guns: twelve I4 f45, sixteen 5 f38, torty 4Omm., titty 2Omm., and eight .50 cali- ber. At that time the A.A. battery was as formidable as any in the fleet. , ,, , ...f-1-:....ln1..g,. , .. .M . , . V -'Z'3,5Ff--..-w'- - - ' ' ffwwxenmfxrsevre . - r .-- ---, .-1--w.'-.f cf- --- Y -'- . ,-- . ., -, --ff' r- - I-.f--.,,. ,.f. - - A v ..,......,-4 W , Mu,1.-,,,,,,,,,,,..,..,,...,.,,.,..,,,,, ... V, ., ABOVE: Paul Klein spent the en ire w PENNSYLVANIA aboard as an Si ' 3 ll. 4 I I I 1 I 9 1941, he left Cl L , - I ' ...WP tenant-Commander in l945. I2 HE PENNSYLVANIA left San Francisco on February sixth' and arrived at Long Beach the next afternoon. The following day Capt. King was relieved by Capt. W. A. Corn. During the next two and a half months the ship operated out of Long Beach and con- ducted practices in preparation for a coming combat operation. The crew naturally could not know what was in the wind, and there were loudly-voiced complaints that the PENN- SYLVANIA would serve as nothing more than a training ship throughout the war. Nevertheless the PENNSYLVANIA shoved off from Long Beach on the 23rd of April and sgiikx arrived a week later at Cold Bay, Alaska. This bleak harbor lies at the tip of the Alaska Peninsula, and the PENNSYLVANIA stood in during a miserable, wet windstorm. No one questioned the aptness of the name, Cold Bay. Rear Admiral F. W. Rockwell, Commander Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, hoisted his flag in the PENNSYLVANIA, and on May fourth, a force, consisting of three battleships, the PENNSYLVANIA, IDAHO, and NEVADA, one escort carrier, the NASSAU, transports, and destroyers, stood out from Cold Bay. It proceeded to the westward, south of the Aleutian chain, through Amukta Pass into the I Bering Sea, and on westward. Its objective was Attu. Japanese forces were known to have oc- cupied two islands in the Aleutians, Attu and Kiska. It was decided to strike first at Attu, the less strongly garrisoned of the twovand the westernmost island in the chain. .The weather in the Aleutians is notoriously bad. It is cold, the fogs are thick and almost continuous, and the seas are usually rough. More unfavorable conditions for an amphib'-Q ious operation would be difficult to find. Dog Day was set tentatively for the eighth of May, but on that day the seas were too heavy to permit a landing. The PENNSYL- VANIA patrolled first to the northeast of Attu and then with the two other battleships and a cruiser force to the west. Dog Day was set definitely for II May. On the afternoon of the IOth the battleships ioined with the transports of the task force, and that night in a dense fog two approach dispositions were formed, one of the transports and fire support ships, including the PENNSYLVANIA and IDAHO, to operate in the Holtz Bay-Chi- chagof Harbor area and the other of the ves- sels to operate in the Massacre Bay area. On the morning of II May the task group to which the PENNSYLVANIA had been as- signed arrived in the vicinity of Red Beach, which had been occupied before daylight by scout troops landed from submarines and an UPPER LEFT: lnformal attire is the order of the day in the press shop. UPPER RlGHTg War and peace make little difference to the barber. LOWER LEFT: Captain William A. Corn, Commanding Officer, and Commander Thomas H. Templeton, Executive Officer, 1943. LOWER RIGHT: Coming up in the wake is the quarterdeck dive bomber. 4, V 1 :WZ f mag: A.: THE NORTH PACIFIC CAMPAIGN-C0n1'il1UeCI APD. The J. FRANKLIN BELL commenced land- ing troops and supplies on Red Beach while the PENNSYLVANIA cmd IDAHO withdrew to the northward and prepared to execute fire support missions as directed. BLIND FIRING ' The PENNSYLVANlA'S first bombardment mission was ordered that afternoon. A heavy fog covered the area, and the approach had to be made entirely by radar. Likewise the bombardment had to be conducted entirely by indirect fire methods, land was never sighted. At 1514 the starboard secondary battery opened fire at a range of about 9000 yards. 672 rounds of A.A. common, set for both air and ground bursts, were expended during the shoot, and only the secondary bat- tery fired. There was no observation of the fall 'of shot. The second bombardment mission was or- dered the following morning..Again there was a dense fog, and again the approach was made by radar. Both the main and sec- ondary batteries fired, simultaneously during part of the run. The fire was spotted by a shore fire control party and, after the fog had lifted, by surface spotters. L I AN ENEMY TORPEDO The PENNSYLVANIA bombarded a third time on the afternoon of the 14th in support of the Love Hour infantry attack on the west arm of Holtz Bay. This time there was sufficient visibility to make the approach and first leg of the firing run by visual bearings, but then fog set in, and visibility remained low for the remainder of the day. All firing on the Holtz Bay area was spotted by a shore fire control party. The secondary battery, while firing at targets in the Chichagof Harbor area, was controlled by the ship's planes. The ship was maneuvered in a restricted area en- tirely by radar for over two hours, during which the main and secondary batteriesfired indirect fire atdesignated target areas with- out endangering our own infantry 500 yards to the right of the area and our scout troops 1500 yards beyond. This bombardment ma- terially weakened enemy resistance in the west arm of Holtz Bay, permitting our ground forces to advance into and occupy the area. Torpedoes were fired at the PENNSYL- VANIA on twouoccasions. First, on 12 May, as the ship was proceeding to the northward, away from the island, to reioin the IDAHO, a PBY on anti-submari ne patrol suddenly ra- clioed, Look out for torpedo, torpedo headed for ship! The ship was maneuvered at full speed, and lookouts sighted the torpedo wake passing safely astern. The PBY which had made the report flew back along the track of the torpedo and dropped a smoke bomb on the point from which it had been fired. Two destroyers, the EDWARDS and FARRA- GUT, were detached to destroy the subma- rine. They conducted a relentless attack for about ten hours, until the sub was finally forced to the surface and sunk by gunfire from the EDWARDS, in water more than 1000 fathoms deep. Five days later a definite oil slick covering about five square miles was still visible. . GASOLINE EXPLOSIONS ln the morning, two days later, the ship's OS2U's were launched and directed to pro- ceed to the CASCO, a seaplane tender, an- chored in Unnamed Cove, Massacre Bay. The planes and pilots operated from the CASCO until the 24th of May, spotting supporting naval gunfire and army. artillery fire and bombing and strafing enemy positions on Attu. From the 16th until the 19th the PENNSYL- VANIA operated with the NASSAU in an area about fifty miles north and east of Attu. Cn the 19th she headed for Adak. That after- noon, during a false air alert, an explosion occurred in the gasoline stowage compart- ment in the forward part of the ship. There were no casualties, but there was some struc- tural damage. - . The PENNSYLVANIA paused for one day at Adak and then proceeded to Bremerton. She remained in the Puget Sound Navy Yard through all of June and July, undergoing re- pairs and overhaul. Also additional radar and radio equipment was installed. On the eve- ning of June the second, while the ship was in drydock, a second explosion occurred in the gasoline stowage compartment. Two men on fire watch duty were iniured, one seriously and one fatally. U On I August the PENNSYLVANIA departed from Bremerton for Adak. She waited there six days, and on the I3th of August the Kiska Attack Force got underway. Again the PENN- SYLVANIA was serving as flagship for Ad- miral Rockwell. However, she had not also been assigned the duties of a fire support vessel in this operation, as this would reduce the efficiency of the ship as a command ship, particularly by restricting her freedom of movement. If needed, though, the ammuni- tion was ready. By August the weather in the Aleutians was considerably milder than it had been in May for the Attu Operation, although it was still cool by ordinary standards and the area was as always, covered by patches of dense fog. Assault troops landed without opposition on the western beaches of Kiska on the morn- ing of August I5th and pressed inland. By the evening of the I6th it was evident that the island was completely uninhabited, that the Japs had evacuated under cover of fog sometime prior to the landing. The only living creatures found on the island were tworag- ged, lonely dogs. As a memento of the opera- tion, shipfitters aboard the PENNSYLVANIA made and presented to Admiral Rockwell a miniature fire hydrant. The PENNSYLVANIA cruised off.Kiska for a week and then returned to Adak. From there she steamed, southward for Pearl Harbor. In September, with no other iob to do at the time, she was assigned the duty of transport- ing 790 men from Pearl Harbor to the West Coast and of bringing another draft out. The ship remained at San Francisco only five days. She was not to see the States again for over I7 months. The PENNSYLVANIA at Bremenan r I I FTER numerous practice shoots, including a bombardment of Kahoolawe, and then a rehearsal assault landing on Maui, the PENNSYLVANIA left Pearl Harbor on November tenth for the Gilbert Island Cam- paign, our first assault on Japanese positions in the Central Pacific. The PENNSYLVANIA carried the 5th Amphibious Force Command- er, Rear Admiral R. K. Turner, and was a part of the Northern Attack Group, whose ob- iective was Makin Atoll. This atoll lies slightly north of the equator, but the route of the task force, in an attempt to confuse the Japs, led to the south of the equator and then north- ward from the vicinity of the Phoenix Islands. The task force, composed of four battle- ships, four cruisers, three escort carriers, trans- ports and destroyers, approached Makin Atoll from the southeast on the morning of the 20th. Ukiangong Point, the southernmost point of Butaritari Island, was picked up by radar at 0248 at a range of twenty-three miles. At 0436 the task force deployed, the fire support ships proceeding to their assigned areas and the transports to the transport area At 0640 Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner Commander Amphibious Forces, . Pacific the PENNSYLVANIA opened fire on Butaritari Island with her main battery, initial range l4,200 yards. At 0700 the secondary bat- tery ioined in, and the bombardment was continued until 0821, when it had to be bro- ken off abruptly for an air strike which com- menced a few minutes earlier than scheduled. During. this brief shoot the main battery ex- pended,-in two, three, and six gun salvos, 403 roundsiof high capacity ammunition, and the secondary battery, 246 rounds of A.A. common. In general, all the target areas were well covered, and the bombardment was con- sidered fully effective. ' The heat was a decided handicap. Tem- peratures in the after magazines mounted to as high as II5O, and during the bombard- ment seven men in the magazines fainted and several others were temporarily incapacitated from the combined effect of the heat, ether fumes from the powder bags,,and their own exertion. ' As flagship of the 5th Amphibious Force the PENNSYLVANIA carried 24 radio trans matters and 4I receivers The communications I on Dog Day and thereafter until retirement from the area required the manning of all this equipment plus about 25 remote oper- ating positions. 127 radiomen were used, standing watch-and-watch. At no time during the entire operation was there a casualty which disrupted communications. LISCOMBE BAY TORPEDOED Just before general quarters on the morn- ing of the 24th of November, as the PENN- SYLVANIA was returning to a screening sector off Makin after her usual night retirement, a tremendous explosion took place off her star- board bow. At almost the same instant a screening destroyer reported a sound contact. The disposition immediately executed an emergency course change. For several min- utes after the explosion a large fire lighted up the entire area. It was not at once appar- ent to those aboard the PENNSYLVANIA what had happened, but word soon came through that the LISCOMBE BAY, a CVE, had been torpedoed. She sank shortly with great loss of life. On the 25th and 26th the task force was taken under determined night air attack by torpedo planes. It was estimated that at times on the evening of the 25th there were as many as fifteen torpedo planes inside the destroyer screen of the disposition. None of our ships, however, were damaged. On the 30th the PENNSYLVANIA left the Makin area for Pearl Harbor. During the first part of January, 1944, she conducted various practice shoots and took part in another prac- tice assault on Maui. On January the 22nd she shoved off from Pearl Harbor for another major operation, this time against Kwaialein Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. Kwaialein is the largest atoll in the world, its lagoon meas- uring sixty miles in length. The assault force was divided into two parts, one to strike at Roi and Namur Islands at the northern end of the atoll and one at Kwajalein Island at the southern end. The PENNSYLVANIA was assigned to the southern group. At 0618 on the last day of January the main battery of the PENNSYLVANIA opened fire on Kwaialein Island. It was still dark at the time, and as the first salvo thundered out, a sailor standing topside yelled in the direc- tion of the island, ReveiIIe, you slant-eyed s--s of b--s. The secondary and 40mm. batteries ioined in, and the bombardment continued through- out the day. During most of the firing, the ship, discovering that at short ranges enemy guns and fortifications could not only be neu- tralized but actually destroyed 'by using the individual guns and fortifications as points of aim, was held between 2000 and 4000 yards from the beach. By this method Jap guns, blockhouses, pillboxes and the blockading sea wall built along possible landing beaches were demolished. Ammunition dumps and fuel stowages were seen to blow up and burn. large numbers of enemy troops were killed. At one time the 14 high capacity proiec- tiles being used seemed to be taking no effect on a blockhouse built into the seawall. The Gunnery Officer ordered a shift to armor piercing proiectiles. The first one fired hit the blockhouse, penetrated the thick concrete wall, leaving a hole some three feet in diam- eter, and burst inside. It seemed reasonable to assume that everything and everyone inside the blockhouse had been destroyed, but iust for good measure, one more A.P. was fired. That, too, burst inside the blockhouse, after passing through the hole left by the other proiectilel ' LANDING AT KWAJALEIN At 1000 and again at 1600, high and low tides, four reconnaissance boat teams ap- proached to within 100 yards of the landing beaches, taking soundings, studying the reefs, currents, and landing facilities, and getting all other available data. The PENNSYLVANIA and MISSISSIPPI were assigned the task of covering these boat teams from close range, but the boats were not fired upon by enemy guns. y The PENNSYLVANIA'S air spotters did out- standing work during the Kwaialein Cam- paign. They were invaluable not only in spot- ting fall of shot but in picking out targets that could not be seen from the ship. On the morning of the first of February, the PENNSYLVANIA carried out her scheduled bombardment before, during, and after the landing on the island by army troops. AI- though Kwaialein Island was heavily fortified, all troops made the landing unopposed. On the evening of the third, the PENNSYL- VANIA entered the Lagoon and anchored near Kwaialein Island. Heavy fighting was THE GILBERTS AND MARSHALLS-Continued still in progress on the northern end of the island, where the Japs were slowly being driven, and the PENNSYLVANIA had a front row seat. During the day shell fire, dive bombing, and strafing 'were clearly visible from the ship, and at night there were con- tinuous streams of tracers criss-crossing over the island, while fire support ships lay close inshore and maintained starshell illumination. All this was to become commonplace to the crew of the PENNSYLVANIA in later opera- tions, but now it was novel and exciting. With the success' of the Kwaialein Opera- tion ensured, the PENNSYLVANIA proceed- ed to Maiuro Atoll,t which had iust been occupied, to replenish ammunition. On the afternoon of 9 February an ammunition ship, the MAUNA LOA, was -alongside to star- board, and 14 powder tanks were being received on the forecastle and then struck below. Suddenly one tank, which had iust been received aboard and which was sitting with about twenty others on the starboard side of the forecastle, exploded and burned furiously. Within a few seconds hoses from the MAUNA LOA and the PENNSYLVANIA were brought into action, and after a short period the fire was extinguished. There were several men burned or other- wise iniured by the accident, but there were no fatalities. That the heat of the fire failed to set off the surrounding powder tanks was amazing, and it undoubtedly saved the PENNSYLVANIA and MAUNA LOA from dis- aster. Shortly after midnight on the eleventh, 14 powder tanks were again being taken aboard, this time from a lighter alongside to port. One tank had been struck below to the handling room of Turret One and was being lifted across the coaming of a door into the right ready service magazine when it exploded. Flame sweptover the powder cans stacked in the magazine. Again, by some sort of mir- acle, no other powder charge ignited. The magazine and others adiacent were promptly flooded. On this occasion there were numer- ous casualties, of whom four died. - With the necessity after each of the pow- der explosions of condemning all of that lot of powder already received on board and of transferring it off the ship and then receiving another load, it looked very much as though the PENNSYLVANIA would not complete loading ammunition in time to take part in the next operation. But, by the afternoon of the I2th, after more than seventy-nine hours of almost continuous work, the job was fin- ished. Forty-five minutes later the ship got underway. The operation against Kwaialein Atoll had proved so successful that the operation against Eniwetok Atoll, the westernmost in the Marshalls, was undertaken earlier than originally planned. At 0910 on the I7th of February the PENNSYLVANIA steamed boldly through Deep Entrance into Eniwetok Lagoon, her entire 40mm. and 20mm. batteries blaz- ing away at the enemy-held islands of Jap- tan, to starboard, and Parry, to port, each about I000 yards away. She proceeded up a swept channel in the lagoon to a position off Engebi Island and at II25 commenced bombarding enemy installations. This action was continued throughout the day. The PENNSYLVANIA and TENNESSEE were assigned the duty of protecting the recon- naissance boat teams, and when they made their approach to the landing beaches at I700, the PENNSYLVANIA covered them with main and secondary battery fire. They com- pleted their mission without interference. On the morning of the I8th the PENNSYL- VANIA bombarded Engebi before and during the approach of the assault waves to the beach. During approximately eighty percent of the bombardment the beach areas were enveloped in heavy smoke and dust, and this cover drifted down on the ship, making it extremely difficult and at times impossible to pick out targets. When Engebi had been secured, the PENN- SYLVANIA moved southward through the IC'Qoon to the vicinity of Parry Island. On the 20th and the 2Ist she delivered preparation I I on Dog Day and thereafter until retirement from the area required the manning of all this equipment plus about 25 remote oper- ating positions. I27 radiomen were used, standing watch-and-watch. At no time during the entire operation was there a casualty which disrupted communications. j LISCOMBE BAY TORPEDOED Just before general quarters on the morn- ing of the 24th of November, as the PENN- SYLVANIA was returning to a screening sector off Makin after her usual night retirement, a tremendous explosion took place off her star- board bow. At almost the same instant a screening destroyer reported a sound contact. The disposition immediately executed an emergency course change. For several min- utes after the explosion a largefire lighted up the entire area. It was not at once appar- ent to those aboard the PENNSYLVANIA what had happened, but word soon came through that the LISCOMBE BAY, a CVE, had been torpedoed. She sank shortly with great loss of life. On the 25th and 26th the task force was taken under determined night air attack by torpedo planes. It was estimated that at times on the evening of the 25th there were as many as fifteen torpedo planes insidethe destroyer screen of the disposition. None of our ships, however, were damaged. On the 30th the PENNSYLVANIA left the Makin area for Pearl Harbor. During the first part of January, I944, she conducted various practice shoots and took part in another prac- tice assault on Maui. On January the 22nd she shoved off from Pearl Harbor for another major operation, this time against Kwajalein Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. Kwajalein is the largest atoll in the world, its lagoon meas- uring sixty miles in length. The assault force was divided into two parts, one to strike at Roi and Namur Islands at the northern end of the atoll and one at Kwajalein Island at the southern end. The PENNSYLVANIA was assigned to the southern group. At 06l8 on the last day of January the main battery of the PENNSYLVANIA opened fire on Kwajalein Island. It was still dark at the time, and as the first salvo thundered out, a sailor standing topside yelled in the direc- tion of the island, Reveille, you slant-eyed s--s of b--s. The secondary and 40mm. batteries joined in, and the bombardment continued through- out the day. During most of the firing, the ship, discovering that at short ranges enemy guns and fortifications could not only be neu- tralized but actually destroyed by using the individual guns and fortifications as points of aim, was held between 2000 and 4000 yards from the beach. By this method Jap guns, blockhouses, pillboxes and the blockading sea wall built along possible landing beaches were demolished. Ammunition dumps and fuel stowages were seen to blow up and burn. large numbers of enemy troops were killed. At one time the 14 high capacity projec- tiles being used seemed to be taking no effect on a blockhouse built into the seawall. The Gunnery Officer ordered a shift to armor piercing projectiles. The first one fired hit the blockhouse, penetrated the thick concrete wall, leaving a hole some three feet in diam- eter, and burst inside. It seemed reasonable to assume that everything and everyone inside the blockhouse had been destroyed, but just for good measure, one more A.P. was fired. That, too, burst inside the blockhouse, after passing through the hole left by the other projectile! ' LANDING AT KWAJALEIN At I000 and again at I600, high and low tides, four reconnaissance boat teams ap- proached to within I00 yards of the landing beaches, taking soundings, studying the reefs, currents, and landing facilities, and getting all other available data. The PENNSYLVANIA and MISSISSIPPI were assigned the task of covering these boat teams from close range, but the boats were not fired upon by enemy guns. The PENNSYLVANIA'S air spotters did out- standing work during the Kwajalein Cam- paign. They were invaluable not only in spot- ting fall of shot but in picking out targets that could not be seen from the ship. On the morning of the first of February, the PENNSYLVANIA carried out her scheduled bombardment before, during, and after the landing on the island by army troops. Al- though Kwajalein Island was heavily fortified, all troops made the landing unopposed. On the evening of the third, the PENNSYL- VANIA entered the Lagoon and anchored near Kwajalein Island. Heavy fighting was THE GILBERTS AND MARSHALLS-Continued still in progress on the northern end of the island, where the .laps were slowly being driven, and the PENNSYLVANIA had a front row seat. During the day shell fire, dive bombing, and strafing were clearly visible from the ship, and at night 'there were con- tinuous streams of- tracers criss-crossing over the island, while fire support ships lay close inshore and maintained starshell illumination. All this was to become commonplace to the crew of the PENNSYLVANIA in later opera- tions, but now it was novel and exciting. With the success of the Kwaialein Opera- tion ensured, the PENNSYLVANIA proceed- ed to Maiuro Atoll, which had iust been occupied, to replenish ammunition. On the afternoon of 9 February an ammunition ship, the MAUNA LOA, was alongside to star- board, and I4 powder tanks were being received on the forecastle and then struck below. Suddenly one tank, which had just been received aboard and which was sitting with about twenty others on the starboard side of the forecastle, exploded and burned furiously. Within a few seconds hoses from the MAUNA LOA and the PENNSYLVANIA were brought into action, and after a short period the fire was extinguished. There were several men burned or other- wise injured by the accident, but there were no fatalities. That the heat of the fire failed to set off the surrounding powder tanks was amazing, and it undoubtedly saved the PENNSYLVANIA and MAUNA LOA from dis- aster. Shortly after midnight on the eleventh, 14 powder tanks were again being taken aboard, this time from a lighter alongside to port. One tank had been struck below to the handling room of Turret One and was being lifted across the coaming of a door into the right ready service magazine when it exploded. Flame swept over the powder cans stacked in the magazine. Again, by some sort of mir- acle, no other powder charge ignited. The magazine and others adiacent were promptly flooded. On this occasion there were numer- ous casualties, of whom four died. With the necessity after each of the pow- der explosions of condemning all of that lot of powder already received on board and of transferring it off the ship and then receiving another load, it looked very much as though the PENNSYLVANIA would not complete loading ammunition in time to take part in the next operation. But, by the afternoon of the l2th, after more than seventy-nine hours of almost continuous work, the job was fin- ished. Forty-five minutes later the ship got underway. The operation against Kwaialein,Atoll had proved so successful that the operation against Eniwetok Atoll, the westernmost in the Marshalls, was undertaken earlier than originally planned. At 0910 on the I7th of February the PENNSYLVANIA steamed boldly through Deep Entrance into Eniwetok Lagoon, her entire 4Omm. and 20mm. batteries blaz- ing away at the enemy-held islands of Jap- tan, to starboard, and Parry, to port, each about IOOO yards away. She proceeded up a swept channel in the lagoon to a position off Engebi Island and at Il25 commenced bombarding enemy installations. This action was continued throughout the day. The PENNSYLVANIA and TENNESSEE were assigned the duty of protecting the recon- naissance boat teams, and when they made their approach to the landing beaches at I700, the PENNSYLVANIA covered them with main and secondary battery fire. They com- pleted their mission without interference. On the morning of the I8th the PENNSYL- VANIA bombarded Engebi before and during the approach of the assault waves to the beach. During approximately eighty percent of the bombardment the beach areas were enveloped in heavy smoke and dust, and this cover drifted down on the ship, making it extremely difficult and at times impossible to pick out targets. When Engebi had been secured, 'the PENN- SYLVANIA moved southward through the IUQOOH to the vicinity of Parry Island. On the 20th and the 2lst she delivered preparation -,. 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'ff 1 we ,JE-'eff H ,M , .au W if I ' ' ,..f,,q.' ' 'X . . , fi . , . M, W s ...Q-qc ' I kW..,,,gi,.5.5gN.y.v s....,5w, ,, V M f -f-we AFTER THE WAR The Pennsylvania in Sinclair Inlet, Puget Sound By Ensign James L. Mills, USNR k fire on this island. Parry, which is iust over a mile long and less than 500 yards wide, was subjected to a naval bombardment that fo-2' volume of fire per square yard has never been equalled elsewhere. At the beginning of the bombardment the island was covered with a dense growth of palm trees extending Clown to the water's edge, and at its conclusion not a single tree remained standing. The ground was littered with broken tree trunks and palm fronds. The air spotter of the PENNSYLVANIA reported that all visible installations were de- stroyed, trenches demolished and unservice- able, and areas he designated as containing Jap troops covered with blood upon comple- tion of the firing periods. He further reported that the Japs appeared to become hysterical during -the bombardment and ran ,frantically up and down a trail on the far side of the island, into the bushes, and out into the water. On the morning of the 22nd the PENNSYL- VANlA'S secondary and 40mm. batteries de- livered supportinggfire prior to the landing of Parry. During the assault LCI 440, which had an observation party aboard and was lying off the landing beach, received a direct hit by a medium caliber projectile and suffered numerous casualties. With most of his crew in desperate need of medical attention,'the skipper of the LCI steered his craft for the nearest large ship, the PENNSYLVANIA. When the LCI came along the starboard quar- ter of the battleship, her decks were literally running with blood. Casualties were promptly taken aboard the PENNSYLVANIA, and the iniuredt given medical treatment until they could be transferred to a hospital ship later in the day. Three officers from the COLO- RADO, who had been in the observation plarty aboard the LCI, were returned to their s I . p A SYDNEY BOUND g While the LCI was still alongside, the PENNSYLVANIA was taken under fire by an enemy shore battery and was later straddled in range and deflection. From the size of the splashes and the II fragments discovered aboard later, it was estimated that a 75mm, gun or mortar was firing. There were no casualties. After the conclusion of the Eniwetok Op- eration there was a lull of almost four months before the next amphibious operation in the Central Pacific. The PENNSYLVANIA steamed to Maiuro and then southward to Havannah Harbor, Efate, in the New Hebrides. There she lay through most of March and April. At one time, when the Japs had been surging toward Australia, Efate had been one of our most advanced bases, but now, with the front lines far to the northward, Efate was in the backwash of the war. There was little activity of any kind. Life aboard the PENNSYLVANIA settled into an inflexible routine. Recreation Parties were sent to Pennsylvania Beach, where two cans of beer were doled out to each of the men and where they could go swimming and hunt for cat-eyes, or barter with the natives for coconuts and grass skirts. Capt. Corn was relieved by Capt. C. F. Martin on April the 23rd. Shortly before this time scuttlebutt had begun to circulate that the ship would make a visit to Sydney, Aus- tralia, and for once the scuttlebutt was right. The PENNSYLVANIA, NEW MEXICO and IDAHO arrived in Sydney on the 29th and stayed exactly one week. To their crews, Syd- ney turned out to be iust about what Paris was to our troops in France during World War I. The sailors had a little difficulty in dealing in pounds and shillings and in under- standing certain Aussie expressions, but they had no difficulty at all with the girls. The PENNSYLVANIA gave two dances, one for each watch, at the Sydney Town Hall. Half the female population of the city must have been present. TARGET PRACTICE After this brief vacation, which was the only thing of the sort that the crew of the PENNSYLVANIA received during a period of seventeen months, the ship returned to Efate for a short while and then continued north- ward into the Solomons. She steamed west- ward along the north shore of Guadalcanal, past the beaches where the first landings had been made two years before, past Henderson Field, and then across Iron Bottom Bay, named for a good part of the U. S. and Japanese fleets, to Port Purvis, Florida Island. Using Port Purvis as a base, the PENNSYLVANIA sortied three times to bombard simulated tar- gets on Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal, and to take part in a practice amphibious assault. She then returned to Efate to replenish am- munition, after which she' proceeded north- ward again to Roi. One of the most remarkable pictures of the war An aerial view of the PENNSYLVANIA as she blasts away with her twelve I4 Inch guns at the Jap airfield on Orote Peninsula Guam N June the tenth the PENNSYLVANIA as one of a force of battleshlps cruls ers escort carriers and destroyers put to sea bound for Saipan the first of our obgectlves in the Marianas That night a destroyer in the screen of the disposition reported a sound contact An emergency ships left 90 deg was ordered As a result of the maneuver the PENNSYLVANIA collided with the TALBOT, an APD. The PENNSYLVANIA sustained only very minor damage, but the TALBOT was forced to put into Eniwetok for emergency repairs. It was not until some time after the accident that those aboard the PENNSYL- VANIA Iearned that the TALBOT was carry- ing a large amount of TNT for underwater demolition work The PENNSYLVANIA bombarded Saipan for only one day I4 June the day prior to the assault landing The targets were Japa nese installations in the Nafutan Point Magicienne Bay area Some damage was effected although it was limited by the long ranges at which the bombardment had to be conducted. Enemy guns on Nafutan Point are known to have been knocked out. On Dog Day the PENNSYLVANIA cruised up and down off the northeastern shore of Tinian, which lies iust south of Saipan, ready to take under fire any enemy batteries which THE MARIANAS CAMPAIGNfContinued might open up on our' landing beaches on Saipan. Four times during the day enemy fire or other activity was observed on Tinian, and each time the PENNSYLVANIA promptly opened fire. That night the PENNSYLVANIA steamed southward for Guam, about l40 miles away, and the next morning she opened fire on Orote Peninsula. Her ,second main battery salvo put the Jap airfield on Orote Peninsula completely out of use, for the time being at least. The bombardment ,continued for an hour and a half, and then it and the entire Guam,Operation were interrupted by the ap- pearance of the Japanese Fleet in the Philip- pine Sea. The PENNSYLVANIA was recalled to Saipan to serve with other OBB's as a last line of defense for our troops and shipping at Saipan should the Jap Fleet break through. While the force was patrolling in an area north of Saipan there were numerous air con- tacts, and twice the PENNSYLVANIA took enemy planes under fire. ' 'On the afternoon of 22 June the force anchored in Garapan Anchorage, off the western coast of Saipan, to refuel destroyers. At dusk a Betty slipped around a large hill on Saipan and was over our force before it had been sighted or picked up by radar. It dropped its torpedo almost on top of the PENNSYLVANIA and was gone before any ship fired a shot. The torpedo landed in the water iust a few yards off the starboard bow of the PENNSYLVANIA, and a few seconds later the sound of an explosion came from the direction of the MARYLAND, anchored about 600 yards astern. The task group, with the exception of the IMARYLAND, promptly got underway. By 25 June the Japanese Fleet had been mauled and turned back by aircraft of our 5th Fleet, and the PENNSYLVANIA departed from the Saipan area. She remained at Eni- wetok from June 28th 'until July 9th, when she left to resume the Guam Operation. On the I2th, l3th, and l4th of July the PENN- SYLVANIA bombarded in preparation for the eventual assault and landing on Guam. Fire was delivered in coordination with the NEW MEXICO and was directed at predetermined targets and targets of opportunity, the obiect being destruction rather than neutralization. Upon the completion of firing on the evening of the l4th the PENNSYLVANIA returned to Saipan to take on more ammunition. The Pre-assault bombardment was again resumed on the morning of the l7th of July. In support of underwater demolition opera- tions, the PENNSYLVANIA executed close-in protective fire support, covering all points from which fire might be brought to bear on Officers of the PENNSYLVANIA at Efate, April, 1943. Captain Corn commanding. Q the demolition parties. At the same time she continued deliberate destructive fire on pre- determined targets. This type of fire was con- tinued on 18th, 19th, and 20th of July. Early on the morning of the 21 st the PENN- SYLVANIA assumed a position between Agat Beach, where one of the two landings on Guam was to be made,-and Orote Peninsula. At 0530 she commenced bombarding the beach areas in immediate preparation for the assault. This firing was continued throughout the period that troops and equipment were being loaded into landing craft and landing waves were being formed. The ship lay gen- erally between 2000 and 3000 yards and at times only 1500 yards from Orote Peninsula. At 0830, when the assault waves headed in for the beach, the main and secondary bat- teries went to rapid fire. A tremendous bar- rage was laid down on the beach areas to provide protection for the landing waves. When the first wave reached a line 1000 yards from the beach and any further fire on the beach itself would have endangered our own troops, the PENNYLVANIA lifted her fire back into the hills. Not until twenty min- utes after the first troops had landed did she cease firing. Upon the establishment of the beachhead, the PENNSYLVANIA stood by to execute whatever fire support missions might be called for by shore fire control parties. From July 21st through July 30th she delivered support- ing and harrassing fire and starshell illumi- nation. On the last day of July and 1 August the same types of missions were executed from positions off the northwest coast of the island and on the night ofthe 2nd from posi- tions off the northeast coast. At many times the ship fired at enemy troops while our own troops were close to the enemy positions, but in no case did a projectile from the ship fall dangerously close to our own troops. In the Guam Operations alone the PENN- SYLVANIA expended, not counting the false start on 16 June, almost 1800 rounds of 14 , 10,000 rounds of 5 , 14,000 rounds of 40mm., and 1600 rounds of 20mm. This is probably a greater amount of ammunition than any other ship has ever fired during a single operation. And it was done without any personnel or material casualties. Air spotters reported that the PENNSYL- VANIA put out of action fifteen planes, six large guns, eight medium guns, three 5 guns, twelve 3 guns, nineteen dual purpose guns, two coast defense guns, eight large A.A. guns, four twin mounts, nine heavy A.A. guns, Ps. -W1 1 site ZWR 1 l 1 1 l S 1 xxls Q31 'Ti' i :lx l f X 1 .1 , ' - iw I I , ,N gfh h ff , , Til Xxxxxxx Q Q X hk xllf ffi3C1,Li:'57'T . X X X -,. 1 K 1555:-jf l ' ,fi -5iiXwml4-fffXf?E?f2fff6? ge t it ,, ,X NX gg ., 1 7 Q : E ,-- ff Xa Q71 fa '1 E ?3g 5 Taft' in ' T 5.gnii?5T 22555 Q M ' Lg , . f Q f' , X . R N wf .fx iS.hi Sweep Down . Words by Lt. Cjgj Robert G. Haldeman 1. The enemy was all about, in waters clear and blue. The Captain asked the next in line just what We ought to do. 3 The next in line just thought a while and then he made reply: H My Captain, this is what I think we really ought to try: . CHORUS l Sweep down, sweep down, sweep down 1 all the day. Q The decks are clean as they can be, but sweep down anyway. p I 2. The enemy was closing fast, our guns 1 were all alert. 1 1 The Captain chanced to glance about, 1 and spied a speck of dirt. P, Secure your guns and man your brooms, ' the Captain then did shout. The Navigator grabbed the wheel, and turned the ship about. 1 l CHORUS 1 1 3. 3 i When once again the sweeping crew had made the decks aglow, We turned about and started in It 1 to massacre the foe. 13 We sank the foe in record time, we didn't f r Waste a shell. We never heard a word of praise, but just the BOs'n yell: 2 CHORUS 5 l 1 23 V ' A - ...,. ..-,,.,.. ,. '-,,, , ,K ff - ' -. f .: , ,: - -f.- - . f sd'm -2 1.?'1 i-Wt? L?-.5 : 21. -'i1?'?f: f1't'AL 'j Sj,f5.5f:ifi':j: '11 ag! 5 5.','ag:fzg' ,- :J 11:7'-gf-Lxyy-41:3-e..u'g-3,-y.4.?.primal gpg..-,.,:.-:H vi, Jw, k 71 .dv I , V , ,, , ,r THE MARIANAS CAMPAIGN Continued A twelve machlne guns two ant:-boat guns numerous mortars, and much tleld artlllery The shlp discovered and destroyed a very large ammunition storage near Adelup Polnt detected two mortars of the enemy flrmg on our landmg craft and permanently sllenced them On the morning of August the thlrd the PENNSYLVANIA fired her last fire support mlsslon and then shoved off for Enlwetok She lay at anchor there for two weeks and then proceeded southward to Esplrltu Santo, In the New Hebrides, then northward again to take perance Guadalcanal and flnally Into Port Purvls She stood out from Port Purvls on the slxth of September with the Palau Bombard ment and Fare Support Group 5 l 0 , 0. . I 0 O 0 . Affh 1' tthl d' A tB h h' .A t . ' e lmeo e on mg on ga eg? 'S e part In another practlce assault on Cape Es- 0 0 I I . . N SEPTEMBER I944 while the PENNSYL- VANIA was steaming toward the Caro- lines the enemies of the United Nations all over the world were beginning to crack. On I September the Russians entered Bucharest. On the fourth the British captured Brussels and Antwerp and the U. S. Army had driven 40 miles above Lyons in France. On the fifth the three years of war between the Finns and the Soviets ended in an armistice. I The New Guinea campaign had been suc- cessfully concluded and General MacArthur was ready to push on into the Dutch East Indies. After conferences between the two Pacific Area Commanders, it was determined that MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Forces transported by the Seventh Fleet should seize the Island of Morotai simultaneously with an attack -by Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet upon the Carolines with the First Marine Divi- sion as the Landing Force. ' For three days prior to the landing on Peleliu, the PENNSYLVANIA bombarded Jap- anese' installations on the island. The ob- iect was again the complete destruction of known targets. On the morning of I5 Sep- tember the PENNSYLVANIA delivered the same sort of intensive fire support before and during the landing that had been given at Guam. Fifteen minutes after the first wave had hit the beach, enemy mortars were ob- served firing on the beach from inland. The secondary battery took them under fire and neutralized the area. On the morning of the I2th the APD NOA collided with a destroyer west of Peleliu. The NOA was badly damaged and quickly sank. Survivors were picked up by the NOA's boats, which had been launched before she went down, and they were brought to the PENN- SYLVANIA. They remained aboard one week, through all the ensuing firing missions. Three days later in the afternoon several large caliber shells landed close to the PENN- SYLVANIA. The ship cleared the area. Again the following morning, as the ship was lying to about 5000 yards south of Peleliu, a me- dium caliber proiectile splashed and exploded 50 yards off the port bow. As the ship was maneuvered clear, two more splashes in quick succession were sighted astern. In this in- stance, it was probable that the splashes were caused by ricochets from friendly tanks on the island rather than enemy fire. At Angaur the PENNSYLVANIA delivered a bombardment so devastating that there was no return fire from the enemy emplacements on the rocks and cliffs flanking Red Beach. Peleliu andAAngaur, the two southernmost islands in the Palau group and the only ones we assaulted, afford no fleet anchorage. To replenish ammunition,-the PENNSYLVANIA was directed to Kossol Passage, at the north- ern end of the Palau Islands. Kossol Passage is nothing more than a large expanse of water, surrounded by a submerged coral reef. Babelthuap, the largest island in the,Palaus and a Jap strong point, lies a few miles to the south. I On September the 25th the PENNSYL- VANIA left Kossol Passage and proceeded southward to Seeadler Harbor in the Ad- miralty Islands. On the first of October she entered a floating drydock for emergency re- pairs to number four strut bearing, which had caused trouble since April when considerable' vibration developed in 4 shaft. At Sydney divers had reported excessive clearance in the strut bearing. Thereafter, whenever possible, divers had effected such repairs as they could and had managed to keep the shaft turning. At Manus the ship was allowed only seven days in drydock, a period inadequate to ac- complish a thorough repair iob, even if the drydock had had the facilities, which it did not. But temporary repairs were made. ' 25 ., , s....--..---- -V ' 'A' A ' I , , ,. ,, ,,,,-,..,,,..?1f,,-.- 1- Q--4-'-'-1'-'P-w'A ' - f S f The PI-IILIPPI ES if V ,, K, '4' W Bristling with guns, the PENNSYLVANIA in the Seventh FIeet's owe f lb t I I' , p r u a t e me, steams into Lingayen Gulf preparatory to General Douglas MacArthur's first landing on Luzon. Beh' d h rn er are the COLORADO, the LOUISVILLE, the PORTLAND, and the COLUMBIA. N October the twelfth the PENNSYL- VANIA, serving as one of the six battleships in Rear Admiral Jesse B. Olden- dorf's Bombardment and Fire Support Group, and under the general command of Vice Admiral Thomas Cassin Kinkaid, Commander Central Philippine Attack Force, got underway from Seeadler Harbor for the Philippines. The ensuing operation was to become the most memorable of the war in the Pacific, espe- cially to the crew of the PENNSYLVANIA. The PENNSYLVANlA'S bombardment, while not as prolonged as at Guam, was heavy, she was subiected to incessant air attacks, she par- ticipated in a maior land her onlyl surface engagement, and she remained in the area longer than during any other operation. On the morning of the l8th the Bombard- ment and Fire Support Group arrived oft the eastern entrance of Leyte Gulf. At 0805 a special column, consisting of three cruisers and one battleship, the PENNSYLVANIA, was formed, and this column fell in astern of a mine sweeping group and proceeded into and across Leyte Gulf. At I407 the PENNSYL- VANIA reached her assigned fire support station off the eastern coast of Leyte and commenced bombarding. As usual, fire was directed at predetermined targets and targets of opportunity, the obiect being destruction whenever possible. Chief emphasis, however, was placed on covering beach reconnaissance and underwater demolition teams and mine sweeping units operating in Leyte Gulf and San Pedro Harbor. This action was continued until l7I4, when the ship took its retiring position within Leyte Gulf. From 0830 until I555 the following day the PENNSYLVANIA continued the bombard- ment of Leyte. On the morning of Able Day, two days later, she delivered fire in sup- port ofthe landing. Negligible enemy gunfire was observed coming from the beaches. Of the PENNSYLVANIA'S bombardment on this morning, CBS's overseas correspondent, Web- Iey Edwards, had this to say in a radio broad- cast: LEFT: Alert in the engineroom. At the throttle: MMlfcf talker to the bridge: J. R. Snyder,,F2fc. The boys call the PENNSY 'Old Falling Apart' because she turns out such a volume of gunfire you'd think she was falling to pieces. Actually she is solid and sound al- though one of the oldest U. S. battlewagons. Recently in a Pacific bombardment action somebody yelled to me, 'Come here and look. The old PENNSY'S hit, and she's on fire.' It turned out the old gal shoots so fast and so much that at times she really does look like she's afire. Throughout the nights of the 20th and the 2Ist the PENNSYLVANIA delivered harassing and night illuminating fire. Twice during the day of the 2lst the ship took position and executed call fire missions with her main battery. On the morning of the 24th it became ap- parent that a maior naval engagement was developing. Our carrier search planes had located two Japanese forces, each composed of battleships, cruisers, and destroyers. One, the Central Force, was in the Sibuyan Sea headed for San Bernadino Strait, from which it could strike southward for the eastern en- trance to Leyte Gulf. The other, the Southern Force, was in the Sulu Sea, headed for Suri- C. E. Morris, MM3fcf in charge: H. E. Heyer, RIGHT: Lt. J. Philip Bromley helps Radioman Gordon E. Nelson with his studies in the Library. , THE PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN Continued gao Stralt, the southern entrance to Leyte Gulf That afternoon carrler searches revealed stlll another Jap force, this composed ot car rlers, battleshlps cruisers and destroyers to the northeast of Luzon, standing down toward Leyte Gulf The Japanese Navy was salllng against us In full force Throughout the afternoon PT boats, carry :ng tull loads of torpedos, streaked past the PENNSYLVANIA headed southward through Leyte Gulf for Surlgao Strait At T826 the slx battleshlps, three heavy cruisers three llght crulsers and destroyers In Admiral Olden dorfs force formed battle dlsposltuon and UPPER LEFT Sky control alerted for bogeys UPPER RIGHT Captam's inspection on the star board quarter. LOWER LEFT: The last of the destroyer ABNER READ. The new destroyer burns and sinks after being hit by a suicide plane at Leyte Gulf, November I, 1944, as seen from the deck of the PENNSYLVANIA. LOWER RIGHT: PENNSYLVANIA entering ABSD 2 in Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands. .. , ., - .1 . ,MA 1,117 71, ... f I 11-ff? ' 'ffisr -v. ff 'f f 1-A-ff-3-.,:?..f A15-,-:gr-gup1.f3vs,:,--.g+-3s-55545:fy--5-335511131 -gg.:-5.7 g, 3 V gjwegga' 75.31 as .g9f.4,,s.,g.,.,Ge3.-cbZgetqyfx-2-41.55.:,.T-is-3.1-gwy-A'g,,, -g - g--- el,-A ev , - -M - ..-- - ,, , , . , O i . Q 4 o Q n o u u U ' ' I I ' Q Q 0 I n Q 0 I I . - a 0 g u 1 . . . . . 0 0 0 0 q , n ..- - ., .,...,-.A-A.. --v M- ..,V....1 .-5. ..-.,... .. , ..., ,-5.lg-,,,.,,,-L.-.,..-.1-k,,.k,.. 4..,,,,..,..,.3,..-. M ...V...V- :V-wr,--.,,.,,,.,,,., ,.,..,...,,.,, .,.-. ... .-.--.fr fr - .... ,. , , V, ,- -. v ,, ,..,, ., ,N ,-, ,. , . . V, . 5 .-f...--................,v.,Y., W , , , THE PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN-Continued steamed southward for Surigao Strait. Throughout the night the six battleships, WEST VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE, CALIFORNIA and PENN- SYLVANIA steamed slowly back and forth across the northern end of the strait, waiting. THE ENEMY SIGHTED At OI30 on the morning of the 25th PT boats stationed well down in Surigao Strait encountered the oncoming enemy force and attacked with torpedos. Next our destroyers, on either flank of our enemy's line of ap- proach attacked with torpedos and guns. The Jap force steamed on. Then, at 0325, the WEST VIRGINIA opened fire,followed shortly by other battleships and cruisers. The Japs had run head on into a perfect trap. Admiral Oldendorf had executed the dream of every naval tactician, crossing the enemy's T, He had known that the Jap units would have to advance. northward through the confined waters of Surigao Strait in column. By deploy- ing his own battle line across the north ofthe strait, he had placed the enemy units in fa position where they would be subiect to the concentrated fire of our force while able to reply least effectively. Now, the fire was mur- derous. Almost before the Japs could train their guns, they lost two battleships and three Doctors Forsley and Sheeran operate at sea. destroyers. The other two ships in the force, a heavy cruiser and destroyer turned and ran, but the cruiser was sunk the next day by carrier attack. A fact which will be forever galling to the men who were aboard the PENNSYLVANIA that night is that the ship never opened fire. General Quarters was sounded at OI3O, when the first contact report came through, and battle stations were manned in record time. Gun crews stood by for two hours, fev- erishly waiting for the word to commence firing. It never came. There was a good rea- son, but it could do Iifilie to relieve the dis- appointment of not having had a hand in the sinking of two Jap battlewagons when the chance finally came. Shortly after daybreak, the Central Force of the Jap Fleet engaged a group of CVE's operating east of Samar to cover the upper end of Leyte Gulf. The Jap Force had been attacked heavily by carrier planes the day before and had suffered severe losses and much damage, but it had, nevertheless, con- tinued on through San Bernadino Strait. Our CVE's and their destroyer escort screen now put up the most valiant fight of the war against most overwhelming odds while retir- ing towards' Leyte Gulf. I Vice Admiral Kinkaid, the Commander of the Seventh Fleet, at once ordered Admiral Oldendorf to dispatch one division of battle- ships, one division of cruisers and half the destroyers in his group to the assistance of the Escort Carriers. The PENNSYLVANIA was designated as one of the three battleships to go. Before the battle force had sortied from Leyte Gulf, however, the gallant CVE's with their persistent air attacks had turned back the Japs who then commenced retiring to- wards San Bernadino Strait. Leyte was the first operation in which the PENNSYLVANIA encountered heavy enemy air attacks. They began as the first group was entering Leyte Gulf on the morning of the I8th and continued during the days and nights following. At first the attacks were of the sneak variety, single dive bombers com- IIIQ in and making individual dives or glides 5. on the smaller combatant vessels or on ships total of 68 rounds. No other ship fired at the I,-f--A , wwe -rw' I i 2 ll' I s I 5 ? E, I P 5 I I I I I 1. 53 . I l S I I I E I I I I I f 5 s I I e I Q I gr., I I . I S in the transport area. All attacks were made under cloud cover and in the maiority of cases were undetected until the plane was either in its dive or glide or had dropped its bomb and pulled out. The early attacks were not pressed home, and few hits were observed. On the 25th of October, following the night action in Surigao Strait, a large number of planes appeared and made attacks 'iail bnxlthe smaller vessels of the screen. From then until the first of November the attacks increased both in intensity and determination. Numer- ous suicide attacks were made by Vals, Bet- ty's, and Zeros. All torpedo attacks were very determined, and the only defense against them became absolute destruction of the at- tacking planes. From November the first to the 25th, when the PENNSYLVANIA finally left Leyte Gulf, the attacks subsided. While in Leyte Gulf the PENNSYLVANIA shot down, either by herself or with assists from other ships, ten enemy planes and pos- sibly damaged others heavily. On the morn- ing of the 25th ten Vals made a simultane- ous run on a destroyer close aboard the PENNSYLVANIA. A.A. batteries of the battle- ship shot down four of the planes and drove the others off. On the night of the 28th of October a Betty headed in to make a torpedo run on the disposition. The control watch tracked the plane in, opened fire, and shot it down with the 5 battery. The elapsed time from starting to track to cease firing was one minute and thirty seconds. Eight guns fired a plane. There was no doubt about the kill. The next morning the Betty was found partly afloat with two good Japs and three live ones. Thelatter, after a little persuasion, were made prisoners. I' I Leyte,Gulf was almost completely land- locked. The proximity of land made it diffi- cult and at times wholly impossible to pick up enemy planes by radar. This threw the burden of sighting and identifying enemy planes on the sky lookouts. They did an out- standing iob. On occasions planes were sighted and identified at 50,000 yards. On November the 23rd a Judy appeared from behind a dark rain cloud at a range of about 3,500 yards. Within ten seconds the plclne had been sighted, identified, and itaken under effective A.A. fire. V 7 ' A FALSE ALARM Crews of the A.A. batteries of the PENN- SYLVANIA stood watch-and watch for a period of twenty-four days and nights fol- lowed by fourteen nights. In addition Air De- fense or General Quarters for air defense pur- poses was sounded l'l3 times. This figure moreover does not include routine morning and evening General Quarters. On the night of the first of November the PENNSYLVANIA again steamed in battle dis- position, ready to repel a Jap force reported standing for Surigao Strait. The report later proved to be false. On November the 25th the PENNSYL- VANIA was relieved by the WEST VIRGINIA LOWER LEFT: The Battle of Surigao Strait, October 25, 1944. Sky control sees some close action. LOWER RIGHT: Seventeen men, iniured when the USS ROSS IDD 5631 was damaged by mine explosions, are transferred from the USS MANLEY IAPD 11 to the quarterdeck of the PENNSYL- VANIA, October 19, 1944. THE LUZO EXPRESS-From the PENNSY'S quarterdeck the might of the battleline strings out as far as the eye can see-racing into Lingayen Gulf. C fil,ljliTE,l:h, ' . LJULJLQQ N- ' 'H . 'APU 1 X' fTi'lf'7ki3 fT wll Lf, i,,Q,li'1 1,.l,,.,lI,-.ull-'M . L LI Q L gfmlgg,-L L-ea-, .ja 1, cu'L.g----1 I-or QPNU 'ifrwv WFT?-TTTVF 'E 'I-'Z I Ill :rf ,U l f 'pl i- llL'w4 fx ,gl ..1'.:!liQ-'U'-3l'1 J1J ' ' I7 J , I ll r I THE PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN-continued and at long last departed from Leyte Gulf. She had been the first of the battleships to enter the gulf, and she was the last to leave. Everyone aboard was confident that the ship would be sent home for a long overdue yard period, with of course a little leave at- tached. For months past the ship had always been going back to the States after the next operation, but now there could be no ques- tion of it. Unfortunately there was. When the ship arrived at Manus, she was directed to prepare for another amphibious operation. She could not even be assigned another period in the floating drydock at Manus. OFF FOR LINGAYEN From Manus the PENNSYLVANIA pro- ceeded to Kossol Passage to take on ammuni- tion. She remained there two weeks, through Christmas, and on the first day of 1945 got underway with Vice Admiral Oldendorf's Lin- gayen Bombardment and Fire Support Group. On the third day of l945 the force reached Leyte Gulf and, without stopping, proceeded southward into Surigao Strait. The route led southward through Surigao Strait, then west- ward through the Mindanao Sea, then north- westward through the Sulu Sea, out into the South China Sea, and on northward, past Manila Bay, to Lingayen Gulf, at the north- western corner of Luzon. Heavy and determined air attacks began on the evening of the fourth of January. They continued on the 5th, when the OM- MANEY BAY, a CVE, was hit by a suicide plane and destroyed by the resulting fire. Many other ships were damaged. On the morning of the sixth the PENNSYL- VANIA commenced bombarding target areas on Santiago Island at the mouth of Lingayen Gulf. In mid-afternoon the ship proceeded into Lingayen Gulf to execute counter-battery fire in support of the mine sweeping forces. The ship retired from the Gulf at night. The air attacks reached an all time peak that day. Severe damage was done to our forces. However at daybreak the next morning the entire bombardment force entered Lingayen Gulf to deliver supporting and destructive fire. At 1230 the PENNSYLVANIA took posi- tion to render counter-battery fire in support of the underwater demolition teams. A single enemy gun directed its shells at those teams, and it was immediately knocked out by the PENNSYLVANIA. The support group retired from the Gulf that night and returned the next morning to continue the pre-assault bombardment. There was, however, a distinct scarcity of targets, for although the Japs had landed at Lingayen themselves, they were unprepared for our attack there. During the night of the eighth the bom- bardment group remained in Lingayen Gulf. At 0705 on the 9th the PENNSYLVANIA took station for delivery of supporting fire in pro- tection of the landing waves. The landing beaches were effectively covered, and targets of opportunity, as reported by spotting planes, were either destroyed or neutralized. There was no enemy opposition to the landing. Early on the morning of the tenth Japa- nese speed boats made an attack on our ships in Lingayen Gulf from a stream empty- ing into the western side of the gulf. They at- tacked some LSTs drawn up on the beach near the mouth of the stream, but were them- selves destroyed without effecting any dam- age. General Quarters was sounded aboard the PENNSYLVANIA, but the ship itself was not taken under attack. Two hours later during the dawn period enemy planes made attacks on the force in Lingayen Gulf. A partial smoke screen cov- ered the ships but evidently the tops of the large ships proiected through the screen and served as targets for the Jap planes. During a period of 31 minutes four bombs landed in the water close to the PENNSYLVANIA. On the afternoon of the tenth the PENN- SYLVANIA executed her last fire call mission. A concentration of enemy tanks was located inland, and a shore fire control party spotted the main battery to them. Twelve rounds did the iob. From the tenth of January until the seven- teenth the task group patrolled in the South China Sea off Lingayen Gulf. On the I7th the PENNSYLVANIA returned to the gulf and remained there at anchor for a month. Enemy air attacks dropped sharply in intensity and frequency. During the nights sentries aboard ships at anchor in the gulf kept up a staccato of fire at obiects floating in the water, all of which proved to be nothing more than trash. Afterleaving Lingayen Gulf, the PENNSYL- VANIA travelled back through the Central Philippines to Leyte Gulf and from there southeastward to Manus. Again hopesgwere high that the ship would be roilted fromhthere to the West Coast. These hopes .vanished when CinCPac directed the Commander Naval Base Manus to report whether or not the base was able to make temporary repairs to the PENNSYLVANIA for participation in the t b f the historic crossing of the T. RIGHT: A Kami- LEFT: .laps coming in under heavy fire ius e ore kaze plunges to perdition, having failed to hit his tin can objective. The air is heavy with smoke. - 3 THE PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN-Continued next operation. The base made an inspec- tion and reported that the PENNSYLVANIA needed extensive repairs to the main, sec- ondary, and close range batteries, the fire control system for the main battery, radars, and radio equipment, that the port condenser needed to be retubed, that considerable hull work needed to be done to the starboard blister, that number four strut bearing needed extensive repairs, and that satisfactory tem- porary repairs to get the ship ready in time for. the next operation were beyond the ca- pacity of the local facilities. CinCPac then directed the Commander Naval Base Manus to send the PENNSYL- VANIA to Pearl Harbor for further routing to San Francisco. But before the PENNYLSVANIA could shove off from Manus, the strut bearing needed temporary repairs. The ship's divers went to work. After forty-three dives, day and night, with a total of sixty diving hours, they completed the necessary work. THROUGH THE GOLDEN GATE The PENNSYLVANIA departed from Manus on February the 22nd, stopped briefly at Maiuro, stopped again at Pearl Harbor, and passed under the Golden Gate Bridge on the morning of the I3th of March. I At this time the PENNSYLVANIA had set a record of which she could' well be proud. She was the only battleship to take part in every combat amphibious operation in the Pacific Ocean Areas and the two largest operations in the Southwest Pacific Area from the fourth of May, I943, to the tenth of February, I945, from Attu through Lingayen. At Hunter's Point the PENNSYLVANIA was given a thorough overhaul. The main battery turrets and secondary battery mounts were regunned. Additional close range weapons and new and improved radar and fire con- trol equipment were installed. During the yard period twenty-seven days leave was granted to all hands. The first leave party, half the ship's company, left the ship by ferry even before she proceeded into Hunter's Point. On June the fifth Capt. Martin was re- lieved by Capt. W. M. Moses. The ship made three trial runs out of San Francisco and then spent I0 days in the San Clemente-San Diego area, executing every conceivable type of practice. She returned to San Francisco, made one more trial run, and on July the twelfth departed for Pearl Harbor. She arrived on the I8th and shoved off on the 20th for an addi- tional four day training period. This was cut short, and the PENNSYLVANIA returned on the 23rd and headed westward the next day. En route to Saipan, the PENNSYLVANIA made a slight detour by way of Wake Island, which had heretofore been by-passed in our advance across the Pacific, to drop her call- ing cards. With due regard for the formalities, the Japanese returned theirs. Shell fragments hit the ship, but there were no personnel casualties. The shore battery was silenced. The bombardment lasted from 0900 to I500 and was accompanied by air strikes from the CVL CABOT. LEFT: Powder cans for the big guns are brought aboard from an ammunition ship. RIGHT: After the battle. Empty I4 inch and 5 inch powder cans are transferred to an LST at Leyte Gulf, October 27, 1944. I An airplane from the light carrier CABOT photographs the PENNSYLVANIA steaming toward historic Wake Island, July, 7945. Y LATE SUMMER OF T945 the defeat of Nazi Germany was history and the pitch of the battle with Japan had risen to white fury. Iwo Jima had fallen, our monster air attacks were relentless, Russia had entered the con- flict and on the sixth of August President Truman announced to an amazed world that Hiroshima had been virtually wiped out with a new weapon more devastating than anything ever before devised-the Atomic Bomb. Meanwhile the PENNSYLVANIA put in at Saipan where she remained for several days while the Powers at CINCPAC on Guam pon- dered whether or not to use her as flagship for the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Ocean Areas should he be required to put to sea for a surrender which seemed imminent. Once the decision was made to fly Fleet Ad- miral Nimitz's flag in the SOUTH DAKOTA and to conduct ceremonies should they be necessary upon Admiral Halsey's flagship, the MISSOURI, the PENNSYLVANIA was ordered on to Okinawa after replenishing the am- munition she had expended at Wake. On the morning of August the twelfth she entered Buckner Bay and went alongside the TENNESSEE, which was at anchor, to receive Vice Admiral Oldendorf and his staff. When the shift had been made, the PENNSYLVANIA cast off and proceeded to her own berth. At 2045 that evening, as the PENNSYL- VANIA lay quietly at anchor, a Jap torpedo plane somehow slipped in over Buckner Bay without any warning and launched its tor- pedo at the indistinct silhouette of a large warship. One of the crew of the PENNSYL- UPPER LEFT Chief Shlpfltter R F Smith, USNR, receiv mg commendation from Captain William M Moses for diving operations following torpedomg UPPER RIGHT Enlisted men awaiting awards fleft to right-1 Chief Shlpfltter R F Smith, USNR W A Cun nmgham, SF2fc, USNR, fletter of commendatlonj O R McLeod, Slfc, USN D O Judy Flfc USNR E L Olson, Cpl USMC R E McFarlane, Cpl USMCR J H Kephart, MM2fc USNR Chief Machinist Mate A A Kane, USN CENTER LEFT Captain Wm M Moses awardmg Purple Hearts to flett to rlghtj, Lt A W Wilson, USN Lt flgj R W Schroeder Ens J F Malek R E McFar lane, Cpl., USMCR, E. L. Olson, Cpl., USMC, D. O. Judy, Flfc, USNR, O. R. McLeod, Slfc USN. CENTER RIGHT: The Captain congratulates Machinist Mate A. A. Kane, USN, and J. H. Kephart, MM2fc. LOWER RIGHT: Capt. Wm. M. Moses commending Lt. L. D. Williams and Ch. Elec. Scharn for electrical damage control work accomplished following the torpedoing. 36 OKINAWA - Continued VANIA later wrote home, We didn't get the Jap plane, but we sure busted hell out of his torpedo! The torpedo hit well aft on the PENNSYL- VANlA'S starboard side and did extensive damage. Many compartments were flooded and the ship settled heavily by the stern. But, by the Herculean efforts of the ship's repair parties and the prompt assistance of two sal- vage tugs and an LCS, the flooding was brought under control. ' Nineteen men in a living compartment iust inboard of the scene of the explosion and one other man were killed by the force of the blast. Ten others were iniured. The following day the PENNSYLVANIA was towed into shallower water where salvage operations were continued. On the night of the I3th of August, I945, the PENNSYLVANIA saw her last action of the war. An enemy suicide plane made a run on the ships in the harbor and crashed in flames on the deck of a cargo ship about 1,000 yards off the starboard beam of the PENNSYLVANIA. The secondary battery of the PENNSYLVANIA tracked the plane by radar and fired thirteen rounds. The 40 mm.'s fired thirty. On the morning of the I5th Capt. Moses spoke to the ship's crew over the loudspeaker system and informed them that the President had iust announced Japan's acceptance of the Allied surrender terms. There was no wild cheering as there had been a few nights be- fore, when Japan's first offer to surrender had been reported. Instead there was a minute of utter silence as the men paid homage to their shipmates who had lost their lives so very near the end. The PENNSYLVANIA remained in Buckner Bay a little over two weeks, while salvage operations proceeded. All compartments not open to the sea were pumped dry and the ship was made as seaworthy as possible. On August the I8th the ship departed from Oki- nawa, towed by two tugs in tandem, another tug standing by to assist if needed. The group proceededitortuously toward Guam, making as little as two knots when the seas were heavy and never more than seven. On 6 September the PENNSYLVANIA ar- rived in Apra Harbor, Guam. The next day she entered ABSD 3. In drydock a large sheet steel patch was welded over the torpedo hole and repairs sufficient to permit her return to the United States under her own power were completed. The ship left drydock on Cctober the second, moored in the harbor to take on I000 Navy and Marine passengers for transportation to the States, and shoved off on the morning of October the fourth. Commander Kaufman relieves Captain Moses as C. 0., Bremerton, 5 November, 1945. I LEFT: The first division inspected by the Skipper. RIGHT: Lt. fig-'I Larry Lyn6H 61116665 smoker on the way home from Guam. The ship proceeded toward Puget Sound in company with the cruiser, ATLANTA, and a destroyer, the WALKE. On the l5th the ship stopped while divers went over the side to inspect the patch. Marine sentries armed with rifles stood by on deck to ward off sharks. They scored one probable, Two days later number three shaft suddenly carried 'away inside the stern tube and the shaft slipped aft. It was necessary to send divers down to cut through the shaft, letting the shaft and propeller drop to the bottom. On this occasion the sentries made one sure kill. Shipping water and with only one screw turning, the PENNSYLVANIA arrived at the Puget Sound Navy Yard on the 24th ofOcto- ber, l945. Since her first action at Pearl Harbor she had steamed almost l50,000 miles. Her self discipline had been excellent at all times: no man was ever lost overboard except by enemy action, she had never hit any friendly troops, installations, ships or planes and had never had to report not ready for any operation. Nearly T50 officers and almost IOOO petty officers were trained and transferred from the PENNSYLVANIA during this period. She probably fired more ammunition than any other ship in history. In recognition of her record the PENNSYL- VANIA was the only battleship honored with a Navy Unit Commendation, which was pre- sented by Rear Admiral Ralph W. Christie, Commandant of the Navy Yard, Puget Sound, on the quarterdeck of the ship as she lay in drydock at Bremerton on November third. Two days later Commander William M. Kaufman, the Executive Officer, relieved Cap- tain William M. Moses as commanding officer. Though hit at Pearl Harbor and again at the very end of the war, her career between the two disasters was distinguished enough to make any man proud to number himself as a member of her crew. The War History of the USS PENNSYL- VANIA was ended, but one more great ad- venture lay before her, the consequences of which might affect the fate of navies for years to come. On I6 January I9-46 the PENNSYLVANIA was designated a target ship in the Task Force which was to be submitted to Atomic Bomb tests in Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the summer of I946. On 23 January Captain Carl H. Bushnell, U. S. Navy, relieved Commander Kaufman as Commanding Officer and extensive prep- arations for the experiment were begun. As this story closes, the old battlewagon in full commission with all flags flying is standing proudly out through the Strait of Juan de Fuca on herlast iourney facing fire and blast for her flag as was her want always. UPPER LEFT Here IS the damage as revealed in the drydock at Guam The Jap aircraft torpedo struck at the starboard quarter and smashed both starboard screws. Several signal flags and the national ensign hang downwards from the gaping hole, blown out of a flag locker in the stern. LOWER LEFT: The Quarterdeck was a busy place. UPPER RIGHT: Preparing to take a look at the tor- PGdo's damage. MIDDLE RHGHT: The Chaplain conducts the funeral of four of the men who lost their lives in the torpedo explosion at Okinawa. LOWER RIGHT: The PENNSYLVANIA docked in ABSD No. 3 at Apra Harbor, Guam, after returning from Okinawa. . ,, , . .. O -- -H-..uf...-.....,.........,f...-.+L .1-:f,,fa.:a..a...fn:.r-fff-'-'4 :14.:.:.:.g.-:.: Q.:s.,.:a6-api-.-lf..,?.Lgn.4..:..--psi.fLv.-. .-'. . .- .- . ..,....,.....--. Y ., ...e.,-.. ...-M... ..,vo..-.-, ,, -- . . .. ., ,, ,, ' ' f - 'LQ UPPER LEFT 8. CENTER: She was plenty low in the water. UPPER RlGHT: 'Removing 40 mm. ammo from the after magazines subsequent to the torpedoing. CENTER LEFT: The crew massed while Captain Martin is relieved by Captain Moses. CENTER RlGHT: Lt. Johnny Asaff refereeS boxing bout at smoker on homeward iourney. LOWER LEFT: Crew's beer party at Gab Gab on Guam. LOWER RlGHT: Afternoon band concert on the boat deck. CI-IRO OLOGY 1912 AUGUST. Authorized by Congress. 1913 1915 NOVEMBER. First docked at Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va. 1916 FEBRUARY TO 2 MARCH. First Official Sea Trial. JUNE. Delivered at Navy Yard, Norfolk. JUNE. Commissioned at I404. JULY. Put to Sea on Shakedown Cruise. AUGUST. Put to Sea on Fleet Maneuvers. AUGUST. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, came on board. OCTOBER. Named Fleet Flagship relieving USS WYOMING. DECEMBER. Gave Christmas Party for Underprivileged Chil- dren at New York. 1917 JANUARY. Sailed on Fleet maneuvers in Caribbean, touching Culebra, Santo Domingo and Port-au-Prince. APRIL. Returned to base at Yorktown day of declaration of War Against Germany. AUGUST. President of the United States came aboard at York- 1918 DECEMBER.Sailed for Brest, France, escorting SS GEORGE WASHINGTON which was taking President Wil- son to France. DECEMBER. Arrived Brest. DECEMBER. Sailed from Brest for New York. 1919 FEBRUARY. With the Fleet in the South. 1921 ' JANUARY. Lead the Atlantic Fleet through the Panama Canal and in the Pacific the two fleets ioined for first time. JANUARY. Crossed Equator for first time. APRIL. Returned to Hampton Roads with Atlantic Fleet. APRIL. President of the United States came aboard. 1923- ON WEST COAST OCTOBER. Keel laid. town. 1925 JULY. Crossed Equator Enroute to Australia. JULY. Arrived Melbourne. SEPTEMBER. Arrived back in States. 1929 JANUARY. Cruised to Panama. JUNE. Arrived Philadelphia for modernization. Remained al- most two years during which cage masts were replaced by tripods. 1934 PARTICIPATED IN PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW OF THE FLEET, NEW YORK HARBOR. 1936,1937,1938 CRUISES T0 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 1939 ckuwe TO EAST COASL 1941 I' DECEMBER. In drydock, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Oahu, T. H. Japanese carrier planes attacked fleet units in Pearl Harbor. Damaged by bomb. DECEMBER. Undocked. DECEMBER. Departed Pearl Harbor. DECEMBER. Arrived San Francisco Harbor, Calif. 1942 JANUARY. Entered drydock, U. S. Naval Drydocks, Hunter's Point. JANUARY. Undocked. FEBRUARY. Departed San Francisco for practice firing. FEBRUARY. Arrived San Francisco. MARCH. Departed San Francisco for practice firing. MARCH. Arrived San Francisco. APRIL. Capt. T. S. King, l'l, USN, relieved Capt. C. M. Cooke, IUSN, as Commanding Officer. APRIL. Departed San Francisco. MAY. MAY. MAY. MAY. MAY. JUNE. JUNE JUNE. JUNE Arrived San Pedro Harbor, Long Beach, Calif. Departed Long Beach. Arrived San Francisco. Departed San Francisco. Arrived San Francisco. Departed San Francisco. Arrived Long Beach. Departed Long Beach. Arrived San Francisco. LOWER LEFT: PENNSYLVANIA in the days of her youth, still sporting cage masts, gets a royal reception as she sails under Brooklyn Bridge. LOWER RIGHT: Closeup, following modernization in 1931 in Philadelphia, with her new tripod masts. ll ABOVE: Peacetime Flagship of the Fleet. Two views of the old PENNSYLVANIA flying the flag of Commander in Chief of the U. S. Fleet and wearing peacetime battleship gray. Taken in 1938. BELOW: Head on view of the PENNSY taken from SARATOGA'S flight deck rn Pearl Harbor E at berth FOX-8. 5 JULY. Departed San Francisco for practice firing. 7 JULY. Arrived San Francisco. 1 AUGUST. Departed San Francisco. y 14 AUGUST. Arrived Pearl Harbor. 27 AUGUST. Departed Pearl Harbor for practice firing. 30 AUGUST. Arrived Pearl Harbor. 11 SEPTEMBER. Departed Pearl Harbor for battle practice. 14 SEPTEMBER. Arrived Pearl Harbor. 28 SEPTEMBER. Departed Pearl Harbor. 4 OCTOBER. Arrived San Francisco. 6 FEBRUARY. Underwent modernization and overhaul at Bethle- hem Steel Co. 1 943 3 JANUARY. Entered drydock, Hunter's Point. 10 JANUARY. Undocked. 24 JANUARY. Departed San Francisco for trial-run and test fir- ing. Returned to San Francisco. 6 FEBRUARY. Departed San Francisco. 7 FEBRUARY. Arrived Long Beach. ' 8 FEBRUARY. Capt. W. A. Corn, USN, relieved Capt. T. S. King, ll, USN, as Commanding Officer. 10 FEBRUARY. Departed Long Beach for practices. 12 FEBRUARY. Arrived Long Beach. 17 FEBRUARY. Departed Long Beach for practices. 19 FEBRUARY. Arrived Long Beach. 24 FEBRUARY. Departed Long Beach for practices. 26 FEBRUARY. Arrived Long Beach. 3 MARCH. Departed Long Beach for practices. 5 MARCH. Arrived Long Beach. 'I9 MARCH. Departed Long Beach for battle practice 22 -MARCH. Arrived Long Beach. 25 MARCH. Departed Long Beach for battle practice. 27 MARCH. Arrived Long Beach. 23 APRIL. Departed Long Beach. 30 APRIL. Arrived Cold Bay, T. A. 4 MAY. 6 MAY. 'I'l MAY. I2 MAY. 14 MAY. 'I9 MAY. 20 MAY. 21 MAY. 28 MAY. 28 MAY 31 MAY. 2 JUNE. 'I5 JUNE Departed Cold Bay. Crossed l8Oth meridian for first time during war. Dog Day, Attu, Aleutian Islands, T. A. Bombarded Attu. Bombarded Attu. Bombarded Attu. Departed Attu area. Explosion occurred in gasoline stowage compartment. Arrived Kuluk Bay, Adak, Aleutian Islands, T. A. Departed Adak. Arrived Sinclair lnlet, Puget Sound, Bremerton, Wash. -'I AUGUST.Underwent repairs and overhaul at Puget Sound Navy Yard. Entered drydock. Second explosion occurred in gasoline stowage com- partment. Undocked 1 AUGUST. Departed Bremerton. 7 AUGUST. Arrived Adak. 13 AUGUST. Departed Adak. I5 AUGUST. Dog Day, Kiska, Aleutian Islands, T. A. 22 AUGUST. Departed Kiska area. 23 AUGUST. Arrived Adak. 25 AUGUST. Departed Adak. 1 SEPTEMBER. Arrived Pearl Harbor. ' 'I9 SEPTEMBER. Departed Pearl Harbor to carry draft back to States and to bring another dratt out. 25 SEPTEMBER. Arrived San Francisco. SEPTEMBER. Departed San Francisco. NOVEMBER. Dog Day, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands. Bom barded Butaritari Island. NOVEMBER. Departed Makin area. DECEMBER. Arrived Pearl Harbor. OCTOBER. Arrived Pearl Harbor. OCTOBER. Departed Pearl Harbor for practice firing. OCTOBER. Arrived Pearl Harbor. OCTOBER. Departed Pearl Harbor for rehearsal. NOVEMBER. Arrived Pearl Harbor. NOVEMBER. Departed Pearl Harbor. NOVEMBER. Crossed Equator for first time during war. JANUARY. Departed Pearl Harbor for practice firing. CHRONOLOGY- continued 5 JANUARY. 12 JANUARY. 17 JANUARY. 22 JANUARY. 31 JANUARY. 3 5 7 9 11 FEBRUARY 12 FEBRUARY 13 FEBRUARY. 15 FEBRUARY. 1 FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY. 6 FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY. 1 944 Arrived Pearl Harbor. Departed Pearl Harbor for rehearsal. Arrived Pearl Harbor. Departed Pearl Harbor. HD99 DOY, Kwdialein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Bombarded Kwaialein Island. Bombarded Kwaialein Island. Entered Kwaialein Atoll Lagoon IfKwaialein An- choragel. Departed Kwaialein. Entered Kwaialein Atoll La- goon I:Roi Anchoragel. Departed Roi. Entlered Maiuro Atoll Lagoon, Marshall Islands. 14' powder tank exploded and burned on star- board side of forecastle while loading ammuni- tion. Second 14 powder tank exploded and burned in lower handling room of Turret I while loading ammunition. Departed Maiuro. Arrived Kwaialein. Departed Kwaialein. 17 FEBRUARY. Dog Day, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands. En- tered Eniwetok Atoll Lagoon. Delivered covering fire on Japtan and Parry Islands. Bombarded Engebi Island. 18 FEBRUARY. Assault troops landed on Engebi Island. Bom- barded Engebi Island. 19 FEBRUARY. Departed Engebi Island sector of Eniwetok Atoll Lagoon. Arrived Parry Island sector. 20 FEBRUARY Bombarded Parry Island. 21 FEBRUARY Bombarded Parry Island. 22 FEBRUARY Assault troops landed on Parry Island. Bombarded Parry Island. 23 FEBRUARY Departed Eniwetok. 25 FEBRUARY. Arrived Maiuro. 1 MARCH. Departed Maiuro. 7 MARCH. Arrived Havannah Harbor, Efate, New Hebrides Islands. 23 APRIL. Capt. C. F. Martin, USN, relieved Capt. W. A. Corn, USN, as Commanding Officer. 24 APRIL. Departed Efate. 29 APRIL. Arrived Wooloomooloo Bay, Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 6 MAY. Departed Sydney. 10 MAY. Arrived Efate. 14 MAY. Departed Efate for practice firing. Returned to Efate. 17 MAY. Departed Efate. 19 MAY. Arrived Port Purvis, Florida Island, Solomon Islands. 20 MAY. Departed Port Purvis for practice bombardment. Re- turned to Port Purvis. 22 MAY. Departed Port Purvis for rehearsal. 23 MAY. Arrived Port Purvis. 24 MAY. Departed Port Purvis for rehearsal. 27 MAY. Arrived Efate. 2 JUNE. Departed Efate. I 8 JUNE. Arrived Roi. 10 JUNE. Departed Roi. Collided with USS Talbot. 15 JUNE. Dog Day, Saipan. Delivered counter-battery fire on Tinian, Marianas Islands. Departed Saipan-Tinian area. 16 JUNE. Bombarded Guam, Marianas Islands. Departed Guam area. 25 JUNE. Patrolled in area north of Saipan. 22 JUNE. Anchored in Garapan Anchorage, Saipan. Underway. 14 JULY.Bombarded Guam. Departed Guam area to replenish ammunition. 25 JUNE. Departed Saipan area. 28 JUNE. Arrived Eniwetok. 9 JULY. Departed Eniwetok. 12 JULY. Bombarded Guam. 13 JULY. Bombarded Guam. 15 JULY. Arrived Saipan. 16 JULY. Departed Saipan. 17 JULY. Bombarded Guam. 18 JULY. Bombarded Guam. 19 JULY. Bombarded Guam. 20 JULY. Bombarded Guam. FLEET rLAosHlP-Top Men of the Navy me' on PFNNSYI-' VANlA'S Quarterdeck in early days of War. UPPER RIGI-IT: Admiral King and Vice-Admiral Pye, followed bY Adf 'l Nimitz and Vice-Admiral Greenslade, aboard the ship at San Francisco in early 1942. CENTER RIGHT: Admirail Kinig awards the D.S.M. to Admiral Nimitz at San Francisco rn ff' and their staffs watch 1942. Four other flag o icers Us d H' LOWER RIGHT: Admiral Nimsfz and col. Emery I we e 1 Larsen, USMC, smile together after the ceremony. 21 JULY. William Day, Guam. Bombarded Guam. 21 JULY-3 6 AUGUST 19' AUGUST. 24 AUGUST 27 AUGUST 29 AUGUST. AUGUST. Delivered supportingfharassing, and night illumination fire on Guam. Departed Guam area. Arrived Eniwetok. Departed Eniwetok. Arrived Pekoa Channel, Espiritu Santo, New Heb- rides Islands. Departed Espiritu Santo for rehearsal. Arrived Port Purvis. SEPTEMBER. Departed Port Purvis. SEPTEMBER. Bombarded Peleliu, Palau Islands. SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER . Bombarded Peleliu. . Bombarded Peleliu. . Dog Day, Peleliu. Bombarded Peleliu. Fox Day, Angaur, Palau Islands. Bombarded Angaur, . Departed Peleliu-Angaur area. SEPTEMBER. Arrived Kossol Passage Anchorage, Palau Islands. SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER . Departed Kossol Passage. .Arrived Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands. OCTOBER. Entered ABSD 2. OCTOBER. Undocked. OCTOBER. Departed Manus. OCTOBER. Entered Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands. Bombarded Leyte. OCTOBER. OCTOBER. OCTOBER- Bombarded Leyte. Able Day, Leyte. Bombarded Leyte. OCTOBER. Delivered supporting, harassing, and night illum- ' ination fire on Leyte. OCTOBER. Japanese surface force attempted to enter Leyte Gulf through Surigao Strait and was destroyed. NOVEMBER. Departed Leyte Gulf. NOVEMBER. Arrived Manus. DECEMBER. DECEMBER. DECEMBER. JANUARY. JANUARY. JANUARY. JANUARY. JANUARY. JANUARY. JANUARY. JANUARY- JANUARY. FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY. Departed Manus. Arrived Kossol Passage. Departed Kossol Passage for practice firing. Re- turned to Kossol Passage. 1945 Departed Kossol Passage. Passed through Leyte Gulf. Bombarded Santiago Island at mouth of Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Entered Lingayen Gulf. Retired from Lingayen Gulf. ' Entered Lingayen Gulf. Bombarded Luzon. Re- tired from Lingayen Gulf. Entered Lingayen Gulf. Bombarded Luzon. Sugar Day, Lingayen. Bombarded Luzon. Japanese speed boats attacked ships in Lingayen Gulf and were destroyed. Delivered supporting fire on Luzon. Retired from Lingayen Gulf. Patrolled in South China Sea off Lingayen Gulf. Entered Lingayen Gulf. Departed Lingayen Gulf for battle practice. Re- turned to Lingayen Gulf. Departed Lingayen Gulf. Arrived Leyte Gulf. Departed Leyte Gulf. Arrived Manus. FEBRUARY. Departed Manus. FEBRUARY. Arrived Maiuro. FEBRUARY. Departed Maiuro. MARCH. Arrived Pearl Harbor. MARCH. Departed Pearl Harbor. MARCH. Arrived San Francisco. MARCH- JUNE. Underwent regunning and overhaul at Hunter's Point. MARCH. E ntered drydock. APRIL. Undocked. APRIL. Entered drydock. MAY. Undocked. JUNE. Capt. W. M. Moses, USN, relieved Capt. C. F. Martin, USN, as Commanding Officer. JUNE. Departed San Francisco for trial run and test firing. JUNE. Arriv JUNE. Depa ed San Francisco. rt.ed San Francisco for trial run. Returned to San Francisco. Z JUNE. Departed San Francisco for trial run. JUNE. Arriv ed San Francisco. JUNE. Departed San Francisco. JUNE. Arriv ed Long Beach. JUNE. Departed Long Beach for practices. JULY. Arrived San Francisco. JULY. Departed San Francisco for trial run. JULY. Arrived San Francisco. JULY. Departed San Francisco. JULY. Arrived Pearl Harbor. JULY. Depa rted Pearl Harbor for practices. JULY. Arrived Pearl Harbor. JULY. Departed Pearl Harbor. AUGUST. Bombarded Wake Island. AUGUST. A rrived Saipan. AUGUST. Departed Saipan. AUGUST. A rrived Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Ryukyus Islands. Damaged by aerial torpedo. AUGUST. Received official word of Japan's acceptance of Al- lied surrender terms. AUGUST. Departed Okinawa in tow. SEPTEMBER. Arrived Apra Harbor, Guam. SEPTEMBER. Entered ABSD-3. SEPTEMBER. Relieved by USS MISSOURI after serving as Fleet Flagship for almost 29 years. OCTOBER. Undocked. OCTOBER. Departed Guam. OCTOBER. No. 3 shaft carried away. OCTOBER. Arrived Bremerton. 1 NOVEMBER. Awarded Navy Unit Commendation by Rear Admiral Ralph W. Christie in Name of Secretary of the Navy. NOVEMBER. Commander William M. Kaufman relieved Cap- JANUARY. JANUARY. FEBRUARY. tain William M. Moses as Commanding Officer. 1946 Designated as Atomic Bomb Target and Assigned to Joint Task Force I. ' Captain Carl H. Bushnell relieved Commander William M. Kaufman as Commanding Officer. ETD Puget Sound for Pearl Harbor and Bikini Atoll. LEFT: The PENNYLVANIA glides through summer seas en route to Wake lsland, July, 1945. RIGHT: Captain Carl H. Bushnell, commanding officer of the PENNSYLVANIA for CROSS ROADS. 1 1111 Hlvmnrinm 929292 44444444444 ROBERT EVERETT ARNOTT, PhM2c, USN Killed in USN Killed in USMC Killed in CHARLES BRAGA, Jr., Y2c, USN Killed in USN Killed in HENRY ERNEST BAKER, Jr., Cox, THOMAS NOBLE BARRON, Cpl., EVAN DENHART BREKKEN, S1c, action action action action action FREDERICK ARTHUR BROWNE, GM3c, USN Killed in HAROLD KENNETH COMSTOCK, S1c, USN Killed in JAMES EDWIN CRAIG, Lt. Comdr., USN Killed in CLARENCE FREDERICK HAASE, S1c, USN Killed in DENCIL JEOFFREY MclNTOSH, S1c, USN Killed in action action action action action JOSEPH ALEXANDER MUHOFSKI, RM3c, USNR Killed in MORRIS EDWARD NATIONS, Cpl., USMC Killed in JAMES PATRICK OWENS, RM3c, USNR Killed in JOSEPH WILSON PACE, RM3c, USNR Killed in DAMIAN MARAYA PORTILLO, SC1c, USN Killed in action action action, action, action RICHARD REDNER RALL, Lt. Iigl USN IMC1 Killed in WILIAM HURST RICE, GM3c, USN Killed in MARTIN REUBEN SLIFER, GM1c, USN Killed in FLOYD D STEWART, Pfc., USMC Killed in PATRICK PHILIP TOBIN, Pfc., USMCR action action action, action, Killed in action, PAYTON L VANDERPOOL, Jr., F2c, USN Killed in action, JESSE CHARLES VINCENT, Jr., Cpl., USMC Killed in action GEORGE HOLIVE WADE, Jr., Pfc., USMC Killed in action CLAUDE BRIDGER WATSON, Jr., S1c, USN A Killed in action BOYD QUINTON MOORHOUSE, CEM, USN PAUL RANDALL ABBOTT, GM3c, USN 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7' December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December 7 December Died, 16 April Died, 4 January AUDLEY FRANKLIN JOHNSON, S2c, USNR Killed accidentally, 2 June JOHN WESLEY HERRINGTON, S2c, USN Killed accidentally, 17 September 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1942 1943 1943 1943 CLIFFORD LEROY DeBAUM, S1c, USNR Killed accidentally, 11 February 1944 WILLIAM FRANK LONG, GM3c, USN A Killed accidentally, 11 February 1944 WALTER CARL RUTT, S1c, USNR Killed accidentally, 11 February 1944 CHARLES DAVID BURCHELL, S1c, USNR Died, 14 February 1944, of iniuries received accidentally 11 February 1944 MIKE HOOK, S2c, USNR Killed accidentally, 6 March EDWARD WILLIAM HORCHLER, S1c, USNR A Died, 4 July HAROLD WALTER BANCA, S2c, USN-I 1 Killed in action I2 August CONRAD EUGENE BINGER, S2c, USNR Killed in action 12 August CLYDE WILLIAM COX, QM3c, USNR Killed in action 12 August CARROLL JOHN ESTES, S2c, USNR Killed in action 12 August STANLEY FRANK KARASZEWSKI, QM3c, USNR r ' Killed in action 12 August ROBERT HERBERT LAMBERT, S2c, USNR ' Killed in action, 12 August ARCHIE MANUEL MARVEL, S1c, USNR ' ,Killed in action, 12 August JOHN ANTHONY MCGLONE, QM2c, USN-I Killed in action 12 August BERNARD JOSEPH OLGES, S1c, USNR Killed in action 12 August ROBERT JOSEPH ORTBALS, S1c, USNR Killed in action 12 August THOMAS FRANCIS QUEALY, Jr., QM3c, USN Killed in action 12 August JOHN BAPTISTE ROEMER, S2c, USNR Killed in action 12 August BUD DUAIN ROSS, QM3c, USNR E Killed in action 12 August VINCENT JOSEPH SCHILLI, S1c, USNR ' Killed in action, 12 August CLARENCE ALFRED SCHUETZEBERG, S2c, USNR Killed in action, 12 August LEROY CHESTER SILER, S1c, USN-I Killed in action, 12 August ERNIE HARROLD SULLIVAN, S1c, USNR Killed in action, 12 August WILBUR LaVERN THOMPSON, S1c, USNR Killed in action, 12 August HENRY WILL WEICHE, Jr., S1c, USNR Killed in action, 12 August RUSSELL HENRY WITTIG, QM1c, USNR Missing in action, 12 August RICHARD DONALD SITZMAN, F2c, USN Died, 6 September 1944 1944 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 ' EQUATORIAL cnossmes - 7 December' 1941 - 1945 14 f45 5 f38 DA-1-E From -EN ROUTE- To COURSE 15 Nov. ----.,-s -----,-k P earl HQfb01 Makin 19 Nov. 1943 ------4- ---,-,,e P earl Harbor Makin 3l5 28 Nev, 1943 ,,,,,,,, ,M..f.. . Maneuvering MO Q9 Nov. 1943, q,,.,-- ........ M aneuvering 295 2 Merch 1944 ...... ...... . Maiuro Efqfe '90 6 June 1944 ....... ..,... 2 . Efafe ROL, 025 21 AUg.1944 4-----u-- 4.-,-,-- E niwefok Espiritu Santo 173 9 Sept. 1944-. --q-A,, f,--,,,, P Orr Purvis Peleliu 285 27 Sepf. 1944 -------- -,,,..,, K assol Passage Manus III 12 Od. 1944 ----,----- --v, Mqnug Leyte ' 000 29 Nev. 1944 e,....... ..,..... L eyfe MGHUS 133 15 Dec. 194,41 --uhv ,.,,,,,, M anus Kossol Passage 312 17 Feb- 1945 q---qq -------------,------ - U ,,-,.,,, ,Leyte Manus 132 23 Feb, 1945 ,,,..,.... .............................................. . .Mcmus Mvivro 032' 'The zigzag plan in use actually took the ship across the line three times within a few minutes. 'I80TH MERI IAN CROSSINGS-7 December 'I941 - '1945 DATE From -EN ROUTE- To COURSE 6 Mqy 1943 ,,,,---,, ,..,.... C old Bay Attu 270' 19 May 1943 ,,--,,,,, ,,.,,.,, A nu Adak 090' 14 Aug. 1943 ,-,,,,,.. ........ A dak 1 Kiska 270' 22 Aug. 1943 ......... ........ K iska Adak 090' 18 Nov. 1943 ......... ........ P earl Harbor Makin 286 1 Dec. 1943 ...... ........ M akin Pearl Harbor 053 28 Jan. 1944 ..,.. ........ P earl Harbor Kwaialein 250 1 March 1945. ..... ......... M aiuro Pearl Harbor 072 28 July 1945 ................... ...........,....................... P earl Harbor Wake 267 11 Oct. 1945 ...................... ...................................... . Guam Bremerton 070 'The International Date Line curves to the westward of the Aleutian Islands and does not in these latitudes coincide with the 180th meridian. .MILES TRAVELLED - December 7, 'I 941 - November 'I, '1945 ' Miles Miles Dec. 7, 1941-Aug. 7, .1942 ......,.., .,... ' . 22,344 June 26,1944 Sept. 12, 1944, ,,-,,,, ,,,,., 1 0,000 to May 18, 1943 ....,... 19.136 Nov. 16, 1944 .,,,,,- ,,,,,,,, 1 0,000 to May 28, 1943 3,463 Feb. 15, 1945, ,,,4,,, ,.,,., 1 0,000 to Sept. 24, 1943 9,867 Mar. 13, 1945 .,.. .... 7 ,044 to Nov- 27, 1943 ........ ...,.. 1 0,0001 July 21, 1945 ....,,. ,..2,, 1 0,335 to Jan. 17, 1944 ....... 5,249 Oct. 9, 1945 ...,..,,.. 4,629 to May 8, 1944 .......... ...... 9 ,985 Oct. 24, 1945 .,...,, 4,000 ' to .lune 26, 1944 ........ ,..,,, 1 0,000 -4-- Since Dec. 7, 1941 ,,,,v. 146,052 PEARL HARBOR ....... ATTU .........,...... MAKIN. ....,.,.,. ,, KWAJALEIN ......... ENIWETOK, .....,...... SAIPAN-TINIAN ...... GUAM, .....,,..,,,c, ,, PELELIU ....... ANGAUR ....,. LEYTE .,,,,,,,,.,, LINGAYEN .,,... WAKE , ,..,... .. . .. OKINAWA, ....,., TOTAL .....,... 324 403 827 744 153 1797 ,662 298 866 640 140 -, 6654 2285 246 3065 1817 476 9543 3447 1680 5507 3016 583 13 31678 ROUNDS FIRED- IN ACTION-December '1941 - 'I5 August' '1945 5 f25 3 f50 40 mm. 3200 2000 ..,.. -. 1126 1180 . 14010 802 0 26119 . 2715 30 3200 2000 21952 20 mm. .50 cal. 3228 1556 2443 5477 12728 56000 187 372 7655 120 131 57447 1 l DEPART TS GUNNERY DEPARTMENT .OFFICERS FIRST ROW Ileft to rightlz J. Bates Jr., Lt., T. Price, Lt., E. Melvin, Lt., R. Weaver, Lt., B. McClelland, Ist Lt., C. Cates Jr., Lt., J. Bromley, Lt. Comdr., J. Lesick, Maior, A. Freedman Jr., Comdr., P. Klein, Lt.Comdr., C. Ahlgrimm, Lt. Comdr., R. Davidson Jr., Lt., F. Hawley, Lt., R. Hill, Lt., C. Reed, Lt., D. Cooke, Lt., H. Dyer, Lt., J. Asaff, LI. SECOND ROW: R. Schroeder, Lt. Iiglg D. Peterson, Lt., Liglg J. Gazdik, Lt. ligjg W. Martin, Ens., J. Malek, Ens., C. DeBuhr, Lt. H917 L. Brawner Jr., Ens., W. Fitts, Ens., P. Tavss, Ens., E. Sullivan, Ens., D. Klein, Lt. ligjg L. Lynett, Lt. liglp B. Gard Jr., Lt. Ugly H. Glindeman Jr., Ens., Cox, Ens., E. Dunning, Ens., H. Hatfield, Lt. Ifiglx THIRD ROW: H. Lantelme, Ch. G., H. Flammang, Lt. Ifiglg S. Neary, Lt. ligflg L. Fergus, Lt. Iiglp L. Maupin Jr., Ens., H. Swersky, Ens., O. La Plant, Lt. Iiglg P. Ogle, Ens., G. Gossman, Lt. Ifigflg R. Gustafson, Lt. liglg P. French, Lt. H915 E. Laughlin, Lt. Llgli J. Vanek, Ens., J. De Mayo Jr., Ens., C. Beckham, Ens., W. Carter, Ens., A. Clay, Ens. NOT IN PICTURE: B. Hibler, lst Lt. C 8. R DEPARTMENT OFFICERS FIRST ROW Ileft to rightlz H. R. Glidden, Lt., E. D. Howard, Lt. Comdr., W. E. Stock, Jr., Comdr., W. H. Gag? Jr., Lf., W. W. Hill, Lf. ligl. Bos'n., R. G. Haldeman, Lt. ll9l: - - - I 'f ns' SECOND ROW: R. A. Bertram, Ch. Carp., J. W. Carson, Ens., M. L. Duckett, J L Mills Jr E I 47 HM.,-.Z V I-, - . , - , , - i,,,,,,.,,,fa,,..,,,.,g..,........-...a..:..,,:-a....P......q......e,-.:..,-L ..., ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OFFICERS FIRST ROW Ileft to rightlz G. F. Hershey, Ens., J. G. Allen, Ens. SECOND ROW: L. D. Williams, Lt., A. W. Wil- son, Lt., A. E. Gallant, Jr., Lt. Comdr., W. H. Elliott, Jr., Lt., A. J. Cohen, Jr., Lt., J. R. Hamerstadt, Lt. THIRD ROW: R. V. Montalvo, Ch. Mach., V. G. Scharn, Ch. Elec., E. C. Kieffer, Mach., H. H. Moore, Ch.Mach.g F. A. Thoene, Jr., Ens., R. A. Wason Ill, Ens., S. C. Moody, Ens., J. B. Sproul, Ens. SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OFFICERS I lfI.efl' to rightlz T. S. Scroggins, Ch. P Cl k' E. R. Fl ' . - . LL Comdm R. S. Wedin, Ens. GY ef 1 OWSFS, l-l- llgl, E. M. Standish, Lt. Comdr., R. Harris, Jr., COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT OFFICERS FRONT ROW Ileft to rightlz Charles H. Bradford, Ch. R.E., Hugh E. Gibbons, Ens., Rupert D. Liles, l.t. ll9l Harold J. McCarthy, Lt. ligl, Eugene A. Sands, Ens., Reese E. Graves, Sh. Clk. SECOND ROW: John McM. Ducey Lt., Herbert B. Braselton, Lt., Russell Francis Flynn, Lt.Comdr., William J. McCarthy, Lt., Fred Eugene Massey Lt. THIRD ROW: Richard R. LeRouax, Ens., Joseph E. Snyder, Jr.,'Ens., James David Bryan, Jr., Ens., Waldo E Don Carlos, Lt. ligl Robert K. Overstreet, Ens., Arthur C. Brunke, Lt. Iiglg Evan H. Lacy, Jr., Ens. ,F f at ,X ,W 5' ,J s 1 A --f ,ffi . ' X X , YW L. . 5' X , f , , Q MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OFFICERS Lt. Comdr., R. E. Daft, Lt., J. F. Foertner, Lt. Com r - f 1 f lleft to rightfl: E. T. Forsley, Grant, Lt. Comdr. .., ,,..,...1,. -dm.: - g,.':...:c.,-..-....a--.-r-.e:.1:-..a.o1usLi-5-ak'.::45-4a- w'4 iqia:.ggu,:k+.,-.g.- ,. . t 1 d ., A. D. Sheeran, Lt., A. W A K 'fi-,J M my VN 5 in W-.QA M132 Y: MJ-,N-W3,,,::i,f'.,h,j,.,:,' .?r1vi.:.. ., f .:,,:e5.5,-3 .A-3 .: . L ,. g,..,.. . 4 . ,, .-.- U M.. .-.,..--.-1 e -.4-f 1'-' -for ','1'g.'--.1 -2.-Ava' Q' 1 f? ,-1'w:9 .- ',- NF -f -f 'l ?'f'T:t2 f Tl T5 l1'f '-T, ' ' 5 ' ' A A ' ' n1v1s1oNs I CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS FRONT ROW Ileft to rightl: H. Wieselman, C. Polston, J. Collins, C. Holmes, H. Laliberty, U. Razor, A. Estridge, R. Thomas, H. Noble J O'Dell. SECOND ROW: A. Kane, F. Yeager, R. Pace, W. Stone, W. Chowaniec, G. Woodard, l.. Burleigh, G- Smith, T. leverton, S. Wil- . - ' ' N. Karlovich L. Anderson, E. Lorenzen r , R. Miner, P. MCG-J-re. Ti-uno Row: c. Mcoonaid, K. Ryan, E. F-egenspcnl N- M'eSSe' , f . womguice' Fickel, L, Brabenec, J. Lyons, E. Chailland. TOP ROW: S. Craft, W. Bailey, F. Nease, C. Galnor, A. Prlebe, L. Kuhlenbeck M. Land, P. Anderson, K. Styner, J. Kniesley, E. Conry. NOT IN PICTURE: R. Smith. FIRST DIVISION FRONT ROW Ileft to rightlz R. Wade, J. Krawczyk, R. Carpenter, Z. Gruchalski, D. Howerton, M. Waldron, R. Inwood, R. Rundberg. SECOND ROW: W. Ashwood, H. Bailey, L. Compton, S. Coeyman, L. Lachtrupp, F. Wronski, P. Lavallee, R. Balke, J. Allsopp, S. Ragsdale, R. Horner. THIRD ROW: M. Mallory, A. DiCarlantonio, R. Andrick, E. Baier, H. Whitener, D. Keller, W. Anderson, H. Baer, D. Keller, M. Hall, J. Henriksen. FOURTH ROW: H. Berger, J. Conatti, L. Mclntire, G. Reed, V. Bischoff, H. Swersky, Ens., J. Asaff, Lt., R. Schroe- der, Lt. Iigj, G. Atkinson, G. Woods, J. Hubbell, C. Anderson, FIFTH ROW: E. Avey, T. Baldwin, C. Bandy, R. Gibbons, G. Andregg, R. Winterbottom, J. Horvoth, E. Runion, E. Poulia, M. Curto, E. Lesniewski, J. Manley, D. McCord, R. Ledesma, R. Baginski, H. Baldwin. SIXTH ROW: J. Myracle, H. Bailey, W. Gibson, R. Couchman, R. Aubrey, L. Kilgore, R. Litherland, H. Arnett, H. Mazel, G. Brainard, L. Little, L. Putnam, J. Ashworth, J. Malak. MEN NOT IN PICTURE: W. Ames, M. Alick Jr., H. Morgan, C. Metcalf, W. Waara, C. Ander- son, J. Worthy, N. Arcadi, C. Babb, H. Adams Jr., J. Rushing, J. McMahon, I SECOND DIVISION FRONT ROW Ileft to rightlz L. Dede, F. Jones, J. Laddusaw, L. Lackey, K. Ryan, A. Clay, Ens., L. Maupin, Ens., C. Cotes Jr., Lt., H. Wendler, J. Cook, S. Jones, E. Martin. SECOND ROW: J. Cross, G. McCabe, W. Ballut, R. Hood, M. Shirley, R. Brennan, M. Kay, J. Romero, D. Haney, V. Mendez, P. Beall, G. Bauer, J. Welsh. THIRD ROW: W. Tice, L. Morrison, R. Griffiths, J. Meade, D. Cantrell, AJ. Cowart, E. Smith, J. Hans, K. Eddy, J. Banta, J. Hankins, G. Jones, G. Gillian, W. Carpenter. FOURTH ROW: D. DiMichele, P. Balash Jr., E. Carpenter, H. Jesperson, F. Langford, J. Shannholtzer, W. Beard, C. Schettler, O. Smith, E. Cooper. FIFTH ROW: V. Becker, E. Pierce, W. Butler, J. Casdor h, C. Rood, R. Regula, J. Hankins, D. Jenson, R. Davi, O. McLeod, G. Bateman, H. Goerndt. SIXTH ROW: W. Ellis P f H. Boone, R. Kall, R. Bartrand, W. Blackford, J. Bradley, F. Sauer, L. Carpenter Jr., W. Patterson, R. Goff, L. Norby, R. Budzynski, W. Bradley, C. Hanrick, W. Troutman, L. Bell, T. Malloy, B. Brower, D. Giordano. NOT IN PICTURE: H. Ward. I THIRD DIVISION E G d A Gordon T Czerwinski P Tavss Ens- E Chailland, E. Laughlin, Lt ligjlg R. Hauck, E. Gee FRONT ROW Ileft to rightls . or on, - I - ' ' ' ' . ' . . ' H. Rote. SECOND ROW: R. Woolston, P. Wilson, .C. Baker, M- D0U9heflYf R- Qllkef, W. Gouker, L. Paippeni JM.Sum5kunsw.R.BSnkeed, P S h lt E Kent THIRD ROW- F Dickinson L Trentham, L. Tompkins, M. Meeker, T. Bar er, Iran a, ec er, 5C e f ' C U ef ' ' ' ' ' ' - ' Founn-I Row- J M an . h , C, Sh ff , W. Makowiec, J. McDowell, F. Rawls, E. Schmitt. . . . ersm , Boynes' C' Berman' J' Caraway' R C avez Chae er R Winkler H Vertress H Imel K Calford E Ryan D Kerllng D Duffy M. J- Malelf D- Mitchell' A' Fulmer' H' Dllgorl' R' aneyi ' '- ' ' . I I' k D. bl' n IJ. Ilan Meter, IN. Schieck ' : . S th I d, H. Bishop, H. Bailey, L. Stanley, J. Messlc , U o lnso 1 1 Denslow' W' SmlIh'.FlFTH Row B 5 Osh ZronA. Tenney, E. Herron. SIXTH ROW: R. Miller, E. Ortiz, D. Harwood, E. Nelson, I.. Holder, H' Herrenf F' Marchlo' L' Menqozol C M D ers Jr., H. DeVrieze, J. Fernandez, H. Camp, R. Roellig, I. Middleton, W. P. Sarussl, M. Boxen, A. Davlster. L- D0U9he'lYf ' em' Blanton. FOURTH DIVISION Grawe R Middleton J Hlssem A Bailey R FIRST ROW lleft to rightfl W Bailey W Huckabay J Ramirez W Liska, L Estes N Busch W Warren Jr P Morris J Foley H Grounds E Cartwright SECOND ROW L Gualdoni C Molton J Seroczynski T Sloas R Shuster R Moore C McElroy H Hatfield Lt Ilgl H Dyer Lt E Dunning Ens C Polston E Wilson E Flkes S Joefreda L Mag nuson R Duncan L Moore W McLaughlin THIRD ROW S Carter A Schroeder F Fowler C Browning A McNabney T Kindsfgttlheg R Hanley J Brooks P Turzanskl V Dye H Elrldge W Rucker A Riggs R Reece C Walter Fales FOURTH ROW G Nal R dle M Brown K Buchholtz W Robmson J Davidson L Middlebrook W Cocanougher R Pierce J Gray C Catley P Fay l:cSan eg C Ramsey W Carpenter E Bukovitz O Seymer S Crager FIFTH ROW K Grey W Parks E Adams W Wfilkef J' R mme' Rassmussen H Schuldt C Jensen V Grundmeyer J Perrone J Ramirez I Perry S Schwengler R Schrum Jr R Bollmger J Carter W Elmer G Kolling FIFTH DIVISION . VI - 0 I - I o I , 1 I Q I ' I ' I ' ' I I I. I I . I I U 0 . I . , U I . , I : . , .D , I . , . n . 1 - . , . , . ' 1 - I F - I 'F - ' '7 ' ' ' . ' ' ' ' I ' ' , . , . , . I . 5 - I .' ' ' ' ' ' ' . ' I . . . I I I . .I I I . ' I I ' , l I . I , . . . . I . I . , - 1 - 0 1 - I 1 - . 1 . 1 - I ' I ' I ' ' ' . 1 . , . ' 1 . 1 - ' , I ' ' ' ' ' ' ' I' ' ' 1 - 1 - , . , . , 1 - 1 - I ' ' ' ' ' ' . , . . FIRST ROW Ileft to rightl: W. Barron, E. Pollock Jr., E. Boyette, C. McAdams Jr., C. Belhke, J. Milam, D. Peterson, Ll. Ifiglg H. Flam- mang, Lt. lfigfl, M. Land, R. Davidson Jr., Lt., D. Klein, Lt. liglp J. Williams, R. Birchfield, D. Gruber, H. Short, R. Fenner, R. Klibert . . : . , . , . n , . ' ., . ' , . , . , , ' . I ' I ' I ' ..,. I ' I ' I ' I ' I ' I I I ' . . : . ' , . , . , . , . , . , . , . ' , . , . , ' I ' I ' I ' I ' 1 - 1 . , . , . . 1 . 1 . , . 2 . ' , . ' ., . , . ' , . ' , . ' , . , . , . , . . , . U, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . . - I - I 0 I - I - I 1 - 1 - I , . I I , . , . , . , . I ' I ' I - 1 - . 1 e 1 . I , . I I . I . , , . . I , . . ., . . , . . , - ' , . I , L , . , , , , , , I , , ' I ' - 1 - ' I . , . , . 1 . . ' I - I ' I I ' I - I 1 - , . , . I , . , E Mayotte SECOND ROW D Hevenor G Fecher C Bennett G Whilley Jr G Frazier G McCabe A Cecil W. Chute W. Lazenby E L d A Ph in eman ancuf D Damron M Litwmowicz R Barker K Chestnut G Luna R Brennen K McGulne O. Sedlacek J Brooks C Petroff THIRD ROW P Liverman W Chesla S Brake D Stover T Mathews D Smart W Lockett J Leslie H Conley T Griffin L Bruhn H Apel F Conway J Curley H Grant J Lavallee D Core R Swanton H Caldeira S Brooks G M H I M R c ae ose FOURTH ROW J Robinson C Wright Jr J Mezak G Leplc H White J Clinton R Nuzum J Cantrell B Caudill J Knightlinger L H elm R Metcalf A Claywell W Shumate E Cosper L Keyser I Ruppert N Wolfe S Boysnack C Bradshaw FIFTH ROW R Mattingly D Hinkle A Russell R Jones C Cowling D Hahn M Brookshire R Qulllln J Brawner J Elon L K'd ll E Sh ll- g i we c o meyer D Dolph J Poynter D Westenhouse L Herring T Moore L Wilson N Hailicka SIXTH ROW F Dalton J. Bozman B. Leech J Littlefield N Sh tt W C II W ' arre rowe B hltney C Witt C Hixsox W Sollie L Wade J Noel I Dauer H Nicklaus S. Coleman C Copley G Clpolloni T Patrick W Meek LOWER INNBOARD ROW L Farra R Benke R Roth S Keet MEN NOT IN PICT E on UR J Berry D Sheppard H Champion G Brooker G Savitsky T Marques W Bryan P Brlseno R Haley J. Grant. SIXTH DIVISION FRONT ROW Ifleft to rightl: L. Fullerton, G. Frazer, A. Corriea, G. Hartman, C. Griffith, M. Boyet, D. Hollis, C. Lollar. SECOND ROW: H. Grimm, R. Ring, D. Harvey, W. Smith, J. Hall, C. Mariano, J. DeMayo Jr., Ens., T. Price, Lt., B. Gard Jr., Lt. Ifigflp L. Lynett, Lt. Iiglp T. Lake, D. Slaton, J. McMahon, A. Ralston, N. Thompson,'L. Neuman. THIRD ROW: P. Geldhof, J. Smith, J. Steyskal, D. George, B. Hackney, R. Hale, M. Jonus, C. Mathis, J. Meadows, W. Harris, Z. Johnson, W. Dillon, C. Melvin, W. Bryant, C. Sorrell, N. Arrington, R. Escobedo, R. Whaland, L. Gherardini, W. Lang, C. Wyke. FOURTH ROW: W. Leathers, P. Nicholson, E. Rogers Jr., O. Runchel, R. Coffee, M. McChesney, J. Butts, C. Kale, H. White, J. Evans, N. Sallin, D. Deville, A. Ackerman, H. Stedham, W. Godlin, M. Brackman, E. Goen- hout Jr., J. Dolman, H. Heinl. FIFTH ROW: V. Hapka, H. Hamilton, W. Doniwicz, E. Prince, M. Steines, M. Braybon, L. Eaton, J. Fusco, J. Jackson Jr., E. Borowicz, J. Causey, M. Voivedich, W. Richards, P. Gula, A.. Hebert, F. Pignata, R. Smith, G. Riston, G. Meyer, W. Kiriakidis. SIXTH ROW: J. Hooten, R. Holeman, W. Earle, J. Melton, W. Pryor, D. Boger, J. McBee, W. Dowell, B. Plunkett, H. Nich- olson, A. Luensman, M. Speinger, W. Davis, H. Johnson, D. Smerk, R. Haines, G. Panter, J. Polston, T. Stanford, J. Stanford, H. Bremer. SEVENTH ROW: J. Pawkonion, E. Steiner, L. Harbert, L. Hansen, E. Todrequez, G. Humphries, G. Bromwell, M. Respole, H. Brewer, L. Dennis, E. Wingerter, R. Hammons, C. Hoffman, S. Staranowicz, J. Gentile, E. Overla, G. Nordhouse, L. Deluna, C. Elliott, R. Loch- ner, W. Schuler Jr. MEN NOT IN PICTURE: H. Etheridge, F. Graves, R. Smith. SEVENTH DIVISION - . ' ' , , I. Garcia, C. Garner, W. McGee, J. Tewell, R. Serna, H. Perry, W. Harsin, :AOP ROW lLef'H ' Vghg',,f's?'ff'n,gol:Q,,:el?a2Q,eliimllisso. Mather, w. Johnson, v. Marcum, R. Grohs. sEcoNo now: R. Raonehober, V..Cl-lE1g:n,R. .BioTg:3,D..WZHacel. D' Gotfneg, J. Frisbey, G. Hull, D. Pennebecker, W. Smith, M. Daruda, F. McGeorge,v5. llillen, P Green, W. Loggans R. Hill, E. Bodnar, T. Autry. THIRD ROW: W. Harris, S. Hetman,.R. Flores, L.. Joiner, D.. Johnson. A. Inc esaeh . , h ' R Gonzales D, Phillips, J. Sikora, A. Hendershot, A. Bentkowskl, G. Hendricks, T. Gust, A. Gonzales. FOU T 'li Sommers' ll. Clem cw, l W 'H r S Wald L Hays G. Sorensen, E. Harmon Jr., H. Harklns, R. Burch, E. Kilgos, H. Hlnson, ROW: 5' So 9 So ' T' Molheny' 'F Kei, ,' M Ghnenez Ji., K. smith, C. Enrfekin, H. Foster. FIFTH ROW: J. Prince, R. Camp, R. EinIL-lolie,TillaelllchliAonW:l'dellllelr.lzellllff:alhI Cgbsliarl R. Anderson, A. Plantiko, J. East, L. Bradley, D. South, P. A6luhlinpEoh, l-Mcsgan, 1- 1- .',.ane,ns.,.uert, D. CaseY, E. Newton. smmo-LAST now. R. HaY, J. HardYf H. Qcllcwoy. N.JohndfowfL3-F'a9USIfdl'Jr.lll91l. iampbeu Jr., C. Hanson, C Mqrtz A Geluso I. Moore, H. Galllvan. MEN NOT IN PICTURE. J. Geleta, C. Carr, SFO H. Head. ,,,, ,,...,. 5. .V ,:-,ii:.,3.AA, T F ,V ig- - ,.?iH:f:,:.-3, -fx mtg-i M gs- A ,T V, K - .fe '1 2 - -5 ,ew ,, ge.. f,.gf-1 FIRST ROW J. Bates 'Jr., J. Lunsford, T. Blanscott, H. Hubbard, E. McGuire. S. Galbavy, V . EIGHTH DIVISION I Lleft to rightlz D. Ruckman, W. Salaun, E. Havener, K. Umatum, W. Giger, A. Curry, F. Yaeger, R. Gustafson, Lt. Iigl, Lt., G. Woodard, W. Richardson, L. Orlando, J. Jones, F. Herron, A. Delorme. SECOND ROW: W. Stirrat, W. Williams, H. Peterson, L. Stodden, F. Raymond, R. Cordell, G. Matney, R. Justus, H. Hicks, A. Rivera, J. Woiewadka, J. Hudgens, E. Davis, R. Guibault. THIRD ROW: F. Jausan, D. Smith, H. Hamilton, R. Wall, R. Russio, P. Barone, A. Haskins, R. Mortin, F. Hunnicutt, F. Sebastian, R. Koperski, R. TenBraak, J. Scanlan, M. Iannotti, T. Hura, W. Miller, C. Rakow, T. La Scala, FOURTH ROW: E. Hanes, I. Showers, W. Rose, W. Widman, J. Rubio, C. Miller, T. Pope, C. Daniels, A. Cayton, G. Mickey, J. Askew, E. Hrebic, W. Mooney, L. Willock, R. Matthews, C. Metz. FIFTH ROW: M. Platt, E. Baughman, J. Jackson, C. Payne, . Rowley, J. Slama, AR. Martin, W. Murdock, H. Sandin, C.-Prater,V. Robertson, A. Konsow, R. Sinhui, G. Martin, M. Sheldon, J. Ar- ringdale, L. Scott, C. Shaffer. SIXTH ROW: W. Shirley, L. Stephens, R. Huston, F. 'Giambalvo, P. Jackson, J. Ray, A. McKeehan, R. Fischer, E. Burke, A. Johnson, H. McClain, E. Joiner, W. Keech, D. Sladek, R. Jankins, C. Huff, V. Willey, J. Berryhill, L. Heath, S. Mamp P. Lynch. NOT IN PICTURE: A. Hug. NINTH DIVISION . ' FIRST ROW Ileft to rightls W. Martin, Jr., R. Guis, G. Hefner, C. Hall, W. Hutchings, H. Hickey R. Lennep A Wilson E Amez uifg r. Burney, c. scibq, w. Lqriviere, ousfuce, I. sifdsong, F. Kunz, D. Taylor. SECOND ROW: J. Kibble A ,KitEe J Romllilt F qzifk M. Butts, E. Sokolosky E. Wiebe C. Spencer H Glindeman Jr Eng . R Hill U J Kin ' . ' ' . I I I . 1 f -I -1 - , .1 . Q, C. C I I N, I A' L I l M. Ratlrff, C. llames. THIRD ROW: E. Stelnhebel, W. Kowinski, G. Patelzik, M. Peterson, J. Kiggflgs, Kniexlnilf R. Pcnliggggni P, 223333, K. Leaf, C. Pugh, J. Steimel, J. Ketchum, R. Kirk, B. Maha, R. Musquiz, R. Myers, W. Stewart B. Nelson FOURTH ROW: L, P J , J. Shoub, J. Bolfeta, G. Serios, V. Proffer, J. Kennedy, R. Carrico, J. Kubic, M. Cockerham, IM. Raffanelli M Carr R. fer dll. LC. Korn, R. DoxnkSmp,hD. Lamphear, L. Proaps, D. Neilson, E. Hughes. FIFTH ROW: M. Skinner R Roberts' P llfnipsleinl J CC-allalltlanl . t I ' I . I . . . ' '. I ' 1 - I A. on 'Inez U09 e'lY W Creech H Bender, H. Silvers, L. Cook Jr., N. Santanlello, M. Kalclc, H Upchurch, C. Short, A. Blair, Funchion, H. Ford, O. Meyer, J. Borgard: MEN NOT IN PICTURE: E. Crai , F. Krause E L ' H P k. R 9 , GWIS, ar er, . Dodge, P. Skaggs. I I i E TENTH DIVISION FIRST ROW Ileft to rightlz L. Miller, K. Kirk, R. Grove, B. Best, C. Goodwin Jr., W. Graham, A. Berthiaume, C. Beckham, Ens., E. Sulli- van, Ens., R. Thiess, K. Held, L. Tallman, A. Fischer, G. Bandzak, L. Tidwell, H. Shetler. SECOND ROW: J. Mitchell, S. Wagers, L. Hemann, T. Lynn, H. Driskell, T. Sarver, H. McBee, H. Avant Jr., D. Benson, M. Reece, J. Larkin, H. Smith, K. Lemaster, D. Scott, B. Burke, A. Lough, T. Lilly, L. Lester, R. Hankins, D. Lischka. THIRD ROW: J. Albertson, J. Keith, T.Grzebiniowski, P. Gallegos, E. Jones, C. Estes, G. Broome, F. Swanson, B. Hippler, R. Springer, J. Snyder, F. Lee, D. Cornele, F. Wood, J. Coon, S. Kalchick. FOURTH ROW: J. Head, F. McCoy, D. Hollingsworth, F. Scheidenberger, C. Chagnon, K. McGaughey, H. Vaught, W. Snyder, E. Milligan, E. Stoker, C. Michaelis, C. Messner, W. Sutton, B. Malone, H. Lykins, M. Colosia, J. McClenny. FIFTH ROW: V. Horak, J. 'Danheiser, A. Angelo, J. Sweatmon, D. Cruz, A. Hunter, G. Kimble, C. McGeorge, J. Chaney, F. Leak, R. Merfeld, W. Molstad, H. Livengood, J. Greer, R. Salas, W. Reiss, L. Stack, F. Matthews, M. Moore. MEN NOT IN PICTURE: I. Jones, C. Salvini, L. Blanchetti, E. Lewis, J. Kehoe, C. Raymond, JJ Lucas, -C. Lewis. ELEVENTH mvlsloN, MIARINE DETACHMENT K k R McFarlane W Buice A Estridge J Evangelist Jr. SECOND ROW lsittingl: G. McAtee KNEEIJNG Nei' 'O 'ighni B'EJa,L4m'ii',I'HecAlhQn A Ming, Ef Ryani ef Hoyle, iz. Pace, J. Lesick, Maier, B. McClelland Jr., 151. Lf. H' Glbbonsl E' Thompson' i U et, L. Har er Jr. R. Griffiths, J. Rupkey, W.Hubard. THIRD ROW Icrouchingl: R. Hensiek, N. Mclean W' Beard' J' Swanson' P' Ccmmam 0' bl p F Kozak Jr G Morton Jr., J. Broderick, V. Kobel, J. Cunningham, A. Wohlers, A E' Rupprechi' R' Green' E' Thompson' E. son' IN' ' C Rig.ney W Troutman Jr D Walker J. Kreichi, D. Carter, R. Strongman Stratton P. Isham. FOURTH ROW lstandingl: A. leml, - 1 - ' ' . R H J - h .d I , ' , . . . d, R. O'D , F. F rmer. FIFTH ROW Ion benchll. C. o yson, . oc ea eer J. DAntoni,GWbDolY, C. Frisbie, R. Maa9, Potts,.D Woo GY U h C. V n Hom, N' offenberg' H' Ulsundl J- Hin M. Bailey, . ' B. Lavey, L. Anderson, W. Thayer, C- Snow' Rourke C. Hartley, W. Smith, E. Linton, E. Graves, J. Bresna an, G A :fszelef :cm :fs ' ' ..- 155-V-S'5f' 'ffl :f: ' 'A 'MP V J A' . A DIVISION Q I . - V :.Pl ,R.G'Ibt, FIRST ROW lleft to rightlz W. Presley, C. Koczwara, R. Staehr, J. Colllns, M. Henlg, N. Zlser. SECOND ROW R a mer I ef . ' ' E Prillhart l.. Guice. THIRD - , h , E .7 A. WI , Lt., H. Moore, Ch. Mach., V. Rasor, H- l-G l-lbeffy, - 1. . EbllslggnslgsrlletF.Ol:lelCcl:DZr,Fl--TKSSGJIFT llnliellogg, h:.ollhelps, R. Scott, J. Meadows, A. McMillan, H. Newson, D. Longtm, A. M-Iosstut, Edmonds S Kulch. FOURTH ROW: G. Gladwell, H. Skutle, R. Moddux, M. Huffstutler, G. Baskett, N. Seaman, V. Hurley, D. yd , - Houdley, D., Kennedy, O, Myers, M. Minsterman, R. White. , ' AHF DIVISION FIRST ROW lleft to rightlz O. Coward, D. Hutchings, E. Bergstrom, E. Rufo, J. Hartman, L. Rasor, T. McGuire, T. O'Brien, B. Fair, F. Shakleton, R. Connors. SECOND ROW: E. Hilgeford, E. Bear, C. Thorstenson, R. Kuszynski, W. Kute, R. Wray, E. Geoffrion, W. Wiltse, J. Keith, R. Heil, R. Sinibaldi, A. -Van Ekeren. THIRD ROW: R. Raque, A. Schreck, J. Daniels, P. Yushak, R. Fordyce, W. Gunderson, W. Brittin, C. Dwiggins, J. Anderson, A. Bertoni, M. Bogovich, B. Sorrels. FOURTH ROW: P. Johnson, H. Phillips, W. Bonneau, R. Dawson, W. Sharkey, T. Jones, R. Soper, A. Terranova, E. Ustaszewski, G. Spencer, E. Wagner, G. Prytz, G. DeNoma. MEN NOT IN THE PICTURES: P. Jorgenson, D. Kerr. B DIVISION FIRST ROW lkneeling, left to rightl: C. Pettey, R. Hillard, E. Baughman, G. Abbott Jr., R. Smith Jr., L. Baxter, R. Jennings, R. Anstett. SECOND ROW: C. Brown, E. Schlenz, L. Burleigh, E. Lorenzen, J. Hamerstadt, Lt., R. Wason Ill, Ens., R. Montalvo, Ch. Mach.: P. Ander- son, C. Gray, H. Kracher Jr., G. Martin. THIRD ROW: M. McKenzie, l. Strohm, A. Moya, O. Cook, O. Fugler, E. Davis, C. Duke, J. Martin, L. Jones, F. Bremen Jr., E. Mainiero. FOURTH ROW: V. Grossnick, C. Hall, J. McCarty, D. Brooks, K. Erickson, F. Vogel, R. Fast, J. Chitwood, E. Hicks, C. Leist, R. Landrum, E. Ball, D. Dyer. FIFTH ROW: D. Westfall, C. Wheeler, L. Faleo, H. Bonnet, W. Sides, C. Williams, A. Marlett, J. Case, W. Warnick, D. Hardman, W. Walden, F. Williams, D. Hough. B DIVISION 4 t J Maxe J M Hansen SECOND ROW' R Warner, . , . - fl , F., . . . . FRONT ROW nel' 'O 9l l.: A' Sedo' A' ,S'ag:Lz.C.ll,l' Egfr Sr1.CT2l::e3, R. Wheelell, C. Thomas, J. wesrheud, c. Parker. THIRD ROW: J. Burkholder Jr., W..WallTn, K. Jenselir, C. Alexcgndgr R Hljghesl W' Chowoniec, P. McGuire, J' Talbot F- White, D. Hubble, M' C. Andrews, R. Templln, R. Tomaszews T, . H K ekgn . H Roper W. Robinson, J. Smart, T. Parris, H. Houston, J. Rinehart J. Brown, McGraw, F. Bryant. FOURTH now: C. Ellmersr .S U er,J .Church, B. Gaston, J' Puz' D. Fuller' W. Williams, O' Sloan' D. Anspuch' R' Alspofh' C' Hanson' J' B '9': FIFTH ROW: A' penCn'NiEN NOT IN THE PICTURES: L. Mrcursey, E. Barnhouse, J. Fisher, J. Burkle E. Bourgue, L. Schliebe, V. Graham, M. Sekely, T. Benne R. Minishielle, A. Davis, D. Bowles- .12-1. i7? 'h:e-2?f1ft?'sv-fp -- ,,--E-1 -1... e gr.. if T1 -L---:S - eff' ' 'ff S CR DIVISION H FRONT ROW Lleft to rightl: V. Pogorzelski, R. Pate, JL McDavid, R. Jones, C. Granger, K. Hudson, J. Hunter, F. Bell, S. Asch, J. Apple- gate. SECOND ROW: D. Cutler, S. Craft, R. Overstreet, Ens., E. Lacey Jr., Ens., R. Le Rouax, Ens., H. Braselton, Lt., J. Ducey, Lt., R. Flynn, Lt. Comdr., F. Massey, Lt., A. Brunke, Lt. Iigflg H. Gibbons, Ens., E. Sands, Ens., J. Bryan Jr., Ens., C. Bradford, CRE, K. Styner. THIRD ROW: W. Ready Jr., A. Manning, W. Browne, C. Pennebaker, B. McDonnell, M. Lewis, J. Huston, J. Maness, F. Moreland, W. Ellis, F. Long, D. Langley, C. Chavez, R. Crafts, G. Rossi, L. Lambrou. FOURTH ROW: W. Strawn, R. Brunton, D. Heilig, M. Martin, W. Wilt Jr., W. Dudack, R. McQuelIon, K. Anderson, R. Stark, R. Hartwell, L. Stone, P. Lemak, J. Koczko, C. Polley, J. Meehan, R. Riegel, A. Murphy, D. Bergen. FIFTH ROW: E. Holohan, R. Goodyear, J. Miller, D. Lais, E. Hernandez Jr., G. Baker, E. Morvay, R. Montgomery, L. Houck, P. Mudd, R. Maihor, L. Lyon, R. Clinton, P. O'Connell, C. Miller Jr., R. Skellenger, G. McKibbin. C cs DIVISION I FIRST ROW lfleft to rightflz W. Smith, W. Boldt, C. Berk, J. Hartman, G, Hollenbeck, L, Afen Hallock Y Mcuch SECOND ROW L. Rasmussen, J. Lafley, R. Eurich, D. Campbell, C. O'Donnell E Dol h k H M ll I I L ' c.-l-llller, L. Reilly, P. Russell, N. Karlovich, J. Snyder lf., Ens.p R. Liles, lfnligll R,.Flynunnsi1,eeo:,Va,-Qcaeglonseagggpellzlelg. T'f EDGRoW: slnp S Clk., s. Williams, A. Brignac Jr., M. Whiting, D. Nelson. Founm ROW: R. Holtz 'D. Steck F' Sallad Jr w' L' kIlg1lA 'snrclveel' R. Dexfeyz Holbxxaolg, P. Nord, R. Suarez, D. Dupre, A. Tuck, R. Prowse, K. Davis, D. Ellnore FIFTI-I pgw. WY Gcggdwin OE -I-izgyelz V UFEILI1 Z I ' 1 - . 1 - I , . ' f I I ' ' ' ' ' - Sinn B. roveifsen J' Fosenlsitlne L Mlller C Holley Jr., E. Lord,.O.Smlth, C. Perdun, A.Solomon, C. Buchanan, D. Muir, J. Bravo, A,John- 1 , , T. M . R. cioenigelllgmilollidgaoyo om ussatto NOT IN PICTURE. W. Bruce, Lloyd, M. Bogovlch, N. Worley, W. Schaefer, D. Hootman I iff Division ':R5BTelEE7Slz aleflgagdlflrltf1SrEgbLg:fLe6,WH.Bwlwliieheadi: Ri SnellEMk Nunes, c. Conlon, D. Kirkpatrick, L. Tun, R. Boker, E. szrom J. whale - , - . u : . ernon, . onte, . abalkin, A. St t , H. R I d E. ' ' . ' C. Jones, H. Woodruff, W. Muchon, R. Johnston, J. Owens, H. Veith, D. Molter. TI-IIIRLIJIGRIOW: 132.32 L.GBl2:boendHJrVlly,ZhoklsIk?erR JV-. G- Smith l-VOIIICIK J Allen Ens - J Lyons S Moody Ens L Williams Lt V Scharn Ch ' , ' , . , ., . , . , .z . , .3 . , . Elec., J. Knisley, R. Snodengoa d, H. R II, L. Potter, F. Smith, Kreach. FOURTH ROW: C. Thompson, R. Karr, L. Zimmel, C. Sullivan, C. Fontenot, H. Trombley, H. Vdrner, AIISREU, J. Joyce, D. Judy, W. Walton, B. Crain, M. Wolverton, W. Wroe, G. Garcia, L. Tatum, W. Wagner. FIFTH ROW: F Sommers M Barkan, C. Spence P..Wise C Needs H Deuel R Swanson T PQQI P pegre 1' 1-une H W ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' I - 1 - , . , . alker, L. K h, C. F 'h' b R. Bryant, L. Van Grasse, A. Sallee, R. Frost, C. Powell, R. Brantley. SIXTH ROW: A. Yankoski, P. McMahon, E?CMarbour3sINILIgHg3Z:, L. Strassel J. Hamilton C. Shira J Sheddon J Tippery R Staebler W West J Van W ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' . I - , - , . , . yk, W. Roman, N. W Ie , J, R I I V, W'll d M. Watson, J. Reardon, R. Till, F. Priest, C. Palmer. MEN NOT IN PICTURE: J. Hacker, H. Jackson, I. Kaplan.' Y 'gg e I or I I F D VISION FIRST ROW lleft to rightlz C. McDonald, C. Reed, Lt., R. Weaver, Lt., E. Melvin, Lt.: S. Neary, Lt. ligjg P. French, Lt. liglp L. Brawner, Ens., W. Fitts, Ens.: J. Gazdik, Lt. liglp W. Cox, Ens.: W. Carter, Ens., H. Lantelme, H. Weiselman, N. Miesse, A. Lakey Jr. SECOND ROW: E. Monaghan, A. Tweedy, K. Vick, E. Swartz, J. Boyle, H. Noesges, J. Snock, D. Maderich, J. Solomon Jr., J. Mysen, R. Bell, A. Zwirn, L. Heisinger, J. Nikirk, R. Perry, E. Lea, M. Towe, B. Conlon. THIRD ROW: C. Vorwaller, C. Johnson, C. Hubbard, J. May, D. Willadsen, H. McCIenahan, L. Williams, E. Johnson, H. Deck, J. Dennis, E. Cooksey, T. Castagnola, J. Wilding, J. Kolomaznik, G. Bianchi, D. Stephenson, J. Gamble, D. Matovich, H. Aden, J. Holloway, J. Whitson, B. Martin, R. Keane, E. Conrad, W. Erhardt. FOURTH ROW: J. Chumbly, R. Tessin, E. Hyche, O. Mayes, A. Hansvick, W. Campbell, H. Loiler, D. Heide, P. Kanat, G. Krotzer, J. Hall, R.Hills, A. Meredith, L. DiCicco, G. Gunther, R. Groover, J. Jones, C. Redlin, R. Russell, S. Rephlo, H. Leeberg, R. Montgomery, R. Car- mack, W. McAdams, B. Purcell, W. Alban. FIFTH ROW: R. Anderson, R. Lashbrook, B. Jones, V. Kindy, R. Carson, T. McGraw, J. Witte, F. Duncan, R. Lakin, R. Braun, H. Lawton, R. Denham, C. Weimer, N. Markoski, G. Burt Jr., C. McCoy, J. Woods, T. Moffatt, S. McClure, J. McGary, E. Joiner, M. Lacher. SIXTH ROW: R. Gunnels, K. Malenfant, C. Blackburn Jr., G. Goetz, J. Smith, R. Pickton, F. Blakely, R. Anderson, C. lsack, A. Cenis, O. Mall, A. Madaus, B. Taylor, R. Nelson, W. Amtmann, L. Bourque, R. Morgan, P. Kremlacek, C. Fuller, J. Jared, R. Cooke, H. Reed Jr., W. Boughall Jr., J. Sellers. SEVENTH ROW: R. Cheslick, R. Graham, Mike Jablonski, G. Collins, D. Solt, B. Groves, L. Pepper, O. Bacott, M. Makay, H. Herbers, J. Jackson, C. Graham, B. Hendrix, W. Krygel, G. Tatum, J. Thomas Jr., D. May- R ' J. Phillips, J. Quinn, A. Hubert, S. Werry, G. McFarland. MEN NOT IN PICTURE: horn, H. Johnson, J. Lewis, R. Melear, E. amurez, J. Dillard, G. Kesler. g H nlvlsloN FIRST Row lfleft to rightlz J. Johnstone, W. Hendricks, N. Grosz, H. Noble Jr., H. Gifford, C. Braehler, L. Porl?HS:gO:lgvJl.O-YV:gi-nifmggf R. Daft, Lt., E. Forsley, Lt. Comdr., J. Foertner, Comdr., A. Grant, Lt. Comdr., A. Sheeran, Lt., B. Meyers. A G bl? Madden, J. Rothstein, T. Steele, L. Gilbert, H. Gaedtke, F. Jordon, G. Nelson, W. Cooper. FOURTH ROW: A. Bonomo, - Um f - f W. Lee, L. Henning Jr., C. Fry Jr., A. Wellen, C. Fiqquett. NOT IN PICTURE: M. Beaver. I DIVISION FRONT ROW Ileft to rightlz J. Juneau, G. Nelson, C. Foreman, F. Huntington. SECOND ROW: J. Kulp, R. Beck, R. Becker R Janzow Lt.'Comdr.p c. Desonr, Lf. liglp D. Cooke, Lt., c. Ahlgrimm, Li. Comdr.7 w. Martin, Ens., J. lnoiek, Ens.p . Plato, N. West, C. Fields, H. Johnson Jr., W. Lachenmyer. THIRD ROW: K. Johnson, M. Buckner, W. Murray W. Homer, J. Bromley, O. LcaPIant, Lt. liglp C , E. Jansak, D. Hollister , L. Janes, K. Maas, P. Moller, J. Mus, H. McKenzie Jr., J. James, W. Burd, W. Weddersten, H. Herman. FOURTH ROW: T. Komaniak, C. Fogarty Jr., F. Evans, V. Dunn,'J. Blackmer, T. Haney, M. Gran, J. Maryanow, M. Bilocki A Hess A Hart J. Muir, J. Hurley, FIFTH Row. L. Guthrie, s. rox, A. Kantner, J. Johannes, L. Kinney, E. oofofoio, wfsfepneno P. Beliveau, S. Parrish, F. McKenna, J. Durkln, A. Hlslop, M. Northcutt, J. McDonald, B. Baker, R. McKne!ly, R. McCorkIe, R. Ferguson R. Giglio. I I I W. Manson, M. Levine, , L DIVISION FRONT ROW Ileft to rightl' E Krzyaniak R Anderso J B ' - ' ' ' ' I - , J. M , ' - :.:z.C..2sc's. ls. -2:15 ROW: R' 1- T. .. .::aef.C.':.:::::f.' A. 2- fa:::::.: C. :- : , ' ie ds, B. Hum, K' Bergsma, W. B k I R. B , I - , . . , . , . ing, . arnes. F. Davis, M. secmold, M. Maichrmk. ' mo S evendge' M' G de's ' L U9-lf H- MCCGHHYI lf- Iigl. H. Allen, W.. M DIVISION Il R J h n FIRST ROW' T Hanrahan D Gabbard T Boyd, C. Horton, J. Parker, W. SEATED IN FRONT Ileft Io rightlz R. Kidwe , . o nso . . . , . , . Yosl, T. Gemmill, S. Laico, B. Strandslra, H. Heyer, M. McCormick, J. Balcerski, C. Horschmann, J. Snyder, R. Dever, F. Pavese, C. Morris. SECOND ROW: G. Kelley, S. Sprinkle, R. LeDrew, R. Vannberg, C. Chipules, W. Bailey, A. Fickel, G. Hershey, Ens., A. Cohen, Ll., J. Sproul, Ens., E. Kieffer, Mach., A. Kane, L. Andersen, R. While, R. Glenn, R. Edwards, R. Meek, A. Bulovich, R. Anderson. THIRD ROW: R. Pryor, M. Schwarlz, A. Krause, F. McKennon, R. McClain, K. Beliakoff, G. McDonald, R. Dorsey, M. Nickols Jr., M. Furlan, J. Kepharl, D. Schone, E. Solis, J. Gullell, A. Golembiewski, E. Hansen, M. Lietzke, H. Groves, E. Gorenc. FOURTH ROW: J. Kroposhinsky, ' ' H. Kooiker, .R. Stulce, L. Johnson, R. Wrycza, G. Hursl, H. Barber, G. Cowan, A. Murray, E. Lloyd, W. Whitley, A. Slrang, O. Simmons, N. Pyle, E. Howden, J. Whitley, R. Cain, G. Barnelte, L. Krzywdzinski, R. Anderson. 'wx ' N DIVISION FRONT ROW Ileft to rightlz R. Carnahan, M. Ganitch, C. Smith. SECOND ROW: J. Cummings, Ens., R. Hayes, lf. H917 J- Eicher, U- Comdr. THIRD ROW: G. Szymanski, J. Holschuh, R. Taylor, W. Gettig, V Brundell, D. Rakel, E. Davis. BACK ROW: D. Remick Jr., J. Purvis W. Cassell, J. Hughes, E. Williamson, R. Comstock, W. McKechnie, D.'Davis, H. Palmer. A R DIVISION FIRST ROW Ileft to rightl- J Shields P Gormle A McDo Id A P J . . , . y, . na , . anzer, . Halbach, C. Watts Jr., G. Miller, C. Richen, C. O'Hair, R. N I ' - ' ' eson, R. Keller, F. Prevost, W. Kirgan. SECOND ROW. H. Josephson, W. Cunningham, R King J Dennis Jr P Kaelin R Ezell A. Rider, w. Hin, Lt. liglg w. sfddr Jr., Comdr., E. Hdwdrd, Li. Comdr., H. Glidden, Lt., A..Priebd, R. cdmmdnddr, j. wesf,'J. rrdnkef M. Merritt, R. Jefferies, C. Hulse. THIRD ROW: B. Kuhlmann, J. N I F. M ' A age, anmng, J. Buckley, J. Hughes, W. Hegglund, R. Perez, , E. Peterson, S. Fontenot, C. Kitzman, H. Egger, B. Bohner, F. Brooks. , L. Hamm, R. Williams, C. Crites Jr., A. Kubica Jr., J. Keane E M. Becknell, E. Davis, J. Byrne, W. Squibb, A. Mischnick, C. Lehman FOURTH ROW: D. Bundy, T. Maki, H. Hodges, J. Martinez, M. Miller Rigaud, M. Jones, W. Maki, M. McCarty, J. Sawyer, R. Maechler I r T. Compton, H. Morten. FIFTH ROW: M. Garfin Jr., C. Kirby, J. Huck R. Vaught, J. Neese, W. Hazel, F. Conley, D. Younker, F. Martinac ' , W. Mabe, C. Tiets, J. Tershowski, E. Cook, E. Goodnight, C. Diehl Jr., V. Romano, E. Early, J. McCarthy, M. Rea, C. Frederickson, F. Hicks, W. Liggett. E l I l it l l 1, I l xl E 5 R DIVISION ' FIRST ROW Ileft to rightl: M. Girard, W. Anderson, W. West, L. Fortner, C. Warner, H. Goff Jr., K. Munro. SECOND ROW: H. Rotter, W. McCarthy, C. Parlato, A. Lindburg, F. Frierson, F. Smith, IH. Braend, R. Stokes Jr., J. Markham, J. Kasper, L. Hello, D. Fraser, A. Hood Jr., R. Berglund. THIRD ROW: D.'FoIey, M. Bruns, A. Rider, R. Miller, R. Smith, M. Duckett, Ch. Bos'n.p J. Carson, Ens., R. Haldeman, Lt. Ugly W. Stock Jr., Comdr.7 W. Gage Jr., Lt., J. Mills Jr., Ens., R. Bertram,Ch. Carp., R. Thomas, J. O'DelI, L. Brabenec, H. Gray, P. Pence. FOURTH ROW: K. Wyatt, P. Miller, L. Wharton, Rh. Webb, W. Enholm, M.Twining, S. Woodworth, T. Martin, E. Gates, J. Mace, R. Perry, C. Ellis, H. Green, S. Sandell, D. Medernach, R. Cushman Jr., J. Berry Jr., H.Wright. FIFTH ROW: J.Warren, R. Hopping, C. Snay, R. Hyde, A. Schutte, J. Kantrowitz, L. Rozwens, J. Barr, H. Garcia, W. Singleton, R. Hoff, F. Krings, J. Lipsey, B. Murrillo, R. Aymen, W. Struble, F. Emmick. Q s T, I . , I I l I I uf, 55 ft '45 Wi f. 41 -15 , . Z l 7, .., ....-..1l- R DIVISION Bt,H.G ,R.P ,S- FIRST ROW Ileft to rightlz J. Kantrowitz, R. Stokes Jr., R' Cushman Jr C- Purlpto, R. Webb, R. Hoff,F ran L. Brlesgnecl Jiefxacel Woodworth. L. Wharton, P. Mi R. Aymen, W. Enholm, E.Gc1teS,M-TWinf f19- ner. sEcoND ROW: J. Markham, K. Wyatt, A- Unbefg' J- Woffen' D' me ' S DIVISION FIRST ROW Ileft to rightlz R. Lux, J. Snyder, H. Delzell, S. Chemmerhorn, R. Poehner, C. Daniel, S. Jones, F. Duke, R. Grove, W.WessIey. G. Esparza, A. Walker, G. Ledlow, J. James. SECOND ROW: H. Simpson, W. Johnson, F. Watson, C. Cantrell Jr., S. McBride, L. Hickman, S. Atchinakian, C. Johnson, M. Lustre, O. Page, P. Hernandez, M. Heintz, R. Mingus, P. Knuth, R. Gottschalk, F. Graham. THIRD ROW: E. Cook, H. Watson, J. Maniki, L. Kogut, R. Miller, R. Jefferies, J. Hesson, E. Flowers, Lt. liglg R. Harris Jr., Lt. Comdr., E. Standish, Lt. Comdr., T. Scroggins, CPC, R.Wedin, Ens., F. Hall, C.Werkhoven, R. Pearcey, M. Fox, R. Swanson. FOURTH ROW: J. Gowing, M. Kowal, W. Phillips, C. Leach Jr., C. Hellein Jr., H. Canary, G. Graf, Jr., R. Lee, D. Newberry, G. Matlak, D. Cress, O. Sternberg, R. Stokes, K. Kilgore, N. Downey, A. Hawrylak, R. Homfeldt. FIFTH ROW: M. Gerberich, E. Karberg, R. Gross, R. Hines, D. Longardner, H. Jen- nings, M. Riggins, H. Botamer, J. Lilledahl, G. Leahy, B. Vesely, E. Lillmars, L. Berry, J. Moller, J. Forman, F. Stark, S. Warner. SIXTH ROW: T. Dukate, M. Huggins, F. Sanburn, H. Black, L. Jennings, J. Aiello, H. Fisher, B. Ford, J. Bryant, R. Eland, L. Wellman, J. Brattain, D. Lilly, J. Willard, F. Rosales, C. Lawley, V. Stewart, J. Caballero. NOT IN PICTURE: W. Jacobs, R. Austelle, A. Patterson, D. Hardy, W. Martin, N. Green, G. Downer, E. Hoy, M. Waite, E. Volkman. 4 , I Su DIVISION F'R5T.R0W Neff tv fI9I1I11 J- OIIVGY, W- YOUHQ. G- Raymond, A. Taylor, L. Johnson, L. Washington, C. Jackson, O. Clyatt, G. Shaw E. Wright, R. Charity, J. Pitts. SECOND ROW: H. Cooper, H. Hunter, D. Simmons, S. Smith, E. Powell, R. Harris Lt Comdr - K Jones L. Purnell, A. Sarpy, R. Gordon, J. Bonner. THIRD ROW: P. Owens .I . -J. Minor, A. Logan, E. Garner. , , M. Thomas, E. Slack, L. Williamson, C. Wyatt, E. Moore, W. Reed I I I V DIVISION ' FRONT ROW Ileft to rightlz J. McLaughlin, B. Lott, C. Matheny, J. Serr, R. Shaw. MIDDLE ROW: E. Barszez, J. Wilson, E. Dean, P. Nick- laus, J. Mathson, M. Foster. LAST ROW: J. Orr, A. McBee, T. Leverton, G. Gossman, LI. ligflp P. Ogle, Ens., O. Kelenski, J. Walls. M. A. A. - - . A. G ff, FIRST ROW Ileft to righflz C. F. Warner, C. L. Gamor, K. A. Munro. SECOND ROW. W. J. West, R 0 M. E. Girard, E. B. Mason, W. C. Anderson. NOT IN PHOTOGRAPH: L. C. Fortner. 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