Pennsylvania (BB 38) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1946

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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.

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'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.



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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.

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