Pennsylvania (BB 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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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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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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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.