Pennsylvania (BB 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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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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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.