Pennsylvania (BB 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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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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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