Pennsylvania (BB 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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' 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