Richmond (CL 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE ALEUTIANS Dutch Harbor to Ahu The Aleutians-home of theiwilliwaw, fog, sleet and coldg A grim, drear Weather-front of the World. Another round of bearings. Quarter- Unalaska, metropolis of the Aleutians masters are Nauta and Purrington. boasts this beet-spired Russian church 3 1 n ' ian-,Mi-1: ,?m- WW1... Y-fxfv, . ., Wow -k,,,,m,, .Q

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by .' 1-sf, a This book was prepared by the ship's company from material furnished by all hands. A copy was presented to- every member of the shipfs crew. Printed at Philadelphia by ALLEN, LANE 81 ScoTT December 1945

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tilifwii S a 'I . ' 1 The Aleutians Campaign Things looked as black as a storm cloud in the Aleutians when the Richmond first went North in early 1943. The Japs were dug in at Kiska and Attu and were threat- ening elsewhere. I Strikes at Kiska Qtop picturej and Attu Chottomj followed by the invasion of first the latter island, then the former, hammered the Japs back to the Kuriles. These victories put the Japanese at their starting point in the North. Chief naval engagement of the Aleutian campaign was fought to the southeast of the Russian Komandorski Islands. Cruising in a scouting line, the American task force battled it out in one of the longest surface engage- ments of the war with a rather superior Japanese force attempting to supply Attu. During the engagement the Richmond was unhurt though frequently smothered in spray from Jap near-misses. The Salt Lake City was struck three times by enemy pro- jectiles and for a few moments, in the last phase of the battle, was dead in the water. In the next-to-bottom picture, American cans', make smoke to protect her while the Richmond stands by.