Rochester (CA 124) - Naval Cruise Book

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FIFTH FAR EAST CRUISE U.S.S. ROCHESTER FEBRUARY-AUGUST 1955 Tuesday, February 8 Departed Long Beach Monday, February I4 Arrived Pearl Harbor Monday, February Zl Departed Pearl Harbor Tuesday, February 24 Anchored oft Midway Friday, February 25 International Dateline Thursday, March 3 Arrived Yokosuka Saturday, March 5 Departed Yokosuka Monday, March 7 Arrived Keelung Saturday, March 12 Took on Admiral Pride Monday, March l4 Departed Keelung Wednesday, March l6 Arrived Subic Bay Friday, March ,'l8 y LeftfSubic, Arrived Manila Monday-, March 21 A 5' - Departed- Manila Wednegday, March 23 P 8 75, Arrived Keelung Friday, March 25 . Departed Keelung Monday, March 28 Arrived Yokosuka Thursday, April 7 Departed Yokosuka Saturday, April 9 Arrived Keelung Saturday, May 7 Shifted the Flag to EL DORADO Sunday, May 8 Departed Keelung Wednesday, May ll Joined TF77 Wednesday, May l8 Detached from TF77 Replenished at sea Saturday, May 2l Arrived Yokosuka Tuesday, May 3l Departed Yokosuka Thursday, June 2 Arrived Keelung Friday, June 3 Departed Keelung Enroute TF77 Saturday, June ll Arrived Keelung Picked up Boy Scouts Sunday, June l2 Arrived Okinawa, Swim Call Disembarked Boy Scouts Monday, June I3 Departed Okinawa Tuesday, June l4 Anchored Keelung for 3 Hours Underway for Hongkong Thursday, June 16 Arrived Hongkong Wednesday, June 22 Departed Hongkong Thursday, June 23 Anchored Keelung for 2 Hours Underway to join TF77 Saturday, July 2 Arrived Yokosuka Saturday, July 9 Departed Yokosuka Enroute to join TF77 Saturday, July 16 Arrived Keelung Tuesday, July 26 Departed Keelung Friday, July 29 Arrived Yokosuka Saturday, August 6 Departed Yokosuka Monday, August 22 Arrived Long Beach PRODUCTION AND LAYOUT Tom W. Mitchell PRINTERS Dai Nippon Printing Company In Review, the story of the RocHEsTER's fifth trip to the Far East, entered the planning stage when the ship arrived in Yokosuka on the 3rd of March. The editors of In Review have had two main objectives. These are to portray the day- to-day life of the 1300 officers and men that go to make up the crew of the ROCHESTER and to show a little of what the sailor sees when he sets foot ashore in the various foreign lands which the ship visited. The latter goal is a rather diffi- cult one to fulfill due to the rapid changes in schedule which were made necessary by the ship's changing committments. The ship did not vi-sit as many different places as she did the year before and as a conse- quence we had to devote more pages to shipboard life. After a lot of preliminary planning, the larger general articles to be included in the book were decided on. The next step was to draw up photo- graphy and writing assign- ments so that the two would fit together and complement each other. Then, after the pictures had been taken and the articles prepared,.the two were plotted on layout sheets and caption-s written. It was at this stage that the work was shifted from the ship to the printing company in Tokyo. At the printing company the book's interpreter translated all of the editors' instructions into Japanese before sending off large batches of copy, color and black-and-white photographs to linotypists, hand type fsetters and engravers. Special art- work and headlines were de- cided on in conferences with the printing company's artist. Soon all the component parts that go to make up a book started flowing back, at first just a few at a time but later in large quantities. Engraver's proofs were in- spected, copy corrected and sent back for another proof, color work checked and artist's draw- ings approved before being made into line cuts. The next step wa-s pasting up the master dummy. Each corrected line of type and every piece of artwork had to be pasted into place on the original full scale dummy to be sure that everything was the correct size and would fit in exactly the right place. As soon as each page of the master dummy ,Was pasted, checked and OKd it wa-s sent to the compositors who made-up the forms for printing, duplicating in lead and zinc and copper all that was on the pasted dummy. The actual printing of In Review took ten days while the timeiconsumed in making en- g1'HY1Hgs, setting type, making- UD 111110 pages and performing all the other work that has to be done before the presses can start turning was about a month.

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EDITORS Robert E. Morris I N R E V I E w Galen Cockel Tom W. Mitchell When all the pages had been printed they were transported to the bindery. The large printed sheets were folded to make pages, trimed evenly around the edges, gathered into the correct order, sewn and bound into the covers which had previously been given a coat of clear vinyl plastic. The completed books, after another inspection, were inserted into their individual cases, crated and then, the day before the ROCHESTER left Yokosuka for the return trip to Long Beach, delivered on board. The pro- cess of turning an accumulation of ideas into a finished, durable printed book was completed. The job of editing In Review was performed by three people, LTJG Robert E. Morris, LTJG Galen Gockel and Tom W. Mitchell. Most of the articles were written by Mr. Morris and Mr. Gockel. Layout was by Mitchell. LTJG J. C. Swilley contributed the article on Japan, LTJG C. E. Natter and ENS J. B. Dawson gave much aid in the preparation of the article on the Engineering Department. LTJG W. A. Jacobson wrote the article on the ET's. The black-and-white photo- graphs appearing in this book are in the main the work of Thomas J. Giddens and Tom Mitchell. A-ssisting Giddens in much of the lab work were Ray Cheely and Seymour Husserl. Ship's journalist John W. Mullin also helped out with photography as did Cooper, PH1, of the Seventh Fleet Staff, who is responsible for the cover photograph. Up in Tokyo the ship's re- presentative at the printing company was Tom Mitchell. Working under him was the book's interpreter, Mr. Masa- toshi Ueyama, upon whose efforts much of the success of this book is due. In addition to his function as a translator he also retyped copy, checked engravings, pasted up layout sheets and acted as general trouble shooter when anything went wrong. The representa- tive of DAI NIPPON Printing Company, at the time the con- tract was first drawn up and also in later negotiations was Mr. Koichi Yamada of the Business Department of DAI NIPPON. His assistant Mr. Juzo Sonehara handled the actual de- tails of coordination between type-setters, engravers, print- ers and other sections of the DAI NIPPON establishment. Art work, especially the draw- ings appearing in the Ship is a Small Town section, are the creation of Mr. Snsnmn Miya- zaki, consulting artist for DAI NIPPON. The editors of In Review sincerely hope that you will enjoy having this book as much as we have enjoyed preparing it for you. Firri-i FAR EAST CRUISE U.S.S. ROCHESTER FEBRUARY-AUGUST 1955 WHY WE CAME A short study in geo-politics gives emphasis to the reasons that have made necessary the concentration of American Sea Power in the Western Pacific. Ltig Robert E. Morris's article concerns the mission of the Rochester while she is a component of the Seventh Fleet. Highlights of the last ten years of history in the Far East from the files of Pacific Stars and Stripes. COMMAND Thumbnail biographies of the Commanding Officer and the Executive Officer and a composite photograph of the Rochest- er's Senior Officers. The Rochester was the flagship of Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride, Commander of the Seventh Fleet. FORMOSA An intimate look at the island stronghold of Chiang Kai-Shek, written by Ltig Galen Gockel and including three pages of color photographs. The crew of the Rochester is treated to a Chinese show on the fantail. A BOOT COMES ABOARD Over one third of the crew of the Rochester were iust out of boot camp when the ship left Long Beach. In Review fol- lows one of them during the process A visit to the young republic iust ten years after the liberation of Manila. 46 BOATSWAIN MATE'S DAY It starts at dawn, continues till dusk, for the oldest rating in the Navy. 49 COMMUNICATIONS Getting the Word takes many forms on a modern man-o-war. 54 How a Rochester father learns of the birth of his new daughter half a world away. 56 THE BIC PUNCH The reason for being of the Rochester lies in her guns. 58 SEA COINC MARINES The Marines add color to ceremonial oc- casions. 62 LAND OF THE RISING SUN Ltig L.C. Swilley's brief observations on Japan- the gaudiest bazaar since Baghdad -are supplemented with three pages in full color. 64 SAILORS FOR A DAY The Rochester plays host to 57 Boy Scouts. 7l A SHIP IS A SMALL TOWN A maior combatant vessel in today's Navy takes with it all the necessities, as well as some of the luxuries, found in the average small town. As the author points out, the main things still lacking are women. 73 of orientation. CETTINC UNDERWAY Men ,from every division on the ship make up the Special Sea Detail which is responsible for getting the Rochester safely in and out of port. WHAT MAKES THE ROCH CO How the Engineers use Steam to propel the Rochester wherever she is ordered. The iobs of the five divisions in the Engine- ering Department and the functions of Damage Control. Two pages in color photographed by Tom Giddens. 34 COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER In a dimly lit compartment close to the bottom of the ship, CIC keeps an unending radar vigil. PARADISE IN TECHNICOLOR 24 A WEEK IN HONCKONC A brief description by Tom Mitchell of the fabulous port which the Rochester visited in June. Rochester sailors go on a shopping spree. 84 81 28 AS You WERE X In Review presents o miscellaneous collection of color and black-and-white photographs. 87 OTHER DEPARTMENTS Quartermasters act as OOD secretaries, drivers, as well as clock setters and chart keepers. 39 Electronic Technicians combine skill and training to keep radar and radio equip- ment in commission. 44 40 Corpsmen aid ship's doctor and dentist in looking after the crew's health needs. 45 Rochester and Seventh Fleet Staff talent get together to put on the ship's first Hawaii, America's iewel in the Pacific, as Smoker in Keelung 48 seen through the cameras of Rochester DIVISIONS C eW'membef5 on IIbe'lY- ' 42 Pictures of the divisions which make up the THE PHILIPPINES complement of the U. S. S. Rochester. 93 The following members of the crew have color transparencies reproduced in In Review: R. E. Turner, R. C. McPherson, J. S. Smith, Vodjanski, B. J. Dobbs, L. F. Cheely, LTJG R. M. Jentsch, LTJG G. Gockel, ENS V. J. Hansen, ENS R. Nielson and LTJG J. E. Lucas. Prize winners from the ship photo PHOTO CREDITS contest are all included. Other color photographs are the work of staff photographers Giddens and Mitchell and 7th Fleet photographer Cooper. Through the courtesy of Mr. E. C. Powles, manager of the Shrirolab in Tokyo, his color transparency of Hongkong harbor is reproduced on page 81. The black and white photo- graphs on page 6, the map on page 7 and photographs on pages 64, 66, 67 and bottom of page 70 were obtained from the files of Stars and Stripes through the courtesy of Mr. Richard Larsh, Feature Editor of that publication.