Rowe (DD 564) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 5 text:

Es? 55' ii 1. X' 3 M ' A ,, - IM! 'I 1 425155.-I' N35 - A Hi' ff 5. ' 4 up 1, jf X eds 5 4 I -:f f ,Ml 'mf--f ,q ' 4-ws A , '..?g.' X'-GQ-fi., 3 '. 7 V Q S 15 ' L. , . 1- Qxj., :, ., ,. - If, q . k f , .- 1 5 ', x N .L . Q 'v :' 4' X Y l A YJ ' ' ' ' : - 4 spy' . f X 1 Gia ' 1 mvgviif ' f 5 ' -NNN : A-'asf-If ,ff ! - Zi- f -. f ff ' ' , ' L an , ,74' - L ' filing' Q Q- ' V-'ab as ff fi ff,ff-ik, 1 f X 1 X f fi, xx ' , f A 1 fqgya, - 1 f ff 1 . I 1 VI I, ,H Zyizm A J' sf' f V fl .AR ,f Z?7 aware 1,11 Wx I ,Rl I I ' , f ,g ' ., ?1 , 1 , vm -f- ' ' ' Lgfg , ZJQLXXX- : - I QW ' W fl f ' a 1 X - ' , xv' h j if f K- W, K f 7 d1aJm.,, . ,4 f f I wh. f 'Z V-- P Q, z ,R gi .1 if Q,. 'gi 4 .6 if I ? Q

Page 4 text:

- THE LADYRQWE The Lag1ysRoWE is a mightyship ' Andfmany a Sea! did she whipg She has sailed the' Pacific And the great Atlantic, - And to me she's beautiful As the liner'Titanic. Y She has no lounge or cocktail bars, ' But she has her battle starsg i She's sailed in the waters of Korea, Japan, And many another foreign land -- i But now with guns that bark no more While 4there's peace on the distant shore. She stands out proudly in her haze grey coat, And in my heart she will ever float -- For wherever she may be, wherever she may go, There's no ship so proud as the lady ROWE! ' ' By Seaman Fred L. Childs United States Navy 1954

Page 6 text:

HIP' Ill 'l'0IlY - , ' ff' . 1 y 'Q .AX ffl, 4- ,ig I am. -.. - ..... ,- I QM- E S USS ROWE QDD 5641, one of the 2, 050-ton FLETCHER CLASS destroyers, was built by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Seattle, Washington. Her keel was laid on 7 Dec ember 1942. The destroyer was named to honor Lieutenant John Rowe, USN, who volunteered and took part in the expedition under Lieutenant Stephen Decatur Jr. , commanding the U. S. ketch IN- TREPID, which entered the harbor of Tripoli on 16 February 1804 and destroyed the former U. S. frigate PHILADELPHIA. A ROWE wasxgplaced in commission 13 March 1944 at Harbor Island, Seattle, withCommander A. L. Youngflr. , USN, as the first commanding officer. D Service Medal-for participating inthe Kurile Islands Operations, the Okinawa Gunto Operations d th an e THIRD Fleet Operations against Japan. She also earned the Navy Occupation Service Medal, Pacific, for her activities in occupiedJapanese waters during the period of 2 September to 19 N - ' ovember. 1945. By directive datedJanuary 1947, ROWE was placed out of commission in reserve, attached- to the U. S. Atlantic Reserve Fleet with her berthing area at Charleston, South Carolina. uring her Wor1d'War career, ROWE earnedthree battle Stars on the Asiatic-Pacific Area On 20 September 1951 the ship was brought out of mothballs , and recommissioned 5 00t- ober 1951 C ' , . S. Arthur, Commander, USN, Commanding. From 26 August 1952 until 3 Feb- ruary 1953, ROWE was in the Charleston Naval Shipyard undergoing extensive structural alter - ations. The 20 mm and 40mm mounts were replaced by 3 f 50 caliber mounts and the old stick mast gave way to the new tripod mast. Following the shipyard overhaul, ROWE participated in Midshipman Cruise Baker with T k ' ' ' ' ' Oslo, Norway. as Group 40. 2 in 1953, visiting Edinburgh, Scotland and On20 September 1953 CDR C. S. A manding officer, and on 20 October ROWE in company with Task Group 81. 2 departed for Hull' ter!Killer anti-submarine exercises in the Caribbean. rthur was relieved by CDR J. E. Shinners, USN, as com- On 20 April 1954, ROWE, after previous cancellations, departed for Japan and an around the world cr ' - ' ' uise. The book that follows is a partial recounting of the cruise, the ship and the men aboard her.