Saint Paul (CA 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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Irv. ule. in vest ,r, 1 1 vas 'ai- the cu- the 'ial her to UP '71 , vit, 'ti- Of ler 'nt ir! 'or de to In es ik ie 18 is ie Z. J' vv a e v. J 6 look at the huge flagship of' the mighty U.S. SEVENTH Fleet. Over 10,000 guests were logged in one afternoon alone. During her two years, six months and 24 days as permanent flagship for Commander SEVENTH Fleet-A-June 2, 1959 until December 26, 1961,-three different adniirals held tlze reins of' the SEVENTH Fleet: Vice Admiral Kivette, Vice Admiral Charles D. Griffin and Vice Admiral li'illian1 A. Schoech. The command of the flagship changed hands four times. Captain Carter L. Bennett took SAINT PAUL to tlze Far East in 1959. He was relieved by Captain John H. Maurer who in turn was succeeded by Captain Frederick H. brought the Fighting Saint back to tlze US. Schneider. Captain Albert T. Church, Jr. While SAINT PA UL served as permanent fiagsliip of' tlze SEVENTH Fleet, she steamed 138,906 miles ,' made 70 port calls outside her homeport of Yokosuka: welcomed aboard 141,594 visitors during special group and general visiting hours and played host to top government and nzilitary leaders throughout the Far East. And, most important of all, her crew spread good will and won friends for our country at every port the slzip visited. The Saint had a one-month yard period front December 20, 1961 until January 21, 1962 at the Ship Repair Facility, Yokosuka. This was tlze longest period in tlze yards tlze cruiser lzad lzad since leaving the Long Beach Naval Shipyard early in 1959. After two weeks of operations around the Philippines, SAINT PA UL steamed to Sasebo, Japan, mooring in India Basin on February 5, 1962. There she embarked Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla NINE, Rear Admiral Elliott Loughlin, USN, and his staff. Most ofthe month of' February was spent down south in tlze Philippine operating areas. The Fighting Saint conducted nearly every type of gun firing exercise imaginable. These were days of early reveille, general qiiarters all day land sometimes into the nightj, and lots of hard work for all hands. But, as always, SAINT PA UL came through with flying colors. As a result of the outstanding shooting, the ship now sports 1' E's on Turret I, Mount 52 and 53. We began March with a welcome upkeep period in Yokosuka. After brushing up on our speciality, gunfire support, down in the Philippines, we were preparing to become proficient at Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Nine's speciality, anti-air warfare. SAINT PA UL and Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Nine joined forces with Task Group 77.4 in the middle of' March to begin an association which endured until SAINT PAUL returned to the United States in July. Task Group 77.4 composed of ass coRAL stsf-1, QCVA-435 ENROUTE TO MANILA FROM SUBIC BAY DURING DECEMBER 1961, MRS SCHOECH, WIFE OF VICEADMIRAL WILLIAMA. SCHOECH, COMMANDER SEVENTH FLEET, TRIES HER HAND AT SAINT PAUL'S HELM. R.B. DEEDS, QM2, GIVES THE ADMIRAL'S WIFE SOME POINTERS WHILE CAPTAIN A. T. CHURCH, JR., WATCHES. and her a'estroyer escort, usually tlze destroyers of Destroyer Squadron Nine, covered a great deal of territory in those few months. The Task Group finished of March like a lion by holding an anti-submarine weapons demonstration. In the raw March seas. the Task Group spent two days displaying tlze anti-submarine capabilities of a modern Navy to Japanese businessmen and parliamentary members. When not operating with CORAL SEA during April, SAINT PAUL visited Iwakuni, the Marine Corps Air Facility in Southern Honshu and participated in the Nagasaki Port Festival. During the first few days of May, Task Group 77.4 called at Kobe, Japan while SAINT PAUL turned homeward for a visit to Yokohama. We helped Yokohama celebrate her port festival, while the married men enjoyed the luxury of being moored a few minutes f7'om their homes in the Navy's Yokohama housing facilities. The Laotian situation kept SAINT PAUL and Task Group 77.4 at sea most of the latter part of May, but we did manage a glorious visit to Hong Kong during the final week of the month. On 15 June, SAINT PA UL arrived in Yokosuka for our fnal visit to our Far Eastern home. The dependents were busy p1cking and preparing for the voyage back to the United States. The approximately 80W of SAINT PAUL's crew who are single were busy saying goodbye to fiends or taking one last look at Japan before going home. An era in SAINT PAUL's history ends with the departure of the ship hom Yokosuka in early Julv. In the pages that follow you will find the story of 1962 told in detail and a full narrative of SAINT PAUL,s journey to that strange new land, America.

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CAPTAIN A. D. ENGLE, DEPARTING CHIEF OF STAFF FOR CRUISER DESTROYER FLOTILLA NINE, LEAVES SAINT PAUL WHILE AT SEA IN EARLY APRIL 1962. REAR ADMIRAL LUOGHLIN AND CAPTAIN J. F, COL- LINGWOOD, THE NEH' CHIEF OF STAFF, WERE ON THE FANTAIL TO WISH IIIW A GOOD JOLRNEY. Captain John Foster Collingwood relieved Captain A. D. Engle as Chief of Staff' for Cruiser Destroyer' Flotilla Nine on April 4, I96I. Captain Engle left the staff to take command of USS NANTAHALA iAO-605, a fleet oiler which operates in the Atlantic. Captain Collingwood came to the Navyjrom the Reserve Officers Training Corps at the University of Washington in I94I. During World War II, Captain Collingwood sau' active duty with the Atlantic Fleet and participated in many of the amphibious landings in tlze European theatre. Captain Collingwooa' assumed his present posi- tion after thirteen months as Commander Destroyer Division Twelve. V , 'L M.: ' it 5 X' f J a i fi is