Saint Paul (CA 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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I Slug' -H-. S35 EUEREAS this United states ship, former permanent flagship ol: the SEVENTH Eleet, and temporary flagship for Commander CruiserfDestroyer Flotilla Nine, has completed three years and two months continuous service in the SEVENTH Eleetg and WHEREAS, during this period, this proud cruiser has served her country with honor and dignity, hoth on the high seas and in her visits to the many nations of Asiag and WHEREAS, upon returning to her horneland, this unit of the great United States Navy has assumed nevv duties 3 and WHEREAS, novv serving in this ship, there are many hundreds of men who desire a permanent, and lasting history of their lives in this honored vvarshipx Novv, THEREEORE, this cruise hook, purporting to he the most accurate and complete, photof graphic and textual record availahle of this vessells activities during the year of Our lsord Nineteen Hundred and Sixtya Two, is puhlished for the enlightenment, and entertainment of all those individuals who have served in, or have held an interest in SATNT PAUL, qi DEPART YS A143 S G FEB 19 1953 1 LIBRARY fN V I 6 5 g' S3 ' I la ,my -W'

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I This isthe story of our ShiPeP'sUS5 SAINT PA UL' Hefifsfoi - - H ' t ' lasts' and has rovf h . v mous fl'-Sf-Y .lfllnfnl-S - -r P U7 erseh' to ' ' 'hed one. She can boast of ffl . E a long and dzstrnguzs .. din in many ways. n outstan 8 , . L Beach CaWb,.,,fa fm- her new horneport of Yokosuka. Japan on May When SAINT PAUL left one h jg I US Navy heavy combatant ship to be homeported in the Orient since before World Warn h became t e rs . . f I I S e h r s oaerating in Far Eastern waters' In the famous lasts d And the Fighting Saint spent Over f fee Jeff' -I ' A elnfl- ment, she jired the jinal naval salvo in both World War I1 and the Korean C0nlllCf- C v members Of SAINT PAUL are Proud Of their Ship and they we fe fUf'1fJ' -lusnfled in their feelings about rex h Sh is the oldest cruiser in her class on active duty, having been in e0 'l'l'l0us Commissioned Service f0f nearly er. e 18 years. The Saint has logge we OVW fl fn d ll illion miles since her commissioning and can still steam alan with the best of them, at speeds in excess of 30 kn0iS- Om, of the Navyfs Bagtimoygcjasg heavy cruisers, SAINT PAUL IS the second ship to bear the name ofthg Capita! city of Minnesota. Launched September 16, 1944 at Quincy, Massachusetts and commissioned Februaryi 17,,1945, she has operated in the Pacrjic since May 15, 1945. After joining Admiral William F. Bull Halsey's THIRD Fleet in July 1945, SAINT PAUL participatedi in the final stages of World War II in the Pacrjic when she took part in a night shore bombardment ojje the central? coast of the main Japanese island of Honshu. I-Ierjirst last came on August 9, 1945 when she fired the jllllllg naval salvo on the home islands of Japan. Later she was a participant in the surrender ceremonies that ended the wari Although the cruiser's career in World War I1 was somewhat brief her service inthe Korean conflict motel than balanced the scales. I In 1950, after disembarking midshipmen who were on a training cruise, SAINT PAUL took on the assigrzmerxt of patrolling the Formosa Straits, then got into the thick of the Korean fray when she reported for duty with Taslg Force 77 two months later. She provided direct gunjire. support to the ROK army in the drive to Chongiin andg despite heavy weather, jired around the clock to smooth the way for the advance. When the Chinese Communists entered the war and launched their December assault, SAINT PAUL steamedE into Wonsan harbor and conducted a bombardment of key road junctions and targets on the outskirts of the cityf She provided protection while Navy ships evacuated United Nations personnel and equipment from the city. I Then came the Hungnam evacuation. Ranking alongside Dunkirk as one of the greatest sea evacuations Of all? time, the Hungnam evacuation could not have been possible without the support of cruisers like SAINT PAUL-i For 12 da.V-9 and nights Inf? Fighting Saint and companion ships fred round after round into the Reds, holdingi them at bay while the amphibious landing in reverse 'I took place. SAINT PAUL was the last U.S. ship I0le0 lg the harbor. She withdrew on Christmas Eve 1950 leaving thai PRESIDENT DWIGHT D, EISENHOWER WALKS TO A WAITING HELICOPTER AFTER TRAVELING IN SAINT PAUL FROM THE Pfvvfdfne C0nfinn0nS gunfire S11PP0ff f0f UN- N00-ps up and? PHILIPPINES TO TAIWAN IN JUNE 1960. Hungnam waterfront ablaze. l down the coast of Korea, SAINT PAUL was I0 Paffleipale mf . . ' ini Several 'n0J0 Operations before she ended her jirst Korean Cfulse Majr 1951. She covered the re-enlfj' Of U.N. fbrces into Inchonrl . . ' , 'nsiri Came Undef nff? from enemy shore batterres on many Oeeasw ! . . . . rhes Opemfed 62 day-V before entering port. giving gunfire SUPPUVI on A . . . . llff West C00-'I Of The Peninsula as U.N. troops drove their WHJ' 10 I l - .. . . tion Han River, returned to the east coast to blast enemy trat1SP0 a routes and communication centers in the vicinity of Wonsan S0 -- A . . , , gfell N and Chongllll and ,llarttcilrated 111 a comrnando ratd Ott Neffh K I- . .. - , . , ' on The l'eUV.1f Cruiser had been Ill korean waters over nine m 'l . . , .. - ell an zen shere turned to hm. 1,0,m,p0,., Q, Long gymrfly California. Sh traveled 34,441 miles and lfirecl 27,616 6,1-gm. and five-inch shells the Conununists. I I .- T if ' - w . U 'e E, Prsir Jbltti he F'2l1f1112 Saint began her' secona' Korean Crum Seyte lf' I - , . 1 mle' U51 after undergoing ll complete overhaul