Saint Paul (CA 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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TRGDUCTIG This is the crew's book. Their representatives selected the pictures and prepared the brief captions accompanying them. In the following pages you will view a photo-record of the Saint Paul's second Vietnam deployment. Perhaps more than any other chronology, this cruise book will protray what the typical day-to-day operations involved. Certainly it will serve to present the people who achieved a record of which all Saint Paul sailors--past and present--may be proud. In 100 days of combat operations. . .78 of these in Sea Dragon Operations off North Vietnam. . . the ship fired 13,944 eight-inch, 7,075 five-inch and 34 three-inch projectiles in 209 separate firing mis- sions. The 'Fighting Saint' came under fire from enemy shore batteries on 19 different occasions ex- periencing countless near misses, numerous close shrapnel 'sprinklings' and one direct 100 MM hit from a total of some 1541 enemy rounds. There were 79 underway replenishments during the more than five months in the combat zone. The crew loaded a total of 2,304 short tons of ammunition, 4.6 million gallons of fuel and reprovisioned nine times. Most of the time while deployed, Saint Paul was liagship to Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group Seventh Fleet. Over 100,000 messages were processed for embarked Hotilla commanders. It is for others to assess the accomplishments of our ship during this deployment. Commander Sev- enth Fleet, Vice Admiral John J. Hyland, U.S. Navy, summed it up in the following sentence from a congratulatory message addressed to the ship upon our departure from WestPac: 'During your time as Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group Seventh Fleet flagship, and as our 'Big Gun' on Sea Dragon and Naval Gunfire Support, you have constantly demonstrated unusual cour- age and capability in the face of enemy fire, and have always accomplished your mission with super- ior results.' It is for me to acknowledge my great good fortune and deep sense of pride and gratitude which will always accompany my recollections of our service together during this memorable cruise. 13J-357gw1,w-,,

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Commander Norman L. Kaufman is a native of New York City and was graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1948. Following his graduation he served as a ship's officer aboard the U.S. Army Trans- port General Edwin D. Patrick until the latter part of 1949. From January 1950 to June 1951, he was attached to the USS LSM 398 of the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force. He served as Operations Officer, First Lieuten- ant and Navigator. Intensive instruction at the Submarine School and the Deep Sea Diving School prepared Commander Kaufman for duty aboard the submarine rescue ship USS Kittiwake where he was assigned as Rescue and Salvage Officer, Operations Officer and Navigator. He was later-to become the Executive Ofiicer before orders transferred him to the USS Blue where he served as Op- erations Ofiicer and Navigator until January of 1957. Commander Kaufman completed the General Line Curriculum at the Naval Postgraduate School and then reported to the U.S. Naval Base in Newport, R.I.. While at Newport, he served as the Ofiicer-in-Charge, Service Craft, with collateral duties of Engineer and Repair Officer. He served as Executive Ofiicer aboard the destroyer USS Hale and when the Hale was selected for transfer to the Colombian Navy as part of the Military Assist- ance Program, he was designated Ofiicer-in Charge. Once the ship was commissioned into the Colombian Navy, Commander Kaufman remained aboard as Of- ficer-in-Charge of the U.S. Navy team that aided in training the new crew. His first command was the radar picket destroyer escort USS Calcaterra. He served as the Commanding Ofiicer until October 1962. The Commander served as Head, Mobilization Plans Section, Policy Division at the Bureau of Naval Person- nel following his command of the Calcaterra. His next assignment found him attending the Armed Forces Staff College. ln February 1965, he once again was given a command at sea as he was piped aboard the des- troyer USS Laffey. Commander Kaufman then report- ed aboard the Saint Paul as her Executive Oiiicer in No- vember 1966. Commander Kaufman holds the American Cam- paign Medal, European-African-Middle East Cam- paign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, China Ser- vice Medal textendedj, National Defense Medal with bronze star, Vietnam Service Medal, and the Viet- nam Campaign Medal. . I . 9 y I

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