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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