Sanborn (APA 193) - Naval Cruise Book

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llillllillnlll-lllllllilllilil1JJ!JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJKIIX The Lilneratoins More Against the Philippines communicotion between enemy held islonds, From the bottles of the for South Pocific up through the Morsholls to the Morionos, the pottern of victory wos pointing the woy to Jcipon proper. With eoch ocquisition the need become greoter for more ships, more supplies, cind the supply lines become more extended. Men ond moteriel hod to be rushed to the for- vvcird oreos ond londed on the beoches. The APA wos designed for exoctly thot kind of job. So the Sonborn colmly but swiftly set out to become the kind of ship which wos needed, reolizing thot within o very short time she would be in contoct with the enemy. October l-4th she stood out from the dock. ot Astorio, where only o few hours before the lost of her crew hod come oboord. Mony found themselves ot seo for the first time, but from o nucleus of old honds on orgonizotion begon to grow os the ship mode her vvoy corefully down the Columbio River ond on to Seottle. After thot short houl things be- gon smoothing out ond with o few od- justments to ormoments, composses, ond other equipment, she set course to Son Froncisco. She wos there for only o few hours toking oboord londing croft. lt wos there for the first time thot mony of the men got on insight into the serious- ness of the work oheod when it wos leorned thot there could be no liberty or shore leove. From there to Son Pedro for shokedown tests ond provisioning, then on to Son Diego for intensified troining in omphibious londings. Doys ond nights were spent in moking simuloted ottocks on the beoches off Coronodo. Boot crews ond officers spent long hours in the smoll londing croft co-ordinoting ond timing group moneu- vers. Coxsvvoins become skilled in put- ting their croft onto the beoch through turbulent seos ond leorned how to retroct their boots through mountoinous woves, which sometimes splintered the protec- tive sploshboords. The beoch porties went through invosion proctices leorning

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