Sanborn (APA 193) - Naval Cruise Book

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S Us -0 'O -0 -0 -C -D -I -0 'O 'U 'U 'U 'O I 1 Ill? onts when they reoched the Solomons. These vvor swept islonds were recovering from the effects of conflict ond their polm lined beoches ond verdont moun- toins were o pleosont ond peoceful sight. From Tulogi 0 run even forther south wos mode to New Coledonio. Eleven doys of comporotive leisure vvos spent in this first foreign town of French Noumeo. July l she looded o corgo of miscello- neous wor rnotericil ond heoded north ogoin. ln the Morionos she dischorged her corgo, then hurriedly reodied her- self for her first return trip to the United Stotes. Upon orrivol ot Son Froncisco it wos leorned she would hove less thon 20 doys to moke necessory repoirs ond provision for o quick return to the Pocific, this time corrying the knockout forces to Jopcin itself. Unofficiol V-J Doy wos herolded os o greot doy by those oboord the Sonborn olthough they knew it meont little to them since their new ossign- ment colled for on olmost imrnediote de- porture. On the eighteenth, looded with members of the Eighty-sixth Division Field Artillery vvho hcid only recently returned from Europe she set soil for Eniwetok, first stop on her woy to Leyte, Philippine lslonds. From Eniwetok to Ulithi in the Coroline lslonds-then o chonge of orders just out of Leyte sent her north through the Son Bernordino Stroits to Botcingos on the islond of Luzon. Nine months before o Jop fleet hod steomed through those woters to its defeot off Somor. At Botongos she dis- chorged troops ond corgo ond reported bock o Son Pedro Boy, Leyte for further orders. From Leyte she proceeded to Guiuon, Somor lslond, then to Cebu, Cebu lslcind. This possoge took her through Surigoo Stroits on the bottom of which lie the hulks of the other Jop fleet thot tried to prevent our londings on Leyte. Two doys were spent in wor torn Cebu toking oboord troops of the 77th Divi- sion with equipment for the occupotion of Jopon. With onother APA ond two ottock corgo ships the Sonborn shoved off on the lost leg of her destined jour- ney for Otoru, l-lokkoido in northern Jopon. After two doys of eosy soiling the tosk unit found it necessory to re- verse course, ond for eight doys it mo- neuvered to elude typhoons which were sweeping the woters off the eostern coost of Jopon. The Sonborn's onniver-

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Ufvk is e KRzght eenterj APC L. R. Nenicomer and Ensign T. P. Jennings sary of commissioning, October 3 was spent heading for an opening between storms to Tsugaru Strait and the Japa- nese Sea. ln retrospection on that day she counted coups to find that in her short and busy career she had sailed some 44,000 miles, visited some ten Western Pacific ports, transported some 7,000 troops, CB., Marine and Army. ln a year of war she lost seven of the ship's company by enemy action and one by an accident. She found few material wounds to lick, except for the loss of a few boats she had suffered no damage by enemy action. l-ler history read un- spectacularly, but showed simply how a job could be done in the Navy. Home once again the Sanborn will have completed her mission. There a successful career will be ended, and she will have reached her goal-the goal which has been the destination of all ships since that eventful day in Pearl l-larbor December 7th, l94l. on rr' 'lifjhffj 111211 n, Arimlie, MMJXU, Jeep llrii ffl1r1l1'le.s Grub, IW-iff