Sanborn (APA 193) - Naval Cruise Book

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Us ...aa . .. 4.--.. ,.- ,Mus-L r SANBORN'S HISTORY The U,S,S. SANBORN QAPA-1935 slipped downnthe ways at the Kaiser Yard in Vancouver, waghingtgn, in August of 1944. She was commissioned on the third of October of that yearnat Astoria, Oregon, and by the end of December found herslf completely fitted out, loaded with troops and equipment, and a full-fledged member of the Fifth Amphibious Force of the Pacific Plein. January of 1945 the SANBORN left Honolulu, where she had Spent her. first few commis- sioned months, and began her first trip to a battle area - Iwo Jima. The eighteenth of Febru- ary 1945 was D-Day on the bloody island, and the SANBORN played a dual role of supplier of men and lethal good s to the beach, and a refuge for wounded troops evacuated from the battle lines. On the second day of the assault her beach party suffered heavy personnel losses. D-Day plus ten saw the SANBORN put to sea again, carrying casualties to Guam. . She soon switched to a more deadly role when she loaded the First Battalion, Second Marine Regiment, at Saipan, and rehearsed at Tinian for her part in the invasion of Okinawa. Interest- ingly enough, the job of the SANBORN and the ships in her transport group was to conduct a 'demonstration landing' off the southern approaches to Okinawa, while the main attack force was to be put ashore on the western beaches. D-Day on Okinawa was the first of April 1945, and the grim men on the actual beach head found their going a little easier, thanks to the successful trick. To add to the enemy's confusion, a second 'demonstration landing' was conducted the followin mornin . Ten gdays lair, the SANBORN was on her way back to Saipan for a seven week stay, and then - home to San Francisco. News that Japan was willing to quit the war was received on the way, making the return trip even more enjoyable. But the SANBORN was given the word to re- turn to the western Pacific later in the summer. On the eighteenth of July, with the Eighty-sixth Division Field Artillery aboard, she pulled away from San Francisco, bound for Leyte, Philip- pine Islands. Later, she transferred occupation troops to Japan. By three October 1945, after one year of commissioned service, the SANBORN had sailed 44,000 miles, had visited ten western Pacific ports, and had transported 7,000 troops. Until March of 1946, she took part in the Magic Carpet' operation which brought thousands of battle- weary troops back home. Then, on three March 1946, the SANBORN joined the 'mothball' fleet at Stockton, California, to take a well earned rest. On six January 1951, the SANBORN was recommissioned at Stockton, with orders to proceed to San Diego to get back into fighting shape. She later sailed for the east coast for duty with the Amphibious- Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. She was justin time that year to participate in four ma- jor amphibious exercises. A yard period in Norfolk in 1952, and refresher training at Guant- anamo Bay Cuba witha stopover at Kingston J amaica for liberty prepared the SANBORN for her general mark of excellent in amphibious training exercise that year ' From January through March of 1953 the ship transported troops to Vieques in amphibious assault exercis l h Fl es n t 9 Spring the SANBORN reported to Commander Service Force Atlantic eet to transport several relief mobile construction battalions from Davisville Rhode Island to ggsgglanca French Morocco and Guantanamo Bay Cuba Then she rejoined the Amphibious ustlnbggll' the ZANBORN became the Afloat Gunnery School for the Amphibious Force In Aug I'SSum her earlier occupation of transporting mobile construction battalions from D ll glfaitvgnenfgei'-g1ngana'U0 BHY returnlng to Norfolk for amphibiou training and a moment of held aboinsic leet presented a Battle Efficiency Plaque to the U S S SANBORN in ceremonies Th Schoolenllesrgngf 1954 was consumed by another month as the Amphibious Force Afloat Gunnery pe md In Bostozf Sem? Box TRAEX 3 54 LANTAGLEX 54 a two month yard s BORN wah graded as exceue fe feshef ffamlns at Newport Rhode Island fwhere the SAN After a holida l nt In performance, and LANTFLEX 1 55 1955 1 f N y eave period in December the SANBORN rigged for sea and on five J anu y S t orfolk for her first cruise to the Mediterranean U. S. 'Atl 1 F ,epfembef 1953. ViCG Admiral F. G. Fahrion, Commander Amphibious Force. r' ' , ' , ' . , ' ' S ' . l . . - , D U . , . ar