Santa Fe (CL 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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AN A A PICTURIAL RECORD OF A LIGHT CRUISER DURING THE WAR YEARS 1942 - 1945 To the Men who served aboard her, this book is dedicated , ,f X 0 ga ,V W 4, 17 lm Z, ,Q , fv h 4 fgwac , I ff' ff , 1 ff ' Ji, , fY,f,.,f,f milf - w fr f'vfffv'QA f'4 5V I -t S N S f s-Zi ',f, ' 'z' ,gi I , V Q, . , .,,,ff-www wif ' ' V 4 f- f V .s S' 1 I , sf ' -, 'Sf , 1 1 4 , f .,, fr ,Msg f y g-rf, , E , ff i '?' Mg ,W 'Wi ,, . ffyflfh 1- ' Z4 2 ,Q M if , ,f y z 4 , fi asv! ,sy ff-, f f f -A ff , ,Q ff f J Sm J 9 ' f at 9 f wwf' 7.7-ffow ,f X 'fx , ' ,af , ,ff g, ,.,w,v f Q 'Q 9 1 f af, M, , , , ,- . 1 , y, ,, 11 ,,. 1 :J www. ,i,p,. v - W. . 0 tswisbhkmz - .W- ,fm A, ,f '-Q., S' fe Q l .' 'Q ,I: 2, Q , - I ' K V 5 ' L3 . - 1 1 1 l Hi ll A i CAPTAIN RUSSELL S. BERKEY, USN NOVEMBER 24, 1942 DECEMBER 15, 1943 ff HROUGH the Final stages of the SANTA EE's construc- tion, to commissioning, and into six assaults against enemy held territories Captain Russell S. Berkey, U.S.N., was in command. He started her career of seeking and destroying the enemy inthe Pacificgaifllllegimltial operations were the Aleutian Canipaign,,ithe'7i5aids onjfarawzgf Walie, Kwajialein, and Treasury4BQQQ'g'aipSii'l'le5 the occupation of Taravval 'S The threelplanesa Weredshotfdsown in the night action off Bougainvillblx'lZlrcl thefirst to be painted on the scoreboard on thel Captain Berkey, noWiiRear'l1Admiral, will always be remembered for his ineviitablei ,cigarette holder and his chats'-oyoeij the public address:-slystem ,at the sta,r,t,.,of an 4. V , , 'rj' L-,3,g,.a---in -'-L1 X-QiifjQf,1e:ir3'.2gT3 12 2Zr3,,4q.,g24j2 operatioen'1oro'on'S'the eve of action For his colorful person- ality, daring, and shiphandling ability he was respected and admired by all who served in his command. CAPTAIN JERAULD WRIGHT, USN DECEMBER 15, 1943 NOVEMBER 1, 1944 PTXHE changing tide of the war and the determined, relentless push to the Jap homeland is reflected in the record of the SANTA EE while under the command of Captain jerauld Wlright, U.S.N. Under his direction the sxhip earned Qpbattlgeigtarisgeduring the ockcupagons of Kyvaj atllein, G1iQa'1n'indf35aipan15 tslieSattaclQs'aind'fiiidstifon Truk ,, h e la n , W g Yygleaiifsgita W a n , PonapE' Hollaniflia,fthgfbninsflQ,lfinayiia:and'-'Elie Philip- pines, and ithe suvrfaceisbgapitiimgitlfrgptheiPhilippine Sea and Leyte Culf. 'Z During the eleven mont ,E sfofhfis command, three planes, four luggers, one destroyegllayxlight cruiser and an aircraft carrier were added to thezs,Eorefi'Qf',enemy units destigqyed. Foffahrezliefdershfiaivfeapzeaii received the Silver Star. His slogans and expressions, and his tall erect figure as he travelled with rapid strides about the ship have their niche in many memories. X SANTA FE CAPTAIN HAROLD C. FITZ, USN NOVEMBER 1, 1944 OCTOBER 17, 1945 get HORTLY after the major naval engagements in the Philippines had ended, Captain Harold C. Fitz, U.S.N., relieved Captain Wright as skipper of the SANTA FE. Under his command the shipitoxok part in the Third Fleet's supp0Aeing..ac.g0nS offQ.ALuz'on,' tl1fffQlTi-naugoast, Eormgbda and-Nansei Shoto. Fgillowinggthis,Captain Fitzfledffthe SANTATFE durihg the iccuptabtioh of Iwo Jimaiand the Fifth Fleet iraidsvonq 'ljiikoku'and5Honshu. It was during the latter., qelriltgj 'that he displayed his outstanding seamanshiplfa 'ii y,' and daring in aiding the burning carrier FRANKLIN. For his extraordinary heroism in this action Captain Fitz was awarded the Navy 1 ' :- 'rt.:f':' 12' 5 6 T1 Z- 1 1:- When he left on October 17, 1945 to report as Chief of Staff to ComDesPac in Pearl Harbor, Captain Fitz took with him the respect and admiration of all who served with him. CAPTAIN JAMES S. FREEMAN, USN OCTOBER 17, 1945 TO DATE 1 HE fourth skipper for the SANTA FE came aboard in Tokyo Bay just after the occupation of Sasebo had been completed. On the same afternoon that he assumed command Captain .Iames.S.- Freeman, USN, headed the ship north as Flgsliipifor the Commander ofthe Northern Japan Forces. 7Ominato4was ,thefirst northern port to be enteredg underl.his Otaru, Hakodate, Aomori, and finallyback to Orhinato. The inspection tourendved on,j12l November 1945, when the QUINCY relieved theiSANTA FE, which was ordered to ComServPac for further duty. Captain Freeman was now skipper of a part of the Magic Carpet ferrying troops homeward boundfrom the far Hung Pacific bases. Quiet and assured, Captain Freeman quickly equalled the standards set by his predecessors, his ability to handle men and his previous war record won the early admira- tion of all hands. wif' lillilbtllib u-.Jw I1-.lDllf.D 11:0 . e '3'-7-3 U35 E E S M ARY I ,V W SW 'Yhib 7215 EW. SW 7216 '71 SW. SW '72 Z1 nh WESTERN CAROLINE ISLANDS OPERATIONS: DATE . Palau Invasion September 6 to 8, 1944 Mindanao -f Bislig Bay Action September 9 East Leyte Air Strike September 12 to 14 Manila, Luzon Air Strike September 21 to 22 East Samar , Air Strike September 24 PHILIPPINE LIBERATION: - Okinawa Air Strike October 10, 1944 4 Formosa Air Strike October 12 to 13 n Formosa Bait Force October 14 to 17 Visayan Invasion October 20 LEYTE OPERATION: Battle for Leyte Gulf Surface Action October 24 to 25, 1944 East Leyte Air Strike October 27 Luzon Air Strike November 5 to 8 East Leyte Air Strike November 11 Luzon Air Strike November 13 to 14 Luzon Air Strike November 25 Luzon Air Strike December 14 to 16 THIRD FLEET SUPPORTING OPERATIONS: ' - Formosa Air Strike January 3, 1945 Luzon Air Strike January 6 to 7 Formosa ,Air Strike January 9 Camranh Bay, Indo-China Air Strike January 12 Amoy, I-IongKong, China Air Strike January 15 to 16 Formosa-Okinawa Air Strike January 21-22 IWO JIMA OPERATION: A Tokyo, Honshu 'Air Strike February 16 to 17, 1945 Iwo Jima Invasion February 19 to 25 Tokyo, Honshu Air Strike February 25 to 26 OKINAWA OPERATION: Kyushu, Shikoku FRANKLIN Rescue March 18 to 23, 1945 STATESIDE: Navy Yard April 10 to July 26, 1945 OCCUPATION OF JAPAN: Sasebo U Occupation September 21, 1945 Nagasaki Inspection October 9 Wakayama Inspection October 12 Tokyo Inspection October 14 0m111at0 Occupation October 18 Ofarll Occupation October 31 Hokodate Occupation November 2 AO111011 Occupation November 3 Ominato Occupation November 4 to 14 'Z Ah 'Z m f f f wr Q-fx 78 0 ,, X, If 7- f -U ,, 4 . f X, I W, ,f Q. f f x 'Vx f ja i W fi . 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Nazi Germany was pounding hard at the gates of Russ1a's cap1tal,fanat1ca1 Japan had firm control of the Pacific fi om the Bering Sea to the northern coast of Australia However, had they known, our enemies would not have been bragging so much about dictating peace in the White House The people of the U S were just beginning to rebound from their earlier mistakes As usual they had been caught unaware and unprepared, but they soon realized that this was to be a knock down, drag out scrap Throughout the country men were being trained as 16 A TA FE LOOK B CK soldiers, sailors and marines, while tanks, trucks, riHes, ships, planes, and all the other paraphenalia of modern war were being assembled for the final showdown. It was under such conditions this new light cruiser steamed out of Chesapeake Bay. The Navy had taken great loss at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, and through many subsequent actions more damage had had to be accepted. Early in 1943 the U. S was fighting primarily a war of attrition in the Pacific It was deemed wiser to concentrate all available strength against Nazidom, while patiently waiting for the day when the ships and planes under construction would provide the sea-borne answer to the newly conquered, uns1nkable island air basesof the Nipponese. True, when the SANTA FE reported for duty with the Pacific Fleet, the great battles of Savo Island, Coral Sea,iGuadal- canal and Midway had been decided, she could never participate in those, yet her time was soon to come. She was in the van of a host of ships constructed and com- ,f:5', T lif' ii 1, , I , Nre4s,.,, , ff' gifirijrig 'f I Y ,f g I J' cr N13-4 ., xx-V ' 'g'.f1,ii--j ' 121' 1 .'1'2..:.,, j 11,15 .nfrmn ,,.,i, ,Vx . ,h Y, 1 ,Mi-fl f J ,AN .,7Q'35ggggj , ij , - ,aj I 1, ,, wisp- . so ' - A. is -1 f 1' ,,f:11'f1':cf ,. f , ' ' 2 . -. 1 -- I A-1 If 1 J-I L 'ss XX- f' ' -I , f f:1f'fg:,i- If X, ff ?l,,ffg Q fl Sxllig.. ff-Exif A QQ- Wt xii! Q '--- ,I ki ,4,,,f . 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S I myW,ygigfiiikg.-1,iLff S ass- Q Q -- 'mf if 5 if -:xg 7127, RR i i f Oi '34 X. Q. . ff f A E' tffifvfqim 1? '51 it mumw , Xqabfffifsig-p,.,Es IZUQ 0 EQ .i 13.-Eff Ap I in Ms ily-O 66 - .f H THE L CKY LA O THE ENVIABLE RECORD OF HER W R YE R missioned since Pearl Harbor and it was in this wave of modern fighting craft where lay the potential power to regain undisputed control over the sea-lanes of the Pacific. Built as a fast-moving cruiser, packing plenty of fast- firing wallop in her twelve 6-inch Q47 Cal.j rifies, and providing all-important anti-aircraft protection with her 8 barrels of 5-inch C38 Cal.Q, 40 millimeter and 20 milli- meter guns, the SANTA FE possessed the ideal attributes of a perfect fast carrier task force unit. Not only was she capable of performing at speeds in excess of thirty knots, but her fourteen thousand ton displacement had been so designed to provide optimum water tight integrity settings without compromising her storeroom space for provisions lasting one hundred twenty days, or fuel oil capacity for the necessary ten thousand mile cruising radius. Con- sequently, the Cleveland Class cruisers could be depended upon for almost any task within a heavy cruiser's cap- abilities and also could be called upon to deliver anti- aircraft iire in volume far surpassing any of the pre-Pearl Harbor ships. The commanders of the Task Groups knew this, and seldom did a carrier group sortie without the protective company of light cruisers . . . Thus, the battle record of the Lucky Lady became largely a history of the movements and strikes of the carrier task forces, with a good number of convoy chases, surface actions, and shore bombardments thrown in for good measure. The activities of the storied TASK FORCE 58 and the equally famous THIRD FLEET of Halsey were well advertised, yet few people in the U.S. realized that those successes were made possible, not by air power alone, but by maintaining proper balance between the surface and air forces of the Navy . . . It was no small tribute to the SANTA FE that the home- town newspaper headlines, highlighting the Pacific war, unwittingly provided an almost complete chronological record of her two and one-half years of constant duty in the forward area. 17 41 Mz'nuJ suporslruclure, llze SANTA FE genlbf eases into her own element, .fall water. Six months lofer, she would join float. N 7 JUNE 1942, the light cruiser SANTA FE, the Qixjff fifth of the Cleveland class, was launched in the T New York Shipbuilding Company Yards, Camden, New Jersey. Miss Caroline Chavez of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was sponsor of the ship and was aided by her uncle, U. S. Senator Dennis Chavez. Beneath the main- mast of the new cruiser were placed rare, old coins dona- ted by people of Santa Fe and men of the New York Yard. Miss Chavez christened the ship with water from the Santa Fe River, which had been blessed by the Archbishop of New MeXico's capital city. Although some elements of the crew assembled in October, the bulk of the men did not arrive until No- vember. Of the twelve-hundred man complement, at least three-fourths had never been to sea-a great deal was expected of these. However, 350 battle-wise veterans of Midway and the Coral Sea-men from the ill-fated, 18 , CAMDEN-BUILT LIGHT CRUISER SANTA FE BEGINS I-IER JOURNEY ASTORIA, QUINCY and VINCENNES-provided the nucleus and Naval know how for the SANTA FE's crew. I Duty in Philly was the best and everyone was en- joying it too much to think of the shipls imminent de- parture for Pacific waters. Finally, however, the fare- Wells could be postponed no longer. The last minute yard jobs had been completed and the ship was ready to get underway. The SANTA FE reported for duty on 28 February, 1943, six months ahead of schedule. She proceeded through the Panama Canal to Pearl Harbor, arriving on 23 lVIarch after a brief stop in San Pedro. Carrying an extra load ofammunition and in company with three de- stroyers, the SANTA FE went north from Pearl to replace the SALT LAKE CITY, which had been hit chasing the Northern Japanese Fleet. I 'WWWTTQ se l . fa 1 Sponsor Caroline Chavez displays rnighfy right as thevlraditional ootfle is smashed across SANTA FE's nose. Oppositefrom usual ehampagne tha! aceompanies shzp launchzngs, plain 'waterfrom Santa Fe River was used at fhis eeremony. W ,f ,Q ,w '. V , f ,X A , sf 4 . f, M' ,, ,, 1 'f s Q ,ef fi , Q, Efnployee W' Carnden's New York Ship adding rare Spanish-American With plate holled in place over fhe lucky pieces, main mast is lowered into eoins conlrihated hyfellow workers lo lhose sentfrorn Santa Fe, New Aflexico position. The SANTA FE reportedfor duly 20 nzonlhs and 23 days afler lo he placed beneath the main masl. keel was laid, a new record. 19 .-T,--...-Y--ff - M- -, ---W :L ,, ,ig-Y--rw .azz-4.. ..---M ,.,-, .u...,. tw.-- . . s. . - ,min lsr'- Breeding spot ofthe weather that sweeps all North America, the Aleutian Islands are as gloomy and sunless as the surrounding seas. In summer, though eovered with thick tundra, they support not a single tree. 20 Kuluk Bay, Aleutian Islands, anchorage of the North Paezfe ' --.-' ct I. i 1 X J ' 1 SUNLESS DAYS, LOW HANGING CLOUDS, 1 1 IVE days after she left .Pearl Harbor for her first Qi I War assignment, thejSANTA FE, Wending her I Way through an ice blue channel edged with snow covered mountains, anchored in Kuluk Bay, Adak, Alaska. The next morning she got up steam and headed west to report for duty With,,QpuDiv I- the RICHMOND and DETROIT. Here began 47,000 milestgof steaming in column through the never-to-be-forgotten Aleutian fog. Her virgin mission Was a shores, bombardment of Attu, I6 April. 'A star shell fired in error and a bogey that turned out to be a B-25 on patrol pro- vided the initial excitement for her inexperienced, eager-and scared-crew. I-Iowever, a Well done to all handsniby the Force Commander for this first I J -A 'Q ,4 I '3:.,fWt,sA 'ff M 'Q f Sheff' ,ff l f , X. my ' -A ff nik- , fa X X f sf . - f ra:- V K X ,f 1 'X X of . ' f, Q '41 X' 1, eff , o , . W Aufgfkhfgysfwf ge g f' X f If 1 X , to Mkjlwacp K he Q Wm I w 50 - ' as . ,,,mSyM5,, Fteet whose mission was to retakefootholds ffaps held in North America. During operation, SANTA FE was onbf hrand new heavy ship present. EYER-PRESENT FOG ARE COMMONPLACE mission set the pace for all her many tasks to come. The Japanese were aware that a powerful ship had entered the fray, for the following day Tokyo Rose announced that HAttu was shelled by a battle- ship of the SANTA FE class. May and June were dreary months of patrol around Attu. U. S. troops landed on Attu Island May llth and this cruiser force was necessary to intercept any Jap counter-attack. As it turned out, submarine emergencies, depth-charged whales, and mail were the only diversions for this fogtbound bait force. Full beards became the fashion, and the chief topics of conversation were either that last liberty in Philly or what it would be like to see the sun again. W , ,,,,,,,.r-f AU! hands stand easy as the ship regains sfreening station around toaded troop transports after surfes.y'14t bombardment cj Kisha fsfand. 21 run ,I i W Fiw-1 l s. . N. Q .f . 'xml A 3 'wsQ 'Q.iftllilll,lil,l'lill kl During July and August the patrol was shifted to Kiska to soften it up prior to invasion. Fourth of July fireworks were saved for Kiska on the 6th and a repeat performance was given the 22nd. While guarding the southwest approach to Kiska from a reported Nip cruiser and destroyer force, one of the battle wagons in the group had a possible surface contact. What followed is best left unsaid, except that radar was still in its infancy and was not too well understood by the Heet units. , By next morning this poem summed up the incident: Hush my children! Button your lip, And I'll tell you of the Battle of Sitkan Pip. It all began in the early morn, When Lava took his hugle and blew the horn, Then ffoe gave vent to his pent-up ire, Pulled on his pants and opened fre. He was quickly followed hy Lava and Cahle, Who poured it out for all they were ahle. At last, old Crystal with nothing to do, Added her voice with a salvo or two. Only Lyric, calm and serene, I Sat down on her dujf with not a pip on her screen. find so until morning with injnite care, Lava, dear Lava, found pips everywhere. At last came the sunrise a hlessing so sweet, So hush my dear children-please go to sleep. l Dog-Day, 15 August, found the SANTA FE and BRONSON covering the troops wading ashore at Gertrude l Cove. With disappointment, yet some relief, the crew received the word that the Iapshad somehow succeeded f in completely evacuating Kiska. After returning to Adak, the SANTA FE was de- tached to report to CinCPac at Pearl Harbor. - King1isher COSZUD rips of starboard wingfloat on Baker recovery and capsizes, leaving two very wet and lonebf aviators. Beards grown primarilyfor the laughs and a picture to send to the girlfriend were practicalbf standard equipmentfor all hands. Navy Regs says Verholen on the Van Dykes, hut in suchfog-hound waters most anything went. 23 To, around, or away from Pearl dd fring praetiees fre alwayr lzeld. A-1- ,, 1 HONOLULU, ONLY LIBERTY PORT BETWEEN LOS ANGELES 81 TOKYO 1TH September and success, the SANTA EE ' returned to Pearl I-Iarbor from the bleak Aleutians. Oahu was new in 1943. Surf- boards, canefields, Kanakas, Chinese and Wahines were something to write home about. Balmy breezes caressed the Royal Palms at the Royal Hawaiian while the men basked in its luxury or sunned themselves at Waikiki Beach, played golf at VVaialae, or drank beer at Nimitz Recreation Center. Every man aboard was determined to get his lill of any diversion Hawaii offeredzseeing hula shows, eating pineapples and papaias, drinking fresh milk and Five Islands imitation whiskey, or buying grass skirts and other souvenirs. But the Islands were more than just liberty portsg they provided a naval establishment complete with dry-docks, warehouses, and repair shops. The air strikes and bombardments that were increasing the SANTA FE's anti-'lap score followed a regular pattern of sortie, attack and retire to Pearl--but Pearl Harbor was 3520 miles from Tokyo. If the Pacific War were not to last forever, the I-Iawaiian naval facilities must be moved enmasse to bases closer to Japan proper. Landing Craf! Cmediumj Jeatter as the SANTA FE .slowly m U llz Y d elzannel to lier arrigned dock. .Majestic outline Q' central Oahiiis igzuni azirnzddiiyfdgrffagjjkfo mivjcgiidagifgbegoizfgoz ai dl ngllmjng 37155 - ' or va ua e or a e tain: is generally obscured by ever-prexent razn clouds. 24 dflmflgf-V ffquiring immediate repair. S 1 i . E ! 1 1 4 1 I 4 4 I Y I I A .,:f:f.u.:-f.1ax.w-fm-f.L: .x-,-.,,.-fy-af: rg-A-wi v -W ,-. , ....,. -731,1 .- mc,,,.,.h 4, , t I K N Months at sea where alcohol in anyform was non-existent, shows up plainbf, as earb' as third round. Men no longer accustomed to drink plus :ject q' f hot tropical sun makes many a shore patrol headache, 1 s f TOURISTS ONCE PAID , X 2 5 D O L L A R S P E R Barrage balloon secured to its moorings looks strangely out of place among N multitude fy' barracks, ojfce buildings and installations of Hickam Field. Now , Oahu and adjoining islands are dotted with Army and Navy airfelds, i V Beer bottles still in hand, recreation party slows down for moment. Though sporting gear was available, men would rather drink sehnapps. Y t t 26 - but prior to Deeember 7th Hiekam was the only up-to-date air base the U.S. possessed in Paezfe area. Small wonder fapanese placed it high on target priority list. To prove onee andfor all that NAVY CHOW is not what many people would have you believe, the Commissary Steward humbly submits below pieture of mess-hall eneouraged avoirdupois. Hawaiian Hula-hula daneed by natives is artistic and meaningful, about 180 degrees outfrom burlesque-show variety. This USO group is performing on Royal Hawaiian Hotel,s patio. Not mirage, nor make-believeg this photo WAS taken in Honolulu. Lei and grass skirt look authenticg so, no other explanation possible-she must live on other side of the island. 27 if h me-Y - ry Hymn 'nl . 55 MU, ,,,,,,,,:m .f-- .'.-n.u.1.a1.1.m.. . - ,. . L n...LLmF.- '- ,, ,, W N, f . 4 ff W' ,f ,v ' ,ez W e. ez l Fueled on 15th, SAVNTA FE begins run in to Tfzrawez and Makin at 26 knolx. Tlzefrsf .ftrike on Tzzrzzwzz wax to be lzzznzehea' zz! 0330, I8 Sept. INITIAL STRIKES OF CARRIER FORCES EORETOLD EVENTS TO FQLLOW y N PEARL HARBOR, 2 September 19-13, Rear Admiral DuBose shifted his Hag from the BIRMINGHAM to the SANTA FE, and CruDiv I3 became a reality. This division, composed of the SANTA FE, BIRMING- HAM, MOBILE-and later BILOXI-was destined to see much action with new fast carrier groups being formed. With the LEXINGTGN, BELLEAU WOOD and PRINCETON, CruDiv I3 started on its first of many task force missions on Il September. On I7 September after several days of intensive drills, Task Force I5 started its high speed run toward Tarawa, a little island in the Gilberts near the Equator. Early next morning all hands were at GQ watching the red and green lights of the planes of the first strike as they assembled over the formation. All morning long the strikes took off. By mid-afternoon, the planes had returned to their carriers and the Group began to retire from the area. At dusk, the SANTA FE had many new shellbacks, but no laps to her credit. The 28 first carrier raid had been a success and she went back to Pearl Harbor to await orders. VVake Island, symbol for American courage, was to be blasted by American forces for the first time since the laps had overpowered her gallant defenders. The cruisers were on station at noon of 5 October to begin shelling the buildings and emplacements. Planes from the ESSEX, YORKTOWN, BELLEAU IYGOD, and INDEPEND- ENCE bombed the V-shaped atoll while CruDiv I3 and the NASHVILLE bombarded. After an hour this small spitiof sand, so isolated from the world, was an inferno of raging explosions and fires. The -Iaps knew that the Navy 'had not forgotten the men who had fought and died sokvaliantly on VVake. The following day the planes bombed again for good measure. That evening the SANTA FE headed back to Honolulu. 5-inch firing Ad practice to starboard, while C 553 R and Engineering critics contemplate results. More service rounds were fred hy ships in simulated practices than in actual hattle. Blurred right gun of 40 MM mount shows fring and recoil action is almost too fast for camera to catch. Men in foreground operate director sight which actually brings guns to hear. 'I High capacity shells from homharding ships strike enemy defense installations on Wake Island. One salvo falls -short and hits water near protecting coral reef. 7apanese freighter-transport is resting on bottom of the shallow lagoon inside atoll. 29 ' ...fi z:ez'f'lf.4:fs4sa1n.r-'sn' Return fre from coast defense guns on Wake Island is irregular, but airbf accurate. Avoiding maneuvers have to be made twice during intensive bombardment. Spotting plane's wing shows up in right hand corner. Constant spots sent to guns insure greatest accuracy. Pall of smoke rises over Wakefrom burning oil dum s and buildin s . . P Z - .fit 0410 the order is received cease fre and commence retirement . Built up from the centuries' accumulated remnants of marine slzell lie, an atoll consists cj a belt of coral req surrounding central lagoon. Anti-submarine screen formed by destroyers in the van, heavy ships prepare to go 30 alongside navy tanker fcenterj for all-important fuel oil. Symbolic fy' compfele prostrzztion qt Poffywogs, group of Slzellbark candidates rereive Ja!! water hoying down btfore inz'!iatz'o71. T wAs INDEED an ill wind that on 18 September 19-13 edged a carrier task force across the Equator while s launching air strikes against Tarawa in the Gilberts. With the Captain's announcement Stand by for a bump when the Equator is reached , shellbacks produced clubs, bats and paddles of all descriptions to begin humbling Pollywogs. This was the day that the Old Timers had been waiting for. Proper lookouts equipped with binocu- NEQPHYTE SALTS INITIATED INTO THE MYSTERIES OF c , KING NEPTUNE'S DOMAIN lars made of head paper were posted lest the Royal Party pass undetected. Shellbacks broke out razors and scissors, and immediately set to work carving out the undeniable badge of the Pollywog-the partly shaved scalp. Baldy-cuts of marked individuality appeared and by nightfall beaten spirits-and bodies-were common- place. The next morning OHicers and P0's messcooked for the Shellbackls breakfast. I-Iazing went on throughout Pledges wear Il variety fy' mstzmzes. Padre and clzicken'l get much lzrzzfng. Nept1mn5LRex poses with R0y1zfParly. 31 lf' i l i l Shzllelagh zn hand, Depuly 1n.rure.v group I5 well hehaved. the day until Assume the position! rang through every PollyWog's brain. The Royal Party was sighted about 1600 and came aboard to hold court on the Main Deck Aftg all members were present, including the ersatz Princess and the Royal Jesters. The guilty novices crawled to the court through a paddle line that started on the forcastle. Charges were read against each, and after a fair trial, the judge sentenced all to the works . After kneeling to King Neptune,bowing at the Queen's feet, drinking from the Royal Baby's bottle, kissing his belly, and finally being blessed by Holy Joe, the victim was placed under custody ofthe Royal Executioner. The Court Doctor performed surgical operations with a wired- Candidate before Royal ffudgex hears summon.: and is read of , while colleague I 645090 Z00d-hUm07'5db' Wffiffff bald!-haiffuf fmm Bflfhfff- , to mercy of Neptunehv innumerable Shellhajk deioutiei? We! scared Polhvwogs await individual summon: whi h w'll th w them ,.,.. W, ., ,,,, M.. V ll s KN Q Ykfvxf wks :Qs digg X K K it ix QL si ,,,-,,. X .Q NA Ns X. - s Sa!! wafer lreatment eonlinzzesztlzrozzglzozzt entire 1'nz'fz'eztion. up knife, and the Dentist tested out a mouth Wash of soap, quinine, and Diesel oil. Most of the Barber's Work had been done the night before, however, he insured that no prized locks remained.' Blinded with oil and still being encouraged via paddles and shillelaghs, the Pollywogs remaining trial was to crawl through a long canvas chute filled with garbage, oil, and bilge Water. His final test passed successfully, the recruit, bruised from stem to stern, emerged a full-fledged Shellback already contemplating his new station when the next school of Pollywogs should cross the equator. He was not to be disappointed, for While carrying out battle missions, four separate schools of SANTA FE Pollywogs were initiated into the mysteries of King Neptunels Domain. Board paddles and canvas elzzbs raised, double line of Slzellboeks give fast-moving eonvert ez dorsal beating hed!! never forget. Full Lieutenoni Cezbovej exeusedfrom no part of ceremony kisses Raya! Babys belbf. Slap elzule diselzarges newly-made Sliellbaek. l E Shipls painter proudly puts finishing touches on Yap flag representing third plane :hot down during first night air attack. High speed, coupled with main battery of 5-inch and torpea'0e.v,mal:e Fletcher class destroyer welcome company on operation. 1 34 ,A 4 'I W -:L fig rf' --if-,A I l I 1.121 , VX ,L , 1 1 . . Y , .R 1 I i , f .11 I g ,A V ,WX I., --y 1' an f f--f--A -ef-.X ii I ' 1 ' 1' 1 . - 1 ., 2. K! i f Q ! ' :f . . . 5111? . P, ' l -1 ,I I 1 1 - f -3 . V1 ry- 1 1 L3 gg r 34.1 . 1 ,, ., LGU J, .st UP THE SLOT, PAST IRON BOT- TOM BAY AND BACK AGAIN HE SANTA FE became a part of the newly created Fifth Fleet October 13, 1943, at Pearl Harbor. This 'T was the Central Pacific Force that was destined to carry the War from Pearl Harbor to the Philippines in a year's time. The first mission of the Fifth Fleet found CruDiv 13 steaming in company with other ships on a strategic training cruise to the Fiji-New Hebrides area. This task group had been assembled for the initial thrust into the Central Pacific, but off the coast of Fiji on November 3, CruDiv 13 received an unexpected and exciting order to relieve bagtile Worn CruDiv 12 which had been supporting the Mariyiielglanding on Bougainville. .Steaming at maximu1n.ffiS1gief.,,g1 and stopping at Espiritu Santo only to fuel, eached Florida Island in short order. g The Word sodngg pt around that the ship's inissioni'Wasi.to 'escort axgrouplybf' landyigjfgtfsii-gs carrying . f sc A 1 ,,.wvifQ1Lv:'z2f? - - rein orcements, to theMai:15iesa1,BQugain1v1l1e. This relief detail steamed outxofTu1agi, througl'iQ55Iron Bottom Bay , around Savo, and lieadesdffnortli fol Bougainville. The transport groups tliat1VWerei'iQofsefnd r- inforcements ashore joined at sunset. 'lia tl da!WnA'orgg.-ifffflfloxfcember the Marines were landed ashgiiitffxprn schedul'eQQ3ffThat evening a lone Jap snooper skiited the formatioziifl- out of range of the' AA batteries and gave the ship's location to every Nip south of Tokyo. After sunset, an estimated 30 to 35 twin engine Bettys made an all-out attack with bombs and torpedoes. Every ship in the group let loose with its anti-aircraft batteries until finally the attackers became discouraged by their losses and decided to retire. The respite was short lived, for about mid-night mile bogeys were back again. They were even more daringg this time, but accurate AA Ere sent Bettys blazing iiiwno, the sea one after another. One flaming coflin passedoveii' the SANTA FE so close that its torpedo rack fell om thee main deck. Cruisers Zig-Zagging .at high speed Were: difficult targets to hit, but so were torpedo planes making, runs at 250 knots. When it ended the Japs had lbstfat' least 15 of their finest torpedo planes and Were: quitC Willing to call it quits. CruDiv 13 did not comerout' unscathed. The BIRIVIINGI-IAIVI had taken 2 tin-f'ish ' plus a bomb hit atop turret No. 3, but her losses were: slight and she reached port Without trouble. When transports sent a message saying Thanks for keeping the: bastards off our necks . The Marines had landed anda the special job given to CruDiv 13 was over. F116 tWo groups joined, the commander of the: 1 X Only GOOD :YAP I5 a dead onef' - Nfghfx darknese is saddealy Jlzattered by Jmoke andj7ame ax anallzer Belly craflzes of the SANTA FEE beam. Only br-zllzantflaylz of gasoline exploxzon marks the burial Jpal of :even would-be world eanquerom. A , .I if ,, , ' e WW Captain Berkey holds alaflfragment Q' jfap plane whfelz landed 071 .flzip Alerl :ky lookout reeeluex eorzgratnlfztiam and X10 prize promffed by when .Vip pauerl overhead and frzlflzed claye aboard. ,vklpper for .vfglzling ,filfl afrafkfng enemy plane. 35 4 xM Lush, tropical growth makes jine picture and acrounts for popular mis- conception that South Sea Islands are little short ry' paradise. I ,il ' 'I' If? 1' 1 l in L, I 'I l , , . f I, SANTA EE PAYS BRIEF VISIT TO SOU PACS ADVANCE BASES fifgo STAY-AT-HOME stateside movie-goers the South Seas bring thoughts of swaying palm trees, soft moonlight, rippling tides on sandy beaches and island maids alamour montez. But sailors and marines who saw 'em all-those South Sea Islands-remember the palm trees ripped with shell hre, the moonlight masked in gun smoke, and the beaches stained with powder and oil and blood. The South Seas-Guadalcanal, Savo Island, the Coral Sea, the Solomons, Iron Bottom Bay, Bismark Sea, Bougainville, the Slot . . .l For here Uncle Sam, pounded against the ropes, had sucked in his breath and lashed out in the hrst real offensive against the laps. Twice in 1943 the SANTA FE crossed the linel' into the South Pacihc-first, retiring from Tarawag then en- route to the Fiji Islands but diverted to Bougainville via Espiritu Santo and Tulagi. This action provided many firsts: first time under Bull I-Ialseyg first time up the Slotg hrst night enemy air attackg first enemy planes shot down CSD. On this First trip the SANTA EE's crew saw little of the islands except from the ship. There was time at Espiritu for several crew members to happen in on their first and only advance base U.S.O. show and to barter in a money-wise native village. There were a few hours more for high-priced trading at Tulagi. But that was all. 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Note z'ngenioaJ steel mattzng fleft baekgroundf wlzielz eoverf actual runway provz'a'z'ng smooth Jazfaee in worst weather. Navy blaejarlzet get: a hit ana' headxforfryt base during intra-.rl11'p game al palmfringed Navy Athletic Field on Efpiritu. Steel ,Qlaonsel Hats, clean dangarees A ' ' ' -' ' ' ll ti. on clothex lines, and baseball dzarnond gzve typteal Amerzean look to tlzzx F1 enelz H1177 4' 37 , f f 1 f f W ffwf fw f wm- W! , W W, X W W 'M 4 WW W mf WW! mf ,fwwff WW ,Q Nj , W x f f ' 4, 5 , ' W ,M, WMV ' 0 ,Wm ,M ,, wwf, fw W ,M W , X K X , ,, Mfwf X fp ,M 4 W 'WZ' f W JW V fMwwf ! Um -f ff BLOODY ATOLL TAKEN BY MARINES FTER the Bougainville trip, the SANTA FE came back to the Gilberts for the invasion of Tarawa. Assigned as a fire support unit to cover the Second Marines landing on Betio Island, she patrolled close in- shore during the night of D-minus-one to keep enemy planes from using the airfields. D-day was 20 November, and before dawn the MARY- LAND and SANTA FB were bombarding the atoll as- amphibious troops climbed into landing craft for the first invasion of Japanese territory in the Central Pacific. Fighting thus far in the Pacific had beendthrough moun- tainous jungles, but here the battle field was a two mile strip less than at thousand yards wide with every foot of sun baked coral used for defense., After two hours of steady shelling, Cease fire was ordered as the boats neared the beach. Sniper and machine gun toll of the Erst waves was heavy and the SANTA FE closed to point blank range for call fire. Many pill boxes and emplacements that cost over 3,000 casualties in the 72 hour battle for bloody Tarawa were blown to kingdom come. VVhen the Stars and Stripes was raised on a shattered palm tree, a potential airbase had been gained from which bombers could fan out to neutralize the vital Marshalls. Camera .thot of Tarawa Jtretehing low aaron water doe: not rexemhle picture below taken at .tame time, however, it doe: approximate far better what men topside see Q' any meh target. Bloody hattlefor Tarawa continues ar asxault marines landfrom lagoon side. SANTA FE IDI Lving to fright eornerj, providing ealljire. l ,fz,, 4' ' 1 A-,fi gr -V J, ,. f-'T' , 'NWS 5. 1 V pf , ,,W,4W,, . IL- ,I f f , t- ffl-3 if ,f VW, ' M45 fp p Mp, .,. up . . ' -o. - . Once an Dltlttd' had been seized, the Yapanese immediateb' constructed airjields and aircraft facilities. This was basic tenet Q' their carefully laid naval strategy: for, it was believed, the Imperial 1Vavy plus these uunsinkable aircraft carriers would be impervious to American counter-attack. I , l A s , l I x i Marines are already out of their landing craft and well up the beach in an attempt to ouwank ffaps hidden among the trees. 4-0 s ss- ,s s cs,-i,..,s.c,,,., Eg Low-slang, concrete blockhouses Qf this type caused most Illarine casualties and became primary targets W' the fire-support ships. o Q Q 9 .LJ V . , .vQ8'X,,. -X... 55 Q n lfifreeked radar antenna shows Yap has mastered intricacies of Hnzagie eyeh' and due aflowanee must he made znfuture operations. Suceesjzzf invasion ry' Tarawa, supported en- tzrely hy sea power, was U. S. sVavy's answer r' 5. g , Extensive damage to 8-fneh eoasta! defense gun which 7aps had trans- Re-inforrements about to land on portion of island evidentb' not prevfoushv planted from Singapore proves accuracy of SANTJ FEfre. fired upon. Note heads extending over water. 41 , 3 N Smoke ard ire rzsesfrom Wage Island eastern most ap bastzon, as salvo after salvofrom S.4NTA FE s guns pzn poznt the large! Targets zn the area asszgned are well cover ed and znelude eoaslal aatterzes two air strzps buzldzngs and azr znstallatzons Afmmunztzon dump lzzt but at same tzme heavy returnjirefrom 7ap batterzes zs met, straddlzng llzzs slzzp lzzttzng destroyer ahead Vulnerabzlzty of beaelzlzead zs elearbf outlined as landzng em to ITH Tarawa, Makm and Apamama already con agamst the lap Outer L1ne ofDefense was abOL1f to come ol? The lslands of Wotje, Mill aluit and Vlaloelap ln the Marshalls were the obv1oHs faFgets, but 21 surprlse was 1n store for the Nlps However, the story is gettmg ahead of 1tsell Wlhen Tarawa was firmly ln U S hands the SANTA FE left the Gllbert area wlth the F1fthlFleet and steamed north to launch a carrier plane strlke at the Marshalls O11 4 December and agam on the Sth The SANTA ISE had been unde1WaV almost constantlv slnce 13 Octoberg SO, . I 1 . yy .' I I7 . ' e ' - . - I , . I. . ' , l , . l .. . , , , , .S ,s,.o of V , , , X W' as ff T - tl 'sly verted 1nto formldable a1r bases, the next IHOVC 1 -' ' cc il - - as - ' A ' s l ,L 'xx K I .-W . rn..- A l Ak .. . . TT ' T V 1 . 1 . . 2 . f ' , ' ' . V x ' . . X , , S ..,,,... ., ,,,,. W Y all lr - inds hurriedly pour men and material ashore at Kwzzjalein. AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION PERFECT upon completion of the air strike, the order Return to Pearl Harbor was welcome news. The SANTA EE arrived at Pearl on ll December. The next couple of weeks enabled the Navy Yard to work the ship over, and, most important, install more recently developed Radar equipment than was then aboard. VVhile Christmas mail was still coming on board, the unexpected came true, the SANTA EE was ordered to go to the VVest Coast, pick up the Kwajalein Invasion Convoy and escort them out. New Year's Day of 1944 passed on the high sea and a day later the bow nosed between the nets at Terminal Island, U.S.A .... But the ship Burned out hangurs and outline of what used to he landing strips on Roi Island ure only rernuzns M onee powejul air installations. Beach hurriers, slit trenches, pill boxes testhfy to preparations jfups had madefor defense. On the jfeld are two gutted Bettys . Absence of pulnzfronds on trees which cover Numur Island is mute evidence ofthe extensive use made of high explosive projeetlles. LCM's, LCVP's, LCT's and LST's provide all-important transportation W' troops and necessary equipment from sea directbf to beach. Troop transports, freighter transports and supply ships q' every description hover a few miles ofshore while waiting to unload. ., -Y - '- fri - is g il in J I .ont 1 J, ,L turned and headed out to sea again for two days OI battle practice maneuvers off San Clemente while 1300 men groaned in disappointment. However, back at Long Beach on the 3rd, all hands made the most of5 glorious liberties before the sailing date, dawn 13 January. Underway again, the force cruised steadily toward the Marshalls, ,by-passing Pearl with only a one night stopover in Lahaina Roads, Hawaii. On Dog-minus-one, the day preceding the Mar- shalls invasion, the ship swung south and came into bombard Wotje on 30 January. This bombardment was part of the plan to catch the laps off guard. It was evident the well-equipped outer shell of the Marshalls would be expensive to capture, but by simply feinting, then side stepping and passing on to the more vulnerable center atoll of Kwajalein the effect, control ofthe air and sea lanes of the mid- Pacific, would be the same at a minimum cost in life. Completing what would appear to the Japs as the usual pre-invasion bombardment, the SANTA FE and the other bombarding ships slipped away from Wotje during the night and steamed north at high speed to arrive in the firing line to seaward of Roi- Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll at dawn the next morning. The bombardment started immediately and the ships covered their sectors with high ex- plosive shells over and over again. By mid-morning, after the minesweepers had cleared a channel, the 1 l Faced with such overwhelming odds and not wishing to throw awa ' ' ' l y their lives necdlessb soldiers ' T1 ' ' . . the f7aps. They die on battle feld with the ideh itls f1'ee0iiidzci1'llo6iS?hiZZdh'i'tizZc?tii would befwred to Jwrmderi but not so 44 4 Oi! refervoirs, bufldingf and many q'1'.ffflnd'5 permanent de enses were buf!! during lhe twenly odd yearr ezpun held Mzzrxlzaflf mandate transports were in the lagoon and the boatloads of Marines were circling them. As H-Hour approached the support ships opened fire on the inner beach the landlng craft llned up and headed 1n The nearer theV came to the beach, the more lntense became the barrage Then when the boats were nearly beached a spottlng plane that had been c1rcl1ng overhead dropped a cluster of Hares Im med1ately the shells were llfted to a point 1 few yards up from the water s edge, then the troops landed beh1nd the curta1n of Ere, and advanced up the 1sland So perfect was the coord1nat1on between land, a1r and sea forces, the lnvadlng troops found onlV one small pocket of aps, halfcrazed by the shell fire, on a corner of ROI and this was llquldated bw the 7nd of February At dusk on 6 Februal V the SANTA P14 negotrated the narrow channel 1nto lVIa1uro Atoll and dropped anchor br1ng1ng her part Ill the second step of the Centr1l Pacrlic Cillhpilgll to 1 close , 3 V c 7 T f ' 1 r -ww - A J c J - 2 LA L c . . Senile Kanaka, gaunt, toothless and wrinkled, in eoarre lainclotlz, Jquats in Hindu fashion, grinning a friendLv welcome to Majuro. Upon a table Qf white coral benealh eoeonul palm, a Kanakafamib prepares, in HOLLYWOOD IDEA OE TROPICAL IS- LANDS IS ONLY 180 DEGREES OUT AJURO, a true atoll of the Marshalls, is typical of I , the low lying Micronesian islands that became I forward bases for assaults against Japan. Formerly German colonies, purchased from Spain in 1899, the spacious anchorages and potential airbases have had great strategic importance since acquired by Japan under the 1921 League mandate. Of Micronesian stock, the natives, a mixture of the superior, sturdier Polynesian to the east and of the Melanesian to the south, have ine bronzed physiques, dark hair and broad negroid faces with large expressive eyes. The Kanakas are good agriculturalists, outrigger canoeists, fishermen and divers. 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' ' I H ff ' lr 1 3 , .r - fs f- - a 1 J, .LiL ,.1, TRUK, SAIPAN AIR STRIKES BEGIN NEUTRALIZATION JOB f',jV's'lAsK FORCE 58 is the name of the greatest naval force in history-the force that iolled I the Japs back over ten thousand miles of ocean to their home islands. Before each invasion Task Force 58 swept the seas clear of any enemy power and pummeled the beachheads into dazed and broken resistance, during the invasion it stood as an iron ring between the Jap defenders and any hope of reinforcement. An original member of Vice Admiral Spruance's 58, the SANTA FE fought witliiit throughout the war. After the occupatioiyf the Marshall Islands, on the twelfth of Febnflaijig 1944 the fieet sortied on the first of a startling series of raids, striking from the base at MHj'1lFO hcrdss five hundred miles of en'eQiyj5yafe'fsf'gto'belies,fiemgFegH'ab'1'e-Jgtgmstion of TrulfiXQ'ni'Febigu,ary', siicteenth,.faft1s-liifflsiiee days of undetected cruisirigfl ,il he'iQ,forc9v'llran in and launched six sdifkkffsf.uihopposedtfiV That night at 2110 the first enfemyfwasidetectelix and until 0215 the tropic mQ'on,l'i'ght f,ffwas1f he-tlchexd with tracer patterns as ali Ip,i ships' beatiioff 'lows level torpedo attacks. Theiiheicit day, the aiihigiloiixps continued their strikesguntil noong the totaldfsgore for this one raid was 250 planes destroyed, 18 ships, including two cruisers, sunk. Retiring toward the Marshalls, the Task Force refueled, and on the twentieth changed course to- ward Saipan, the kingpin of Nippon's outer de- fense chain. At dusk on the twenty-first a Betty was spotted as it sneaked away. The Task Force knew that it would have to fight its way into the target. just after dark the battle started and all night long the bogies went down in flames, ignited by American bullets. The Task Force forged ahead. At sunrise the first strike was Tremendous barrage fred by Task Group 58.1 forces bomb and its owner lo crash well astern of carrier. Nofe white phosphorous shellburst. l l sw H., ,l 3- : X' A .5 it my sy Ng 'XR . K LQ.. xg.-Rx it - Q kgs X A5 X W X XBXNA. - A A - s X f .i si X X s .. A QL xl A, .xx 1 xv 5 Q X . 4' X vw-t 1 Rs, X A Q A X- f X N X- N S i QQ xi A . - is ig- .QQ X N if -X-X X x ji S it EX .Q X 1 .. X N ir. A A ' S 5 k wx ff, X- 5. A N . 1 X ix X X X .5 x X f N XX. , 5 g. A Q - . Q is A Action eharaeter1'st1'c1'of plane versus ship warfare shows Ctopj sp Essex-elass earrier heads into the wind to recover aireraft. . lash near ALABAMA, another on horizong also lower near mzss on CV Vereening tin ran adds firepower to smother low level attack t launched while the guns were still blazing The SANTA FE got one Betty headed directly for the ship Two F6Fs chased three Bettys around the destroy er screen and splashed them A dive bombing attack was shattered as the Vals came through the overcast At noon the battle was over and the carriers continued to launch scheduled fhghts for the rest of the day On February twenty sixth the ship anchored in Majuro During this operation the SANTA FE had completed 100 000 engine mlles One week later the SANTA FE steamed to Espiritu and Joined Admiral Halsey s Task Group 38 1 On the 17th of March the force covered the occupation of Emirau lsland an unopposed landing with no bloodshed On the 27th, having been released from ComSouPac, the ship ioined Task Force 58 1 for the V5 estern Carolines laid Southeast of Palau, on the 29th of March, ap torpedo planes attacked from sunset until about 2200. No ships were damaged, while several enemy planes were destroyed. After the strikes on the 30th, 58.1 proceeded to Yap and that night beat off a heavy five hour air attack. The next day the Navy planes blasted Yap and the following day pounded VVole'i, after which the Force retired eastward to hlajuro. Second: affer carrier plane: begin atlackpfmoke riser from .vlzip and beach ax volcanie Palau learn: meaning if U. S. air warfare. Taskforce lay: down low barrage lo repel torpedo bombers skimming tlze surface lo avoid detection. Few penetrate llze barrier of steel. SANTA FE, ABLY ASSISTED BY 5th FLEETW SUPPORTS MACARTHUR N 13 APRIL 1944 the SANTA FE sortied from Majuro with Task Force 58 and proceeded south- west to New Guinea to support the invasion of Hollandia by land forces of SouVVesPac. On 21 April the carriers launched air strikes to cover Hollandia and to neutralize Wakde and Sawar airfields, one hundred and fifty miles to the westward. During the afternoon a friendly plane was reported forced down off VVakde Island and the SANTA FE catapulted two seaplanes for possible rescue The OSZU s landed near VR akde and iescu fl the pilot and crew of a TBF which had b en shot down that morning by Japanese anti aircraft fire That night 21 22 April theSANTA FE with CruD1v13 and DesD1v 91 were temporarily detached from the carrier task group to conduct a bombardment ofthe air installa tions on W akde and Sawar At 0109 on the morning of the 22nd the SAN1A FE and company opened fire and proceeded to pour over 10 000 rounds of five and six inch projectiles into the installations on Wakde and at Sawar on the mainland The operation was com pleted bv 0210 and the group returned eastward and resumed station with the carrier force The bombard ment was conducted entirely by radar b cause the land was not visible from the ship The results could not be observed but reports from observation planes sent over the next day indicated that the firing was excellent At dawn 22 April MacArthurs forces made their first big iump moving from Saidoi 500 miles along the north coast of New Guinea and landing at Hollandia and Aitape This came as a complete surprise to the apanese who it developed later had prepared fo the invasion by moving reinforcements from A, Madang Hollandia and V1 akde to V1 ewak Fray P 40,1008 6 where the landing was expected On 26 April Task Force 58s duties at Hollandia were completed and the SANTA FE with the rest of the force moved east ward to the vicinity of Manus Island to iefuel and to supply carriers with aircraft replacements On the evening of the 28th the Task Force departed from Manus and took a northerly course headed for Truk After crossing the international date line on the second 29 April Task Force 58 launched an attack on Truk The strikes were repeated on 30th and additional strikes were launched against Satawan Although there were several alerts during the day no planes attacked the force The force next proceeded eastward strik ing Ponape with air attacks and a battleship bombardment on way to Kwaialein CA PTAIN WRIGHT F04-772 17 ff rrowr Oflf qf-50 wgf A P ffawffo fv wguna wifi, fhgj Q S urn J. aj U! 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Walede First Wtwo spotting planes which suceessfulb' rescued three occupants qulowned TBF ' h ' 1 d h zs ozs d. Th A ' t'- irera t fre on morning P715-gdzn nl H Cr 6 Ib. . E e a oar e carrler torpedo plane wasfatally hz! by an 1 fl f Z gf H7537 air crelment and ezezshed of Wakde then 90 mzles west of SANTA FE. 52 ,1 , s59I'5 'HS ' 29. OA 59 0,216 .Qt at n f 55 N fl g 6' fi ,,, 1' , xt! :nj A .R 59 ,v-. 1 . ,xy 35619 xiow lnoow tal C, Ok QV X --s gif J' 'pl' en, In Ke 1' X i X' - 0109 mx ' X ' Q jp' .. Qi? ,' N Off- fffl ' C' , X V' kk! U 0 :Af ,E ., 'N Sita lg e J-C WP' 'S M r' o ' ' - . ' ' o L I ,f - , Q .J ,jeg 6 ' Q 0 f J - 1, 19 Q X ' l,5,f' ' 53 cg ,V 30 X 1ff5'5c,O h' ' , 1 I, 1 NAME Hlatzfv.-v iwsicwm n. cilxf' x , , rw f 1 I . rm ,-'a Hum Fins: IE. ' ' x- fr Q Q f' fm I Yfr. ff yn . 2wL.VV KJLJ--':L.fN ,' M bfxfiiiif 1'XfQ...f5x I f Sm WM - MfxF 19'i Q Q2 fl EL Ifland airfield and Sawar airxlrlp on mainland are priority lar- gely to negaf ffap lnrerferenre with scheduled Hollandia landings. ,Wf Salvo after Jalvo from main and Jeeondary battery .vpllt nightlv hlaeknexf Preezse navzgatzon and magzeal radar znmre hzls on unseen large! H 5 5, H 3 1 ! L 4-Q , W-iq W V AK Wounded radloman, lhanlzfulfor his .veje return, gingerly tests leg while Llefzfenanl Swenxon, pllol ofunforizlnale torpedo homherlexpresxes hearljelt Jhipvj onlinr and bomjwam JMU him 0,7 trip I0 S1313 Bay, lhanles for whole erew ax he .fhahes hand: with rexmer. 5 xnvwmm I l K N L . 2, X .f 5, 'ilu 4 if ' z, ' rw i 1 1 .. 1 Q l 5 l Y ' yi 9 xi . W K 4 1 V,, MAJURG, KWAJALEIN AND ENIWETOK BECOME STH FLEET'S ADVANCE BASES i X A meant a change from the tension of battle opera- fg AKE all preparations for entering port -this 5 tions. One raid was history. Since more were to come, paint and provision, check and repair made up the Plan of the Day. Daubs of yellow chromate marked where rust spots once had been. Provisions came aboard at all hours. As often as not the movies were interrupted -Gable waited to kiss Lana until spuds and spam were carried below. The fantail crane hoisted ammunition aboard from dawn until dusk. An endless chain of men removed it from the cargo nets and transferred it to the magazines. Each afternoon an LCI came alongside to take 300 men-and 3 cans of beer apiece-to a palm-studded sand spit for a few hours of swimming, playing ball, searching for sea-shells, or just relaxing. Mail, or sugar reportsf' arrived from the States. New movies on the fantail instead of the old ones in the hot, crowded mess hall brought out most of the crew. But history needed a new chapter. Soon the word would come: Set the Special Sea Detail . Recreation Party hurries ashore at Majuro for few hours respite from ' shipboard routine. Swimming in from versatile LCI which brought them Doughnut-shaped atolls like Enifwetok are exeellent natural fleet anchorages, but lack of terra jfrma makes liberty ashore impossible. l 54 1. i l 4 i l i I . 1 1 l I l E l l from ship, the men will spend most ey' their time exploring island, eolleeting shells and tasting a few cans of beer. Burial services on Kwajalein are heldfor three erew members lost by drowning while on recreation. Full naval honors are afforded dead before being laid to rest in military cemetery. Ammunition replenishment is a major reason for returning to port. Gunners Mates remove projeetiles, nose caps, cheek fuses, and separate types before stowing them in 5-inch magazine. Udnehored in Berth 441, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands in Z0fathoms of water fsand and coral bottoml with 90 fatlzoms ij chain to the starboard anchor . . . reads .Quartermaster Log. S .-...2.., 55 f ' A Looking dead ahead from plane seeurea' to fantaillf port catapult, SAN T11 FE present: photo-induced beam worthy fy' largest battleship. V A Qdxl .5-,,'-Em., -4. -,- 5 f- ., -,- 'f v: -f 21 i .Jlgfl-.I1. .w. L fi - I I V' 534 ll' lf' V1 .. 'I' ' ., 'f ' l I 7:1 1 I ' 7 i-J Q -E 't i' 1 l :.,l 3 l I ,lf ,I :Q ,I ' I l H l Nl 1 I l l , ' I -I 2 I 1 gs mr I ma I' ff 7 f 4.4, i F ,.,,,-. .JE 1 ' VLA. 1 P-,VM-5 ,, My ,A-4 1sT BATTLE OF PHILIPPINE SEA, SAIPAN AND GUAM INVASIONS, Bo- NINS' BOMBARDMENT SET FAST PACE T 7' HEN the SANTA FEistood out from Ma-iuro 6 June 5Q,f'fQ.,l 1944, she began her longest period of continuous if Y operation. She was still assigned to a fast carrier task group, one of four composing the powerful Task Force 58. Beginning ll June, daily air strikes were launched against Saipan, Tinian, and Guam to blast Bettys and Zekes on their runways a generally soften the island defenses. On the 15th, DogQDay for Saipan, an attack by low flying enemy torpedgd planes was smothered by the terrific AA barrage thro n iby the U.S. ships. lt was evident on 16 ,f une that a large Japanese surface force wasfapproachingx-.A ',th,d'l'9flT't'lT 'e.,.iriiiiial contact was madehiyxourfearrier'planesfr-in,wh'a't fvijas' to be known as the First Ba-tgle ofitl'le,,jPhilippine.1 Sea. From 1000 throughout the dayffthei .T.Lhl,15S,,.f'l2l.:ll'1Z1tCl1CCl' an all-out air attack on our forces. Byreyeni-ng o r CAP had splashed over 400 planesg t-his,,total,,5thei large it for any one day of the war, earned thefnamfe lVI'a1j.iai1as Turkey Shoot for the action. Afewfdive bombers: .... ped through only to be shot dowrititi' drop their bombs sea. Contact with the enemy, lost the previous night, was again established late in the afternoon of 20 June. It was then that Admiral Mitscher elected to launch a daring air strike against the Jap fleet-a strike from which it was 19 ?une1944 ffapx throw their haymaker at Mitsehez-'J .veaforeex guarding a V ' ' - I pproaeh to znvas h hh d ' ' small percentage is ax .9ucee.f.jul as this fellow trashingozarhilissgl oitcjjriiifiiiii .ftgnfoo-plus drinking ya? aircraft only 5 6 A T ga - . . . QNTA F5 W U U 5 3 5 5o ': 0P5Qf3TsoNs 0 . ' 2 6-2.7 JUNEJIQQ-4 S 0 6 DEPnR'1'ev mmuqo , Q 9 Fueeeo DO'S, C.L's gl' HR srizmes ou snmw Tawau, 19 Ro'rA,nMD quam, cau1'uJo.ua,. I9 Hvraoe ev JGP cnizmeg Puwgg 20 All Mine:-' qqmuyr Jn? FLEET CD ll SGQRCHGD 1-on -me stem- . Z4 fmznci on 95fa9N Q4 'O 11 nnnfveb mm:-reg ua -'mil' iemmcs ii nnqm QD M nmeuhs G3 .9. .sn-vm QD O Q UQQMX Q C? Cf G 'CON .-sulwimg A73 an 111- u In 8 D' 4- ' CZ' IJ O CQ: 0 0 Q5 QQ Q. 4,0 Phuxo 15? 0 Q 0 . Q5 qs Q90 5- 4 00 63 GTEUK 5 in 'lt v 5' ' G U C Q ef' C' sn D all T o J O F L ' 'Nl 6 S Able- 0 ladle inevitable, due to the distance to the target, that most of the planes would return after sunset. On a black, moonless night pilots with no experience at night landings began to return to darkened flattops. The SANTA FE and all the other ships turned on every avail- able light and fired star shells but still plane casualties were high. Destroyers cut rapidly about to places where a plane's running lights had disappeared into the sea and a great majority of the personnel were saved. However, the attack was a tactical success for it had left the Im- perial fleet's carriers severely crippled and no longer a threat to the Marianas' Landings. . i Smoke rises from another Nip pfane downed oelween SANT11 FE and large rarrier. Enemy aircraft ronlinue Io allack all Sunday morning and into earbf afternoon, but score only once-and that on a battlexhip which did not impair her battle efoienfy. -- 5 1 4 Iwo fima getsfrsl taste fy' naval bombardment. Overall slrategic plan callsfor the denial of Iwo as slaging centerfor mainland aircraft. Ml ll H' no its With the Jap Heet out of action, the carrier and surface fleet steamed back to Eniwetok for a breather. On 30 June Task Force 58 sortied out, bound for the Fourth of July fireworks at Iwo Jima. The tremendous bombard- ment that day demolished over 75fZ,of the enemy installa- tions on the island and neutralized all enemy aircraft. During this action our spotting plane was attacked by 3 Zeros. The radioman-gunner shot down oneaof the three before the SANTA FE's riddled plane was forced to land. A rescue destroyer picked the plane's lucky, unhurt crew from the water. On 5 July a small strike was launched at Pagan as the task force steamed south for a fueling rendezvous. From 6 July, when fueling was completed, until 21 July the Ammunition dumpjust hi! sends up column of tlnek gray smoke. Blan- ket :yt such smoke makes air and surfaee spotting all bu! impossible. 53 EWPZUHVHZ Jblflls from SANTA FE's guns produce angry white pzfs. Smoke from burning planes and fuel tanks proves jfring aceurary. 11-q Iwo 7ima's beach between bombardment smoke and Mt. Saribaehi, unknown at the time, is destined to beeome Paeyids bloodiest beaelzlzead. carriers launched daily air strikes, alternating between Guam and Rota. The force next moved farther south for more air strikes-this time against Yap, VVoleai, Ulithi and Palau. A few enemy planes intercepted by our CAP on 25 July constituted the sole enemy attack. VVhen the operation was completed, 28 July, the SANTA FE steamed back to the Marianas with the carriers, anchoring briefly off Saipan for the morning of 2 August. Afternoon of the same day found the task force enroute to the Bonins. Early 4 August search planes spotted a Jap convoy leaving Chichi Jima. Planes Were immediately launched from TG 58's carriers and CruDiv 13 was ordered to take Palau, a eomplieated group of small isiands, eoves and bays is diversionary target of Task Groups 58.1, 58.2 and 58.3for three days beginning Z5 fzzly. Primary responsibility of seapower is safeguarding amphibious troops now landing on Guam. 59 Near-miss from Chichi Yimafs coastal hatteiy falls close aboard. Although handicapped hy disadvantage q' long stern chase, cruiser column at .Hank speed stirs up impudent walre through Imperial W aters. 60 . Chasing convoy of ffap rnerohantrnen northward towards Tokyo, SANTA FE ,S U lkflf lvl' li Q lil lf? ltsl il M Qo DesDiv 91 and attack the enemy units. After proceeding for 5 hours at 30 knots the DD's, in an attack group slightly ahead of the cruisers, sighted and sank a small oiler and a vessel similar to an LST. At about 1930 a third ship was sighted and identified as a Jap destroyer. The SANTA FE and the other cruisers immediately opened fire. Return fire was fairly accurate but light. After half an hour the DD's were ordered to polish off the target but it sank without further action. Survivors picked up by the DD's identified the ship as the destroyer MATSU. Meanwhile the cruisers headed northwest to close a large AK. After unceremoniously sinking the cargo ship, the units made an unsuccessful sweep north and east in search of the rest of the convoy. Early the morning of 5 August the cruiser and destroyer group headed south toward Chichi Jima. After several un-coordinated plane attacks were driven oHf with AA fire, the units formed into a bombardment disposition and began to Work over rocky Fukamito Harbor. Enemy fire from a heavy coastal battery was accurate-one shot splashed close aboard the SANTA FE's starboard quarter -but the shore gun was silenced before any damage WaS done. At 1119 cease fire was ordered and the OTC set a course towards the main carrier groups for the return to port. The SANTA FE then finally arrived at Eniwetok, having in 42 days added 17,656 miles to her total mil6S steamed. X X, S fK7707'f5 bffffffflg AK fllffafb' 5fnk 71Xf 0 l fmdfng df5f 03'f7'y5 gfmjgff- Destroyer steaming pas! the beam is lzeadedfor screening 5f6ZlZ,071 Sd.VTA7 FE's mrgel, fzzter identzfed as Yapzmese DD IVIATS U, is abou! to receive business end of I?-gznz, main battery salqo. Nfp skipper proved to be skifyzfl, U' zzrzszzeeesjzzf, ship lzzzndfer faking zzzhzzzzlzzge of maonfess niglzl, his lzfglz speed and slzorl tzzrnzng ezrrle. 61 Fifth division men :land by lo heave roandon :forex traveller. A eonxfanl .vtrain max! he lzepl on this line, or coa! bag hils lhe water. Mount crew fhelowj swab: oat hore fy' gan in carrying oat postjiring routine. Boats-wain Chottoml .vapervixex seamen adjzifting turnhuckle on pelican hook. KEEPING THE SANTA FE SHIPSHAPE IS TWENTY- F OUR HOUR A DAY JOB EOR ENTIRE CREW QF 1300 MEN Avialion nzechf cheek over aircrafl on hangar halch. Gyro direetor control: lwin 40 MM 'J fring al drone. JTH reveille an hour before sunrise for the daily dawn-alert general quarters, the SANTA FE sailor began a full working day. Travelling with the fast carrier task groups on battle missions meant any of a hundred necessary tasks: firing anti-aircraft sleeve practices, fueling ship every few days, receiving operation plans and oflicial mail via destroyers, standing Condition III readiness watches, taking part in special training exercises, launching and recovering Gooney Birds , or perhaps rigging a towing spar for surface firing practice. Anything might happen. Yet this was all in addition to normal compartment cleaning, maintenance work and training programs set forth by his own ship's Plan of The Day. Wihatever can be said about the sailor's choice of billet, it certainly was far removed from the daily duties expected of the soldier or marine ashore. Division eoneernedn fupperj waxtes no time reeeiving U.S. mailfrorn destroyer GM71H67'i.f males Caaovej guide fargo net of ammunition lo proper place on deck. Witlz carrier lask force in eirenlarfnelingformation, dexlroyer BRONSON rome: alongside port quarler of SANTA FE fo tran yer mail. 1 sz t W,-.,,.,...,.--.,.-... . H+..- ,4,,-Mr, A ,.,,, ,,., ...,. ,-,-..,,..,,.. E ..A....,....:.- .. . -e s f 1 s f N SEABEE BUILT BASE ENABLES COM- SERON 10 TO PROVIDE INDISPEN- SABLE BEANS AND BULLETS , X, Q, R an eq, xv ,J ,5 sq Q- I cf Yfh-W NF img ,f-ff' N .,.L.l,.Z5g5 1iQ'fQ:'T'g5Q:z:ii'l 5 XQ5:k1?.q.551iJ'::35'L'! h3 '7ZL7 Eniwetok Atoll, westernmost Marshall Island, provides excellent, natural anchorage-SANTA FE in foreground. Recreation parties disemharking at Runit Isle will spend their hriey' reprieve from ship's routine drinking heer, swimming, hall-playing. Small, narrow spits qt coral sand like E niwetok, which geographers jokingly call land, are only ports qt entry during jifteen, weary months. Tent cities that border coral-laid aifyfeld are hot and peaceful, out crew agrees cooler, more hazardous shiphoard duty is hetter. New hattleships, leavyweights M the fleet, helie ofensive power as they peacefully ride at anchor in calm lagoon W' Eniwetok. Q ,, is sg, ffft'7 Five milesfrom Yap-held Babeftlzmzp, LASSENfurnis1zes ammo in Kossol Passage, Pafau. Nearest U.S. troops are at Pelelzigffty miles south. RUNNING INTERFERENCE AGAINST PHILIPPINES IS 3RD FLEETIS ROLE NVASION of the defended islands of Peleliu and Anguar and neutralization of nearby Jap installations on Babelthuap and Koror was the primary mission of the Heet that sortied from Eniwetok on 30 August. The Palau Campaign, necessary preliminary to the liberation of the Philippines, was to result in the SANTA FE's ninth battle star. The SANTA FE, with the cruisers BIRMINGHAIVI, MOBILE, and RENO, the carriers LANGLEY, ESSEX, PRINCETON and LEXINGTON, and the destroyers CASSIN YOUNG, KNAPP, CALLAGHAN, COGS- VVELL, INGERSOLL, PRITCHETT, PRESTON, MOR- RISON, LAYNS, PORTERFIELD, IRVVIN and CAPER- TON comprised Task Group 38.3 under the command of Rear Admiral Sherman in the ESSEX. This, with two similar carrier groups, made up Task Force 38 under the command ofVice Admiral Mitscher in the LEXINGTON. After gunnery exercises and the Ancient Order of the Deep ceremonies were held, the Third Fleet, commanded by Admiral Halsey in the NEW JERSEY, launched air strikes against the Palau Islands September 6th and 7th. On the 9th an enemy convoy of about 40 small cargo ships was sighted and attacked by the carrier aircraft on their first sweeps over Mindanao Island. The SANTA FE, BIRMINGHAM, LONGSHAVV, PRITCHETT, LAYVS and MORRISON were detached to attack the 22 remaining ships which attempted to take cover in Bislig Bay and Hinatuan Bay north of Sanco Point on Min- 65 Log of action U3 Sept., reads: H0633-single bogey reported, GQ, sounded. 0636-Bogey reported splashed by CAP. Condition III set. 0650-Lone dive bomber,first reported visually inside formation, attacks. AA jfre opened immediatebn Plane downed. Detached jzrom Combat Air Patrol, a earrier fghter fF6FJ escorts slzip's Slowly gaining altitude, heavily laden torpedo-bomber crosses slzip overhead.- ' Gooney Birds on reseue mission over enemy waters. S ' ' - - - quare wzngtzps are zdentfeatzon features. 66 , I 1 'i l ' H C . -.X , V J , i , v V V, , -..... ., -I ,N ,I iv fri R ll iwcifwllx' 'l,lIl'y'U yi get It , . ,r.. -.. .1-iiifg, ,J ,A X-,y,,.L,,. danao Island. Expending 1789 rounds of 6 , 5 and 40 MM ammunition the SANTA FE sank four of the I5 ships she fired upon in the two hour battle. The other ships were left burning or severely damaged. Though but 90 yards distant in some cases, the Japanese craft in- flicted no damage to the raiders. Air strikes against Mindanao Island were resumed on the 10th. Strikes were launched against the Visayan area on the 12th to 1-lth while standing off Dinagat Island. An enemy bomber penetrated the screen on the 13th and scored a near miss on a CVL. The same day the battle- ships ALABAMA, MASSACHUSETTS, VVASHING- TON and INDIANA joined the Task Group. In the midst of fueling, fighting, receiving mail and burying the dead, the SANTA FE's two Kingfishers winged over enemy held territory to the Camotes Islands where they rescued two downed aviators in the care of friendly Filipino guerillas. After the successful Marine seizure of Pelelieu Island, during which time the carriers stood by to provide air support when needed, the Task Force steamed northwest toward Luzon to launch, on the 21st and 22nd, the first strikes against Manila. On the 24th the Visayan area was again the target. After the first phase of the Philippine campaign was over the SANTA FE anchored in Kossol Passage, Palau Islands, but because of the insecurity of the open reef sur- rounding the anchorage and the possibility ofnight air and surface attack from the Japanese forces on Babelthaup, five miles away, the ships sortied nightly, returning in the morning for replenishing. On the first of October the Task Group proceeded to Ulithi, newly seized Caroline Atoll, which was to become the forward base of future fleet operations. Navy pilot ftopj resrued of Camotes Is. hook: on to sliipls crane Still wearing Filipino donated civvie.v , pilot is .vent to DD Cabove yup coajtalgzfgggpiftggglagl ?'Z'if-iff gift ziifezzi gP1ii1ifpfnEif i conifoy carried uel oil and aviation gasoline from Yapan. 67 b ' B' l' Ba Mindanao Another 3500 ton Nip merchant heads for Davey 7'ones. Davao-bound f j-'ap plane Crightb, mortallv hit hy AA jire, dives at earrier LAVNGLEY. Oat QI control aneljlaming, Nip pilot nevertheless releases his bombs. Column of white spray marks near-miss. Aircraft crashes seconds later. 68 A J CraDiv 13 CSANTA FE leaelingj executes screening movement proteeizng 'lil' vii r if it is w g + 1 essst 200 JAP AIR FIELDS MUST BE NEUTRAL ff 'stk IR strikes against the ,Philippines during the Palau by occupation proved that carrier based air power could successfully atitack, large areas protected by land based planes, and ,also could defend itself against counter-blows. Op-planfs were speeded up in View ofthe Nip's inability to parry VU.S. 'thrustsllandings were proposed for-Leyte in late October. In preparation, the Third Fleet wassgiven the task of softening up enemy air installations in thei hilippines, Formosa and the Ryukyus -the latter two, aircraft' staging lpoints between the Homeland and Luz'on.l ,,,,le'- U it The LUCKY LADXff's'ortied' from Ulithi 6 October in Task Group pifooeeded tdowardeformidable Okinawa, and four days later threw an aeriallhaymaker. VVhilC , -4 BBE Capper IQUD daring mock-baffle maneaverf. Co-ordinalion QI Task Force depends upon infer-slap communicalion over lziglzfreqaency voice radio. IYED BEFORE TRGOPS GO ASHORE the laps were still reeling from this blow, the scene of action was shifted to Formosa and the Pescadores, which were hit heavily on 12 Qctober. Late that evening, the Alaps made their first counter-attack. Night torpedo bombers made run after run, only to burst into orange flame as the ships' AA fire hit home. VVhen the attacks finally ceased at 0238, the Task Force had suffered no damage. On Friday the 13th, carrier planes were back over Formosa-and again the Sons of Heaven waited until twilight to attack. This time the cruiser CANBERRA took a torpedo in her engineering spaces. She reported the need ofa tow and CruDiv 13 was detached to assist. Thus was formed the nucleus tactically known as TG 30.3. A7427 ro1i!ro!oj7'icor.t and fookonff in HKIIII' Forward' .fran .tk-1' for memy ,,,.,,V ,,,,,,,- ,,,,.,, .. -..-1.-.-4. -... .-.- . ' ' - 1 1 1 , Wi r - w ,- X , , . .K , ,, . X V 4 ,4 Y f v s V - 1 I f n ' ' 1 ' 1 ' ii wvwr loiwcii ri 'I , Y i - Y , 1, , - . t , , ,K f, 1. n original mission of this group, initially composed ofthe SANTA FE, BIRMINGHAM, MOBILE and C six destroyers, was to escort and protect the stricken CANBERRA, being towed at a meager three knots. Day- light air attacks were completely repulsed by CAP, but from sunset until dawn the ships were busy lighting off enemy raids. The SANTA FE kept the CANBERRA shrouded with stack smoke, and also managed to add one more Jap plane to her total. However, the 14th, back at the main carrier force, the Iaps slipped a torpedo into the HOUSTON. She, in the tow of the BOSTON, was ordered to join the SANTA FE along with 2 CVL's, 7 more DD,s,'and 2 sea going tugs. Meanwhile, the Tokyo Radio broadcasts, boasting of the overwhelming defeat of the U. S. Fleet and claiming the sinking of 20 carriers, fostered the idea of a Bait Group. CruDiv 13 and its charges continued toward .J distant Ulithi while Task FOYCC 38 moved off to lie in wait. Then the SANTA FE purposely began to send out plain language radio messages to give away the Blue Fleet's location, practically inviting the Japanese to attack Heavy enemy units took the bait, steamed out to com- plete the annihilation of the Third Fleet. Unfortu- nately, just as the trap was about to be sprung, enemy reconnaissance discovered the Carrier Task Force-and the Imperial Navy turned tail and ran from the very ships it had supposedly sunk. On the 16th the cruisers fueled the ucansn and the SANTA FE received from the DD,s part of the HOUSTON's crew, rescued from the water after their ship was torpedoed. Throughout the day, as in the previous three, our group was number one target for enemy air strikes but the Hell- cats from the two CVL's continued to break up all raids. No planes got through until 1345 when a Francis evaded the fighter CAP, plunged through the AA barrage, and torpedoed the already injured HOUSTON. CContinued on page 745 HOUSTON in tow MMUNSEE makes good only 3.1 knots, but now that Formosa is 260 miles away, Ulithi's 1070 more seem almost downhill. Yap Frantes,' appears suddenly, heads dlreetlyfor SANTA FEQ then infaee dddfre passes across bow and launehesfish at HOUSTON. I 70 We 5 s in 0 an g, g Q In Fleet's introduetion to newest, fastest ffapanese twin-engine tcrpedo bomber, anti-airrraft bursts polka dot sky well astern of plane. Torpedo catches slow movzng HOUSTON well aft on starboard quarter, razszng a column 0 smoke ame and water above masthead hezght Wzlth plane and eatapults demolished, hangar open to sea, HOUSTON takes on list to starboard. Protecting cruisers eirele at 15-20 knots 6' V 1 4 , V E 4, 1 ge 5 'l Q Q A-72,5 ,2 53' ga: , I l' 1 3 2 I 1 Qi , 92 P' l Ei' :J ' ei I re A F2 l ! if i Z ? J I 'E fi J 3 Q' li 5 if .- 3 A T ,. il W i r, Y W , 1 A I X 5 E JI I. X y E ? i i , V if i - THE LUCKY LADY COMES MIGHTY CLOSE TO LOSING HER NICKNAME . NLY four minutes after the second torpedoing of the V' HOUSTON it appeared the SANTA FE was to meet ii a similar fate when a low-flying, single engine torpedo bomber roared in from the starboard quarter. All the ship's guns that could bear opened fire. Seconds later, jinking its way miraculously through the hail of 2O's, 40's and 5 inch, the Jill launched its torpedo. A moment after, the plane burst into Hames and the pilot did a wing-over in a last desperate attempt to crash-dive the ship. Everyone, including the 200 HOUSTON survivors, braced himself for a double-header Under full rudder the ship sheered sharply to port, bringing the bow away from the fiery, gasoline-laden casket and swinging the stern out of the torpedo's path The tin fishl' exploded harmlessly in the SANTA FE's wake, but the Jill plunged into the water so close to the ship's bow that the men operating the foc'scle 20's were severely burned by the spattered flaming gasoline 'N Same Nzp torpedo plane shown on opposite page continues its fiery ran on SANTA FE Photographer is aboard destroyer which crossed ship s bow Dereiving smoke and ame rom exploding ill causes witnesses to say scratelz one cruiser. Exeeptfor casualties damage is negligible M QQ S as 1 M mn Survivors Q' HO US TON rescued from sea hy destroyers are rapidb' brought ahoard--two to a coal bag--via three stores travelersf' dpproximatebf two hundred men are jinalbf transferred to SANTA' FE from crowded DD's. fi.. I .l , 1 'll ll ll FTER the Jill's attack the SANTA FE took half a ,f'Ll,moment to catch a breath, and then again turned her o' attention to the twice hit HOUSTON. There the smoke had cleared away, revealing the shambles that had been her after main deck. She had an added list to star- board, but Damage Control was effective and the Group was not forced to reduce its already slow towing speed. There were sporadic enemy attempts that afternoon to finish the job on the HOUSTON and CANBERRA, but no more planes leaked through the splendid CAP provided by the CABOT and COWPENS. Sunset that evening saw the last raid of the day. Most of 17 October was spent transferring portable pumps to the HOUSTON, water to the CANBERRA, and fuel to two destroyers. Bogeys were detected again, but friendly Hghters intercepted and destroyed all before they reached the Task Group. During the day the sea calmed and the force was able to make good almost 3.7 knots. Late in the afternoon the HOUSTON survivors were transferred from the SANTA FE to a tanker. That evening, when about 400 miles from Formosa, the LUCKY LADY was detached to rejoin her original task group, 38.3. The five days during which the SANTA FE led' TG 30.3 had been tough. Long hours had been spent at cramped General Quarters stations waiting for and fighting off enemy bombers. There had been the strain of constant guard against submarine attack on the slow, crippled force-plus the additional work of fueling the DD's and caring for 200 extra men. But now all that was past and the ship headed northwest for a Task Force rendezvous on the 18th preparatory to the Philippine Invasion. A fit high speed, destroyer plane guardi' rushes over to disa ' ' ' ppearzng azrcraft to rescue water-log ed crew r t th - ' ' 74 coveted zce cream reward. Such operational accidents causefar m 1 g 1 ' 7 e min em to mower HUP, wmegumtb receive ore personne casua tzes than does actual combat wzth enemy. .4 -NPs i i w 1' ...L I as-.., ll i :tm lltr Here :he . .Ili xr - . X l5t1I-i 'N x .. ..il' llruup 'll .s , of sired. -2 fffflti in to Bl but ,raided T5 Ptmblf BFRRAIQM :fa 33155. but ' :hifi :fe they if ffl calmed 'TU3-' knots. 33475 Were Vfkii. That the LUCKY -IN Eroup, .:.1 TG 30.5 ' at cramped ull' Y C lflifdfll A. tapplej .: DDE and Las pas: and 'ZT.i3Z'-'JUS SANTA FE leads the way our of port, sen zz course into sailing Jun, and lzerzdsfor Pizifippines. Soon ship.: willform regular circular di5porz'tz'on. NIP FLEET CHALLENGES U. S. NAVY IN WAR'S GREATEST SEA BATTLE HE ramifications of the strategy involved in the p various surface engagements, air assaults, offensive 4 tactics and defensive maneuvers of the battles at Surigao Straits, San Bernardino Straits and Cape Engano will provide material for naval histories for the next ten years. However, these few pages can be concerned only with the role played by the SANTA FE in her particularf chapter of the dramatic Second Battle of the Philippines, and cannot contain a description of the clever ambush the Seventh Fleet laid for the Jap Southern Force, nor the heroic tale of self-sacrifice enacted by the badly out- numbered, outgunned CVE and escort group at the mouth of San Bernardino. The seventy-two hours of 23, 24, and 25 October 1944 were the time of the foolhardy attempt by the Japanese Imperial Fleet to destroy U. S. seapower standing off the Leyte invasion beachhead. Throughout the same period the SANTA FE found herself a unit of Sherman's Task Group 38.3, a part of Mitscher's Task Force 38 within Halsey's Third Fleet-itself one of two American Fleets covering thousands of square miles of water east of the Philippines. An attack against 'the Philippine Liberation forces was expected and the enemy surface force sighted heading north 23 October looked like it. The U. S. Fleets im- mediately began laying plans for the next morning, when the Jap would enter striking range. Sleep that night was impossible. At 2345, when the first bogeys began closing, the beeper called all hands to their battle stations. The planes stayed with the formation all night, occasionally they came within Hring range, but usually the snoopers just circled 20 to 25 miles away. At 0610 the next morning, after search patrols had been launched, CIC reported a large raid estimated at 40 planes. A Even as Hellcats were being scrambled from the carriers, still another raid of 30 aircraft was approaching 75 l 4 1 4 ? afzifeyiee 41 i Y pl nfl 5 .V ik ,fn ik .1 1 I 4 E ii ii 11 1 l ei 1. H 1 ii 5 5 'Ii il 1? ' Q 1 L . V l l 1 . I PT X. ,i L 4. -Qi-A W? First tragic note Q' 2nd Battle lj Philippine S ea occurs when PRINCETON in same Task Group is hit by 7ap bombers on 24 Oct. , L- Tremendous column of smoke visible for many miles rises from stricken carrier as internal explosions follow the enemy hit. Sister-ship BIRMINGHAM pours streams Q' water into PRINCETON before her magazines explode and kill hundreds Q' rescuers. 5. 76 ! I 1 1 J f . 1 l from the northwest. From then on, all Hell broke loose, While some raids were intercepted and broken up by CAP, others continued to close until the radar screen was so cluttered inside the 8 mile circle that visual sighting had to be depended upon. The anti-aircraft battery-5 inch, 40MM and 20MM- fired continuously . . . lookouts strained to distinguish friend from foe . . . the personnel stationed below decks, listening to the Padre's running account of the action, breathed easier when the enemy planes were identified as dive-bombers, not torpedo bombers . . . just after one enemy plane attacked the formation and was driven off by gunfire, another dove at the HEALY from low cloud cover and scored a near miss . . . bogies remained in the area . . . still more raids were reported closing. At 0938 the PRINCETON took a divebomber hit on her hangar deck, forcing her to drop from the formation. With the BIRMINGHAM alongside for rescue operations, the PRINCETON exploded violently, inflicting on the rescuer more terrible casualties than existed on the CVL. While the fury of the attack continued unabated, the ESSEX and LEXINGTON launched search planes. Since most of the laps were carrier based planes approach- ing from the North a still undiscovered Nip force must be descending on the Group. At noon, in the midst of launching and recovering operations, a new series of attacks began - the sky swarmed with planes. Extra fighters were launched and two raids were broken up, but one group got through and into the formation. Simultaneously three divebombers roared in from nowhere and a torpedo bomber made a rung SANTA FE port and starboard batteries opened fire immediately. The formation emergency-turned, zig- zagged, evadedg luckily no hits were scored. At 1637 search planes made contact, reported a Jap carrier force consisting of 4 BB, 4 CV, 6-10 CA and CL, and 11 DD's 190 miles to the northeast. Within an hour Halsey had made a momentous decision-to leave San Bernardino unguarded in order to crush this fresh group. His attack plan called for early morning air strikes from all of TaskFor 38, surface vessels ranging ahead of the carriers were to finish off whatever was not sunk by the planes. It was a good plan, but . . . During that night and next morning everything went according to schedule. The surface attack disposition formed ahead of the carriers and pre-dawn deckloads of Hghters and bombers were launched. The ,laps were only 44 miles away, preliminary reports of the first strike indicated good results over target. The set-up was perfect! But just as annihilation seemed certain, a third Japanese Heet-arCenter Group-was sighted back in San Ber- nardino Straits. The main striking forces of the Third Fleet executed a 180 degree turn to return to San Bernardino and counter this new threat. ComCruDiv 13 in the SANTA FE was given tactical command of a cruiser-destroyer group including the MOBILE, WITCHITA, NEW ORLEANS and 12 .destroyers and was ordered to continue north, D catch and sink any cripples. Aircraft from two carrier Task Groups which also stayed behind continued raids on the enemy. At 14115 the light striking group set a course for the nearest Jap ship sighted by carrier planesg at 1605 a surface target was picked up on the radar screen. As the contact was closed, a Jap CVL later identified as the CHITQSE could be seen on the horizon, dead in the water but not burning and only slightly down by the bow. All four cruisers commenced fire when range allowed, and almost immediately the target took hits and started to burn. No planes could be seen on the carrier, but per- sonnel were swarming all over the flight deck, sliding down handlines into the sea and scrambling off the radio an- tenna. Steadily and methodically the 6-inch and 8- inch projectiles mauled the carrier. The target slowly capsized, and finally went under at 1655. YYith the Jap carrier settling into Davey Jones' Locker, the cruisers were free to continue the chase. At 1637 a LANGLEY plane had made the following report: Main enemy group bearing 335, 40-50 miles. Consists of 1BB, 1CA, 3 DD, 10 miles SE of this group 1 CA making 6-8 knots. Also 1 BB, 1 CL 10 miles NE of main group, going like Hell. At 1825 the CAP located 1 CL or CA and 2 DD dead ahead, ten minutes later Combat reported surface contacts at 360, 17 miles-evidently the same ships. Now that the sun was down the men topside could see nothing, but the radar scope showed the three pips milling around and the distance to them rapidly closing. The SANTA FE and MGBILE were directed to take under fire the nearest target, the heavy cruisers the more distant targets. At 1905 the main battery opened fire, and two minutes later the secondary battery joined in. The black night sky was sharply etched by the projectile's telltale red tracers arching their way to the target. A sudden flash followed by a brief fire at the end of the trajectory showed that Plot was getting no change-no change. However, the Jap was not taking this lying down, he returned fire throughout the engagement. For- tunately, though some '1shorts and many 'ioversl' were observed, he was never able to straddle his target. Qc- casional fires 'breaking out on the enemy ship did not seem to affect his ability to maneuver radically at speeds up to 28 knots. At 2043 the 5-inch mounts commenced illumi- nating with star shells, and the SANTA FE closed to almost point-blank range and resumed fire. Four minutes later the target was dead in the water. The range was 41830 yards now, and the majority of each salvo could not fail to hit-she sank at 2056. Although accurate identifica- tion was impossible, observers agreed the target was a cruiser of the OYODO or AGANO class. At 2110 the night fighters reported the nearest target 112 miles north. Since the fuel situation in the destroyers precluded a 30 knot stern chase, ComCruDiv 13 ordered the force to rejoin the carrier groups. After fueling ship the next day, the SANTA FE resumed her old station in Task Group 38.3. She lay off Leyte Gulf in a covering position until 28 October, when she was ordered to proceed to Ulithi. So ended the SANTA PES part in one phase of the greatest sea battle of all time. The Japanese had suffered irreparable losses. Never again would they be able to dispute the American Navy's absolute control of Pacihc Waters. ffap earrier maneuvers violently to escape attacking U. S. Navy planes. Hours later slze lay at bottom of waters east Q' Luzon. Ise Class battleship-earrier, another part of 7ap Northern Force, flees underfull tlzrottlefor hiding place back lzome. l Pride of Hirolzito's Navy, tlze YAMATO, takes hits from 3rd Fleet alive- oonzber as the BB lzeads lzomeward tlzru Tablas Straits. 77 Desperate plunge Q' another Saki-driver endx fnally, Q' sueeesjulb, on island superstructure M large carrier LEXINGTON. ,W , ..,, .f --1 Aww ' ' 5, E '-N I' almlfv, ii J F u ei afiyf fi Af? lg. , E l Q5 -it Q -5 'Haj B xg, viffri J Q2 Q1 . -1 J affix 23-A! c ii Ll LE if 5.1 il'-tri. rl x ,,'kugv' ,,...a. 1. ka 1, .:.. an... fall. .4...Jx. alrlwa-'f 4'i'w.,,, F ILIPINO FIGHT GAINS MOMENTUM, 7.2 N port hardly 24 hours, the SANTA FE again part Fl of TG 38.3 was underway headed for Manus. How- A ever, the same evening l November, Heet course was changed towards Leyte to counter an expected Jap naval thrust. On 3 November, traveling through heavily mined waters, the Group was attacked by a Jap sub which slipped a fish into the RENO forcing her to withdraw and retire to port. The report of enemy surface units in the vicinity proved false. Consequently air strikes against Luzon were ordered insteadg Jap air power, although well-reduced, was still capable of determined attack against the landing forces at Leyte., On 5 November, TG 38.3,s planes hit Manila, and, at the same time, the Japs sent out their suicide planes which attacked the formation just after noon chow. One crashed on the LEXINGTGN, another near the TICONDEROGA, while a third was shot down. 11 November saw an entire convoy of Jap rein- forcements for Leyte annihilated in the Camotes Sea by one strike from the Task Force. After fueling the next day, sustained strikes were launched at the Manila area the 13th and 14th. A few enemy planes approached the SANTA FE, but only one plane came briefly within range of her 5-inch. Upon completion of the strikes, all ships returned to Ulithi, arriving 17 November. V 3 Five days later, the SANTA FE, replenished and refueled, sortied-with T.G. 38.3 and again set course Carrier ESSEX eatelzes Nip .raieide plane on forward fi ht deek aft f 6 l g 0 num er one e evator yet is-able to maintain pro er station in Ta lc G . W 'thin teen mznutes fre damage ix controlled, and .felzeduled attadkjfiglzts can take of from tick. J mu? Z 1 l . 1 1 ' A 1 . H - X- 'V 111 lg? nl 5 'f Y if 11 ,.. . ,vig .r ,v,'1f',,.' in 24, n 5 -fra, .-gf A , 1' . 'B -I l i i l l l 4 l Bofors-made 40MMy5,f0T'wd7'd quad and main deck twin,j?re at plane of port beam. High rate of output makes them ideal AA weapons. towards the Philippines. On 25 November while striking northern Luzon, heavy air opposition was met and the ESSEX took a Kamikaze on her Hight deck. Two minutes later, the SANTA FE shot down another dive bomber as it began its dive. The strikes were maintained until 2 December when the Force retired towards Ulithi. 10 December began the Mindoro operation as the SANTA FF in company with TG 38.3 headed for Luzon to keep the Jap air force occupied until troops of SouVVesPac could establish themselves ashore. On 1-1, 15, and 16 December theairhelds of Luzon were blasted day and night by Third Fleet planes. Only a few bogies approached the SANTA FE's formation and none attacked the ships. Un 17 December, fueling had to be broken off, for a heavy typhoon suddenly formed to the eastward and headed directly for The Force. All ships finally fueled the 19th, and the next day approached Luzon but turned away because of foul weather. Another sweep for survivors from the sunken destroyers was made prior to returning to Ulithi on Christmas Eve . . . Ka 7 , rnikaze is headed for premature Shinto heaven. Batting average q' such last-ditrlz tactics is said to oe mere two pereent. 79 DESTROYERS HULL MONAGHAN SPENCE ARE UNFORTUNATE VIC- TIMS OF SUDDEN TROPICAL STORM Sea streams up thru hawsepzpes and sends white salt spray flying as SANTA FE headsforfueling rendezvous of Luzon. INGERSOLL pitches over heavy swell and bow is thrown clear of water. SANTA FE rides out storm with onb minor breakage, but 3 Cl7L's, Typhoon made up without warning, caught 3rd Fleet directb' in path. Wz'th wind and sea increasing hourbf, ships yaw considerabbf and promise to part hoses, forcing cancellation of fueling operation. 6 DD's and 2 DE's must return to Ulithi and repair storm damage. After winds reach 80-90 knot mark, ship takes52O roll to starboard. Storm center passes at 1430, I8 Dec., and barometer begins to rise. Next three days are spent searching for survivors tj capsized DD's. 80 113' , im Al 1 my Mix .ITE W In Ulzthz anchorage wzth praclzcally entzre 3rd Fleet zn bafkgroand BIRMINGHAM comes alongszde to por! or tranifer of CruDzv 13 5 ag P the United States fails to maintain a Naval Base at Ul1th1 Atoll and neglects to erect a statue of a salty sailor on its historic Mog Mog there will be many Blue1ackets from the SANTA FE and the rest of the Pacific Fleet who will contend that the war in the Pacific was never really won. For few aboard the SANTA FE realized on the afternoon of 2 October 1944, as the ship steamed into Ulithi for the first time, that during the next six months Ulithi would be the ship's major advance operat- ing base and her only source of ashore recreation. Hostile Yap was only 75 miles to the south- west. SOO miles away U. S. Marines were fighting a bitter battle for Palau. Seven times beginning Oc- tober sixth the SANTA EE sortied from inside this island's expansive coral reef for major operations against the Japanese. The eighth and final departure on the evening of 27 March 1945 from the Tropical Paradise with Beerl' Ulfthf filo!! natives are Jmrdy .7VIf'rrane.rian rare. ULITHI IS SRD FLEET LIBERTY PORT REPAIR BASE SUPPLY DEPOT was for the States In between these dates are many never to be forgotten episodes Early on the morning of 20 November apanese midget subs made one way trips into the harbor to torpedo and sink the Heet tanker MISSISSINEVVA A SANTA FE aviator and his radioman became heroes by taking a Hgooney bird to the rescue of survivors. On 24 December this indispensable lady steamed into Ulithi again only to find her supposed-to-be holiday gift mx addressed to another ship. The day after Christmas the crew watched sistership MOBILE pull out and head for the States to take 'four scheduled yard period. The only one more operation pseudo-opti- mism was now out-in-the-open pessimism. But the iron-clad ship and crew continued to hang together and bring aboard at Ulithi the beans and bullets and bolts to shatter all , . x - yn J I .. - fleet without overhauln records. 81 4, x 4 1 ! 'f ' XI! 45 Z- , 2 1 Q .4 nf My 46 ? EZQW' W ,Q Mg Q' ,1, w, M - S ? f f On 9 MaTreh 1945 ComCruDiv 13 shifts his flag from SANTA FE to BIRIVIINGHAIV. After crossing brow, ddm. Devo surveys new quarterdeek. Hoisting aboard stores and provisions sent overfrom a szippbf ship, then packing them below, is inevitable part ofthe in-port roatine. With the guidance M Div. Ojieer and Chi-gf Petty Offer, Third Division men gain speed, eficieney and teamwork on 5-inch loading machines. Tanker IWISSISSINEPVAV barns in left background as sub-hunting destroyer picks up sound eontaet and drops depth charge. All ships are at G.Q . y,yQ T7 , wiwf v 'ai - ' fl , hgh 4,5 X NM ,GQ if o! ,Q iff' - D' Xxx in I ,jim wa 4 , 5 4? NNN. f, 6 f l The shipperfnds a neeleerehief tied ineorreetly or possibly a not-so-clean skivvie shirt, and does not hesitate to point it oat. Shoes brightly polished, hats properly squared, unjorms spotlessly clean, are mandatory to pass Saturday Captain's Inspeetion of Personnel. Saved for the last of Ulithi memories is the mighty little bit of heaven, unforgettable Mog Mog-a garden spot Without liberty and almost Without recreation, except for a couple cans of beer mixed with blazing sunshine, elaborate canvas crap tables and supposedly get-rich-quick games managed by enterprising beach sailors, an assortment of amateur black markets, coconut palms, deserted native huts, soft and beaten up ball diamonds, seashell hunt- ing, ocean swimming, the stockade and berths and '-but someone put it this Way: sand, coconut trees, beer, sun, rain, beer, lizards, native huts, beer, rain, beer, and how did I get back? This was Mog Mog, the soul of Ulithi. This was Ulithi, the ironic Paradise of the Pacific. ' Beneath slender barrels of Turret One's 6-inch guns rest hundreds of nose-capped 5-inch projeetiles hoisted over freshfrom ammunitionsupply ship alongside. Chain of me 1 transfers thejifty pound shellsfrom ammo box to deekg other men will stow them away in lower magazines. W. , . .... . ..,, ,a..,,....,..-........ ...vw .A.--.,.-.- , --. ,VV-V -r---fr - - ' ' : -1-----2----W ..,f.-...-,.Y..,,.-..-..,.-..,,.-wwf-A - --- 1 -'N'-1-,--if--+5-:Hag-f-ff-1--I-'Hf 11 - A-f - +-- V ' - Y -' - Slzzp turns lo brzng wznd .vlzghlly o the starboard bow llzen eatapuftx number one Kzngjirlzer Other OSZU :lands by ready to go MAXIMUM of three Kmghsher seaplanes could be carrxed by the SANTA FE but actual number ff fx 1 v aboard depended on fate, luck and clrcumstance lc K F Rough seas, faulty recovery gear, too accurate ant1 a1rcraft fire, three ap Zero fighters d1d much to shorten the Gooney Blrd s l1fe span SCOUT OBSERVATION PLANES SPOT Callmg FAITHFUL th1s IS ACE FAITHFUL no change, no change' became famlllar VHF trans FOR GUNS SAVE DOWNED PILOTS m1ss1ons durmg bombardments Of course, the prxmary functlon of crulser alrcraft was to spot own sh1p s gunfire, but they were frequently called upon for anti submarme patrols, rescue mlsslons and sleeve tow1ng Pzlot and fear .feat fadzoman brace .velvex agaznrt rzng :hook Sho! of lo por! pfane gaznx 60 knot speed by end o catapufl ,mf eupd be -nw wumber ev ....?LanCe. anu- ...L ' NIT YH .- 'T .N shorten HUL- F :rans- primary , guntire. ubmarine J If Q gfa I, 4 . ,!' QTop leftj Scout plane lands close to ship, then taxies into position so radioman flop rightl can hook plane onto crane. Operation is tieklish, for Gooney Bird swings violently flower leftj as crane trains round. QLower rightj Plane is next lowered I0 tatapult Brand new single-seater SC-I Seahawk lands in slielzformed by ship's turn. The Seahawk's hig engine and clean design givejighter performanee, yet it has facilities to earry two men insidefuselage astern of pilot so that rescue missions may still he undertaken fe a n v uv J ', I - 1 ,i I- , 5 . I f t,..-.- 1 W J 4 6,4 -f H, V-gi . 3 - , -' I H if Elm, 15 if J . 3' . Z S' X , if yrvvx 1. - 11 pi EC. .-. fs. .i J- ' SANTA FE PASSES 200,000 ENGINE- MILE MARK IN SCUTH CHINA SEA if 'I N 30 DECEMBER 1944 the SANTA FE proceeded ,il northwest from Ulithi as part of Task Force 38, whose orders were to neutralize Jap air power in the Lingayen Area. In spite of continually bad weather, air strikes were launched at Formosa the 3rd and 4th of January 1945, and Luzon was hit the 6th and 7th. Mac- Arthur's Luzon Dog-Day, 9 January, found Task Force 38's planes hammering Fogmosa's airfields, preventing interference with the landinfggjeaonly 180 miles south. That same night Halsey ordered Heet through Bashi Chan- nel into the South China iSela. The choicest targets, Camranh Bay and Saigdn, EnddTChina, were hit 12 Jan., netting of 151fgji1apa,neseSthii.pping. On the SANTA FE passed imifle mark-the last hundred thousand 1944. And though scuttlebutt about staitesidei saidjfir lwon't be long now, every seaman was eo?-vincedtsheiicouldpteam as long as the Engineer's Chewii5,gfgtm6nd bai-lingkwsire lasted. Before leavintgme monsoon-swep'tfTOIhina Sea on the evening of 20 January, Takao on Formosa, Amoy and Swatow on the China Coast, plus Hong Kong and Hainan Islands were blasted. Once Tokyo Rose boasted that an American fleet could never enter the China Sea. Later this statement was modified to say that a fleet, once in, could never get out. Task Force 38 had done both. i , 1 With smoke streaming from stacks, signal flags flying, siren and whistle sounding, SANTA FE's 200,000 mile mark is eelehrated. To round out the month's operations, heavy air strikes were thrown again at Formosa and Okinawa, 21 and 22 January, respectively. Proud of its penetration into the middle of the Jap's Co-prosperity Sphere, the Third Fleet set course towards Ulithi. 40MM director crew searches for more attacking 7ap aircraft, hat short ran e 'Q' t' g or ies eannot help distant, stricken TICONDEROGA. 88 'I L, I ..f H I , Yi , f X Q ,mt fe by Fueling destroyers in tlze perpetualbf rouglz and stormy South Clzina Sea is taken as a matter of eourse by SANTA FE erewmen who haven't seen a wlzzte woman for past tlzzrteen weary rnontlzs Boat deck ZOMM battery is manned by sailors W' L Division who also are responsible for important topszde look out stations W 1 W ,. 1 3 P N s N i Forward ZOMM erew fires at practice sleeves being towed by planes W' Task Group. Marine soldiers man most gf t'wenties . l l Starboard 'forties' send up a practice lzail offre. Rapid, regular, staccato sounds of exploding rartridges jill the air. 89 A JMMXMP M' 2 Wzth a sea calm and rnatzonless, the uelzng operatzons between ct azser, tanker and destroyer fe I are relatzvely szmple Varzoas lznes between shzps 'Y Fiji :rl -1'-9 ng- Q4 . rf,:,r r., -.1-v .hp 1 i gi 1. f A of .i :Q ti t i ff' iw za I1 1 is H ti l Urge gi ,lf X jf, r f Q , '-' ' l i tg. Q X f t' f. . '- ' ,' ' '. , X, .fbi ' is Q' 'U : f ' X- .id '. .g ,l,4.ff'. , f : l ,., ll Q gy P 1 .1 lg -,lsr I.,--M-A . 9 1 ,, 1-. lc 2.3,-.,,:f ,ggi 4- -:aryl 41445, wg sg,,:f :fir af 115,74 li LACK, slippery, fuel oil, costing only 6c per gallon was as necessary to the SANTA FE as ammunition. Since battle range was restricted by fuel oil capacity, the war-born operation of refueling at sea from fleet tankers in the middle of a battle area demanded greatest efficiency, seamanship and speed. ' The primary fueling duties were divided among the Most important is that tanker keeps steady coarse in rough seas. SANTA FE's PROFICIENCY RATES TARE-VICTOR-GEORGE SANTA FE's deck and engineering divisions. VVhether a seaman was tossing over a heaving line, keeping a strain on the fuel hoses, or a fireman was connecting hose couplings, taking Soundings of the fuel tanks, he was Working as part of a team for the Admiral's acknowledge- ment of fueling Well-done. Men handling lines mast maintain steady strain to avoid 7' at Q7 4' ,v .. if rf s ff ..-Wy ft-if A Fourth and Ba-leer Divisionshfueling details rash to unrig afterfael eonnee- tzon in afar! to heatforward hose handling group. handle fuel hoses stores travelers telephone leads SA7NTAl FE leaves port szde zyozlerfree so ship next in line can get drink Man in director is dressed in winter gear. Despite hest ship handling possible, an oeeasionalfuel hose will part eovering deeles and seamen with hlaek, hard-to-get-of oil. Ship pulls away from tankerg red Balzer flag is hauled downg Smoking Lamp is lighted ,' deelcs are swahhedgfaeling has ended . . . 91 1 nn V 77,7 A Y Y Y I ,, , ----'A--nu-uf' . ff :-ff' ww -f'Y'f'f'iT 'iii' r'ff 'T'S'T L?7 Tw-344' ' Y ,, , ,-. , V ,pm-s 1 ' ' 'f ---V-'H-'A A ' ' -Brew. . , f'm f'14.:' '2ffr1Q'F:'a1 'sv 4- M' P ' ' .,, -Ln . .,. ..,.. , ,,H,,-, ,, X-, ,,. .,., .. ,T........---X .. .- x X I - X X XX x x x x 1 ' X X XXX, f 5 NNNXNQ N 5 X K X. x wg NN x exif? X X VLLQ Xmx. X X iw ESNXQXX RX X x . in, Xfssgi NX sf X Q, X NL XX SVXXNXXX L. X' : XS X X si YR 'SXX-XX Q , sig: Q . X X X A - Xg fffixxw- - - I X X ' Q XSSXXSK kX:A X.X ,V Q ' in V kk X X x , - , . X x SSNXXX N A v?2:I q'3 I W? Af' J SEE N! 'Q' ' , . ., ,. . 4 1 +35 X gf, X I 5 i . 1 Aj : 2 Z 2 X1 i s X 3 5 . 3 Q .1 v R' ui 3 ' Q s - i i 1 , X 5 i. I I 4 X , L 1 Storled Mount Suribaelzi on wlzoxe summit Old Glory is placed. -4 , - i. A,-, , J' ' A- u f I I . ln' ' A , . f ,M f ., g' ' I . A-Q I' 'I -.- .-A. ,V .. M. ',- , ,,.,,, ,,i OCCUPATION MEANS CLOSE STEP- PING STONE, ALSO B-29 RELIEF BASE . -5 HE opportunity all Navy men had been waiting 'Q .. gn for-a Pearl Harbor in reverse-came in February 1945. Also with the Iwo Jima landing by the Marines another big stride came in the pincer movement against the Japanese Empire. Task Force 58, headed straight for Tokyo, left Ulithi Feb. 9 for the first carrier bombing of the Jap capital since the Doolittle raid in '42. Retiring from the Tokyo area on the evening of the',rl8th, the SANTA FE tem- porarily left her carrier group for duty as a fire support unit in the invasion of the Bonins. This was her 12th and last bombardment of enemy held islands and the third time she had covered lbeachheadsyfor Marine., landings. I-Iundreds. of ships of all kinds could be seen in the early morning haze as the SANTA- FE began enrilading the southern beaches of Iwo Jima at 0645, I9 February. The tempo of shelling increased as a countless number of landing craft edged toward the island. The SANTA EE continued firing with both 5 and 6 l battery until 1000 and then stood by only 2000 yards offshore for call fire. The target assigned for the afternoon was Hot Rocks, or Mount Suribachi, which was honeycombed with sniper holes and mortar emplacements. Eire was difficult because the gun positions were not visible to the ship. One of the OS2U's was in the air to spot and pick out new targets, and while investigating a gun battery located on the airstrip, the rear seat Marine spotter was fatally injured by flak. E . 2 X J . ,X I A Powder .Smoke of SANTA FE'.vjfr.vt D-Day salvo hangs in air as explodzng .vlzells kzfk up black pajs in .vlzzip'5 area fy' rexponxibility. Rocket .vlzips Cabovej, converted LCI'5, stand in eloye to beach. Afmphibioax tanks and myriad landing craft lzead into I'Zll0,.Y .vlzore fi- i Mia 1 l Inv , flag lx P X , lg 'I V? I Vg A Q M 1 F I' f fe s A I 4 W fi 51 li E o l e if I r r' 'F' I H Ml 5? 5 I skull I 1 r 1 X55 V uf i i? 1 5 I Wig W! figs 4 ! 1 I 1 V U N 1 4 , Elf ei, N35 5 iles I EM U5 Y 1 ' N III 5 I if Air , 5 1 2 E 4 N Y s ,s . s i I I I Q W ' 1 4 iii il il U QQ Q Q I E E. ...Kung --W-,WW u..n.m1n,:m.,.s.-.. v-fra.: ,, , . fdboveb Wreulhed in smoke, vofednie Mt. Surioezelzi ezndfeznezlieu! fups dug CBe!owD Smulf, swufl, dounffess landing boats, like aroused water bugs, deep in its slopes ure eomplelebz surrounded by eounfless U. S. supporting maintain llzeir regular trujfe lanes as flzey Irezvef from fire forge ships erufl necessary lo eonquer und hold the ugh island. sleznding of-shore Io the bilterbf eontesled, lzeerfe beuehlzeud. 94 L ,, 'W . -l.-- milf,-U 5 .f 4, FQQQWM 'gf'-i gf W. . .-,ix x.-' ,uf . ' .5-.4 Ns- Vi, . ,. , .. 4 . avi! ,.'. .. ,,,.K' ', 'A . Snioflzering .fnzoke of llze IKTVM-C navai bombardmen! give: deceiving appearance Q' Iota! eyfeetivenesi as first Marine waves are about fo land. IWKJLANLHNGWLQQNTG For two nights the ship delivered harassing Ere-both to the Japs and to the crew-and kept starshells over the island to discourage counter-attacks. Heavy bombard- ments were given at dawn as the troops advanced and con- solidated their positions. About noon on the 21st, with magazines running low and a crew wearied by two and one half days of living at battle stations, the SANTA FE was relieved by the NORTH CARQLINA. With a feeling both of relief and satisfaction the ship rejoined her carrier group, having poured over 4000 of her shells into the pillboxes and blockhouses of Iwo Jima. ,L SANTA FE ana' batllerlzip TENNESSEE C103 of por! bowl are station .flzipr and must maintain position so Zanding waves can orientale. Most Marine easuaitiex are aeeepled at beaelzlzead where nzorlarjfre lake: heavy toll fy' eoneentraiea' boats, troops, buildozerf, ranks. 1 we --V , umm-a,i.ts , , , . A t ...H s--s1.- - Ground area at base of voleano had been primary target of SANTA FE, Shi-like trails left in wake q'advaneing tanhsfollow their progress up slope. and, as Marine tanks move in, shows well poelz-marked suqface. L4Zbj'7'Z77fll dlffblfi W6 H7117-fank Wfflfff- I A ,A Seemingly utter confusion qi earbf beaehhead gives way to orderliness as hour by hour, day by day, troops and materiel arefunneled through to advaneingjront lines. Note beaehed f7ap cargo ship Crightj, also floundering uamphtraeksh' and boats. WSWW While performing his duties as primary spotterfor SANTA FE's guns, After all qforts to save his life proved unavailing, Ist Lt. D. hlfilliam Marz'ne Lieutenant is fatally hit by fapanese AA fre. USMCR, is buried at sea -with full naval honors. 96 , Flanked by eruzxers on ezfhez hand and dzvzszon offglzters overhead carrier ESSEX zn eompany wzlh 5th Fleet headsfor Yap 5 sacred Tokyo ,Slz1'p'.f rrew rigy in Jlaraoaral gangway and prepare: to get SANTA FE ana'erway no! knowing dextinalion 145 7ap eapiial. NAVAL AIRCRAFT PAY FIRST CALL ri , TEAMING within 150 miles of Hirohito s Palace on 16 S oi' A February flat-tops of Spruance s Fifth Fleet launched S S the long awaited vengeance strike against Tokyo. Greatest surprise to the SANTA FE's crew was the almost total lack of resistance to the well-executed on- slaught. Though several bogeys were reported some- where in the overcast skies, none ventured near the ships. Foul weather cancelled operations the following noon and the force headed south. The 18th, the SANTA FE was detached from the carrier force, but after a brief 'Achange of pace at Iwo Jima she rejoined for the second Tokyo raid on 25 February. Bad weather continued to favor the laps, but it was apparent that their air force and Heet had no strength left to defend even the homeland. The two raids destroyed 667 Jap planes, damaging many more on airfields and in factories, sank l CVL, lO AK,s, 16 SC's and l PC, damaged l DD, 2 DEB, and 72 SCS. With Qld Glory two-blocked over Mouiit Suribachi and Tokyo stunned by two startling raids, the last of February saw U. S. Forces leaving Japanese waters and heading for Home,'-Ulithi. 97 Batter cd smoking more dead than ahve Big Ben of hostile Shzkoka fghtx or a .vurvzval -whzchfcfw witnesses thought wa: possible it SEAMANSHIP ENABLED UB 1 G tf':iE,HE FRANKLIN'S shelltorn odyssey began March f 19, 1945 as she prepared to launch an attack Cdnd .vo began thc mighty climax to the SANTA FEE fight againyt the cncmy- thc Lucky Ladylffjinal action Q' thc watch S 1 Fifty miles off the coast of Japan, Task Force' 58 was. launching an air assault against Shikoku and Kyushu when a Jap bomber dropped out of the low overcast, rocketed in over the bow of the 27,000-ton carrier FRANK- LIN Q Big Ben j and swept the length of her Hight deck. From the Jap's belly two 500-lb bombs plummeted down . . , The first bomb hit near the bridge. The second smashed through the flight deck amidst the parked planes. The explosions rolled into one tremendous detona- tion . . . Fire engulfed the planes, shot up and swept the fantail, from which men jumped or were Hicked overboard. . . MAGAZINE, 5'28'45' i Men know there is nothing more valuable than lic. 98 againstthejap homeland. . . UNITED PR1-Essji I BEN TO ESCAPE DEEP SIX The toll of almost 1000 dead or missing and approxi- mately 200 seriously wounded was one of the greatest single disasters in the history of United States naval war- fare... fl P 'iN5iiot'her'shitp in American history ever has survived a like ordeal . . . H UNITED PRESS . In that hell on water big girders twisted like tahcy and melted steel ran like ice cream in the sun. I-Ialf-ton bombs blasted great chunks from the Hight deck. Deto- natedyirockets swept the blazing deck at waist level. craft engines were tossed aloft like pingpong balls . . . N. Y. HERALD-TRIBUNE. To control the smoke, Captain Gehres of the FRANKLIN was steaming the only possible course, cross- wind, and this was taking him directly toward Iapanli' . . . UNITED PRESS 1 Again and again the in- trepid escorts risked destruc- tion to help the crippled carrier. Among them werei the destroyers HUNT, I-IICKUX and MILLER'and, Ccontinued on page 1025 Q MARSHALL, TINGEYQ M QM f fx 1 Sw ,H i fNWQN ff' , f if + f av Q x V I 5 if V , www X 1 wr X Nz 'Q.,ff .X WS ff : fx 5 H, 1 gfi ,lqqfnffffw V ,if Q wa N N' XY q 'yy N 0 0 Aff ' W f Z ,Z I ff .W ZW 0 ,N A ACTIO EQUE CE Clj Bcmbed at 0708 hell breaks loose from Big Ben's own explosives. CQJ Commanding rescue group Santa Fe skipper approaches Franklin. CID Carrier lists 110 to starboard as Santa Fe moves in. C41 Alongside. Franklin reports making eight knots. CSD Aviation fuel- -l0,000 gallons-seared Franklin. C65 Firefighters versus shrapnel and Avgas. C75 Five-inch mount starts burning. 85 Alongside second time hve hoses are used at close range. C91 Heroes known and unknown don't give up the shipf, C105 Rescue proceeds by travelers, rope swings and antennas. Cllj One ship? Two! Carrier batters Santa Fe portside. CIZD Rescue ships recover 1706 men Santa Fe almost half u n i E I l l , ' tg . ij im if so , ,begs . zu, e of-- .. .digg he .. eeee + 1 nr'e sf e te.i 1t--t-e - E2 5 5 l 2, ifl Men scalter as jagged chunks of aircraft and dehris of all descriptions areflang into the airfrom terrific explosion Qfjfve-inch magazine. li if l fll lol I l i'l it ll ll' TON exploded and inflicted horrible casualties on the gl BIRMINGHAM personnel . . . CHAPLAJN coUR- the light cruiser SANTA FE . . . H NEW YORK AGEOUS, COLLIERS MAGAZINE, 6-23-45 HERALD TRIBUNE ' The SANTA FE Went alongside the FRANKLIN, ,ii R K'The cruiser SANTA FE, Captain H. C. Fitz, USN, port side to at 0931 . . . SANTA FE ACTION commanding, came up on the starboard side. NOTES , 'Are your magazines flooded? he flashed. He Was Actually the FRANKLIN'S magazines were not elg 5 thinking of the disaster that overtook the SANTA FE's floodedg the valves had been opened but the water mains bfi sister ship BIRMINGHAM last fall when she was taking had ruptured . . . TIME MAGAZINE survivors off the stricken PRINCETON. The PRINCE- At 0952 the most terrific blast of the morning resulted si l, if il I . ji l Exposed personnel on Santa Fe brace themselves for whafever is fo come as During three vivid hours alongside men marched their nerve againsr burning i E hrs! approach is made por! side to FRJNKLI N. -rl Ml steel to unegaf' anolher Tokyo Rose claim. 'Q lv X Q ,sig ', lil l ill' i ix, flxg 1, E Nl ll 'li ia ',i iw! l gil ,, iw 7 'A I 1 4 7 f f 452 A 5 Y ,W , wx W f, f - 71. ff if 542 TZ' ' M 4 IS? fn ff W, f W ff, NW if , ', v , W X Q .L f f ,, f W 22? f 2-' 1 ,M f P' 1, 64, ff fi! 'Q' 'ffqxfxwf , As ,Inf '7 W, A, 1 k 25511--XMH va ,, ,Q ,, ff W Q. if 'Nj,,,,4 , WM .1 Q 3. ww ' X Q , . 41, , ,,,, ,M gm, 0 ,wh 17117 ,, Q ,y f 7 qv il x ,Mn ' M 'ZW1 x, K V , W,..,,... , WWMYV f A ,M V K, 1 wwzyffi , .X ll lx i, llly, directionsf Captain Gehres said, 'but the SANTA FE skipper sized us up and then came in at 25 knots, at a wide angle. He slammed her in against us and held her with the engines. It was the most daring piece of seamanship I ever saw.' The SANTA FE got five large hoses going and many of her crewmen joined in fighting the fires. . . . UNITED PRESS Men immediately began leaping from the main deck of the FRANKLIN to the forward six-inch gun turrets of the SANTA FE. Others dropped down lines to the cruiser,s deck. Over a projecting radio antenna from the FRANKLIN men scrambled wildly . . . A catwalk was finally placed between the flight deck of the carrier and the top of one of the SANTA FE'S mounts . .. . KANSAS CITY STAR The two forward, starboard antenna masts were damaging the SANTA FE'S forward section, and the 40 MM mounts on the FRANKLIN'S starboard side were acting as fenders for the cruiser's stern. VVounded were shuttled from just forward of the FRANKLIN'S five- inch turrets to the SANTA FE'S side five-inch mounts, which were being badly beaten up by the relative motion of the ships. The 40 MM sponsons of the FRANKLIN'S starboard side tore the deck plating from the-cruiser's side and inHicted other appreciable damage to her . . . FRANKLIN NAVIGATOR Meanwhile the USS PITTSBURGH had approached and cast a line to the FRANKLIN. A towing cable was hauled to the FRANKLIN, which had no workable equip- ment to lift it. The SANTA FE'S Winches were used to hoist the cable from the sea and pass it to the FRANKLIN. Hjust before 12:30 o'clock the SANTA FE cast off. The still smoking FRANKLIN, now in tow, limped along south at three knots . . . Sailors on the SANTA FE gave up their bunks and clothing to survivors from the FRANKLIN. One sailor came aboard wearing an Admiral's life jacket. Another was wearing a Commander's coat. Completely fagged out, i A, Qlil ' if Hire I -'lil Wire will 5 ire. '- 'A' ' mg.. ,. ian, - - -I 711153 'RQNXIIYS I -if I side 1 iv .jj mel 5 ffji was '-1: :equip- :': .rid IO KRNRLIN. .. qi lull. - i, gvipel ' A -is nl 'Vi flllllf Q- ,lf Tier many lay down and quickly fell asleep . . . KANSAS CITY STAR Entered Ulithi March 2-1 for onward routing to Pearl Harbor and scheduled overhaul . . . 'I SANTA FE ACTION NOTES COP! arrival in Hawaiian area afew days Zaler Colzzilzafzdef' in Cfzicjf, Pafyfc Ffeef, Jem' flzir mefyagc' to FRJIVKLIIV aim' SANT.-I FEJ It is evident that the return of FRANKLIN to port required skill and courage of the highest degree on the part of those who participated. The oH'icers and men who returned on FRANKLIN and also the ofiicers and men of the SANTA FF who rendered invaluable assistance have set a high standard of seamanship, courage and devotion to duty which will always be an inspiration to the Fleet. VVell done to all hands. ,'R 1, il ,W ,M ,Q -S ,,A,,, .s si ll, ii ik li il ll Ll I I iv i l , E f I f With Long Beachfaeling slafion as haclegroancl, some of ship's hlaejacleefs try fo appear natural in presence of white women. 106 SANTA FE cautiously noses lo-wards receiving clocle at Terminal Island, while Navy hand plays and Dinah Shore sings God Bless America FOR SHIP, REPAIRS - FUR CREW ITS I HEN the SANTA FE left Ulithi on 26 March with the damaged FRANKLIN, her homeward bound pennant Hew proudly in the breeze. Not since the ship's commissioning had she spent any appreciable time in the States, not since 12 January 1944, almost fifteen months before, had a crewman made a decent liberty. Anticipation of Stateside duty could be read in every man's face. Days were spent squaring away uniforms, stowing sea- bags, polishing shoes, nights were spent in conversation about what transportation to take home, which line would still work on which woman. All back pay WQS drawn from the books , all was right with the world- Suddenly, right at Sunday's noon chow, an official dispatch was received thatlsupposedly reordered tht' SANTA FE to Pearl Harbor for only temporary repair- W 'P' En . .A mf After :teaming tontinuously oder 225,000 long, long miles without zz yard overlzauf Q' any kind, LUCKY LJDY needs rompleteftzcelU'tz'ngjob. GIRLS, LIBERTY, LEAVE AND GIRLS Most everyone swallowed the bum dopen before the message was acknowledged to be nothing but an April Fool's joke. The Lucky Lady continued East. At 0807 on IO April-so the anchor pools claimed-the ship's first mooring line went over to the dock at Ter- minal Island. VVith Dinah Shore singing the greetings, and Vox-Pop interviewing seamen, the long-awaited Hrehabilitationn program in L. A. County was launched. But liberties in Long Beach, South Gate, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Hermosa, etc.-like every sailor's bank- roll-had to run out sometime. The ship had been com- pletely overhauled from keel to topmastg and, after a ten day shakedown cruise to San Diego, the remodeled SANTA FE was ready to rejoin the Heet. On 26 July, she weighed anchor and headed for Pearl fully expecting to spend another two years in the forward area. Tap-dancing gif! 1110125 from Hollvwood, fomplete with singing and downing, are zzfuvz-v.v popuffzr with fun-hzmgzlv Jfzillfx frfw. I I I l il . l QI' 'I il I 'l l I I I ll ll. ui' vl' k 1 I'- me I E s as r :gl ' x..--,. ........-.rp - --Y, mg? l Railing at anchor in mia' ohonnel, SANTA FE fright, and .finer .vhip MOBILE Iendforfe to occupation of Saseho, Kyushu novo! base. f hhhf F if -,'Ah 11 xi A , .1 . 1 i. it f A , fs, ff ,N L 15. ...L ..l..tL.J fc,-2 fa,-I '-li-.J Ls, ga., ' ii, Q ,f '13g...fg,. it SANTA FE, FLAGSHIP OF AREA COMMANDER, TOURS ENEMY HOMELAND fi' N 21 September the SANTA FE first sighted the SANTA FE left on 8 October for Honshu. A sudden QD rocky, jumbled coastline of Japan. Her new job typhoon blowing up from Okinawa forced a two-day of aiding the occupation of a nation still not in- stop at Nagasaki and gave all hands a chance to inspect vaded had begun. Almost forgotten in the excitement the atomic bomb's awful destructive power. The first and curiosity of steaming up the channel toward Kyushu's port on Honshu to be visited was Wakayama. After once great naval base of Sasebo were the end of the VVar only a 24-hour stay, the SANTA FE departed for Yoko- on 14 August, the cancelled bombardment of VVake, and suka, located at Tokyo Bay's entrance. With both the three weeks spent at Okinawa's typhoon-plagued Buckner Bay. Although it was still overseas duty, the pleasant indolence of occupation duty was a happy change from rugged wartime routine. Sightseeing tours were organ- ized as soon as troops were established ashore. The curious, souvenir-hungry sailors found different articles to purchase, got different impressions of the tiny, bow- legged, odiferous Nips, and had different tall tales to tell about geisha houses, department stores, or trolley rides. A complete story of how the men spent their Yen Cexchange rate, 15 yen per dollarb in those few hours ashore would fill volumes. After being moored almost four weeks in Sasebo the TCITY MISSING AT LEFT IS NAGASAKI. Tokyo and Yokohama as liberty ports and with the Emperor,s palace, the Imperial Hotel, and the Ginza district near at hand, time passed quickly. On 17 October Captain Fitz was relieved by Captain Freeman, and a few hours later orders were received to sail to Ominato for duty as Flagship of Commander Northern Japan Area. For nearly a month the Lucky Lady swung at anchor in Ominato Ko. Except for a four day sojourn to Otaru, Hakodate, and Aomori, the stay was uneventful. On 14 November the Flag was transferred to the QUINCY and the SANTA FE be- came part of the Magic Carpet operation. Next day she sailed south to Saipan to embark high-point per- sonnel and then headed for the States. 109 Nzpponese gendarme directs trafic while U.S. sailors and soldiers standing idly on sidewallz watch little pedestrians file into corner's damaged department store. Location is Ginza flvenue in heart cy' downtown Toyleo's pre-war American section. NIPS ARE IGNORANT, POOR RACE 'j HATlfl'1C history and geography texts back at school said about these oriental people and what X' actually greeted the SANTA FE'S sight-seeing crewmen Were vastly different stories. As usual, the on- the-spot observations of curious sailors produced what was probably the truer picture. Certainly it was the most candid. The Jap male was a short, stocky individual, usually not more than Hve feet in height. His expression was blankly stoical, broken only by the frequent inward sucking hiss that supposedly indicated modest politeness. The oft- heard description, monkey-like turned out to be more Still wearing national, semi-military clothes, Yapanese civilians stand patientb' waiting to get into local movie house. y . , l l , . l Young Sasebo ffaps walk through typical passage between crowded Funeral procession parades down street rj Otaru. Whz'te boxes slung buildings. Girl's pantaloon-like pants are wartime innovation. . from their necks contain ashes of deceased relatives. 110 All this age slant eyed aps are harmless truth than Hction. Their yellowishskin, ignorant and brutal features, and the peculiar shufiiing gait of too-short legs all contributed to the amazing resemblance Personal hygiene and cleanliness, at least among nine out of ten Nips, Were absolutely foreign ideas. Lifebuoy soap could make a fortune, for the body odor of the Jap was indescribable. Sanitation facilities of even the humble Chic Sale variety were practically non-existent, consequently almost anywhere was socially correct The Jap Women Were carbon copies of their men in looks, build, deportment and odor. Their dress, fashioned after the time-honored kimono, was a universal, Wartime innovation closely resembling a ski-suit. The most important segment of the population was the Geisha Girl element, or at least what passed as such. The Geishas seemed quite glad the Americans landed, for, not only were they coining a mint, but a genuine attraction had grown up for the big Mer'can demand fy' U S servzeemenfor any kind o souven r Geisha Girls before flzezr Omznalo house give out with come hither look Lg? girl reporledbf can szng Shoo Shoo Baby Group of welljed, poorbf dressed urelzins willingb' pose for photographer. Squat Shop or sidewalk store is tlze ffapanese answer lo insatiable Monkey-like 7ap males lzold 'feld day in one rorner Qfpublic bail: in Yokahama, rvlzile womenfolk scrub down sirnilarly on their side of building. Soap and running wafer, lakenfor granled in U. S., are praclzcally non-exzstent znfoul-smelling Nippon. , f ,, ft X WW! ,WW7 J, HAYATAVKA' class aircraft carrierfound moored at Sasebo Naval Base displaces 28,000 tons and has speed in excess of 28 knots. Ship's length is 745feet, its beam is 88feetg anti-aircraft battery includes 80 guns ey' various sizes. Antiquated, coal-burning -'fap admiral's barge makes SJNTAV FEE starboard gang-way with surrender delegation for island cy' Kyushu ordered aboard at Sasebo for conference, Coastal submarine, capable W' carrying mines as well as torpedoes, lies peaceyfulbv rusting away in large, well-protected harbor mf Sasebo. Normal complement Q' such underwater craft is three to fue ojicers andforty enlisted men. NIP carrier still under constructionat Sasebo resembles the OTAKAV class CVE's which were convertedfrom hulls of NYK ocean liners Midget submarine is tzcd up alongside beneath amidship's gun sponssons. Surrender orders decreed all guns be removed or made useless. g 0 'MF Qevf.-,A - w1 , 1 we N ,, ,,A,,, Freiglzter-transport KEIFUKU MARU enters Hakadate, Hokkaido and panes close aboard to port. Green crosxes on staekf are for identyfeation. Wzth her gune egfeetzvekv .vpzked and powder magazinex empty, old oattlesizzp NAGATO lies moored to oouy in Tokyo Bay opposite Yoko- l .-. .vuka ax last reminder of once proud, powerful Yapanefe Ffeet. Degunned gunooat fy' TAHCHIN class, now eonvertedfor mineeweeping, standx out of Saxeoo enroute to areae blocked by U. S. and jfap mines. Mz'Jee!laneouJ jfslzing vesxels and eoastal tranoportx are rougkbf camoufiaged in evident attempt to efeape far-reaching U. S. air-sea power. i y .,------....,.,. Modern, undamaged slruclures that line Tokyo's Wall Slreef' and the many parked U. S. Army Yecps and command cars readihv give appearance fy' an American city's downtown section. Dark hrown, folumnyfronted building at right houses General MaeArlhur's staj headquarters. Q M ' T APAN most often has been described as a land of v ,, S Q ' L ,y I i contrast, but those same words were merely drawing 3 S 1' fi.. A 7 . .. A. 'S . l Si a comparison between the Western Countries and the , , O ' . 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L .J The Captain Exeeutive Offff, and the heads cy' the various de artm t P B71 sfurnish the guiding hands needed o Sth h' t ll t th di fren! ' missions assigned her. Portrayed here are those people: the Damage Control O eer the C ' f r 675 lp 0 Jammu I Carry ou 6' If ' 1 A aptazn the Executzve O eer the Navzgator, the Engzneerzng Gunnery Communzcatzon, Suppbf and Medz'eal O eers. IN ACTIGN-DAMAGE CONTROLg IN PORT-CLEAN AND REPAIR Commander ?0lzn H. Kaufman, USN, Damage Conlrof Offer and First Lieutenant, head M Conslraetinn ana' Repair Department. 2 DUAL function is performed by this portion of the SANTA FE's complement. It is charged not only with the general repair and upkeep of the hull and such systems as those having to do with ventilation, water and drainage, but also with the more important task of controlling and rectifying damage to the vessel suffered during battle. Successful accomplishment of this vital function enables the ship to absorb considerable punish- ment, yet still remain afloat with its maneuverability and firepower virtually intact. To fit the ship and those who fight her to withstand hard blows by the enemy requires unceasing effort by the Repair Department and constant training of its members in approved methods of shoring bulkheads, unwatering flooded compartments, supplying casualty electric power to isolated equipment, shifting liquids to correct list and trim, and fighting fires of all types. Some of this instruction is obtained from the several excellent damage control and fire fighting schools of the Navy ashore, but by far the larger part of such education must be carried on aboard the ship, the more experienced and skilled officers and petty officers passing on to others the knowledge they have acquired through months of active service under battle conditions. It is only too easy to stress this phase of the Repair Department's work at the expense of space devoted to the monotonous but always necessary task ofrepairing normal wear to the ship resulting from everyday use of its facil- ities. VVork is required on the hull itself as well as on the fresh water, fire main, plumbing, and ventilation systems. The excellence with which the shipfitters, carpenters' mates, metalsmiths, and their strikers replace broken pieces of equipment and repair units which just give trouble is a measure of the comfort and well being of every officer and man on the SANTA FE. 121 The men have ez never ending lark, at .rea or in port, Qfpainting the ship's metal surface: to insure preservation and smartness. ' Convoy work of all l-ype5,from .veezhags to awning: and gun eoveu isfizshioned by lhe men in the .fail locker. Shilo: Damage Conlrol Parliex are Jtationed at several repair locker: loczzfed in Jtrolegie places throughout the Jhip. f,lf31 iff l The Repair Department has still other tasks and the men to do them. It controls the ship's Police Force - the Chief Master-at-Arms and his assistants, Whose duties are to aid the Executive Cfficer and the First Lieutenant in maintaining good order, discipline, and cleanliness in the ship. The yeomen in the First Lieutenant's office handle the hull reports, requisitions, shipalts, and other paper Work necessary for the conduct of the department's business. The Ship's Boatswain is charged with seaman- ship of the SANTA FE and has as aides the Chief Boat- sWain's Mates, the sailmaker, the painter, and the captain of the hold. The duties ofthe Repair Department range from handling the anchor Windlass on the forecastle to The Shipjflters' Shop, wiih itsforee of metafrmiths and .vhzjJj5!ter.v who do mem! work, weidin g and like repairs' wherever needed. I r The nien of lhe Carpentefsforce, who do wood-working and general upkeep and aid in controlling any hatfle damage to the ship. rigging the towing gear on the fantail, and the men are on hand for every occurrence requiring the wide practical knowledge of today's deck seamanship. Only in the control of battle damage is there drama in the Repair Department's work. The task of general repair and preservation ofthe ship takes the C and R Department oHicers and men into many diversified fields, from plying the ancient craft of sailmaking to using the most modern methods of cutting and welding. In doing theirjob they work with, and for, every other department of the ship. This can be easily understood when it is considered that most of their Work is directed to one end- That ofmaintaining the entire ship at the peak ofmaterial condition in order that it may be the most eHicient hghting unit possible. The lldaster-at-firms Force aids in keeping order and discipline about the ship and sees chat the daily roaline is carried out. The yeomen ofthe First Lieutenanfs ojice do fhe clerical work and maznzain all lhe records for lhe deparlment. ,B- The First Lieaienanl and his men handle the wildcat and supervise lhe securing fy' the anchor and chain as the ship leaves for sea. I' CJD ,ff l nl? l Te., f. ... ... V . -., X E I , - v,-MQ. 'X ,. ,, V. 1 3 J 'H' V i 2... f 2 i '- ' 1 l .l rl i 'A E. .,, , A . ,, H RANGE, BEARING, TIME, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, COURSE AND sPEEDs , fjijwl HE accomplishment of a mission means more to the Y men of the Navigation Department than merely charting the SANTA FE's course across the seas, or the navigator's taking his sights evening twilights. They must first pilot the ship safely past the rocks and shoals of the harbor entrance, and then con- stantly determine her position by the sun and stars. Their work in- -cludes steering the ship through- -out various maneuvers, so that 'she maintains proper station and follows the designated track. Daily they check the ship's chronometers and clocks, so that her operations synchronize with those of the other ships in the precise timing required in modern warfare. li ' The aerographer's mate must 124 furnish the weather data so important to the aviators and gunners as Well as the Captain. The buglers provide their part of the daily routine with calls that range from reveille to general quarters. Then, if the mission is a shore bom- , bardment ofenemy territory, the E N dividion must have the ship during the morning and s arrive at the desired point at exactly the ordered instant, so that the gunnery personnel can carry out their part ofthe opera- tion. The history ofthe ship is in the quartermasters' keeping, for in the log they record all the hap- penings of each Watch, the long hours of cruising, the exciting moments of an air attack, the thunder ofeach engagement with enemy ships or shore batteries,- 2 and all else that goes with the 5 l daily lille of a man-offwar. The slziplv Navigator, Commander Luther C. Heinz, USN. ' l AH' -- I Q it Holding selzool in the clzartlzoase, the Chief .Quartermaster explaim details of navigation and piloting to the younger men. XD rPEEDS 1 3175 all -gg ' -If .- 1W:fHC,1 W -milfs 2 i- rf bum' , 1 , ,,., -sfffryw mr A the shi? , . 'f. ':' , . .fu 5. ,Y-in ,. 1 1 V' :,- Tu? 'W .19 . 16 'f ,ggl-'I . V , W , , .V W ' ' i Tlze qziartermaster who identfes and takeav liearingy on land- marks help: fx the poyition for ootlz navigation and giinneiy. On the open bridge the Navigator and his a.v5i.rtant5 perform a daibf ritual- taking .fights of the liglzthouses in the Jky. 41 3 The renter Q' navigational activity is tlze clzartlzouse, 'where the Navigator conftantbf keeps the Jhiplv position plotted. k '4.L, Tlze Ohm-567' of tlze Deehtlze ouarternzafter, and tlze helnixrnan keep a eonxtant vigil in tlze pilothozzfe wlzcnever underway. TlzeSANTAFE ' ll iz E' k ie: 5 ong enoug at nzweto lo take aaoard,from an ammunition barge afongside, powder ana' .flzelfsfor her ravenouJ gum. Lieutenant Commander George M. Hawes, USN, the Gunnefy Offer, eombinex gunf and men into an ejjfeienljighting unit. 126 ITS GUNS SPELL DEATH AND DESTRUCTION F OR THE ENEMY ,i 4 N HE largest and most important department on the ship is the Gunnery Department-for obvious reasons. The SANTA FE, like any other major warship, exists only because of her guns, so her effective- ness as a fighting unit must be gauged by her ability to damage and destroy the enemy wherever and whenever she meets him. Her success depends on the Gunnery Department-on its ofiicers and men, and on its equip- ment. 'The Gunner's Mates and their strikers have H Herculean task in the upkeep and maintenance ofthe various batteries-the booming six inch, the slamming five inch, the pounding forty millimeters, and the stutter- ing twenties. This work is second in importance only tO selecting and training personnel for all positions in the Gunnery Department's battle organization-for the men must have a thorough understanding of the guns, their .r,-, . . GH .Nl Qaiixiiii' fa . ,f . . we, g .. - L 'fr J' vbyliyll. 5 ,,a' I 'f 4 ,L-fili' LA' L ffiilc' ., i- ,yffrfl , V 1 ' J,- ' W' f ,. . i capabilities, and the methods and equipment used in controllingthem. Of 1200 men on the ship,700 are in the Gunnery Department. But even these are not enough to man all the G.Q. battle stations, Gunnery must train oflicers and men of other departments soithat they can assist in manning the guns. The department has many other responsibilities outside the guns themselves and theirf ammunition. Among these are fire control, radar, aviation, lookouts, photog- raphy, and athletics. While these activities seem some- what unrelated, they all contribute to the primary func- tion of getting the guns into action to destroy the Jap. VVhen not behind their guns, the personnel ofthe Gun- nery department perform many other important tasks in the administration ofthe ship. The officers and men stand security watches, bridge watches underway, and quarterdeck watches in port. The ship's boats are manned by coxswains and seamen from the gunnery divisions. The Gunnery Department handles the lines and hoses for the all important tasks of fueling and ammunitioning at sea, fills key stations during anchoring or mooring the ship, loads stores as well as ammunition, and bears the brunt of keeping the ship a clean and live- able home. With the end of the war comes the silencing ofthe guns and the scattering of the crack teams that made the Gunnery Department and the ship the best in the whole Navy. Peace brings the responsibility of continued train- ing so that if the need for a fighting ship again arises there will be a nucleus crew of experienced men. The Jeorehoard shows SANTA FE record: sunk'-I CVL, I CL, I DD, 4 luggersg .vhol down'-7 planes, hlastedee-IZ Yap beaches. These are the ojfcer: Qf lhe Gunnery Department, the men in charge of afghling ,fhip'.f gun and eontrol stations at General Quarters. 1 , Ai , , ft-, ,,,1 ,HE First Division's proud domain is the forecastle tl with its two six inch turrets, its anchor gear, and itg at broad expanse of deck. Here the men skillfully handle the heavy chain and 14,000 pound anchors, and with equal facility put mooring lines to a dock when required. They rig the big towline sometimes used when fueling at sea and also one of two paravanes that keep mines from the ship. In gunnery they are equally ver- satile. The two turrets they man have spoken valiantly from Attu to Iwo Jima, and five inch and 40 mm mounts have had them as competent crews during tedious con- dition watches when air attacks threatened and often became a reality. These men, who must also keep squared away the forecastle with its recreation space , for officers and men, are indeed an essential part of the i - SANTA FE's crew. ig l With shined shoes, trimmed hair, andfresh-laundered whites, the men present a neat and smart appearance at skipper's inspection. 1 i l ' ' When there is no liberty, skylarking on the foreeastle when work is done Handling the heavy lines necessary to safely maar the SANTA FE 1 means a workontfor some and relaxationfor all the men. to a dock requires plenty mf manpower on the foreeastle. i 'i if E! li 'I il il S ll .1 ,. li qi l 1 ll 1 I 4 I 1 l L4 YY-W it -H-M -V-- ----. Y .... ,,,, ,, ,fe-gr, -. 4 --1.ff.ff:ff-J..:e--.f-me .,. .,. W A- - - '- ' ' ' ' A ' ' - -- ' ' - ,, ONTROLLING most of the main deck aft, the Second Division has an eventful life. At sea these eighty men and officers maintain and fight the after two turrets of the main battery and form an integral part of all aircraft launchrngs and recoveries The men perform an indispensable part of seagorng routine, handling lines alongside docks or other ships rigging sea ladders, setting up the movie screen, and providing men for fire, rescue, or general working parties In port thev operate the air plane crane for the nurnberless jobs like hoisting the ship s boats in and out, taking supplies aboard, or loading am munrtron for The Ladw s guns The Division is made up of men who understand the intricacies of modern ordnance equipment and yet are versed rn the ancient Ways of deck seamanshrp It rs a tvprcal division on an American man of War I lax' I' Wien replenzrhzng the :hip Seeond Dzvzxzon men operate the crane to Serabamg down the mam deck aft I5 an early mormng ehore 'wlzzclz ts an load pfgpmgn, fm wgrkzng partzey to ,flow betow eveeltent method of .vorkzng up an appetzte for breakfast C . , c C I ' . . . . . , . . 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' N X X 6 I Tlzoroagllbf soaked Tlzzrd Dzvzszon men wearzng lgfe belts zn case wave sweeps llzem o slzzp secure gangway darzng storm Drzll at loadzng maclzznes develops s lzt seeond I lEllRD F31 W. lSllUN s xoU flrst board the SANT-X FE you come up the Thlrd D1v1s1on s ladder and step onto the quarter deck The shlp shape appearance of th1s area, as well as the speed W1th wh1ch they load 5 ammun1t1on and handle l1nes, testlhes to the Th1rd s work1ng ab1l1ty The1r prohclency 1n mannlng mounts 51 52, and 53, attalned through arduous hours at the load1ng machlnes and 1n the gun rooms, IS 1nd1cated by the scoreboard on the brldge After Work1ng hours you find men around the Joe pots IH the gear locker and IH the mounts, talk1ng about home Workmg dur1ng troplc noon Alaskan n1ght, and 1n typhoons maklng rt dangerous to even be above deck, the Thrrd D1v1s1on has Jndeed made an envlable record P ,mmg 0 ,Z gun New Tlzzs gatlzerzng ry' the boys around tlze gear lockers joe pot zs so and promotes faster jfrzng zn foe znclz 1111 aatterv regular fha! if flfm0-ff 564 ll Pl ongs zn I e an Qf the Day ..i. l 1 ' i . l , l . 1 l f 5 l ll r li Y H . 'ifuprht 'ifquarrcr - area, as Citi mind 'J ,751 Their Q fi. maimed ':- iii in the ' ti: bilge, sz 3 ie-p is in L QQ hiilili. U -- rj in h, s.., 1: lrifl. fllf 1 . 'gQ.wTd. I Y -1 w fr at - - - V - AW -- f FQWLEQQ DH IBIQN l A ' f I 3 HE well trained seamen and gunners of the Fourth y Division rightly feel that they played a most im- i portant role in the achievements of the SANTA FE during the war. With the after three 5 mounts they aided in amassing the ship's fine score against the enemy during the air and surface engagements as well as shore bombardmentsq The Fourth's lair topside is the port side of the main deck from the forward to the after edge of the superstructure. To them falls the difficult task of handling the after lines and hose during the tricky opera- tion of fueling underway. Gear carrying away in rough weather often made a new start necessary, but as in every- thing the men stuck through until the battle was won. Fourth Division houtswains and strikers work on peacetime lz e lines while friends Con OI detkj lend moral support Gunners' mates constuntb' repair, clean and condition mounts wherein Soruh uni! .swab down. This eurbfy mornzng routzne brings out the 1,25 file 51,,'p'5 main dqfgn-gg ,,ga,'mf1,0,-fjlg plgngj, original reason for zz suzlors hell bottom trousers The men on a forty millimeter quad are a precision trained erew whore gan: are deadb' to enemy plane: coming within their range. fi 'Ks ii we ff- fn ,ff ,- , ff - f lf lc li lc. lil, rA ll f'fWHERE has sometimes been a question as to Whether l the gun shack or B-203-L is the Fifth Division's T living compartment-there are usually as many men one place as the other. The 4OlVIlVI,s are the Fighting Fifth's primary business. They man 8 of these fast- firing, deadly mounts at General Quarters as Well as keep every mount, gun, and clipping room in shape. When rigging the traveller, the entire division acts as one man. There is also the Work which comes from having the entire boat deck as a cleaning station. With the ship going into peacetime trim, taut White life lines, holy-stoned decks, new paint,'and shining brightwork are the Fifth's trade- mark-during the war it was a dozen red tracers boring into the meatball on the side of a Jap plane. tmim-N The gun shack, with its spare parts and work heneh, is the repair :hop where the men keep the forties in fghting trim. Always a welcome joh if laying aft and rigging the traveller in order to hrzng aboard hags of mail delivered hy dertroyer. , , - e -New ' .1 ., , 2' s , ass- st sm,.sf,wxsx.g...4 -.Nam Q . l ff--4 i The SANTA FE Marines line upfor Captain's Inspection, a Saturday It takes these Marines onhv afew seconds to replate the red hot ZOMM morning routine when the ship is not in the war zone. barrel with a rooler one after 3 minutes zyf steady fring. ARINES have served aboard ship side by side with sailors ever since the days of John Paul Jones and the BON HOMME RICHARD. Un the SANTA FE the care and operation of 40mm and 20mm guns have been entrusted to them. Famous for their marksmanship With a rifle, the Marines are equally ac- curate with stuttering anti-aircraft guns. As a result, many Nip planes have tasted the lead from the Sixth Division's heavy machine guns. Two Silver Stars, three Bronze Stars, and three Purple Heart Medals worn by SANTA FE Marines testify to their quality as fighting men. When the ship is not in action they furnish the ship's guard and the Captain's, Admiral's, and the Court Martial orderlies as well as the vigilant sentries guarding the decks. The Gunnery Sergeant explains the jfne points fy' enemy equipment to the men during a school period in their compartment. V S Vs l 1 : ' S af i l l l 1 Taking time outfrom fre control to get some sun una' co-fee. E When needed, hath optical und electrical fre control equipment get ct repczirjoh hy the F Division men in the op shop. ti f iVQ' WTXT ,Ll ,Qs dual If Lil. .L r ,EQHE Fox Division operates and maintains the complicated mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, optical, K' and electronic equipment necessary to accurately aim and fire the SANTA FE's guns. At General Quarters this division mans the directors, control stations, and plotting rooms. For maintenance they are divided ac- cording to batteries-six inch, five inch, and machine gun-plus an optical crew and a gunner's gang. During working hours the men operate from the armory, the op shop, and main and A-A plots, the latter being most popular. WVhen they are off duty the men congregate in these compartments, each with its music and joe-pot, to write letters, read, and shoot the breeze. Fire controlmen in AA Plot agree that the 'juke hoes makes the tedious hours zyf cz condition watch seem zz hit shorter. il t i disks up Q X ' 'zxlixl 'fi' i i Y V ' KM: : 1 -1 l tl 1 - , , ' x ,I 1 H as gag A f 1 ,.' i Jf ,L ffl ANGE and bearing on that bogey! Is that a Zeke? 5 ' Ckay-get on it! 43 and 45 match starboard for- ward designation. Jill coming in at 270-port battery cognmence firing! As the eyes of the ship, the Item Clnformationj Division was a busy one. C.I.C. filtered the information received from the lookouts, search radars, and other ships and sent it throughout the SANTA FE to keep all hands fully advised on enemy contacts. k In addition I Division manned twenty millimeter mounts, operated Fire control radars, and supplied technicians to keep all radars functioning. Peacetime duties call for continued vigilance by the lookouts, with radar playing a major part When visibility is limited. Comtant aferfnesx at a radar .vrope is a .vtrain on boflz eyer and nerves, .fo of-duty operator: wefcome a chants to relax. l 5 K 1 2 E z I! l 1 4 I Ready to go, the- Cooney Bird rests on the catapult waitingfor the next jiight, while the inen take their ease helow it. il g Pilots cy' the Kingj?shers', spotted SANTA FEfre on enemy beaches, f patrolled for suhs, and rescued downed aviators. T is the Victor,' Division's job to Keep ,em Hyingf, Blost of their work on the planes is done topside. Here, despite all the obstacles of nature and war they keep the SANTA FE's planes in top condition. The division is made up of aviators, mechanics, radiomen, ordnancemen, metalsmiths, parachute riggers, photo- graphers, and other special technicians of the aviation branch. All these men have had intensive training in their particular held, equipping them to maintain and repair aircraft. A tribute to their skill is the fact that the pilots never had a mechanical failure in a SANTA FE plane. Une Gooney Bird came down too badly shot apart to fly again and two more were smashed landing in heavy seas, but every one held together long enough for pilot and crew to get out safely. When a plane returns, :nan-y willing hands are needed to place it safeb' in the launching ear as the ship rolls in the sea. l if I i , 1, '.l l D THEIR WATCHWORDS AND GUIDE ' 3 URING almost every month of her Pacific war career, 10,000-sometimes as high as 20,000-dispatches containing a million and a half words dit-dahed through the SANTA FE's radio receivers. Still more information constantly came by voice radio. Besides this, some 40 messages daily were received visually by Hag hoist, semaphore, or flashing light. The mails-air, registered, guard, and officer messenger-brought letters, mailgrams, and publications. The Communicator must not be snowed but must keep all of this intelligence moving until every party concerned receives it. Follow this action dispatch. Radioman third to radio Supervisor, Urgent-enemy f'leet sighted bearing 290, distance 225 miles. Supervisor to CVVO, Urgent- enemy fleet sighted. Then over the sound powered phones and squawk boxes goes the word: All stations, Radio One-enemy fieet sighted bearing two-nine-zero, 225 miles. Bridge aye. Flag plot aye. Combat aye, keep us informed. And so on. A yeoman types copies for routing and permanent records, and 'a mes- senger delivers the written text as a double check. Thus the SANTA FE's communication center alerts the ship for possible action. Operating around the clock, headquarters for the Communication Department is Radio Central, which con- Sists of Radio One, the Communication Office, and the Coding Room. From Radio One all incoming traffic goes to the Coding Room for processing, from there to the Communication VVatch Officer for treatment, and Finally I . - 5 U 'i 1 1 .V- , , . - ' S .1 3 ' .2 I 5 A, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, AND SPEED The Comrnunzraliom OEIKV, Liezzt. Norman R. Ulerhl, USNR, kept importanl information flowing rapidly and zzccurzzlebu to the messengers for routing. Oftentimes two men are continuously tracking dovsn addressees with restricted and non-classified traffic, while an officer messenger makes the rounc's with confidential and secret dispatches. Secondary Radio or Radio Two, in the after superstruc- ture, is the chief' maintenance center. From here tech- nicians hunt down causes of faulty reception or trans- mission. They keep in proper order the ship's 36 receivers 137 ? it E 4 Q l 1 5 Q I 2 sl X, .l 'z 1 4 1 1 1 l l' 1 l 1 l l 1 l 1,1 :.l l l l 1 1 H F 4 l 1 1 1 i 1 1 'l l 1 l ,1 1 1 Q 1 1 1 'l 1 I 1 During the war Radio I was a husy place. Heavy trajc kept 35 operators working heller than 60 hours per man per week. Radio II, localed in the after superstructure, is lransmitfer room and headquarfers of lhe malerial mainlenance gang. The mimeograph machine in lhe prinl shop seldom slaps its grinding out J news, forms, and crders for lhe entire ship. If 138 l l V Y I r 1 -V .1 :ff ,.1fMJ','rff,?l:s V1 ,V lf' . 1 11 fi - f fl 1, ' . rf l' '1' ,k'.,1i!l 1, X ,tif .,.,..M L,1,.,1 xv! ,LLL and 17 transmitters, all of which may be in use at the same time. Two of these receivers and two transmitters are in Radio Three, a' well-protected emergency station deep within the ship's armor belt. The Signal Bridge, with a complement of about 20 signalmen and strikers, is the main communications center during combat. Recognition, aircraft identification and all forms of signalling are major duties. Tn charge is the Signal Officer, or Bridge CWO, who also controls the tactical maneuvering voice radio CTBSJ, has charge of current tactical publications and op-plans, and coordinates Radio Central and the navigation bridge. Besides their own office in Radio One, the Communica- tion Department has control over two others. The Captain's Oflice and its personnel, under the cognizance of the Ship's Clerk, handle almost all incoming and outgoing official mail, process ofiicers' records, and route Navy bulletins, circulars, letters, orders, memos, and supple- ments. The Executive Officer's Office is one of the busiest on the ship, particularly since demobilization work began. It does almost everything except light off the boilers and get the ship underway-and it generally publishes the orders for both those events. The newest job assigned to Communications is the management of the City Desk -the Public Information Oflice. Here newshawks turn out stories for home town papers, write material for the Santa Fe Chief, and organize the daily Sentinel. But the Chief and the Sentinel are a small task compared to the Plan of the Day, memorandums, results of inspections, ofiice forms, copies of alnavs, and engineering charts, all of which are turned out by the printers. The battle cry of the C Division's postal clerks is A bag l of mail in every portf, The SANTA FE's post oflice, a stateside rig in miniature, averages 750 incoming and well , over 2000 outgoing letters daily. Communications may Q receive many momentous dispatches, but none more it important to the morale of the ship than these. A ,L Off ffl-I , ,, he 1 in s 3 X X s 'N silo?-L y . . , XXX Z I Whenever mail comes. ahoard the pos! o-gfce is a popular spot,for the ilem mos! desired hy the crew is a letferfrom home. l . - . -I:-WM, Y ll' f V- 7' 'W' Aii' ' 'f ' ot:-. 1 . .. . . ,,,, -- ... ,. .. ...N . , 1 . V . - D n Nm 91+ 'v N ,- X . Xi ' --xg. ' Tis -4 .mf ,. NM . y-. .I PM I W 75231 .i'4 X -5 fl? -N -'he fflilil .UM '- L f7, and iid the ' -'-P1-me s-'- Q: ff... s -,A ' 1 fi 'V 1 A , 1 x, 14, ' L K fifmi. fch are .Xhag imcal ., sid MH If may 'f RNC I K . s g N45 vii? Jh 4eM. , In operations during periods of radio silence, the Communiealion The Signal Bridge is lhe visual communications fenler, where flag hoisl Deparlmen! oflen relies on a man with semaphore flags. and flashing light messages are sent and received. The Communications Offers are trained to handle words, safeguard the Navy's seerels, and deliver information reliably and quiekb. 'Wf fn ,ew 7,4 ,gf , I I , A I, , ,, f-wp-we , I ' , f , , 139 if iw-H .mm-.-' -a2:nns4..,s.. 1 -e - .-..- N- .fe -.-e- A -- THEIR TASK IS TO GET THE SHIP THERE AND BRING HER BACK AGAIN EAT, the smell of oil, and the hum of machinery are the lot of the Engineers, who make up approxi- mately one-hfth of the ship's complement. It is not an easy job being part of this department, for there are many times when the individual must make decisions and act on his own responsibility. Hard work, sweat, heat, and cramped quarters are ever prevalent, but the men carry on, remembering that their Work is so vital that if it were interrupted the functions of the entire ship would suffer or would stop completely. The Engineering Department consists of four divisions -Auxiliary, Boiler, Electrical, and Main Engine-each dependent in some manner on the other. The Auxiliary On 17 ffanuary 1945, in flze South China Sea, the SANTA FE marked the K--ve , X t , ., . . . 7 t Lzeulemmt Commander Ralph H Packer USN Erzgzneerzn O fy' llze SANTA FE kept lzer operatzng durzng the war yeirxlfwr A earner of the log room where the En gzneerx holdforlh and keep the yea men busy on reports logs and mzzelzznery izzstarv l l l l 140 Division men work in the machine shop far into the night to make and repair parts for the equipment of every division. The Hreroom personnel, of-ten laboring where temperatures reach HO or 150 degrees, produce steam for the rapacious main engines. Carefully regulating these turbines, the hi Division always speedily delivers the turns called for by the bridge. The E Division provides light and the necessary repairs for the electrical instru- ments of the engineering spaces. lyorking together, the men of these divisions have kept shipshape the gear required for a first class, hrst line Fighting ship. The Engineers, situation during action was a tough one. Stationed below decks with tightly dogged hatches block- ing every exit, maintaining contact with the outside world only by public announcing system and battle ofrzzsmn of Jlezzming 200,000 nziles .rinre r0mmz'.v51'oning'-26 months earlier. phones, they heard the war rather than saw it. They missed the color and thrills of action. They could hear the guns firing and only guess as to whether the target was far or near. In this respect, the six or five inch Wasn't so badg but When the 40's and finally the 20's took up the cry, the Worrying really began-the heat became more stifling and the spaces' more crowded. Hearing That 'fish' is coming right for us,,' and then no more but the yammer- ing ofthe guns added to the gray hairs ofthe men remain- ing steadfastly by their posts down in utorpedojunctionf' They were all proud to be engineers, though, and while they did not always like their job, they labored at it unsparingly. Like all Americans, with their loyalty, courage, and love of country and family, they could not and would not have done otherwise. Anrwerlng bells, :hacking the lurns, and watching the gaages keeps 61 tlirotfleman busy at tlzr conlrol board Q' earl: engine. f fi boiler reqizfrer zz lol of nwzring at the .rkillsd handrof llze waterlenders I0 keep it aperrzling forrfctly at all Innate. 141 ZOLZQ ff An expert turns out a joh on the lathe in the machine shop. The .rhip'.f whalehoats as well as the Jlzip require an engineer to keep them operating--a full time job in every port. ee ! l HE Auxiliary Division keeps the SANTA FE in tip- top shape. Daily its evaporators produce 40,000 gallons of fresh water for the ship's lighting crew and mighty boilers. They preserve food by refrigeration even in the heat of the South Pacific. Wlhen the SANTA FE finds something broken, the machine shop men are on the job, repairing or making entirely new parts. Catapult gears, breech blocks for 5 guns, anchor windlass shafts, laundry driers, and all types of pumps arejust a few of the varied articles on which the versatile machinists have been asked to work. The steering engine is another heavy responsibilityg careful maintenance has resulted in no steering casualties for the ship. The anchor engine, the airplane crane and even the heating system are cared for by these men. Last of all, the Able Division men keep the engines of the motor whale boats running to transport the crew ashore to happy hours of liberty. Both men and boilers require plenty cyffresh water, whieh is eonstantbf turned out by these carefully watched evaporators. Nxt SF Q- it F X N HE bo1lers of the SANTA FE have accumulated a total ol -16 908 hours under hre s1nce COH11T1lSS1OI11I1g and were overhauled five t1mes each durmg the per1od of twentx eeven montha when the Qh1p was operatmg almoet ent1relX 111 the forward area B DIVISION men repalred bmckwork, metal, and msulatlon 1n order to keep the engmeexmg plant operatmg A total of 2-1 609155 gallons ol fuel o1l have been burned and 10 OOO 774 gallons of dmtllled water have been ueed to generate steam for the fL1I'b1Il6Q, generators, pumps, and blowers, to furmsh Qteam lor cookmg, and to provlde heatmg for the sh1p In operatmg the plant, watch1ng that no smoke IS made to betrax the shlp to the enemy and always Cl1CClC1I1g fuel o1l burners and keepmg o1l properly dlstrlbuted requ1res close attent1on to busmess The men of the Baker D1v1s1on are largelw responslble for and are r1ghtfullw proud of the fine steamlng record ofthe shlp Cleanzng and polzxhzng lzpx orfuel oz! hurnew 15 a dazly roatzne for tvalerlenders .vorkzng In the oz! kzngs Jhack f f 1 N 'W' N 1 4 .vc lx e. 3 up-,usnxy Q hfifsm 1 1 ' s i l l yi wi cg, pp A holler gels needed repazufrom SANTA? FE 5 hozlermakezs Pai! of the sailor 5 home ahoazd .vhzp zs hz: hunk where he catrhes up on hw Jaffe time when watches and work are over is ltr 41 4-Q... ,J The Eleetricianhr Mater are the men who ply their skill in the electrical workshop, the rick hayfor anything with wires in il. , ,' 1 N-. .. , 1 ., , , , 1 lil ffl. X 'f N ' l 1 f' , , l ll , 1 .fl if 3' '1 V1-' 7' 'f 3' N ,fl KT? 74 7IV'i'7 .IVW-ii lxJ1l1l'i ,ii 1 . 1 ,. , ,. 1 ,, K. -ga .cf 1 .-4, .Ac Y' ,,,k,J.'i. xcfac . fifty-six Electrician's Mates of the Easy Division are responsible for the upkeep, repair, and A proper functioning of all the ship's electrical equip- ment. They do everything from adjusting the gyro compasses and other delicate instruments used in gunnery and navigation to Winding the largest induction stators in the ship. They operate the main generating plant with its total capacity of 2400 kilowatts. The ship's monthly power bill, if paid at standard commercial rates, would average 511,800 The electric equipment includes more than 600 telephones, 250 ventilating motors, 300 electric fans, miles of intricate Wiring systems, several lighting systems, numerous storage batteries, 10 large generators, and hundreds of motors ranging from those with the diameter of a silver dollar to those half as high as a man. These provide more than enough Work to keep busy every man in the juice gang. Siorage halterier are still a necerrary par! of the electrical equipment of a modern chip, and they mai! he checked regularly. :I xi l 1 When a molar hurnr out al :ea it mas! hefxed by men on hoard, even uf it means practically rebuilding itfrom the deck on up. 1 K ! 5 ' A ' ' ' ' ' 'V' ' ' ' '-' ' ' 't'-'N-'--'A --- -H+ - '-v- --f-- -4 -'--- ----A--ELL-f--A ----- --'-M---i-4 --,- --1-fri-5-.wc - '--- 1-nn , .li 5 f A maze 0 piping and machinery surrounding the man on watch at the engineroom pump station leaver little room to move around. No engine room is fulb equipped witlzoat a small ifoorlcaenclztolzere the men may accompliflz the minor repazrjobx continually arising. l -1 ul N -'iv U 'J erW W V' In main engine control the Mfcer q'tlze watclz keeps an eye on the detail: M the operation cy' tlze complete engineering plant. HEN the Lucky Ladyl' receives orders to get under- way, the M Division goes to work. In the engine rooms the lube oil is started in circulation, the condensers are brought into action to increase the vacuum, and then the turbines are warmed up. Pumps are put on the line and soon the main engines are ready to be tested. In addition to operation, the repair and cleanliness of eight main propulsion turbines, four main reduction gears, eight air ejectors, one diesel generator, forty-four pumps, and numerous coolers, heaters, fans, pipe lines, and tanks are the personal responsibilities of the men of this division. A record of more than 223,000 miles of steaming without yard overhaul or tender avail- ability indicates the great care given the propulsion machinery by the men of the Mike Division, notwith- standing almost insurmountable difficulties in regard to extreme heat and Working space. , Qi NJ X ff, v i Ln.. - 'alikuf .X 1,-7? as I e 1 , i p K gif N 'ft gif, HE Supply Ofiicer has over- J I 1 I 1. 'iv I lr if ffl 4 rr lik ii? -I 'fi 1, iq 'iv in il 4. I ai: L PAYING, FEEDING, PROVISIONING ARE FUNCTIONS OF S DIVISION all supervision of the de- partment, assisted by the Ship's Stores Ofiicer, the Dis- bursing Officer, and the Com- missary Ofiicer. The veteran ofiicers and men of the Supply Department know their jobs and execute them faithfully. They requisition, go after, and return to the ship with provisions and stores of all kinds-not only necessities, but also the extras that make life more pleasant for all hands. The men of the de- partment see to stowing the sup- plies in the proper storerooms, from which storekeepers and strikers issue them to the ship's various departments and activities. The Disbursing Ofiicer and his assistants handle pay accounts averaging between 375,000 and 580,000 a month. They must be concerned with each man's family allowance, savings allotment, insurance premiums, and war bond allotment as well as with the amount he person- ally receives in the pay line. The Commissary Ofiicer organizes the menus and supervises the preparation of an average of 3000 meals per day for the crew. His part of the Supply Department I i 146 Q...-am.-T1 Ji T., 3- .1--aiii-lv -- r we V f - Y-W Tlze Supply Offer, Lt. Comdr. Louis B. Wagner, USN. also issues stores to the Chiefs' Mess, the Warrant Officer's Mess, and the Wardroom Mess. The Ship's Store Activities, under the direction of the Ship's Store Ofiicer, touch many fields. The Ship's Store itself has sold over S233,000 worth of sta- tionery, peanuts, razor blades, and other items - including 975,000 packages of cigarettes, 36,200 gallons of ice cream and 483,000 cokes and root beers have been dispensed from the Hgedunk stand. The profits from these sales provide for the free service in the Barber Shop, Laundry, Cobbler Shop, and Tailor Shop. Even after paying for all this there is a sizeable profit, but it does not goto any one man-every man on the ship gets his share. The money is placed in the Ship's Store Profit Fund, which buys cold beer for parties on hot PaCif1C beaches and pays for events like the Ship's Party in thff States. VVith the end of the war some other departments have been able to let down a little, but not so with the Supply Department, men still want to get paid and they still have to eat. I W' 'JT The ojfcers' home aboard ship is the Wardroom, where they have their meals and comefor relaxation when work is done. Similar to the Wardroom, hut smaller, the W. O. Mess is where the ship's Warrants eat meals andfnd ease and recreation. Q' 1 The GSK storekeepers maintain a card fle on the .3500 dgferent lffm-f they have on handfor issue to all departments. K The tons of stores, provisions and supplies which the ship uses during a cruise must he replenished upon entering port. To the crew, Suppbf Ofce work on requisitions and accounts Ctopj is of less interest than the paymaster's end-of-month chores. 147 The Supply Department believes the old maxim that a ship that feeds well is a happy ship and serves the crew three good, hot meals a day in the messhalls. Men waiting in the chow line wonder how many days at sea this time before dehydrated spuds and Spam manage to get on the menu. A menu callingfor stealesfor everyone is a large order, but the cooks in the galley manage it with ease about three times a week. With 1200 customers every meal, the cafeteria system is the best method of giving each man all he wants of what is offered. X Advancement in rating to Chief Petty Ojfcer brings with it the privilege of living in the C.P.O. quarters, where the Chiefs have a separate mess. X O T J V N N ff c 3 1 t S 4 l IB I L One ofthe most popular facilities for making lie more pleasant during a cruise is the Gedunk Stand, -with its S, X s 5 i . 1:1 f ice cream, cokes, peanuts and candy bars. I in f-'Ni' The Ship's Store carries the small items, from cigarettes and stationery to soap and razor blades, that sailors need in daib lQ'e. Although often credited with shooting soeks full of holes, the laundry realbf does an ejficient and complete johfor all hands. 'TSM eww, Mendzng, altering and pressing the clothing o the ship's company is sujieient work to keep these men lzusy at all hours. The companion duties of turning out regulation haircuts and keeping all hands informed of the latest scuttlehutt makes a harher s ly'e a busy one. I 1 ll El im. 1 5 3,-.Vg-2 -7? 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X., .,,,,. as w am. a.,..1 ...Z 4 .,.., THE WAR AGAINST PAIN AND DISEASE IS ARDUOUS AND NEVER ENDING L! Comdr Car! 7 Gzlman USNR the xhzp J Senzor Medzea! Ojfeer surgeon, doclor, and guardzezn of the crew 5 lzezzltlz 1,23 LTHOUGH the Medical Department ofa ship is small, its work is very important, for the health ofthe men aboard is a measure of the ship's readiness for action. Medical oH'icers, corpsmen, and facilities are available 24 hours a day to cope with anything from battle casualties to an ingrown toenail, in keeping with their motto, Keep as many men at as many guns as manv days as possible The ship, in addition to the Senior Medical Officer, has a un1or Medical Officer and a Dental OH:1cer Hospital corpsmen, including speclally trained laboratory dental, operating room X ray and pharmacy technicians, round out the complement of elghteen officers and men in the Medical Department The Sick Bay is provided with the most modern and CHiC1CHt equipment that it IS possible to put in the neces sarily limited space aboard ship F3C1l1f1CS include an operating room, a laboratory, a dental office, a phaimacy and X ray equipment A six bed 1SOlZ1t1Ol1 ward prov1des adequate room for the quamntine Of-COIUlI1llI'11C2.blC dis eases K C , I - 1 l' ' Y, , l I ' If . . . . . . I f il I . J I , - i . S . . . . . l i ' ' i - - . . . , . . l 'c . . . , , , r, ' . ' ' V -, , . L . l l g 150 l I 17 I I y y W ca-- ,I , ,, , I I 1 -e v .-a-ia Y . , K ,Y A M f fl w f ' .,-,g -., W W V-,-A..- . 7 , V- W-M- A----Q---A --We '--W' ' ' A :bl H71 1 l Q x . . LDDX In me Phafmafj fl:?7Hb'1j0f MfdifahbQffff mdk?-V fl fl10f0llgl1 In the air conditioned Sick Bay patients are provided with the h t f d examzna ion e ore r sc ' n t t t. ' ff 0 UW? fm I' 6 7' I g rm mm treatment so as to speed them along the road to recovery. , X N. at ,.2 ' QM! N X1 'X Y :sts Nas x x Either in port or at sea, doctors, assisted by operating room technicians, perform Providing expert dental care for the 1200 man crew keeps the surgery aboard ship as excellent as that done ashore. Dgnm10j5fef'5 ,lppomfmmf book full. As organized for General Quarters, the doctors and corpsmen are stationed throughout the ship with Repair Parties and at Battle Dressing Stations. The latter are so located and equipped that injured personnel can quickly be evacuated to them for First Aid. Fortunately, only once was this well prepared organization required to treat SANTA FE Wounded. But routine duties are also important. 62,000 cases have been treated since commissioning, and 550 surgical procedures ranging from tonsillectomies to appendec- tomies have been performed. All the experience gained in treating so many patients stood the corpsmen in good stead as they aided the medical ofiicers with casualties from the FRANKLIN. Ninety-five seriously Wounded men were transferred from the burning carrier and many more were rescued from the sea. The operating room was busy for long hours after the SANTA FE had successfully completed her rescue mission. Medical Department work lacks the glamour of the guns or the planes, but its personnel are proud that in an organization created for causing death and destruction, they seek to save lives and show mercy. ?n-sa The Med1'cal Ojice does plenty of paperwork in handling numerous reports of activities and health records for each man. 151 1 W- f -6:5-:1,f:. Atgigg 'WF' 34F83'324Q:2.A22 'H'-u se , -!i f'iWZ?'j1 '-st' rxszf T 1 . s- 2 V. l , c. A 4 ri -i 1 Q1 ,. A 4gu.1.!LE-ILA'l .l SANTA FE IS FLAGSI-IIP FOR 24 1.'rHoUGH the SANTA FE operated in several fleets p and with various task groups during the war, she I ii was always a member of Cruiser Division Thirteen. Only once did all four ships-the SANTA FE, BIRMING- HAM, MOBILE, and BILOXI-operate as a unit, but the identity of the division was well known in the Pacificg its ships were always in the thick ofthe fighting, giving an excellent account of themselves. The SANTA FE was proud to be the flagship and to Hy the Hag of ComCruDiv 13. The staff personnel, although attached to a separate Rear Admiral L. T. DaBose, USN, tlzefirst Dz'vz'sz'on Commander. Staj enlisted personnel include radiomen, signalmen, yeornen, qaartermasters, Marine orderlies, stewards and cooks, and a barge rrew I l OF 36 MONTHS IN PACIFIC WAR organization, were a part ofthe sliip's life and worked as one with the ship's company toward the universal goal of defeating the enemy. During the varied operations in which the ship took part, the Admiral, acting as com- mander of a task force, group, or unit, Was the ship's next senior in the chain of command, the one from Whom came the orders and guidance during the campaigns and battles of the war. The initiative, skill and experience which he transmitted to the SANTA FE were a large factor in the spirited actions which formed a path to the ultimate Victory. 1 I Sta Offers handle lhe many detazls J operatzom communzmlzonf znle zgence zz p .3 tpinfl fl, fi! divine worship, surrounded hy sea and sky, the seanzan's prayer to lhe Eternal Father risesfrom heneaih the shadow of fht' KUW- Shiplvjfrst Padre, Chaplain Seth Russell, at church helow decks, where if is rigged when foul weather is encountered. 154 - 5 I ,A ay- 5 .- , -VJ A ,-.,. ,,Y,,, :A-Q yr- -'Q :av L1,, 1, f' 11 1: - 5 -f .,, ,I 9, I , ,X . i 121 'l l ' ' '-l ill ! lc l 1 l ' TO THE GLORY OF ALMIGHTY GOD jimi SANTA FE, named literally the Holy Faith, has in her crew men of many faiths and denomina- ga tions. Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Moriiion- provision is made for all to worship after their own beliefs and customs. Undeterred by the demands of war or the vagaries of weather, divine services are held aboardthe ship every Sunday. At sea the Chaplain holds church to which all are invited for men of his own faith and services are held by laymen for other beliefs. In port,'visiting Chaplains come aboard from other ships to lead the wor- ship for men ofthose religions of which the ship's Chaplain is not a member. And always, the ship's Padre iS available to guide and counsel the men, whatever the day, hour or need. .nl 5 Wz'lh war over and llze 5lzip horneward bound, the Caplain assixlx in Thanks- gzvzng Day servzees conducted by Chaplain ifarnes B. Storey. X Laeking a regular Chaplain, the men of the Mormon faith find a leader . U I h I among llzernselves and worship according lo their own cuslom. F0ffh0fff0l10w1Hgff1f SWT Wt David, Ulf 511127 56'fA0mf5 fl Synagogue dW'l'1K n ffewzsh servzeex led by one of the shzplf ojfcers. ML To coz: egg Ano Famer mono em WiLL 'I 4 Q l g 5 no ' ' Y 1 X f - . is X 5' K , . M 12 bf ,gjmoll f If . . . 1 ,f , k ,Zfvg fhg 5 if-if 0 C!1I'I',ff77IIl5 Spiritual needs of llze ,XvlliLV,.Y'jllgllfllZg men arefuwlled at the ,vpeefal com gz :ey arefar from zome, ze rmn eejv ' I V - I' ff mzmfon .wrw're lzeld aboard Sf17.VTA7 FE Clzrfxtrnax Eve. in deeoralfons they arrange for tlzezr lzvzng xpaeex. pu, 'i :KL Thr enlertainmentfor a special Saturday niglzt show is furnished by a During an lzour cyf Jport, a couple qt liglzlweighff mix it up in an open band Q' morale builder.: from llze carrier LAUVGLEY. ' ' ' ai: arena wlzwe even flze rmgside .featx are free. 156 l i A f V Y P W .0 ,,,...-,, up-N The operatori of the movie machines are asfured of afull attendance no matter what the Jhow, so they check beforehand to inxure good pedormance. ALL HANDS, FROM ADMIRAL Wm hooo ' d l th on deck to lixten to the SANTA In the afternoon it never takes a crow ong to ga er TO FEE own Tropical Tomcat5 go to work on afavorzte tune. N the forward area little could be done to relieve the tension of war's alarms, but T when at anchor or steaming near the base, no opportunity was lost for recreation aboard ship. The favorite pastime was movies, a nightly procession of Hollywood's best and worst. This was varied by smokers, where fast action in the boxing ring had the spot- light, or by Happy Hours, where the ship's swing artists and entertainers organized a show for the rest to enjoy. Qccasionally a nearby ship's band came aboard to provide a welcome hour's diversion of music and novelties. And finally, there was always sacktime, spent wherever a man could lay his head in quiet for an hour. .ffform of recreation common to all men, one that need.: no experience or explanation and malzef no demands other than the opportztrzity to indulge. 1'-'Z vi 1 5 lr it , E, fif- k i' r-., 4 l li lf it if , ,,,. 'Q-.i L , 4 it -3 f -Nl f ,. i 33,5 Q 74 I V'-'4 iw 43,4 Eel-l 'K - N N..-1 51:1 ' 115171 : flljs mt? u y -.real i ig 1 i Wil nn. ,t . . 22:1 5.55 T TE'-l E X ---V, 2 g :Eiga 3 l i H 51' l S lif- 5 f flrff P iw iz--5 KI: :H ,FU tg 1, ill nv i i . gi if ,xl i 'wi , l WIS .., as . , Q W iii 552,51 'H' ex af' 5 i -.-4 i. lil 'Q '1 1 . I .J A l f ffl il' 35 lr' ii i i - 45 5. L. l z Q f i 5 ' --' ' L-zl1.9.:.s.t,sEf as .1 -Els, 55235 fffiisf ' S--' ' L-Sn. ' 2 '1 NX 1 V, s- X if -'fV k'fW 'Vs AWN'-.1 V., ' ,V Y, si: I lx ,VX ,x ,Vs V 11, 1 kills -- f , A left connects in a bout at the First Anniversary smoker. The hzrthday party is complete znelndzng a 500 pound cake The Captain has the jfrst piece o the shzp s 1944 Anniversary Cake and the next .582 go to plank owners still aboard As the SANTA FE nears Tarawa where unknown opposition from shore At the ship's Third Birthday Party, an ersatz admiral makes a speech s 5 . before presenting the '-'Wai'dr'oom Passageway Medal. 1 8 batteries awaits, the tension is eased by a Sunday afternoon Happy Hour. In the parade of bathing beauties, the semi-Hawaiian entry is overshadowed by the more sultry contestants at the left. - -- The MOBILE, at anchor nearby, brings over some competition. fiction is always brisk when opposition is from another ship. The crowd reaily goes for the antics ofthe second piace winner as she gives a bump in appreciation of their appfanse. 159 . - -vw -i -i- . - Y , K ,7J., .Va fi Hula girls,for which the islands are so famous, make the stay at the Royal Hawaiian most welcome after a long patrol. t Add afewfree lessons zjthis type to the sunshine and warm air, and an enjoyable two day leave passes much too guickbf. No one who is able to go misses the opportunity zjtaking in Nimitz Beach where the SANTA FE has its frst ship's picnic. Hours fy'training with a six inch gun arenot of much use here, but what is a beach for but to forget such things for a -while? A A good picnic is never complete without having the gang gather round, beer zn hand, to have their picture taken for the Illbltfll- 4M l I t I 1 Gr 1. ......,.. .,:s.4.... ...... , . t..,. , . , Disenzbarkingfrom LCI, tlzen wading across coral fy' dorkless Majuro fllflarslzall Islandsl is, at least, a changefrom shipboard routine. WF YW, k . e.,. X! .hxta lf CN i f Y, W: - 1 ,. X i r , , -. lil 'F ii - O, 'H Xl! E .. ai, ,1,L,A 4, -. 1 A, . K .. .. J, Y, V . HOURS ON SUNNY 'BEACHES AREN'T ALL THEY'RE CRACKED UP TO BE h'f1 1XHE only relief from weary months spent aboard ilwship during wartime operations was recreation on a 'L few small islands. It was welcome relaxation, but at each place it was the same-the men swam in the warm water over the coral reefs, hunted for strange sea shells, played football or basketball, had a few cans of tepid beer, and then returned to the ship, glad to be back in clean compartments and to have cool, fresh water again. After Espiritu, with it's natives who had the word on souvenir prices, came the atolls, each with one islet set aside for recreation. Majuro, unspoiled by war, offered shade from the burning sun and the novelty of picking 1 cocoanuts. Kwaj alein differed only in that the recreation island had been torn by invasion shellfire. Eniwetok furnished a strip of sand with few trees and almost no grass. However, the unforgettable spot was Mog-Mog, which daily catered to thousands of men getting a few hours off ships anchored at Ulithi. Mog-Mog, where, besides the unavoidable sand, sun, and coral, there were shouts from the softball games mixed with the music by carrier bands, where the beer was a little cooler and the clicking of the dice a little louder, but where there was nothing to allay the universal longing-for it was still a man's world. After the war there were Tsuken Shima, at Okinawa, which offered the variation of recreating on an island still containing enemy land mines, and Guam, with more complete facilities than anywhere else, but stricter regula- tions. Wading ashore from an LCI, getting shoes full of sand, acquiring blistered shoulders, wishing for another beer-thus went the SANTA FE's island liberty. After many weeks of walking on undulating decks, tlze steady feel of land is welcome to any sailor-even U it is aslzore at Mag-Mag. R s g I The recreation island at Majur'o, eleared zjffaps and natives alike, is a new The outcome of a hot and impromptu pig chase leaves everyone satisfied, kind of playground for the SANTA FE,s men. hut wondering just what they will do with the pig. . zrfg' Third Fleet personnel spend afew hours relaxing on Mog-Mog's coral heaeh. When they see a woman for the frst time in I2 months, 5 general alarms 'KUny'orm M the Day is up to the individual. fail to get all hands away from the lnfe lines. Whalehoats, launches, LCVP's, and LCM's crowd up to Mog-Mog's dock and reeeive their respeetive shiphs returning recreation party. 1 , V' 'N'-1 1 2-. '54 , f 4 '. 3 I? , . , a df 4 , .. , . Af' ' rl, Ag: , ' . i-.3 ' . .L 1 T gp-D A Q ' 'lgkl' 1- .c 1152 . V. 1, fini 5377 ar- ' ' - - ,.. L4 ,A , A. .s 3, nL....m . Al 1 -1--Y-vzv'-f:Q7f':'77.nr':ES1f,:,.E1' Q Y? Q Naval Ojfcerbs Club on northern end of Mog-Mag island is popular, crowded spot. For reasons unknown it is named Crowley's Tavern . In a happy mood, a SANTA FE recreation party comes alongside the ship The crew's trip to the canteen at Gab-Gab beach made the beer line noticeabbv in an LCT after afour mzle trzp across Buckner Bay. longer but had lzttle eyfect on a coke queue. , w Shaded tables rovide the lace to drink beer eat peanuts and talk about Sf'7Nf11f'7'6' if W0 f00mf07' fhlf wrt fUffxfWl54' 050475 -7152, Gudmbf 5m00fhs Zberty in me Swim forthmmilqg in 14 dajj hard courts attracted many basketball addzets. , . I ' I 2 vt T 4 - -' To the +wona'eU'al matic fy' Dinah Shore .ringing 'fOh What a Beautgful Mornin the L k L a' . 'TT T' ,X ,H T H 1 L., 'gy' .. -4 :wi , WITH A SONG FROM DINAH SHORE T the break of dawn on 10 April 1945, all hands were topside on the SANTA FE, straining for the first Qglimpse of home in fifteen long, war-weary months. When land finally appeared through the haze, an in- describably glorious, exultant happiness sprang from deep within every man. No one shouted-everyone just After the .ship z: moored the Chaplain brings Dinah on hoard 1 64 'A ' MTM 'i 1 ' ' ,. . ' ' ' , 'd f' g, ue y a y nears the realization M month: Q' dreaming. wandered around grinning, stumbling over things that had always been there. The sun broke throughjust as the ship neared the dock at Terminal Island and then Dinah Shore's friendly Hi ya, fella's floated across the water. After she sang Oh What a Beautiful Morning, the crew almost tore off the superstructure with their yells. Even with 30 days leave almost started, they asked for song after song and then welcomed Dinah aboard for a visit. Two weeks later SANTA FE men themselves became celebrities on the Vox Pop program. It was a great experience, but nothing could possibly compare with the transcendent thrill of homecoming. fx. , ,. i ,aw ,MW , ,af .,,.,,, 5 Q v X.-' 11 HV! i' . ...f,,, , x , , ,X .Q Y, Q., ,MM ,,,-.qs,x , , X. ,. , . . . where she chat: with the crew, aatographing anything they oyfer , , , A , 1:A.........Y - l l 5 1 I I 4 1 i ' Her more perxonai signature on a white hat is even betfer liked. Dinah oifitx ilze bridge with the Skipper as the ship play: host I 1 I x I I i I N if 1 r l I To add to the stay in the Statef, the Jlzip oeeomex llze eenlraljigiire, and its crew member: the slars, W' the nation-wide Vox Pop program. i 1 I CBS A A baltie experienfed M'arine teiix lzix .vlofy infron! of ffze mike. fl .vaiior fads it fun to be on the radio as we!! GJ listen to il. ,.... I 7, Y Y - fe, AT- , 'M' ' 1' I A NIGHT OUT WITH THE SANTA FE s THE SANTA FEE overhaul was completed and ,ff leave expired, there remained one more thing-the ii IJ iShip's Party. Long Beach provided the hall, Terminal Island the girls, a caterer the chow, and Cali- fornia the girls. Drink, eat, dance and enjoy life was the theme of the evening. Everything was free, paid for by the Shipis Welfare Fund. There was a stage show, a jitterbug contest-and girls. Finally the end came, but it had been fun-and the ship had acquired an even more colorful character. . 2557 Y:,v. '-'. X N Q 9 Winners of the jitterbag eontest by popaiar acclaim, tlze footwork W' va these cats', was strietb' in the groove. Yeah, man! Well entertained by a fast stepping company, -wiliingb not aah' aizgfnentedfrom the audience, it was a good Slzip's party. .E xi sig, ,E .,l'f.gE flx'N al , .ga diff: 'li , ag. mtmifs -TEIEQR xi-cr I , .ff Fujiyama, the sacred mountain of fapan, looks down on American troops occupying the empire that thought its destiny was to rule the world. . 3 AT' 'X .W X v 'w 'P 'Y PM -fm ,fx 1 I 1 A 1, ii A i , . ,, f ,, ...A W . I ' , ,'. fi' I 1 V, ,X It , T1 4 ii - I I - Ji -' .Q f I ,ff r' I ll 1 A - F.- a as A A , S S, Y g THE FINAL TASK IS OCCUPATION jg IBERTY in Japan quickly showed the crew that the land of oriental people, shinto shrines and geisha houses they expected to find was eclipsed by the poverty and ruin induced by years of fruitless war. Sasebo's fire-bombed business district was a charred si .gf As liherty expires, all paths lead to the Saseho Fleet Landing. wreckage and the naval base sheltered only crippled remnants of the Imperial Navy. The atomic-bombed area of Nagasaki was nothing but rubble. Tokyo yielded a few meagre souvenirs, more bombed areas, and some glimpses ofthe Emperorls palace. Tiny Ominato offered planes to dismantle for souvenirs but little liberty or recreation. Otaru and Sapporo, untouched by our air- craft, were the best-but still unexciting. In Japan the word constantly on every sailor's lips was Statesf' After a seemingly interminable wait, orders came-and the SANTA FE was going home. g I The ship's photographer poses for camera with smallyzy friends. iv li.. Sidewalk vendors often sell ohjects from their own homlred homes- I igfghpjggjng hloejackets stroll up street to Emperor's palace. 167 -1.-4 um-we f-.Y ... 4.1-4 ,,,,,,s,,44,.A a , . - .L . FXIIQCISUII Ja1Ty J. Lauu. 0. 1b ott, L arence .t'., S C . . ison, ugene D., C . . n1oa1 o, 1-111o11so J., on 1 1 1 n 21' .1' 11 '1'. 11 11 :K il 11 I. I 1 l. 12 lj 1 ? Z S 2 Badela, Casirner M., CBM . . . Baker, James R., MMIC . . . Balbetti, Dominic, SIC . . . Barteaux, Guilford S., Rdl I 2 hillipp L., MMZC . . . Bartoszewski, Stanley J., GM3C . . . Boswell, Joe M., RMZC . . . Burke, John W., SZC . . . Bu liter George M S2 K, fa, .W 1 . . . Christiansen, Burdge, CWT l' 3 'D If f 1 lx vu Lf k ll L FA F s N I 2 , l 111f1..1 1'yt171. 1117 2 lV.1E11 . 1,52 1, 151 ll yi 1, 11 , fi F1 1111 C nd tt, Lyster S., BMIC . . lc, Donald P., EMZC 1l,,, J A, Q V ,LJj,?L, U J XJ, U o 1 lii5Crawford, Leroy, son, Harold E., SIC . . . L I GMSC . . . De Schuytener, Arth lf1'1N'ff . f ' ,' TJ if X - - - DUHDG . I g Nl, 1V , If . . . Dugan, George W., SIC . . . 'Pl 'J ii' C P P X' P U 'P 'P 'Y W 'X 4' ij JL' E cle F f O H 1 J 11 11 L1 l. ll 11 IS 1: 1 1. 5 1 1 1.. rf' K If -I l V. I 1. 1 1 1 5 I le 1 fl 1 J ,, 1 l 1 11 'le 1 ,. 111 f, lf 11' l hart, Edwin J., GM3c . . . Fappiano, Vincent, F., SIC . . . Finnegan, Edward P., SFQC . . . Forczek, Stanley A., Y Angelo F., YQC . . . Gamber, Harvey J., Cox . . . Goosic, George W., BMQC . . . Green, Donald E., SIC . . . Hazelwoo Higginbo I I iiiiiiiiii C-MQ ---1 . . Hume Phill erszyka J VVT3 hnson, W 1 T110 Kaeser, G , KHITT SIC . . . K I 1th, n . . . I erick J., 1 KIS ki owsk Kowf Krug. QM3C ...I Kdbas C Lampr Lane 1111am G SIC. StMIc Lesc L GM30 jami Ol'1I'1 R SIC Luczynslu AlfredW GMIC Lupo Joseph J BMO0 . Madore Roger . FIC . . . Malloy, P Mamma Thomasl FC3C Maffm Ffa Martine7 ohn Cox . . . Maestroni, P1 Casperino S10 . . . MeCorkle Edward ll, 1' , +1 7 fd 1. GM30 . . . McKinley Norman S. mas P. Cox . . . Medina Pad1 C. SIC . . . I li I 'Ci . .Mi011011a 101111 . 310. . . Ming, ,101 M1110f Raymond H. GM20 . . . Mimm Robert 13. S10 . . . Mogren Richard H. EM30 . . . M0fa11 William .Y20 . . . fgaa Robert J. M20 . . . Mosso Joseph P BM20 . . . Mumford Paul H. SIC . . . M0a01110a01aa1 1311111 P. RMIC . . . Nash Donaldl-I GM30 . . . Ney RiChardC S10 . . . Nowakowski La0L SIC . . . ofaak ohn . SIC . . . Paco ichael, SIC . . . Papatones,NiCholar ., SIC . . . Pardue, Ronald A., SIC . . . Patnode, Edward II., SF3C . . . Pru: Riegeway, Elliej,GM1c . . . Riv0aba1k,H00fy,o,CTC . . RuCker,MaXieJ.,CMoMM . . . S01111110, 1-311110 J., EMIC . . . . Smith, Albert L., SIC . . . Toole, Charles J., SIC . . . Valentine, Robert C., WTQC . . Wei11be1'g, Ra1pl1,Y1c 1 Ray il gli ' .. ll E- li . . il 11 me 1 i lLinkous, Glenn S., CMM . . . Lipprnan, Theodore B., SIC . . . LoriCk,Jan1es P., StMIc . . . Lowe, Ellis E., SIC . . . ' ., . . . ', ., . . , ., - . , J, I ' , ., . . Q ' , N ,J , . 'fv f if e-'.. Nei 1, , ' X 1 1 1 I I Il 7 . 1 1 -11 1l1l.1 1 . ? , 1 , , 1, 5 1 J a J , , , I, l 1 s Q J 'J , , , , 1 , U , 'J 9 '9 J J .Ia 11 I 1 l wr-,1,,,.--1?-f-.vu ,1-.fa-.wa--.,--.L . V . ,1,, 1 V .. , .1 , e ..,11. ..... a.,..-a.a . Y Y ki We Nw II Q, f . its I ' BWI .M . 'X RMI I H - I R.. 6 Ny' I -.N R I 5 I A I ' I ,NU Q, Qian ' S -'In I an I Xi! I, I f - Z.. - nf' V ii MII , ' 7: A I .. 5'-' I ' iw I ' I, PI ,V , .., . I v f 'T' if , 133955 I 4 III -.I A I PII X . :II- : l , t ' In -Q mxvllif J .af f III ' I I ' 'I I ' ' Y 1 ' I .I I . f - I . , . I , 4 .. , I , ,f 1 J + I ik I x I U IX I I i X I IQ 'S' I I' I 5 .I 1 'r I . Y .... V X K, The below named men also contributed measurably to this book: LT. COMDR. NORMAN R. UTECHT LT. COMDR. FRED E. FOSTER LIEUT. RAY W. CAMPBELL LIEUT. ARTHUR W. CROSEIE LIEUT. JULIAN E. WILLIAMS LIEUT. JAMES B. STOREY ENSIGN JACK A. EDSON BATES, WILLIAM B., PHOM Zfc BROWN, PRESTON W., JR., S lfc SCOTT, WILLIAM G., F Zfc MARSH, JOEL W., PHM 3fc ANDERSON, WILLIAM K., Y Zfc - HAUOEN, HAROLD M., CPHM MUMFORD, PAUL H., GM Sfc HOLES, ROY E., CY Without their voluntary assistance donated during spare time, this USS SANTA FE SHIP'S ALBUM could never have been constructed-much less published. All photographs reproduced within this Ship's Album, except for the several Znd Battle of the Philippines and Mog-Mag recreation pictures borrowed from the Pictorial Library, Navy Department, were taken by the U.S .S . 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