Shadwell (LSD 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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iafory The keel ot llull -107 was laid in hluwport lsliwws Shipbuilding and Drydock Company during February 1944. A short three months lator, on May 711, Miss Mary Cjroonrriari, daughter ot Captain WC. Greenman christened Hull 407 as U55 Sl lAl.tWi lvl-, liilonk Landing Ship lb, The Commandant ot the ltlortolk Navy Ship- yard presided over cerorrioriief. norrirriissionirig fjtl lAifJWt'lsL in the United States Navy. The name StslAUWbl,l, was taken from the birthplace ot Thomas letterson. The estate SHADWELL was owned by Thomas ,lettersorfs tather and was lor ated near Charlottesville, Virginia, about two miles trom Jetterson's magniticient Monticello. After christening, ano s ' '- s s -1 ' T' ' c tand shakedown and, in August lgiili, SHADWELL sailed lor the West Coast. SHADWELL departed the United States on October QU, l9li1l, proceeding to Guadalcanal to ioin the Am- phibious torces in the South Pacific. After a briet period ot routine transport duties, she was assigned to Task Force 78. December Wild, after embarking units ot an Army engineer battalion, SHADWELL pro- ceeded throughtitiie treacherousphilippine Sea to participate in the invasion ot Lingayen Galt in Luzon. ln spite of air, surface, and submarine opposition, StlADWEl.l, had no opportunity to open tire prior to D-Day the extterfrie ettectiveness oi the screening units. Atter all troops and cargo were un- loaded, however, aiilaparrese planet succeeded in breaking through and mounting an attack on SHADWELL. This, the pilot ieari?iedQ was a total mistake, tor the gun crews ot the SHADWELL welcomed the opportunity tor target practice preventedany damage to the ship. Un a returntrip toflluzon in January WAS, the task group ot which SHAD,WELL was a part was attacked by three erjietiriy-bombers. Two were token care ot by the protective airct i i' ,th,e third, atter escaping in the darknedsfitoy seekipriotection tram the hi lls, returned to completetheu h he was unable to re- turn trom wlfiereheca did succeed in launching his deadly loadiiibetriidfs is homorable ancestors. Seconds ifiiifftfif l'- 0 the starboard side of StlADWEl- i f d ot 'midships leaving A l X ' T ' A ' ski . lii ' EQh'rWg,'fg'-gif tion ot two destroyers ther three-month period wa, spcrit in ittinj ou - 'ffl tit 'tf , ,,. . O sowing yreiwvttv 6- we tes fm' . die-s. J. detei 'ed ff?f?9i5iGQ 1 tf ff it T tsi s ' ' 5 ' i is-rin .,..?':.14..,- culous ettort, had her The 1' ' ttt c Q L-tvettis , vc is - . 'ts , if . , C gag. . 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', vii- , .- . 50'l'ViQ tri fllitil ' 'PIP ' 'Li-1 .A .9'Yi5i ThfVtil3i:ili9Bf-tiff H1009 The WST units to Q kg, cl at , fi- .iii 132953 5.855-xg May l946. -- v A R , 1 -.L-4 w.q,- e x K s'fi?.':.ki.i,NA:El.l5v I, QVG, NVOS own and alte- 'gfin l an U ,W rve V qw r QAM, V JJ... l I called, i-1. 8 -., - rf f g m -a s is A terwiiecioimitti nth ration periiod', s'l'i'e t',l A ii '. ' gfg?'i tg J-is , The decade ofythd 516' sgwais very T 13 2 - .gg TTI g i,fi, ,rl,ssf'-dieihiercises oft the Atlantic Coast artid in the Caribbean, participated in numerous iArctic'tErpEi'tIti5i'Ts, including Ope- ration Blueiayn in l95l and Uperation Pinetreen in l95fT, had a maior overhaul in i952 which added the superdeck and tlag guarters, was introduced to the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean in N565 and tinally in i959 became the tirst l.-Sl.Jto carry Helicopters. Tpight Marine HUS Helicopters were loaded aboard SHAD- WELL for an evaluation ot the vertical envolopment concept ot Amphibious operations. So successful was the operation by SHAUWT Llp., that this coriciiept has become an integral part ot the Amphibious Force. ln l96O, SHADWTCLL, once again sot course tor the Med with llelicopters aboard. During this tour many records were set for other Helo carriers to match, such as: 4,000 landings on board, the logging ot 660 tliqht hours in one month, and this initiation ol To Marino pilots in SllAl5Wiiil.l,'s Centurion Club. lt was 7 fr ii 'ii X a dloss was adopted by the crew. Returning to also during this cruise that the motto, iroay Un lxesg r , .. g ' 'i ii ' i l a ma'or overhaul under the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernif CONUS in May l96l, yillAlJWisl-l., roi, iiv 2- . 1 Zation program which Of i upiofl thc- rorriairidori ol the year. participation in a rrinior rixrtrr iso in theC,arihhoan started ott what was to be a highly successtul l962. Hardly had SHADWFLT, rffturnrfd hom the tiiaribhoan when sho was ont o again on her way to the Mediter- ranean. It was during the T969 Mod rsrui-so that a hash mark was added to the T ngineoring Department effic- iency award. The prnudo--it niomurit initio, liuwitvur, when the squadron batt lo ottii, ionc y tj was painted on the bridge bulwark indii iiitrirt that uniliir thri iitiriniand at toritriiaridor latin ls. Mikulifh, SlnlADWEl.l.. had iirttt til lltit l'D'l Ogdift 5UrDU5sed heralreadyn's.tiihliulir-rlrr-putatioria-1 T i t .

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