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Ag,fg'l?n6fher toiithe Caribbean for more tr HISTQRY OF THE Uss SHADWELL LSD-15 1!'1 4 w , E A The keel was laid in Newport News, Virginia, during February 1944. On May 22, Hull 407 was christened USS SHADWELL, Landing Ship Dock 15, and on June 24, SHADWELL was commissioned in the U. S. Navy in the Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Her design was conceived by the British, and SHADWBLL was originally contracted for delivery .to the United Kingdom, but she has never sailed under any flag but ours. SHADWELL is the first ship to bear the name, which commemorated the birthplace and early home of our third president, Thomas Jefferson. The ship's first assignment was to join Task Force 78 in the South Pacific. ln December ,ij Q, 1944, after embarking units of an Army Engineering Battalion, SHADWELL participated in the invasion of Lingayen Gulf, Luzon. Her guns remained silent during the entire voyage to igifaig the objective area due to the extreme effectiveness of the screening units. However, on D-Day January 9, 1945, after unloading her troops and cargo, SHADWELL bagged a Japanese Zero j fi hter. 'T ffl, 9 Later in January 1945, SHADWELL, in company with Task Group 78.8, was torpedoed by enemy aircraft. The fish tore a gaping, 50 foot hole in her starboard side, just forward of amidships. The crew, through almost miraculous effort, had her steaming under her own power shortly after sunrise the following morning, with no fatalities and only three injuries. ' fff- - t urf? After brief stops for temporary repairs, SHADWELL returned to Bremerton Navy Yard in ' 'Washington for required permanent repairs. She had only been in commission one year, and i' Lr .Q,Q-I she had little time at sea, but SHADWELL received much praise from Fleet Admiral NIMITZ. Wm, it After two months in Bremerton, SHADWELL sailed tojoin Admiral HALSEY's Third Fleet in July 1945. In August of the same year she was among the first units to enter Tokyo Bay, X 1 where she remained until May l945 to perform occupational duties. , 1 Sl-IADWELL joined the Reserve Fleet in July 1947, but on September 20, 1950, was called Wei upon once again to serveg this time as an active unit of the Atlantic Fleet Am 'bious Fo . it 2 iff, The decade of the 50's was very eventful for the SHADWELL She took o,, in full sc ph f exercises off the Atlantic Coast and in the Caribbean: participated in Arctic erations, h a major overhaul in 1952 which added the superdeck and flag quarters, was 5,5 o ced towthp Sixth Fleet in the Med in 1955, and finally in 1959, became the first LSD to Q lic'optersZigwgf?'At.it5!., So successful was the deployment with he-los, that the vertical envelopment fa haswbecorjgf , an integral part of the Amphibious Task Force in the Mediterranean. 1351 Q N ' ' 'tt' 4 During the early 60's SHADWl3l,,L toured ,fthe Mediterranean and Caribbeanie ,ting recoqdji . ' 1.3 for other helo carriers to match, suchlglsz 4,000 vidi boardwjthe loggiingQof,Q6Di11'Qh - Mkknhy- hours in one month, and initiating 2.5 Marine pilots nto 7 . y ' 7 ' x rion'Club tlQO ori f t . ' more landings 'on SlelADWl:LLL's flight decki. She asho answers ' r ,y 'tif haqm for fthe Cuban crises of 1952, and put to sea for the entire operation. 'Ml 1 ' The firstmhalf of 1953 was a reldtii quite one for LSD-15. She completed training as- ' ' M gjgiihehts .ancl,.sjSente1two months in the' area for overhaul. SHADWELL made ' S tember 20, 1953, set sail ' continued fthe lN16difEIPQI16Ql1,.KS6C1. During the -five-month c .eird'61lent,,record and further Confirmed her a s X , 1the',.-rdeployment, while enroute from EE was recalled to the Cyprus area t ter -her mturn to 'he Untited States. S UV nh participated in various training am' l he C bbean .ne o trgpsport a UDT ' t the Affille remained on station, without incident, until relieved. ' Qw,,jsm , if , W. 4 A. it A AAVY tp ,G SFJ5' A .,. ,, ...-f'1fOGSt1 -saned to ,t an SJ- 1 ' , . . -9-Q., e t, ,. - A t i ' eff' 'R A A fr' lil.. ii- i , .-vig' 'H' fi -f i ,L fi , . , 4 , .1 j i 4 Isl., I V, ,tl ,- V--4, . ei A A it - . ' 1' A On October , again was called uponi'fo sfer've ' hibious' adiron Stir as a f'O,, 'IQ ' - , Q , s inthe Mediterranean Sea. . W 1 ,.-P--filblijff rweiiagvpictorialstrevuefaf that deployment-Med Cruis'e+,Q.Q6i'?il p f . 1 A, 1 at .vm . ,ig ' f , . 4 ,,, . .. Miitwgrwi .iw .,,,.. . p Y ,mf J vw , . 'Q ll-, t v 7 'Tk -f 'ff'Q'.,Pf'fg:l 7+ ' - 1 - - b at-- T Vglrl A i 'T if' ,A 'HW' . , . 1 1 . ,. i ,411 .. . A- , 1 '7i K A . , saw. we-f ,l 'Jaw
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