Sioux (TF 75) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS SIOUX is a fleet lug which was built by the United Engirteertng Company of A a e dat California Commissioner! on 6 December 1942 the ship bears the name of the Sfzciantritu- which inhabited the Great Plains area :settlers thc: Mississippi River arm! the Rt,-clj. ?v!f.w-f1!a1r':5 During W W ll the SIOUX g,arZ2f.'ipe:-E+: in Q number nl rnajnr operati-,ras in zrze A51 4:21-- Pacific theater Arnortg these t'.1f:ig41g,f.e was :fr 'I'reas-lury-lwlgairmlie ffperazzon !,gL,a-t-P: 11. the Green Island l,a:u:trgg QIL Efef,:'-a:tj. 4144 The SIOUX also toni part in me fn - .?lII-:. en: urge nawa nperntlfms t!f.r::g,g ifgvr fire: pert -5 .:+-if Alter the wart SIULX per! 1 1, .-41.5 sl- salvage nper'at1f,ns an me we - . r. 1 t . , Inf SIOUX eartmfl four' star: !,:t Le: 1.,i-.f.. ,I ifzt' war, wliltth ltirlfulaffi Elm utf.1,.f4 .7 .7:.1.-suvozw lwn malt mihtfmmfan lhfc-utitfxilfmlutmffl ,f. 47 H K, f . 1 f. f, ,T ttintltlfallml for xsane -fff..x1ri alwl X Wt1 S !'i!G'Hfll!Ill711l'1l1l11f .1 . it Wiki stat'-:lnlltrwl ff: ffffff' x l,N l 'Pi 11 Hll'!UfIl'f' ,f A '- l'nl'lflt' l lvr-li tial! out ' : Nlllln' 'iulffx ia 1 M'-f' x Q fivlfa nf titlvle-tit' t--:ta f 1. ' o part in Operation Helping Hand after the Alas. kan earthquake disaster. She has been involved in many various operations in support ofU,S, forces ashore in Vietnam: from thetowlngnf necessary materials to the salvaging gf stranded, wrecked and sabotaged vessels. During her 1971-72 WestPac deployment, SIOUX assisted in the salvage operations con. get-ted on the SS GREEN BAY. a merchant ship 52321 by sabotage in Qui Nhon, R,V.N. She made writes tous which included the old San Fran- t-:sfo iightsliip from Guam to Vietnamg an army my time-it irnni Vietnam to Koreag an LST from Xtlrtnsnka to Sasebnr Japan, and at portable De E img lm-r irnni Vit-trmm to Hawaii SIOUX log- gvti 2:1 inure than 2540011 miles and vlsled the 3-t :us .2 Hmm lituigt Singapore, and Kaohsiung, 3:11314 lil .lntitiary of 19712 Sha' wtfallwrtvd the .tt .if Irwin-his Kit and vscnpvdutidnttmgml 'mf NN.-salma vruist- uns, in all probabili- w t intel wilt- lux' lllv SIOUX. Slit' hliri pvra .1 if ut ll :tml re I tl- tt Ill t' tl It tt F tl Ati wt' tlwnll t tv, t-.iz vlmtipr ul Slttltlri from lltt' cl C I I Vo tt: tt- 1!it 4, inisv Html-t 4-tllltirs dvtllvnlv lltln v-.lt E1 ilu rss Sllllxx USS SIOUX CATF-751

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The fair breeze blew The white foam flew The furrow followed free. We were the flrst . - uv, Q Ti-!fiQ..ft fi? z nf mb .wr -.-ff' a xv: 'I'hat ever burst 'A Into that silent sea Samuel Taylor Coleridge Rlme of the Ancient Mariner A monollthlc giant, lncomparably the maj esty of all natureg lts ebb and flow like-nt-tl tn the very splrlt of Man. To hear its pe-at-vful rush Onto the land: to feel its wetness tr at r Q- fa s the feet and bury them ln the sand, to smt-ll tn.- lllr heavy with IIS brlneg these art- tht- st-tt Its slmple beauties and lts time l t-ss mar ha vt' captivated Man fo re ve r. The P h tl Q- n t t- t la n K-. scrawled their way to wealth across lt Th.- blood of great warriors was she-tl, and th.- names of legendary heroes were- rnudt- upun lt Yet, for all of Man's tles to the- sea, ht- know-a little of its greatest secrets ln an age of discovery and ph enum Q- n nl l6Chl't0l0glC8l deVel0pmerll, wt' huvv tmnqttvro-tl nearly every great frontier. ln Muna tlwalre- ter knowledge: ln hls quest to tame the untnmt-ahh-, to explain the unknown: to make my-att-ry truth, moreover. to glve order to e x l s t Q- n t- Q-, ht- has not been able to control the sea Ht- can mat pn- tltt-t ttf. twnatztmr he Cclltftul leash its unbridled gala'-r Ht- remains tht- x tctlnt of her fickle wakw IM- mt-tm tl! tht- SIOUX have just spent 8 rnnntn-Q. lu wld-.v pat-tm-r-:tltlp ss 1 th this unruly ltttlx NM' haw Q-tt-n st-t-n he-r tntmds, from u wh:-.pt-rlrtg valrtt tw tlu- rttglttg furor ofa ty- ptt-wrt lt rum: fmt' Itttlt- f-hlp uv huvt' t'ut'5t'd hor mtl !'Yl !ll0'!L!'w -lf th-h.trttt'tltrtt, and lwptgt-ti for het :ttf-rt-1. MM- tmu- -.tulle-tl lmvk nl ht-r ln times of gt-'.1vt-fttl vmxv-. tml! mall tlrt-t-lv!-i Ht't'b1'HUlytihd lt--r tttrrtu-nt th.-rt tra, tht- quit-t :solitude Of her nw.--r -'ntltng Mm- haw ht-ld tts both prisoner ,mtl Hljlunl Watt: this lt-wk tu- have- not only vaught the tmp-vrt.mt hurnan mtvrnvnt-a uf our hmonth West- l'.tt- t-r'nm- but haw alan shown tht- st-a as we mu- at-.-rt ta.-r In thvfst' nmtxls she- has earned .mr l-tw t-nr tllS1tlRlfl, twcaslonally our hatred. but frm-at nf all our rr-sept-Ct SIOUX3z71-72 6890 I 1

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Reflection onthe Cruise This book prvswntsa but ummm--r vhnptvr an SIOUx.l lung and Drum! h i Sturt X Qt-H ru tw! greatness hy those who mnnnv-S her and in'-ee her life It is my distinct pleasure tnhme :mm manded such n ship and he-r nutsmmtinn rr-ev-' During the long months uf thifi xivplnf-'ment we have steamed over FUNNY mites, lflruw of those under tow I-'rom Singapore m Int-hunt from Midway to Qui Nhun. we have roamed the Western Pacific performing tasks vital to the support of the United States Seventh Fleet and the Vietnamtzation program Frem the placid waters of the Yellow he tothe raging fury of A44 'I .pn.r.,n Kit, uv have met the sen on her own rf-rma Hnrkhrf-akin! salvage- work in Da Num! 18 far Qeparntr-ft from that gentle breeze and cool Mai Tai in Hawaii, but both were a part of this rr-ui-:fx and arf- memories not soon tobe for- gf1ttr'n ff f7 fx .r 'Hz' . XC -'CC ll, G A. Klein Lieutenant United States Navy