St Louis (CL 49) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1946 volume:

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LOUIS i ot Green Islond ond Leyte Gulf, this olloum is sincerely dedicoted. i 'N inn is fx 1 X1 l't!'lv.llS A otwt.-.ata ur wrmotw . s ,qv ' The Ship that wouldn,t be sunkf, Such was the description given the U. S. S. St. Louis by the Navy Department when it released its story about her Iuly 25, 1945. And the Lucky Lou really earned it the hard way, too. For they have torpedoed, bombed and strafed her in unrelated attacks that date back to the December 7 blitz at Pearl Harbor. Yes, the St. Louis was there-but just try to name many Pacific battle areas where she hasn't been. Y When the St. Louis descended the ways at Newport News, Va., in 1938, the country that built her was at peace with the world. Too, most of the men aboard her were born when the United,States was at peace. Together they and the St. Louis have learned to fight-and win-in the hardest of all fights. The real teaching commenced at 7:55 a.m. December 7, 1941. ,The uteachersl' might have had the St. Louis-she was a dead ship with no steam-but they were concentrating at the time on Battleship Row, the accessible anchorage where lay the greats of the Ameri- can Fleet. At first, those aboard the St. Louis believed they were witnessing some sort of new aerial drill by Uncle Samis' Army fliers. The im- pression persisted until a plane roared so close there was no mis- taking the rising sun on its wings. I The torpedo from its baysmashed into the U. S . S. Oklahoma as it rode about a thousand yards from the Naval Repair Base where the St. Louis was tied along another cruiser of the same class, the U. S. S. H onolulu. 'A ' That explosive moment and the ones immediately preceding it are as vivid today in recollection as they were in actuality. I was just putting on the jumper to my undress white uniform, a St. Louisan will tell you. Another remembers, I was exactly half- way down the ladder going to the gigf' Still another was just watch- ingf, He turned and 'raced below to his post in the engine room after the stunning impact of disbelief which hit him and his ship- mates abated. It is a matter of record that the St. Louis was among the first ships to unlimber her guns that day. It may not be generally known, though, that her circuit breakers were in the Naval Repair Shop and that, for that reason, her gunners had to fire and ram manually. That they did extraordinarily well under the circumstances is evi- denced by Navy documents crediting the cruiser with three prob- able japanese planes. , An enemy aircraft that the St. Louis failed to bag raked the ship with machine gun bullets, three of which still remain where they were planted-in the forward stack, in the face plate of the No. 1 5-inch gun mount, and in the fantail. Crew and ollicers alike received an even worse shock moments later when a Iapanese bomb dropped through the dock against which the Honolulu nestled. The concussion was so tremendous it not only damaged the Honolulu but shook the St. Louis to the extent that those manning her were certain she had sustained a direct hit. Meanwhile, the snipes', far below-deck in the engine rooms had been working like madmen, and less than an hour after the Iapanese began their attack, the Sl. Louis moved out into the channel. The danger was not over even then, for as the St. Louis neared the channel's mouth she was confronted by an enemy midget sub- marine. A shot from the cruiser's No. l 5-inch mount injured the conning tower, the damage eventually leading to the capture of the underseas cra ft. As the momentum of the St. Louis increased, two torpedoes were sent at her. Both hit a reef a short distance away and exploded harmlessly. In becoming the first large ship to make open sea the morning of December 7, the St. Louis was aided by the captain of the U. S. S. Neuudu who ordered his stricken battleship beached to clear the out- ward passage. With but one historic exception the St. Louis spent the period be- tween December ll and the following May 23 convoying ships carrying civilians back to the States from the Hawaiian Islands. The exception was the Navy's initial attack of the war: the raid on Iapanese bases in the Gilberts and Marshalls February 1, 1942. Compared with present standards, the task force that struck the Gilberts and Marshalls would seem almost impotent. It embodied no battleships at all. It had only one light cruiser, the St. Louisj then there were four heavies and ten destroyers. The nucleus was two carriers, the U. S. S. Enterprise and the old U. S. S. Yorlqtoum. Yet the intrepid handful succeeded in inflicting damage by bomb and bombardment upon nine islands in the two groups, and some of the damage could be described most accurately as severe. Iap air units apparently were elsewhere at the time, crew members of the St. Louis, for instance, recalling that they saw but one enemy plane during the complete operation. The St. Louis resumed her convoy duties after that, continuing the role of escort vessel until May 23, 1942, when she headed for Midway with a Marine Raider Battalion aboard. Having once se- cured Midway, these same Marines began the titanic task at Guad- alcanal. Her human cargo disposed of on May 25, the St. Louis showed up next at Kodiak, Alaska, May 31 to refuel for the tour of duty in the Aleutians. She devoted the ensuing two months to a fruitless search for convoys supplying the enemy garrison on Kiska and to waiting for the weather to clear sufficiently to allow bombardment of that island. The bombardment opportunity came near sundown August 7. Then the fog lifted, permitting a clear View of the target long enough for the St. Louis and the cruisers and destroyers with her to open up on shore installations. The amount of harm inflicted was not appraised because the weather drew down its curtain again in the middle of the attack. Early in October, after aiding in the American occupation of the Island of Adak in the Andreanof Group, the St. Louis returned to the States. Then and there she experienced her first wartime change in Commanding Oiiicers, Captain Colin Campbell, USN, relieving Captain George Rood, USN. At that time also, the St. Louis surrendered her title as the most travelled ship in the United States Navy, being succeeded by another cruiser, the U. S. S. Louisville. g 1 A new year, 1943, had barely gotten started when the Iapanese discovered that the St. Louis was back to her old tricks: pounding pieces of a stolen empire with her six and five-inchers. The opening phase of her return engagement took place during the forepart of Ianuary, with the St. Louis shelling the New Georgia islands of Kolombangara, Vella Lavella and Munda. She was then-and for some time thereafter-operating in the Pacific's hottest battle area, the channel up through the Solomons and New Georgias, which was known as the slot. On her runs through the slotf' either for bombardment purposes or in search of the Tokyo Expressf' the St. Louis was constantly menaced by enemy planes and submarines. She survived this dangerous diet without adverse effect and was on hand for the hammering of Iapanese positions and gun installa- tions on Kolombangara and New Georgia-a hammering that sup- ported landings at Rice Anchorage the night of Iuly 4-5. The night was fraught with anxious moments for the St. Louis which lay in the gulf approximately halfway between the two is- lands. The greatest anxiety resulted from the illumination of the ship by Iapanese star shells. Guns on the shore and enemy merchantmen 1 promptly unlimbered, their missiles splashing around the plainly- visible target and singing ,near her superstructure. The luck of the Sz. Louis, from which she derived her nickname, Lucky Lou, continued to hold through the first battle of Kula Gulf. She was then part of Task Force 18, a group of cruisers and destroyers that was sent out to intercept the Tokyo Express on one of its nightly runs which were the enemy's means of supplying garrisons at Vila and elsewhere. Contact was made with the Iapanese-two contingents of them- early the morning of Iuly in Kula Gulf. The guns of the St. Louis roared without letup for 55 minutes, the longest period of continu- ous firing in the ship's history. The engagement ceased when Task Force 18 exhausted its supply of targets. Precisely what toll it had exacted could not be ascertained but old-timers on the St. Louis claim the bag included 13 ships, ftwo of them probably destroyers. The Lucky Lou had along her rabbit's foot that night, too, for a torpedo that struck aft of her No. 3 mount failed to detonate. It caused such inconsiderable damage the cruiser was perfectly able, the following week, to be present at what was very nearly her own funeral. y Intending to intercept the Tokyo Expressv again, Task Force 18 found the enemy in Kula Gulf for the second time late Iuly 12, and for a second time the convoy was disposed of in two groups. The first of these was soundly riddled, and at 1:55 a.m. Iuly 13, with the night as black as any night could be, the St. Louis swung around to prepare to engage the remainder of the convoy. Gut of the darkness-no American knows just what dispatched it-came a torpedo, and it wasn't a dud. Its coming was unseen, yet all aboard felt the concussion as it struck from the starboard, virtually prying off the St. Louis' bow. No fatalities or even serious injuries resulted but it was necessary for the cruiser to make her way to the Mare Island Navy Yard for repairs. She returned to the open sea late in the fall of 1943, not only with a new bow but with a dirlierent commanding oliicer, Captain R. H. Roberts, USN.. ' Captain Campbell, whom he relieved, received the Navy Cross for his adept maneuvering of the St. Louis through sub-infested waters during the Rice Anchorage landings and for brilliant direction of his cruiser's gunhre in the first battle of Kula Gulf. ' Later, he was awarded the Silver Star medal for courageous direc- tion of the St. Louis which led the cruiser line in the second battle of Kula Gulf. Captain Roberts saw his first action from the bridge of the St. Louis in December 1943, when a task force, of which she was a segment, shelled the Kieta area of Bougainville. Her guns silenced a Iapanese coastal emplacement during a bombardment of the Short- land Islands a month later. Return fire did not harm the St. Louis but it came so close that pieces of shrapnel fell on the deck. In fact, it wasn't until St. Valentine,s Day, 1944, that she suffered her First combat fatalities. Her assignment was to screen American landings on Green Island, north of Bougainville, and she lay off the island most of the day without incident. About sundown, however, six enemy planes-first noticed circling above the horizon at 5 p.m.-came in to make their runs over the screening force. Two went after the St. Louis, one ,plummeting a bomb off the starboard bow for a damaging near miss, the other scoring a direct hit just aft of the superstructure. The latter killed 22 men and an officer. ' i The Sz. Louis limped south to Tulagi where she was repaired by her crew. Her return to service some three months later marked the end of the lean days. I Or, as a seasoned boatswain's mate put it, we didn't even know there was a United States Navy until we arrived at Roi, in the Mar- shalls, from Tulagi and saw the Central Pacific Fleet in all its powerf, 4 The Sz. Louis was made an addition to that power for the intensive shelling that preceded the June 14 landings of American troops on Saipan, main japanese base in the Marianas and headquarters of the Iapanese Commander in Chief, Central Pacific Area. The Heet also opened up on Tinian across the channel from Saipan and portions, including the St. Louis, took time out to move down to Guam for another bombardment-the first against that island. United States surface units instituted a more vigorous attack on Iuly 7. Among them was the St. Louis, minus one of its four screws. The missing screw, believed damaged at Green Island, did not drop off until the cruiser was approaching Guam. Its loss necessitated a trip to the States but before departing the St. Louis continued to participate in the Guam shelling which pre- pared the way for our invasion Iuly 20. At times, the St. Louis was so close to Guam's shoreline that her 20 mm. and 40 mm. guns were brought to bear on the beaches. . Recognizing the effective role of the St. Louis in the Marianas campaign, the commander of Cruiser Division Nine, Rear Admiral W. L. Ainsworth, USN, awarded Captain Roberts a letter of com- mendation and the Legion of Merit. The letter praised Captain Roberts, 'fconsummate skill in han- dling his ship Hduring all of these operations, lasting over two months in almost constant contact with an enemy-held shoreline in an advanced theater of operations . . .D Bidding farewell to Terminal Island in October, 1944, the St. Louis set out for Leyte Gulf in the Philippines by way of Eniwetok and Ulithi. A . American troops had invaded the island of Leyte October 19, but the Iapanese were still resisting bitterly when the SZ. Louis dropped anchor in the gulf November 16. Enemy planes were based in con- siderable strength on nearby islands-an unfortunate state af affairs that resulted in no less than 33 air attacks on the St. Louis in the course of a 13-day stretch. One such attack, taking place November 27 as the noon chow line was forming, left the St. Louis on the damaged list again. She suf- fered hits on the hangar deck and the port beam and 15 men and an oflicer received fatal infuries. The strike was not made without cost to the Iapanese, however, the St. Louis herself bringing down four planes for sure and being credited with Eve probables. Enemy air assaults continued and, al- though damaged no further, the St. Louis was obliged to fall to with her anti-aircraft batteries the night of November 29 asshe was with- drawing from the area, San Pedro bound. She went home under her own power, reaching the Pacific Coast December 26. Yet another chapter in her back-and-forth chronology was begun February 23, 1945, with the St. Louis churning westward, destination unknown-except to a few. One of the few is presumed to be Captain I. B. Griggs, USN, a veteran of submarine service who came aboard at San Pedro, Ian- uary 3, to relieve Captain Roberts. 1-le is her Hfth commanding officer, the only one not having been mentioned in this history being a native St. Louisan, Captain Charles H. Morrison, who assumed command when the Si. Louis was com- missioned by then-Rear Admiral Ioseph K. Taussig, USN, May 19, 1939., . The present Sz. Louis is the fourth naval vessel to bear the name. The Hrst was a fighting sloop built in 1828, the second was a Civil War gunboat and the third was a cruiser which was decommissioned in 1929. The Lucky Lou's,, shakedown cruise took her to Kingston, Iamaicag Port au Spain, Trinidad, and the Portuguese Azores, and ended in New York the day the Yankees and Cincinnati Reds were crossing bats in the first game of the 1939 world series. The following year the St. Louis was nominated to carry a party of high-ranking officers on an inspection tour of British possessions in the Atlantic that might have served as suitable American naval and air bases. She made her first appearance on the west coast in the fall of M4fR4'P1PYf'2'is22s1'1'1ff'f'14 V LSXRXKX X XXXNNNXWXX X X 1940, tying up at San Pedro. Her next voyage of consequence nearly a year later, found the St. Louis convoying the U. S. S. Henderson, a transport, to Manila, P. I., by way of Midway, Wake and Guam. War clouds were piling up on the Pacific's horizons, so the St. Louis was ordered to quit the Philippines for the comparative safety of the Hawaiian Islands. Her introduction to the Iapanese two months later constituted a baptism of Hre not only for the cruiser herself but for the planes she carried on her hangar deck. The St. Louis' aviation unit, based ashore at Ford Island at the moment, sent up two planes without rear-seat gunners, which tried to execute gunnery runs on the Iapanese dive bombers. Although that appears to have been the unit's lone attempt at aerial combat, it, nevertheless, has had a part in rolling back the enemy's blanket of conquest. Often operating in close proximity to enemy aircraft and A.A. fire, the pilots from the St. Louis performed effectively in every ac- tion in which their ship took part. Their main function has been anti-submarine patrol and gunfire spotting, and they also have par- ticipated in several searches for survivors at sea. Security rules had just been invoked when the St. Louis was lying in ,Manila harbor in 1941 and her crew was cautioned not to reveal her identity to anyone ashore. In a Manila bar one night a petty oHicer from the U - S. S . Bluclg Hui-uk, a repair vessel, asked a chief electricians mate from the St. Louis the name of his ship. Well . . stammered the chief, stalling as best he could, she's . . . sheis the Mystery Ship. 1 . - The chief was rewarded for his conscientious bit of evasion with a brace of black eyes, and the resultant ribbing and scuttlebuttfspread far and wide the St. Louis' reputation as the Mystery Ship of the United States Fleetf, Her story was told for the first time in the United ,States news- papers in connection with the 1944 observance of Navy Day, so the St. Louis no longer is the enigma she might have been once as far as Americans are concerned. . The same could not be said, however, in respect to the Iapanese whose oliqcial propaganda agency, Domei, has announced on at least three occasions that the Si. Louis had been consigned to the bottom of the Pacific. Leaving the Navy Yard at Long Beach, California, on February 23, 1945, the St. Louis was dispatched immediately to Pearl Harbor. Here she received her orders to report to Task Force 58 then making rendezvous at Ulirhi in the Carolines. I-Iurriedly taking on her fuel capacity at this port, the Lucky Loui' sailed with this mightiest armada in Naval history, for the now historical air-strikes against Kyushu in the Iapanese homeland. For more than two weeks the Sz. Louis, with other ships, screened the carriers of this task force, in this daring attack on even Tokyo itself. Time and again the Lucky Lou's,' live-inch and anti-aircraft batteries leveled at whatever enemy planes came within her sights. Gkinawa was next on the St. Louis' list of operations. Leaving Task Force 58 on' March 25, 1945, she escorted the U. S. S. Indian- apolis with Admiral Spruance aboard, to this Nipponese bastion. Within an hour of her arrival at this island arsenal, the Lucky Lou was participating in the initial bombardment of the island. It was here at Okinawa that the St. Louis remained for sixty-one days, establishing a new naval record, for a single ship in a single oper- ation. For the Lucky Loun hurled more than 27,000 rounds of ammunition at the Nips during this time. Nor were these just ran- dom shots either, for on more than one occasion, both the Army and Navy authorities commended the St. Louis for the accuracy of her gun Ere. One Army officer who later came aboard the St. Louis, stated that 'gif anyone put a dime anyplace on Okinawa, the 'Lucky Lou, would hit it. Although she escaped unscathed from this oper- ation, it was not without a few brushes with Lady Luck. On the morning of her arrival at Okinawa, one torpedo streaked across her bow, and seconds later another went harmlessly by her stern. Nor had the Kamikazes forgotten the g'Lucky Lou. But this time the Nips were the unlucky ones. For .it was while at Okinawa that the St. Louis increased her total of lap planes to twelve, for which she is officially credited. Although one Kamikaze splashed off her star- board bow, it was the only enemy plane that even came close to her. At Okinawa, the luck of the Lucky Lou was not to be denied. For his skill and leadership in guiding the St. Louis through this vigor- ous and dangerous campaign, Captain I. B. Griggs, USN, her commanding officer, has received the Silver Star and the Legion of Merit. Iust prior to the setting of the Rising Sun on August 15, 1945, the St. Louis had been engaged in a vast mine sweeping operation of the East China Sea with units of the Seventh Fleet. This duty later en- abled her to proceed to the far flung reaches of the Pacific, even up the treacherous, current Hlled waters of the Wangpoo River to Shanghai, China, itself. After covering the Allied occupation of that city, the Lucky Loui' was then dispatched to lead the first Ameri- can-Chinese amphibious operation to F ormosa. Here the command- ing officer of the Lucky Lou received the surrender of that famous Iapanese citadel. Stealthily passing through the numerous mine fields outside this harbor, the St. Louis led the first American war- ships to enterthese waters in twenty-five years. Formosa was the last of the Lucky Louis wartime operations. For upon the completion of this mission, she was detached from fur- ther service in the Pacific. But upon her arrival at Guam on her way to the West Coast, these orders were cancelled, and the St. Louis was assigned further duty with the Magic Carpet Fleet. Since receiving this assignment, the Lucky Lou has returned many hundreds of veterans from the various theaters of war. She has sailed from San Francisco to the Russell Islands, Guadalcanal, Espirito Santo, and Samoa. Upon her arrival on the West Coast on Ianuary 23rd she will have completed her second Magic Carpet trip to Guam, covering a distance of more than 75,000 miles since she left Long Beach, Cali- fornia, on February 23, 1945. Within a few days after debarking her last passengers, the Lucky Lou will sail on February 7, 1946, for Philadelphia on the East Coast. Upon her arrival there she will take her well earned rest in a reserve status with the Atlantic Fleet. 1 Thus ends the saga of the Lady known as Lou--the Lucky Lou. May her luck never run out. And may she always be lucky in the Officers and Crew who mould her destiny. .-'.-f--..,.-...-.....-.u::'.- - f f 'L.A...-.....-L.--..-.... .. - t::::.-,.. . . -..... 5 -X -- , . , X Vv .,.. .... Q Captain Griggs, message to the ofhcers and Crew of the 4'Lucky Louf' as she completes her Wartime cruise. All who have served aboard the 'Lucky Lou, are our ship- mates in every sense of the Word. We have lived together, fought together and died together. Our operations have brought us over the far Hung waters of the Pacific. And now that we have seen the setting of the Rising Sun, the gLucky Lou' is about to settle down to a well earned rest. To all hands I wish to extend a sincere and cordial cvvell donei. In commemoration ol' our cruise aboard the 'Lucky Lou,' each member of our ship's company will receive a copy ol' this album. ln the years to come, may it serve as a happy sou- venir and a reminder of our association aboard the U. S. S. St. Louis. I Wish to extend at this time my sincere thanks to all Officers and Crew who have served with me aboard the 'Lucky Lou., May our ship always be the 'Lucky Lou,' lucky in the officers and men who mould her destinyf' I. B. GRIGGS, Cczpzfain, U. S. Navy, Commanding. et ' Z 'Z 1'3 'H112-I- ' ffllfzzaxm, 'WW HEADS OF DEPARTAMENTS Standing, left to right COMMANDER H. I. ISLEV-PETERSEN, Engz'nee1'z'ng Ojieer LT. CIVIDR. L. F. TETER, USNR, Senior Medical Ofieer LT. CMDR. F. E. CLARK, USN, N6ZU1.g'6lZ07' LT. CMDR. E. P. BONNER, USN, Gunnery Officer LT. CMDR. E. L. CGNANT, USN, First Lieutenant LT. CMDR. A. W. MANN, USN, Supply Ojieer LT. E. L. HOULIHAN, USNR, Communierzzions OWC67' . I. Y,.,:, .,,.,..,,f. .-xv., , A . aww - - CAPTAIN I. B. GRIGGS, USN Conafnandzng Ojfeer COMMANDER A. I. SMITH, USN Executive Ojfeer PREVIOUS CUMMANDING AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE U. S. S. ST. LOUIS III. I f CAPTAIN R. I-I. ROBERTS USN CZOINIIVIANDER I-I. M. BRIGGS USN CQMMISSIQNING EXERCISES OF THE U. S. S. ST LOUIS. MAY 19, 1939. HAMPTON ROADS, VA .:,,,:,:,.,:,,:+.,.-5 . . I . t A , , J. - Q, , .3 Q. 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November 16-29 12. Task Force 58 Raids on I-Ionshu and Nansei Shoto .,.........,. . . . March 17-24 13. Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto ..,........ Q , . , March 24 to May 31 14. Operations with Third Fleet in East China Sea ................... Iuly 10 to August 7 11.... NOTE: The above dates are the ones that the St. Louis U is actually credited with being present. 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1945 1945 1945 OPERATION AND BATTLE STARS The ship rates an Operation and Engagement Star for the following engagements. This is official from the present ONE BATTLE STAR ONE BATTLE STAR: ONE BATTLE STAR ONE BATTLE STAR ONE BATTLE STAR ONE BATTLE STAR ONE BATTLE STAR ONE BATTLE STAR ONE BATTLE STAR ONE BATTLE STAR available information. , f -4 K f' 4 E Attack on Pearl Harbor ..... Dec. 7, 1941 Marshall-Gilbert Raid ...... Feb. 1,' 1942 Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal ............. Ian. 5, 1943 Consolidation of Southern Solomons ........... 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Y . mx SH: -xv Iwi ff YXXQQ Nx MN:- ix XR:-S I 'XX - -I-N3 -. K S PRE-INVASION BOMBARDMENT OF GUAM D E 2 r 5 I X? NEAR MISS UN PORT QUARTER DECK -:QQ ,QNX 22:15 X25- . XY ' ANS. -ff Sf. FREE X X W N x X Q X OX x X mf.-.Q-: X 452:31 v x NY v O X x x XS xx N N x X QT X x 'X x 3 X N J .,.. 'A - I 'w,'., , 1:-Q, -:'f:,:,,:y,sf--t I off, THE LOU OPENS HER RECGRD BREAKING GKINAWA CAMPAIGN PART OF TASK FORCE 58 OFF KYUSHU MQW' THE FIRST WAVE OF THE IOTH ARMY FORMING AT OKINAWA SULPHUR SHELLS EXPLODING ON OKINAWA BEACI-IES i 2 3 S . 1 1 3 3 . P 2 F i r P , 7 gjg , 4, RGCKET SHIP WITH A LOAD GF CALLING CARDS I TEAM WORK AS PLAYED BY OUR NAVY WHY TOIO COULDNT WIN A - fi! SUPPLY AND SUCCOR AT OKINAWA FE V. 'Z I I I 5 1 U. S. S. PENNSYLVANIA AFTER TAKING A TIN FISH TWO NIPS THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY ,QW f W vm ngvtvw 'ff'4' S 'W fl' '?ZZ4'?7'V77g , my 1. s FUELI G AT SEA-U. S. S. MISSOURI FAR SIDE OF STA KER , 'X X CHAPLAIN IAMES C. CONNOLLY, USNR, AND DIVINE SERVICES AT SEA ,IW .-Zan -I jjf' 'Z 11 521525243213 ' ':fE::Z5E3?fff .1 ,'.:.,2:-13:-' 52 ' 1 ' --A-az-9.4-,.-: 'V 7 ? A ., , U ,W A rw f if J-'4 ww-wx .,-.-:-WN. -'l'5:x..., ...W N., N . X X x x X N x xv XA N x N X N Q xx x xx xx vw QR 'P'f'i:b... ,f.:5gs:e,.g:1g:-X. al-.Z h -.ggfi-Q--:SX - . :Egfr-315535. L 25. 5.-'li1:3:E1i?k X v ::::::5:5::::l.:Q+ .5 - . .-:Q-:-xt'-:X .ENV -.-.- . X-. . 2 yy., R. :IN .:-fx :E-5:53-N V, '- .J , IF'-Z:::X::.4'5s .. 5i?iES S JE? rf .S5'fE5?' fkfilliifz. . f-. - xzglzf .mga p.. .L-5 '5'-iz . 1 ' - , i ' I ' Z -.-'?f325.'.-'X 3:-ft. XI - - : Hyfg, f....:. 'Q-1-:-1-1-:'-:-1: ' ' x: .-.- 1-1: 1 -... 1 -u K, -3 144 f ff ,- itix ,. ' ' ' z1?f1-:1..sc1:1::s::. . Q. 2:1-'-1a'e1 ? f1E12:: ' f '. r.'.'.'. .. . . . f 4211532.14-2-:-1-:vs'-:Arr I . ,f :W4-:-1-1-:-:-1-:-:-:vi-:4-zgi, N. :2:f:7'2i'g'f :Q- 129. 1-2-. IC' '-:gf :iii :-.g-:5::..- ,i , . .:., . .,::: 9 BURIAL ASHORE AND AT SEA H 'o , K. E3 'Q vm . 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LOUIS, bound southward for Guadalcanal, Soloman Islands, is about to enter our domain: and whereas the aforesaid ship carries a large and loathsome cargo of landlubbers, beachcombers, guardo-rats, sea-lawyers, lounge- lizards, parlor-lizards, parlor-dunnignas, plow-deserters, park bench warmers, chicken-chasers, hay-tossers, four flushers, dance-hall shieks, drug-store cowboys, asphalt arabs, and all other living creatures of the land, and last but not least, he-vamps, liberty hounds, Sand Street Playboys masquerading as seamen, of which, low scum you are a member, having never been before us: and Whereas, the Royal Court of the Raging Main will convene on board the good ship ST. LOUIS, on the 26th day of November 1945, at Longitude 171-Ol-OO-E, and whereas, an inspection of our Royal Muster shows that it is high time your sad and wandering nautical soul appears before Our August Presence: Be it known, That we hereby summon and command you Now ac O to appear before the Royal Court and Our August Presence on the aforesaid date at such time as may best suit OUR Pleasure. You will accept most heartily and with good grace the pains and penalties of the awful tortures that will be inflicted upon you to determine your fitness to be one of our Trusty Shellbacks and answer to the following charges: Charge I-In that you have hitherto wilfully and maliciously failed to show reverence and allegiance to our Royal Person, and are therein and thereby a vile landlubber and pollywog. O ETO1-large II A g Disobey this Summons Under Pain of Our Swift and Terrible Displeasure. Our Vigilance is Ever Wakeful, Our Vengeance is Just and Sure. -Given under our hand and seal. wi-EMM 145 DAVEY . S TUNE REX So 1 , Ihalor of ging lhin. , , L x V. -ff-. A H -V ff, '- ,fu Mfg, ,JV W, ff f I4 DAVEY IQNES GIVES THE LOWDOWN 2-2- -gmt: 125' ,. .qw f 2-.-A c- .xx 1-, rw. , .. L X, . ,, 55:11 .g:. 'Ef- F? g.- N :+fr- ..,-. 12:95-QE w - 46: Uv, . ,-.-. .f. :-5 G-Z4 ff -' 1 f 4,51 31? 'Y'U: '9 'X 1v-'-'-vv-vu -,,....... -,--.-4-.. r . X: '.-ka :IEISE ,.-. -A 110699 ivy:-gvwywz. ,,,,, wwwaw-'Nw 5 Z 5 74 5 1414-5ff4561ffC4555'3f'1' 'WNW uv .W ,ff ,H- ,.-..f ...Ma X, ..-.v. 1 .Agn , gig, 6413? 35, NAU. .,,.. .... 7 , . :-4' -Nr:-Kar XXX THE LOU AS YOU KNEW HER THE REAL LUCK OF THE LUCKY LOU -OUR DIVISIONS Ist DIVISION ,.-..-wma Zud DIVISION I 3rd DIVISION W, MW P-X L55 4TH DIN ISIUN Sth DIVISION gc '- - ,, 4 rf:r:1z'Ev' 114, S. 'S-CN , ,Ht I - .Z 1 .12 . - .q.g..-4.3-.g.,-'-:'-.-M 5 - .-4 -. . , -.-Q:-'ti'cha-:9'-xg:-:g.g2-Sify? ' :-SQ-:5Rf5:1:1:X: NE:3:::gE:1kS::-2-2-: . . 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