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Tin Can Sailor

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by Charles R. Calhoun


  Destroyer Division 24, 57

  Destroyer pickets, 146

  Destroyer Squadron 54, 163, 164

  Destroyer Squadron 1, 149, 164

  Destroyer Squadron 12, 126, 149

  Deuel, William, 139

  Dewey (DD 349), 164–65

  Diamond Head, 12

  Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 157

  Dolson, Max T., Lt. (jg), 121–24, 131

  Doppler principle, 37

  Duke of York, HMS, 35

  Duke University, 48

  Duncan (DD 485), 62

  Dunlap, Chester M., 118

  Dunlap (DD 384), 117, 122

  Dunluce Castle, HMS, 35

  Eagle, HMS, 38

  Echo, HMS, 38–39

  Edinburgh, HMS, 33, 38

  Efate Island, 62, 135, 140, 143

  Ellice Islands, 134

  Emergency appendectomy, 141–42

  Emile Bertin (French cruiser), 24

  Emirau Island, 135

  Empire State Building, 75

  England, 7, 44

  Enterprise (CV 6), 6, 52, 54–55, 67, 157

  Erisman, Otis, Ens., 156

  Escapade, HMS, 41

  Espíritu Santo, New Hebrides, 57, 59–60, 62, 66, 68–70, 98–99, 110, 112, 115, 127, 130, 132, 135, 160–61

  Essex (CV 9), 129, 136

  Eva Island, 50

  Evans (DD 552), 146

  Evaporator capacity, 43

  Everett, Gordon S. “Red,” Lt., 16, 18, 23

  Farenholt (DD 491), 47–48

  Farragut (DD 348), 13, 164

  Fieberling (DE 640), 148

  Fifth Fleet, 146, 164

  Fiji Islands, 51

  Fink, Aaron G., 154

  First-aid teams, 55

  First Marine Division, 65, 100

  Fletcher (DD 445), 62, 74, 84, 89, 91, 95, 100

  Fletcher-class destroyer, 116–17, 127

  Florida Island, 52, 70–71, 81, 84, 110–11

  Flying Fortress, 93

  Ford Island, 12, 104

  Forrestal, James, 159

  Forrestel, Emmett Peter, Rear Adm., 165

  Foss, Joseph, Maj., 72

  Fox schedules, 15

  France, 7

  French fleet, 18

  Fubuki-class destroyer, 76, 95

  Fugate, Neal, Lt. (jg), 137

  Fuller (AP 14), 57–58

  Funafuti, Ellice Island, 134

  Game of “chicken,” 36

  Gatun Locks, 11

  Gavutu Island, 52–53

  Gebert, Felix K., 22

  German aircraft, 33

  German heavy ships, 32

  Germans, 20

  German threat, 18

  German U-boat, 33

  German U-boat commander, 21

  Germany, 7

  Ghormley, Robert Lee, Vice Adm., 60

  Gibraltar, 38–40, 44

  Gibson, Fred Q., 116, 121, 122

  Giffen, Robert Carlisle, Jr., “Skip,” Lt. (jg), 25

  Giffen, Robert Carlisle, Rear Adm., 25, 33

  Giffen, Ronald G., 114

  Gilbert Islands, 130

  Gizo Strait, 117, 121

  Glasgow, Scotland, 37–38, 44

  Golden Gate Bridge, 105, 109

  Gould, Frank G., Lt. Comdr., 28, 56, 78, 81, 84, 94, 96, 101, 107, 110–11, 116–17, 119, 125, 128, 130–31, 133, 142, 160

  Grann, James I., Jr., 49, 57, 82

  Great Depression, 8

  Greenock, Scotland, 37–38, 41, 44

  Greenslade, John Wills, Rear Adm., 24

  Gregory (APD 3), 59

  Gridley (DD 380), 117

  Grimm, William B., 72, 79, 85

  Griscom-Russel Evaporator, 43

  Guadalcanal, 50–54, 56–57, 60–62, 64, 65, 66–67, 69–70, 74, 81, 84, 91, 100, 110, 112–13, 118–19, 126, 145

  Guadaloupe, 24

  Guam, 135–36, 152, 154

  Guantánamo Bay, 9, 20

  Gunnery School, Norfolk, Va., 30

  Hagushi, 146

  Hadley (DD 774), 146

  Hall, Perry, Lt. (jg), 61–62, 82, 95–97, 126, 160

  Halsey, William F., Vice Adm., 60, 101, 102, 127

  Hammack, Willie R. “Red,” 79, 85–86, 94, 113

  Hammann (DD 412), 11

  Hanna, Gordon, Lt. (jg), 55, 83, 85, 90, 115–16

  Harrington, Martin, 130

  Hawaiian Islands, 13, 136

  Hawkins, E. J., 85–87, 91, 99, 161

  Hayden, Paul J., Ens., 14, 23

  Hayes (President liner), 48

  Haynesworth (DD 700), 148

  Heie, 75, 95

  Helena (CL 50), 62, 67–68, 74–75, 84, 89, 91–92, 94, 100, 116

  Henderson Field, 58–59, 62–65, 69

  Hiroshima, 153

  Hitler, Adolf, 7, 20

  Hodge, Hiram J., 49, 56, 60–61, 82, 87, 95, 98, 106, 109, 112, 116, 124, 130, 153

  Hollandia, New Guinea, 145

  Home Fleet, British, 36

  Home Fleet boarding officer, 33

  Home Fleet operations, 35

  Honolulu (CL 48), 116

  Hoover, John H., Capt., 84, 94

  Hornet (CV 12), 67

  Houston (CL 81), 162

  Hudson bomber, 38

  Hudson River, 157

  Hughes, Richard, Ens., 4, 6, 9–10, 12

  Hull (DD 350), 57–58, 164

  Hunt, Edward, Lt., 163

  Husby, Gordon S., Lt. (jg), 144

  Hyman (DD 732), 148

  Hyperion, HMS, 9

  Icarus, HMS, 41–42

  Iceland, 21, 25–26

  Idaho (BB 42), 20

  Indianapolis (CA 35), 136, 162

  Indispensable Strait, 69

  Ingersoll (DD 642), 145

  Ingraham (DD 444), 46

  Intrepid, HMS, 38, 39

  Irish Sea, 44

  Iron Bottom Sound, 1, 20, 100

  Iwo Jima, 135, 164

  Izaki, Admiral, 116

  Jackson, George R., 7, 14, 81, 87, 89, 96–97, 99

  Jackson (President liner), 48

  James, Robert F., 26–27, 72

  Janzen, Fred E., 86

  Japan, 148

  Jeanne D’Arc (French cruiser), 24

  Jeffery, Kenneth, 16–17

  Jeffrey, Joseph D., Lt. (jg), 41, 48, 60, 74, 78, 81, 93, 95, 98, 109, 116–17, 119, 127–31, 140, 158

  Jensen, Hilbert, 109

  Jervey, Harold E., Jr., Lt. (jg), 105–6, 115–16

  Jintsu, 116

  Johnson, “Red,” Lt., 68

  Jones Point, 158

  Juneau (CL 52), 74–75, 84, 91–94

  Kabat, Herbert, Ens., 62

  Kahoolawe Island, 153

  Kamikazes, 138, 143–44, 146–47, 149–50, 152

  Kanawha (AOG 31), 115, 160

  Kawanishi-97, 66

  Kearney (DD 432), 21–22

  Keefe, Fred A., 124

  Keenum, Luther J., 26–27, 72, 82, 96, 109, 113

  Kelly, Bruce A., 72

  Kelly, G. W., 72

  Kelly, Robert P. “Rip,” 140

  Kerama Retta, 148–49, 152, 155–56

  Kilbourne, Viscount, 34

  Kinkaid, Thomas C., Rear Adm., 67, 100

  Klepacki, A. B., 97

  Kokumbona Point, 67–68

  Koli Point, 67–68

  Kolombangara Island, 120, 125, 147

  Kongo, 75

  Kosalka, John, 153

  Kreilick, Kenneth L., 97

  Kula, Matthew A., 97

  Laffey (DD 459), 1–2, 64, 74, 76, 89, 95

  Lamberton (DM 52), 135, 162–63

  Lamour, Dorothy, 50

  Landers, Charles C., 109

  Lang (DD 399), 8, 12, 17, 23–25, 32, 37–39, 46–48, 118, 122, 124, 130

  Lastra, Louis, 153–54

  LCI 600, 164

  Lea, Austin W., Lt., 127, 128–29, 140–41, 142–43, 151

  Leander, HMNZS, 116

  Lee, Willis A.,
Jr., Rear Adm., 100

  LeFebvre, Charles H. “Frenchy,” 157–58

  Lengo Channel, 57, 59, 64, 66, 74, 84

  Leutze (DD 481), 148

  Leviathan, 31

  Leyte Gulf, 136, 138–39, 143

  Lillard, Reese W., 15

  Lingayen Gulf, 137, 144–45

  Little (APD 4), 59

  Loading contest, 56

  Londonderry, Ireland, 25

  Long Island (CVE 1), 22

  Los Negros harbor, 138

  Lovas, George A., 94

  LST 449, 112

  Luftwaffe, 37

  Lunga Point, 57, 62, 66, 68–70, 136

  Lunga Road, 112

  Luongo, Frank P., Lt., 4, 6, 8, 10, 23, 28

  Lurline (Matson liner), 160

  Luzon Island, 137, 144–45

  Lynesse, Scotland, 34

  McCalla (DD 488), 62

  McCall-class destroyer, 6

  McCawley (AP 10), 71

  McGinnis, George F., Lt. (jg), 20, 31

  McKay, B. M., Lt. Comdr., 162

  Macondray, Atherton, Lt. Comdr., 3–4, 6, 10, 13–16, 160

  McWhorter, Thomas O., Lt., 14, 20–21, 26–28, 47, 51, 57, 59, 64, 68, 75–76, 78–81, 84, 86, 91

  Madison (DD 425), 32, 37

  Majuro, Marshall Islands, 135

  Makuto Islands, 117

  Malaita Island, 69

  Malta, 37, 39–40, 57

  Managrin Bay, Philippines, 137

  Maneuvering characteristics, 8

  Man overboard, 33

  Manus, Admiralty Islands, 136

  Mare Island, Calif., 104, 106, 109, 127

  Mare Island Navy Yard, 105

  Mariana Islands, 134–35, 138, 162

  Marshall Islands campaign, 130, 133–34

  Martin, L. A., 87, 89

  Martin, Vernon R. E., 49, 82, 86, 99

  Martinique, 18, 24–25, 57

  Marver, Hillard M., Ens., 2, 8, 48

  Massachusetts (BB 59), 141

  Maury (DD 401), 118, 122

  May, Herbert A., Lt., 52, 56, 63, 74, 81, 84, 91, 105, 116, 127, 141, 143, 153, 154

  Mediterranean Sea, 21, 37–38, 45, 57

  Melbourne, Australia, 160

  Mercer, Preston V., Capt., 164–65

  Miami (CL 89), 162

  Miller, David C., Lt. Comdr., 127–28, 130

  Mindoro Island, 136, 138–39, 144–45

  Miraflores Locks, 11

  Mississippi (BB 41), 17, 20, 103, 141, 157

  Missouri (BB 63), 153

  Mitscher, Marc A., Vice Adm., 146

  Moana hotel, 12–13

  Mobile, Ala., 8

  Mobile Base Hospital Three, 99, 114–15

  Mohawk haircuts, 154

  Monaghan (DD 354), 133, 164

  Monssen (DD 436), 74, 89

  Montenegro, Salvador, 154

  Monterey (CVL 26), 134

  Moon, Donald P., Capt., 11, 13–16, 18–19, 23, 25

  “Moon Olympics,” 18–19

  Moore-McCormick freighter, 23

  Moosbrugger, Frederick, Comdr., 117–18, 122, 126

  Morris (DD 417), 144–45, 148

  Morse code, 15

  Mullany (DD 528), 148

  Munda, 116, 118

  Murmansk, 45

  Nagasaki, 153

  Naha, Okinawa, 146, 148

  Nashville (CL 43), 24

  Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, Purdue University, 165

  Navy Cross, 102, 130, 139, 152, 160

  Navy Day, 157

  Navy tug (ATR 8), 158

  Neptune’s pool, 12

  Neutrality Patrol, 7, 9

  New Britain, 51

  Newcomb (DD 586), 148

  Newfoundland, 21

  New Georgia, 112, 116, 145

  New Guinea, 51

  New Hebrides, 51

  New London, Conn., 160

  Newport, R.I., 8

  New York, N.Y., 27, 45, 157

  Nicholson (DD 442), 46

  Nimitz, Chester, Adm., 109

  Norfolk, Va., 8, 25, 30, 31, 46

  Norfolk Naval Air Station, 31

  Norfolk Naval Base, 165

  North Atlantic Ocean, 21

  North Carolina (BB 55), 47, 130, 157, 162

  Northern Metal Company, 157

  Norwegian bases, 45

  Nouméa, New Caledonia, 57, 61–62, 127, 160

  Nukualofa, Tongatabu Island, 50

  Nyce, Harry C., Lt., 48, 51, 60, 83, 85–91, 94, 96, 99, 103, 114–16, 120, 125

  Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, 160–62

  Oakland, Calif., 162

  O’Bannon (DD 450), 1, 62, 74, 84, 89, 91, 100

  O’Briant, Kenneth G., 44

  Okinawa, 153, 164

  Okinawa invasion, 146, 148, 150, 152

  Old Glory, 86

  Operation Iceberg, 146

  Overton (DD 239), 133

  Pacific Fleet, 11

  Palau, 136

  Panama, 156

  Panama Canal, 11, 17, 46, 157

  Parkis, Barnum H., 91

  Patrolling station, 27

  Patuxent (AO 44), 164

  Pearl City, Oahu, 11

  Pearl Harbor, 12, 152

  Pearl Harbor attack, 23

  Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 12

  Pensacola, Fla., 9, 12, 47, 100, 129

  Philadelphia Main Line, 48

  Philadelphia Naval Hospital, 161

  Philadelphia Navy Yard, 20

  Philippine Sea, 145

  Pinckney (APH 2), 160

  Plank owners, 139

  Plecker, Owen, 109

  Plunkett (DD 431), 32

  Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, 63

  Poland, 7, 30

  Polaris, 15

  Pomerance, Sherman, Ens., 142–43

  Pond, Charles E., Ens., 23

  Poor, Daniel J., Lt. (jg), 142

  Portland, Maine, 25

  Portland (CA 33), 70, 74, 89, 100

  Port Royal, Bermuda, 23

  Portsmouth Navy Yard, 31, 46

  Portugal, 38–39

  Potter, E. B., 126

  Presidential Unit Citation, 165

  Priest, Robert H., 79

  PT boats, 118

  Puget Sound Navy Yard, 135, 136, 152, 156

  Queen Mary, 28, 30

  Quincy (CA 39), 47, 54

  Rabaul, New Britain, 51, 55, 117, 129, 130

  Radar picket station number one, 146–49

  Reese, C. R., 109

  Reeve, John Walter, Jr., “Black Jack,” Capt., 28

  Remey (DD 688), 39, 163–64

  Rendova, Solomon Islands, 116–17

  Renown, HMS, 39

  Repair party, 27

  Reuben James (DD 245), 20, 27, 100

  Reykjavik, Iceland, 26

  Rhodes, Harry G., 86

  “Ringbolt,” 67

  Roberts, Admiral, 24

  Robinson, J. E. “Robbie,” 85–86, 97

  Rock, the, 39, 41

  Roi Islands, 130, 134

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 2, 7, 17, 21, 42

  Rota, Mariana Islands, 135, 136

  Royal Air Force pilots, 39

  Royal Barber, 12

  Royal Canadian Navy trawler, 34

  Royal Hawaiian hotel, 12, 13

  Royal Navy, 21, 35

  Royal Oak, HMS, 33

  Russel Islands, 110–12, 115, 117, 119

  Russia, 20

  Ryukyu Islands, 145

  St. Louis (CL 49), 116

  Saipan, 135, 136, 156

  Salt Lake City (CA 25), 62

  San Cristobal Island, 57, 66, 69, 91

  Sanders, Hugh B., Lt., 12, 23, 80

  San Diego, Calif., 11, 13, 47, 48, 50, 127, 152, 157, 160, 162

  San Fabian, 137

  San Francisco (CA 38), 1, 62, 67–68, 72–73, 74, 84, 89, 91–92, 95, 100, 102–7, 164

  San Juan (CL 54), 47, 48, 50, 67

  Santa Cruz, Calif., 160

  Santa Cruz Island, 67

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bsp; Saratoga (CV 3), 17, 52, 54, 55, 129

  Savannah (CL 42), 9, 24

  Savo Island, 62, 63, 74, 117, 119, 149

  Savo Sound, 59

  Scapa Flow, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 48, 56, 57

  Scharbius, Alfred A. “Doc,” Lt. (jg), 31, 32, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 55, 79, 88, 94, 114

  Scheer, Admiral, 51

  Scofield, E. K., Lt. (jg), 10

  Scott, Norman, Rear Adm., 62, 89, 100

  Seymour, Henry A., Jr., 94

  Shakedown cruise, 8, 9

  Shea, William Henry, Jr., “Punchy,” Lt. Comdr., 110, 111

  Shelton, Jack W., 47, 49, 70, 71, 75, 76, 78, 96, 109, 121

  Shigure, 124

  Shrieves, Douglas F., 86, 93

  Shuri Line, Okinawa, 146

  Simmons, Clarence M., 49

  Simpson, Roger W., Comdr., 118, 124

  Singer, Watson T., Lt., 3, 4, 11, 13, 15, 16, 89, 99, 100, 160

  Skutely, Richard L., 93

  Smith, Maurice E., 81, 87, 97

  Smith (DD 378), 67

  Soballe, Verner J., Lt., 45

  Soelch, Charles L., 49

  Solace (AH 5), 99, 160, 161

  Solloway, John E., Jr., 86

  Solomon Islands, 50, 51, 69, 127, 137, 145

  Southard (DMS 10), 110

  South Dakota (BB 57), 67, 100

  Spowers, Craig, Ens., 21, 24

  “Stand and Fight,” by Thomas O. MacWhorter (unpublished manuscript), 47

  Starr, Donald J., 49, 122

  Staten Island, N.Y., 28

  Steadfast, HMS (code name for USS Sterett), 36

  Stenslie, Harry, 109

  Sterett, Andrew, Lt., 6

  Stuart, Charles, Jr., Capt., 131

  Sunlight Channel, Russel Islands, 156

  Sydney, Australia, 127, 128, 129, 130

  Tacloban harbor, 155

  Tahiti Island, 18

  Talbot (DD 114); 109

  Tangier (AV 8), 99

  Task Force 18, 57, 59

  Task Force 58, 130, 134

  Task Force 16, 67

  Task Force 67, 69, 98, 100

  Task Force 31, 117

  Task Group 67.4, 74, 95

  Task Group 36.1, 116

  Taylor, Virginia, 13, 103, 106

  Tennessee, 151

  Tennessee (BB 43), 23, 162

  Texas (BB 35), 25

  Third Battle of Savo Island, 112, 118, 125, 158, 159, 161

  Third Fleet, 164

  “Thirsty look,” 35

  “Tin can” Navy, 3

  Tinian Island, 135

  Tisdale, Rear Admiral, 101

  Tokyo Express, 59, 64, 65, 70, 73, 89, 117

  Tokyo Rose, 65, 118

  Tonga Islands, 50

  Tongatabu Island, 51

  Torpedo School, Newport, R.I., 20

  Training Command, Pacific Fleet, 162

  Trever (DMS 16), 110

  Trinidad, British West Indies, 21

  Trippe (DD 403), 46

  Truk Islands, 135

  Truman, Harry S., 153, 156

  Tulagi, Florida Island, 51, 52, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 67, 89, 110, 115, 117

  Turner, Kelly, Vice Adm., 70, 71, 98, 118, 146

  Turtle country, 19

  Tuscaloosa (CA 37), 25, 32

 

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