After the Jap cruisers and the Exeter had been exchanging gunfire for awhile, a salvo hit the Exeter in her one remaining boiler room. Departing Okinawa the following day she arrived at Qui Nhon, South Vietnam on 21 November 1967 and disembarked the 61st Assault Helicopter Company. Pope joined Squadron 15, Division 43 of the Asiatic Fleet at Chefoo, China 26 August and participated in fleet exercises off Chefoo until her departure 28 October for her winter base at Cavite, Philippines. Piet Hein then turned around towards the US destroyers with the intention to attack the Japanese again. The Encounter, who had been bringing up the rear of our column had by now pulled up abreast of the Exeter, at that precise moment she too was hit by an enemy salvo. Lacking air cover, Dutch RADM Karel W.F. Oil-rich Borneo had been invaded and the tatters of the American, British, Dutch and Australian fleets had been reorganized into a single ABDA command. At this time Piet Hein was hit several times, resulting in her to come to a stop. Unfortunately they are spotted by Japanese warships and the Exeter and Encounter are sunk during the following engagement. I would like to describe the weaponry at our disposal to fight this battle. Underway again 10 December with over 5,000 troops for the Pacific fighting and 500 staff. By now the enemy had resumed firing at the Pope. Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, "Deck Plans: USS General John Pope (AP-110)", General John Pope, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_General_John_Pope&oldid=1149452080, This page was last edited on 12 April 2023, at 09:54. Range to these ships was about 10 nautical miles. We in the engine rooms had by now set the bilge pumps in operation. These were engaged with AA fire whenever possible. Even with the fresh air that was supplied from the outside, they soon became almost unbearably hot, temperatures reached 100 to 115 degrees. Though Marblehead had been knocked out of action and Houston and De Ruyter damaged, Doorman still had a sizable fighting force under his command. She was the first ship named for John Pope . Japanese Rear-Admiral Kubo, on board the Nagara, had meanwhile ordered the Arashio and Michishio to return to Badoeng Strait (Nagara and her three escorting destroyers were too far off). These Motor Torpedo Boats proceeded through Strait Bali and anchored in three bay's on the Java side to refuel which took the whole day. There are 3 cities on earth that come under no national authority, they have separate laws, they pay no taxes, they have their own police force and even possess their own flag of "independence" the City of London, the Vatican City in Rome and District of Columbia. The wreck of USS Pope, DD 225, was located and identified in December 2008 by the dive vessel MV Empress, approximately 60 nautical miles (110km) from the wreck of HMS Exeter, which Empress discovered in 2007. She first served with the Yangtze River Patrol 9 September 9 October 1923 and continued to make her presence known through repeated patrols until 1931. Notable exceptions were duty off Japan in connection with the United States Army "Round the World Flight" in 1924, a visit to French Indochina in 1926, and a visit to Japan in 1929. The man was told to watch the bombers and let the skipper know the minute the planes released their bombs. Now Tromp went in. This was attempted in a final effort to save the ship. Only 123 are liberated which include the Commanding officer and 29 died in captivity. HMS Exeter sank around 1150 hours. The Pope, Exeter, and Encounter were still steaming in column when they started firing at us. Navy muster rolls from 1860 to 1939 are found in two different series in Record Group 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel: Muster Rolls of Ships, 1860-1900 (Entry PI-123 132; National Archives Identifier 563603 ) This series is arranged in three chronological segments (1860-1879, 1880-1891, and 1892 . It was torpedoed by either the submarines USS Shark (SS-314) or the USS Snook (SS-279). Pope joined Squadron 15, Division 43 of the Asiatic Fleet at Chefoo, China 26 August and participated in fleet exercises off Chefoo until her departure 28 October for her winter base at Cavite, Philippines. Sailors spent hours peering into gray seas, searching for and dreading the prospect of locating a submarine. Pope was transferred to Division 59 of the Asiatic Fleet 6 May 1940, and resumed patrolling off China during 11 May 24 June. Pope was laid down 9 September 1919 and launched 23 March 1920 from William Cramp & Sons; sponsored by Mrs. William S. Benson; and commissioned 27 October 1920 at Philadelphia. Sweat ran off our bodies in rivulets. The Naval History and Heritage Command does not have custody of crew lists, nor do we have current contact information of former crew members. The transports were attacked unsuccessfully by the American submarine USS Seawolf. The USS Leopold (DE-319) being launched in June 1943; Convoy escort during WWII could be both a terrifying or dull affair. She received two battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation for her World War II service. By now most of us realized we were going to lose the ship: "we were finished". Japanese forces deployed to intercept the Allied ships trying to escape. Their turn towards was perhaps only for flying off operations to launch their aircraft to conduct a search. The Baker shot produced so much contamination that President Truman cancelled the third test. We were running a zigzag course and the shells fortunately fell harmlessly into the sea. Shortly before midnight the Allied ships changed course to due north to pass to the east of Bawean Island as ordered. E.V.St J. Morgan, RN) and the US destroyer USS Pope (Lt.Cdr. Taih (, "Great Phoenix") was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Wasp, a United States Navy aircraft carrier, slipped beneath the waves 350 miles southeast of Guadalcanal. This destroyer was then engaged with gunfire at ranges between 20000 and 14000 yards. We had received a message from the C-in-C (commander in chief), with the instructions to "defend the isle of Java to the last". Marblehead's rudder jammed full aport, sending the cruiser into a tight 22-knot circle. Targets were engaged by HMS Exeter whenever these were sighted through the smoke but it was seldom to fire more then four or five salvoes at a time. During this gunfight the Michishio was heavily damaged and in the end she had to be towed back to Makassar. As soon as the rain dispersed, we were spotted by their aircraft, they were on us like a bunch of vultures again. Following the war, General John Pope continued to sail to Japanese and Korean ports on troop rotation duties, finally being placed in reduced operational status at Seattle 14 May 1955. It would mean a break in the monotony, but it could just as well be certain death. For questions or comments about this site, please e-mail ww2_troopships@comcast.net. This page is not available in other languages. Placed in ferry commission in July 1943, she was commissioned in . Getting back to the action itself, while this was taking place, we were being continuously bombed, shelled, and strafed. When the two Japanese destroyers entered the Strait they encountered the four US destroyers. Stewart was then hit with gunfire. The crew was ordered to abandon the doomed destroyer and she soon sank. As long as we still had our main battery of "fish" intact, the enemy cruisers did not close with us. The decision was quickly reached to secure the port turbine to stop the vibration. We'd even converted other pumps into bilge pumps by "jury rigging", in an effort to pump out the flooding water. Our ship was maneuvered to starboard and commenced firing at it, at extreme range. Pope was initially placed in reduced commission at Philadelphia and assigned to Squadron 3, Division 39 of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. In fact, a voyage whose destination would never be reached. Sighting the Asheville alone at dawn on 3 Mar 1942, the Japanese destroyers Arashi and Nowaki, backed up by a heavy cruiser, close for the kill with a 20kt speed advantage and combined 12x 5 guns and 16x 24 torpedoes to Asheville's 3x 4 guns. The Allied ships therefore turned stern on to avoid being sighted. This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy and others. Pope fired all torpedoes and 140 salvoes of ammunition. Finally, Japanese air raids at Surabaya damaged destroyer USS Stewart and Dutch destroyer Witte de With. Of the 1068 crew members on the USS Houston, 368 survived the sinking of the ship and the hours-long swim to the shore of Java. Shortly afterwards they heard gunfire. van Beusekom, RNN), HrMs TM-10 (S.Lt. Three days later, on 15 December 1966 the 58th Field Depot disembarked the General John Pope at Qui Nhon. Poor. Now, on the horizon yet another threat to our survival appeared: seven high bombers. Framed stained glass panel. was also part of this force but acted as 'rescue boat'. Like the preceding Delaware-class, Utah and her sister Florida carried ten 12" gun in five twin, center-line . USS John D. Ford and Pope sighted a Japanese transport vessel (this must have been the Sasaga Maru) and what they thought to be a Japanese cruiser but this must have been the destroyer Oshio. He would know. She engaged in maneuvers with the battleship divisions off Guantanamo Bay from 12 January until her return to Philadelphia 27 April. She remained in this area until her return to Manila 12 October for the Neutrality Patrol off the Philippines. The other group was made up of the heavy cruisers Ashigara and Myoko and the destroyers Akebono and Inazuma. As they sought to escape the three Allied ships fought four Japanese heavy cruisers and four destroyers throughout a fierce three-hour action, and they damaged a number of enemy ships. Course was immediately altered to try to evade and it was though possible that with the advantage of the light HMS Exeter had not been sighted. Our ship was considerably slower than any of their ships. Our guns were now firing again as they had moved within range of our four-inch guns. Pope was stationed off Swatow and Pehtaiho during 14 June 19 August, observing the Japanese Navy en route to Swatow and the subsequent bombing and occupation of the city. Hit by two or . The three of us left Surbaja at about 2200 hours, the night of the 29th of February. The Shark was attacked and destroyed at the same time, adding 87 more Americans to the missing. Pius's relations with the Axis and the Allies may have been . It was intended that the four US destroyer would enter Badoeng Strait and attack with torpedoes first and that the Tromp would come behind them to finish off the Japanese after the confusion of the torpedo attack. Coordinates: 0400S 11130E / 4S 111.5E / -4; 111.5. J.B. de Meester, RNN) and four US destroyers; USS Stewart (Lt.Cdr. We saw no more of either of the British ships, as by now we were attempting a run to freedom. By the following evening, we had completed the necessary repairs and were once again prepared to return to action. About ten minutes later the word came to abandon ship, an order we had hoped we would never hear on our ship. The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. Meanwhile the Allied second attack wave was nearing the scene of the action. Otis Elevator Vintage. Steerage could now be re-established by varying the speed of the two propeller shafts. H.E. Either their gunnery was poor or we were damn lucky. ADDITIONAL NOTES: Doorman received criticism after calling-off this attack. Three tests were envisioned for Operation Crossroads: a Hiroshima-like burst (Able shot), a shallow underwater burst (Baker), and a deeply submerged explosion (1000-2000 feet below the surface). She was the first ship named for John Pope. The undamaged Sasako Maru remained in the landing zone to pick up the landing barges. She was struck from the Naval Register on 26 October 1990. W.C. Blinn, USN). A.A.F. On 21 July 1967, she arrived in Okinawa to disembark partial elements of the 3rd Marine Regiment. She departed Okinawa the following day and on 22 September 1967 disembarking the 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry at Qui Nhon. The action was later the subject of several books and articles [13][11][12] On 1 September 1967, she departed Oakland Army Base with elements of the 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry, reaching Okinawa on 18 September 1967. French Indochina had fallen and the Japanese were marching down the Malay Peninsula toward Singapore. The survivors had been adrift for about 20 hours - in rafts and lifejackets, or clinging to floats, many coated in oil, and some blinded. After about fifteen minutes more at battle stations, and not spotting any additional enemy planes or ships, general quarters were secured and we returned to our quarters to eat breakfast. Even though we were heavily engaged in action, our skipper decided to circle the Exeter, one time, to lay a smoke screen to better enable the men to safely abandon ship without too great a loss of lives. However the ememy soon resumed their original course and were out of sight shortly afterwards. USS Pope had been unable to take part in the Battle of the Java Sea as she had been repairing at Surabaya. gun mounted on the fantail, we had four 50 caliber machine guns mounted on the galley (gun) deck, one four inch gun on the fore deck, two four inch guns on the galley deck, and one on the after deck house. The Americans thought they faced a very powerful enemy, even heavy cruisers were thought to be present. We had to get away from her fast to keep from being sucked under as she sunk. J.W. Naval Base San Diego, transporting elements of the U.S. Army 244th Aviation Company (aerial surveillance), elements of D Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, and elements of the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines. The enemy ships were steering to the north-north-east. On February 3rd the cruisers USS Houston (CA-30), Marblehead (CL-12) and the Dutch light cruiser De Ruyter rendezvoused with nine Dutch and American destroyers off northern Java for another run at the enemy. USS Pope (DD-225) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy that served during World War II. USS Pope (DD-225) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. They sailed from Surabaya in the afternoon of the 19th. This collection of records was created by the Office of Naval Records and Library from various Naval components in an . $500.00. This was my grandfather's terse review of the Steven Spielberg movie back in 1998. When the two British ships were destroyed by gunfire shortly before noon 1 March 1942, Pope found temporary refuge in a rain squall. Boon, RNN(R)), HrMs TM-11 (S.Lt. USS Pope temporary managed to escape from the Japanese warships hiding in rain squalls. Repairs however were under way and while at sea speed could eventually be increased to 23 knots. His ship, the U.S.S. This effort seemed futile, we were taking water on faster that we could pump it out. On board the Exeter the ships engine room staff meanwhile had managed to repair another boiler and speed was increased around 1055 hours to 26 knots. Welford Charles Blinn, USN) departs Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies on 28 February 1942 together with the British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter and the British destroyer HMS Encounter. On 9 January 1942 Pope was one of five destroyers in an escort composed of the cruisers USSBoise(CL-47) and USSMarblehead(CL-12), with the other destroyers USSStewart(DD-224), USSBulmer(DD-222), USSParrott(DD-218), and USSBarker(DD-213) departing from Darwin to Surabaya escorting the transport Bloemfontein. They were steaming in column, on both our port and starboard sides. Wiley exercised administrative control only from the destroyer tender, USS Black Hawk (AD-9), and was not aboard USS Paul Jones during the first three months of . Each engine room is responsible for the propulsion of one of the twin screws that the ship was equipped with. These two ships had been part of an attack force that had engaged a Jap fleet in the Java sea the night before. On exploding, it opened or split some of the plated near the stern, and water began pouring into the after section. At 0200 hours, course was altered to 345 degrees. Very shortly afterwards an enemy destroyer was seen ahead steering towards. I was unlucky enough to have been hit by a machine gun bullet that cut the flesh off my right knee. Pope made visits to French Indochina in 1935 and in 1938, two visits to Japan in 1934 and 1935 and one to the Dutch East Indies in 1936. US Navy Roughly 250 feet long and displacing about 1,200 tons submerged, U-505 was a Type IXC U-boat with a crew of 60. You can locate this information through various sources: Government Sources: The Old Military and Civil Records Branch, National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20408, holds copies of deck logs from 1801 through 1940, as well as . The spring of 1945 saw a round-trip troop-carrying voyage begin in San Francisco 26 March, which took her to Manila, Leyte, and Biak before returning 21 May. I would pray to the good lord silently to protect the crewmen from injury and the ship from destruction. General John Pope was launched under a Maritime Commission contract 21 March 1943 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Kearny, New Jersey; acquired by the Navy 2 July 1943; placed in ferry commission the same day for transfer to Baltimore for conversion to a transport by Maryland Drydock Company, and commissioned in full 5 August 1943. Having distinguished herself in the MAKASSAR STRAITS, in the battle off BALIKPAPAN, (see 1 on map below) and again in the Bali straits, in the battle of Bali, plus a big battle in the LUMBOK STRAITS, (2 on the map) the USS POPE had earned quite a reputation as a fighting ship. Vintage Narrow Shutters. She was the first ship named for John Pope. The Trinity Of Jewish Control: The City Of London, The Vatican And Washington DC. The Dutch cruisers claimed heavy damage on the enemy but according to Japanese reports on the battle damage was only minor and after being initially taken by surprise the Japanese soon counter attacked. Sailing of these ships from Surabaya and course to follow. $12000.00. Vintage Industrial Cabinet. The only Asiatic Fleet destroyer that received any . General quarters was sounded; we left our breakfast immediately and promptly manned our battle stations. Unfortunately commercial salvage divers had discovered Pope previously and save for a skeleton, little now remains of her wreck. As the Dutch naval base at Surabaya was now under daily air attack it was deemed wise to sent the Tromp to Australia for repairs. They were located in the hangar, and the aircraft, usually a scout . Increased tension on China's northern borders due to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria made it necessary for Pope to evacuate Americans from northern Chinese ports such as Lao Yao and Tsingtao to Shanghai beginning 19 September 1937. Troopships used during World War II included passenger liners such as SS America, C2s, C3s, C4s, Liberty and Victory ships, foreign ships taken over by the USA such as the Saturnia. Pope was laid down 9 September 1919 and launched 23 March 1920 from William Cramp and Sons; sponsored by Mrs. William S. Benson; and commissioned 27 October 1920 at Philadelphia, Commander Richard S. Galloway in command. Though my wound was of a superficial nature, several others received more serious wounds. [4] This was to be the start of a long, almost 60 hour ordeal for the men in the water, as the survivors from Pope would not be rescued until almost midnight on 3 March by the Japanese destroyer Inazuma. Unable to stop the spread of war, Piusthe first pope to use radio extensivelymade a series of Christmas broadcasts in which he returned to a number of themes raised by Benedict XV during World War I. This hope was however short lived as the enemy ships were soon seen to turn towards though they were still well hull down. . In May 2011, the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) completed construction of its new facility in St. Louis, Mo. They stayed beyond the range of our secondary battery (guns). Some records, however, date as far back as 1917 and some up to 1967. The Treasures from World War II US Navy Command Files consist primarily of records from the Pacific Theater. They had on board part of the Imperial Japanese Armys 48th Infantry Division and had departed Makassar for Bali during the night of 17/18 February. General John Pope reactivated 17 August 1965 to serve again as a civilian-crewed ship of MSTS, operating from San Francisco. 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