Uss nashville ww1

MacArthur was so fond of Nashville that he had plans to use her for the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay. She remained at her battle station fighting off an air attack as her crew bravely fought the fire and tended to the wounded. Many, many brave men did extraordinarily brave acts that day.

After sea trials she was back in the fight in the Pacific where she remained for the duration of the war. Nashville was in Subic Bay, Philippines when the war ended. After dealing with a typhoon she made her way up the Yangtze River of China to Shanghai where she took control of several Japanese naval vessels and prisoners.

She then made several roundtrips to California, transporting American troops home. On one such trip she rescued a foundering troop transport off the coast of San Francisco and safely took her to harbor.

Decommissioned by Chile in , she was renamed Chacabuco although Chileans still referred to her as Prat and used as an accommodation hulk. The end came for Nashville in when she was sold for scrap and towed to Taiwan for dismantling. Men in war become brothers in ways no one else could possibly do so. It was not that long after the war that the crew would meet up individually or in small groups. And from this came larger and more regular group gatherings that led to a formal reunion organization that was headed up by various individuals and couples over the decades.

As a center point in the country the Remler home became a waypoint for Nashvillers traveling across the nation. After Puget Sound Navy Yard workers repaired Nashville 's kamikaze damage, the ship returned to the western Pacific in May and spent the final months of the war primarily supporting operations in Borneo.

In , the US Navy transferred the ship to the Chilean Navy, who used her until finally sold for scrap in The book contains just a few typos and misspellings, such as McArthur instead of MacArthur and Yamato instead of Yamamoto.

The description of the end of the war has an incorrect statement that all of the eight kamikaze planes led by Vice Admiral Ugaki were shot down p. The Preface ends with the following words:. All of them were in danger at various times and all of them saw the grotesqueness of death during war.

Many displayed stunning acts of heroism in defense of their ship and the care of their shipmates. Yet never once during hundreds of conversations did I hear a boastful remark from a crew member in regards to his role and actions. They were proud and boastful about the ship and their crewmates, never about themselves.

They truly were, and are, humble heroes. On 15 September the Nashville was part of TG She also carried the General during the landings on Leyte 20 October and formed part of the force guarding the beachheads until 25 October. This was followed by a brief spell of repairs at Manus. On 13 December she was hit by a kamikaze aircraft while operating off Negros Islands.

The aircraft hit her port 5in turret, causing massive fires amidships. She suffered dead and wounded in the attack and had to return to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for repairs that lasted from January to mid March She took part in the Allied landings at Brunei Bay on Borneo, and provided part of the anti-aircraft cover for Allied aircraft carriers operating in the Makassar Straits, to the east of Borneo.

On 29 July she was ordered to attack a Japanese convoy off the coast of Indochina, but this final wartime mission was cancelled. After the end of the fighting the Nashville took part in the surrender of Japanese forces in Shanghai September. In November she began a 'magic carpet' trip, carrying servicemen heading back to the United States. She travelled via Pearl Harbor, and reached California on 3 December.

She then carried out a second 'magic carpet' trip, this time bringing troops back from Eniwetok and Kwajalein. Towards the end of this trip she also helped tow the transport St.