Index for Series of Interviews with Vice Admiral Roland N. Smoot, USN (Ret.)
Administration - Deputy CNO for; study of the future of the navy, etc., 282-283; Smoot named at request of Adm. Pelt, 291-292
USS ALBERT T. GRANT - DD: Lags in battle of Surigao St., target for U. S. fire, 135-138; reactions on board,139; taken in tow, 140
ALHENA - Supply ship, 100-103; torpedoed, 104; towed by DD MONSEEN, 104-107
Atomic Bomb - reactions to dropping on Japan, 182-183
USS AULICK - DD: first command, 48; condition of ship in mothballs, 49-50; difficulties with turbines, 52-54; practice docking, 58-59; new A/S gear installed, 59-60
Badger, Admiral Oscar Charles, 184, 192, 200, 205-207
Battle of Eastern Solomons, 99-100.
Braisted, RADM Prank Alfred: in command of Sound School, 111-113; refusal to let Smoot leave, 112-114
British Base - DD swap: U. S. DDs prepared for delivery at Halifax, 60-62; the turnover, 62-63
Brown, Capt. Wm. D.: commanding officer of BB MISSOURI, 259-262; 265; distress of his wife over grounding, 265
Burhans, RADM A. D., skipper of PORTLAND, 110
Burke, Adm. Arleigh: names Smoot to Taiwan Defense Command, 293-295 Cape Cod Canal, 77-80
Career Building, comments on, 277, 279-280
Carney, Adm. Robert B., 198, 200-201; effect on Smoot's assignment, 202
CASCADE, Headquarters Ship, 123
USS CHASE - DD, 15-16
Chiang Ching-Kuo, son of Chiang Kai-shek, 320; takes Smoot on a secret journey to inspect Special Forces under his command, 321-324; outlines the Gimo’s plan of action, 324, 326-327
Chiang Kai-shek: The Gimo, 296-297; 308-310; 319; 329-330; requests Smoot’s tour of duty be extended, 333; decorates Smoot, 336
Chiang, Madame, 301-302, ff; tells Smoots about farewell party, 336
Chinese Manners and Customs, 306-308, 335-337
Civil Service Commission - on Oahu: survey of available workers, 43-44; discrimination against the Japanese 45-46
SS CLEVELAND, Smoot’s homeward trip from Taiwan, 336-339
Convoy Duty - North Atlantic - Iceland - U.K., 66-75
CRU DIV 3, command in Japanese water, 272; Smoot relieved of command, 276
Cruise, VADm. Edgar Allen (nickname - Batt), 120
USS DES MOINES, 245-246 DESRON 56: Smoot in command, 154, 175, 200
Destroyers - Unit commander, 178; assigned as screen to Fast Carrier Task Force, 178; "delousing stations" established, 180-181
Doolittle, Gen. James. H., 82-84, 92
Doyle, Admiral Austin K., turns over Taiwan Defense Command, 300
Drumright, The Hon. Everett F., U. S. Ambassador to Nationalist China, 331-332
ENIWETOK, 118
Eisenhower, President Dwight D., visit Taiwan, 328-329
E-ring, Pentagon, 280-281
Felt, Adm. C. D., Vice CNO, 284, 291, 299, awards DSM, 336
Guadalcanal, participation in battle, 92-97
Guantanamo, 24.8
Halsey, Fleet Adm. Wm., 18, 21.6; San Bernardino Strait, 145-146; plans for surrender party, 192; ashore after surrender, 198
Hird, Captain Harry, 41
Holloway, Adm. James L., Jr., commander of cruisers, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, 267; begins using computers in BuPers, 27.0; offers Smoot job as head of P.G. School, 280; 285
Homosexuals, problems attendant on, 118-121
HORNET, USS, CV: DD MONSSEN and her squadron, escorts for Doolittle raid on Tokyo, 82-84
Houston, home port of Caribbean Neutrality Patrol, 58-59
Hu, S. K., Military aide to President Chiang, 312
ICELAND, 67-68, 72-73, 76
Iron Bottom Bay, 92
Iwo Jima, 158-159
Kamikaze, attacks on fleet off Okinawa, 163-173; shock results for personnel, 168; battle fatigue as result, 177
Kauffman, VADM (Reggie) James L. - Squadron Commander, 51, 56-57, gets Smoot sprung from Sound School at San Diego, 113; puts Smoot in command of Task Unit of inter-island bombardment DDs, 116-117; gives Smoot orders to set up DD base at Eniwetok, 118-119
Kerama Retta, landing on, 161; NEWCOMB towed there, 167
King, Fleet Adm. E. J., 18, 110, 112
Kurita, Vice Adm. T. (Japanese), story of his turn around at Leyte Gulf, 143-145
Kwajalein, base for DDs harassing Japanese in bypassed islands, 117
Leahy, Fleet Adm. William D., 18
USS LEARY - DD: Battle of Surigao St., 136-13, Smoot and staff transfer to her after Newcomb damaged, 167
Libby, VADM R. E., 122-125
Lingayen Gulf Operation, 151-153; incident of man overboard, 152-153
Long Beach, California, 276-277 USS LOUISVILLE, fires at DD GRANT in battle of Surigao Strait, 136
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, incident involving a hospital ship, 199-200
Manus, R and R after Leyte, 149-150
Mao Tse-tung, 325
Martin, Adm. Beauty, 175
MARYLAND - BB, 36-37, ordnance in use, 38-39
McClain, RAdm. Tex, 235-239
Midshipman Cruise, Chief of Staff to Task Force commander, vicissitudes of, 235-238
Midway, Battle of, 87
Mindoro, 149
Mine Force Commander, 276-277; problems with new minesweepers, 278
USS MISSOURI - BB, surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, 196-197, 239; goes aground at Norfolk, 254, 263-264; morale factor for wives of officers, 266
MONSSEN, USS - DD, 64-66; convoy duty in North Atlantic, 66-69; rescues torpedoed DD, 69-71; stands watch on BB TIRPITZ in North Atlantic storm, 72-75; 76; failure to rendezvous with BB WASHINGTON off Cape Cod Canal, 77- 80; escort for HORNET on Doolittle raid, 82-84; not fully equipped for action at Midway, 88; participation in Battle of Guadalcanal, 90-97; rescues torpedoed supply ship ALHENA, 104-107; 108; gets new skipper, 109
Morrow, The Hon. Dwight W., four rules of life as ascribed to him, 227-228, 230
USS NARWHAL, duty on, 29-33; an experimental deep dive, 31-32
Navy Selection System, introduced, 36, 39
Neutrality Patrol, 58-60
NEWCOMB - DD, Smoot takes command of DesRon 56 on board NEWCOMB, 123; summary of impressions on engagements, 125; Battle of Leyte, Gulf, 127-138; credit for sinking enemy BB, 139-140; difficulties with refueling, 141-143; kamikaze attack on in Linguyen Gulf, 151; kamikaze attack on her at Okinawa, 164-166; out of battle, 172
Newport News Shipbuilding Co., 244
Nimitz, Fleet Adm. Chester, 18, 84-85, Coral Sea planning, 85-86, 88-89
Officer Distribution - Director of, 215-222; problems involved in captain assignments, 222; reduction of personnel, 223-225; job as an 'Admiral maker,' 228; influence peddling, 229-230; coordination of efforts at officer detailing, 233-234; illustration of failure of system, 239-240; comments on failure of the system as it pertained to Captain of BB MISSOURI at time of her grounding, 259-260
Okinawa, 161-163, concerted attack of kamikaze, 163, ’call fire for DDs, 173-174; Japanese tactics, 174; Smoot goes ashore,
Ormoc Convoys, 147-148 Pearl Harbor, 75
Pearl Harbor Shipyard, duty there, 41-42; pre-WW II enlargement, 43; personnel plans, 43-44; apprentice school established, 44
Personnel - Assistant CNO for, 281-283, 285-286, preparation of Budget, 287-288; contingency funds, 289
Personnel Control: Smoot becomes Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Personnel Control, 267-272; naming of selection boards, 268; comments on selection process, 269 ff
Personnel matters, contrast between battleship’s sailor and small ship’s sailor, 40
Port Director, Yokosuka, 198-199; incident involving hospital ship, 199-200; visits to various parts of Japan, 202 Post Graduate School, 24, at Penn State U., 25-26; Smoot is forced to re-write his thesis, 27-29
Puller, Gen. ‘Chesty’: rescue of Puller and his men from Japanese trap, Guadalcanal, 101-103
Rodgers, VAdm. Bertram Joseph, 158; in command of support force for Okinawa, 163; puts Smoot in command of attack group of DDs, 167, 169
USS S-7, Smoot has duty on, 20-21
USS S-26, Smoot has duty on, 20-21; considers this duty beginning of his career, 22
Sabatori, Henry, 339
Salazar, Premier Antonio de Oliveira, bestows Medal of Order of Aviz, 337
San Bernardino Strait, 130
Sasebo, 273, 277
Savo Island, first battle of, 96-99, 134
Shima, Vice Adm. K. (Japanese), battle of Surigao Strait, 144
Smith, Adm. H. P., takes over command of BB MISSOURI after grounding, 264
Smith, VAdm. Hoke, 252-254, names new skipper for BB MISSOURI, 264
Smoot, Senator Reed, 3-5
Smoot, VAdm. Roland: early history, 1-5; Naval Academy, 6-14; family background, 1-4; concept of personal leadership, 8-10; religious background, 11; makes j.g., 23; Lt., 24; studies horography, 26; selection for Lt. Cdr., 47; Illness forces hospitalization, 109-110; selection for Commodore, 175; retirement and activities thereafter, 339-349
Smoot, Mrs. Roland, works with wives of officers on board grounded MISSOURI, 265-266, 299-301, 330-331, 333
Sound School, 110; Smoot sets up school at request of Adm. King, 110-111
Spruance, Adm. Raymond, 146
Stump, Adm. Felix, 295
Submarine School, Smoot attends, 18-19
Mt. Suribachi - on Iwo Jima, 159 Taipei, 298, 303, 308
Taiwan Defense Command, 295; historical background, 296, telephone bugging of quarters, 303-305, communist shelling of offshore islands, 312-313, U. S. Forces take over military defense of Taiwan during crisis, 314-319, problems of heavy social life on Taiwan, 328, attends Cabinet meetings at invitation of President, 330, made an honorary citizen of Taiwan, 332-333
TENNESSEE, USS - BB, 133
Thach, Adm. John S., 236, 239
TIRPITZ - German BB, 72-73; U. S. and British forces mass off Iceland to intercept, 72-73
Tongatabu, rehearsal for Guadalcanal landing, 90
Tulagi, 94, 96, 98
Tyree, RAdm. David Merrill, Commander CruDiv 3, 273
USS NEWPORT NEWS - Cruiser, building in Newport News Shipyard, 232, 240-242, selection of staff, 242-243, putting her in commission, 244, gift of silver service, 244, life of commanding officer, 246-251
Wang Shu Min, General: Chief of the General Staff on Taiwan, 300 WASHINGTON, USS - BB, off Cape Cod Canal, incident involving MONSEEN, her designated escort, 77-80
Wilmer and Chews, prep school, 4-5
Womble, RAdm. John P., Jr., 201
Wong, General Tiger, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff on Taiwan, 317-318
Yokosuka: preparations for landings 184; landing operations, 186-187; prisoners freed, 187-189; 190-192; attitude of Japanese Naval Officers at base, 196; post surrender attitudes of Japanese people, 197; 20.3.-204; British landing party, 207; British looting, 208-210; surrender ceremony for all Japanese DDs in Yokosuka, 211-214
Young, Brigham, 2
Yu Tai Wei - Minister of Defense, 300, 302, 317-318