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N a v a l O r d e r o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s – S a n F r a n c i s c o C o m m a n d e r y Mission: History Studiorum Historiam Praemium Est Volume 1, Issue 3 HHHHHH 5 April 1999 1865: Worst Ever U.S. 1945: The Mightiest Armada Ever Marine Disaster Kills Carries the Pacific War to Okinawa 1,800 Union POW’s It was the worst marine disaster in American history. It happened to the river steamer Sultana at two in the morning on April 27, 1865, when her boiler exploded on the Mississippi. Somewhere between 1,700 and 1,800 men lost their lives, when Sultana blew up, caught fire and sank, a few miles above Memphis, as she was passing a cluster of islands known in those days as the Hen and Chickens. The 1,700 to 1,800 men were part of a cargo — that’s the right word here — of men that Sultana was taking home to Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and there- abouts. The rest of the cargo — about 500 or 600 men — were saved. The men were on their way home to THE BIG GUNS OF USS TENNESSEE pound Okinawa as soldiers of the 24th Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and there- Arm y Corps head for the beach. It would take three M arine divisions and four Arm y divisions three m onths to secure the island. 1942: Malta’s Defense Okinawa Proves to be Calls for Spitfires — Bloodiest Pacific Battle From the bridge of his flagship, USS Wasp Delivers the Goods Indianapolis, Admiral Raymond A. Though the Royal Navy had effec- Spruance could look out on the mighti- tively affirmed its control of the Medi- est armada the world had ever seen — terranean Sea with its victory over Ital- if he could see that far. IT W AS STAND ING ROOM ONLY ian naval forces at Cape Matapan in For the invasion of Okinawa on Easter Sunday, 1 April 1945, he had on Sultana as she left Vicksburg with March 1941, it was control of the sea more than 40 aircraft carriers, 18 battle- about 2,300 repatriated Union POW s only. The skies belonged to the Luft- waffe wherever within range of its ships, 12 heavy cruisers, 15 light cruis- ers, the only two U.S. battle cruisers, abouts from places like Andersonville, bases. Malta and its approaches were within Alaska and Guam, about 200 destroyers which was a prison down in the South. and hundreds of assorted transports and They were Union soldiers who had range of Axis airbases in Sicily, only 60 nautical miles away, and German- support ships — more than 1,300 ships been prisoners of war of the Rebels in in all. He would need them. Okinawa the American Civil War. Most were occupied Tunisia, 175. And Malta was the only British land between Gibraltar, was a prefecture of Japan. Spruance emaciated, suffering from malnutrition, was hitting the Japs where they lived. and many were on litters, but all were nearly 1,000 miles to the west, and Al- (Continued on page 2) Spruance would land an invasion (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 3) PAGE 2 MISSION: HISTORY VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3 Wasp Launches 59 Aircraft in 61 Minutes Overloaded Steamship Sinks Near Memphis After Boilers Blow Up (Continued from Page 1) glad to be going home. They had boarded Sultana in Vicks- burg and there were so many that keep- ing count was impossible. That’s why no one is sure how many died or how many were saved. They kept getting on the steamer even though she was sup- posed to carry only 376 persons includ- ing her crew, and that was the law. Capt. J. C. Mason of St. Louis was a good riverman and he knew the law, but he was happy that the war was over too, and he was happy to be taking all these former prisoners back to the RAF GROUND C REW S AT SEA ready som e of the 47 Spitfires for launch. USS towns and farms in Ohio, Michigan, W asp was borrowed from the U.S. Navy because no British carrier, such as Indiana and thereabouts. The soldiers HM S Eagle here, could carry a sufficient num ber to get the job done. quit getting on the boat when there was no more room to even stand. (Continued from page 1) through the Minch, which separates the Sultana cleared Vicksburg on 24 exandria, about 800 miles east in Isle of Skye from the Outer Hebrides, April and arrived in Memphis on the Egypt. In 1940, the island’s air de- and right up the River Clyde to Glas- evening of the 27th, where a leaky fenses consisted of three biplane fight- gow. Crowds lined the banks of the ers named Faith, Hope and Charity. river to see and cheer the giant Ameri- boiler was repaired. At about midnight, Malta’s 115 square miles of rock can ship, then just two years old. she crossed the river to load coal, and could not feed its 275,000 people, and Wasp embarked 47 Spitfires and their then headed north, fighting the Father the Germans mounted a ‘round the pilots and a few ground crew at King of Waters which was swollen by spring clock air siege to starve the island out. George V Dock. She then joined her floods. A few miles upstream from Convoys were attacked en route to escort, an element of the British Home Memphis, right by the Hen and Chick- Malta and ships were sunk at wharfside Fleet with Commodore C. S. Daniel RN ens, the boiler gave up. The blast lit up while they were unloading. Though a commanding in the battle cruiser HMS the sky and was heard back in Memphis few Hurricane fighters had joined Renown. Captain W. W. Warlick USN where the watch officer of USS Gros- Faith, Hope and Charity, Malta needed commanded a destroyer screen consist- beak, a gunboat, checked the time. It Spitfires to wrest control of the air from ing of two U.S. and four British ships. was 2:00 a.m. the Germans, but the island was well The force sailed from England on 16 Not much note was taken of the disas- out of fighter range from any British April 1942 on a six-day voyage to the ter because the war was just over and bases. Mediterranean that was uneventful and, the president had just been assassinated It would be too risky to crate the Spits at 0400 on 22 April, within range of — Lincoln’s funeral train was crossing and attempt to ship them in with a con- Malta, she began to fly off her planes, voy, and they wouldn’t be ready to the weary land as it happened. And not first a dozen of her own for combat air fight until they had been reassembled much note has been taken since. Look patrol and then the Spits. Wasp even if they got there. It was decided for “Sultana” in most standard refer- launched 59 airplanes in one hour and that the only way to provide the air- ences — it’s not there. one minute. planes was by carrier. But the British About 500 died in the San Francisco did not have an aircraft carrier that Wasp’s presence in the Med was not earthquake and fire, and they made could ferry enough planes to be worth- unknown to the enemy. Berlin Betty, a movies of it. About 1,500 went down while. sexy-sounding German radio propagan- with the Titanic, and they made movies USS Wasp was operating in the North dist, commiserated with the “poor of that. Perhaps the 1,700 to 1,800 sol- Sea and a former naval person asked American boys and their fine ship” who diers who didn’t get back to Ohio, his American friend for a favor. With were certain to be sunk. Michigan or Indiana would be better approval of Admiral Ernest J. King, Poor Berlin Betty. Wasp returned to Captain John W. Reeves sailed Wasp remembered if someone made a movie. do it again the following month. around the north of Scotland, down All three are April events. VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3 MISSION: HISTORY PAGE 3 1587: Drake Hits Spanish in Home Port; Kamikazes from Kyushu ‘Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard’ Sink 30 American Ships, Damage 164 Others (Continued from page 1) force consisting of the 24th Army Corps with four infantry divisions, and the 3rd Marine Amphibious Corps with three Marine divisions. The southern portion of Okinawa would be taken first because of the need to capture two airfields that would be needed quickly to fend off kamikaze attacks, which had already begun. Wasp had been hit first, while operat- ing near the Japanese home islands. The carrier Franklin was hit and aban- doned, but survived. On April 6, the first use of massed formations of hun- dreds of kamikazes hit the fleet. By the SIR FRANCIS D RAKE’S sm all fleet attacked from out of the sunset, using fire time Okinawa was secured, 1,465 ka- ships to destroy Spanish ships where they were anchored. His daring attack mikaze flights had been flown from set back the Spanish Arm ada attack on England by an entire year. Kyushu and had sunk 30 American ships and damaged 164 others. With Just 23 Ships, English Fleet Destroys 100 of Spain’s Ashore, the going seemed easy at On the evening of 19 April 1587, Sir lem of his second in command, a gov- first, but the Japs were dug in, particu- Francis Drake took about 23 English ernment “watchdog” naval officer, by larly around Shuri Castle, the key de- ships into Cadiz Bay on the southwest putting the man in irons.
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