The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-23
U. S. S. CRUISER
DROPS ANCHOR
AT THIS PORT
Five Destroyers Scheduled
to Arrive Here Sat
urday Morning
FLEET WILL REMAIN
HERE UNTIL MONDAY
Visiting Hours from | Until
4 O'clock Every After
noon During Stay

Dropping anchor in Gastineau
Channel at 1915 o'clock this morn
ing, the U.S.S. Detroit arrived here
to mark the opening of Juneaus
Fleet Week for 1896.
The Detroit, with Rear Admiral
C. H. Woodward, commanding the
Destroyer Division, Battle Force.
aboard, is the first Navy vessel to
visit Juneau this year.
Five destroyers will arrive Satur-
day, to remain until Monday, when
all of the ships will go to Sitka for
two days before returning south.
The Detroit commanded by Cap
tain c. A. Clement came direct to
Juneau from Port Angeles, WASH
ington, the only stop enroute being
an overnight anchorage off Bella
Bella, B. @. She is here expressly
for visit to Southeast Alaska ports,
an annual gesture of the Navy. The
Detroit, along with the U.S.S. In
dianapolis and the U.S.S. Chicago,
and several destroyers was one of
the naval vessels that came to Jul
neau last summer.
The Detroit will be here until
Monday, July 81, when she will sail
to Sitka, along with the destroyers,
remaining there from July % to
July 80. ~ x .ssfe p
The Sitka stop will terminate her
stay In Alaska waters at this time.
From Sitka all the ships will pro-
coed to Portland, Oregon for Fleet
Week there, with short stop at
Port Angeles on the way. The yes
sells are due to arrive in Portland
August 8.
Many of the Staff and Ships Of
ficers and men aboard the Detroit
were with the ship on her visit here
last year and expressed great pleas
ure at being able to return here
again, all having greatly enjoyed
their former stay. In fact one cox
swain had bit of explaining to do
to one of Juneau's very youngest
young men this morning. When he
locked ships boat at the float,
the first words he heard were: Il
wrote you letter last year. Why
didn't you answer it? Next time
you better answer Civilian visitors
will be welcomed aboard all the
vessels from o'clock until o'clock
each afternoon during the visit here
Boats will carry visitors from the
Government float to the ships dur
ing those hours. The first boat from
the Detroit left there at l o'clock
this afternoon.
Officers of Admiral Woodward's
Staff aboard the Detroit are:
Staff Commander Destroyers,
Battle Force, U. S. Fleet: Rear Ad-
miral c. H. Woodward, Captain B.
McCandless, Commander p. H.
Dunbar. Jr., Lieut. Comdr. C. t.
JOY; Lieut. Comdr. j. H. Doyle,
Lieutenant p. ]. Register. Lieuten-
ant E. A. Taylor, Lieutenant jg)
j. A. Morrison; Chief Pharmacist
r. Hapke, Chief Pay Clerk r. B.
Murto, id.
Officers attached to the U.S.S.
Detroit. Captain S. A. Clement,
Commanding; Commander II. E.
Fisher, Executive; Lieut. Comdr.
S. H. Gambrlll, Lieut. -Comdr. P. r.
deineman. Lieutenant B. @. Lake.
Lieutenant J. w Jamison, Lieuten-
ant J. M. B r. Armstrong, Lieu
tenant (jg) H. L. Edwards, Lieu.
tenant Gg) F. B. c. Martin, Lieu
tenant Gg) r. w Eden, Lieutenant
Gg) L. S. Pancake, Ensign j. d.
Ferguson, Ensign C. M. Bertholf,
Ensign w. A. Settle, Jr
Ensign r. B. Winfield, Ensign w.
j. johnson. Ensign j. NJ Oseth.
Lieut.. -Comdr. E. B. Taylor CMC),
Lieut.. -Comdr, H. A. Miller tSC).