The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-27
TRUMAN OUTLINES U. s. FOREIGN POLIO
Charleston, Here for Navy Week, WeIIknown for Her
 Patrol Work, Alaska Seefor

The Charleston, one of the three Naval vessels in Juneau for Navy Week and for Navy Day today ha: been serving mainly in the Aleutiar Islands sector during World Wal No. 2. She is wellknown to Alaskan coastal city residents. Aboard tho Charleston are "A officers, TIT en- | listed Navy men and 40 marines. The Charleston, commissioned al the Charleston, South Carolina shir yards on July 8, 1886. is BPS feet long overall, beam Al feet 8i4 inches draft Is feet 3.6 inches and dis placement approximately 2500 tons Her main battery consists of foui 6-inch AT caliber guns, anti-aircraft battery, four quadruple and eight single machine guns. Her main engines are ParSons-geared turbines driving two shafts and generating a shaft horsepower of 6200 at speed slightly under 20 knots He boilers were constructed by Babcock and Wilcox
 Transatlantic Cruise
 In the spring of 1937 she made a cruise from New York City to Trieste Italy, which thus far has been hel only transatlantic voyage. From the spring of 1887 until September 1940, she was on duty in the genera area of the Panama Canal Zone
 While operating in this area or various patrol duties. she was assign ed to the Commander Special Ser vice Squadron in Panama. During this time, she visited such places as Puerto Rico; Cuba; Coco Solo; Tabo. ga; Nicaragua; Honduras; Calves
 ton, Texas; Panama City, Florida
 Bahamas; Salvador and various ports in Venezuela and Mexico. ] To Alaskan Sector
 i In the autumn of 1940, she went i to Seattle, Wash, and soon was as- signed as the flagship for the Com maneer Alaskan Sector. In this cap acity, she made various patrol trips to British Columbia, Alaska and the Aleutian Islands until the declara tion of war against Japan on Decem- Der S. 1941.
 From this date until the present time the ship has been serving pri- malily in the Aleutian Island area in various capacities, including pa trolling, escorting and as guardshir fer Air-Sea Rescue assignments.
 In the spring of 1944, the Charles ton was assigned to the Alaskan Sea Frontier as the flagship of the Commander. While assigned tc Alaskan waters, she has visited She mya, Attu, Amchitka, Adak, Dutch Harbcr, Semichi, Sand Bay, Cher ncfsN Bay, Tanaga, Kiska,. Sitka Juneau, Sand Point, Atka. Cold Bay Seward, Seal Cape, Unimak Pass Naknek, Port Hieden, Good News Bay, Otter Point, Ketchikan, Port Anthorp, Nome, Kotzebue, Teller Knog Island, St. Paul, St. Matthew St. George, Bogoslof, Gardena Bay Shaken Bay, Protection, Peters burg, Washington Bay, Cordova Yakutat. Latouchi Bay, Saw Mil Bay, Chignik, Ivanhof Bay and King Cove, as well as Port McNeill, Prince Rupert, Esquimault and Bella Bella in British Columbia. From Decem- Der 8, 1941, to the present time, the ship has been engaged in 130 escort missions with total of 263 ships in 1 the conveys.
 MdjCr Encounter
 The ship was engaged in one ma i jor encounter with the enemy Dur ing the occupation of the Island oi Attu, by United States Forces in the month of May, 1943, she was as- signed additional duties as fire sup port against Japanese shore installa- tions under the direction of the Commanding General for Attu Nine hundred fifty-one rounds o1 6-inch 47 caliber common shells were expended during three days firing, 99 rounds on May 22, ASA rounds on May 25 and 368 rounds or May 26. The Charleston, with two other Naval vessels, was employed ir a close inshore patrol in the Holtz Ray-Chichagof Harbor- -Sarana Bay area. A plane spotter continuously informed the ship of complete de- molishment of various enemy in- stallations, including 3-inch anti aircraft gun emplacement No per sonnel casualties were suffered or board.
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