Evening star., 1945-10-28
Navy Stages Pageant
OF Air and Sea Power
For New York Millions
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Oct. 27.-The Navy
today staged for President Truman
and millions Of civilians majestic
Navy Day pageant of the vast sea
and air power which won mastery
of the oceans in history's greatest
war. Fl
Towering shore structures formed
q magnificent backdrop for seven
mile segment of the globes mightiest
Navy as its Commander in Chief
passed in review along the Hudson
River.
Forty seven fighting vessels
from supercarriers to sub-chasers-
studded the Hudson in formal ar
ray, crews standing at attention on
their decks. ii
21-Gun Volleys Fired.
Thunderous 21-gun volleys from
each of the gray-coated men-o'-war
reverberated in the clear, bracing
autumn air as the presidential YES
sci, the destroyer Renshaw, passed
on its way upstream.
Overhead, in giant display OF
naval air power, 1900 fighters and
bombers-the greatest number ever
assembled for such an occasion
few in salute to the Chief Executive.
Lining the Hudson's shores, mil
lions viewed the war-like panorama
from Riverside drive and the New
Jersey Palisades.
There was the great battleship
Missouri, on whose deck the Japa-
nese formally surrendered last Sep
tember 2. Big Mo" saluted the
President on three ooccasions-as
Mr.. Truman arrived for lunch
aboard the era. t, as he departed and
later during tne fleet review.
In contrast to the Missouri, the
most modern of warships, there was
the New York, 81 years old, which
made noble record in her youth
in the World War and climaxed her
career by being the only major ship
that stood offshore throughout the
78 days of shelling off Okinawa. She
Is now headed for decommissioning.
big E" Also on Review.
Then the Big E." formally
known as the carrier Enterprise. Her
planes and her guns sent Gil enemy
planes into the Pacific and her air
arm sank II ships.
Standing by was the largest, most
modern warship in the world, the
supercarrier Midway, named for
Americas S great naval victory in the
Pacific but commissioned too late to
deliver blows of it's own against the
japanese.
The cruiser Boise, the light air.
craft carrier Monterey, the Croatan
"a 12,000-ton escort carrier-the
destroyers Sigourney, the Foote, the
Bache, and submarines with records
that already are part of the new
history of the Nation also flashed
in the sunshine as President Truman
looked on.
Units of the 12-mile long sky
armada came from points as far
away as Cleveland, Ohio; Bangor,
Me, and Charleston, S. c., with
Long Branch, N. j., as the rendez-
vous point. 1t was forced in pre-
cisely the same manner as the thou
sand-plane strikes against Japan in
the closing stages of the war
Carrier Roosevelt Commissioned.
The name of Franklin D. Roose-
welt returned to the Nations active
service list today on the newest
ship of the American feet, 45,0O0-
ton supercarrier.
Commissioning ceremonies, at
tended by President Truman, Mrs.
Roosevelt and 1t. Comdr. Franklin
D. Roosevelt, jr., were held for the
carrier at the New York Navy Yard
in Brooklyn.
A small fluttering commission
pennant and the presidential en-
sign were hoisted to the superstruc-
ture on the order of Rear Admiral
F. A. Daubin, commandant of the
navy yard
When the pennant reached a
point high above the tremendous
flight deck, the ship was commits
stoned. 1t was as simple as that.
Mayor F. H La Guardia, Secre-
tary of the Navy Forrestsl, Postmas-
ter General, Robert Hannegan, Ad-
miral William D. Leahy and others
joined with President to shade their
eyes and look up at the sunlit sky
as the Roosevelt's planes flew over
head in a formation which fash
ioned the letters, "F. D. r."