by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
Arthur Beaumont’s paintings After watching the Arthur Beaumont Sketches in the USS SAINT PAUL’S Associations web site, a cherished memory came to my mind: Arthur Beaumont’s wife, Mrs. Beaumont, was the girl’s vice-principal of Stevenson Jr....
by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
All I can remember about the training cruise from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor was that we worked the Midshipmen hard. I remember in particular a tall, young midshipman who was ready to do anything he was told to do; running here, there and everywhere. After a while...
by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
When the heavy cruiser St. Paul slid into Inchon harbor the night of Sept. 15 the coast line and shore emplacements had already tasted the lethal power of its guns. From dawn until late morning of Sept. 15, St. Paul, its sister ship the Rochester and the big Mo had...
by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
Houstonian Escaped In Ship Explosion Seamen Tony Esquivel of Houston was on the cruiser St. Paul when an 8-inch gun turrent(sic) explosion killed 30 of his shipmates on April 21. But death was very close for Esquivel… only a moment or two away. Now that the censors...
by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
“Now hear this, Liberty Call, Liberty Call! Liberty commences at 1600 for sections 2 & 3…” This was the most welcome sound to come over the 1MC. It was January 1969, San Diego, California. I’ve just been paid, $45.50 in cash. It’s Friday night and I have the...
