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...
by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
Dear Shipmates, Many thanks and my greatest appreciation to Peter A. Pizzi (4th Division, 1961-1964) who let me borrow the 1962 Cruise Book. The 1962 Cruise Book is now shown in the web site. Many thanks also, and my greatest appreciation as well to Stephen R....
by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
I will never forget the first time we had liberty call in Yokosuka, Japan. My friend Leo and I went ashore to check the place out. After spending some time in the Cabaret Black Rose and had a couple of cool ones we started getting hungry and decided to get something...
by saintpauladmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Memories
My father, Eddie C. Cadena was from Saspamco, Texas. He served aboard the USS SAINT PAUL in Bravo Division in 1953-1956 with the Korean War Service. He was under the area command of the Commandant Eleventh Naval District. He was awarded the Korean and China Service...
by saintpauladmin | Jan 21, 2015 | Memories
The most important thing that I could say about my father, Erasmo O. Tovar, and the Navy is one word – Proud!! My father enlisted in the Navy at the age of 21 years old. His passion for what the Navy and the world had to offer was endless. The stories that my...
by saintpauladmin | Jan 21, 2015 | Memories
Anecdotes about C.V. Ricketts who was captain in 1955-1956 As a Lt. on December 7, 1941, he was the assistant gunnery officer on the USS West Virginia. On his own, he went to damage control central and prevented her from capsizing. She had seven torpedoes in her side...
by saintpauladmin | Jan 21, 2015 | Memories
Greetings to all “Fighting Saint” shipmates. I will never forget the time the USS SAINT PAUL went on a goodwill cruise to Portland, Oregon. It was during the famous Rose Festival. It was amazing how the roses would be in full bloom during the winter...
