All of the images are of newspaper articles and many include news photos. The collection consists of articles that in some way touched on the 13th Naval District.

War news

The sinking of the USS Liscombe Bay (CVE 56) by a Japanese submarine (I-175) on 24 November 1943 was news to the 13th Naval District. The escort carrier was built in the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company shipyard in Vancouver, Washington, between 1942 and its commissioning in August 1943. 646 officers and men died, including her commanding officer, I.D. Wiltsie, and Rear Admiral H.M. Mullinix. Among the dead was Doris Miller, the black navy steward of the USS West Virginia decorated for his the actions during Pearl Harbor.

Shipyard news

The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard was originally established in 1891 as a Naval Station and was designated Navy Yard Puget Sound in 1901. In the 1950s the Naval Shipyard was engaged in an extensive program of modernizing aircraft carriers. Image 2 is a picture of the recommissioning ceremony of the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) in April 1956.

Local news

Hospital Corpsman, Second Class Kenneth D. Mains was honored as US Naval Hospital Bremerton’s “man of the month” in April 1960. He was the leading petty officer of the hospital’s admission unit. A native of Battle Creek, Michigan, he joined the Navy in 1947 and reported for duty at Bremerton in 1959. Extra liberty and dinner at a local restaurant came with the honor.

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