Passed Great Sitkin Island abeam to port.

Task group commenced steering various courses and using various speeds while making the approach to Kuluk Bay.

The USS Baltimore stopped temporarily while Vice Adm. Frank Jack Fletcher, USN, Commander North Pacific Force, Pacific Fleet and Commander Alaskan Sea Frontier; Rear Adm. F. E. M. Whiting, USN, Commandant Seventeenth Naval District; and Lt. J. W. Adams, USNR, a local pilot, came on board from a launch. As we stood into Adak Harbor it was noted that the officers and men attached to the vessals present were manning the rail in honor of FDR. The USS Baltimore hoisted FDR's flag. Distance traveled, Pearl Harbor, HI to Adak, AK, 2335 miles.

Note: Ships present were the USS Charleston (gunboat), Black Hawk (destroyer tender), Brazos and Cuyama ( oilers), One destroyer escort, several patrol craft, 8 merchantmen.

The USS Baltimore moors, starboard side to Pier #7, Sweepers Cove. Shortly after mooring the following officers came on board to call on FDR: Lt. Gen. Dellos C. Emmons, USA, Commanding General Alaskan Dept.; Maj. Gen. D. Johnson, USA, Commanding General, Eleventh Air Force; Brig. Gen. H. F. Thompson, USA, Commanding General Troops at Adak; Brig. Gen. Bathhurst, USA, Chief of Staff to Gen. Johnson; Capt. A. I. Price, USN, Commandant, Naval Operating Base, Adak; Capt. R. E. Robinson, Jr., USN, Chief of Staff to Adm. Fletcher. It was raining lightly as we docked. The rain continued throughout the day, later increasing in intensity.

FDR and his party dep. the ship to make an inspection of the various activities at Adak. Honors were rendered by the Army Post band and the Marine guard as FDR dep. the pier. His route of inspection took him about the various parts of the Naval Base, thence to Adm. Whiting's quarters at the head of Finger Bay.

FDR dep. the car and went indoors where were presented to him many of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps officers on duty at Adak.

FDR dep. Adm. Whiting's quarters for the nearby Chief Petty Officers' mess hall (a Quonset hut) , where he lunched with a representative service group of enlisted men. Approximately 160 men were present, proportionately chosen from the Army, Navy, Marine and Seabee personnel on duty at Adak. Two enlisted men were chosen by lot to sit at FDR's table. Those so seated were (to FDR's left) Pvt. Ferdinand Rutscher, USA, 19 Linley Ave., Irvington, NJ and (to FDR's right) Pvt. William L. Goff, USMC, Batesville, AK.

Note: After lunch the President made a talk to the men which was enthusiastically recieved.

FDR dep. the mess hall to continue his inspection of Adak. The afternoon route took us past the Army Area, located atop one of the many hills overlooking Kuluk Bay, on to the Naval Air Station and thence back to the dock area. Drawn up for inspection inside one of the hugh warehouses here was a large contingent of the Army troops (local defence force). Numerous other groups of Army, Navy and Seabee personnel were paraded in formation along our route about the island.

FDR returned to the USS Baltimore. The USS Baltimore had completed refueling but our destroyer escorts had not and so our departure from Adak was temporarily delayed in order to permit them to complete this operation. Capt. MacKinnon had dep. the USS Baltimore during our absence and had departed Adak in the USS Woodworth for Auke Bay to make preparations for our coming visit to that area.

Lt. Adams, the pilot, came on board.

The USS Baltimore made an attempt to get away from the dock. However, because of a strong cross-wind, from broad on the port quarter, the available tugs were unable to unmoor her.

A second unsuccessful attempt was made to unmoor the USS Baltimore and as the wind was still increasing in force, it was decided to await more favorable conditions before making another attempt to get away from alongside the pier. FDR was not to be completely outdone by the weather however, for he went foreward after dinner and fished over the ship's side from the forecastle, with hook and line, and caught several small Dolly Varden trout and one or two other small fish.

Note: The lowest temp. recorded today was 42, which held from 0600 to1000. The strongest wind was force 7, from the SSE, during the greater part of the afternoon and evening.

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