THE RELIEF OF CAPTAIN TEDDER BY CAPTAIN CASWELL The fantail seemed on fire. The hot sun enveloped the men and reflected violently oflF the gold braid of the assembled officers, commanding officers, and ComCruDivFour. It was 1330, Saturday, August twenty- third. Standing smartly at attention, all hands heard the words, I relieve you, sir, ' and ' ! stand relieved. The United States Ship Baltimore entered a new phase of recommissioned life. Captain Gordon L. Caswell, USN, had taken command of our ship. Captain Tedder had left to assume command of the fleet training activities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. m - fff ' = t «4 Captain Caswell came to us with a brilliant record of service, leadership, and command. Partici- pating in the World War II engage- ments at Gilbert and Marshall Islands, New Guinea, Leyte, Mindoro, and the Philippine libera- tion, he was awarded the Bronze Star with combat ' V for his Command duties on the destroyers Morris and Radford. A Co ' mmendation Ribbon was awarded him for his services with CINCPAC on Guam. During 1948-1949, Captain Caswell was American Naval Repre- sentative at the International Conference on Communications in Switzerland. From 1950 to 1951, he served as ComDesRon 12 in CinCLantFlt. From CNO ' s Washington office he came to the Baltimore. Everyone on the ship was proud of the stride we had made since recommissioning. But no one suflFered under the delusion that we could sit back and admire ourselves. It takes unending eflfort - and complete cooperation » to get a ship in shape and keep her there. Captain Caswell had determined that we would not only be in shape but smart ' as well. For, as he said when he assumed command, a smart ship is a happy ship. We agreed one hundred per cent. We welcomed our new Captain aboard - the Baltimore and her men stand now - as then - behind him. A
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