Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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l . 2EiE i:i r CRUISER DIVISIUN 4 U. S. Naval Academy, I923I U-Si-S Arkansas. Submarine School, New London, Connecficuf, I925g Posfgraduafe School, Annapolis, Maryland, I929-303 Submarine S-83 U.S.S. Chesferg Com- manding Cfficer, U.S.S. Orfolon, Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Cufflefishg Commanding Qfficer, U.S.S. John D. Ford: Engineering Experimenf Sfa- fion, Annapolis, Maryland, I933-351 Assisfanf Naval lnspecfor of Machinery, Flecfric Boaf Com- pany, Grofon, Connecficufg Sfaff, Commander U.S.S. Asiafic Fleef, I94O-427 Sfaff, Commander Submarines, Easf Aufraliap Chief of Sfaff, Com- mander Allied Naval Forces, Easf Ausfralia: Chief of Sfaff, Commander, Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleefg Joinf War Plans Commiffee: Special ad- visor fo fhe Under Secrefary of fhe Navyg Assisf- anf Chief of Naval Operafions for Polifico Mili- fary Affairsg Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Missouri, Naval Aide fo fhe Presidenf of fhe Uni- fed Sfafesg Commander, Cruiser Division Four. REAR ADMIRAL RoBERT L. DENNISON, usN I l ,i .Q . l l 'fx lf l l i l if 1 l 1 . 1 I r I l I l l 3 l 2 l l i L. b ,A

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Tor ThaT one lasT look aT The UniTed STaTes beTore The Med beckoned again. l-lere The Three weeks seemed shorT in- deed, Then oTT To NorTolk Tor a Two day sTop To pick up The drone uniT, anoTher Two days To parTicipaTe in a demon- sTraTion Tor a group oT SenaTors and Congressmen, Then OTT across The briny deep To GibralTar and anoTher summer wiTh The Six+h FleeT. SixTh FleeT duTy is preTTy much The same Trom one sum- mer To The nexT, in and ouT oT The many lvlediTerranean porTs ThaT all seem so much alike aTTer a shorT while, days aT sea wiTh maneuvers and .exercises sTacked end To end as closely as possible, Tueling desTroyers, running wiTh car- riers launching and recovering planes, reprovisioning aT sea, and every now and Then a swim call on The odd Sunday aTTernoon. This year, however, our Med cruise was broken up by a Trip To SpiThead, England To represenT The UniTed STaTes Navy in The CoronaTion Naval Review oT Queen ElizabeTh II on The I5Th oT June. A glorious chapTer in The liT.e hisTory oT any naval vessel, and iT happened To us dur- ing our year. ThaT Too, like mosT good Things, was shorT, and back To The SixTh FleeT To Tinish ouT The summer, The year, and our Yearbook, wiTh our relieT in Palermo, Sicily upon The com- pleTion oT our parTicipaTion in The I953 NATO operaTion in The lv1ediTerranean, WELDFAST.

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Q, v I cnuls n nivisinN4 U. S. Naval Academy, I93O: U.S.S. Maryland: U.S.S. Whipple: U.S.S. Colorado: Posigraduaie course, Ordnance Engineering, U. S. Naval Academy, i936-39: U.S.S. Tennessee: U.S.S. Ala- bama: Naval Proving Grounds: Commanding Oi- ficer, U.S.S. Preniiss: Commandnig O1fiicer,U.S.S. Ranlcin: Research and Developmeni Division, Bu- reau oi Ordnance: Siall, Commander Service Force, Pacific Fleer: Chief of Slaici, Commander Cruiser Division Four. CAPTAIN GRISWALD T. ATKINS. USN