Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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JOHN H. CASSADY ADM, usN Admiral John l-l. Cassady, USN, Commander in ChieT, UniTed STaTes Naval Forces, EasTern ATlanTic and lVlediTer- ranean, is a naTive oT Spencer, Indiana. GraduaTed Trom The UniTed STaTes Naval Academy aT Annapolis, he was commissioned an Ensign in June, I9l8. During The nexT Tew years, Admiral Cassady saw exTensive sea duTy aboard boTh desTroyers and heavier surTace uniTs. ln l928, upon compleTion oT TlighT Training aT Pensacola, Florida, he was designaTed a naval aviaTor, and he has served almosT con- Tinuously wiTh naval aviaTion since ThaT Time, During World War ll, as commanding oTTicer oT The USS SaraToga, The Admiral played an imporTanT role in The CenTral and SouThwesT PaciTic campaigns. ln addiTion To The Legion oT lvleriT wiTh Two Gold STars, Admiral Cassady has The de- MAURICE S. SHEEHY RADM, ci-ic, USNR gree oT l-lonorary Commander oT The lVliliTary Division oT The lvlosT ExcellenT Order oT The BriTish Empire, awarded him by The governmen-T oT CvreaT BriTain. On March I9, l954, he relieved Vice Admiral Jerauld WrighT as CINC- NELM. The BalTimore is proud To have had The privilege oT being Admiral Cassady's Tlagship Tor his Scandinavian cruise. l-lis brieT buT impressive sojourn wiTh us has added anoTher illusTrious page To The memorable sTory oT The USS BalTimore.