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.

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Q: 'ff' I+. '-I . . ' ' I 2 4 -' Q ' NY ' ' I 'X '-2' ' -1 :sf L-'2 W-2. i S s '- .. L. Q ' - as-'I--1.-. 2- PH- 1'-.1 f, i .XY -' ' -' 'ff X X 'Q EZ' J : - -Y -' -i '. ' 'e- N A-' 35' FFI E 5 as . 1, . . fn , s 114. lu ,.,,, ,.,,,,-,s CARL G. CHRISTIE CAPT.USN On June lo, i954 in Marseille, France, Capfain Carl G. Chrisfie, USN, assumed command of fhe USS Balfimore. Wifh all hands musfered aff, a brief ceremony marked fhe change of command, Our new skipper is a nafive of Sf. Louis, Missouri, buf has in recenf years made his home in Washingfon, D.C. A graduafe of fhe Unifed Sfafes Naval Academy, Class of l929, Capfain Chrisfie has seen a greaf deal of sea dufy. largely aboard desfroyers and baffleships. Among his shore billefs have been posfs wifh fhe Pleef fraining Group af Guanfanamo Bay, Cuba, and fhe Sfra- fegic Plans Groupgof fhe Joinf Chiefs of Sfaff in our nafion's capifal. The Capfain is fhe holder of fhe Legion of lvlerif as well as a navy Unif Cifafion. During World War ll, he served in fhe European and Pacific Theafers of war, JOHN B. TAYLOR cAPT.usN Capfain John B. Taylor, USN, Commanding Officer. USS Balfimore, 23 April i953-I6 June l954. U. S. Naval Academy, l926: USS Trenfon: USS Noia: USS John D. Ford: USS Chicago: Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washing- fon, DC.: USS Phelps: Naval Ammunifion Depof, Oahu? USS Porfer: Commanding Officer, USS Schley: Command- ing Officer, USS Benham, sunlc in nighf acfion off Guadal- canal: Sfaff, Commander l-leavy Surface Sfrilcing Force. Pacific Theafre, i942-45: Commanding Officer, Naval Ammunifion Depof, Porf Chicago, California: Commander Desfroyer Squadron-One: Chief of Sfaff, Commander Fleef Train Naval Science, NROTC Unif, Universify of Rochesferi Commanding Officer, USS Balfimore. ing Group, San Diego, California: Professor of i S l l LT l li T l l l 1 l l l l l i