Braine (DD 630) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commander Eugene D. Lamiman, U. S. Navy, Was gradu- ated from the U. S. Naval Academy in the class of 1940, His irst assignment was the USS West Virginia Where he served as a junior oilicer until she sank at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. He then served as gunnery officer aboard the USS Shaw QDD-373jand later in the same capacity on the USS Alwyn CDD-3551. In Sep- tember of 1943 he reported to the USS Barton CDD-7221 as Executive Oilicer and was awarded the Bronze Star for distinguish- ed service during the landings on Okinawa. He also wears the Navy Unit Citation and nine battle stars on his Asiatic-Pacific ribbon. In August 1945, Commander Lamiman was given command of the USS Philip QDD-4985, operating in Chinese waters. In 1946 he brought the Philip back to Charleston, -South Carolina, Where she Was decommissioned and he went on to the USS Roanoke QCL- 145D as Engineering officer. He reported aboard the Braine for preparation and recommissioning and served as Commanding Offi- cer until 16 May 1952 when he was relieved in Cagliari, Sardinia by Commander Klein. Commander Lamiman is now an instructor in Marine Engineering at the Naval Academy. mf' COMMANDER EUGENE D. LAMIMAN,.U. S. NAVY

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COMMANDER DOYAN KLEIN, U. s. NAVY Commander Doyan Klein, S.' Navy, was graduated from 3 the U, S.sJNaval Academylin the class of 19-35.'.' 1' s ' Between thetime of his commissioning and- the Fall of 1951 he served 'aboard the . following vessels and A stations, USS CALIFORNIA in CJune 1936 - Dec. 19365 ,USS RATHBURNE gm: 1937? May 193.991 .Uss UTAH.gqMay 1939, May 194lj 3 the American, Embassy, London, England CSept. 1941 - March 19425 :the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, Wash- ington, D. C. CApril 1942 - Sept. 19421 :the .Explosive Investi- gation -Laboratory, Indian Head, Maryland fSept. 1942 - July 194333 the USS MINNEAPOLIS CJuly 43 '- March 19463: Joint Task Force, ONE CsCrossroadsD CMarch 1946 - August 19463 zu and the Oilice of Naval Operations: CAtomic Energyj Washington, D, C. QAugust 1.9.46-'October 19495. In',November of 1949 he was -transferred to the U, S.-Naval Station, Guantanomo,Bay, Cuba where he served'asQ the executive oflicer of that station until June 1951. During theemonth of July P951 he Was assigned to the Staff of Commander Sixth Fleet, Vice Admiral M. B. Gardner, USN. He served' as fleet gunnery and training oflicer until May' 16, 1952, When he assumed com- mand of the destroyer USS BRAINE. ' In addition to the Bronze Star Medal With the Combat V distinguishing device, Commander Klein is entitled to wear the American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, the Euro- pean-African,Middle Eastern Area Campaign Medal, 'the American Area Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacilic Area Campaign Medal with ll bronze stars, the World War' II Victory Medal, the Navy Gccupation Service Medal, the China Service Medal and the Phil- ippine Liberation Campaign Ribbon with two bronze stars.

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CAPTAIN CHARLES L. CARPENTER, U. s. NAVY . A . j C ICCMMANDERT A r If C- DESTROYER-is-SQUADRQNA .EIC11-ITEEN , g Captain ,Charles L. Carpenterq, U. S. Navy, was graduated from the-United States'Naval Academy' in the class of 1926, His Hrst shipfwas the USS Galveston where he served in the gunnery department -and had considerable landing force duty ashore in Nicaragua. 'It was while on this duty that he was awarded the Navy Cross. In 1928 he served as Assistant Navigator on the USS Wyoming and from .1929 to 1933 he was on the USS Trenton, finishing this tour as 3 inch A.A. Oflicer. After'7 years of sea duty he went to the First Naval District as Assistant District Communi- cations Oflicer and District Issuing Oflicer. Part of this tour was at sea on temporary duty attached to the destroyer USS DuPont as Landing Force Officer while the ship was operating in Cuban waters' during the Cubans revolution. ' ,Q -I - Subsequent duty took him to the USS Gold, Star, the USS Tennessee, the Fourth Naval District and to the destroyer USS Doran as Commanding Oflicer just prior to WW 11. During 1941 he served aboard the USS Washington as Damage Control Ollicer and for the following two years he was the'Navigating Oflicer aboard the USS Helena during the early South Paciic campaigns. He was awarded the Purple Heart during this tour. . For the remainder of WW ll he commanded two APA's, the USS Freestone and the USS Hocking. After the war he was Cap- tain of another APA, the USS Burleson, 'which was the animal ship at the Bikini atom bomb tests, and he then went to the staff of PhibLant as Operations and Planning Officer during 1946 and 1947. The following two years were spent in the administration section of OpNav and in 19419 he went to Lima, Peru as Technical Advisor to the Peruvian Naval Academy. Captain Carpenter assumed command of Destroyer Squadron 18 and additional duties as Commander Destroyer Division 181 on 17 April 1952.