Eversole (DD 789) - Naval Cruise Book

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U.S.S. EVERSOLE TDD-7891 cfo Fleet Post Office Som Frcmcisco, Corlifomicr Yokosuka, Japan OPEN LETTER TO THE CREW- We have spent many months together in WESTPAC during this cruise. Some months packed with action while others bordered on boredom. But, whatever our thoughts and actions, the mission of the EVERSOLE remained the same, a deterrent to enemy aggression in either Northeast or Southeast Asia, a permanent member of the ever- ready SEVENTH FLEET. Being permanently deployed for two years caused hardships that can be balanced only by the knowledge of what we have accom- plished, and this cruise book will show you iust that. By being per- manent, we have learned the many ports of the Orient more intimately, perhaps too intimately that got us into trouble a few times. But, those are memories now. We have learned the waters as well, and know that it gets rough, particularly at UNREP time. Whatever the condition of the sea, or the ports we were in, the EVERSOLE was ready. As a member of the ship's company you were part of the stamina behind the EVERSOLE of which you can be iustly proud. May each of us have billets as interesting in the future with King Neptune blessing us with a following sea. To the future with memories of the past, James W. Short -7..

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RIN s4v z, is, 21 Commander James W. SHORT, U. S. Navy Commanding OT':f1cer Com-mander ShorT graduaTed from The U.S. Naval Academy in 1942 as parT of The class of 1943, and was ordered immediaTely To The desTroyer NIBLACK QDD 4241, where he served as Torpedo of11cer and as gunnery oTT1cer Tor The remainder of World War ll, parTicipaTing in The MediTerranean invasions, and The sinking of The U-960. In 1945 he aTTended Gunnery OFHcer's Ordnance School, and Then served for Two years as ExecuTive Of11Cer of The USS RODMAN CDMS 211. In 1947 he reTurned To The Naval Academy Tor posT-graduaTe school,Tollowed by a Tour in FleeT CommunicaTions on The sTafT of The Chief of Naval OperaTions. Commander ShorT reTurnecl To sea in 1949 as ComrnunicaTions OFf1cer on The USS SALEM CCA 1391, and aTTer promoTion To LieuTenanT Commander, went To The BaTTleship-Cruiser Force ATlanTic as Force Communications OFl1cer in 1951, serving aboard The USS ALBANY CCA 1231 and The USS MISSOURI CBB 635. He assumed command of The Norfolk based desTroyer escorT BLACKWOOD KDE 2191 in 1954, and in 1956 was appoinTed AssisTanT Naval ATTache in London. His laTesT Tour before assuming command of EVERSOLE on 23 SepTember 1960 was in The Office of Naval Operations where he served as head of The Shore SysTems OperaTions secTion. Commander ShorT and his wife, DoroThy, have Two children, James, 14, and Diane, 11.

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N 1-'64 5 I T 1 r., c. tl L ge Lieutenant Commander Robert R. BROUILLETTE, U.S. Navy Executive Officer Lieutenant Commander Brouillette was commis- sioned in 1945 upon graduation from Midshipman School at Columbia University, New York. His first permanent duty assignment was with the Fleet Training Group, Gtmo Bay, Cuba where he also acted temporarily as Aide and Flag Lieutenant for COMNOB, Gtmo Bay. Ship board duty came in late 1947 when he assisted in placing the USS CORAL SEA KCVB-431 in commission. Sea duty continued when in 1950 he was transferred tothe USS PRINCETON CCV-371 and operated for months in the Korean area. Shore duty as Officer in Charge of the Personnel Accounting Machine In- stallation in San Francisco was next followed by -8 iv?-F'-:QB lv'-'F 0335 QLLL Line School at Monterey, California. Gunnery OFHcer of the USS ARNOLD J. ISBELL QDD-8691 occupied the next 18 months at sea, as were the following two years from September 1955 to September 1957 as Squadron Operations Officer for DesRon 21. Across country for two years of shore duty at PAMI LantFlt in Norfolk, Va. and then back across country once more to his present billet as Executive Officer of the USS EVERSOLE KDD-7891 on 2 October 1959. Lieutenant Commander Brouillette and his wife Doris have three girls, Julia 15, Terry 13, and Roberta 12.