Eversole (DD 789) - Naval Cruise Book

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it . J 4 ' N V gi :R NAVY Representing the 265-man crew of destroyer USS Eversole, Nicholas P. Bruno, Boatswain's Mate Third Class, USN, Van Nuys, Calif., presents a check for 51,000 to Captain A. R. Cook, Chaplain Corps, USN, Force Chaplain on the stat? of Commander Naval Forces, Japan. The money was collected by the crew tor donation to the Navy Relief Fund. Also present at the ceremony aboard ship, June 8, 1961 were from left: Captain Harry B. Stark, RELIEF USN, Commander Destroyer Squadron 3, Findlay Ohio, Commander James W. Short, USN, Command- ing Officer USS Eversole, Ft. Worth, Texas, Captain Cook, Whittier, Calif., Bruno, and Juan S. Corcino, Shiptitter Third Class, USN, Kearns, Utah. Chaplain Cook is Executive Secretary of the Navy Relief Society, Japan Auxiliary. EverSOl6 is attached to Destroyer Squadron 3, a unit of the U.S. Seventh Fleet. i l i ,32-

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1 s 1 1 1 R 7 ., 1 e 1 . 1 9 CHANGE OF COMMAND On September 23, 1960 at Yokosuka, Japan, Cdr. James W. Short relieved Cdr. Tyrus C. Chapman, as Commanding Officer of the USS Eversole CDD-7891. Commander Chapman enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 17 September 1953 at Long Beach, California, and was assigned duty aboard the USS California CBB 441 where he served in signalman ratings for the next four and a half years having a brief tour on Commander Battle Force Staff. ln 1940 he was transferred to the USS Crosby CDD 1641 where he served until being appointed as Boatswain in 1942, having been promoted to Chief Signalman about the same time. During WWII service in USS ATR-31, USS Pyro CAR-11 and a brief tour as Commanding Ofhcer of U.S. Maritime Service Training Vessels. Following the war, service was on board USS Nantanalo KAO 601, USS Leyte CCV-321, USS Toledo CCA 1331, USS Buck CDD-7611 and USS Bryce Canyon CAD-361. In 1948 Commander Chapman attended the Uni- versity of Utah at Salt Lake City under the Five Term Program and in 1952 as a student at Mon- terey General Line School. In 1955 he returned to the General Line School as an instructor in Naviga- tion. Awards held by Commander Chapman are Navy Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal, WWll Victory and various area, and other miscellaneous awards. After being relieved, Cdr. Chapman reported to Commanding Officer, U.S. Taiwan Base Command, for Joint StaFf duty, his present duty station. -31.-

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M I v' if ef it 5 ,fa Q ,I X as ll gf. Ii? hi r, 74 , . 4 -- .ti jf f -' - V ,f , L' iz,-. V ,f sbs BEST IN CLASS Outstanding in her class, the U. S. Seventh Fleet destroyer USS Eversole CDD-7892 was presented the Navy Battle Etticiency E August 30, 1961, during brief ceremonies at Yokosuka, Japan. Commander James W. Short, USN, Commanding OFHcer of the Eversole received the Battle E plaque from Rear Admiral Odale D. Waters, Jr., USN, Commander Destroyer Flotilla One, saying, This award could not have been won without teamwork. We have it here, this plaque is proof of that teamwork. You can iustly be proud. The Eversole will carry this plaque on its quarterdeck for all who visit us to see. The award is presented for outstanding participa- tion in the annual Battle Efficiency competition in the Pacitic and is designed to maintain and develop combat readiness among fleet ships. The competi- tion consists of Gunnery, Operations, Engineering, Damage Control, and Anti-Submarine Warfare ex- ercises.