Eversole (DD 789) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 W' USS EVERSOLE DD 7 89 The EVERSOLE, a 2,250 ton destroyer of the GEARING class, is capable of sustained speeds in excess of 30 knots. Her modern equipment gives the ship the capability to detect and, if necessary destroy air, surface, and underwater targets.. Since her commissioning, she has steamed well over half a million miles, and has visited all major ports in the Orient. She has her own facilities to provide medical care, berthing, messing, and laundry for a crew of over 300 men. Her two steam turbo-generators are capable of providing enough electricity for a city of 10,000 people. ln addition, her refrigeration and store room capacity can provide for the crew for over 60 days. At economical speeds, she can steam for over 6,000 miles without refueling.

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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.