Eversole (DD 789) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDER HAROLD H. FREELAND, U.S. NAVY Commander Freeland took command of U.S.S. Eversole (DD 789) on 29 July, 1966. He came from a one year tour of duty on the Staff, Commander Seventh Fleet, as Fleet Communi- cations Officer. Commissioned as Ensign in 1946, Commander Freeland began his naval career in de- stroyers in the U.S.S. Floyd B. Parks (DD 884). He subsequently served in U.S.S. Grouse ( AMS 15)and U.S.S. Salem (CA 139), both of the Atlantic Fleet. After a tour as instructor at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, Long Island, Commander Freeland served in U.S.S. Ingraham (DD 694), U.S.S. Decatur (DD 936), and U.S.S. Willis A. Lee (DL-4), all of the Atlantic Fleet. From 1960 to 1962 he commanded the U.S.S. Notable (MSO-460) of the Atlantic Fleet Mine Force. This was followed by a tour with the National Military Command Systems Directorate of the Defense Communications Agency. Commander Freeland has received post-graduate training in communications engineering and is a graduate of the Naval Warfare Course of the Naval War College. Commander Freeland is married to the former Carol Frenz and they have two children. Steven 13 and Jeffrey 9.

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The Old Diego and she was initially assigned as a unit of Destroyer Division 171. In December 1946, she be- gan the first of many subsequent deployments to the Western Pacific. Sailing from San Diego in May. 1950, for her third such cruise, the EVERSOLE was in the Orient at the outbreak of Korean hostilities. At this time she was assigned to Destroyer Division 31 and immediately moved into enemy waters as a screen unit for the fast carrier task force. TF 77. She con- tinued this duty until February. 1951. when she re- turned to the United States for overhaul at Mare Is- land Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California. The Korean Conflict cut short her stay in the states, for the EVERSOLE was off on her second cruise of the war by the fall of the same year. Dur- ing this tour of duty EVERSOLE bombarded Hungnan. Wonsan, and other points along Korea ' s east coast and served in the Blockading and Escort Force with warships from Australia. Canada, Great Britian, Netherlands, New Zeland, and the Republic of Korea. March 1952 saw her again relieved in the Korean Theater and she returned once more to the United States for training and overhaul. Her third and final tour of the Korean War took place between November 1952 and June 1953, with EVERSOLE once again a unit of the Korean East Coast Blockading P ' orce. During this deployment she spent about a month away from Korean waters as a unit of the Taiwan Patrol Force, Task Force 72, the first tour of such duty which has continued to be a part of EVERSOLE ' s deployments down to the present time. Even with the cessation of hostilities in Korea, EVERSOLE continued to deploy to the Western Pacific about six months out of every year to meet Fleet commit- ments in the Far East. From June 1953 through May 1960 EVERSOLE trained out of her homeport of Long Beach and sailed on her sixth through eleventh deployments. Although each of these cruises involved hard work and a great deal of at-sea time. EVERSOLE was still able to visit manv And The New

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER LT. COMMANDER JOE DON CAMP. U.S. NAVY Lt. Commander Camp is a graduate of the University of Corpus Christi He attended Officers Candidate School and received his commission in May. 1957. He served aboard the U.S.S. Hollister (DD788) in the operations depart- ment. He next served as instructor in CIC School at FAAWTC San Diego. Cali- fornia and then on the staff of Crudesflot 7. He spent two years in Taiwan in the Navy Sub Section MAAG as Mine Warfare Advisor before reporting aboard the Eversole. Lt. Commander Camp is married to the former Catherine Shelton, and thev have two children Donna 8. and Kenneth 6.