Forrestal (CVA 59) - Naval Cruise Book

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REAR ADMIRAL ROY L. JOHNSON United States Novy Admiral Johnson was born in Big Bend, Louisiana in 1906 end entered the U. S. Naval Academy m 1925. His selection for the rank of Rear Admiral was approved by the President in 1955. Upon graduation he served on the USS Tennessee, and the USS West Virginia. Once designated a Naval Aviator, he served on the USS Salt Lake City, and then returned to NAS Pensacola, Florida as an instructor. He later served aboard the USS Enterprise with Patrol Squadron 12; in the Navy Department, and then as COMCARAIRGROUP 2. On [the USS Hornet he was Air Officer and the Executive Officer. ' Admiral Johnson is entitled to a Ribbon for the Presi- dential Unit Citation awarded the USS Hornet for extraordi- nary heroism in action against enemy Japanese forces. In the Navy Department, he served with Commander in Chief, U. S. Fleet, with Chief of Naval Operations, and in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His next duty was Avi- ation Operations Officer on the Staff of Command SECOND Task Fleet. In 1955 he had charge of fitting out the USS Forrestal, and became her first Commanding Officer at commissioning. He commanded the Forrestal until May, 1956, when he was ordered to duty as Director of the Long Range Objectives Group, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. On Decem- ber 2, ' 1958, he relieved Admiral Griffin as COMCARDIV 4, and Commander Task Force 60. Admiral Johnson and his family currently reside m Falls Church, Virginia. CAPTAIN JOSEPH D. BLACK United Stotes Navy The reporting for duty as Chief of Staff for Commander Carrier Division FOUR starts on eleventh year of carrier based operations for Captain Black. Most of these operational fly- ing years have been in fighter squadrons and as an air group commander Other shipboard duties hove included tours as executive officer of a CVE and of the CORAL SEA (CVA 43 ) , command of the CURRITUCK (AV 7) and the HANCOCK (CVA 19). VVESPAC and Mediterranean cruises have been in equal numbers. Duties ashore have included tours on the Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as Director of Air Warfare in OPNAV. The family consists of wife, the former Jane Morris of Pasadena, California, eleven year old Celio, a son Gregory who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1955 and was a Navy jet pilot, and daughter Cheron married to LT W. W. Hargrove, a Crusader pilot in VF193 on this cruise of the FORRESTAL. Naval aviation has ruled the family fortunes since 1932 when Captain Block entered Pensacola as a stu- dent aviator. From World War II; Silver Star, Air Medal with btar. Commendation Ribbon, Pacific Area with 4 stars, Philippine Liberation with two stars. COMMANDER J CARDIV FOUR CHIEF OF STAFF CARDIV FOUR

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' k COMMANDER CARDIV FOUR • iM 1 , - - Sf m 1 fy -L m H m. ■r CHIEF OF STAFF CARDIV FOUR REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES D. GRIFFIN United States Navy Rear Admiral Charles D. Griffin was born in Phila- delphia in 1906. Graduating from the Naval Aca- demy in 192 he served aboard the battleship FLORI- DA and the destroyer COGHLAN. He was designated a Naval Aviator in 1930 at Pensacola. His duties in- clude service with Scouting Squadron 9, Patrol Squad- ron 6, and post graduate school in Annapolis. He received on M.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Michigan following which he was ordered to Scouting Squadron 6. He commanded CVG-9, was air officer of the ESSEX, and was operations offi- cer of TF 58 during the war. He was ordered to va- rious important staff jobs dur ing the next few years then assumed command of the USS ORISKANY. Fol- lowing this he held more staff jobs, finally becoming Special Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Admiral Griffin was COMCARDIV 4 from 1957-1959. CAPTAIN LOUIS J. KIRN Unr Captain Louis ' 1908. Early school was followed by a where he continued cted in 1932. Dut lowed. He designc served with Aircraf LEY and CARATOG lis, flight instructoi tive Officer of a SARATOGA proced officer of a squadi staff jobs followed. ' , at Pensacola ensuec! and anohter staff j with the Chief of I with a paralytic disc ty-one months later had duty at the Im then assumed comrr lowed by command Ipcted for Rear Adrr

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CAPTAIN ALLEN M. SHINN, USN ■ All AA MINN wns nraduated from the Naval Academy in %°?? h serC d aboTd The ?J5S TENNESSEE with Battle Division THREE Fol owing his designation as a Naval Aviator at Pensa ' ' h,f assignments c ' onsisted of duty with Torpedo Squadron THREE ,USS Sa ' rATOGA. ; Cr-ser S-.ng Squad GO), Patrol Squadron FO V TWFI Ve ' Staff duty with Command of Headquarters Squaro TWELVE, Staf du y , Commander Air Fo ce, Mlant cH o V ' f rinSrPrFT ' il ' JLt ' as Fleet Aviation Ofhcer,C of Fleet Airborne Electronics Training ' l ' . °% ' ° mand of Fleet Airborne Electronics Training r ' f, Atla Jg. Command of Corner Air Early Warning Squadron TWO (re-desiqnoted Airborne Early Warning Squadron TWELVE); Aircraft program and budget o ' C r Jor IZi of Naval Operations; Fleet Operations Of er for Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet USSSAl- PAN (CVL-48). Prior to reporting to l ' FESTAL he served as Commandant of Midship- men at the United States Naval Academy. COMMANDING OFFICER EXECUTIVE OFFICER CDR PIERRE N. CHARBONNET, JR., USN Commander Charbonnet, a graduate of the Naval Academy, entered flight training in 1943, and was in command of CVEG-24 aboard the SANTEE in the Pacific at the end of WW II. He served as head of the Carrier Aircraft Section of Flight Test, where he flight tested several aircraft now aboard the FORRESTAL with CVG-10 Following this, he commanded CA o » during a Sixth Fleet deployment with the USS INTREPID. The Exec ' s home is in Virginia Beach, Virginia.