Markab (AR 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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METAMORPHOSIS May 1!141 Completed nl Pnscanauln. Mis . as SS Mormn. pcnn June 19-ll-Delivered to Charleston Navy Yard. Commissioned I ' SS MARKAB AKA 31 Amphibious Opcrnlion on East Coast Support of New l ' S. Bases on Greenland Cargo Oelived to Caribbean Ports Hampton Roads . . . New River . . Puerto Rico . Guan- tanamo . . . Kondre Stromfjord . . Tunugdliardik Jan 19.)2- Mobile. Ala MARKAB placed in Shipyard— Most of crew was transferred Conversion bcKun 27 Sept 1942-Re Commissioned I ' SS MARKAB All 21 Pest rover Tender with Atlantic Kit. To Pearl Harbor-Arr. 10 Nov 1942 MARKAB repairs Destroyers damaged in Solomon Cam- paign Feb 1913 From Pearl Harbor to Dutch Harlxir anil Adak . . . Attu . . . Aleutians 22 Jan 1944 -To San Francisco and back to Pearl Harbor 7 Apr 1944— Majuro. Marshall Is. Roi. Eniwetok. I ' lithi. Carolines Support of invasions of Saipan. Tinian, Guam, Peleliu. Iwo Jima. average of 60 vessels a month given substantial repairs 19 Feb 1945— Underway for Leyte Support of Okinawa invasion Task Force 3.S for raid on Japan -average of 100 ves.sels a month given service 28 Oct 19-15— Underway for Sasebo and Kogoshima. Japan Jan 1946 2 Apr 1946- 3 Mar 1947 20 Jan 1952 26 Feb 1952 Aug 1952 Apr 1955 Jul 1956 1 Jul 1960 31 Oct 1960 Ifi Dec 1960 5 Jul 1962 13 Jub 1963 MARKAB to Shanghai Attached to Service Division 10! Long trip home for inactivation MARKAB laid to rest R IP. -Korean Operations and international situation result in -Recommissioned at Orange. Texas Assigned at f range. Texas Assigned Atlantic Destroyer Force MARKAB at Newport R. 1- Participated in numerous fleet exercises .52-55 -MARKAB at Fall River. Mass. -MARKAB inactivcd again at Charleston Naval Shipyard .MARKAB lives again- CommissionedAR 23 Reported to Commander ' Service Force Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor Enroule to homeport — San Francisco There followed a year of service to the fleet during which time the new .MARKAB gained the reputation of being The Ship that gets Things Done -MARKAB deploys for seven months in WESTPAC -MARKAB returns to homeport-San Francisco There followed another year of .service to the fleet during which time the MARKAB more than upheld her reputation by turning out top repairs in both quantity and quality. MARKAB deploys for nearly eight months in WESTPAC

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« T K., I raptain Rennie V. JON ' KS of Jamt ' slown, Louisiana attended Louisiana State Univt-rsity Ijefore enterint; the Xavv in 1911. He attended the Xaval Flitfht Traininjr Program at I ' ensaeola, Florida and was (lesifriiated Naval Aviator in November 1911 and commissioned Ensijfn. Captain JONES flow with a PliY Catalina Squadron VP-82 between 1911 and 1942 based in the Panama Canal Zone. The Siiuadron later enpajred in Convoy coveraKe and Anti-Sui)marine Warfare duties in the Atlantic. He .served as Executive Odicer of an ASW Patrol Plane S(iua(lron. ' P jMS-7. operating PBM Mariner aircraft, based in Hawaii diirinp 1946 and 1917. Later he .served as ASW Oflicer on the StafT of Commander Fleet Air Winp TWO based in Hawaii. Captain JONP-S completed a year of advanced instruction in Aero- nautical Enpineerinp. M.I.T., and later attended the U.S. Naval School, Cioneral Line in Newport, R.I., for advanced professional instruction. He aLso served on the Joint Staff of Commander Iceland Defense Force ba.sed in Keflavik, Iceland. He served as Chief Staff and Operations Officer for Commander Destroyer Squadron THIRTEEN, based aboard the USS BLUE (DD 744) liurinfr the latter part of the Korean War. In 1954, Captain JONES was Executive Officer of the USS BRUSH (DD 74.5) based in the Pacific Fleet before poing to shore duty in the Otiice of Naval Research in Washington, D.C. He was Commanding Officer of the USS ALFRED A. CUNNINGHAM (DD 7.52) from Novem- ber 1957 through October 1959. From 1959 through 1961 Captain JONES served as Military Secretary to the Director for Logistics (-11), organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Prior to reporting to MARKAB, Captain JONES was Prog ram .Manager, Torpedo Weapons Systems, Bureau of Naval Weapons. Captain JONES assumed command of the USS MARKAB (AR 2. .) on 18 March 1964. CAl ' TAIX B. W. JONES COMMANDING OFFICER