Mount McKinley (AGC 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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I, II. vQ, ,h,l! Cruwef NWDTH 1144! A225 T E NAVAL HISTORY OF OUR COMMANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN H. C. LAUERHAN, U. S. NAVY u CAPTAIN LAUERMAN WAS BORN IN CHICAGO IN APRIL 1917. UPON COMPLETION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL IN 1?a4 HE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS E SAME YEAR GRADUATING WITH THE CLASS OF '?8. FOLLOWING HIS GRADUATION HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS CAL FORNIA AS THE 3 DIVISION OFFICER. THE FOLLOWING YEAR CAPTAIN LAUERMAN WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE USS ERIE AS ASSISTANT FIRST LIEUTENANT. IN 1240 HE GRADUATED FROM SUBHARINE SCHOOL AT NEW LONDON AND WAS SSIGNED DUTY WITH THE FLEET. AT THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR TWO HE WAS ABOARD THE USS TAMBOR ON PATROL OFF WAKE ISLAND. IN 1263 HE TRANSFERRED TO THE USS HALIBUT AS THE GUNNERY AND TORP OFFICER. WHILE ASSIGNED TO THE HALIBUT HE PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST SURFACED SUBMARINE ATTACK WHICH USED RADAR. TWO JAPANESE TRANSPORTS WERE SUNK AND AS A RESULT OF THIS CAPTAIN LAUERMAN WAS AWARDED HIS FIRST SILVER STAR. IN 1343 HE REPORTED TO THE USS SEA LION AS HER EXECUTIVE 0EEI E . THE SEA LION DURING THREE SUCCESSFUL PATR0LS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SINHING 50 000 T0NS OF SHIPPING. AT THIS TIME HE WAS AWARDED HIS SECOND SILVER STAR. THE FOLLOWING YEAR HE BECAHE SHIPPER OF THE USS CA0RILL0. AFTER THE WAR DUTY FOLLOWED WITH THE JUDGE ADv0CATE GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR POST GRADUATE STUDY IN LAW AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. IN 1948 HE WAS ADHITTED TO THE BAR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. NEXT HE ASS ED COMMAND OF THE USS ARG0NAUT. DURING HIS TWO YEARS AS HER SHIPPER THIS SUBMARINE NAS AwARDED THE COVETED NEW FOR COMBAT EFFICIENCY. IN 1950 HE RETURNED T0 WASHINGTON TO THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL AND IN 1953 WAS TRANSEERRED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO THE USS SPERRY THE NEXT YEAR HE BECAME COMMANDER SUBMARINE DIVISION 52. AT THE COMPLETION OF THIS DUTY HE WAS PR0H0TED TO THE RANK or CAPTAIN. DURING THE NEXT FOUR YEARS CAPTAIN LAUERNAN SAW DUTY AGAIN IN WASHINGTON AND STAFF DUTY WITH COMMANDER IN CHIEF U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET. IN NOVEMBER 1260 WHILE THE USS MOUNT MCKINLEY WAS DEPLOYED IN THE MED, E RELIEVED AS HER C0NHANDING OFFICER. AS WE DEPART FOR OUR PRESENT SOJOURN TO THE MED CAPTAIN LAUERMAN CAN LOOK BACK WITH PRITE OVER THE PR GRESS OF HIS SHIP DURING THE PERIOD THAT HE HAS BEEN AT HER HELM. IN EARLY 1962 CAPTAIN LAUERMAN WILL DEPART AS MT. MCKINLEY'S COMMANDING OFFICER AND BECOME COM ANDER SERVICE SOUADRON FOUR. A ' Q ' fl -'L' - ,,- I . , ' , I . ., -fl , 4.-. T 3 5' P f Lj'7,'.'r j 'I If A ,EJ ef ,Q I L i I :Lg

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