Newport News (CA 148) - Naval Cruise Book

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THIS CRUISES EVENTS E' THE Sl ur nm ons A NEWCO RADM. McLEAN, VADM. FELT, CDR. WATTON. RADM. HARRIS, CAPT. WI-IELCHEL, CAPT. FREEMAN. On the sunny afternoon of 12 April aboard the Unit- ed States Ship NEWPORT NEWS moored in the harbor of Barcelona, Spain, Vice Admiral Harry Donald Felt spoke these words: Quartermaster, break my personal ADMIRAL FELT GREETS GUESTS . . . flag? Thus began his duty as Commander Sixth Fleet. He succeeds such names that make the Navy proud as Vice Admirals Bieri, Sherman, Ballentine, Gardner, Cas- sidy, and Combs. . . . AND INS-PECTS THE HONOR GUARD ,fl , . .4-is

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'Z ii- f fa-if-v---.f.-..-...A1 --f-. . g u , 3. ,I ya, M VICE ADMIRAL HARRY D. FELT UNITED STATES NAVY ' I ' A ' ' Q ' . -.,, -.,f- . .. ,LA' V'EQT'., ' 1 4 A - 'A-V ,.fA 1 1 Harry Donald Felt born 1902, Topeka, Kansas . 'FAEE - 1923 graduated Naval Academy . . . USS MISSISSIPPI n f he . . . 1925 USS F ARENHOLT . . . flight training, Pensa- of the United States with Med cola Florida . . USS LEXINGTON . . Flight ln- 'a . - - ' ns. It is a owerful im ement of a stron structor, Pensacola . . . 1934 USS HOUSTON as Senior gc gg P pl g Aviator . . . 1936 Executive Officer, Utility Squadron 2-F . . . command Bombing Squadron TWO . . . USS SARATOGA' as Commander of Carrier Air Group THREE . . . Navy Cross . . . 1943 Commanding Officer Naval Air Station, Daytona Beach . . . 1943 command Naval Air Station, Miami, Florida . . . 1944 Naval Avia- tor Member of the U. S. Military Mission to the Soviet Socialist Republic, with Headquarters at Moscow . . . 1945 command USS CHENANCO at the Okinawa Cam- paign, Nagasaki, Sasebo . . . Legion of Merit with Com- bat HVF . . . Navy Unit Commendation . . . 1946, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations . . . 1947, National War College, Washington, D.C .... 1948, command USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT . . . 1950, Chief of staff, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island . . . 1951, command Middle East Force . . . 1953, Com- mander Carrier Division FIFTEEN . . . 1954 command Carrier Division THREE, Assistant Chief of Naval Oper- ations lFleet Readiness? . . . February 3. 1956, appointed to rank of Vice Admiral . . . 12 April 1956 Commander Sixth Fleet . . . American Defense Service Medal, Fleet Sixth Fleet . . . Married to the former Kathryn Cowley of Mobile, Alabama, one son, IUSNA, Class of 19531. ' -AXN1.-if-. Qfnation. working for peace and organized good' will. Itwtrains to be ready to defend liberty for free. mens. It is a naval power which is used for good purposes. It is a sharp and clean sword. My mis- sion is to keep it so. I am sure every man in the Sixth Fleet is thoroughly conscious of his indivi- dual responsibility for keeping the team strong and ready to combat military acts of aggression against our friends. I am sure also when ships of then Sixth Fleet are greeted in Med ports it is understood that the sailormen. afloat are dedicated to keep- ing the sword sharp and using it only in time ovf armed aggression to assist friends ashore to de- fend their liberty. ucv-'f--: is-rvsnsfxf-nae:sn.'.ass:v-fffrffaainsrrvl-:'P1ef'-wfa+: if-tfr z:f:.xwr-fig. .pez