Northampton (CLC 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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NORTHAMPTON--HERSELF AND HER CREW--DEDICATE THIS SMALL SCRAPBOOK THEREFORE, TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO HAVE EVER MET THE SHIP IN HER PORTS-OF- CALL--AND ESPECIALLY, TO ALL THE KIDS WHO HAVE EVER SCRAMBLED UP THE BROW FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT NUMBER ONE .H

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NORTHAMPTON IS AN UNUSUAL SHIP. TO BEGIN WITH, SHE IS THE ONLY SHIP IN THE WORLD QF HER KIND, HER KEEL WAS LAID IN 1944 AS A HEAVY CRUISER, Bu-r WHEN SHE WAS COMMISSIONED ON 7 MARCH 1953, IT WAS AS A TACTICAL COMMAND SHIP, FIRST OF- THE SEVERAL NEW TYPES OF SHIPS TO APPEAR IN THE NAVY FOLLOW- ING WORLD WAR II . SHE IS UNIQ WORLD TO THE MOST COMPL HER ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENSE IS FAST AND DEADLY, HER ARMAMENT IS NOT MEASURED IN FIREPOWER BUT IN BRAINPOWER. SHE WAS DESIGNED TO COMMAND THE FAST, VAST UE IN HER EOUIPMENT--FROM THE LARGEST SEABORNE RADAR- IN THE EX COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM EVER PUT TO SEA. ALTHOUGH FIGHTING FLEETS OF AIVIERICA'S NEW NAVY. SHE HAS NEARLY ALWAYS CARRIED THE THREE-STAR ADMI'RAL'S FLAG OF A FLEET COMMANDER--COMMANDER SECOND FLEET, WHO IN TIME OF WAR WOULD COMMAND ALL NAVAL FORCES IN ATLANTIC WATERS . HE WEARS TWO HATS , HIS OTHER TITLE BEING THAT OF COMMANDER, STRIKING FLEET ATLANTIC--FIRST OF THE NAVAL FORCES ES- TABLISHED UNDER THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION. SHE IS UNUSUAL, AND SHE DOES UNUSUAL THINGS, AND HAS UNUSUAL MISSIONS, AND UNUSUAL PEOPLE HAVE MADE HER ACQUAINTANCE. SHE NUMBERS AMONG HER FRIENDS AND VISITORS PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTERS AND KINGS, CELEBRETIES AND VIPS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. HER CLOSEST FRIENDS, AND MOST NUIYIEROUS , HOWEVER, ARE NEITHER SO CELE- BRATEDNOR SO FAMOUS . THEY ARE NOT THE VERY IMPORTANT PERSONS WHO MAKE THEHEADLINES, BUT ARE, RATHER, THE VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLES FROM A DOZEN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WHO HAVE MET SOMETHING OF AMERICA IN THIS SHIP AND THE NAYYMEN ABOARD HER .

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VICE ADMIRAL HAROLD T. DEUTERMANN, USN BORN IN NEW YORK CITY, HE WAS GRADUATED FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1927 ,GOING ON TO DUTY ABOARD CRUISERS AND DESTROYERS . DURING WORLD WAR II HE SERVED IN THE PACIFIC, AND COMMANDED DESTROYER DIVISION 132 IN THE GUADALCANAL CAMPAIGN. AFTER THE WAR, HE COMMANDED RECRUIT TRAINING AT BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND, HELD IMPORTANT POSTS IN THE NAVY DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON, AND COMMANDED THE CRUISER ROANOKE, HE BECAME COMMANDER SECOND FLEET IN 1959 FOLLOWING DUTYAS COMMANDER NAVAL RESERVE TRAINING COM- IVIAND, IN OIVIAHA NEBRASKA. Vadm Harold T. Deutermann Commander Second Fleet and Striking Fleet Atlantic CHIEF OF STAFF AND AIDE CAPT PAUL MASTERTON, USN BORN IN PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, HE WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1933, AND SERVED AEOARD BATTLESHIPS AND DES- TROYERS FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY. HE WENT TH- ROUGH FLIGHT TRAINING IN 1942, COM- MANDED PATROL BOMBING SQUARDRON 151 AND A SEARCH AND RECONNAISS- ANCE UNIT DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AND HAS SINCE SERVED IN AVIA- TION COMMANDS AT SEA AND ASHORE. HE BECAME CHIEF OF STAFF AND AIDE TO COMMANDER SECOND FLEET IN 1959 FOLLOWING COMMAND OF THE ATTACK CARRIER INTREPID. AT THE TIME OF THIS BOOK'S PRINTING, CAPTAIN MAS- TERTON HAS BEEN SELECTED PROMOTION TO RANK OF REAR ADMIRAL. STAFF COMMANDER SECOND FLEET A.HUNDEVADT,PLANS OFFICER: B AIDE: LCDR J. D. JOHNSON, JR. MANN: LCDR A. J. HODDER. JR- FLAG SECRETARY. ...,.. ..,,.. ,, , , CAPTAINS C. A. BLOUIN, OPERA- ATIONS OFFICER: W. A. MADDOCKS READINESS OFFICER: B. D. VOE- GELIN ,DEPUTY CHIEF-OF-STAFF: R IVIASTERTON , CHIEF-OF-STAFF AND FLAG LIEUTENANT: VADM DEUTER-