Samuel Gompers (AD 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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a seaman realizes to what extent :in entire ship the personality and ability of one individual, her 0l'l'ieei'. lo it ltimlsinatii this is not ble imtl sometimes it is even dil'l'ieult for us is sol sea is it tlillerent world in liersell' and in units the Navy must place great power. and trust in the litintls ol' those leaders lor eommztntl. t ich ship there is one man. who in tlie hour ol' 'tin turn tono other man. is one. who alone is ultimately responsible for the tion ol' the protixietetl and distant operations of safe navigation, engineering performance. accurate gunlirc. and morale of his ship. He is the Commanding Ofliccr llc is the ship! This is the most diflicult and demanding assignment in the Navy. There is not an instant during his tour as Commanding Oflicer that he can escape the grasp of command responsibility. His privileges in view of his obligations are almost ludicrously small: nevertheless Command is the spur which has given the Navy its the spur its great leaders. JOSEPH CON RAD

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Burden Of Responsibility

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Commandin Officer . Captain Robert J. O' 211121 I cv ,mar ivy Edie, I I I QE Captain Robert .I. O'NIalia. U.S. Navy. enlisted in the Navy as a Seaman Recruit from Liverpool. New York in June I9-19 Upon completion of ' ' ' .. . recruit training at Great Lakes. Illinois. he was selected for and attended h N t e aval Academy Preparatory School in Newport. Rhode Island and upon completion attended the U.S. Naval Academy class of I954. Captain O'MaIi'1 th n s d .. . c :erve as Communications Officer and Navigator in the USS Pickaway CA PA-2227. This tour was followed by serving in the staff of Commander Amphibious Group THREE. After three years in the Amphibious Force, Captain O'Malia att d d h ' ' ' en e t e U.S. Natal Postgraduate School in Monterey. California and upon graduation, served as Weapons Officer in the USS Somers QDD-947 . I ar power and submarine training and then sefwfl 35 f Operations and Navigator of USS Dace cSSN'60f'.l- He was then Executive Officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt tSSBN-6001 from I967 to 1969. Captain O'Malia assumed command of the USS George Bancroft QSSBN-6431. This tour consisted of I Polaris Patrols an ov h I nucle ., er au which include a Poseidon! conversion and refueling and then Poseidon Patrols. Instr was relieved as Commanding Officer in June 1974 and then assumed the duties of Director, Propulsion . ff engineering Schools at Great Lakes, Illinois. Captain O'M I' a ta assumed command of the USS SAMUEL . GOMPERS CAD-371 in March of I978 Captain O'Malia has been awarded tlie Le ion of I In November of i963 Captain O'MaIiai commenced 3 Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star and h ' t e Navy Commendation Medal. c E A '