Samuel Gompers (AD 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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Command Master Chtef TCM C. G FARMER JR Master Chief Farmer enlisted in the Nan on JO June 1970 at Naval Air Statton Patuxent River Maryland His first tour was on board USS JOHN F. KENNTEDH tCX 675 tt here he was a deck seaman and worked his way into the Captain's ofhce as a Yeoman striker Leaving USS KENNEDY in 1974 as a X N7 Master Chief Farmer reported to the Oceanographic Development Squadron EIGHT tVXN Xl at Natal Station Patuxent ln December H78 he was transferred as a YNI to Patrol Squadron FORTY-SIX at Natal Air Station Moffet Field, Caltforma He nas advanced to Chief Petty tllllieer in September 1980 while the squadron was deployed to Ketlax tlt, leeland In May N185 Senior t'htef l-armer reported aboard US CARL YITNSUN ttiK'N 703 as Adtmmstrattxe Department l eadmg Chief Petty Otlieer He has selected for advancement to Master Chief Petty Otlicer in April N87 and entered the Command Master Chief Program tn ,luly NSS In August 1988 Master Chief Farmer reported as the Command Master Chief for Patrol Squadron FORTY-SEVEN at Moffet Field. From there he became the Command Master Chief for Patrol Wing TEN. ln May N92 he was xlected to serve as Command Master Chief for Commander Patrol Wings. CS. Pacific Fleet. ln March 1993 Master Chief Farmer reported on board CSS SAMUEL GOMPERS tAD 375 for duty as Command Master C hief . ln addition to various unit and campaign awards. Master Chief Farmer has eamed the Meritorious Service Medal. six Nan' Commendation Medals and two Naxsr Achievement Medals. i

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Executive Officer O Kendrlck, CDR USN Commander Stuart O Kendrick was commrssroned after recelvmg his Bachelor ofEng1neer1ng degree from the Umverslty of New Mexrco Commssroned an Ensign upon graduation he was promoted to lus present rank of Commander rn May 1993 Commander Kendrlck was 1n1t1ally assigned to the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program at Orlando Flonada upon comnussronrng Addltronal trauung at the Nuclear Power School Orlando and Nuclear Power Training Un1t Idaho Falls lead Commander Kendrrck to the USS LONG BEACH CCGN 99 where he served as a BIM Drvisron Officer In June 1982 Commander Kendrick reported to the USS BAINBRIDGE CCGN 259 as Damage Control Assistant Commander Kendrick s next assignment was to HMS SULTAN with the Royal In March 1987 he reported to USS ENTERPRISE CCVN 659 as the Reactor Mechamcal Assistant Followrng Department Head School CDR Kendrick was asslnged as Operations Officer of USS OBRIEN QDD 9759 and participated in Operation DESSERT SHIELD and Mrddle Eastern Forces interdiction operatrons against Iraqi shipping Upon completion of this tour he was assigned to Commander Naval Surface Forces Pacific as the Nuclear Cnuse Type Desk Oiiicer where he sen ed until August 1993 when he relieved as Executive Otiicer USS SAMUEL GOMPERS CAD 379 In addition to various unit and campaign medals Commander Kendrick has been twice awarded the Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal O O . , . British Navy as an Engineering instructor. I

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SAMUEL GCMPER Samuel Gompers was born in London. England on 27 January. 1850. His family moved to the United States when he was a small child. In 1863 he began to make his way in the world as an apprentice cigar maker. Samuel Gompers became associated with the labor movement a year later at age 14, He helped to organize the Cigar Makers International Uniong eventuall ' b to follow. y ecoming president of the union. This became a model for other unions USS SAMUEL GOMPERS CAD 379 is the first US. Navy ship named for a great American who devoted his life to the labor movement and American ideals. In 1881, Samuel Gompers served in an organization that later became the federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada. It was later renamed the American Federation of Labor QAFLJ in 1886. Samuel Gompers served as re id t f h AFL p s en o t e for more than forty years .... as the official head of the American labor movement. ...L The labor movement had been fragmented into small individual unions throughout the country before the AFL was founded. All these unions worked without much cooperation with each other. Upon formation ofthe AFL Samuel Gompers took the helm as its president and welded the labor movement into a single unit that became a power in the commercial, industrial and political life of the United States. Samuel Gompers believed in the ideals of America and taught patriotism to all his followers. He kept the labor movement on a conservative footing and free from radicalism. A fearless advocate of that which was right. and a great humanitarian. he was also a great fighter. Samuel Gompers strove for peace in American industry. setting an example for others to follow. His work for nearly half a century was dedicated to advancing the lot of laborers. both men and women. His firm conviction that labor could never displace management made it possible for him to successfully negotiate with industry. Samuel Gomper's life was a tribute to the contributions that foreign-born Americans have made to the United States. He never forgot the American flag, and the ideals for which it stands.