Taussig (DDG 746) - Naval Cruise Book

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TA SSIG AILOR RITE HOME Issued in solemn warning this fourth day of December, 1963, to the friends, neighbors, relatives and acquaintances of this Taussig sailor. Send no more mail in care of the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California. Get the kids off the streets, lock up your daughters, fill the ice box with beer, but first of all GET MY CIVILIAN CLOTHES OUT OF MOTH BALLS. l'M COMING HOME!!! Very soon I will again bein your midst, dehydrated and demobilized to take my place once again as a human being with freedom and justice for all 5 engaged in life, liberty and somewhat belated pursuit of happiness. For making your joyous welcome seem true, you must make allowances for the very crude environment which has been my home for the past eight months. In a word, I might be a little Southern Pacific, suffering from Hawaiiantitis and must be handled with extreme care. Show no alarm when I grab my spear and swim suit instead of an umbrella or if I have a tendency to dip my fingers in butter. Keep cool if Ipour gravy in my dessert or mix peaches with Seagrams VO. Be tolerant when I take my mattress off the bed and prefer to sleep on the floor. Don't let it shock you when an- swering the telephone if I say Hai Hai, Mushi, Mushi , Aloha , or Aloha-Oie instead of hello and i c 4' c -. goodbye. Y In a relatively short time I ' Q can be taught to speak English Z U again. Never ask me why the A -Qt f 2 ' boys down the street were able to Q S if 5, f make more rank than I have made, 5 lj J ' . . ' as thisis liable to throw me into N-If ld i M, violent fits. And do not say that -I Xt I my uniform looks good, as this is 'A' g X c-lx sure to throw me into insanity.- iv I, I will also go insane at the word I re-enlistment, if mentioned in my presence. Above all, never ask .. why the boy down the street was I stationed stateside for three full X years as this statement can lead to f many serious events, none of them good for my reorientation. ' For the first few days that I X am home Cuntil I'm -brokenb be especially watchful when I am in the presence of women, especially beautiful women. My intent10nS Vi are serious but honorable. Keep in mind that beneath my rough and rugged exterior there beats a heart of pure gold, the only thing I 1 of value I have left. Treat me' I A with kindness and tolerance and X . an occasional quart of beer and X you will be able to rehabilitate that fi' which is now but the hollow shell gli! -'X of the proud civilian you once . A ,,w 'g knew. ' fm -LM, Signed: A. Sailor

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HI TORY GE THE TAUSSIG USS TAUSSIG CDD-7465, named after Admiral Edward Taussig C1847-19213, was built by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Staten Island, New York, and commissioned on 20 May 1944. The sponsor at the launching ceremonies was Miss Ellen M. Taussig, the granddaughter of the Civil and Spanish-American war hero. ' Following a shake down cruise to Bermuda, the TAUSSIG was ordered to the Pacific for duty. She transited through the Panama Canal on l September 1944. During World War II she served in the Pacific theater, participating in the major battles of the Philippines, Luzon, The Carolines, Iwo Jima and Gkinawa For her part in the War she was awarded six major battle stars and the Occupa- tion Medal. After World War II, the TAUSSIG was engaged in the Patrol of the China Seas and Formosa Straits forewhich she received the China Service Medal. At the time of the outbreak of the Korean conflict, she was operating with the Seventh Fleet and within 48 hours was in the Sea of Japan helping screen Navy :Task Force 77, whose planes were striking at the North Korean Forces. She served throughout the Korean conflict, earning eight battle stars and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation. During' most of 1962, the TAUSSIG was in the Naval Shipyard at Long Beach, California for FRAM II. On 19 April 1963, she left the Western Pacific, her eighth cruise since the Korean conflict, and returnedgto San Diego on 4 December 1963.

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OFFICER o.K. HALLAM CDR USN Commander Orval K. Hallam was born in Hinsdale, Montana, on June 26, 1923. He attended the University of Texas, and was graduated as an Ensign in the NROTC program in 1946. He was advanced to his present rank on 1 November, 1962. Commander Hallam first served in the U. S. S. RANGER CCV-45 as Assistant First Division Officer from June 1946 until October 1946. At that time he was transferred to the COMSERVLANT staff, serving as Fleet Camera Party Plotting Officer until October, 1949. Commander Hallam spent the next four months at Damage Control School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was thereupon transferred to the U. S. S. RENSHAW CDDE-4495 where he served as Damage Control Assistant until promoted to Engineer Officer in October 1951. Upon his detachment from the RENSHAW in October 1951, Commander Hallam attended the U. S. Naval Gunnery School at San Diego after which he attended the U. S. Navy General Line School in Monterey, California, where he graduated in July 1953. Commander Hallam's next billet was First Lieutenant on the U. S. S. ACHERNAR CAKA-53D. He became Navigator of this ship in June 1954, and held that position until he was transferred to the U. S. Naval Mine Warfare School at Yorktown, Virginia in March 1955. ' From June until October, 1955, Commander Hallam was the Prospective Commanding Officer of the U. S. S. PINNACLE CMSO-4625. He held the position of Commanding Officer aboard this ship until March 1957. Commander Hallam's next billet took him to Washington where he served on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations as Motion Picture Technical Advisor until July, 1957. In the next two years, Commander Hallam attended the Navy Post-Graduate School in Monterey, California and was graduated in August 1959 with a Master of Science Degree. He was transferred to COMINRON SEVEN Staff where he served as Chief Staff Ofhcer until February, 1960. He was then transferred to the COMINPAC Staff where he served as Mines Ofhcer until July, 1961. In August, he became a destroyer Prospective Executive Officer on the staff of COMDESFLOT THREE until he was transferred the following month to become Executive Officer- of the U. S. S. BLACK CDD-6663. Commander Hallam assumed Command of the TAUSSIG on February 11, 1963. His theatre and campaign ribbons include: American Theatre WW H, World War II Victory, United Nations with one star, Korean War, and Korean Presidential. I Commander Hallam is married to the former Miss Charlotte Jones of Sheridan, Wyoming. He and his wife have one teen-age son, Orval Keith, Jr. They now reside at 3621 Kingsley Street in San Diego. COMMANDING