Walker (DDE 517) - Naval Cruise Book

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s L T fir N r if-ff fl another niche in the history and fame of that name-WA A SHORT HISTORY or THE UNITED STATES SHIP WALKER T lS35, John Grimes Walker was born in 'Hillsboro New Hampshire He vi Yliv Sea, and at the age of l5, John Walker was appointed a Acting US. Navy. From there, John Walker trained for the life of a sailorman, tim- Xfkfar Between the States, he served with distinction in the Navy, -ninendations due a young and outstanding Naval Officer. John Walker it tiiv Navy's ranks and in l894, was commissioned a Rear Admiral, U. S. age of 72 Admiral Walker died in Ogunquit, Maine, where he Could Qcean, his beloved sea. LLSS. WALKER is named for John Grimes Walker, and this ship is as it man after whom she is named. She was built at the Bath Iron Works, ii-it far from the home of John Walker. On 3 April l943, WALKER T-nifil, and then commenced one of the real stories of Navy ships. nitif' felt her pulse and push, from training to escort duty. Then came Hilits and hot days of the Pacific. The oceans knew that a fighting ship n top. From Okinawa to Leyte, from the Gilberts to the Marianas, from 'Hikes of Task Forces 38 and 58 to the triumphant entry of the Third it-yo Bay-WALKER was there. funded, and the ships of the sea went home for rests in their safe berths. 'thrill Fleet was not for WALKER, for on T5 September T950 the Navy wifi WALKER as a new submarine killer and started her again upon her Yqfggn War was under way, and WALKER did not have to wait long part ol the famous SEVENTH FLEET. She participated in shore bombard- Korean coastline, operated with the fast moving carrier TGSJQ forces, Gnd fflmgfs gf Ching and Korea. This cruise to the lands of the Far East Trfrl. tar WALKER, and as she steams home to her base in Pearl Harbor, LKER.

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Ai 11 f 4 53 : .4 ,I J 2 ,Sift LW A CaC'aI for this tour in the Western Pacific with the Seventh Flee - COLEMAN H. SMITH Commander, United States Navy n September 1955, Commander Coleman l-l. Smith, U.S.INl-1 OSSU :ue of Commanding Qtticer, U.S.S. WALKER, and he has been He attended the University ot Texas and was commissioned 0 in the Navy in 1941. That was the beginning ot a varied Gnd naval career. l-lis duty assignments have taken him from the P050 Atlantic, from the Far East to Europe. l'le has been Comfmndlnl ot tive ships and a Squadron Commander of mine sweepers H' Vvar ll duties found him in the cold North Atlantic with the submarines and in the hot Pacific tropics. Between 1950 and 1952 Commander Smith was attached lo Military Advisory Group in London, England, in connection with' Military Aid Program. Prior to coming to WALKER he was on Ofhce of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington. l.