Whetstone (LSD 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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P 9. is ' 2 2 S 1 l 'i t. 5 R of gl 'S il 2 ,N ig . my .fx qv. ei Ny 'Q it ' 1 X 1 i X ll 8 ,. E3 12 if is ll tl ., . ,l ti is ll ll ,I 4 I .ii '4 ,I ig- . E' 5? . Q . L 15 ' w. Coininzinder Seahaugh was born in Scdgcwickvillc. Missouri on 10 Sept- cmhcr 1923. He attended the Uni- versity of Missouri School of Mines and Klctzillurgy. then the Columbia Vnivcrsity Midshipmen School from which hc graduated in 1945. Cominzindcr Seahaugh first went to scam :is First Lieutenant aboard the FSS l-'. KI. Robinson QDE-2201 and from thcrc was transferred to PCIZ-S46 as Executive Officer. After ll short tour of duty under instruc- tion at thc V. S. Naval Station, Treas- ure Island. Commander Seabaugh went to thc FSS Fitch QDRIS-255 Where he served as both Chief Engineer and Operations Officer. During the Korean conflict. Com- mander Seabaugh served on the Staff oi Kline Squadron Six and later became R. R. SEABALIGH CDR USN COMMANDI G FFICER Commander of Mine Divison 51. After six months of Post Graduate School in Monterey, he became Assistant Torpedo Project Officer at the Surface Anti-Submarine Development Detach- ment, Key West, Florida. He later served as Operations Officer on the USS Magoffin QAPA-1995 and at the U, S, Navy Mine Defense Laboratory, Panama City, Florida. In October 1961 Commander Seabaugh beoame the Senior Naval Advisor at the U. 5- Naval Mission in Haiti. Immediately prior to becoming Com' manding Officer of our ship, Com' mander Seabaugh was Executive Of' ficer of the Uss Talladega tAPA 2087' After being relieved by Commander vvnnem H. Webb on 27 September' Commander Seabaugh joined the Staff of Commander Mine Force Atlantic.

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J, H.B. Richter, LT, USN J.J. savei, LT, USN DEP RTME T HEADS During the cruise the ship had a fifty percent turn- over in department heads. In May LT Thiele relieved LT Bakula as First Lieu- tenant, and in July LT Savel relieved LT Burris as Chief Engineer. Mr. Bakula went to post-graduate work in Washington, D, C., while Mr. Burris is now the Ex- ecutive Officer of the USS Tioga County. 5.-5 rms-. XX .J. Hakula, LT, USN NN .J. I-iatrthett, LT, SC, USN I fa nj RE. Burris, LT, USN XXXL. Thiele, LT USN