Amphion (AR 13) - Naval Cruise Book

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£ X E F C F U I T C I E V R E Commander E. H. Huff Commander Emery Harrison Huff was born June 11, 1914 in Kennebunkport, Maine, the son of Mr, and Mrs. Lyman H. Huff. Following graduation from Kennebunkport High School in 1934, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. , from which he was graduated in 1938 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Commissioned Ensign June 2, 1938, he reported to the carrier USS LEXINGTON for duty, where he remained until trans- ferred to the USS WELLES (DD-257) in January, 1940, He joined the USS ARKANSAS (BB-33) in October, 1940, and was aboard the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor heralded the entry of the United States into V.orld War II. He had been promoted to Lieutenant (Junior Grade) in December, 1940. Transferred from the ARKANSAS in August, 1942, he spent the remainder of the war years aboard the USS TARBELL (DD-234) as Executive Officer, on the USS KNAPP (DD-653) as Executive Officer, and in the role of Commanding Officer of the USS SMITH (DD-378). He attained the rank of Lieutenant in April, 1942, while aboard the TARBELL, Lieutenant Com- mander in April, 1943 aboard the KNAPP, and was promoted to Commander on the SMITH in December, 1945. He participated in the attacks on the Kwajalein and Mojuro Atolls during the Marshall Island Operation; raids on Truk, Pa la u, Yap, Ulithi , Woleai, Sato won and Ponape; the Hollandia Operation of Western New Guinea; the capture and occupa- tion of Saipan and Guam; the Battle of the Philippine Sea; the capture and occupation of the Southern Palau Islands; assults on the Philippine Islandsand the Leyte and Luzon Operations. He was in the first naval task force to visit Nagasaki, Japan, fol- lowing the city ' s destruction by the Atomic Bomb. Postwar duties included service at the Naval Communications Department, Washington, D.C.; as Commanding Officer of the USS MOALE (DD-693); as Assistant Chief Inspector of Ships for MSTS LANT in New York City, and as a Logistics As- sistant attached toCINCNELMSTAFF in London, England, Commander Huff became Executive Officer of the USS AMPHION (AR-13) on May 17, 1956. He is entitled to wear the following decorations: American Defense with A , European-African-Middle East Medal, Asiatic-Pacific with seven stars, American Theatre , Bronze Star, Philippine Liberation with one star, Japanese Occupation and the National Defense Service Medal. Commander Huff married the former Miss Mary E. Foye, of Dorchester, Mass., in 1945. Mrs. Huff had been a Wave in communications from 1942 until 1945, attaining the rank of Lieutenant. The couple have three children: Donald Edward, born September II, 1946; Janet Lee, born June 21, 1950, and Jonathan Perry, born April 6, 1953. The Huff home is in Kenne- bunkport, Maine.

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■J. jTifi ' A ' c o M M A N D I N G O F F I C E R Captain John Benjamin Moreland ' •«« r 1 Captain John Benjamin Moreland was born July 15, 191 1 in Haven, Kansas. He was an honor student at Haven High School, and was third in the Class of 1929. In the summer of 1930, he entered the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., where he was a letter-man in soccer. He was graduated from the Academy in 1934 and commissioned Ensign May 31 of the some year. Shortly thereafter, he reported to the USS MISSISSIPPI {BB-40) for duty. While on the MISSISSIPPI he was promoted to LTJG May 1937. During the early part of 1938, he was a student Naval Aviator at the Naval Air Station in Pensocola, Florida, and was transferred in May, 1938 to the USS BADGER (DD-126) for duty in the Gunnery Department. From December, 1938 until July, 1940 he was Air Officer, First Lieutenant and Gunnery Officer on the USS CHILDS (AVP-13), pnd became Chief Engineer of the USS UPSUR (DD-14 4) in July, 1940. Transferred to the USS BADGER {DD-126) in June 1941 for duty as Executive Officer, he was promoted to Lieutenant July, 1941 - the year of Pearl Harbor. The BADGER was deployed in the North Atlantic. Stationed aboard the USS DYSON (DD-572) in November, 1942 as Executive Officer, he was promoted to LCDR in May 1943, Aboard the DYSON, a ship of the famed Little Beaver Squadron, he saw action in South Pacific waters and in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay and Cape Saint George, He became Commanding Officer of the USS STANLEY (DD-478) in January, 1944, attaining the rank of Commander month later. While aboard the STANLEY, he was with a fast carrier task force in the conflict for New Guinea with the Seventh Fleet in the Philippines, Mindoro, and Lingayen Operations and participated in the Iwo Jima invasion. Transferred to the USS CHARLES S. SPERRY (DD-679) as Commanding Officer in March, 1945, he served with a carrier task force in the Central Pacificuntil the end of the war. The CHARLES S. SPERRY then was active with the Japanese occupa- tion forces. He was Executive Officer of the Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Florida 1946-1948; Commanding Officer of the Naval Ordnance Facility, Okinawa 1949-1950; Director of Military Personnel Distribution with Staff, Twelfth Naval District, June 1950 - December 1951 , and Executive Officer of the USS QUINCY (CA-71) December 1951-July 1953, He was promoted to Captain July 1, 1953, In June, 1954, Captain Morland became a faculty member of the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va, He became Commanding Officer of the USS AMPHION (AR-13) January 30, 1957, Captain Morland has been awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for commanding the CHARLES S. SPERRY in assisting the stricken carrier, BUNKER HILL, duringa Kamikaze attack in 1945; the Presidential Unit Citation for participation in the Solomons Campaign; and the Bronze Star Medal with three gold stars. CaptainMorland is entitledtowearthe following Medals: American Defense with A, Atlantic Theater, American Theater, Pacific Theater with eight campaign stars and Occupation, He is married to the former Miss Marietta Diaz Silveira, They have one daughter, Michele Maria, born October 12, 1951. The Morlands live at 7600 Gleneagles Road, Norfolk, Va.

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Chaplain E. S. Jones Chaplain Edwin Stoddard Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvanio on May 22, 1919, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Jones. His first twelve years of schooling were spent in the State College Public Schools, graduating from State College, Pa. in the class of 1937. In 1941 , he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Pennsylvania State College. Shortly after college graduation. Chaplain Jones entered the military service in the USMCR. He was commissioned on November 1, 1941 and received promotions to First Lieutenant, October 1942 and Captain, April 1943. From October 1942 to October 1945, he served overseas with the First Separate Engineer Battalion on Guadalcanal, Tinian, and Okinawa. During these war years. Chaplain Jones decided to devote his life to the ministry. After separation from active duty, he continued his education toward this objective and received his Bachelor of Divinity from Drew University, Madison, New Jersey in 1949. Chaplain Jones, a Methodist, served as minister in churches in Plainfield and Livingston, New Jersey and Briggsdale, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. However, it was not long before Chaplain Jones felt his greatest coil as a minister to be in the military service. He was appointed as a Chaplain in the U.S. Navy in October 1951. He was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, Decem- ber 1951 to March 1952; First Marine Division, Korea, March 1952 to November 1952; 2nd MAW, Cherry Point, North Carolina, December 1952 to April 1954; and USNTC, Bainbridge, Maryland, April 1954 to April 1956. He reported aboard tHe USS AMPHION (AR-13) on May 14, 1956. Chaplain Jones was married to the former Miss Jane Oglevee in 1945. They now reside In Norfolk with their two child- ren - Robert, nine years, and Barbara, six years.