Arcturus (AF 52) - Naval Cruise Book

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This S bH banner, flying from an Arcturus signal hoist, is one of three such banners that Arcturus flies when she nrovisions other Naval vessels. SSLH G ES T0 SEA he familiar S8zH sign has made its debut on the high seas. Navy men of the Atlantic Fleet are getting accustomed to the first sea-going S8zH banner. The USS Arcturus flies three of the popular We Give SSLH Green Stamps banners right along with its regular signal flags. The Arc- turus is a supply ship that provides refrigerated and dry food provisions to Naval ships of the Atlantic Fleet. In Navy terminology it is known as a reeferg acivilianwouldprobably call it an floating supermarket, for it carries enough food to feed 30,000 hungry sailors for 30 days. ln the past, a standing comment when the Arcturus made a delivery to another ship was, What! No SKZH Green Stamps! So the supply officer of the Arcturus thought he would try to partially answer that question. I know, he said in a letter to S8zH's home office, that we can't give SSZH Green Stamps. But could we fly a couple of S8zH banners on our signal hoists? It would show our customers that we would like to give stamps. S8zH's advertising department responded with three plastic ban- ners. fThe type that is normally used by service stations. They are 55 inches by 30 inches,proclaiming, We Give SSLH Green Stamps. J In the Arcturus' first outing with the banner, a Mediterranean deploy- ment, more than 3,000 tons of provi- sions were transferred to 39 ships while the S8zH banner was flying. fAnd if they had been given stamps that would have filled alot of bookslj ,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,, ,W ,,,, , ,,,,,,,, , 6 ,, H Y

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.ae-: V COMMANDING OFFICER Captain Walter S. DELANY, Jr., was born in Reading, Pennsylvania June 23, 1922. He attended Annapolis High School and grad- uated from Severn School in Severn Park, Maryland. He attended Dartmouth College from 1939 to 1941 and then graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy. He was commis- sioned Ensign in June 1944. After commissioning Captain DELANY attended the Scout and Raider Course at Fort Pierce until December 1944. He spent the remainder of the war as navigator aboard USS D. W. TAYLOR QDD-5515. After com- pleting submarine school in June 1946 he served aboard USS SENNETT, Staff COM- SUBRON TWO, USS TUSK and USS CORP- ORAL in various billets. From 1951 to 1953 he was stationed in the Athletic De- partment at the U. S. Naval Academy and was Head Coach of the Navy 150 lb. team which won the Eastern Intercollegate Championship. In July 1955 he assumed command of USS CAVALLA QSS-2465 and commanded this submarine until September 1956. After three months on COMSUBLANT Staff .he assumed command of USS CROAKER fSS-2445 from February 1957 to July 1957. He then attended Stanford University for one year receiving his Masters Degree in Edu- cation. Next followed a tour of duty at BUPEPS where Captain DELANY ran the Electronic Data Processing Center from September 1958 through March 1960. From 1960-1963, he was in Hamburg, Germany serving as U. S. Naval Liaison Officer. Returning to the United States, Captain DELANY was operations officer COMSUB- RON 5, and Commander Submarine Division 51. During this tour Captain DELANY was also responsible for the planning and de- velopment of the newly established U. S. Naval Submarine Support Facility, San Diego. In July 1964 he reported to Joint Staff CINCLANT where he served through June 1965. Captain DELANY assumed com- mand of USS ARCTURUS QAF-525 on 20 August 1965. Captain DELANY is married to the former Anne CULP of Gainesville, Texas. They have one daughter, Mary Anne, who is married andlives in Eugene, Oregon.