Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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. 4. ' W I s 1 CAPTADI ALDERMAN BADE FAREWELL to the Officers and men of the Badoeng Strait as he was relieved by Captain Roy L. Johnson, USN, at Change- of-Cornmand ceremonies. 1.--f I -Z 5 ,M -.6 in V .- O n,s Z 1, dl- an r' 2- if 1 i- X i 'iii 2 ,, gs'- 11 f .1 1 Qi r I f s L I 4 X Ge 5 0 X QF s . CRHBB f f i ti t' f :H I ' K' H J 1 U Xl X 2 X Xilfff, N E3 hope he hi FW t-1'3Ffiiz+.esa J. E.. s.. ..--- .. . P4 1, . d 'K notice me Shoes a1n'K shined. I .X ', 1 I, W H-4. 1 A . N - 1.-. in jI ' mm -5-ins--A. , ., sms, L-..i.,.L,, me 1 '- -U5-'Hur ,gf -n...., . 5. Ami HG'-'1en.., - V A 0-Qnqgga .,. , Q, A 122-f2s:.:g+ V as

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M 1 CAPTAIN JOHN C. ALDERMAN, U. S. NAVY, was grad- uated from the Naval Academy in 1928. Following a tour of duty aboard the USS COLORADO, Captain Alderman was ordered to flight training at Pensacola, Florida. He WRS designated a Naval Aviator on 3 September 1931. Captain Alderman's first tour of duty as a Naval Aviat0I' was aboard the USS SARATOGA Where he served until 1934. H . . e reported for duty at Coco Solo, C. Z. in 1935 with squadI'0l1 VP-3. During the next three years Captain Alderman served 011 the USS ASTORIA and USS VINCENNES. A tour of shore duty at th N ' ' ' ' e aval Air Station, Anacostia, was completed in 1941- From 1941 to 1944, Captain Alderman was in command of the USS PELICAN, USS MC FARLAND and the Naval Ail' Station, Brunswick, Maine. In 1944 he became the first Exec- ut' ' ive Officer of the USS ANTIETAM Captain Alderman's record includes: Chief Staff Officer, B . Q remerton Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, Commanding Of- ficer, Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Monterey, Californiag and Chief Staff Officer, Fleet Air Wing ONE, Fleet Air Guam. A1dF0110Wir1g the outbreak of the Korean conflict, Captain er ' man served successively as Commander Fleet Air Wing ONE Detachment, Japan, and Commander Fleet Air Wing SIX- Captain'A1derman took command of the USS BADOENG STRAIT on 1 N 1951 b .ovember 1950 and was relieved 24 November , Y C9-Dtain Roy L. Johnson, U.S. Navy.

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