Bairoko (CVE 115) - Naval Cruise Book

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v-nurtuir .- . .1 X l iff lnoxo ng Program . . . w Commissioning Orders and Remarks by Captain I. L. McGuigan, U.S.N. Playing of National Anthem while Colors are raised Transfer of Command to Captain Harry B. Temple, U.S.N. Orders to Command and Remarks by Captain Harry B. Temple, U.s.N. ' Z Setting of the Watch A g Remarks by Flag Officer Retreat langar Deck and in the Crew's Mess n .nm

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P D53 M, 1.2 ,Q !, 1 in Ny , 9 ' Q-9, S. q A Assembly of the Crew 84.2 :Pr l Qf U.s. S. 1 : . l. . ommissizmil . c Flag Officer and Supervisor of Shipbuilding received at gangway and escorted to Commissioning Parade lnvocation by Chaplain Everett A. Dalian, U.S.N.R. A I Playing of the Navy I-lymn Delivery .of the Ship to U. S. Navy by Mr. Cr. F. Kachlein, lr.,- A Assistant General Manager of Todd Pacific Shtpyards lnc. l Acceptance of Ship for the U. S. Navy by Captain l. L. lVlcGuigan, U.S.N. ' Refreshments will be served on the

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. WW Offiaefz CAPTAIN HARRY B. TEMPLE, U.s.N. CAPTAIN HARRY Bl:ilGl-1AlVl TEMPLE was born April 7, 1901, in Leicester, Massachu- setts. 1-le was graduated from the Naval Academy, Annap- olis, in 19247 has been on ac- tive duty since that date. After graduation from Annapolis, he was assigned to duty in the battleship Pennsylvania. Fol- lowing a year of this duty he was detached and assigned to duty with the Asiatic Fleet where he served for three years, the greater part of which 1 1 i E was in the capacity of Execu- tive Officer of an Aviation Ten- der. Upon return to the United States, he reported to the Avia- ' tion Flight Training School at Pensacola, Florida. Since com- pletion of Flight Training, Captain Temple has served in many of the various Naval Aviation activities, ashore and afloat, including seaduty on cruisers and carriers. ln 'carrier aviation he has flown from the decks of the old U.S.S. Langley and Lexington, both sunk, and from the Ranger, Saratoga and Enterprise. During 1931-1934 he was on duty in the Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy Department, in the Flight Division. ln 1937 and 1938 he served in connection with fitting out, and on board the carrier Enterprise as Assistant Air Operations Officer when that ship was commissioned. ln late 1938, he was detached from the .Enterprise and ordered to duty with the U. S. Naval Mission to Brazil in which capacity he served as Aviation Advisor to the Brazilian Naval and Air Ministries. Upon completion of this duty, Captain Temple was ordered to duty in connection with fitting out and commissioning the carrier U.S.S. Sangamon. 1-le served with the ship as Executive Officer for one year, during which time the ship was engaged in assault operations upon the coast of Africa in November of 1942 and, subsequently, in escort- support operations with the Commander South Pacific Force, in the New Hebrides-Solomon lslands area. ln September, 1943, Captain Temple was detached from the Sangamon and ordered to duty on the Staff of General MacArthur, Commander-in-Chief of Southwest Pacific area. This duty lasted for a period of four months and involved service in Australia and New Guinea. 1-le was then detached and ordered to report to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air, as 1-lead of the Aviation Special Development Section and, later, as Director of the Division of Aviation Military Characteristics. Captain Temple was detached from this duty and ordered to report to the Commissioning Detail, Tacoma, for ultimate duty as Commanding Officer of the Bairoko. ln September of 1933, Captain Temple married the former Miss Priscilla Totten of Washington, D. C. They have three children, all boys, who are now 9, 7, and 3 years of age. Captain and Mrs. Temple make their permanent home in Washington, D. C.