Boston (CAG 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPT. ROBERT L. TAYLOR Captain Robert L. Taylor served as our Commanding Officer from 9 August 1957 until July 1958. Born in Russelville, Arkansas, the Captain attended high school in Michigan and graduated from the Naval Academy with the class of 1931. Twenty-seven years of naval service found Captain Taylor ina series of assignments which were as varied as they were inte resting. Before World War II he served' aboard the USS TENNESSEE, USS LEA, USS HENDERSON, USS HALE, and USS PRESTON in addition to attending a postgraduate course in ordnance engineering at Ann- apolis. The war years found him serving on the staff of Commander South- west Pacific and as Commanding Officer of the USS VALETTE. While serving in the latter assignment, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for assisting in destroying about 1000 enemy troops at- tempting to withdraw from the Solomons. In the last year of the war he returned to the U. S. and worked at the Naval Proving Grounds., Dalghren, Virginia. N After the war some of Captain Taylor's assignments have been, Assistant Naval Attache in London, Executive Officer of USS PRO- VIDENCE, Commanding Officer of USS DIAMOND HEAD. Naval In- 3PeCf01' of Ordnance at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Ho kins Unive 't d ' ' ' p rsi y, an with the Bureau of Ordnance 1n,Wash1ngton. Captain Taylor's current assignment is Chief ofStaff, Commander Cruiser Force. U.S. Atlantic Fleet. . 3 4 I 1 MJ

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CAPT. LUTHER C. HEINZ Captain Heinz assumed command of the BOSTON on 12 July 1958 while we were anchored at Rhodes. Within 72 hours of his assumption of com mand, a pleasant and relatively peaceful month in the Mediterranean had been transformed by the simultaneous crises in Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq. From this stormy initiation to the BOSTON, Captain HEINZ has led us through the subsequent months which found us operating with both the SIXTH and SECOND Fleets. He has indelibly stamped the impression of his personality on the BOSTON and this has been particularly noted in his concern for the welfare, recreation, training and moral guidance of his crew. Captain Heinz graduated from the Naval Academy with the-class of 1933 and started his career aboard a cruiser, USS MILWAUKEE Since that first assignment, Captain Heinz has 'learned cruisers inside and out. He has served aboard no less than five cruisers in almost every possible capacity including gunnery, engineering, and communication on the SAN FRANCISCOand Navigation Officer of the SANTA FE. As Navigator of the SANTA FE, he participated in every major Pacific campaign from Tarawa to the operations leading to the capture of Okinawa. Captain Heinz's experience has not been restricted to big ships alone. He has commanded USS NORRIS QDD-859Q, served on the staff of DES LANT, commanded USS MENIFEE QAPA-ZOZQ, commanded Destroyer Division 601, and most recently has been senior aide and administrative assistant to the Chief of Naval Personnel. The Captain is married and has one daughter, Lisa, bornin 1958. His family resides in Boston.