Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

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For I83 years the United States has had a Navy. From a beginning of a few small wooden ships pro- pelled by the fickle winds she has developed into a fighting Navy of hundreds of ships and planes, her formations at times stretching for as far as the eye can see, surpassing the British claim to mastery of the seas. The United States now has the greatest Navy in the world. To maintain control of the seas in the critical times of war we must prepare in time of peace. This book is partly a iournal and partly a tribute to a ship and a crew that are helping to keep up this preparation. We stay prepared to fight because BREMERTON is a ship made to fight. But we also have another role. The name of this Cruise Book is Ambassador BREMERTON which describes that other responsi- bility. We show the flag. We see and are seen. We have made many new friends in the process, and we have experienced new things. We have been Ambassador BREMERTON . Richard S. Craighill Captain, U. S. Navy Commanding officer U.S.S. Bremerton lCA-l30j g 3

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K 5 captain r. h. bass, usn a final few words Captain Raymond H. Bass was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1931. His first sea duty was in the aircraft carrier, LEXINGTON. He went to sub- marines in 1933. ' He was skipper of the 0-2 when the U.S. entered the war in 1941. Then followed two and a half war years in command of the submarines PLUNGER and RUNNER. Following the war, Captain Bass served as a Sub- marine Division Commander in the Canal Zone, and as Operations Officer for Commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic. ln 1951 he was the Navy member of the U.S. team in Copenhagen which negotiated the Greenland Base Rights Agreement. He commanded Submarine Squadron Ten in 1952-53. From August 1953 to July 1954 he held command of the USS ROCKBRIDGE. Prior to coming aboard BREMERTON, Captain Bass terminated a two-year tour in the Strategic Plans Division and Long-Range Obiec- tives Group in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. He was relieved of command of BREMERTON by Captain Richard S. Craighill on 5 October 1957 in Bremerton, Washington.