Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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pew 'Wcvzald mmm Capfaln UniTed STaTes Navy Commanding Officer I2 SepTember l950 To 2 Augusf I95I fW fx !'1:Q?6 ill XSEX . i ,V LJXXM apTain Wellings came To The U SS COLUMBUS from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii where he was AssisTanT Chief of Sfaff To The Commander in Chief Pacific FleeT During The war he commanded a desfroyer in The SouTh Pacific. The USS STRONG Capfain Wellings firsT command was aTTaclced and evenTually sunk on The FourTh of July, I94-3. AfTer a period of recuperafion in a hospiTal, CapTain Wellings was appoinTed Desfroyer and Squadron Commander which he held for ThirTeen monThs. I-le was laTer assigned To The Bureau of Naval Personnel and The NaTional War College, WashingTon. D. C. While on duTy in Washingfon, D. C. he was made AssisTanT Chief of STaTf To The Commander-in-Chief, Pacific FleeT. For Two years he sTayed aT This command. During The summer of I95O he was relieved of his duTy as AssisTanT Chief of STaTf To The Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleef, and ordered To assume The new posifion of commanding of The U'.S.S. COLUMBUS. In addiTion To The Silver STar Medal, CapTain Wellings has earned The Bronze STar Medal wiTh Two Gold STars and Combal' V , The Purple l-learT Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Base Clasp: The American Campaign Medal, The AsiaTic-Pacific Campaign Medal: The World War ll Vicfory Medal: and The Philippine Liberafion Ribbon. . ,Z - lu LA . 415. -EJ

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Sphadm 2. Wklmw. Qc. Capfain, Unifecl Sfafes Navy Commanding Officer 3 Ociober I949 To I2 Sepfernber i950 F fx iff? HRX ,Si . A I fb K5 xii eapfain Ephraim R. McLean. Jr., was born in Cleveland, Mississippi. Alfhough on only parf of ihe presenf cruise, he has been in fhe Columbus for mosf of her ofher cruises, as his dufy iusf prior fo becoming Commanding Officer of fhe Columbus, was Operafions Officer on CinCNEl.lvl's Sfaff. ' 4 ln his final message fo fhe personnel of fhe U.S.S. COLUMBUS Capfain McLean said: l am proud fo have served as commanding officer. lf is a greaf ship and if has proved fhis by winning fhe Baffle Efficiency Pennanf and having fhe highesf reenlisfmenf rafe in fhe fleef. Aw Q f

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F fx 'wif ew I 'N 7eedeu2:4 Zander: Wada Capfain, Unifecl Sfafes Navy Commanding Officer 2 Augusf l95I To Presenf Dafe eapfain F. B. Warder was born on March I9, l904. He graduafed from fhe Naval Academy in l925. He joined fhe U.S.S. MILWAUKEE for 'Iwo and a half years and fhen wenf fo Submarine School af New London, Conn, Affer complefing fhis course he was ordered fo S-I6 for four years where he qualified fo command in July I929. He was nexf ordered fo fhe Posf Graduafe School and fhe Universify of California for a course in Marine Engineering which he complefed in i934 wifh an M.S. degree, His nexf assignmenf was fo fhe Asiafic Sfafion for fhree years, including one year in command of S-38. Afer fwo years af Porfsmoufh Navy Yard he was ordered fo Command SEAWOLF, in which he served for over fhree years, including fhe firsf year of fhe war. He made seven pafrols in Philippine and Dufch Easf Indian, wafers. This was followed by one and one-half years in command of Submarine Division One Twenfy-fwo, which dufy included fhe second wolf pack operafion againsf fhe Japanese. Following fhis dufy Capfain Warder was ordered for fwo years as 0inC Submarine School. From here he wenf fo command Submarine Squadron Three in I946 and in Sepfember i948 enfered fhe Nafional War College al' Washingfon, D. C. On complefion of fhis course he was ordered fo dufy in fhe Deparfmenf in fhe Division af lnfernafional Affairs lOP-35l, Office of Chief of Naval Operafions. His mosf recenf dufy, before reporfing fo fhe CGLUMBUS, was Chief of Sfaff and Aide fo Commander Submarine Force, Aflanfic Fleef, Rear Admiral S. S. Murray. He has earned fhe following awards and decorafions: Navy Cross and Gold Sfar, Legion of Merif lCombafl and fwo Gold Sfars lNon-Combafl, Bronze Sfar lCombafl, Leffer of Cornmendafion and Bronze Sfar lCombafl, Navy Unif Commendafion and Bronze Sfar, Asiafic-Pacific Theafer wifh nine sfars, American Theafer, Vicfory Medal, Philippine Defense wifh Bronze Sfar, Orderof Bronze Lion of Nefherlands, Submarine'Combaf Insignia for six successful pafrols. i 'ii 2 ix l?i A367 . .f - 5 K sf-f'E'49,lg5g..+f rv X!