Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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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!

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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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.s Q' ' Edmund fsaaztez 'gifldagdeq CapTain, UniTecl STaTes Navy ExecuTive Officer July I949 To January I95l 6apTain Billingsley, an Arkansas Trav- eller . aTTended The UniversiTy of Arkansas. graduaTed Trom The Naval Academy in l932, and earned his M.A. degree in Personnel Ad- minisTraTion aT NorThwesTern UniversiTy in I947. He was mosT acTive during The war years when he parTicipaTed in The NorTh ATrican, Normandy, SouTh- ern France, and Okinawa campaigns Tor which he was awarded The Tollowing special awards and ciTaTions: Silver STar, Bronze STar, LeTTer oT CommendaTion, and Croix de Guerre. He wears ribbons appropriaTe To These TheaTres oT miliTary operaTions. Upon deTachmenT Trom The Columbus, he was assigned The imporTanT Task as ChieT oT STaTT, ComCruDiv Six in which posiTion he conTinues To daTe. Wahve oT WashingTon, D. C. C5raduaTed Trom U.S. Naval Academy in I934, and served in succession in baTTle- ship COLORADO, deTroyer ELLIS, STaTT oT Commander ScouTing Force, cruiser NORTHAMPTON, desTroyer HUNT and was serving in The aTTack TransporT MCCAWLEY as gunnery oTTicer when.World War ll sTarTed. ln The MCCAWLEY, Took parT in The iniTial landing on Guadalcanal and The FirsT BaTTle oT Savo ilsland. ThereaTTer. on duTy in The OTFice oT CNO engaged in communicaTion inTelligence. Took command oT The desTroyer MERVINE in The winTer oT I944 and escorTed high speed convoys. beTween EasT CoasT porTs and The MediTerranean. ATTer The MERVINE was converTed To a DMS in l945, and enTered The PaciTic, engaged in minesweeping operaTions in The China-Japan area on surrender oT The Japanese. Com- missioned The new desTroyer DAMATO in 1946 and com- manded her unTil I948. Then aTTended The Armed Forces STaTT College and wenT To The OTTice oT CNO Tor duTy in The STraTegic Plans Division. From January I95l, served as ExecuTive OTTicer oT The COLUMBUS, Flagship oT CinCNELM. Vwdng S6455 pfzeafm Commander, UniTed STaTes Navy ExecuTive Officer January l'95l To PresenT