Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1953

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yuCoK ampjieU CAPTAIN, USN t ap+ain Gordon Campbell, USN, has been Commanding Officer of the USS COLUMBUS since April 1952 when he relieved Captain F. B. Warder, USN, during the ship ' s latest yard overhaul. A veteran of 26 years naval service. Captain Campbell came to the COLUMBUS from duty in the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington. Among his other assignments since being commissioned in June 1926 were billets in the Gunnery Departments of the battleships USS PENNSYLVANIA and USS OKLAHOMA and the destroyer USS COLE, hie was then sent to Submarine School, New London, Conn., and duty followed on the submarines USS S-17 and USS S-43. Later he was placed in command of submarines USS S-23 and USS BASS, and from there became Operations Officer of Submarine Squadron 3. During the war he was in command at different times of Submarine Squadrons 53 and 45. After the war he was sent to shore duty with Naval Operations and then the Staff of CINCPACFLT. During 1950-51 he attended Industrial College of the Armed Forces and his next assignment was as Assistant Director of Training afBUPERS, prior to taking command of the COLUMBUS. In addition to the Legion of Merit, Captain Campbell has earned the follow- ing medals and awards: Silver Life Saving Medal, American Defense Medal, American Area Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal.

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