Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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, .. sm 5-Q... ' bepartment M1444 CDR Edward F. Carl-Operafions LCDR John C. Herron-Supply CDR Ira B. Ramsey-Engineering LCDN William B. Dickson-Gunnery LCDR Alex Baker-Naviga+ion CDR Arflnur Slone-Denfal LT John F. McVay-Medical SUPPLY OFFICERS Y Y GUNNERY OFFICERS

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fffozvcc fxecutnle Uffzcer COMMANDER ROBERT C MORTON USN graduafed Ensign U S Naval Academy Class of I936 served as Engineer and Gunnery Offlzer og e board cruiser Minneapolis and baffleship Texas December 7 I94I performing gunnery an al duhes on Amphibious S+aff un Ailanhc parhcnpafed an early Iroop movemenfs fo England and Ire I d 'r d lannln Norfh Africa Invasion allied forces landing al' Casablanca In I942 an BSSIS E In P g Execuhve Officer desfroyer Branne in Pacific operahons an Solomon Islands Bouganvulle area fool: I lal'er arhclpaled In nu command of ZIOO 'Ion deslroyer Bache operaflng off New Guinea coas p merous campaigns from Manus In Admlrallfy Group lo Leyle Gulf Oclober 1944 involved in baffle off Surlgao Slralghr lafler parf of same year 'roolx command of deslroyer Wadlelgh carried American officials Io Japan enferlng inner Tolxyo Bay on mamenlous Sepfember 2 I945 from Execu live Officer duhes and Assoclale Professor of Naval Science af N R OTC Unll Norlhwesfern Umver sily Illinois fool: command deslroyer Compfon In Sepfember I949 boarded COLUMBUS as Execu hve Officer on I2 November I953 4 Commanding Ufficer CAPTAIN J. D. L. GRANT, U.S.N .... gradualed Annapolis I930.,.boarded balfleship New York l93I 'fo I936 served onboard baffle- ship California, heavy cruiser Louisville and deslroyer King...sIuden'r of Applied Communicafions U.S.- Naval Posfgraduafe School, Annapolis... l94I onboard flagship Honolulu wilnessed allack on Pearl Harbor.. .as Communicalicns Officer ComTaslcForce I4 aboard Sarafoga in I942,..survived enemy lorpedoes off Johnslon lsland...assisled in organilafion of Allied Naval Forces, Souih Wes? Pacific . . . aclive in Pearl Harbor, New Zealand and Ausfralia areas . .. I944 fo l945 as Navigalor and Operalions Officer on heavy cruiser Alaska operated in naval sfrilnes againsf Tokyo, Iwo Jima and Olri- nawa . . . Execufive Officer of flue Alaslra in I945 . ..looL command of Ihe cruiser in I946 wilh promo- lion Io ranlr of Capfain . .. Ialer in I946 fransferred Io Jacksonville, Florida as Dislricl Communicafions Officer of Sevenfh Naval Dis'rricI...from Commanding Officer U.S.S. HYADES in I948 fo 2 years as Allanlic Fleei Personnel Officer . . ,fools command of U.S.S. CHILTON . . .alfended Senior Course al Naval War College, Newporl...pricr lo boarding COLUMBUS on I8 November l954 was Chief Sfafl Officer for CincNELM Subordinafe Command af Naples.

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ENGINEERING OFFICERS A MEDICAL OFFICERS A ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS A OPERATIONS OFFICERS Y ik NAVIGATION OFFICERS V