Coral Sea (CVB 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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oBER'r Loan CAMPBELL JR was graduated from the Umted States Naval Academy Followmg graduatnon from the Naval Academy xn 1924 he served on the USS PENNSLYVANIA USS ROBERT SMITH and USS PREBLE From June 1932 untnl May 1933 he attended the course at the Naval War College Newport Rhode Island after whrch he reported as Ande and Flag Lleutenant on the staff of Commander Crurser DIVISIOH THREE He assumed com mand of the USS RAIL 1n Aprxl 1935 and xn June 1936 was detached w1th orders to command the USS SEQUOIA He remamed ln that command untll September 1937 when he was ordered to London England to serve as Assrstant Naval Attache Upon has return to the Unrted States rn October 1939 he had duty m connectton wrth fittmg out the USS TRIPPE at the Navy Yard Boston Massachusetts and assumed com mand at her commrssxonmg November 1 1939 In June 1942 he was detached and ordered to duty mn connectxon wrth fittmg out the USS ALABAMA Upon her commxssnomng August 16 1942 he reported for duty as Navxgator servmg as such durmg operatxons m the North Atlantxc and North Sea untxl August 1943 In that month the ALABAMA proceeded to the PHCIBC wlth Capta1n fthen Commanderj Campbell as Executwe Officer and partlclpated m the Grlbert Islands and Marshall Islands Campatgns as part of Task Force 58 Detached from the ALABAMA m March 1944 he returned to the Umted States for duty on the staff of the Naval War College from Aprxl of that year untxl une 1945 Assummg command of Destroyer Squadron TWENTY TWO xn June 1945 he had addmonal duty as Commander Destroyer DIVISIOH FORTY THREE Between january and August 1946 Captam Campbell commanded Destroyer Squadron FIVE wrth addmonal duty as Commander Destroyer D1v1s1on FIFTY ONE He then returned to the Umted States for mstructxon at the Natlonal War College Washxngton D C and upon completwn of the course m une 1947 he was ordered to duty m the Oiiice of the Assrstant Chnef of Naval Operatrons Navy Department Washxngton D C He served rn the Strategu. Plans D1v1s1on of that Oiice from July 1947 unt1l ordered In January 1950 he reported to the Ofhce of the Chxef of Naval Operatxons for duty on the staff of Vxce Admlral F S Low USN rn connectxon wxth a comprehensxve survey of the U S Navys Undersea Warfare effort Upon com pletxon of thls survey ln May 1950 he was ordered to duty as Chxef of Staff to Vxce Admxral John I Ballentme USN Commander SIXTH FLEET 'to report m june 1950 . ---.-V -V R, , -- ...- -, ,..... '.. .K ,C A, . CAPTAIN R L CAMPBELL, JR Unlted States Navy Chzef of Staff Commander, Stxth Fleet wwf W aaaf ft 5 ,a ww 2 513535110 5 iff? af 'I , My f f 4 54. , QQ 'Lf fer f Me m e ef Mfff f fff fagfygf W5ygf Q y gy f , ' 9 f! 4WQ!i5 WefZ2'af?2VafZWf 1,am W safari? 4 ag? f 1? , . , 3 Y , . 1 s s 3 1 1 s y 1 1 1 ' ' 1 2 ' ! ! 3 s l 1 , 9 ' . . . - , . r 1 ' 's A f f V W.--I ' , 'QW .mf .gift .. , '. t'1:-'.wI,s.' we , ' f , .,.a mga- 'e e -'-E f -' - 1 A , Av v ., . ,1.', f E: Ne rf ' .' . . ' :yi ig,-I f':2f '.,a , yew Af' 'H S 7 . .,-I5 ., I, a, ,V . M, , fa , wr ,,4, ,yg,,.f,g,., ...6,., , ,A W ,qs ,,,., , Va r.,. fc ' f 0, 19 M, 1. ' - f g.'Y ,' rf',ff',1ZQf5v at f , I we 1 ' eff I .V-ge ,., J - 7f?fZw . 'k'3-1J'- m january 1949 to command Destroyer Flotxlla ONE. ,aa Qfw gaz 5 .5 a ka-, 5,f,, . . K g ysggf -4 Zfaigay. ri, bca 1 S as ii F, f e ' 9 fy 9 E, , 5 e 1 1 5 t c? ,f , Q f QV ' . . , f y rQ g4,taf5, ,f 3,j jg, ii wg rr 7,1 ,lf 52124 ,- a ny ,I 'wwfaf Q, .Q gf '- J r fr ff 3. - 4 W f f ,-,Af . , .-rg, s 5f gw0YiCja f 'f 4 ,gfffwql I al- he . 1 V 2' ' ' ' ECA M- .ff ,af Q:-2, ' ' ' ' Nfl' if f, 'K ,f iw.: 1 f 3 2 i J 'f: ?,. - - - s s ral' yiafgif 3 'f.,,4,fg234-'1.,:,:f f JA , rg 1 Q . ' '. . ' gf ,ff ,ra iw: M ea Z7 ww: Za x A ff y :V f W , W A ef -f s ' Ur saw, uf , f Y , . , A . , V v ' - ' - - 4, f will X , , I fwvawaf ',wwmm:i1ffC4f1, ,fmM,2aW..,,w: :W ,weirqgmmingn ,,-,A M rvyl mfs A, , , , ,, ,,., ,. ...,.-.,,, ,, ,, , ,Mae - ,,,i ,fWa,4 ...ay lxv ...I I 52,

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VICE ADMIRAL JOHN J BALLENTINE Unlted States Navy Commander, Szxth Fleet ICE ADMIRAL JOHN JENNINGS BALLENTINE was named Commander of the Sixth Fleet, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, on November 3, 1949, succeeding Admiral Forrest P. Sherman. He served in the Mediterranean area previously as Commander of Carrier Di- vision ONE. Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, October 4, 1896, Admiral Ballen- tine was graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, in 1917. Since 1920, when he received his designation, he has served in Naval aviation. At the outbreak of World War II, he was serving as Executive Ofhcer of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER. On December 24, 1941 he was ordered to take command of the carrier USS LONG ISLAND. Later, from May until De- cember, 1942, he served as Chief of Staff and Aide to the Commander, Carriers, Atlantic Fleet, and on May 25, 1943, he took command of the newly constructed 27,000 ton air- craft carrier USS BUNKER HILL. In February 1944 Admiral Ballentine reported for duty as Deputy and Chief of Staff and Aide to the Commander, Aircraft, Pacific Fleet, at Pearl Harbor, T. H., serving in that duty until October 1944. On his return to the United States, he served from No- vember 1944 until June 1945 as Commander, Fleer Air, Seattle, Wasliington. After brief duty in the THIRD Fleet as Commander Car- rier Division SEVEN, in the USS BON HOMME RICHARD from june until August 1945, Admiral Ballentine was as- signed duty as Fleet Liaison Officer for Commander in Chief Pacific at Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Pacific. He landed at Atsugi Airport on 30 August in the airborne occupation of japan escorting General of the Army Douglas MacArthur to the surrender ceremonies on the battleship MISSOURI on 2 September 1945. In January 1946 Admiral Ballentine reported to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, for duty as Assistant on the Military Staff Committee of the Security Council, United Nations, and was designated Chief of Staff and Deputy to Admiral Richmond K. Turner, USN, Representative of the Chief of Naval Operations, on the Military Staff Committee of the Security Council of the United Nations. He continued those duties when Admiral Turner was relieved by Admiral H. K. Hewitt, USN, in March 1947 until detached in July 1947. He made a five months cruise in the Mediterranean in USS MIDWAY in the winter of 1947-48 and made a similar cruise with the SIXTH Fleet in USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT in 1948-49. He served as a Member of the General Board, Navy De- partment, Wasluington, D. C., before taking command of the Sixth Fleet. 7 .Q 1 L .L.22..22 . 4 'II , r - - V 0702-4 -,-- fn-fd Z.. .-sn'

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REAR ADMIRAL WENDELL G. SWITZER United States Navy Commander Carrier Division Two EAR ADMIRAL WENDELL GRAY SWITZER was born in Topeka, Kansas on September 30, 1898. He completed ele- mentary and high school in Topeka and attended Washburn College of that city for two years. Admiral Switzer was graduated from the U. S. Naval Aca- demy in the class of 1921. He served aboard various com- batant ships prior to his assignment to aviation training in 1923. On june 11, 1924, he was designated as a Naval Aviator and served four years in several different Naval Air Units. During the period 1928-1931, he completed a post graduate course in Ordnance. Admiral Switzer's career is distinguished by the numerous commands which the Navy has entrusted to him. They were: , 1937 - 1959 - Fighting Squadron Four in the U.S.S. RANGER. 1942-1945 -U.S.S. TANGIER Cseaplane ten- derj. 1943-1945-U.S.S. TRIPOLI Can escort carrier that contri- buted much to the defeat of the German submarine effort in the Atlanticj. 1945-1946-U.S.S. WASP Cpart of the fast carrier force that dominated the Pacificj. 1946-Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. 1947-1949-Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, Calif. Various other assignments, such as Commandant of Naval Aviation Cadets at N.A.S. Pensacola and Chief of Staff for Commander Air Force Pacific further contributed to his Naval experience. On September 25, 1949, Admiral Switzer assumed the duties of Commander Carrier Division Seventeen and Task Force Eighty-one. This Task Force is the Navy's Atlantic Fleet Hunter-Killer Force assigned the job of detecting and destroy- ing enemy submarines. On April 24, 1950 Admiral Switzer became Commander of Carrier Division Six with the U.S.S. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT as his flagship. Admiral Switzer holds the Legion of Merit, a Letter of Commendation from the Secretary of the Navy and the Navy Unit Citation. REAR ADMIRAL W. L. REES -Umted States Navy Commander Carrier Division Two SV May 15, 1949-Oct. 11, 1950