Galveston (CLG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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4 B' h f Ca itain Thomas J. Rudden, Jr., USN lgglliillglajndiing Officer of USS Galveston QCLG-35 Thomas Joseph Rudden, Jr., was born in Newark, New Jersey, on Augtist 19 1915. He attended Lincoln School, was graduated from West. Side High School, Newark, in 1932, and entered Newark College of Engineering win 1933. He was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, from his native state in 1935. Graduated and commissioned Ensign on June 1, 1939, he subsequently advanced in rank, to that of Captain, to date from August 1, 1957. Following graduation from the Naval Academy in June, 1939, he was assign- ed to the USS CALIFORNIA, flagship of Commander, Battle-Force, U.S. Fleet. The CALIFORNIA was moored at Ford Island, Territory of Hawaii, when the Japanese attacked the Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. The CALIFORNIA was badly damaged and sank in 16 feet of mud, but by April. 1942, she was pumped, raised, and placed in dry dock for repair. From January until May, 1942, Captain Rudden assisted in the installation and commanded one of the anti-aircraft batteries which were comprised ot' the armament of the sunken battleships. Detached in May, 1942, he was ordered to the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, where the USS CLEVELAND was fitting out, and had duty on board that cruiser front lief commissioning, June 15, 1942. Following a support role in the Allied Landing at Casablanca, the CLEVE- LAND was assigned as a unit of Cruiser Division 12, Pacific Fleet, and xx-:if awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for outstanding heroism in action till Empress Augusta Bay the night and morning of November 1-2, 1943. Detached from the CLEVELAND in September, 1944, he returned to the United States to attend a course in ordnance engineering at the Ptiftgialtianr School, Annapolis. He remained there one year followed by a years further in- struction at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, where he chin- pleted the course, and was awarded a Masters Degree in Electrical Eiigiiieerinx. Ordered to sea in February, 1947, he became Executive Officer ot' the FSS GURKE CDD-7835 and in July of that year, assumed command ot' the FSS MCCOOK. After instruction in the Naval Warfare Course at the Naval War College Newport, R.I., August 1954 to June 1955, Captain Rudden reported as Coni- mander Detail Officer in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department. In May, 1959, he joined the staff of Commander, Destroyer Flotilla FOUR as Chiel' of Staff and Aide in which capacity he served until June, 1960. That month he T9l90I'f9d to the Special Projects Office and in December, 1950 became Deputy Director of the POLARIS project. Captain Rudden assumed command of GALVESTON on June l, 19622. He is married to the former Betty Buns Hess of Berkeley, California. They rfJ+itle at 811 Cabrillo, Coronado, California with their two daughters, Pamela Jean and Patti Lynn, and a son, Michael Scott Rudden. . In addition to the Commendation Ribbon with Bronze Star and the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, Captain Rudden has the American Defense Service Medal, Fleet Clasp, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one star, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with nine stars: American Cziinpaign Medal: the World VVar II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal: the Korean Service Medal, and the United Nations Ribbon.

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V ' I T ' iw' i S fa if 5 , , 35,3 ' COIVICRUDESFLOT Nine Rear Admiral I Lot Ensey, USN Rear Admiral Lot Ensey was born in the U.S. Government hospital in the -Canal Zone, November 9, 1908. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1930 and had early duty in the battleship TEXAS and the destroyers SIMPSON and LONG. He saw service in destroyers during World War II in both the Atlantic and Pacific. After a tour in BUPERS, he Went to Staff College and then became a Destroyer Division Commander. In 1949-52, he planned, and served as Executive Officer for the first two command and staff courses at the Naval War College. After a tour as Atlantic Fleet Operations OHicer, he took command of the attack transport ACHERNAR and thenbecame Commander, Destroyer Squadron TWO. In 1956, he became 6th Fleet Chief of Staff and two years later became Assistant Navy Comptroller. In 1960 he became Deputy Navy Comptroller, the post he held prior to reporting aboard the USS GALVESTON as Commander, Cruiser- Destroyer Flotilla NINE. 5

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Executive Officer Commander Johnson enlisted in the U.S. Navy in October 1937 and has remained on continuous active duty since that date. Before World War II and during the first year of the war he served on the battleship USS NEW YORK, light cruiser USS HELENA and aircraft carrier USS RANGER in the Atlantic and European theaters. While a chief firecontrolman and serving as an instructor at the Advanced Fire Control School at Washington, D.C., he received a com- mission as an Ensign and reported to the fitting-out detail of the destroyer USS PUTNAM on which he served in the Western Pacific during the final year of World War II as Fire Control and Gunnery Officer. Commander Johnson next served on the destroyers USS BORIE and USS WARRINGTON as senior instructor of the Destroyer Force Officer's Afloat Gunnery School. From September 1948 until June 1950 he attended the School of General Studies, Columbia University, as a mathematics major. With the outbreak of Korean hostilities he was ordered to the recommissioning detail of the escort destroyer USS CONWAY as Operations and CIC Of- ficer and served on board until July 1952 in the Atlantic and Far Eastern waters. During the next three years, Commander Johnson completed post- graduate studies for a degree of Master of Science fPhysicsJ at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif., and the Radiation Labora- tory tBevatron Research Groupl, University of California, Berkeley. In June 1955 he returned to sea as Executive Officer and Navigator of the radar-picket destroyer USS MYLES C. FOX, operating in Atlantic and Mediterranean areas. He was next ordered to command the radar-picket destroyer escort USS VANDIVIER, which was operating as a unit of the early-warning radar network in the Atlantic. In August 1958 Commander Johnson at- tended the Command and Staff Course at the Naval War College, New- port, R.I. After completing the course in June 1959, he remained on the Staff of the Naval War College until July 1961 when he was ordered to the fitting-out detail of the USS SELLERS. When the SELLERS was commissioned Commander Johnson became her first Commanding Offi- cer and remained there until May 1963 serving in Atlantic and Carib- ean including the Cuban Quarantine Operation. He reported to the USS GALVESTON as Executive officer in June 1963. Commander Johnson is married to the former Miss Virginia Marian Venemon of Patterson, New Jersey, and resides at 1415 E. 6th Street, Coronado, California. They have three sons: William Russell Jr., 26, David Allen, 17, and Scott Lee, 5. 7