Galveston (CLG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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St0res to be loaded aboard Loading Out Sailors are men of voracious appetites, and Galxc no exception. To meet this gigantic daily demand foi su r friendly Supply Department prepared for deployment l aboard: 10,272 2,298 1,446 7,344 1,690 . 2,190 7,459 lbs. of Beef lbs. of Veal lbs. of Chicken and Turkey lbs. of Pork gals. of Milk Dozen Eggs lbs. of Fresh Fruit An all hands evolution

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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

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-ev Hs- . iff, ,' 'L 355.62 A ' 1 we W . c ur . 4, jg 3 Pre-deployment Barbecue Dance 1 a The fantail becomes a lively spot as Galveston dis- plays her hospitality to Wives and friends of her offi- . cers and men. Music, goo-d food, and bright lights set the stage. Beneath there is a note of sadness, ah 4 gi f of V K Q. . forecast of the day near at hand when Galveston sails to her destiny across the blue Pacific. l - A i COIVICRUDESPAC Band The Good Housekeeping seal of approval W 'Q' f f n- J X Y i GSW 1 sf ,-- 'tak s X J Q. ' . sal K l All l said was, Don't I know you from somewhere? Rudder ls amidships, Loverboy i You sailors are too much! 15' W