Galveston (CLG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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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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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.