Guadalupe (AO 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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U.S.S. GUADALUPE CAO-327 FLEET PosT oFF1cE SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA DEDICATION This pictorial and literary account of the 1966 deployment by the United States Ship GUADALUPE CAO 321 is proudly presented to the parents, wives and friends who so loyally support each member of the crew. Without their faith, their influence and encouragement our service in the ship would indeed be incomplete. To be inspired in one's profession there must be continuous challenge. we welcome the challenge to deserve the trust of those ashore and proudly that which is posed by the opportunity to serve our country. These are comple- mentary, and the degree to which we respond is the measure of success achieved by our ship. This extended period of duty has brought to each of us an appre- ciation of the meaning of the words teamwork and shipmate. When we search our innermost selves we find a strong sense of loyalty to each other and just pride in the accomplishments of GUADALUPE. These sev- eral paragraphs and succeeding pages are of limited scope. but we look upon the as representing a most memorable period in our lives. we therefore dedicate this record of our experiences together to ourselves and to GUADALUPE herself who has demanded and received our best efforts. h f L 1M.R. MASSIE Captain Ihited States Navy Commanding Officer s-sziefe 11.51,

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-SDA-nv-.s . .. ina-,,,,nK,-. Mr, -V-,... - -'-5 .1-eg..--.N-., .- ... fl p L Y ,ff- I fffls f .+ CAPTAIN M. R. MASSIE-COMNIANDING OFFICER Captain Malcolm Roy MASSIE and the U.S. Navy have traveled the same road for better than one third of a century. The acquaintance began back in January of 1932 when Captain Massie enlisted after one year of college at the University of Virginia. His first duty was aboard the USS SARATOGA QCV 35, where he spent six years developing an affinity for the rating of boatswain's mate. He maintained this affinity and served as the ship's boatswains mate on his next three ships. In 1943 Captain Massie attained the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade as he moved from first class to warrant officer to Lieutenant fjg5 in eleven months. In 1944 Captain Massie reported aboard the submarine USS BURRFISH CSS 3125 for duty as reconaissance officer. He and his men were responsible for close-up surveillance of Japanese held Islands in the western Carolines. They moved by rubber raft as close to the beaches as possible to learn what they could about enemy strengths and beach conditions. Today the same job is performed by underwater demolition teams, but there was no such thing then. For this action Captain Massie received the Silver Star. In the years immediately following World War II Captain Massie served as Executive Officer on the USS ERNEST G. SMALL CDD 8385 and com- manded the USS FULLAM CDD 4745. Following three years of Stateside duty he spent another three serving in Jammat, Turkey as Ordnance Adviser. In S 1955 he returned to the states to assume command of the USS TOWHEE CMSF 3885 and then of MINDIV 85. . . In November 1956 Captain Massie entered what was to become his favorite field-intelligence. During his first tour in Washington, D. C. he was attached to the Office of Naval Intelligence as an international specialist. It was his job to advise Admiral BURKE, then Chief of Naval Operations, on current international happenings throughout the world. Following a tour of staff duty in Taiwan and another as Commander of MINDIV 92, he returned to Wash- ington. In September 1962 he began working for the new Defense Intelligence Agency, a combination of Army, Navy, and Air Force intelligence organiza- tions. Having had previous intelligence experience he was placed in charge of the analysis and presentation of all current intelligence data on Southeast Asia. Because of the importance of this area Captain Massie was constantly called upon to provide information. He worked closely with the office of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and once advised the President and the Vice President. Captain Massie is married to the former Florence CRAIN, the daughter of a forty two year Navy officer, and a Navy nurse herself. The Massie's have two sonsx Malcolm Roy Junior, a First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps on his way for a voluntary second tour in Vietnamg and John Lawrence, presently preparing to assume the duties of president of his senior class at Western High School in Orange County, California. ff'

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,.,,,,,,. . J. Q-- -- -U 4-ff.-w we-M V LCDR James M. RICKLY Executive Officer Lieutenant Commander James Maurice RICKLY is a native of Mason, Michigan.. He joined the United States Naval Reserve in 1951 while attending college at Alma, Michigan. Following his graduation from Alma College, where he acquired a BA degree, four letters in football, and a wife, LCDR Rickly enrolled in the ROC program in Newport, Rhode Island. He received his commission in September 1954. From October 1954 to August 1956 LCDR Rickly served as Operations Officer aboard USS KING COUNTY QLST 8575, home ported in Pearl Harbor. Their main mission during this period was to provide logistic support for Midway Island. During the two years LCDR Rickly was aboard KING COUNTY made no less than twenty three trips from Pearl Harbor to Midway transporting everything from the finest liquors to pedigreed cats and dogs. On De- cember 1955 LCDR Rickly was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Junior grade. In September 1956 LCDR Rickly reported aboard USS CARPENTER CDD 8253 for duty as Gunnery Officer. Shortly thereafter he augmented into the regular Navy as he found both the Navy and destroyer duty very much to his liking. Carpenter deployed for Westpac in 1957 and during this cruise was awarded the EH for both Gunnery and ASW. For the next two years LCDR Rickly served as an OOD instructor at Fleet Training Center, San Diego. In May of 1958 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. In 1960 LCDR Rickly was sent to the General Line School at Monterey for nine months of graduate work in all phases of general and Naval Science. From Monterey he returned to San Diego for three months of Engineering School before reporting aboard USS PYRO CAE 245 for duty as Engineer Of- ficer. During his tour aboard PYRO, LCDR Rickly made two more trips to Westpac. From PYRO he went once again to San Diego where he served with the Fleet Training Group. For two years he composed and evaluated battle problems for the underway training unit During this tour he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. LCDR Rickly reported aboard the USS GUADALUPE in September 1965. LCDR Rickly is married to the former Leyla Ayoubee of Holt, Michigan. The Rickly's have three boys: James Michael, Steven Carl, and David Bruce.