Intrepid (CV 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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ETIXL Ca? Captain Giles E.VShort, U 3 N tain Giles E. Short, USN, officially took co:i.and of the 15.5 . ills:-t 61835 of 1.919 and a veteran of EV!or'ld'..far I, he served aboard the OZTZTIZIGEMQ, a destroyer, in waters around the British 15195 U.SlS' C , ' onths after the Armistice he par six L1 in tue' historical section of the flag It was in Januarv, l922, that he me at Pensacola, and since that ffear associated with have uilot, sc uadr in both the ltlantic and jacific. Then followed three v81'Vlce as a Scaadr aooard tne bi, flattoas, 'hen the Japs Svaff of the aval In tie suniier Landlno officer of cne J 34301-H , fasninL,con , a on executive and sguadron connander of avia on coil. ander, and as an air groug S,S. YORIFC' LT and U. attac led Pearl Harbor, Captain of l9L,2 he received ordezs 'GO S S. BCGUE, the first nd one that was 665131 b arine menace i was stationed in Brest, France, office. ' tool: his first flight train- he has been continually l aviation. For twelve years he served as tion units years of 3 cofgrxander S.S. 1J'7TjR72ISE. Short was on the ar College at fiewgort, R- I- regort as com- escort carrier out ned to deal a heavy n the .atlantic Ocean. a ainst tne e-err. an su me - owino her conini -' under Captain S or , it . and shalcedown, the ssioning, fitting 0' 1 1 -le and successful career t had a reiziaraifv'-D

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'fu' TTI A13 mea C, A. Pownalll. 1' Adiiiral . O11 17 0C'00'O-CSI' l9L+2 reported to Assistant Seclfavgir as Aide on 30 nay 1944 assumed command iUss IZTTRIQPIDD. V -.vow-'P Tin ' D 1

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193'fS.'IL-LL .nst the llazi undersea raiders, H the life line of ships to the European battle fronts oulled taut bv the activity, of eneny U-bOatS, Gautam SHCI-t 1613-ated 3-'l dem-Sin 315- 'afflfingfg Out Successful measures uve tnis menace fron the Zlorth Atlantic. The storv of the S bCGJf end the other Ships of its division alreadv belongs mn, the classic stories of the war. Perhaps, when the warfare inthe Atlantic is .evaluated at war's end, the actions en aged in f ne U S D -OCIE and vel sister shigs - a very few shigs in nunber will be JL-d--ed the most important of all actions in the atlantic The BCCM , Captain Short commanding, attained a battle record tnatinanes even Intlepid Len envious. The ILT?-'i?TD,' Captain Snort cornianding, is ready for another cruise ol ,breat destiuctign to the enemy. Captain Short came tn the ship fron Lidnay Islands, where for thirteen nonths he had del' en Co4.11anding,g Cfficer of the liaval Air Station and Comglan of the Eiaval Operating Base 1 iv A. e 2 - wiht. . A P4 A1-snt'x14fq1.?