Maury (AGS 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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, , 1 : -Q1 I . wwwm '55 if-KM-0 W ilgfg fiflilf' -i ff' 3 The Executive Officer of the Maury is Commander Davidson. He has been aboard since 12 March 1959. Previous to coming to the Maury Commander Davidson was a Naval Aviator and served with a special weapons jet delivery squadron in Jacksonville, Fla. Before that and during World War 2 he was a fighter pilot and a dive bomber pilot. He was nine months in the Pacific theater. In 1956 he atten- ded the Naval War College for 11 months as a student in the Com- mand Pv Staff Course. Commander Davidson's home is in Jacksonville, Florida where he lives with his wife and five children.

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Captain Russell ury Maury departing' He was releived of Command by Captain Roger W. Luther at the Change of Command Ceremon- ies held aboard the USS Maury in August 1959. Captain Luther was born 28 June 1911, in Seattle, Washington. He attended the University of Washington where he graduated in June 1934 and was commit- sioned Ensign. Prior to assuming Command of the Maury, Capt. Luther served aboard the USS Edisto CAGB-21, and as Asst. Chief of Staff for Personnel, First Naval District. During the war he served on Anti-Submarine Patrols in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. Capt. Luther lead the Maury on her highly successful visit to Odessa in the Soviet Union. Captain and Mrs. Luther now make their home at 61 Prospect Street, Needham, Massachusetts.

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WDCK - l Zfrnt Cruise was an act' r v we and exciting one for th D Y ' , , QQ 561, 'Q - . ' e eck Department. From the 1-I. t tl 1 happy rain - soaked day in October the d A - 5lt'0:1livS5I yt 'I - epartment was en a ed 5 v r-mists and deck work. g g f i 'f'.'Ni'Vf1 ti: r Maury with the novel experience of employing a Med Moor 'for the first ' e ww tix the tin o. the end of the cruise rolled around we had become quite proficient V of D' A lytzm-nts. . f .tru Mtn ers tame to the departmentg Ens. Hicks as 2nd Division Officer and t , e. i x asian Offiter. Two notable events occured the following month when, one, saw qw: ra id transformed the Midships Magazine and, two, the ship conducted an exercise with the Caloosahatchee while continuing survey operations. Forward . six at l5MI,and aft 2nd Division with Czerniawski BM1 played a big part in this f an L inet jackson were continually occupied with a wide ra f ' nge o projects Q ,, use icluut d on and off loading beach stations and dropping lane count buoys f A .rr c last to cleaning the ship's sides and climbing rugged mountams IU Seaffrh Of - - , 1-sr emails' in liberty ports, was greatly appreciated. This was fumished by -, i Rust-hinu BM2 us leading PO. Happily the weather was good for the most part V at . . as if 'Al' O ' I 1-it 1-,mon in Rhodes. ln addition the sound boats were busy. surveygng as Well . 1: , Q- ,..,mrg5 logistic support units and beach guard headquarters in lstan u. . 1 J- ini p un! of the whole trip was the visit to Odessa. For this the depart- ex tel. trim and painting the ship for we knew there was one place the Shi? S W rf-aug fn ull: 1. Ono thing for sure it WHS WOYU1 lt- i i I 4 D