Moale (DD 693) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS LCDR. Evans J. Robinson, U.S.N. LT Howard B. Miller became Executive Of- ficer of the USS MOALE in September 1953 having relieved LCDR E. J. Robinson while the ship was in Yokosuka, Japan. He returned to the U.S. aboard the MOALE as she com- pleted her 'round-the-world cruise. LT Miller came to the ship from the Gunnery Officer Ordnance School in Washington, D.C. , where he recently completed 30 months shore duty as Academic andCurricuIar Officer. Born in Philadelphia, Pa. , LT Miller attend- ed Girard College and Drexel Tech, Philadel- phia, prior to enlisting in the Navy as a sea- man apprentice September 20, 1932. After receiving his recruit training at the Navel BUF-ef Norfolk, Va., LT Miller served in several classes of ships including DD's, BB, Gnd AD, rising up through the enlisted ranks to Chief Fire Controlman. He was com- missioned July 15, 1943, as Ensign, USN, and served aboard the USS CAPPS lDD550J through- out the war, finally placing the same ship out of commission in San Diego, California, After a tourofshore duty for rotation in San D' I o lego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, LT ,Mil- ler was assigned to duty in the USS ST PAUL fCA73J. He completed a three-year tour of duty in the Pacific, mainly in Asiatic waters, in November 1950. He was then assigned to the Gunnery Officer Ordnance School. Married to the former Miss Cqbof Flavia D I - enau t of Dallas, Texas, LT Muller has one son, James Denault Miller, age 3, LC DR Evans Jones Robinson served as Executive Of- ficer of the MOALE for the portion ofthe 'round-the- world cruise April through August. Mr. Robinson was originally Operations Officer aboard the MOALE. He later became Executive Officer and was promoted to Lieutenant Commander on 1 March 1952. LCDR Robinson was relieved while the MOALE was in Yolcosuka, Japan, in September, prior to the ship's departure for her homeward-bound journey. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, LCDR Robinson at- tended Maryland State Teachers College from which he graduated in 1940. Entering the Naval Service in 1941, he received training at the NavaIReserve Midshipman School at Columbia University in New York. After being commissioned as Ensign, USNR , in 1943, Mr. Robinson was ordered to the Pacific Fleet Amphibious Forces. During World War II he served aboard the U.S. S. THUBAN lAKA19D and the U.S.S. STARR fAKA67Q, participating in the inva- sions of Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Kwaialein, Okinawa, and Nansei Shotos. He assisted with the occupation of Korea and Kiska Island in the Aleutians. Following the war, LCDR Robinson saw service in the Mediterranean area asClC Officer of the U.S. S. HUNTINGTON fCL107J. He accepted a commission in the Regular Navy in August of 1946, and later at- tended the General Line School, graduating in May 1949. From that time until reporting aboard the MOALE, Mr. Robinson was the head of the Strategy and Naval Tactics Section of the CIC Team Training Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Lt. Howard B. Miller, U.S N . . U - , ' A ,.'f 'i- . y'5f'f' ..:v-1-.gffrw .- .. -.,-. ..,,... ,, ,Nm

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CDR. Thomas J. Lalorest 0llll7l6lll6bIlg A native of Detroit, Michigan, Commander Laforest graduated from the University of Michigan in 1938. He entered the Naval Service in 1940 and was commissioned as Ensign, US NR, the following year upon completion of Midshipman training. During World War II, he saw action in twelvenmafor engagements in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre and served aboard the destroyers WHIPPLE, CHARETTE and JOHN D. HENLEY. At the conclusion of hostilities in 1945, LCDR Laforest transferred to the Regular Navyand attended the General Line School in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1947 he assumed his First command, that of the radar picket destroyer escort, U.S. S. ALEXANDER J. LUKE. A year later LCDR Laforest took command ofthe William T. Powell, also a DER. From 1949 until taking command of the MOALE fwith the subsequent promotion to the rank of Commanderj, he served as Assistant Training Officer of the Fleet Training Group at Chesapeake Bay.

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OFFICERS Back Row LTJG C S Bouggy ENS J R Owen LTJG J V Rachel LTJGC H Roberts J LTJG G L Frlcke ENS D B Feltner ENS G C Goble ENST W Edlund ENSC R Muth ENS W C Banks ENS W L David A Front Row LTJG T E Day LTJG C B Wilson LT R L Nelson LCDR E J Robinson CDR T J Laforest LT J P Noone LT D D Kirkpatrick KMC, LTJG W S Hahn LTJG A W Todd QSCJ Heading the ship and its various departments and duvlslons are the officers With them lies the problem of establishing and implementing the policies of the ship and of the Navy They are ultimately responsible for everything that happens aboard and thereby receive a large part of either the pralse or the blame that is attached to the actions of any of their subordinates For the Korean cruise, however, only praise as evidenced by the many congratulatory dispatches re ceived aboard - can be given to the officers and men for the fine way in which the ship was handled. The way in 4 f N 1 . f Nl I' which each man carried out his individual duties reflects y -' i v ' favorably on the administration of the entire ship and, as stated above, a large part of the credit for this is due the of- ficers of the ship. lb 1 i Up!-