Morton (DD 948) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN GEORGE A. O'CONNELL, JR. Captain O'Connell, born in Birmingham, Alabama, was educated in the public schools of the West, and was appointed to the U. S. Naval Academy in July 1931 by Senator Henry J. Allen, of Kansas. After grad- uation in 1935, he was commissioned Ensign, U. S. Navy, under probation for two years, as was the custom. He did his probationary service in USS .,,. TEXAS lBB 351. He went ashore in November 1945, and was thereafter rotated in the normal sequence. pw' '1 . ? All' b,-5, Summarizing his service at sea, he served two years in battleships, we . three years in cruisers, twelve years in destroyers and one year in mine- craft. War experience was gained from beginning to end, embracing both major theaters of the war. Most notable were Pearl Harbor and the Sur- render Ceremony in Tokyo Bay. The Battles of Cape Esperance, Koman- dorski, Normandy and Okinawa came in between. I Duty ashore comprised chiefly of staff duty. Joint Staff experience included JCS ltwicel, the first being in 1947, which probably qualified him as a charter member , combined staff duty included the UN and NATO, Navy staff duty included OPNAV, BUPERS, and DESLANT, and he served a short tour of interdepartmental staff duty with the State Department. f'v gl! I l?t4!lll1-llH'l 1 Captain O'Connell attended the usual fleet schools in gunnery, engineering, operations, ASW and.mine.warfare. Ashore, he attended the Naval War College, the Armed Forces Staff College, and a .special comptrolIer's familianzation course at the Navy Graduate School of Comptrollership, at George Washington University. , ' 'll'-rat . X 1 - ... J:-M +1 '- o 1 , v 1 . ,N ' -sl it J fn ,. ' Al ' f . Q 45 1 J. it 'jf ,H ilk? .47 -' 1 Z J Isa., I sf XM I 5 H '!fE ,i N if Q, ! V ..- Y K K . . 1 .. 1 A U4 . , f . ' S 1 1 lf' t' ,,,l l l Li 4. V 'ffgns 'pi I . WE :r A 'l ,Q qi -fa: 9 1 - 1 f . A , is Y :lt ll 6 l :Li K Y Y! ,, , . 5 ., 1 ' :M gf A ' . F BACK ROW: Sayre, J. L., SMC, Gagniere, L. F., RMCS, LTJG G. F. Hamilton, LCDR E. A. Delelice, CAPT G. A. O'Connell, Jr., LCDR J. J. Holden, LTJG D. W. Walls, Simmons, A. F., YNC. FRONT ROW: lilly, C. F., SD3, Ortega, l.. P., TN, Masolabe, F. A.. TNI MC' Sweeney, W. J., YN2, Dobbins, D. G., RM3.

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SKIPPER A native of Pennsylvania, Commander 1Nilliam'C. YOUNG was educated in the public schools and raised in the city of Allentown, He mended Muhlenberg College, Allentown, and the University of Alabama of Tuscoloosa. He entered the Navy in 1940 as a seaman apprentice and was commissioned as an Ensign in 1942. His first tour of duty upon being commissioned was as an in. gfrucfor in gunnery. This was followed by a sea tour which from 1943 until 1947 he saw service with the amphibious forces on board the USS GRIGGS lAPA 1101, USS BRONX lAPA 2361 and with the Staff, COMTRANSDIV THIRTEEN on board the USS CHILTON lAPA 381. In 1947, he left the amphibious forces to join the destroyer fleet in the USS JOHN A. BOLE lDD 7551. He served on board for two f years rotating in the normal sequence through each department, concluding with holding down the billet of Operations Officer. Early in 1949 he entered Miami University for a year's study, and then returned to the sea-going Navy as Executive Officer on board the USS WANTUCK lAPD 1251, where he saw service in the Korean War. He participated in the landings of Wolmi Do, lnchon, and Wonsan plus numerous raids conducted by the Royal British Marines and our own Underwater Demolition Teams. In 1951, he reported to the Staff, Commander Training Com- mand, U. S. Pacific Fleet, for duty in the Operations and Training Section. Following this he was ordered to attend the War College at Newport. ln June 1953, he reported to the Chief, Bureau of Naval Personnel for a tour of duty. He commanded the USS GEORGE lDE 6971 from September 1955 until October 1957 when he was transferred to duty with the U. S. Naval Mission to Venezuela as the technical advisor for operations and training to the Venezuelan Fleet Commander. In September 1960, he reported aboard MORTON for duty as Commanding Officer. He is married and has three children. I wi E 1 XEC. ff . am.. '53 - 1 Lieutenant Commander Stansfield Turner was born in Chicago, 1 1 Illinois, in December 1923. He was raised in the Chicago area and fi attended public schools and high schools in Highland Park, Illinois. ' In September 1941, he entered Amherst College, Amherst, Massa- if X chusetts, and pursued a liberal arts course until June 1943. At that 1 I time he was appointed to the U. S. Naval Academy and entered 1 with the class of 1947. 1 During his years at the Naval Academy, he played varsity foot- Xi ball and in the spring term of his first year was Commander of the Brigade of Midshipmen. A He graduated in June 1946, and went to sea duty in the USS PALAU lCVE 1221. This was followed by a tour in the Mediterranean in the U. S. S. DAYTON CCL 1201. ln September 1947, he entered Oxford University University on a Rhodes Scholarship and pursued NNN .3 a course in political science leading to a Master's Degree, until 1 'F 3 1 Q v March 1950. Returning to the sea-going Navy, he served in the U. S. S. 'f ' f STRIBLING lDD 8671 for a year and a half. Following this he wog aide to the Chief of Staff, CINCNELM, based in Naples, Italy. 1952 and'1953, he served in the U. S. S. HANSON lDDR 8321, largely in support of the Korean War. He ccllIQAa0nYdg3i-223 ?pgrte2f:D:35GcESCrJffKZ of the Chief of Naval Operations for duty in the Politico-Military Policy Division. of CINCPAC at P I H b D I S l O 4881 from December 1956 to June 1958 when he was transferred to' the Staff . ear or or n emembe' 19601 he feP0I'fed aboard MORTON for duty as Executive Officer. He IS married and has two children.

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