Norton Sound (AVM 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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executive officer Commander ALLEY was born at Colorado Springs, Colorado, on 4 August 1914. Afterlgraduation from high school in 1933 he enlisted in the Navy. Upon completion of boot training in San Diego, Commander ALLEY was assigned destroyer duty. In 1934, he was assigned to the U.S.S. NEW YORK CBB-343 and served in her until 1942. During this interval he advanced in rating from seaman second class to Warrant Gunner. In June of 1942, Commander ALLEY was commissioned an Ensign, eleven months later he was promoted to Lieutenant, junior grade, and on 15 June 1944 he attained the rank of Lieutenant. During these years, Commander ALLEY's stations and duties changed too. Upon detachment from the U.S.S. NEW YORK, he was ordered to the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for duty and, upon being commissioned an Ensign, to Princeton University as a Naval Instructor. He next served as Head of the Ordnance Department at the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School, Fort Schuyler, New York. Then came a tour of duty as Staff Maintenance and Gunnery Officer on the Staff of Commander Service Squadron TEN and Service Division 104 in the Pacific. The next two years were spent in the Far East as Executive Officer in the U.S.S. NANTAHALA CAO-605 followed by a tour of duty in the U.S.S. WETIK CDDE-8485. On 1 July 1949, Commander ALLEY was selected for Lieutenant Commander, after which he was as- signed to the University of Utah as a student in the five term program. Eighteen months later he received his Bachelor's Degree in Naval Science and was ordered to the Staff of Commander Destroyer Flotilla SIX as ASW and Gunnery Officer. Commander ALLEY was ordered to the General Line School, Monterey, California, for a six months' accelerated course in 1953. After graduation he was ordered to report to the Staff of Commander Carrier Division THREE fCommander Fast Carrier Task Force SEVENTY-SEVEND in Korea- as Surface Operations and Tactical Officer. On 1 January 1955, he was promoted to Commander. Following. the tour of sea duty, Commander ALLEY served as Training Officer at the Fleet Air De- fense Trainmg, Dam Neck, Virginia, and as Executive Officer of the Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant, Pomona, California. Commander ALLEY assumed the duties of Executive Officer in the U.S.S. NORTON SOUND CAVM-15 18 May 1958. He and his wife, the former Margie Dewey, have one son, Michael. U

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commanding officer relieving Captain MCCALLUM was born in Denver, Colorado, on 11 February 1912. He majored in Electrical Engineering for two years at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and was then appointed to the United States Naval Academy, where he was graduated seventh in his class in 1935. His first duty was aboard the U.S.S. ARIZONA. In 1937, he married Miss Dorothy Bradley Vaile of Seattle, Washington. He served in the Submarines S-24, S-22 and S-18. He was promoted to Lieutenant, junior grade, on 5 June 1938, and to Lieutenant on 1 August 1941. Upon completion of the post-graduate course in Ordnance Engineering in 1943, he was assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance, where he served for six months-the period required before his weekly requests for duty in the war zone were granted. On 1 May 1943, he attained the rank of Lieutenant Commander and was ordered to the Staff of Commander Submarines, SEVENTH Fleet, as Force Torpedo and Gunnery Offi- cer. He was promoted to Commander on 1 March 1944 and assumed command of the U.S.S. BREAM on 7 December 1944. The U.S.S. BREAM was the first allied unit to contact the enemy in the second battle of the Philippines, when she severely damaged the heavy cruiser AOBA. Commander MCCALLUM was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star with V , and the Commendation Ribbon with V for his service in the Submarine BREAM. After the war, he served as Submarine Representative for Commander, Mare Island Group, Pacific Re- serve Fleet, and as Executive Officer of the Naval Ordnance Plant, Forest Park, Illinois. From November 1949 to July 1951, he commanded the Destroyer NORRIS. The NORRIS was in the first Atlantic Unit to serve in Korea. Commander McCALLUM was awarded the Gold Star in lieu of a second Bronze Star with V for his service in the Korean Campaign. After a tour as Head, Radar and CIC Branch in OpNav, Commander McCALLUM served as Executive Officer of the U.S.S. SALEM, Flagship of the SIXTH Fleet. He was commissioned Captain on 1 October 1953. From April 1954 to August 1955, he commanded the 55 ships of Mine Squadron FOUR, after which he served as Head of the Guided Missile Branch in the Research Division of the Bureau of Ordnance. He relieved Captain A. R. GRALLA, USN, of command of the U.S.S. NORTON SOUND in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 19 September 1958. Captain and Mrs. MCCALLUM have one daughter, Barbara Jean.

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