Putnam (DD 757) - Naval Cruise Book

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CDR F. V. H. Hilles October 1944 I l . , in 'gin ,A,m,m,- ,,- .M,,,- -4 .,.. L, .L..4-14-AMA: -...45........k Hex. L., +.-......4-. .-Q... .. -4. .4.- - ' - SS PUTNAM DD 7 7 Master Charles Flint Putnam, USN, died in the Arctic in 1881 while searching for survivors of the JEANETTE, Two destroyers have been named after him. The first QDD287j .commis- sioned in 1919. operated with the Atlantic Fleet and was scrapped in 1931. A second PUTNAM QDD757j was launched 26 March 1944 at Bethlehem Steel in San Fran- cisco. Commissioned on Columbus Day, PUT- NAM sailed for the war zone on 30 December 1944. She was not to reenter the Golden Gate for ten years. PUTNAM won her first battle star in the Iwo Jima landings on 19 February, and SECNAV Forrestal chose her to ferry him to Guam four days later. From Guam PUTNAM led a convoy to Leyte and to Okinawa, where another battle star was earned in the invasion. Except for a quick trip to Ulithi, PUTNAM - now flagship of COMDES- RON 66 - remained at Okinawa from Easter Sunday until 1 July, and she rescued 114 sur- vivors of TWIGGS victim of a kamikaze. PUTNAM then joined Task Force 58, whose aircraft cleared the East China Seaof Japanese shipping. A third battle star was PUTNAM's reward. When hostilities ceased PUTNAM joined in the occupation of Japan. Services as rescue ship and escort, and riding out a typhoon in Tokyo Bay kept the crew busy until they sailed for home in December. Home for Christmas' was the goal, and PUTNAM reached San Diego on the 22nd, After Christmas leave PUTNAM left the West Coast, travelling through the Panama Canal to Brooklyn Navy Yard for overhaul. PUTNAM operated out of Newport and Pensacola until April 1947. From 1947 until 1949, PUTNAM-flagship of COMDESRON 2-participated in Mediter- ranean, Arctic, and Reserve cruises. Off Israel in the summer of 1948, PUTNAM was the first U, S. Navy vessel to fly the United Nations flag. Entering Charleston Naval Shipyard in De- cember l949, PUTNAM was decommissioned on COMMANDING OFFICERS CDR L. Lefelar August 1945 CDR G. D. Hoffman August 1946 CDR D. M, Swift July 1947 CDR W. V. Combs July 1949 CDR J. M. Hill October 1950 LCDR R. L. Mohle December 1951 CDR D. L. Harris May 1953 13 March 1950 and placed in the Atlantic Re- serve Fleet. The Korean War brought PUTNAM back into commission in Charleston 23 October 1950. COMDESRON 22 hoisted his flag, and PUTNAM, out of Norfolk, made Mediterranean and Mid- shipmen cruises until August 1952. Atlantic operations and an overhaul in Philadelphia Naval Shipyard preceded PUTNAM's departure on her round-the-world cruise.

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Gill MacDonald Richardson was born in Newark N J on 19 August 1905 He entered the Naval Acad- emy in 1923 and was commissioned Ensign in 1927 He attained the rank of Captain on 20 March 1945 ln 1927 he was assigned to USS TEXAS for one year as Assistant Navigator The following years he served in destroyer squadrons aboard USS CASE USS DUPONT and USS HOPKINS In 1931-1932 he was Gunnery Officer and First Lieutenant aboard USS ASHEVILLE and for three years thereafter served in USS PORTLAND ln 1935 he reported to the American Embassy in Tokyo where for three years he studied the Japanese language. In 1939 he joined USS WATERS as Execu- tive Officer. In 1940 he became Assistant Fleet Intelligence Officer and later, Intelligence Officer, to CINCAS- IATICFLT. When World War ll 'started he was in Corregidor, whence he CAPT Gill Richardson, USN was., evacuated in 1942, From then until 1945 he was on the staffs of COM- . SOWESPAC and COM- 1 -2. SEVENTHFLT in com- ' ' munications- intelligence , . A duties. X t Q '. ' In 19422132 wlaas als- signed to N , w ere e Q. stayed until the end of Q il World War ll, For his ' wartime communications HI n service he was awarded ' the Bronze Star Medal c ' 0 M with the Combat Distin- -1- gf, I , X 'A' guishing Device. J f 'JI .,,: ln November 1945 he X -'in-an ur VVSv - took command of USS ....,-..- .fs-v- DONNER QLSD 205 and was awarded the Order 4 of the Phoenix with Q Swords by Greece. ln January 1947 he became Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence to CINCNELM, He was made a Grand Commander of the Order of Aviz by Portugal and a Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaoite Cherifien by French Morocco. In July 1949 he became Head of the Shipping Control Branch, Office of CNO. ln 1952 he took command of USS TACONIC QAGC 175, flagship of COMPHIBGRUFOUR, and ayear later he became COMDESRON 22 and COMDESDIV 221. Captain Richardson is married to the former Miss Patricia Lockridge of Troy, Alabama, who served as an officer in the WAVES during World War ll. His official residence is 441 Baldwin Road, Maplewood, New Jersey. COMMANDER, DESTROYER SQUAD RON 22