Putnam (DD 757) - Naval Cruise Book

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. 1 4 Tw- -1 N- .1 ' lii ..l '1 l l l l 1 1, J 94. 4 .1 '1 .N l . 4 14 . J .gi ..-.,.-.nw mfr-. -T? 1- --1...-..L-a--... --..LL - 'Q'-.4-.1 --'.a.'-tai.g.f. A -1.g....,' .1 USN COMMAND! G OFFICER Commander David Lombard Harris was born in New York City in 1914, and he spent most of his growing years in nearby Pelham Manor, where he attended public schools. He joined the Naval Reserve as a Seaman in 1933, and the following year passed the competitive examina- tions for appointment to the Naval Academy. Upon graduation in 1938, Commander Harris spent a year aboard the USS CALIFORNIA before reporting for his first destroyer duty on board the USS FLUSSER. Aboard when the war broke out, he stayed in destroyers until after its termination. First the FLUSSER, then placing USS ALLEN M, SUMNER in commission as Executive Officer, then Commanding Officer of the USS MAURY, and finally Commander Harris took command of the USS CHARLES J. BADGER until it was decommissioned in 1945. After two years as instructor in physics at the Naval Academy, he returned to sea in 1948 for a year as Executive Officer of the USS BEXAR. He attended the Senior Amphibious Warfare School in Quantico in 1949, and from 1950 to 1953 he was attached to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in the Fleet Maintenance Branch. In May, 1953, Commander Harris assumed command of the PUTNAM, where he hopes to stay as long as the Bureau of Personnel lets him. Commander Harris is married to the former Patricia Macaulay of Coronado, California. The Harrises live with thier two daughters, Deborah, 11, and Elizabeth, 8, at 605 Rhode Island Avenue, Norfolk. CDR David L. Harris,

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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

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xg. ifnjj j - eg LCDR John W. Mason, Jr USN Born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1919, LCDR John W. Mason, Jr., joined the Navy shortly after his graduation from Vanderbilt University in 1940. Aformer Naval Aviator, he reported on board the USS PUTNAM as Executive Officer on 7 February 1952. ln November 1953 he was informed of his se- lection for the rank of Commander, and he was detached in Yokosuka, Japan, on 7 March 1954 for transportation to the United States. Shortly after his return he received his promotion, and he is now stationed at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Vir- ginia, as Officer in Charge, Amphibious Boat Training Unit, CDR Mason, his wife Mary, and his three sons, Mac, Clark, and Billy, make their home at 179 Blades Street in the Grandby Shores area of Norfolk. 2 Z ' s Z s . , EXECUTIVE OFFICER LT Robert I. Marr,USNt -o .- Lieutenant Robert I. Marr was born in Malden, Massachusetts in 1920. His was an average American boyhood, spent attending Bridgton Academy, North Bridgton, Maine, and Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. At both institutions he played football and hockey. LT Marr left college after one year to achieve his life-long desire, entering the United States Naval Service. Prior to his commissioning in 1944, LT Marr's enlisted service was spent working up through Boatswain's Mate ratings. His sea experience has been varied: duty on AO, ATF, AKA, DE, DM, DD, LSM, and PCEC types. Prior to reporting aboard the USS PUTNAM in Sasebo, Japan, on 18 February 1954, he commanded the USS PCEC 877. LT Marr, his wife Priscilla, and two children - Suzanne and Edward, reside at 9333 Mason Creek Road, Norfolk. 5