Rich (DDE 820) - Naval Cruise Book

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I Y I I I I II ii 51 :I .I I I I 5 V'fV If 1' ' I I I I I 'fa' .' I , 'S NT F . ' I. Q, W I , ,I , .1 ul: f I . III .C A 4 1 ' 'I C. F. HARDING, JR. COMMANDER, uSN COMMANDINO OFFICER WI A I fllln . G. G. MACON COMMANDER, USN 5 EXECUTIVE OFFICER QI it it-. ' .QRS Ms? N bmw. I ' N QS: .ui ' I-21.31 I., 'lifgfw fi L ii F4 gi I I QI I L , . .. 30-. .MQ The Captain of the USS RICH is Commander Charles F. Harding, Jr., USN. Cdr. Harding was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 15, 1922. He was commissioned an Ensign in the Navy from the University of Washington at Seattle on 1 March 1944. His first duty af1oat after attending various Navy schools was in USS CINCINNATI ICL 61. ln her from May 1944 to September 1945 he participated in convoy operations in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean and in anti-raider patrols in the South Atlantic. From October 1945 to June 1948 he was assigned to the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo, Cuba. In July 1948 he reported to USS GEARING CDD 7101 and served in the Gunnery and Engineering Departments on routine destroyer type operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. He was assigned to the Recruit Training Command, Newport, R. I. from August 1950 until July 1951, at which time he was transferred to the Fleet Training Group, Nanagansett Bay. From July 1953 to February 1954 he attended the General Line School at Monterrey, California. In March 1954 he reported to USS MERRICK IAKA 971 and served as First Lieutenant, Opera- tions Officer and Executive Officer during operations in the Arctic and Western Pacific. His last tour of duty before reporting to USS RICH was Gunnery Officer, USS RANDOLPH ICVS 151 from July 1959 to August 1960. Cdr. Harding assumed command of USS RICH at Guantanamo Bay on 29 October 1960. Cdr. Harding is married to the former Helen Bryan Mathews of Jacksonville and Tallahassee, Fla. They and their two sons presently reside in Norfolk, Va. Z' , R ...C Q Q5 , L- I ..,--H- J' V! R 9,4 LT. M. F. COMBS LT IIQI H. L. DAVIS OPERATIONS OFFICER GUNNERY OFFICER LTligI OCKER ENS. C. O. DRAUOFION ENGINEERING OFFICER SUPPLY OFFICER

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W -'ii 5 OC DIVISION +I, x P' Y Yr SUPPLY DIVISION OI DIVISION I in 'Y 'sh . . . +543 Y 19' Ig' R DIVISION , DI 1 Qgw gy- I THESE ARE THE MEN OF THE RICH. THEIR WORK IS EXACTING -- STRENU- OUS - CHALLENGING. THEIR EFFORTS MAKE RICH A WORTHY REPRESENTA- TIVE OF THE WORLD'S FINEST NAVY. -J