Saint Paul (CA 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN FREDERICK C. STELTER, JR., USN COMMANDING OFFICER May 29, 'I952 - July I, T953 Captain Stelter commanded SAINT PAUL dur- ing the last few weeks of the second Korean cruise and a little over half of the recent cruise. Born in Seymour, Ind., in 1902, Captain Stelter served with the General Planning Group, Chief of Naval Operations, just before taking command of the Fighting Saint. During the first four months of the Korean War he served in the area as Chief of Staff, COMCRUDIVTHREE. CAPTAIN CHARLES WILLIAM PARKER, USN COMMANDING orrlcen July 2, 1953 - Captain Parker, born in 1905 in New York City, relieved Captain Stelter after serving as U. S. Naval Attache and Attache For Air at the Hague, Netherlands, and at Brussells, Belgium. No newcomer to the Korean conflict, he was COMDESRONTHREE in the Far East when the Ko-War started and became the first Screen Commander for Task Force 77. He also won the Legion of Merit for support of the Inchon invasion in the fall of I950. During WW II he won the Silver Star, Bronze Star with V, and Commendation ribbon with V's. Near the end of the cruise he was awarded a COMSEVENTHFLT Commendation ribbon with V for conducting gun strikes along the east coast of North Korea in SAINT PAUL. . ? i n r i I I il

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-ull- Ap, ,J REAR ADMIRAL HARRY SANDERS, USN COMMANDER, CRUISER DIVISION ONE 21 SEPTEMBER 1953 TO 30 JULY 1953 Admiral Ragan, a native of Christian- burg, Virginia, was appointed to the U. S. Naval Academy in 1920 and re- ceived his commission as Ensign in 1924. Admiral Ragan participated in the Sec- ond Nicaraguan Campaign while serv- ing in the SMITH THOMPSON, leaving the destroyer in May, 1929 for instruc- tion in communication engineering at the Post Graduate School, Annapolis. In June, 1931 Admiral Ragan was award- ed a degree in Master of Science from Harvard University. Before World War II Admiral Ragan served in various com- munication assignments on the Staff of Commander, Battleships, Battle Force, at the Third Naval District Headquarters and the Naval War College, and in the aircraft carrier SARATOGA. During WWII Admiral Ragan was commanding of- ficer of the destroyers EMMONS and PHILIP, a n d Commander, Destroyer Squadron 12. Before assuming duties as Commander, Cruiser Division One on 30 July 1953, he was Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration for General Mark W. Clark, Commander-in-Chief, Far East Command. Admiral Sanders, born in Denver, Colo- rado on 22 May 1901, was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1923, later completing post graduate studies at Columbia University where he was awarded a degree of Master of Science in engineering. During the period 1925- 1936 Admiral Sanders performed sub- marine duties ashore and afloat, com- manding the submarines USS S-29 and S-18. During World War ll,he served as Assistant Operations Officer on the Staff of Admiral King lthen Commander- in-Chief, Atlantic Fleetjp Commander, Destroyer Squadron 13, Commander, Destroyer Squadron 18, and as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations to Com- mander, Western Sea Frontier. Admiral Sanders was detached from duties as Commander, Cruiser Division One on 30 July 1953 to assume command of Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet at Charleston, S. C. REAR ADMIRAL THOMAS C. RAGAN, USN COMMANDER, CRUISER DIVISION ONE

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COMMANDER CLAUDE MAHANY FLIGG, USN EXECUTIVE OFFICER January 13, 1953- Commander Fligg, born in Hood River, Oregon, in 1904, assumed duties as Executive Officer of the Fighting Saint shortly before the third cruise be- gan. He reported aboard after serving with the Bureau of Ordnance in Washington, D. C. Commander Fligg's WWII experience centered around minesweeping vessels and operations in the Atlantic and Meditteranean. He participated in the Sicily, Salerno and Anzio landings. He has been awarded the Legion of Merit with V and the Bronze Star medal with two gold stars in lieu of 2nd and 3rd awards, with V, COMMANDER GEORGE ARTHUR WRIGHT, CHC, USN I SHlP'S CHAPLAIN August 1, 1953 Chaplain Wright, a clergyman of the Evangelical United Breth- ren Church, entered the Naval ser- vice in July, 1942 and has served in a variety of duty stations from Sitka, Alaska, to the Panama Canal Zone, including a tour of duty a b o a rd the U.S.S. YORK- TOWN lCVA-101. His last station before reporting aboard the SAINT PAUL was the Naval P r o v i n g Ground, Dahlgren, Va. In addition to his spiritual duties aboard the SAINT PAUL he serves as Special Services Officer and Li- brary Officer. F 3