Saint Paul (CA 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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-gnuase ' . AY' 5 1 Table of Contents: W I g' Kei ' In Command SEVENTH Fleet Staff . . . I3 SAINT PAUL at Sea . . 3I SAINT PAUL in Port . . . . . 37 SAINT PAUL crosses the Equator . . SI1ip's Company ..... . . Gunnery Department. . Supply Department. . . Navigation Department. . Administration Department . 63 . .II3 .I2I .I23 Engineering Department. . . I27 Medical Department . . . . 'I37 a Operations Department . Sports ...... I48 Roster of the Crew. In Memorium . .

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A Vice Admiral Charles D. Griffin Commander SEVENTH Fleet CTO October 28, 19611 6 A Naval career highlighted by sea commands and numerous staff assignments have ably pre- pared Vice Admiral Charles D, Griffin for his important and responsible assignment as Com, mander of the U. S. SEVENTH Fleet. He has been in command of an air group, two aircraft carriers and a carrier division. His staff assignments have seen him as Naval Aviation Member on the Ioint War Plans Committee gf the loint Chiefs of Staff and as Plans Officer on the staffs af Commanders-in-Chief U.S. Atlan- tic Fleet and U.S. Pacific Fleet, ln addition, he has been Head of the Aviation Liaison and Special Projects section of the Navy's Strategic Plans Division, and has served as Director Long Range Objectives Group in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and as Special As- sistant to Admiral Arthur Radford when he Was Chairman of the loint Chiefs of Staff. His last assignment prior to becoming Commander SEVENTH Fleet in March 1960 Was Direc- tor of Strategic Plans in the Office of Naval Operations. Admiral Griffin claims Wa- shington, D. C. as his hometown today although he was born in Philadelphia. He was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1927 and later underwent flight training at Pensacola, Fla., Winning his Navy Wings in lune 1930. , Since graduating from the Naval Academy the Admiral has attached the Postgraduate school at Annapolis, and Was a graduate student at the University of Michigan Where in 1937 he waS awarded a Master of Science Degree in Aeronautical Engl' neering. He has also attended the National War College. Although today his recreation is confined to an occasional game of golf!-he shoots in the low 80's-Admiral Griffin WGS an outstanding Navy tennis star. He twice was a member of the Navy team which competedllrl the inter-service championships for the Leech Cup. Admiral Griffin is married to the former Miss Camilla Yvonne Ganteaume of Newtonvillef Mass' They have one daughter, Linda Louise, and a son, Charles DO' nald Griffin, lr., a miclshipman at the U. S. Naval AcadeII1Y-

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Coptoin Nels C. Johnson Chief of SJLOH lto September 5, 19615 Captain Nels C. Johnson, Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander SEVENTH Fleet, was born in Auburn, New Hampshire, on July 9, 1912. He was appointed to the U. S. Naval Academy in 1930 and was commioned ensign upon his graduation in 1934. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Captain Johnson was serving aboard the USS REJD, which survived that attack. He also served aboard the destroyer USS MCLANAHAN as executive officer and as its Commanding Officer. Captain Johnson's post-war assignments in- cluded duty as Commanding Officer, USS WITEK , Atlantic Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer on the Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Altantic Fleet, Planning Officer, North Atlantic Ocean Regional Planning Group-one of the five original planning groups in NATO, Divi- sion Commander, Destroyer Division 262, and as Head of Command Policy Section of the Strategic Plans Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. After graduation from the National War College in 1956, Captain Johnson Paftici' pated in Antarctic operations as Commanding Officer of the attack cargo ship USS ARNEB- On March 5, 1959, he assumed command of the heavy cruiser USS HELENA, followinq an assignment as Head of the Joint and Interna- tional Plans Branch of the Strategic PlanS Branch of the Strategic Plans Division in the Office of Naval Operations. On June 16, 1936, Captain Johnson married the former Miss Dorothea Lindall of Bremerton, Washington. They have one daughter' Vero' nica, who presently resides in San Diego and is married to LTJG William Hohmann, USN- Captain Johnson was selected for Rear Ad' miral in July 1961 and assumed this rank upon re-assignment as Commander, A1'I1PhibiOus Group THREE in October 1961.