Saint Paul (CA 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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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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Vice Admiral William A. Schoech, USN, who assumed command ot the SEVENTH Fleet 28 October 1961, Was bOf1'1 ifl Blakesburg, Iowa on 17 October 1904. He attended public schools in lowa and graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1928. He was awarded a Master ot Science Degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the California lnstitute ot Technology in 1938. ln 1950 he graduated from the National War College in Washington, D.C. Admiral Schoech completed flight training and was designated a naval aviator in 1930. During World War II he saw duty principally in the Pacitic Fleet and the Naval Air Operaa tional Training Command. lm- rnediately alter the war he as- sumod coniinaiid ot tho Aaiutic Wing ol the Naval Air 'transport Service. Admiral Strtior-r-li liars corn mandod tliroe airvratt carriers, the USS SABLE. the USS SICILY and the USS TICONDEROGA. ln 1959 he coininaiidod Care rier Division THREE and Task Force 77 in the SEVENTH Fleet. Since the war, Admiral Scho- ech's duties in Washington have seen him in the Bureau ot Aero- nautics as Chiet tor Research and Development and then as Deputy Chiet. He also served in the ottice ot the Chiet ot Naval Operations. Prior to as- suming command ot the SEVEN- TH Fleet he was Deputy Chiet- ot the Bureau ot Naval Weapons. Prior to coming to lapan, Ad- miral and Mrs. Schoech resided in Alexandria, Virginia. XI' L . - , . an V 7 K x ' 'lr ' V f Alf Vice Admiral William A. SCHOECH Commander SEVENTH Fleet Ctrom October 28, l96ll 7